When Friends Come From Afar

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESSISBN: 9780252088186

The Remarkable Story of Bernie Wong and Chicago's Chinese American Service League

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By Susan Blumberg-Kason
Imprint: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS
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Pages:
200

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Susan Blumberg-Kason is the author of Bernardine's Shanghai Salon: The Story of the Doyenne of Old China and Good Chinese Wife: A Love Affair with China Gone Wrong.

Foreword The Ten Founders of the Chinese American Service League Author's Note Prologue: Chinatown Diplomacy Part I: The Early Years in the 1970s Hong Kong Connections Eleanor So and Her Seniors Charitable Organizations and Connections The Dentist's Office A Tale of Two Chinatowns Part II: The Busy 1980s In the Spirit of the Settlement Movement Linda Yu to the Rescue A Solution to a Very American Problem Have You Eaten? The Next Generation of Social Workers The Zhou Brothers Plant Roots in Chinatown Part III: The Expansive 1990s The Youth Center on Canal Street Expanding Senior Services Senior Housing Becomes a Reality CASL Needs a New Home Part IV: A New Home in the 2000s Program Consolidation and Expansion Multigenerational Services in One Space CASL's Impact and Recognition Part V: New Challenges in the 2020s Pandemic Response The End of an Era Epilogue Looking Forward Acknowledgments Appendix I Chinese American Service League Board of Directors, 1978-2022 Appendix II List of Interviews and Written Statements Notes Bibliography Index

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