May 10, 2024 | Vol. 53, Issue 9
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Month: March 2021

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Climate Change and The Greenway

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By Rachel Lake (請點這裡閱讀中文版。) The Rose Kennedy Greenway, located one block west of Boston’s downtown waterfront, faces significant and growing risks of damage and disruption from climate change and extreme storm events. In 2020, the Greenway Conservancy commissioned a Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment and Asset Management Plan. Reassuringly, the Conservancy has sufficient funding to implement the report’s high-priority recommendations for asset protection. This Plan presents a roadmap for the Conservancy to protect vulnerable assets and manage risks from the effects […]

Dr. Zhuo Geng discusses colorectal cancer in Asian Americans
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Asian Americans have low screening rates for colorectal cancer

by Carey Lin

(請點這裡閱讀中文版。) March is Colorectal Cancer (CRC) awareness month. Colorectal cancer affects the colon and rectum, which make up the large intestine located at the latter end of the digestive tract. CRC is the third most common cancer in the United States and the second most common type of cancer within the Asian American community. Sampan interviewed bilingual gastroenterologist Dr. Zhuo Geng, Gastroenterologist, at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center Digestive Disease Center to learn more about the disease. Originally from Shandong province, […]

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Hudson Group and CEDC break new ground with innovative PingOn development

by Jacqueline Church

(請點這裡閱讀中文版。) Anchoring the North East corner of Chin Park, and Chinatown, stands the gleaming residential tower known as The Radian, its name owed to its curved façade. Older neighbors might remember the remnants of the old Dainty Dot Hosiery factory, dark and squat and dormant, about the polar opposite of the new tower.  One of the more interesting aspects of the Radian development was the innovative way its developers sought to address the need for affordable housing.  Radian worked with […]

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Disney’s “Raya and the Last Dragon” enforces Asian representation in media amidst rise in anti-Asian hate crimes

by Karen Mai

(請點這裡閱讀中文版。) One year into the COVID-19 pandemic, anti-Asian hate crimes continue to rise. “Raya and the Last Dragon,” released on March 5th, inspires possibilities of hope against the devastating hate crimes against Asian American communities nationally. This Southeast Asian inspired film tells the story of how trust can save humanity and the importance of bridging communities together during times of hardship. Still under “stay at home” orders, the animation was made available on Disney+ with a premium access fee of […]

The Federal Communication Commission launched the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program
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Federal Communication Commission launched the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program

by Karen Mai

Helping eligible households with access to broadband (請點這裡閱讀中文版。) One year into the pandemic and there are still families who cannot get their children on reliable WiFi for school. The digital divide caused by economic disparity continues to grow. According to the Federal Communications Commission’s Eighth Broadband Progress Report, they found that “approximately 19 million Americans—6 percent of the population—still lack access to fixed broadband service at threshold speeds.” Although this has greatly affected the rural population in particular, in places […]

historic row houses on hudson street in chinatown
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Preserving Chinatown’s Row Houses for Working Families

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by Lydia Lowe, Chinatown Community Land Trust (請點這裡閱讀中文版。) The Chinatown Community Land Trust (CLT) is particularly focused on preserving row houses and small properties as permanently affordable housing. Currently there are seven row house condo units for sale.  (The lottery has already been held for these units.)  History of the Row Houses Chinatown’s brick row houses date back to the early/mid-1800s, when landfill projects first created the South Cove neighborhood. Many of these homes were built by Irish immigrants and […]

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The first attempt to eradicate Chinatown

by Richard Auffrey

(請點這裡閱讀中文版。) Around 1884, Boston’s Chinatown coalesced as a neighborhood and community, especially on Harrison Avenue. Only seven years later, the first attempt to eradicate Chinatown arose, fueled by racism and propelled by businesses seeking to get wealthier. At this point, there were less than 1000 Chinese living in Boston, and 70% of those worked in laundries.  The endeavor to eliminate Chinatown centered on a proposal to widen Harrison Avenue, the section between Essex and Beach Streets. The Boston Globe, April 14, […]

Highway Washing art project Chinatown
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“Washing” art project will open conversation on Chinatown highways

by Shira Laucharoen

(請點這裡閱讀中文版。) The artist team behind a public art project called “Washing” held an open listening session for the Chinatown community on March 7. The multimedia work is being created by Lily Xie, Dianyvet Serrano, Chu Huang, Charlene Huang, and Maggie Chen, in collaboration with the Asian Community Development Corporation (ACDC), and it will showcase resident stories about the history of the I-93 and I-90 highways. Culminating in an outdoor projection event in July, Washing explores the impact of the interstates […]

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14 families filed lawsuit against BPS “Zip Code Quota Admissions”

by Martin Ma (馬笑喻)

(請點這裡閱讀中文版。) Boston is home to three elite exam schools: Boston Latin Academy, Boston Latin School, and the John D. O’Bryant School. These schools, although public, are different from their counterparts as they require excellence in academic grades and high scores on a standardized test in order for students to attend. They have also long been contested as adding to the inequities of disadvantaged students of color, who are largely disproportionately represented at these elite schools, especially at Boston Latin Academy. […]

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