BOSTON – ACDC is pleased to announce that its 2010 Inspiration Gala will take place on Friday, June 18, from 6:00 to 9:00PM in the offices of K & L Gates at One Lincoln Street in Boston.  The Inspiration Gala is an event that brings community, academic, and business leaders together to honor their community contributions and supports the programs of ACDC.  This year, Edwards

BOSTON, MA — Video games have the power to lower barriers to participation in the urban planning process, according to the results of a project that kicked off last week in Boston’s Chinatown neighborhood.

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BOSTON, MA. AUGUST 6, 2009 – Asian Voices of Organized Youth for Community Empowerment (A-VOYCE) youth radio program will begin broadcasting its weekly radio show from a new location at WUNR-1600AM Radio International in Downtown Crossing beginning this fall.

BOSTON, MA May 5, 2009 – A conceptual proposal titled “Chinatown Crossing” to convert the 1920’s Verizon building and its adjacent annex in Boston’s Chinatown into 105 units of mixed-income rental housing and the Chinatown branch of the Boston Public Library received the top award in the 2009 Affordable Housing Development Competition. The winners in the 9th year of this competition were announced at an awards ceremony on April 28th.

BOSTON, MA. APRIL 16, 2009 – Asian Community Development Corporation and project partners, Emerson College and Metropolitan Area Planning Council, received funding for their collaborative project, Participatory Chinatown, one of nineteen projects from around the world awarded funding to explore digital media’s ability to help people learn. Funded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the 2009 Digital Media and Learning Competition awarded a total of $2 million. Participatory Chinatown was the only winning project from Massachusetts.

BOSTON, MA. DECEMBER 2, 2008 – During its 21st Annual Meeting, ACDC officially launched a new campaign to raise funds that will go directly towards programs serving low to moderate income families in Chinatown and beyond. ACDC board president Caroline Chang, Executive Director Jeremy Liu, and Director of the City of Boston Department of Neighborhood Development Evelyn Friedman, ceremoniously marked the start of the Family Assistance Fund. Over 280 of ACDC’s supporters were in attendance to witness the launch and celebrate the momentous occasion.