How To Save A Chinatown: An Organizing History
Chiyi Tam
See West Chinatown through the lens of the Toronto Chinatown Land Trust. We will stop at sites that represent historical and current battlegrounds of anti-displacement. You will learn how each generation of Toronto's neighbourhood organizers and workers 'Saved Chinatown' differently, and the organizing genealogy that informs current strategies to preserve working class culture. Tour stops include mutual aid associations that have stewarded buildings through non-profit ownership, cooperative banking and mutual aid practices for over a hundred years. Enjoy this galvanizing tour, which will be sprinkled with facilitated reflection prompts for participants, sitting breaks, printed photos and led by Chiyi Tam - urban planner & the managing director of the Toronto Chinatown Land Trust.
Walk Start:
Dr. Sun Yat Sen Statue, Chinatown Centre (222 Spadina Avenue); Nearest Intersection: Sullivan and Spadina; Transit Stop: 510 Spadina at Sullivan St
Cecil Community Centre; Nearest Intersection: College and Spadina; Transit Stop: 510 Spadina Ave at Nassau St
Walk End:
Date:
Start Time:
Saturday, May 3
11:00:00 AM
Duration:
1:30:00
Language:
English
Theme:
Advocacy and Politics, Architecture and Urban Planning, Arts and Culture, Food and Drinks, History and Places, Lived experiences and personal perspectives, People and Communities
Accessibility:
Uneven terrain, Breaks encouraged, Busy sidewalks, Walk leader will use audio amplification
Attendees Identify You:
Organizers will be wearing a microphone, Chinatown Land Trust shirts, hats and tote bags and likely waving.