Letters from the Executive Director
December 2016
Letter from the Executive Director – Year End Appeal
As 2016 comes to a close, we are aware of the complicated and bittersweet sentiment that hangs in the air. We saw both glimmers of hope and immense sorrow in our communities this year, and 2017 holds immense uncertainty as well. This is not the first time we’ve experienced this. In 1975, the Asian and Pacific Islander communities of Oakland’s Chinatown were coping with the tangible effects of displacement from redevelopment and new freeway construction. The Vietnam War was ending, but the economy was suffering, and unemployment was high. A new...
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