🥟 Recap: 2025 Heart of the Community Dim Sum Breakfast 🫖

Thank you to all attendees, who came to Celebrate 38 years of community building at our Heart of the Community Dim Sum Breakfast!

Photos by Lee-Daniel Tran.

2025 Heart of the Community Program

Thank you to all who came to our 2025 Heart of the Community Dim Sum Breakfast on June 6, 2025 at Empire Garden! We loved celebrating this year's special guests with you all, seeing everyone enjoy food together, seeing all the answers from our new Heart of the Community Activity.

Congratulations again to our honorees:⁠

  • Caroline Chang Leadership Award: Susan Chinsen

  • Inspiration Award: State Representative Erika Uyterhoeven

We want to extend our appreciation towards this year's Key Note, Phil Eng, CEO and General Manager of MBTA. We are also grateful to the following elected and city officials for joining us: ⁠Boston City Council President Ruthzee Louijeune, Malden Councillor Stephen Winslow, and Malden Councillor Amanda Linehan.

Behind the Scenes of Malden A-VOYCE

"Behind the Scenes of Malden A-VOYCE" is a video created by our Communications Intern and A-VOYCE Alumni Harrison Tran. Debut at 2025 Dim Sum Breakfast'‘s programming, the video invited viewers to hear reflections from Malden A-VOYCE youth and staff leading up to their language justice tabling event, Bridging Beyond Barriers.

Video by Harrison Tran.

Heart of the COmmunity Activity

At this year’s Heart of the Community Dim Sum Breakfast, we debuted a participatory activity to collectively reflect on the theme of Heart of the Community. Attendees were asked to write a story, a name, a memory, or a poem reflecting on the prompt:

What does the Heart of our Community look like? Who and what are the people, places, and connections preserving the vibrant communities we call home?

Here are a highlight set of submissions to our Heart of the Community Activity:

 
 

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS AND SUPPORTERS!

Community Builder: $10,000

Healthy Home: $5,000

Emily K. Yu


Good Neighbor: $3,000

Rebecca A. Lee

Ground Breaker: $1,500

Daniel Park

Friend: $750