Publications
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Creating Healthy Communities: Making Healthcare Services Accessible in San Francisco
On March 22, 2012, CPA released "Creating Healthy Communities: Making Healthcare Services Accessible in San Francisco," a report which reveals the need for increased healthcare services in San Francisco's low-income neighborhoods.
The report is based on a survey conducted by CPA's youth organizing program in 2011. Youth leaders conducted over 800 surveys in English, Chinese, and Spanish in San Francisco, particularly in the Excelsior and Chinatown neighborhoods.
Key findings
Respondents in Excelsior and Chinatown were 4 times more likely to be uninsured, compared to the average San Franciscan
More than half of Excelsior respondents, and...
Friday, September 17, 2010
Study Finds 1 out of 2 Workers Making Below Minimum Wage in San Francisco Chinatown Restaurants:
Millions Lost to the Local Economy Every Year
Friday, September 17th, San Francisco, CA - Chinatown restaurant workers in conjunction with the Chinese Progressive Association (CPA) and key research partners will release a study that exposes sweatshop conditions in restaurant workers in the popular tourist district Chinatown. This groundbreaking report examines health and working conditions in Chinatown restaurants, with over 400 workers interviewed by their peers, and lays out a vision for improving working conditions for a healthy Chinatown. Key findings about the working conditions...
Tuesday, April 18, 2006
STAND UP AGAINST ANTI-IMMIGRANT LAWS! EQUAL RIGHTS AND DIGNITY FOR ALL IMMIGRANTS!
Globalization and Imperialism Fuel Global Migration
Following NAFTA in 1994, millions of Mexican communities were forced off their land and were given no other option to provide for their family than to risk their lives to find work in the U.S. In China, similar free trade policies have impoverished and displaced over 120 million farmers and migrant workers. Faced with long waiting lists and barriers to legal immigration, over 11 million undocumented immigrants, including nearly 1 million from China, have come to the U.S. in recent decades seeking a better life. The U.S. government’s response to the consequences of their own neo-liberal trade pacts has been...
Monday, August 1, 2005
Low-income renters in San Francisco often live in unhealthy and unsafe housing. Tenants trace the roots of these conditions to the lack of affordable housing, living wage jobs, and support in knowing their rights and health risks. In Chinatown, specifically, they also point to barriers of language and public transportation to explain why they put up with Chinatown’s poor housing conditions. Given the extremely limited options for low-income immigrant tenants in San Francisco, it is particularly important for government agencies to ensure that housing, health, and fire codes are adequately enforced in these communities and the health and safety of vulnerable residents are protected.
