Asian Community Development Corporation

🥟✨ Join ACDC for the 2024 Heart of the Community Dim Sum Breakfast! ✨🥟 We are happy to return to Empire Garden in Chinatown.⁠ ⁠ Event Details ⁠ 🕙 Friday, June 7, 9:30 AM⁠ 📍 Empire Garden⁠ 690 Washington St⁠ Boston, MA 02111⁠ ⁠ Enjoy a morning of delicious dim sum dishes while hearing from local community leaders and meet ACDC's partners, supporters, and community members. 🔗 Visit www.asiancdc.org/dimsum to support today. Stay tuned for more updates and highlights!⁠

🌟 Between May and June 2024, ACDC hosted its first Resident Leadership Academy (RLA) program, which aimed to “turn knowledge into power” by building up residents’ knowledge of Chinatown history and community organizing skills! 🌱 This program was a collaboration between our Community Building staff, Angela and Rebecca, and the @melkinginsitute, who delivered 4 sessions of their Community Organizing curriculum, as well as, our Teaching Artist, Maria Fong (@mariafongtastic), who facilitated the residents’ final art-based projects. Some highlights: ⭐ 15 enrolled residents; 13 graduates (attended 8+ of 10 sessions ⭐ 100% Trilingual (Cantonese, English, and Mandarin) curriculum ⭐ 10 meals shared together (1 potluck) ⭐ 1,080 minutes of co-learning and co-creation (9 learning sessions) ⭐ 4 final art projects (1 photobook/zine, 1 comic, 2 postcard designs on affordable housing, green space, air pollution, and pedestrian safety) ⭐ 1 celebration with final group presentations and a graduation ceremony! 💗 We’re thankful to the following community partners & guest speakers: - Tufts Chinatown Wellness Initiative for presenting on a session Health Equity - ACDC’s Building Blocks staff for sharing their financial literacy and first-time homebuying programs - Dr. MyDzung Chu’s Chinatown HEROS team who presented their findings from their environmental justice and health research - Sasaki (@sasakifdn) designers who supported the HEROS team by sharing how treescape and design materials affect heat and air-pollution resiliency 👏 Last but not least, we thank our childcare helper, Juan, and our two interpreters, Maple and Shuyi (LingualSmart). We could not have done the program without them! 🥰 To ensure each resident could participate fully, ACDC provided dinner, childcare, interpretation, and a participation stipend.

🌡️ Boston is in a heat emergency today through the 17th, as temperatures reach the high 90s. 🪭 To combat the heat, the Wang YMCA is open as a cooling center to provide resources for everyone seeking relief from the heat. Details: 🗓️ Monday, July 15th to Wednesday, July 17th 🕰️ 6 am - 9 pm 📍8 Oak St W, Boston, MA 02116 ⭐ Please note that a physical ID card is required upon entry. 🍧 Remember to join ACDC and friends this Saturday, July 20, from 1 - 4 pm for our 2nd annual Summer Picnic at the Chinatown Backyard! There will be feature live performances, food, games prizes, and activities. Enjoy free multigenerational programming and learn about resources on ways to beat the summer heat. 💗 Invite your friends and come by to chill with us! 🔗 Visit www.asiancdc.org/heat for additional resources.

🍦 Chill with ACDC and Friends at our 2nd annual Summer Picnic at the Chinatown Backyard!⁠ ⁠ 🗓️ Saturday, July 20⁠ 🕑 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm⁠ 📍Tufts Community Common⁠ 186 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA 02111⁠ ⁠ ☀️ Enjoy free multigenerational programming and learn about resources on ways to beat the summer heat. ⁠ ⁠ 😎 The Summer Picnic will also feature live performances, food, games and prizes and activities like Pao Arts Center and artist Joanna Tam's Imagine Safety, a participatory project that amplifies the voices of Chinatown community members on the issue of safety. Imagine Safety provides a space to heal from the impacts of environmental injustice, highway development, institutional expansion, and housing insecurity through the sharing and imagining of what a safe Chinatown looks like.⁠ ⁠ ✨ Thank you to volunteers and performers from Kwong Kow Chinese School for supporting the event!⁠ ⁠ 💐 This event is in partnership with the #ChinatownHOPE project and Tufts University.⁠ ⁠ #Chinatown #Boston #ChinatownBackyard #summer #SummerEvents #BostonEvents

🐉 Last November, ACDC in collaboration with artists Katherine Chin and Parke MacDowell, launched Dancing Dragon at the Hudson Street Stoop (HSS). This vibrant public art display will be up until 2025, so don't miss it! Check out this short film about the Dancing Dragon and hear from the artists and ACDC staff about how the project came to life. ⭐ To learn more about the HSS visit asiancdc.org/HSS or visit the link in our bio. 🎥 Video Filmed & Edited by: Amanda Huang 🐲 HSS: Dancing Dragon 2023-25 is supported in part by: ⁠ Healthy Places by Design and their partners John Hancock, AARP Massachusetts, UMass Boston, the City of Boston Age Strong Commission, as well as Beyond Walls, the Beyer Blinder Belle Foundation, Boston Global Investors, Payette, Perkins+Will, Utile, and the Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture ⁠ ✨ We’d also like to thank our site partners Bozzuto, Maloney Properties, One Greenway, and Tufts University. #Chinatown #PublicArt

