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...heads the five-year-old PBH Chinatown Committee, which concerns itself with the downtown area--near the red-light "Combat Zone"--which is known as Chinatown. About 25 students regularly work in different community programs. Each week, eight volunteers travel to the community's New Quincy School to participate in a program called English as a Second Language (ESL). They tutor groups of Mandarin and Cantonese-speaking adults...
...course of their contact with Chinese speaking people, many of whom are recent immigrants to America, students learn many of Chinatown's most pressing political concerns "I've picked up a few things," says Yee. "This hasn't made me more politically active, but it has made me more politically aware." Part of the awareness is supplied by ESL coordinator Li Min herself a Chinatown resident Min's conversational references to her own experiences and those of her neighbors convey a wealth of information on the history and current position of Asians living in Chinatown across America...
...think most people outside the community know what's going on here," says Min whose pressing concern is with the number of immigrants from southeast Asia who reach Boston in great number and great need. Chinatown has 3500 registered citizens, and Min says the neighborhood continues to swell with newcomers from mainland China, Hong Kong, and Vietnam...
...gets most of her volunteer tutors from the Chinatown Committee, says the need to expand the ESL program has never been greater More than 200 people now share 10 tutors, with 500 more waiting for a chance to enroll. The Harvard volunteers keep the ESL running. "They're contributing now, and hopefully they'll contribute in the future," says Min. "I look forward to working with one centralized group...
...recruit more tutors, Min and Yee plan to co-sponsor seminars at Harvard this year that will acquaint prospective tutors with life in Chinatown...