The Chinese association has long been a strong advocate for the participation of Asians in the American political process and the preservation of their cultural heritage and language. It works with mainstream organizations to provide services for the community at large.
The CSA has been promoting operational coordination between its member schools and attracting non-inherit age students to Chinese language education. These efforts have contributed to the merger of Chinese community into mainstream culture.
Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association
CCBA has a long history of defending the rights of Chinese Americans and helping them with social issues. It is also involved in promoting Chinese culture and working to promote democracy in China. It also provides aid to fellow Chinese communities across the United States and around the world.
The CCBA is an umbrella organization that unites family associations and community organizations. It provides a variety of services to its members, including legal assistance and college scholarship funds. It also coordinates activities with mainstream agencies to protect the Chinese community in emergencies.
CCBA is an independent, non-profit organization that is tax-exempt. Its board of directors includes members from several family associations and community organizations. Meetings are held monthly at a building that serves as the center of the Chinese community. It also hosts many events, including a community dinner/dance and Chinese language classes. Various government officials visit the building to extend New Year wishes to the community.
National Association of Chinese-Americans
NACA cultivates Asian Pacific American leaders through professional development, community service and networking. It also promotes cordial relationships between the United States and China.
Chinatowns have long provided Chinese Americans with a sense of place and identity in America. They established social and cultural organizations such as district associations (huiguan) and family associations (gongsuo), which reflected clan affiliations in their homeland. They also founded temples, churches and schools.
Today, many Chinese Americans celebrate their culture with a variety of activities such as festivals and restaurants. They also maintain a connection to their heritage through their homes, community language schools and telecommunications and trans-Pacific travel. They are over-represented in top research universities and elite small liberal colleges, and are disproportionally represented among high-tech industries. Their success has aroused resentment and hostility in cities and suburbs, and they have encountered discrimination in the workplace. Their children have had to struggle to overcome stereotypes, and their families have endured family break-ups and domestic violence.
Chinese Schools Association of the United States
The Chinese Schools Association of the United States is an organization that promotes education, culture and friendship among members. It also supports the development and integration of local multicultural communities. It provides training in various professional fields and facilitates exchange programs among people of different ethnicities worldwide. It has chapters all over the United States and is dedicated to building a strong and thriving community of Chinese-Americans.
Founded in 1994, the organization aims to maximize cooperation and exchange between all Chinese schools nationwide. Its activities have helped to merge Chinese communities into mainstream culture and strengthen friendship between China and America. It hosts national conferences every year to maintain a dialogue and facilitate efforts of member schools. Its seminars and conferences have been attended by officials from the Overseas Chinese Office and Congressmen and Congresswomen.
The CSAUS annual conference usually takes place over Memorial Day weekend and features teaching seminars, student activities, poster-making competitions, speech contests and Chinese knowledge competitions. These events are important for promoting cultural heritage and helping children to develop their identities as well as learn the language.
Chinese Cultural Center
When the state became ineffective as a unifying force, Chinese society reverted to local cultures. District associations, based on Chinese regional districts, dialects, or last names, served as support entities, filling roles that government agencies or charities had previously fulfilled.
Chinatowns gave immigrants the social support networks they needed in a new country. They formed district associations that performed many of the same roles that Chinese families in their homeland used to have: They found jobs for them, arranged for bones to be sent back to relatives, and fought off serious gang activity.
The CCBA was also a spokes group for the community, fighting racism in local and state legislatures, hiring its own white attorneys to fight court cases on behalf of Chinese, and providing assistance to help the community acquire U.S. citizenship and voting rights. The CCBA is still the largest and most powerful of Chinatown’s family associations. Its building, painted green and yellow (Chinese lucky colors) with pagoda rooftops, is a landmark in Chinatown.