The trials and triumphs of Asian Individuals in Antioch would be the topic of an upcoming Antioch Historic Museum symposium.
The Asian American and Pacific Islander historical past symposium, being held in honor of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Historical past, might be at 2 p.m. Could 20 on the Antioch Museum, 1500 W. Fourth St.
Hans Ho, a retired Antioch chemist who beforehand labored at Lawrence Berkeley Lab, will lead the symposium.
Featured audio system embody Bruce Quan Jr., a fifth-generation Californian and a retired regulation professor who practiced in China and California, and the creator of “Bitter Roots”; Marsha Golangco, an environmental feng shui professional and longtime neighborhood advocate; Jean Pfaelzer, creator of “Pushed Out: The Forgotten Warfare In opposition to Chinese language Individuals” and a professor emerita on the College of Delaware; and College of the Pacific Professor Emeritus of organic sciences Richard Tenaza, creator of “The Historical past of Stockton’s Filipino Heart Plaza.”
Ron Chan, whose father, Alfred Chan, is a Navy veteran who confronted discrimination in Antioch and finally acquired an apology from the town of Antioch, additionally might be available.
Mayor Lamar Thorpe formally apologized to Chan and his household final 12 months. Chan was denied service in an Antioch restaurant when he was 16 as a result of he was Chinese language. He might be donating his official apology proclamation to the museum.
Antioch in 2021 grew to become the primary American metropolis to formally apologize to late Chinese language residents and their descendants for the previous mistreatment. Downtown’s Waldie Plaza was the positioning of a Chinatown that was torched by an indignant mob in 1876.
Antioch had by no means earlier than acknowledged its previous as a sunset city the place Chinese language have been banned from strolling the streets after darkish, the mayor stated. Remnants of tunnels the immigrants had constructed connecting to companies and their houses can nonetheless be seen in some spots downtown from I Avenue to the waterfront.
The occasion is free however these attending are requested to order a spot at www.eventbrite.com/e/tickets-622889117117