CHINATOWN Free breast and cervical cancer screenings Tufts Medical Center and the College of American Pathologists Present See, Test and Treat™ Organizations partner to offer free breast and cervical cancer screenings for Asian American women. What:     Tufts Medical Center, the College of American Pathologists, the American Cancer Society and the Massachusetts affiliate for Susan G. Komen for the Cure® are partnering to offer free breast and cervical cancer screenings for women ages 21 and older.  The event is also sponsored […]

US President Barack Obama congratulated a group of newly naturalized citizens in Boston’s Exchange Conference Center via video during the opening reception of the “Becoming Americans” National Immigration Integration Conference (NIIC).  Hosted by the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition, over 400 professionals, immigrant advocates and researchers, and speakers including Governor Deval Patrick and the United States Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis gathered to share thoughts regarding the state of immigration today. According to United States Citizenship and Immigration Services […]

Sherry Dong is a familiar face around the blocks of Chinatown.  Known for her dedication to promoting Asian-American health, Dong’s involvement in the community goes above and beyond her role as the Director of Community Health at Tufts Medical Center.  On October 29, Dong will be honored at the 2010 Action for Boston Community Development (ABCD) Community Awards Dinner for her exceptional contributions to Boston’s neighborhoods and civic life.  In the following interview with the Sampan, Dong, shares about growing […]

On Saturday October 23rd, Tufts Medical Center will be hosting the College of American Pathologists See, Test and Treat Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Prevention Program, two cancers that affect women. This program is being championed at Tufts by Barbarajean Magnani, PhD, MD, FCAP from the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.  Collaborating physician partners include Dr. Nora Laver (Pathology and Laboratory Medicine), Dr. Andrea Zuckerman (Obstetrics and Gynecology), and Dr. Marc Homer (Radiology).  The See, Test and Treat Program […]

A church basement filled with squirming children on a weekend morning usually means bible stories and hymns, but on Sunday, September 12 the Wellesley Congregational Village Church played host instead to the beginning of a language-learning journey. Seventy-five students, grades K-6, gathered in the church basement for the official opening of the Wellesley Chinese School. A mix of first- and second-generation Chinese immigrants and people from other backgrounds, the group included Wellesley natives, as well as visitors from Sherbourne, Needham, […]

Taiwanese glove puppetry, a popular performance art, is now on display in the atrium of the New Free Library till September 30.  Provided by the Culture Center of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Boston (TECO), the exhibit features eight series of Taiwanese folklore tales and temple fair tradition. One of the folklore series is Auntie Tiger, a Hakka folktale about a tiger spirit, who, through the use of black magic, turns itself into an elderly woman.  Disguised as […]

Calligraphy aficionados, young and old, gathered at the Chinese American Fine Art Society (CAFAS) on a Saturday afternoon to share best practices and techniques.  In the first collaborative event of this kind between CAFAS and the American Chinese Art Society (ACAS), novice and expert calligraphers were invited to practice their skills. A number of expert calligraphers, including a 91 year-old instructor, attended the event.  Mike Mei, Director of CAFAS, called the event one of “mutual cooperation, practice, and exchange”.  Speakers […]

It was a celebration of multiculturalism at City Hall Plaza on September 23, as hundreds of immigrants and supporters partook in the in the city’s 11th annual New Bostonians Community Day.The daylong event featured ethnic food and live cultural music.  Legal, housing, English-learning, job-training information for communities to learn about various services offered by City Hall and other organizations were readily available at various booths.Kenneth Kan, an outreach assistant at the Asian American Civic Association (AACA), was manning a booth […]

Chun-Fai Chan is one of the five candidates vying to replace former District 6 City Councilor John Tobin a special election preliminary ballot Oct. 19.  District 6 encompasses West Roxbury, Jamaica Plan, Roslindale and Mission Hill. Chan is a long-term West Roxbury resident and high school teacher.  He and his family have deep roots in Boston Chinatown.  Chan shares with the Sampan about his vision for public education and his reasons for running. Sampan: Please tell our readers about yourself. […]

In 1986, the novel Presumed Innocent took the nation by storm and began a trend of legal thrillers on bookstore shelves left and right. It is a story that combines a number of intriguing elements: a prosecutor being prosecuted, a secret adulterous affair with the victim, missing legal files, red herrings here and there, and a protagonist, Rozat “Rusty” Sabich, whose stand in this matter is ambiguous to the reader. Sabich is a deputy prosecutor who is assigned to take […]