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— by Grace Li: It wasn’t intentional, but the timing felt urgent. Chinese for Affirmative Action, an Asian American activist organization based in San Francisco’s Chinatown, started conceiving “Our Intergenerational Stories: Home” at a time “well before the current political climate,” said Amy Lin, CAA’s Immigrant Rights Program Manager…

Image: 41 Ross…

Did you or your folks grow up in San Francisco Chinatown or frequent its restaurants? We are working on a new photo and storytelling exhibit at 41 Ross that highlights Chinatown restaurants and are collecting food memories for the show.

Please submit through the link below by 12/10. Feel free to pass along to family and friends!

We think it’s an important time to gather stories from the community as Chinatown continues to evolve. We’d especially love to hear if you have snapshots or photos. Thank you!

https://goo.gl/forms/IANDd0KP1OAlI3g03

We met Betty Yee at the opening and closing parties for our Chinatown Pretty photo exhibit at 41 Ross, an art and community space in Chinatown.

She was walking down the alleyway and stood outside, curious about what was going on. We waved her in and we became fast friends -- she wanted to show us her house and also for us to save our beer cans for her to recycle.

At the closing party, she showed up in this great garb. She just finished swimming laps at the Y and her aquatic outfit consisted of a tropical ocean print dress with a striped shirt underneath paired with yellow crocs.

“Come with me to the church -- there’s free food!” she said, trying to get us to leave our own party.

“But Betty, we can’t leave!” we cried.

“Sure you can,” she replied.