by Jason Laughlin, Updated: March 6, 2020 PHILADELPHIA She arrived as a teenage refugee — now she’s the voice of Northeast Philly’s growing Chinese community From homeowners needing rain collectors, to undocumented immigrants seeking municipal IDs, to fearful Chinese residents looking for the straight story on coronavirus — Mingchu “Pearl” Huynh helps them all. Mingchu "Pearl" Huynh, president of the Northeast Philadelphia Chinese Association, a nonprofit that helps connect Chinese immigrants to public services and other resources. TIM TAI / Staff Photographer by Jason Laughlin Updated March 6, 2020 At first, the teenagers’ taunts weren’t enough to drive the Chinese Sister Square Dance Group of Northeast Philadelphia from their evening rehearsal space, the playground of Mayfair Elementary School. Even through the vulgarities, the women — mostly immigrants, as many as 40 a session — kept dancing. Then came hurled water bottles, and worse. One night, a boy rode his bike throu...
Please Expand Public Health Centers in Lower Northeast Philadelphia Invitation to Friends Hospital New Health Center Zoning Meeting Tues 6/4/2024 10am City Hall Northeast Philadelphia Chinese Association NEPCA Philadelphia, PA, United States Jun 1, 2024 Dear Community, I would like to update you with the petition to support Friends Hospital new Health Center: Summary signature counts as of 4/20/2024 393 Signed this online petition at Change.org 546 Signed paper version petition co-hosted by 18 community partners. ------------------------------------ 939 Subtotal signatures from petitions; 400 Subtotal from PUP assisting people sending postcards -------------------------------------------- 1339 Total signatures These 18 community partners had hosted petition-signing activities to support the two new health centers (listed in the order of participation): Philadelphia Unemployment Project (PUP) N...
Northeast Philadelphia Chinese Association (NEPCA) is a grassroots community-based non-profit organization under fiscal sponsorship of Culture Trust of Greater Philadelphia, a 501(c)(3) organization. Our mission is to support Asian American community living in the Northeast Philadelphia neighborhoods achieving cultural, education, and economic advancements and to become contributors of the region. NEPCA Current activities include: . Help Public Health Center 10 get donation of mask and sanitizer supplies 1. Build communication network in Wechat social media to provide information to connect people with our City. Act as liaison, provide support with document translation and interpretation to assist various government offices and service agencies to reach out to Chinese residents in Northeast Philadelphia. 2. Provide English help station assisting Chinese residents read English mail, ...
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