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Kayla Chow, at her UC Riverside graduation, and her Po Po Jean Wong, who often served as Mistress of Ceremonies for Gom Benn's annual Chinese New Year's banquets.

My Po Po: Jean Wong

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Post published:January 16, 2025
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The following article was submitted by Kayla Chow, winner of the 2024 Gim Hong and Sun Woo Lee Memorial Scholarship for the top college senior. She was a student at UC…

Listen to Linda Huang read her mother Fay Hing Lee's Toisan proverbs, sayings and rhymes.

Part 9: Fay Wong’s Proverbs

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Post published:January 14, 2025
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Fay Hing Lee Wong and her daughter Linda Huang The following proverbs, colloquial sayings and nursery rhymes were told by Fay Hing Lee Wong to her children and grandchildren. They…

Montage of community service images from Unsplash by Alexander Gray (hands), Nico Smit (donation bags), Jon Tyson, Markus Winkler, Tampa Bay Estuary Program, and Zhenzhong Liu (child).

Johnny Wong Community Service Awards

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Post published:January 11, 2025
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Johnny Wong in front of his family's home in Gom Benn. C.2014. Note: In December 2024, the Johnny Wong family proposed new scholarships, and the Scholarship Fund executive board agreed…

The montage show's Wong Toy Wing's family at a dinner: Son Albert, left, paper son Bing T., daughter Doris, wife Nguey Sum, Toy Wing, youngest son Hank and eldest daughter Tai Yeot. Not pictured is youngest daughter Judy. The map shows Chinatown in 1909. The Sam Sing butcher shop is on the left side of the image, to the right of the Plaza. The map is courtesy the Library of Congress.

The Butcher’s Wish for His Secret Child

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Post published:October 17, 2024
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Toy Wing Wong, a Chinese immigrant and butcher, sought to reunite with his secret daughter, Tai Yeot, left in China due to U.S. immigration constraints. Involved in the "Paper Son" system, he facilitated others' journeys too.