Yearly Archives: 2026

Read more about the article Celebrating Outstanding Academic Achievement
Since 1982, the non-profit Gom Benn Scholarship Fund has awarded scholarships to promote academic excellence and to celebrate our proud heritage.

Celebrating Outstanding Academic Achievement

The Gom Benn Scholarship Fund has honored 28 students with $13,500 in scholarships for their academic excellence in 2025-26, including the presentation of six memorial awards, a community service award,…

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Read more about the article Geary Act ID Cards, and Deportation Raids
Rep. Thomas J. Geary of California, with black background, wrote the 1892 Geary Act that required Chinese in America to carry a Certificate of Residence like these in this collage.

Geary Act ID Cards, and Deportation Raids

Note: For the Chinese, life in late-19th century America was hard. Then, the Geary Act of 1892 made it even harder. It extended for another 10 years the Chinese Exclusion…

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Read more about the article Wong Shoon Jung: From Chinatown to Onion Fields to a Dream Mansion
Wong Shoon Jung's transnational life took him from San Francisco Chinatown in the 1870s to the orange and vegetable farms of Riverside, Calif., and finally back to Gom Benn Village. (The images of Chinatown, the Inland Empire and Gom Benn were generated with help by Google Gemini AI.)

Wong Shoon Jung: From Chinatown to Onion Fields to a Dream Mansion

There’s a phrase in classical Chinese literature that translates to, "It is better to be a dog in a time of peace than a human in a time of chaos."…

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