Asian Community Development Corporation

🎉Great news! On August 6, Governor Healey () signed the Affordable Homes Act into law! We are thrilled to celebrate the official signing of the Affordable Homes Act and happy to see our administration taking the first steps to address our housing crisis.

🏠This historic act will add $5 billion of resources for affordable housing across MA, as well as several important policy changes that will make creating housing easier so that all residents can have safe and affordable places to call home.

👍ACDC's Executive Director, Angie Lou, had the chance to meet with the Secretary of Housing & Livable Communities Ed Augustus after the signing of the Affordable Homes Act. (2nd photo)

🌟Stay tuned for more updates!

🔔 亞美社區發展協會現推出新一季配對儲蓄計劃，幫助中低收入家庭增加儲蓄，為購買第一間住房做好準備！例如：您每存入$1, 亞美社區發展協會將配對給您$1, 每個月配對上限為$100, 計劃為期一年，配對總額不超過$1200。

✨申請者必須符合以下條件:✨
1. 家庭總收入在80%AMI的中低收入以下;
2. 希望增加家庭存款在1-2年內購買首間住房;🏠
3. 承諾參加亞美社區發展協會10小時的個人財務管理課程班和理財咨詢服務。
4.💰過去或者在計劃期間參加由亞美社區發展協會舉辦的首次購房學習班。

📆報名截止日期: 9/15/2024
名額有限，機會難得，
歡迎大家踴躍報名申請！

🖥️報名方式：https://bit.ly/applymatch
❓ 欲知詳情，請撥打 781-851-4619 或電郵至
[email protected].

🔔 Asian Community Development Corporation (ACDC) is launching a new season of the matched savings program to help low- and moderate-income families increase their savings and prepare for purchasing their first home! During the program period, for every $1 you save, ACDC will match $1, with a monthly matching limit of $100. The program lasts for one year, with a total matching amount of up to $1200.

✨Applicant Eligibility✨
1. Total household income is below 80% of the Area Median Income (AMI) for low- and moderate-income.
2. Wish to increase family savings to purchase their first home in the next two years. 🏠
3. Commit to attending 10 hours of financial literacy workshops and financial counseling services offered by ACDC.
4. 💰Have attended a first-time homebuyer class organized by ACDC in the last three years or will attend one during the program period.

📆Registration deadline: Saturday, September 15
🖥️Register at: https://bit.ly/applymatch

❓For more details, please call 781-851-4619 or email
[email protected]

🔔 Are you looking for an interesting summer activity to do in Boston with family and friends? ACDC’s interactive tours are the perfect match for you!

🗺️ For the first time, we will be offering monthly weekend tours to the public! The first tours will happen this month on August 24th & 25th both from 4-5 PM.

This month’s tours are in collaboration with Films at the Gate (). After the tour, join in on ACDC’s annual FREE 3-day, outdoor film festival, organized by ACDC’s A-VOYCE youth!

🌟 Tours will be $25 per person and capped at 20 people. So get your tickets now at linktr.ee/acdctours.

📣 Looking to book private tours for your network? Tours will be available to school groups, organizations/corporations, and individual groups of at least 15 people until October 31, 2024.

❓To learn more or book a tour, visit the link in our bio.

✨ Looking for FREE community events to go to this weekend?
 
👥 Join ACDC and Pao Arts Center this Saturday, August 10th for an afternoon in Chinatown!
 
✍️ From 2-4 PM, Pao Arts Center, in partnership with the Korean Cultural Society of Boston (kcsboston_), will be hosting an Afternoon of Korean Dance and Calligraphy at 99 Albany Street, featuring artist YoungSun Jang (). Come watch Korean cultural dances and learn about Korean name-writing in Hangeul script!
 
🦁 From 2-5 PM, check out ACDC’s Day of Lion Dance, right next door to Pao at Hudson Street Stoop (between 66 and 88 Hudson Street). There will be a beginner lion dancing workshop, an exhibition showcasing local artist Kevin Nguyen (), and more! Kevin’s exhibit and the lion dance performance will take place indoors at the 66 Hudson St Community Room, rain or shine!
 
💫 You don’t want to miss this special, fun-filled afternoon. Register for the events at the links in our bios!

✨ Looking for FREE community events to go to this weekend?

👥 Join ACDC and Pao Arts Center this Saturday, August 10th for an afternoon in Chinatown!

✍️ From 2-4 PM, Pao Arts Center, in partnership with the Korean Cultural Society of Boston (kcsboston_), will be hosting an Afternoon of Korean Dance and Calligraphy at 99 Albany Street, featuring artist YoungSun Jang (). Come watch Korean cultural dances and learn about Korean name-writing in Hangeul script!

