Chinatown Community Town Hall Meeting
We will be tabling at the upcoming Chinatown Community Town Meeting where the Teen Council will be presenting their work on supporting Chinatown elders and food security, and Chinatown's struggles with gentrification. There will be food, groceries, raffle, and more. Please join us!
LACCLT Board Meeting
Location: CACA Lodge (415 Bamboo Lane, Los Angeles, CA 90012)
Virtual Link: Please email lachinatownclt@gmail.com for more information
Session 1: Administrative Items
1. Recap of Quarter 1 (Jan-March 2024)
2. Updates from Treasurer
3. Updating By-Laws
4. Next Board Meetings
BREAK
Session 2: Strategic and Organizational Planning
5. Review Workgroup Work/Updates
Community Outreach
Property Owner Outreach
Finance/Fundraising
Chinatown Land Trusts in Action: A Path to Community Resilience (Webinar)
Join Next City as we explore Chinatown community land trusts' vibrant histories and promising futures.
For decades Chinatowns all over North America have been at the vanguard of community ownership. These neighborhoods were established during a time when East Asian communities faced discrimination elsewhere, leading families and merchants to band together. They collectively acquired properties to provide homes and spaces for their businesses, fostering a sense of unity and belonging.
However, these CLTs now confront new challenges, from aging buildings to the allure of these properties to external investors. The close proximity of Chinatowns to downtown areas brings both rising property taxes and constant offers from speculative investors. Our event will shed light on these issues and, more importantly, explore how emerging community land trusts are working tirelessly to address them.
Register today and hear solutions hailing from cities such as Los Angeles, Toronto, and Boston.
https://nextcity.org/events/detail/chinatown-land-trusts-in-action-a-path-to-community-resilience
Annual Membership Meeting
We're so excited to see everyone this Saturday (November 18, 2023) at the LA Chinatown CLT's Annual Membership Meeting.
It will take place at the LA Public Library, Chinatown Branch from 1:00 p.m, - 3:00 p.m. To join via zoom, please see below for details.
All are welcome, members and non-members. This is a great way to learn more about what the LA Chinatown CLT is doing, get involved, and join as a member or even a board member!
MEETING AGENDA
Welcome and Introduction
State of the LA Chinatown CLT
Board of Directors Nominations
Voting on next Board of Directors
Next Steps
Board of Director Election Results
Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 895 1629 7704
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Chinatown Neighborhood Night Market
Say "Hi" to us at the Chinatown Neighborhood Night Market tomorrow night!
The LA Chinatown CLT will be tabling at CCED's Chinatown Neighborhood Night Market, taking place along Broadway between College Street and Ord Street tomorrow, October 7 between 5 - 9pm. We will be located near the Wong Family Benevolent Association and Superior Poultry.
Join us to chat about community ownership, enjoy delicious food, and celebrate a community-rooted and community-led Night Market!
Chinatown Reimagined Forum II (Montreal, QC)
Panel 1: Chinatown Is Not a Museum! Issues of Housing, Services and Quality of Life
Chinatown is not a museum, it is a living community! The common perception of urban Chinatowns as historic tourist attractions impacts the priorities and choices that cities and governments make for revitalization and development. Who gets to have a future in the neighbourhood and whose needs are ignored? A traditional place of sanctuary for many marginalized groups, Chinatowns are home to seniors, low-income residents and several others facing linguistic, cultural and other social barriers. The neighbourhood is also facing a challenge of increased populations that have issues with substance abuse and mental health. How can we center the needs of Chinatown’s housed residents in the future of these neighbourhoods and find ways to foster and grow the intangible cultural heritage of Chinatown that is built on the interactions and relationships of its residents and living communities? This panel reimagines a future for Chinatown centered around quality of life, access to services, needs of residents, both housed and unhoused, equitable development that grows culture & community, and approaches to land ownership and housing that look to retain and grow the residential base of Chinatown.
Panelists:
Sarah Yeung, Philadelphia, Sojourner Consulting
Winnie Fong, Los Angeles, LA Chinatown Community Land Trust
Louisa-May Khoo, Singapore/Vancouver, UBC Centre for South East Asia Research
May Chiu, Montréal, Chinatown Roundtable
Moderated by Jessica Chen, Montréal, JIA Foundation
For more information: https://jiafoundationmtl.org/chinatownreimagined/