Chinatown Food & History Tour with Green Tile Social Club

Pick up Lucky Red Envelopes and Chinatown-themed stickers at our pop-up event!

Pick up Lucky Red Envelopes and Chinatown-themed stickers at our pop-up event!

Pick up Lucky Red Envelopes and Chinatown-themed stickers at our pop-up event!

Day of healing for Asian Pacific Islander Women, Femmes and those affected by gendered violence, in remembrance of Christina Yuna Lee.

Mott Street Girls collaborated with Asian Americans for Equality, Renaissance Economic Development Corporation, and Citizens Bank for a walking tour of Manhattan's Chinatown, showcasing the resilience and resurgence of businesses in the neighborhood.

Join us on Saturday, September 17th 6:00 pm for a 1-mile run/walk on the streets of Chinatown to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, one of the most popular holidays in many Asian cultures. Friends, family, and neighbors will unite as one community to run/walk 1 mile beneath the beautiful glow of Chinatown’s lanterns. It'll be a spectacular way to complete the last mile of our Run for 21 Challenge!

Meet us at the Columbus Park Tai Chi Wheels by the basketball courts at the southern end of the park. The run/walk will start with a cultural lesson on the Mid-Autumn Festival led by our resident Chinatown historians and RFC members, @mottstreetgirls. We’ll finish our evening at Mott & Pell Street with a magical lion dance performance by @ny.chinesefreemasons.

We will be making a statement in numbers—to share the joy and power of running and movement with the Chinatown community and beyond. ALL are welcome.

Join us on Saturday, July 30th at 8:30 AM for a 5K history tour and experience the rich history of Chinatown, including the dark origins of the neighborhood, stories of assimilation and sacrifice, and challenges that Chinese-Americans continue to face in pursuit of the American Dream as we run through the neighborhood stopping at highlighted sights. Along the route, we will also meet some of the newer small business owners in the neighborhood to learn about their own stories of struggle, perseverance, and entrepreneurship. Net ticket proceeds will go toward supporting the I.S. 223 Running Team and help send student-athletes to attend an enriching week-long running camp at The Running School.

Where did Chinese immigrants belong in the South during the Jim Crow era?

In “Blurring the Color Line: Chinese in the Segregated South," award-winning filmmaker and actor Crystal Kwok travels to Augusta, Georgia, to comb through her grandmother's family history. Find out what it meant to be one of eight daughters from a Chinese immigrant household, running an essential business in Black neighborhoods during Segregation.

For AAPI Heritage Month, we teamed up with Chinatown YMCA to host a FREE film screening of "Blurring the Color Line!" Join us and director Crystal Kwok for a movie night and post-screening discussion and Q&A at M.S. 131 on May 9th from 6 to 9 pm.

Refreshments will be provided. Thank you to our AAPI-owned food & drink sponsors, Sundae Service Creamery, Kam Hing Coffee Shop, Drink Sanzo, and Drink Sool, for making this event possible.

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Join us and Solely Tea for a Chinatown History Workshop next Sunday (December 12th)! Learn about Chinatown’s rich history while enjoying tasty drinks from Solely Tea. There will be a Mott Street Girls specialty drink for a limited time during the event. It is a delicious Mango Strawberry Green tea with cream mousse topping aka MSG.

All ticket proceeds will benefit the Chinatown Community Fridge, a community organization that strives to support a food-insecure Chinatown community with a diverse selection of culture-considerate fresh produce, hot meals, baked goods, hygiene products, and other necessities.

Civic Art Lab is a volunteer pop-up gallery and workshop space, hosted by GreenspaceNYC. This volunteer-led non-profit collaborative, founded in 2010, develops and curates free educational programming, hands-on workshops, and public design projects that encourage dialogue, enliven public spaces, and promote the future of a more equitable and sustainable society. This year's hybrid sustainability, design, & art lab featured workshops and talks that consider themes related to rebuilding, restoring, and reimagining our communities.

We will be leading a walking tour of Chinese American History.

Pvt. Danny Chen, a Manhattan Chinatown son was a 19 year old American soldier found dead in Afghanistan on October 3, 2011 after weeks of racial maltreatment and hazing by his superiors. The community in Chinatown rallied for justice for Danny, signing thousands of petitions and participating in rallies and marches calling for a fair and thorough investigation. Community members went to D.C. and the Pentagon to meet with elected leaders and military officials and attended multiple court-martials in North Carolina. Eight superiors were subsequently convicted in connection with Danny's death and removed from the Army. Danny's family is grateful to the community for their support during this ordeal. On the 10th anniversary of their son's death, they want now to help Manhattan's Chinatown which is struggling economically with the Covid-19 fallout. Danny's family hopes you enjoy the tour and afterward take advantage of the discounts from Danny's favorite places!

Join us and Run for Chinatown to celebrate the last day of the RUN FOR 21 challenge as well as the Mid-Autumn Festival Holiday. This will be a RUN/WALK event. ALL ARE WELCOME!

We will be meeting at the Cooper Triangle at 6:15 pm, and depart shortly after towards Chinatown for one mile - going down Bowery then Mott for the rest of the way.

All proceeds go toward Golden Fung Wong Bakery, a local bakery that has been around since 1961.

Join us and Run for Chinatown for a 5K history tour through the streets of Manhattan’s Chinatown on the morning of August 21!

Experience the rich history of Chinatown, including the dark origins of the neighborhood, stories of assimilation and sacrifice, and challenges that Chinese-Americans continue to face in pursuit of the American Dream as we run through the neighborhood, stopping at highlighted sights.

All proceeds go toward Apex for Youth, a non-profit organization that delivers possibilities to underserved Asian and immigrant youth from low-income families in NYC.

In what ways has anti-Asian racism impacted tourism, especially in Asian neighborhoods, like the vibrant Chinatowns across North America? How have these communities and neighborhoods been affected by the double-edged sword of the pandemic and racism? How is the travel and tourism industry implicated in the rise of anti-Asian racism, and what role does the industry have in supporting these local communities?

Join us for this free event hosted by Wanderful, where we will be speaking alongside leaders from across North America’s largest Chinatowns, including Historical Chinatown Tours’ Judy Lam Maxwell (Vancouver) and Chinatown Magic Tours & Events’ Cynthia Yee (San Francisco). We’ll tackle these difficult questions together and attempt to carve an equitable and just path forward.

Register at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/anti-asian-racisms-impact-on-chinatown-tourism-tickets-160781912027