Chinatown Community Development Center

Chinatown 🏮 is renowned as a historic gateway for immigrants and a community defined by resilience, solidarity ✊ and a profound sense of radical belonging. From the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act's discrimination of immigrants to today's fight for community based affordable housing 🏢, Chinatown has long embodied the COURAGE 💪 it takes TO WELCOME 🤗 those determined to create a better life ✨ Join us for a night of celebration 🎉 🥂 at our 48th Annual Gala: COURAGE TO WELCOME on Friday, September 19th at the Westin St. Francis on Union Square at San Francisco 🌉 📣 Sponsor or buy tickets now > https://lnkd.in/g5rGXrvM Take advantage of early bird pricing until July 18th! ⏰ #CourageToWelcome #ChinatownCDC #CCDC48Years #SFChinatown

"Critic MacKenzie Fegan eats at the Bay Area’s best restaurants, but this dining experience is the one she looks forward to all year." Watch the video by Elisabeth Smith on the Tenderloin Family Housing Cooking Competition > https://lnkd.in/g67aJwAs #AffordableHousing #SanFrancisco #TenderloinFamilyHousing #Tenderloin San Francisco Chronicle

Congratulations to the Awardees from the 2025 Immigrant Leadership Awards! We are excited that Amy Dai, Chinatown CDC Community Organizer, received the Grassroots Leader Award for dedicating over a decade in supporting low-income families living in single-room occupancy housing (SROs). Thank you Amy for helping families secure stable homes and accessing vital resources. #SROs #SingleRoomOccupancy #AffordableHousing #SanFrancisco #Chinatown

Proud of our resident chefs at Tenderloin Family Housing. This is more than about food. This is the essence of building and celebrating community. Read Now > https://lnkd.in/gxtG_XbS #TenderloinFamilyHousing #SanFrancisco #201Turk

🎉Congratulations to Cindy Wu on receiving the 2025 Haas Public Service Award from UC Berkeley! Read about the award: gobears.me/44qmG4u #UCBerkeley #PublicService #Community #Chinatown

We celebrated the start of a new chapter in affordable housing for San Francisco on April 16, 2025 with the Groundbreaking Ceremony of Casa Adelante - 1515 South Van Ness with co-developer Mission Economic Development Agency (MEDA). The project will bring 168 new affordable homes to low-income families, including units dedicated to formerly homeless families and persons living with HIV. Designed as an intergenerational community, this development will connect with the neighboring Casa Adelante - 1296 Shotwell, creating a welcoming space where residents of all ages can grow, play, and thrive. With family-friendly amenities and essential community services—including an Early Childhood Education Center and nonprofit space—Casa Adelante - 1515 South Van Ness will provide much-needed housing and resources for the Mission community. Architects: David Baker Architects Y.A. studio Contractors: Guzman Construction Group & Marinship Development Interest LLC (joint venture) Funders: San Francisco Mayor's Office of Housing and Community Development California Department of Housing & Community Development JPMorganChase Raymond James Housing Trust Silicon Valley Commercial Tenants: Wu Yee Children's Services Nuevo Sol Day Laborer & Domestic Worker Center Groundbreaking Ceremony of Casa Adelante - 1515 South Van Ness Videographer: Kasey Bruce Media (Kasey B.) #AffordableHousing #MissionDistrictSF #SanFrancisco #1515SouthVanNess #CasaAdelante

San Francisco’s Chinatown is the birthplace of Wong Kim Ark. Join in to honor his legacy and the fight for birthright citizenship. This special event will feature a plaque rendering of Wong Kim Ark celebrating his enduring impact on birthright citizenship and the ongoing efforts to protect this fundamental right. Led by local activists, the community will reflect on resolutions at the local and state levels and reaffirm our collective commitment to justice for all. Date/Time: March 28, 2025, 2:00pm PT RSVP at Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA) > https://lnkd.in/gS3mkRGn

In celebration of the 127th anniversary of Wong Kim Ark’s landmark case, the Chinese Culture Center (CCC) invites you to a special, intimate edition of our Chinatown History & Art Tour (C.H.A.T.). This small-group experience explores Chinatown’s vibrant history, art, and activism, highlighting the legacy of Wong Kim Ark, a son of San Francisco’s Chinatown whose 1898 Supreme Court victory affirmed birthright citizenship in the United States. Date/Time: March 27, 2025, 1:00pm–3:30pm PT (second tour added) RSVP at Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA) > https://lnkd.in/gS3mkRGn

Be part of a powerful community symposium on Wong Kim Ark and the fight for citizenship. This gathering will bring together legal scholars, historians, advocates, and community members for a compelling series of panel discussions on birthright citizenship, Wong Kim Ark’s enduring legacy, and the ongoing struggle for justice. Special guest Norman Wong, the great-grandson of Wong Kim Ark, will join in for this occasion, followed by a reception. Date/Time: March 24, 2025, 4:00-6:00pm PT RSVP at Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA) > https://lnkd.in/gS3mkRGn

Join a virtual book talk hosted by Chinese Historical Society of America with Bianca Mabute-Louie, author of Unassimilable. In this powerful and deeply personal book, Mabute-Louie explores the complexities of Asian American identity, anti-Blackness, and the myths of assimilation. Through history, personal narrative, and sharp analysis, Unassimilable challenges readers to rethink race, belonging, and solidarity in America. Date/Time: March 24, 2025, 12:00-1:00pm PT RSVP at Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA) > https://lnkd.in/gS3mkRGn