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Boston Chinatown
Connecting Boston's Chinatown.

• Jean Wu
  

  Dr. Jean Wu is the Program and Education Director for the Office of Diversity Education and Development and the Senior Lecturer in American Studies Program, at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts.
  Wu says her responsibilities as Program and Education Director are to design and implement curriculum to help faculty develop skills for teaching in diverse classrooms. Wu says she also helps design programs that foster healthy diversity in academic settings.

  As Senior Lecturer, Wu’s responsibilities include teaching American Studies courses. Wu said her specific areas of teaching are: race in America, systems of inequality, Asian America, and community work in Boston Chinatown. Wu also advises students in academics, honors theses, and “senior special” projects.

  Wu has contributed to Chinatown through her role at Tufts by introducing and recruiting college students to become involved in the Chinatown community, she said. Wu’s class on “Race, Culture, Power, and Politics: Active Citizenship in Boston Chinatown” places students in non-profit community-based organizations in Boston Chinatown to work on community-generated agenda, Wu said.

  “Students are given content knowledge on history and contemporary issues of the community in their on-campus portion of the course. My goal is to foster students’ long commitment to ethical community involvement that is focused on racial and social justice for the community. Wu said students need skills, knowledge and awareness for the anti-racist and anti-oppression work as these relate to a racialized targeted community with very limited resources.

  Some of Wu’s students have participated in projects like the voter registration and education and library project at the Chinese Progressive Association (CPA), eating history and other programming at the Asian American Resource Workshop (AARW), youth radio and walking tour and membership drive at the Asian Community Development Corporation (ACDC), tutoring and green building project at the Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center (BCNC), and mentoring and tutoring at Josiah Quincy upper school.

  While Wu helps students organize these service projects, she also assists with projects that “need bilingual language skills and where behind the scenes work needs to be done,” Wu added.
  Wu is also involved with the CPA and the AARW, she said.
  

• Dr. Robert Guen
  

  Dr Robert Guen practices general dentistry in Brookline, Massachusetts. Guen was born and raised in Boston Chinatown, and has maintained an active role in the community since his youth. He has previously worked at the South Cove Health Center, and volunteered for various community cultural organizations, he said. Guen has also been a chairman for the “August Moon Festivals,” an annual Chinatown event that commemorates the overthrow of the Yuan dynasty in 1368 AD.

  Guen was the founder of the Boston Type-A Sister City Relationship, in 1995. This organization fosters a continuous relationship with Asian political powers abroad. It represents Chinese all over the world, said Guen.

  Though Guen currently lives in Jamaica Plain, he has continued to contribute to the Chinatown community. Guen has been on the Board of Directors at the Wang YMCA in Chinatown. He has coached the “Knights,” a local volleyball team, for the Chinese Athletic Club for about 10-12 years. He has also served as a chairman for the National Chinese Volleyball and Basketball Tournaments, which are held annually.

  Guen has also been a member of the Chinese Economic Development Council since 1983, he said.
  Additionally, Guen was selected by Tufts University, where he previously attended dental school, to speak at various events in Chinatown, including openings of research facilities. Guen said he wants to represent the community and help to bridge the gap between Chinatown and Tufts.

  Guen said he would like to see more resources given to Chinatown organizations. “Chinatown is a very self-sufficient community. Given proper resources we try to solve our own problems,” said Guen.

  Guen also said he believes it is important to give additional funding to Chinatown’s recreational organizations. “It’s the glue that keeps a lot of Chinese kids together. It ties the generations together,” said Guen.
  

• The SooHoo Family
  

  The SooHoo Family has maintained an active role in the Chinatown for years. The father, Hing SooHoo immigrated to Boston Chinatown from China, when he was approximately twenty-years-old. His wife, Mary, grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts; she often visited Chinatown as a child. The couple married and raised their three daughters, Jadine, Cynthia, and Angela in Chinatown.

  The SooHoo Family has contributed to the Chinatown community in various ways. The SooHoo’s have owned the Chinatown Café since 1989. The family operated restaurant is located at 262 Harrison Avenue in Boston. The family said they support the Chinatown community through their business donating to Chinatown organizations and events, including the annual ”National Nite Out.” The restaurant has previously been awarded the “Community Business and Friendship Award,” given by the Josiah Quincy School.

  In addition to managing the Chinatown Café, Hing and Mary have also maintained memberships in a variety of organizations. Both are members of the Chinatown Safety Committee, The Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Council, and the Asian Community Development Corporation (ACDC).

  Hing SooHoo was elected President of the Tai Tung Village Tenant Association in January 2005. The Tai Tung is a housing development where tenants can attend meetings and address some of their concerns about the development. He is also a board member of the Chinatown YMCA.

  Marry SooHoo is a member of the Neighborhood Housing Trust at the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (CCBA), and the “National Nite Out” committee. Mary has received awards on behalf of the Chinatown Neighborhood Crime Watch Unit for the “Top 10 Crime Watch Group” at the “National Nite Out” in 1994 and 1996.
  In addition to working at the Chinatown Café, the SooHoo daughters have also volunteered within the community. They have participated in the “Chinatown Cleanup” and helped out at the “National Nite Out.”

  Angela SooHoo said she has been fortunate growing up in Boston Chinatown. “We’ve got the best of both cultures,” said Angela. “We have American Culture, but we are also surrounded by Chinese culture, such as the good and traditions”

  The SooHoo Family said they would like to see more community involvement in Chinatown. They believe more people should attend community meetings and maintain a more significant role in decision-making.
  

• Sue Kim
  

  Sue Kim is a Senior Planner at the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA). The neighborhoods Kim works on developmental planning processes include Chinatown, the Leather District and Midtown Cultural District.
  One of the BRA’s most recent projects is the South Bay Planning Study, said Kim. The South Bay Planning Study is development plan for the land located south of Kneeland Street and adjacent to Chinatown, said the BRA’s South Bay Phase 1 Report. The plan includes land uses, urban design, massing, infrastructure, transportation, and environmental issues that at the completion of the plan will lead to new zoning, the report added.

  The BRA has also been working with the community to create development guidelines for Central Artery Parcel 24, said Kim. This project is also being done in conjunction with the Turnpike Authority, she added.

  The BRA is also currently working on the Central Artery Parcel 23D park with the Mass. Turnpike Authority, said Kim.

  Kim said the BRA reviews all development projects. These review processes include public meetings and public review, she said.

  The BRA is also reviewing the development proposal for the Central Artery Parcel 24, said Kim.

  “Also, streetscape infrastructure for Essex and Beach Street will be reviewed as part of the Mayor’s Crossroads Initiative,” she added. The “Crossroads Initiative” is Mayor Thomas Menino’s plan to reconnect Boston’s neighborhoods to the Harbor, the Rose Kennedy Greenway, and to one another. They also connect neighborhoods that were formerly isolated by the Central Artery.

  Kim said some improvements the BRA would like to see in Chinatown is an increase and diversification of housing types and income availability. The organization also wants improved streetscape design and maintenance, and to work with the Boston Public Library and Public Works Dept to establishing a location for a Chinatown-branch library.

• Bac Fun Wong
  

  Bak Fun Wong is the Deputy Superintendent of Schools and the Principal of the Josiah Quincy Upper School in Chinatown. He has been the principal since the school’s opening in 1999 and has lived in Chinatown for six years. He is a former Principal of the Josiah Quincy Elementary School. He is on the board of trustees on the Asian American Civic