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OCA Greater Chicago is dedicated to promoting the economic, professional, and social well-being of Asian Pacific Americans in the Greater Chicago area

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12/25/2021

Photos from Manzanar National Historic Site's post

12/25/2021

JANM Debuts Interactive ‘Talk’ With Nisei Veteran - Rafu Shimpo

A powerful new exhibition, “The Interactive StoryFile of Lawson Iichiro Sakai,” is now open at the Japanese American National Museum (JANM). The exhibit uses groundbreaking storytelling technology to give visitors […]

12/24/2021

Why the Match.com C.E.O. Took a Stand on the Texas Abortion Law

Shar Dubey runs some of the world’s most popular online dating sites. A restrictive new law prompted her to speak out.

12/24/2021

Christmas Eve, 1913. My grandfather was released from incarceration on Angel Island tonight. He had been locked in a cell for three months, from the moment he arrived by steamship with other Sikhs from India. It was a time of violent white nationalist fervor, headlines warning of an invasion. Ellis Island on the east coast was a beacon of welcome for European immigrants. But Angel Island on the west coast was designed to detain, deter, and deport as many brown people as possible. So Kehar Singh would have been deported — I would not be here — without the intervention of a white lawyer who, with the support of the few Sikhs already here, filed a writ of habeas corpus. And he was freed.

So my family celebrates Christmas Eve as a day of liberation. I tell this story to my children. And I say a prayer for you and me: May we be liberated from the prison of fear — and the prisons made by others’ fears. May we be liberated from the weight of accrued traumas in our bodies. May we be liberated from forces that profit from suffering and indifference to suffering. May we be liberated from stasis and despair. May we have the audacity to pursue healing, pleasure, and transcendent joy. May we be agents of our own liberation.

For the world will not liberate us. My grandfather’s story teaches me that. He was not released because the nation realized its white supremacy overnight and initiated repair. He was released by a tiny passionate cohort — a white advocate and a handful of kin. We don’t need the world to change overnight to find freedom within. Even with omicron and climate and Congress and racial agony. We just need a few someones who see us, know us, weep with us, love on us, conspire with us for the release. Then — the cry, the gazing at the sky, the song, the meal, the joy that is freedom for a moment — and the expanded capacity to rise up and keep on. Who can do this with you? Who can you do this for?

For this is liberation day, and it’s got to be together. Perhaps this is the truest way to honor the one whose birthday we celebrate — and all the spiritual teachers who echo the one abiding call — to love, above all. #revolutionarylove #christmaseve #seenostranger

12/24/2021

A year after police killed Christian Hall, his parents continue calls for accountability

Police fatally shot Asian American teen Christian Hall during a mental health crisis. A year after his death, questions remain.

Darwin Baluran found significant differences in life expectancy based on region and nationality within Asian American gr...

12/24/2021

Breakthrough Asian American life expectancy research conducted by Vanderbilt doctoral student

Darwin Baluran found significant differences in life expectancy based on region and nationality within Asian American groups.

12/24/2021

Immigrant Chef Brings Comfort to Tenderloin’s Vulnerable Through Cooking

Chef Cho Wing Chung’s alarm clock will buzz at 3:45 a.m. on Christmas Day.

12/23/2021

Seattle’s Asian American Santa is extra loud and jolly for a good reason

The Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience in Seattle is expanding kids’ idea of what the man in the red suit can look like.

12/23/2021

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12/23/2021

Asian Americans have the biggest wealth gap. Here's how they're helping one another this year.

In the wintertime, the road outside of Rawnak Jahan’s home in Queens, New York, is often covered in ice and snow.

12/23/2021

Two Asian American women appointed deputy mayors of N.Y.C.

New York City Mayor-elect Eric Adams appointed two Asian American women to be deputy mayors this week.

12/23/2021

OnlyFans Founder Resigns, Company Names Marketing Chief New CEO

Tim Stokely, founder of porn-friendly social media subscription site OnlyFans, has resigned as CEO after five years “to pursue new endeavors,” the company announced Tuesday. Amrapali &#…

12/23/2021

'Not theirs to claim': Korean American entrepreneur threatened with 'pimple patches' trademark lawsuit

Good Light faces a lawsuit from Stryx over "pimple patches."

