Friday, October 20, 2023 | 5:30pm to 7pm
Prof. Edward T. Chang will present on University of California, Riverside’s traveling exhibition to preserve and share the history of America’s first Koreatown — Pachappa Camp — a community of Korean migrant workers in Riverside who contributed to the city’s citrus development. Among those workers was Korea’s most influential independence activists, Dosan Ahn Chang Ho, who helped foment Korea’s democratic movement.
The traveling exhibition, funded by a Mellon Foundation grant, will include collaborations with a consortium of Asian American and civil rights groups based in Riverside, including Save Our Chinatown Committee, The Harada House Foundation, Americas Dosan Anchangho Memorial Business Association, and the Civil Rights Institute of Inland Southern California. Exhibitions will be presented along with national Korean American community organizations in Washington, D.C., Chicago, San Francisco, and New Jersey.
Purchase Book: https://www.amazon.com/Pachappa-Camp-Koreatown-United-Communities/dp/1793645167
