When Friends Come from Afar: The Remarkable Story of Bernie Wong and Chicago's Chinese American Service...

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Susan Blumberg-Kason

When Friends Come from Afar

The Remarkable Story of Bernie Wong and Chicago's Chinese American Service League

Susan Blumberg-Kason

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University of Illinois Press
10 September 2024

Biography: general; Gender studies: women; Ethnic studies; Social work; Non-governmental organisations (NGOs)

Born in Hong Kong, Bernie Wong moved to the United States in the early 1960s to attend college. A decade later, she cofounded the Chinese American Service League (CASL) to help meet the needs of the city’s isolated Chinese immigrants. Susan Blumberg-Kason draws on extensive interviews to profile the community and social justice organization. Weaving Wong’s intimate account of her own life story through the CASL’s larger history, Blumberg-Kason follows the group from its origins to its emergence as a robust social network that connects Chinatown residents to everything from daycare to immigration services to culinary education. Blumberg-Kason also traces CASL activism on issues like fair housing and violence against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic.

At once intimate and broad in scope, When Friends Come from Afar uses one woman’s life to illuminate a bedrock Chicago institution.

By: Susan Blumberg-Kason
Imprint: University of Illinois Press
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 313g
ISBN: 9780252088186
ISBN 10: 0252088182
Pages: 200
Publication Date: 10 September 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Susan Blumberg-Kason is the author of Bernardine’s Shanghai Salon: The Story of the Doyenne of Old China and Good Chinese Wife: A Love Affair with China Gone Wrong.