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As we begin the new year, Sampan will run an occasional series of pieces reflecting on literature that has influenced who we were, who we are now, and who we might become as Americans. On July 4, we will celebrate the 250th anniversary of America’s founding. For the purposes of this series, the notion of “literature” include foundational political texts, those that established who we would be as a nation, and those that serve to challenge what we have become.

The Voice of Hind Rajab is based on the true story of Hind, the five-year-old trapped for hours in a car in Gaza. She is there, next to her relatives who had just been killed by Israeli gunfire. She begs to be rescued, using her cousin’s cell phone to call for help.

This February the Galapagos Puppets will put on “The Fiery Mountain and Its Princess” with musician Jimmy Zhao and his daughter, Iris, who will perform at the Puppet Showplace Theatre in Brookline, Feb. 14 to 17.

The world premiere of the musical “Wonder” is a compelling, family-friendly production that tells the story of Auggie, a boy with a facial difference

Tufts Medical Center in Boston has opened an expanded Pediatric Asian clinic that it says will better serve thousands of Asian children and families in the area.

After 40 years in operation, the Chinese Culture Connection (CCC) of Malden has recently moved to a new location to better serve the community.

When funding for SNAP food and nutrition help for poor and struggling families was in jeopardy, community groups came together to help.

Anita Yip, a former Josiah Quincy School student, returns and visits as an adult.

Sampan talks with ‘Pip’ Lewis, the architect behind the award-winning Josiah Quincy Upper School

士绅化（gentrification）和社区迁移（displacement）对波士顿的唐人街来说早已不是新鲜事。几十年前的高速公路建设迫使华人、黎巴嫩人和叙利亚移民家庭搬迁；此后，城市更新和豪华高层开发商持续改变着社区面貌，让长期居民无力承担生活成本，被迫迁出。 在波士顿，全市各地都有类似的故事——少数族裔和移民家庭被迫离开，为富人建造的新项目让他们无家可归。在本地独立评论员兼纪录片导演 Sabrina Salvati（别称 Sabby Sabs）的新纪录片《Removed: Black Erasure in Boston》中，她带领观众了解波士顿黑人社区被迫迁移的历程。Salvati 从自己对波士顿的第一印象谈起：她以研究生身份来到 Northeastern University，就读的校园后来被她意识到曾属于 Roxbury。随后她回溯历史，从二十世纪中期的 “Great Migration”、房地产市场的种族划线（redlining）、席卷全市、迫使无数家庭与长期居民迁出的士绅化，一直到当下的可负担性危机。全片穿插呈现她认为相关的系统性不公

什么能让一个唐人街持续兴盛？又是什么会让这个标志性社区只剩下“过去的象征”？亚裔美国人法律辩护与教育基金会（Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund，AALDEF）发布的一份综合性报告，聚焦美国东北部三个“迅速变化”的唐人街：波士顿、曼哈顿与费城。 报告的核心发现之一是：过去十年里，这三个唐人街的亚裔人口占比均下降；同时，非亚裔人口占比上升，生活成本也急剧攀升。 报告写道：“新住宅建设速度与房价持续飙升，全国性连锁品牌和非亚裔商家的涌入同样加剧变化。各城市的长期社区成员一直在对抗规模巨大、带掠夺性的开发项目。尽管挑战重重，各唐人街内住宅与商业用途相互依存的结构仍在延续。 ” 该报告题为《绘制唐人街地图：波士顿、纽约市与费城的迁离现象》（Mapping Chinatown: Displacement in Boston, New York City, and Philadelphia）。 在波士顿唐人街，居民与倡议团体多年来持续反对豪华住宅塔楼，例如2000年代初在华盛顿街沿线兴建的高层建筑，以

Renee Inomata, a Boston-area attorney, who was highly active ­— oftentimes behind the scenes — in the civil rights and Asian American initiatives, died on Dec. 1.

We believe bigoted and hateful attacks on Somali immigrants, refugees and citizens are harmful to all of society, but especially the most vulnerable, families and children. And we should all stand up against this hate.

Tet in Boston is getting bigger. This year the 37th annual Vietnamese Lunar New Year festival will be on Feb. 1, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the Thomas M. Menino Convention & Exhibition Center.

For a decade the Massachusetts chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations has been advocating for the civil rights of Muslims in the state. But on the 10-year anniversary banquet for CAIR- Massachusetts on Nov. 22, it was all about the preciousness of time – and, more precisely, how the time to defend civil rights is now.

Performed at The Foundry’s black box theater the weekend of Nov 8, Playfest featured nine short stories from a band of Boston-based playwrights. Each compellingly showcased the creative heft of local writers and the comedic chops of an all-Asian American and Pacific Islander cast and crew.  

The comedy theater performance of Kim’s Convenience is adapted from the hit TV series by the same name, but perhaps it sticks a little too closely to the script.

New exhibit shines spotlight on how the Chinatown area of today was once a hub of Syrian, Lebanese immigration.

2024年11月8日，在Roxbury的波士顿伊斯兰文化中心 (Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center) 外举行的清真美食节（Halal Bites and Delights）上，孩子们大口吃着巨大粉色棉花糖，女士们一边抱着婴儿一边咬着烤棉花糖华夫饼（smores waffles），而家庭和朋友们则排起长队，等待购买清真汉堡和各式清真美食。 参与的商家包括 Ashur Restaurant, Chai Street, The Halal Guys, Halal Buns 以及 Boston Dosa Party. 从上排自左至右：孩子们吃棉花糖；棉花糖摊位；好友Khadija、Ikran和Misa。第二排：The Halal Guys 摊位；Dosa Party 摊位。第三排：好友Sam Khan（穿绿色上衣）和Aviv Spinner（穿牛仔夹克）；人群；清真美食节的组织者。第四排：Zao Gelato 摊位；波士顿伊斯兰文化中心清真寺。 照片由Adam Smith拍摄。

As the cost of living in Massachusetts has risen dramatically for many residents, the Asian American Resource Workshop (AARW) has been campaigning to put rent control — which was abolished decades ago in the state — on the ballot in November of 2026. That effort, which has deadline of this Nov.19, is just one initiative the Dorchester-based nonprofit has been supporting to help Asian Americans in the Greater Boston area.