🦁 From 2-5 PM, check out ACDC’s Day of Lion Dance, right next door to Pao at Hudson Street Stoop (between 66 and 88 Hudson Street). There will be a beginner lion dancing workshop, an exhibition showcasing local artist Kevin Nguyen (), and more! Kevin’s exhibit and the lion dance performance will take place indoors at the 66 Hudson St Community Room, rain or shine!

💫 You don’t want to miss this special, fun-filled afternoon. Register for Day of Lion Dance at bit.ly/ACDCLionDance and Pao's event at linktr.ee/paoartscenter.

🎥 ANNOUNCING ACDC’S 2024 FILMS AT THE GATE! 🌟

🎬 Join us for our annual FREE 3-day, outdoor film festival, organized by ACDC’s A-VOYCE youth. 

🥋Come watch classic kung fu films, enjoy live performances and participate in fun activities under the stars. This event is open to the public and enjoyable for all age groups!

🕺For more updates, follow and !

📍At the Chinatown Gate, along the John F. Fitzgerald Surface Road
⏰ August 23-25th, from 5:30-9:30pm each night

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🎥 ACDC 2024 年電影即將在牌坊舉行！🌟

🎬 參加我們由 ACDC 的 A-VOYCE 青年組織舉辦一年一度、免費的 3 天戶外電影節。

🥋快來觀賞經典功夫片、現場表演、並且在星空下參與趣味活動。活動開放給所有人，並且適合所有年齡層的朋友！

🕺想得到更多最新消息，請關注@filmsatthegate 和@asiancdc！

📍在唐人街牌坊前，沿著John F. Fitzgerald Surface Road
⏰ 8月23日至25日，每晚5:30-9:30

🧺 On July 20th, ACDC and Friends hosted our 2nd annual Summer Picnic at the Chinatown Backyard. We are grateful to all who attended and the dedicated staff and volunteers who made this event possible!

🍦 Participants enjoyed live performances, food, games, activities, and prizes. Families explored our Chinatown Backyard space and learned about heat resiliency and mitigation through tabling activities offered by our partners and learned about resources on how to beat the summer heat.

☀️ Why does Chinatown need these resources to combat the heat? Chinatown is the most densely populated neighborhood in the city of Boston and the home to many Asians. However, they have the least amount of tree canopy and open green space, making it one of the hottest neighborhoods in the state. ACDC wanted to give back to the community by providing accessible solutions to combat the grueling summer heat!

🎨 We had many wonderful activities, made by talented artists, that explored social justice issues in Chinatown:
✨ Artist Joanna Tam in partnership with Pao Arts Center created a participatory project called Imagine Safety. They aimed to amplify the voices of Chinatown community members on the issue of safety by providing a space to allow people to heal from the impacts of environmental justice, highway development, institutional expansion, and insecurity by sharing and imagining what a safe Chinatown looks like. Thank you to everyone who shared their stories!
✨ Artist Maria Fong engaged visitors to share what open space and public parks mean to them to build collective imagination in support of a future library park in Boston Chinatown. Participants drew and wrote on paper leaves to decorate the Library Park Cart with their ideas and vision for a park.
✨ Activity/Information Booths hosted by:
-Friends of the Chinatown Library (FOCL)
-Boston Public Library- BPL
-My Ombudsman
-Rose Kennedy Greenway
-Chinatown HEROS Project

🥰 Thank you to the volunteers from and performers from . Thank you for in-kind donations from Roche Bros, Costco, Pao Arts Center, Siena Farms, Whole Foods, and BPD for donating slushes to keep our guests cool!

🎤 Shout-out and thank you to our bilingual emcee Chu Huang and special guest speakers:
-Councilor At-Large Julia Mejia
-City Councilor Ed Flynn
-Chulan Huang from the City of Boston's Department of Neighborhood Services
-Zoe Davis from the City of Boston's Environment Department

💐 This event is in partnership with collective and .

💖 This year’s Summer Picnic is dedicated to the loving memory of Amy Cheung. Amy was a longtime friend of ACDC for almost 20 years, having been involved as an AmeriCorps Mass Promise Fellow, as program director, and as a board member. We invite you to join Amy's family, friends, and ACDC in honoring Amy’s legacy of dedication to her community, especially, her commitment to supporting young by donating to https://donorbox.org/amyyouthfund or the link in our bio.

