When Friends Come From Afar

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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• História das Américas
• Estudos de gênero: as mulheres
• Biografia: geral
• Estudos étnicos
• Trabalho social
• Organizações não governamentais (ONG)
• História social e cultural
• História local
• Estudos Black & Asian

Chinatown; social work; settlement house movement; Chicago politics; childcare; senior citizens; architecture; Chicago River; Zhou Brothers; Chicago arts scene; immigrants; Chinese immigrants; Hong Kong immigrants; Vietnamese immigrants; Uptown; Museum of Science and Industry; English as a Second Language