[Cwgrad-announcements] Save Riverside Chinatown!

[Ching-In Chen]

FYI --

An event organized by the Riverside Chinese Culture Preservation Committee

SAVE CHINATOWN
Why Should You Care about Riverside's Chinatown?

a public forum

Wed., September 24, 2008
Riverside Public Library
3581 Mission Inn Ave.
6:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
Free and open to the public

The site of Riverside's Chinatown at the corner of Brockton and Tequesquite
Aves is on the verge of being developed.

The city council will soon vote (possibly in October) on the proposed plan
to place a medical office building squarely on top of the archaeological
remains.

* Come hear about a grassroots effort to preserve the site.
* Learn why the site is important.
* Hear Riversiders attest to the importance of local history and local
memory.
* Become part of the grassroots movement: sign our petition and receive a
"Save Chinatown" button!

For more information, contact Deborah Wong, deborah.wong at ucr.edu
Want to know more about Riverside's Chinatowns?  See
www.asianamericanriverside.ucr.edu


I also did a podcast for ArtsBlock Live!  with Prof. Deborah Wong, who is
part of the Riverside Chinese Culture Preservation Committee.  She talks
about what's going on with the Save Riverside Chinatown campaign (as well as
her taiko drumming & life/work in Riverside), which you can listen to here:

http://www.kcet.org/explore-ca/on-demand/podcasts/podcast-media/artsblock-deborah-wong.mp3<https://webmail.ucr.edu/wm/mail/fetch.html?urlid=g25e65a02546a60b2237e8d5328eeb3279khp2h7k0l&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kcet.org%2Fexplore-ca%2Fon-demand%2Fpodcasts%2Fpodcast-media%2Fartsblock-deborah-wong.mp3>

xoxo,

Ching-In

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Ching-In Chen
THE HEART'S TRAFFIC (Arktoi Books/Red Hen Press forthcoming 2009)
www.redhen.org/arktoi.asp
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