📣ACDC is currently looking for Team Captains for Films at the Gate (FATG) @filmsatthegate! Hear from last year's team captains on why you should join the FATG crew! 🐼🎤 Meet Emily and Leah - They think that you should join the entertainment team if you want to put on an astonishing show! Entertainment team members reach out to potential performers and help manage them. Want to be in the show as well? Entertainment team captains will also be emceeing during the event! Who knows, maybe you could be in the panda suit as well. If that seems up your alley, consider the entertainment team. 🌟 As a team captain, you will help plan the event during the summer by attending weekly meetings starting in July, organizing and managing an individual committee, working with others, and training a team of youth volunteers. It is a great way to build connections, obtain planning experience, and get involved in the Chinatown community. 🤔 Interested in the other teams? Stay tuned to this page or look at our previous posts to learn more! 🔗 The application link is https://lnkd.in/echjumBa ❗The hard deadline to apply is THIS FRIDAY, JUNE 28TH at 11:59 PM, but we STRONGLY encourage you to apply EARLY, as we are accepting applicants on a rolling basis. ✨ Want to volunteer? Stay tuned for volunteer recruitment announcement in July! ❓ Questions? Email us at fatg@asiancdc.org

📣ACDC is currently looking for Team Captains for Films at the Gate (FATG) @filmsatthegate! Hear from last year's team captains on why you should join the FATG crew! 📽️💻Meet Susan - She thinks you should join the tech team if you want to be more behind the scenes at FATG. The tech team is in charge of playing music, working on sound for the performers, and of course, helping project and showcase the films. If that seems up your alley, consider the tech team! 🌟 As a team captain, you will help plan the event during the summer by attending weekly meetings starting in July, organizing and managing an individual committee, working with others, and training a team of youth volunteers. It is a great way to build connections, obtain planning experience, and get involved in the Chinatown community. 🤔 Interested in the other teams? Stay tuned to this page or look at our previous posts to learn more! 🔗 The application link is https://lnkd.in/echjumBa ❗The hard deadline to apply is THIS FRIDAY, JUNE 28TH at 11:59 PM, but we STRONGLY encourage you to apply EARLY, as we are accepting applicants on a rolling basis. ✨ Want to volunteer? Stay tuned for volunteer recruitment announcement in July! ❓ Questions? Email us at fatg@asiancdc.org

📣ACDC is currently looking for Team Captains for Films at the Gate (FATG) @filmsatthegate! Hear from last year's team captains on why you should join the FATG crew! 🗞️Meet Zubair - He thinks that you should join tabling if you are love talking to people, sharing about ACDC’s programs, and helping to run family-friendly activities. If that seems up your alley, consider the tabling team! 🌟 As a team captain, you will help plan the event during the summer by attending weekly meetings starting in July, organizing and managing an individual committee, working with others, and training a team of youth volunteers. It is a great way to build connections, obtain planning experience, and get involved in the Chinatown community. 🤔 Interested in the other teams? Stay tuned to this page or look at our previous posts to learn more! 🔗 The application link is https://lnkd.in/echjumBa ❗The hard deadline to apply is THIS FRIDAY, JUNE 28TH at 11:59 PM, but we STRONGLY encourage you to apply EARLY, as we are accepting applicants on a rolling basis. ✨ Want to volunteer? Stay tuned for volunteer recruitment announcement in July! ❓ Questions? Email us at fatg@asiancdc.org

📣ACDC is currently looking for Team Captains for Films at the Gate (FATG) @filmsatthegate! Hear from last year's team captains on why you should join the FATG crew! 💵 Meet Aidan - He thinks that you should join fundraising if you want to sell concessions and ACDC swag. Aidan shares that working with the fundraising team is great for building leadership skills. If that seems up your alley, consider the fundraising team! 🌟 As a team captain, you will help plan the event during the summer by attending weekly meetings starting in July, organizing and managing an individual committee, working with others, and training a team of youth volunteers. It is a great way to build connections, obtain planning experience, and get involved in the Chinatown community. 🤔 Interested in the other teams? Stay tuned to this page or look at our previous posts to learn more! 🔗 The application link is https://lnkd.in/echjumBa ❗The hard deadline to apply is THIS FRIDAY, JUNE 28TH at 11:59 PM, but we STRONGLY encourage you to apply EARLY, as we are accepting applicants on a rolling basis. ✨ Want to volunteer? Stay tuned for volunteer recruitment announcement in July! ❓ Questions? Email us at fatg@asiancdc.org

📣ACDC is currently looking for Team Captains for Films at the Gate (FATG) @filmsatthegate! Hear from last year's team captains on why you should join the FATG crew! 🖌️🎨 Meet Maya - She thinks that you should join the decorations team if you have a creative mind and love art! Decorations is always trying to think of ways to create art that interacts with the community as well. If that seems up your alley, consider the decorations team. 🌟 As a team captain, you will help plan the event during the summer by attending weekly meetings starting in July, organizing and managing an individual committee, working with others, and training a team of youth volunteers. It is a great way to build connections, obtain planning experience, and get involved in the Chinatown community. 🤔 Interested in the other teams? Stay tuned to this page or look at our previous posts to learn more! 🔗 The application link is https://lnkd.in/echjumBa ❗The hard deadline to apply is THIS FRIDAY, JUNE 28TH at 11:59 PM, but we STRONGLY encourage you to apply EARLY, as we are accepting applicants on a rolling basis. ✨ Want to volunteer? Stay tuned for volunteer recruitment announcement in July! ❓ Questions? Email us at fatg@asiancdc.org