Upcoming Pro Bono Opportunities with AABANY
AABANY SCRIE/DRIE CLINIC: Dec. 2
Assist elderly and disabled tenants complete applications for Senior Citizen Rent Increase Exemption (SCRIE) and Disability Rent Increase Exemption (DRIE). These programs offer a lifeline to vulnerable populations who risk losing housing. Volunteers will receive training before assisting applicants. Bar admission and language skills are not required. To participate, please click here to register.
When: December 2 at 2:00PM
Where: Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (62 Mott St. 2nd Floor, NY, NY 10013)
AABANY Housing Part Petition Clinic: Dec. 16
Assist tenants suffering from lack of heat or other emergency conditions draft pro se petitions against landlords for housing repairs. Volunteers will receive a brief training before assisting tenants. Bar admission and language skills not required. To participate, please click here to register.
When: December 16, 2015 at 6:00PM
Where: Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association, 2nd Fl. (62 Mott St. 2nd Floor, NY, NY 10013)
Queens Legal Services (QLS) Housing Part Petition Clinic
Assist tenants suffering from lack of heat or other emergency conditions draft pro se petitions against landlords for housing repairs. Clinics will take place on the 4th Wednesday of every other month from 6:00PM – 8:30PM. Bar admission not required. Language skills not required, however the ability to speak Spanish or other languages may be useful. To participate, contact Heejung Kook ([email protected]).
2015 Dates: October 28; December (TBD)
2016 Dates: February 24; April 27; June 29; August 24
Where: Central Astoria (2569 38th St., Ground Fl., Astoria, NY 11103)
Request: Pro Bono Guardian for Incapacitated Member of Chinatown Community Member
The New York Legal Assistance Group has passed along a request from the Chambers of Justice Visitacion-Lewis, New York State Supreme Court. The Court is currently seeking a person who would be willing to become a pro bono guardian for an incapacitated person who has close ties to the Chinatown community. The incapacitated person speaks English and some Mandarin. Knowledge of the Chinatown community would be key.
If you are interested in helping this person, please contact Tina Janssen-Spinosa at NYLAG directly at [email protected].
Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU and Asia Society’s The Escape and Rescued Memories: New York Stories
Co-presented by the Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU and Asia Society
The Escape and Rescued Memories: New York Stories
Thursday–Friday, May 8-9, 2014, 8PM
by Lenora Lee Dance with Kei Lun Martial Arts & Enshin Karate, South San Francisco Dojo
Directed by A/P/A Institute at NYU Visiting Scholar Lenora Lee, the interdisciplinary performance works The Escape and Rescued Memories: New York Stories excavate the lives of early 20th century Chinese women migrants through dance, martial arts, film, and music.
The Escape is inspired by stories of women who, after being trafficked into the United States, sought refuge in San Francisco’s Donaldina Cameron House, a faith-based social service agency that today continues to serve Asian communities living in San Francisco’s Chinatown. Rescued Memories: New York Stories retraces the life of Bessie M. Lee (Bessie You Toy–b. 1894), who spent two years in indentured servitude after migrating to New York City to work for a wealthy Chinese family.
Both evenings’ performances will be followed by special conversations featuring the artists, community organizers, and scholars.
Image credit: Robert Sweeney.
Chinatown NYC Restaurant Week
Ten days left to #SpringforChinatown.
Manhattan’s Chinatown has the most sensibly-priced restaurants in NYC and the one neighborhood where you can have
Shanghainese, Malaysian, Vietnamese, Cantonese, Japanese cuisines and get some ice cream afterwards
from our 2014 sponsor Häagen-Dazs on Mott St.
So how about saving your same-old restaurant for another day and #SpringforChinatown
for one of the deals, meals and steals, which vary at each participating restaurant.
Here’s a sample (hyperlinks to menus + offers can be found below) – some restrictions apply:
All you can eat sushi + hot pot under $20/pp + prix fix lunches + just pick-from-the-menu lunches +
All you can eat sushi + hot pot under $20/pp + prix fix lunches + just pick-from-the-menu lunches +
prix fixe dinners + just pick-from-the-menu dinners + prix fix packaged deals on a meal + a Häagen-Dazs Chinatown ice cream cake (see design below) for 20% off + lobster + peking duck specials +
10% off your next visit + 50% off wine selection + 10% off your entire bill
Can’t go – no prob: Share this message with others. Follow us Twitter @ChinatownRW and like us on Facebook atChinatownRestaurantWeek.
Tweet a pic of your Chinatown Restaurant Week experience and tag it #SpringforChinatown or @ChinatownRW
for a chance to win a diamond replica keychain ring. All entries/twitter handles will be entered into a raffle drawing.
Winners will be announced on Twitter on Sundays: March 23 and 30.
Share + post this poster in your office building, company kitchen, apartment building lobby by the mailboxes + retail stores.
Chinatown Restaurant Week community groups: feel free to foward this message to your email lists.
The 2014 Chinatown Restaurant Week event was funded by our participating restaurants and our 2014 sponsor Häagen-Dazs Chinatown. NYC Chinatown Restaurant Week® is an independent community-based celebration of diverse cuisines found in the downtown Manhattan Chinatown community. It was created by local resident and public relations veteran Julie Huang who serves as its volunteer producer with the support of over 32 community groups and local elected officials. NYC Chinatown Restaurant Week® is a registered trademark of and licensed from Kaimen Company.
Follow us Twitter @ChinatownRW and like us on Facebook at ChinatownRestaurantWeek.
For a media tour + customized pitch ideas + interviews with restaurants + inform us of your presence, please contact Chinatown Restaurant Week [email protected] and (917) 807-0718.
