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To Prevent Further Gentrification in Chinatown: 20+ Chinese Students Take on the Responsibility of Organizing Chinese Tenants
This news article documents a community panel discussion on Chinatown gentrification hosted by CAAAV’s Youth Leadership Project. The event featured five of the six candidates running for Lower Manhattan’s City Council District 1 seat and centered on…
Multiple Chinatown Groups Voiced Opposition to the 2003 Invasion of Iraq
The article documents Manhattan Chinatown community members’ anti-war response after the U.S. military launched bombing campaigns on Baghdad. About 20 CAAAV members gathered in front of the Confucius statue in the pouring rain, calling on the Bush…
Make Tibet a Zone of Peace Pamphlet
This pamphlet is an appeal made by the people of Tibet to the World Social Forum (WSF) 2004 to make Tibet a peaceful region. It highlights the ecological importance of Tibet and the damage wrought by China’s military invasion, including the 85,000…
Tibetan Women's Association Pamphlet
This pamphlet (acquired during the World Social Forum 2004) advocates for the release of two imprisoned Tibetan individuals: Phuntsok Nyidron and the 11th Panchen Lama Gendhun Choekyi Nyima. The pamphlet describes that Nyidron was arrested for…
NBC 4 Ti Hua Chang's Report
TV segment about a multi-issue protest in which CAAAV took part. The protest blocked multiple bridges and was against increases in tuition at state universities, cuts to health care, and police brutality.
Yong Xin Huang Coverage WNBC Channel 4
TV segments covering the backlash against police and the city of New York, led by CAAAV, in the aftermath of Yong Xin Huang's murder at the hands of police officer Steven Mizrahi and a grand jury's refusal to indict him.
Over 500 Chinese Residents Signed Petition Demanding HPD to Incorporate Language Access Services
CAAAV joined Fukien Benevolent Association of America and City Councilmember John (Chun Yah) Liu in calling on the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) to provide direct Chinese language services. This modification would allow…
World Social Forum 2004 South Korea Delegates Joint Action Committee Poster
This poster begins by describing the sit-ins for migrant workers’ rights in South Korea and how seven migrant workers were driven to suicide because of the government crackdown on “illegals” through man hunts and forceful deportations. It details how…
Woman speaks at memorial for Yong Xin Huang
Two women stand in front of a large banner that says "Yong Xin Huang, July 17, 1978 - March 24, 1995, Unjustly Killed by the Police." The banner hangs on a chain link fence. One woman holds a pad of paper and an electronic bullhorn so that the second…