Letter from the Executive Director and board president
Dear Friends of ACDC,
While the past two years have been marked by compounding adversity, it is our resilience and care for one another that will define us, and why we chose Collective Care as our 2021 Annual Report theme. Witnessing the love and support among neighbors and across communities inspires us every day in our work, despite the most recent surge in racist sentiments and violent attacks targeting Asian individuals. Partnering with neighboring organizations and elected officials across Boston, Malden, and Quincy has increased the overall reach and support services available to working class and immigrant communities we all serve.
ACDC continues to pool its resources and efforts with partners such as AARW, BCNC, CPA, and GBLS – Asian Outreach Unit to advocate for expanding the quality of life and access to resources for our constituents. This includes advocating for more federal pandemic relief funding for immigrant households and promoting data equity to amplify the needs of underrepresented ethnicities. Data equity is key in dispelling the model minority myth that prevents vulnerable populations from receiving critical services - programs fueled by public and private funders who are informed by inadequate demographic surveys and reports. In addition to advocating for long-term solutions, we worked with our partners to provide translation and interpretation support so that families could apply for much-needed housing relief assistance and access vaccine appointments.
Our placekeeping work anchors the communities we serve by coaching residents of all ages and backgrounds to become community leaders and recruiting emerging artists to collaborate with our resident leaders. ACDC’s community-centered public art projects produce creative solutions to foster neighborly connections and celebrate the vibrant residents, culture, and history of Chinatown. A banner year for our placekeeping efforts, in 2021 we celebrated the inaugural Hudson Street Stoop installation, “Storytell and Sway” by Gianna Stewart and “Where We Belong / 归属，归宿” mural on Oxford Street by Ponnapa Prakkamakul, and the fourth year of launching Residence Lab where Chinatown residents and artists created three unique, temporary installations at Mary Soo Hoo Park, in partnership with the Pao Arts Center and the Greenway.
Thank you to our generous supporters and partners for investing in people and the places they call home alongside ACDC. We look forward to another year of building homes and strengthening communities.
Sincerely,
Angie Liou, Executive Director
Paul W. Lee, Board President
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Placekeeping
In 2021, ACDC expanded on its placekeeping efforts by bringing multiple installations to Chinatown in collaboration with residents, local artists, and our partners including the Pao Arts Center and Rose Kennedy Greenway. Hear from Jeena Chang, ACDC's Director of Community Programs & Design the incredible ways residents, artists, and other community organizations have collaborated with ACDC to create vibrant and interactive public art that seeks to honor Chinatown's history and connect neighbors.
Watch the video introduced by Jeena about the Hudson Street Stoop. This inaugural installation titled "Storytell and Sway" was created by artist Gianna Stewart in collaboration with Chinatown residents. Special thank you to our residents Itasha Daniels, Pihua Lin, and Dianyvet Serrano for sharing their stories, and to Amanda Huang for creating this video.
Check out this highlight on the "Where We Belong / 归属，归宿" mural by Ponnapa Prakkamakul, who worked with our youth and Chinatown residents to create this 150-foot mural honoring the site's history as a former noodle factory. The colorful imagery celebrating the cultural significance of noodles also spreads an affirming message that Chinatown is home to everyone. In the face of displacement and recent surge in violent attacks against Asians, particularly our elders, we belong here. Special thank you our partner Oxford Properties for funding this project. This video was made by Olivia Huang, courtesy of Oxford Properties.
A-VOYCE Youth Leadership
Our youth programs team, Celina, Emma, and Sung-Min, share how their A-VOYCE programs have been supporting young people as they navigate the pandemic and continue leading projects to transform their communities.
Pandemic Relief Efforts
May Lui, ACDC's Resident Engagement Coordinator, and Lee Lin, ACDC's former Housing Counselor (now working part-time for the hotline), share how they have supported hundreds of families in the past year.
They continue to dedicate countless hours to help each household secure life-sustaining housing assistance to pay for rental and mortgage expenses. With many families still struggling with unemployment, ACDC's multilingual hotline bridges the language gap that prevents many immigrant families from accessing these much-needed funds so they can stay in their homes and avoid eviction or foreclosure.
Civic Engagement & Advocacy
Organizing & Advocacy Fellow Mabelle Zhang shares how ACDC and our partners in APIs CAN continue to mobilize residents across Boston, Malden and Quincy to vote and advocate for community needs.
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