📸 Photos by Ryan Lee .photo

🎉 Join ACDC on a day celebrating the art of lion dance with a lion dance performance and beginner workshop by AACC!
🗓️ Saturday, August 10
🕒 2:00 PM -5:00 PM
📍 Hudson Street Stoop at One Greenway Park
Between 66-88 Hudston St, Boston, MA 02111

🦁 Enjoy lion Dance performances and a beginner lion dancing workshop at HSS by the Asian American Cultural Center (AACC). This is a one-day-only solo exhibition of Boston-born and raised artist Kevin Nguyen , featuring restored historic lion heads and two new original lion heads, which will be on display in the Community Room at 66 Hudson next to the park.

🥰 Everyone is invited to participate in this educational journey to learn more about Chinatown's history by signing the form: bit.ly/ACDCLionDance

🪄Calling all Disney fans, come check out the youth-organized SaturPLAY in July for Disney-themed activities!
🗓️ Saturday, July 27th
🕒 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
📍 Mary Soo Hoo Park (On the Greenway)
Hudson St & Beach St, Boston, MA 02111

🎨 There will be lots of fun games and crafts for everyone to enjoy: popsicle stick characters, memory balls, Disney puppets, and patches. It's fun for the whole family!

🥰 Everyone is invited to drop by to participate or say hi!

💐 SaturPLAY is a series of monthly youth-led family-oriented events in collaboration with Rose Kenndy Greenway . SaturPLAY activates Mary Soo Hoo Park at the Greenway by inviting Chinatown families to enjoy the park with planned activities every last Saturday of the month, from May to October (except for August)

🌟 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 , who delivered 4 sessions of their Community Organizing curriculum, as well as, our Teaching Artist, Maria Fong (), 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 () 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!⁠
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🗓️ Saturday, July 20⁠
🕑 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm⁠
📍Tufts Community Common⁠
186 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA 02111⁠
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☀️ Enjoy free multigenerational programming and learn about resources on ways to beat the summer heat. ⁠
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😎 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.⁠
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✨ Thank you to volunteers and performers from Kwong Kow Chinese School for supporting the event!⁠
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💐 This event is in partnership with the project and Tufts University.⁠
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🌊 Bring your kids to SaturPLAY on June 29th for games, activities, and crafts!

📅: Saturday, June 29th, 2024

🕐: 1pm-3pm

📍: Mary Soo Hoo Park (near the Greenway) on Hudson St. & Beach St., Boston MA 02111

🐢June’s theme is “Under the Sea”! In celebration of the beginning of summer, we will be making ocean-themed arts and crafts this month!

🐠 Everyone is invited to drop by to participate or say hi!

🐚 SaturPLAY is a series of 6 youth-led interventions in collaboration with the Rose Kennedy Greenway to activate Mary Soo Hoo Park by having events on every last Saturday of the month, from April to September.

🌱Chinatown Backyard Opening Day was June 1, and we had so much fun in the sun painting and planting seedlings! Thank you to local artist Katelyn Lipton for leading a sign painting workshop and helping gardeners paint their dream designs. Gardeners came with inspiration photos and magazine clippings, and with a little help from Katelyn, they painted these masterpieces! Some highlights include a Chinese-style rose garden, a rooster, a baby chick, and a waterfall. These original artworks will customize each gardener's raised bed and add some color to the community garden. ⁠
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👏 Thank you to Choy Division and The Food Project for generously donating seedlings! The garden is looking so colorful and bright, and we can't wait to watch our plants grow, harvest, and nourish our community

📋 Data breaks racial biases, which is why ACDC and celebrate the data equity bill.

👏 This data equity provision aims to help address disparities in areas like education and healthcare. This bill disaggregates data between different AAPI ethnic groups, including but not limited to Chinese, Japanese, Indian, Bangladeshi, Cambodian, Filipino, Korean, and Vietnamese. It is the largest bill of its kind in the country!

🗞 The AAPI community is not a monolith. It is crucial that we collect data to help address inequalities within our diverse communities. Check out Angie's Letter to the Editor in the Globe to learn more!

🥟 Thank you to everyone who came to our 2024 Heart of the Community Dim Sum Breakfast! We loved sharing a delicious meal with so many friendly faces last week!

👏 Congratulations again to our honorees:
Caroline Chang Inspiration Award: Peter Madsen
Inspiration Award: Ponnapa Prakkamakul

⭐️ We are also grateful to the following elected and city officials for joining us:
* Boston City Council President Ruthzee Louijeune
* Boston City Councilor At-Large Henry Santana
* State Representative Erika Uyterhoeven
* Chief of Housing Sheila Dillon
* Quincy At-Large City Councillor Nina Liang
* Malden Ward 3 City Councillor Amanda Linehan
* Malden Ward 6 City Councillor Stephen Winslow
* Mayor of Boston Michelle Wu
* State Representative Erika Uyterhoeven
* Undersecretary Ashley Stolba

❣️We are still accepting donations for our youth program, A-VOYCE! Help us reach our goal of $5000! Your donation will help fund our youth-organized outdoor film festival, Films at the Gate, stipends and paid internships for local youth, and programs like SaturPLAY! Use the link in our bio to donate.