12/23/2021

Photos from One Down's post

12/23/2021

The Cozy Inn | Janesville Stories

I had considered transferring to another GM, but with the restaurant business, I didn’t want to leave. I own several properties, some farms in the area, which I lease out to farmers. Plus, I owned some property in Madison.

12/22/2021

Frustrated with ‘corporate’ health care, three physicians open a direct primary care clinic in St. Paul | MinnPost

Under the direct primary care model, patients pay physicians directly, based on a fixed monthly fee, and claims are not sent to insurance providers.

12/22/2021

New Jersey poised to become second state to require teaching Asian American history

A bill that would require public schools to teach Asian American history has been approved by the New Jersey Legislature.

12/22/2021

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12/22/2021

Utah Utes to immortalize basketball pioneer Wat Misaka, first pro player of color, this January

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) – At long last, one of the pioneers of the sport will have his playing number honored by the University of Utah basketball program. No. 20, belonging to Wat Misaka, who …

12/21/2021

Inventing the “Model Minority”: A Critical Timeline and Reading List

The idea of Asian Americans as a "model minority" has a long and complicated history. But that myth causes real harm.

12/21/2021

With his boundless energy and spirited optimism, Dr. Freddie Fu built a world-class sports medicine program that turned Pittsburgh into a go-to...

12/21/2021

How Spider-Man: No Way Home Lets Filipino Americans Shine

Spider-Man: No Way Home was a breakthrough for Filipino American representation. Here's why that's important.

12/21/2021

California Team Takes Gold at 2021 Pickleball Nationals - Rafu Shimpo

In May, California residents Kelly Shimabukuro and Dianne Asis qualified for the 2021 Pickleball Nationals, and the pair have made the best of the opportunity. Shimabukuro, of Westchester, and Sacramento’s […]

12/21/2021

Happy Winter Solstice

12/21/2021

Opinion | For kids who grew up like me, Netflix’s ‘Maid’ is hard to watch — but necessary

What doesn't get talked about often enough is how the popular series highlights the struggles of having a parent with undiagnosed bipolar disorder.

12/21/2021

What record-breaking Google searches showed us about AAPI issues in 2021

Newly released data on Google trending searches showed record-breaking searches related to Asian Americans in 2021.

12/21/2021

‘Partner Track’: Lena Ahn Joins Netflix Drama Series As Recurring

EXCLUSIVE: Lena Ahn (Memoirs of a Geisha, Lie to Me) has signed on to play a recurring role in Partner Track, the Netflix drama series based on Helen Wan’s 2013 novel from creator Georgia Lee…

12/21/2021

Spider-Man’s Jacob Batalon Reveals When He Realized The Impact Ned Has On The Asian Community

With great power comes great responsibility for Ned too.

12/21/2021

White House names members of AAPI visibility task force

The White House on Monday released the names of 23 people tasked with advancing “equity and opportunity” for Asian Americans.

12/20/2021

Meet the young Filipinos who made Forbes’ ‘30 Under 30’ class of 2022 —

The year 2021 was a complicated year for the Filipino American community. As Filipinos (and Asians and Asian Americans in general) continue to fight misinformation and bigotry of anti-Asian hate, communities are seeking respite and unity amid the tragedies of COVID-19. However devastating and hopele...

12/20/2021

NASA Scientists Named AGU 2021 Union Honorees

Among the several being recognized by the American Geophysical Union are three from JPL.

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National Day of Solidarity - Chicago 05/31/21

Our President Mabel Menard was on WGN TV today to talk about racism experienced by Asian Americans because of COVID-19.

OCA Greater Chicago would like to wish everyone a happy, prosperous, and safe New Year

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OCA Greater Chicago wishes everyone a happy Fourth of July!

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OCA - Asian Pacific American Advocates (previously known as the Organization of Chinese Americans) is a non-profit organization founded in 1973, the mission of which is to advance the social, political, and economic well-being of Asian Pacific Americans in the United States. It is headquartered in Washington, DC. The goals are to advocate for social justice, equal opportunity and fair treatment; promote civic participation, education, and leadership; advance coalitions and community building; and, foster cultural heritage. Originally created as a Chinese American organization, it now includes members from many Asian and non-Asian ethnicities.

The Greater Chicago Chapter focuses on professional and leadership development and is dedicated to promoting the economic, professional, and social well-being of AAPIs in the Greater Chicago area.