Under the guidance of Artist-in-Residence Kayan Cheung-Miaw, Chinese Progressive Association proudly presents “We Are Resilient: An Intergenerational Art Exhibit on Resistance and Healing,” featuring the art of low-income Chinese immigrant adults of TWC (Tenant Worker Center) and youth of Youth
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45 years ago, CPA was founded by Chinatown elders, youth, students, and activists inspired to change the world. We are proud of the last four and a half decades fighting to defend and protect our community, win policies that uplift
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updated November 2017
Senior Community Organizer
Organizational Description
Founded in 1972, the Chinese Progressive Association (CPA) is a grassroots membership-based organization that empowers the Chinese community in San Francisco and promotes justice and equality for all people. CPA’s campaigns and
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When Workers Organize — We All Win
Dear Friends:
I have some wonderful news to share with you.
Today, we are excited to announce a $4 million dollar landmark settlement and model workplace changes for workers at Yank Sing, one
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“So the question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be. Will we be extremists for hate or for love? Will we be extremists for the preservation of injustice or for the extension
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November 2016 Endorsements
Over the last several weeks, CPA leaders have been talking to monolingual Chinese-speaking voters in San Francisco about key ballot measures that will improve the lives of low-wage workers and working families in San Francisco and statewide.
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September 27, 2016
Today, a delegation of staff, members, and activists with the Chinese Progressive Association will be leaving from the San Francisco Bay Area for Standing Rock, North Dakota as a part of the Berta Vive Delegation organized by
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Dec. 12 – KGO (Hong Kong, China) (KGO) — The World Trade Organization, the WTO, meets in Hong Kong this week, but there’s almost no chance it will result in a global free trade treaty. Still, thousands of protesters are
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SAN FRANCISCO — Several workers at a now-defunct Chinese restaurant received long awaited back pay Thursday after the cash from a minimum wage settlement was delivered into their hands.
The checks, enclosed in red Chinese New Year gift envelopes, ranged
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Workers in this city could become the first in the nation to be guaranteed paid sick leave after voters go to the polls her and across the country next Tuesday.
Proposition F on the city’s ballot would require that employees
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