Mayor Michelle Wu has declared a heat emergency in the City of Boston from Tuesday, June 18, through Thursday, June 20. Visit www.boston.gov/heat or www.asiancdc.org/heat to learn more.

☀️ La alcaldesa Michelle Wu ha declarado una emergencia por el calor excesivo en la ciudad de Boston a partir del 18 de Junio del 2024 hasta el 20 de Junio del 2024.

☀️Majistra Michelle Wu deklare yon ijans poutèt chalè a nan Vil Boston an apati 18 Jen 2024 jiska 20 Jen 2024.

☀️Thị trưởng Michelle Wu đã ban bố tình trạng khẩn cấp về nhiệt ở Thành phố Boston bắt đầu từ ngày 18 tháng 6 đến hết ngày 20 tháng 6, 2024.

☀️吴弭市长宣告波士顿市从 2024 年 6月 18日周二至 2024 年 6月 20日周四 进入炎热高温紧急状态。

☀️La mairesse Michelle Wu a déclaré une urgence liée à la chaleur dans la ville de Boston du 18 juin 2024 au 20 juin 2024.

☀️A Prefeita Michelle Wu declarou estado de emergência no município de Boston para os dias 18 a 20 de Junho de 2024, devido à forte onda de calor.

☀️أعلنت العمدة ميشيل وو حالة طارئة بسبب الحرارة في مدينة بوسطن من ١٨ شهر ٦، ٢٠٢٤ إلى ٢٠ شهر ٦، ٢٠٢٤. boston.gov/heat

☀️Duqa magaalda Michelle Wu aayaa ku dhawaaqday xaalad degdega oo kulayl ah gudaha magaalada Boston laga bilaabo 18 ka Juun, 2024 ilaa iyo 20 ka Juun, 2024.

🥟🥢 ACDC’s Annual Heart of the Community Dim Sum Breakfast wouldn't have been possible without the support of our generous sponsors. Thank you so much for supporting us and the communities we call home. ✨

🚨DUE TO THE HEAT EMERGENCY: This event has MOVED INDOORS to the 66 Hudson Community Room! Same address
🚨因為高溫緊急情況：此活動將移到室內的 66 Hudson 社區室！同樣的地址

☀️ Join us at the first Hudson Street Stoop event of the summer! We are excited to welcome Sifu Jean Lukitsh back to Chinatown to offer a FREE introductory tai chi class. This class is open to all ages and skill levels and will be followed up with hot herbal tea from and onigiris from . We hope to see you there for a relaxing evening!

Location: Hudson Street Stoop (66-88 Hudson St)
Date: June 20th (Thu)
Time: 6-8pm

RSVP: https://bit.ly/45totEq

This is the first of a series of events coming to ACDC’s Hudson Street Stoop, so stay tuned for more fun outdoor events coming soon!

☀️ 請參加夏季的第一個乞氏門廊 (Hudson Street Stoop) 活動！我們很高興歡迎師傅 Jean Lukitsh 回到唐人街，提供免費的太極拳入門課程。該課程向所有年齡段和技能水平開放，隨後將提供@dadoteacambridge 的花草茶和@teadoboston 的飯糰。我們希望在那裡見到您，一起度過一個輕鬆的夜晚！

地點: 綠茵苑 & 綠雅居公園 (66-88 Hudson St)
日期: 6月20日 (星期四)
時間: 下午 6至8點

提前報名：https://bit.ly/45totEq

這是 ACDC Hudson Street Stoop 舉辦的一系列活動中的第一個，敬請期待即將推出的更多有趣的戶外活動！

✨ Happy AAPI Heritage Month!

❓Did you know ACDC continues to be a leader in developing affordable housing across Chinatown and Malden?

Recent ACDC housing updates:
- 250 affordable housing units in development in Chinatown and Malden
- ACDC’s Parcel R-1 development of affordable housing will include a permanent Chinatown branch of the Boston Public Library

🥟 Want to support these impacts and more in 2024? Join us for our 2024 Heart of the Community Dim Sum Breakfast on June 7th.

🔗 Buy tickets at asiancdc.org/dimsum