This temporary exhibit explores the social, political, and judicial disenfranchisement of Chinese Californians — as well as moments of Chinese agency and resilience — in the decades before and after the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act.
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California State Parks, in cooperation with the Marin County Fire Department, plans to conduct pile-burning operations at Angel Island State Park, beginning as soon as Wednesday, April 5, or as soon as conditions permit and continuing for two to three days from the start of pile ignitions.
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Today marks the 1 year anniversary since 8 people, including 6 Asian women, were killed in a series of shootings in three Atlanta spas.
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The Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation (AIISF) and California State Parks are pleased to announce the opening of the Angel Island Immigration Museum (AIIM) at Angel Island State Park. The new museum building opened to the public on January 22.
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The Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation (AIISF) has received a $1,000,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The grant will support continued improvements to the Angel Island Immigration Museum and support the costs of improving the former U.S. Immigration Station at Angel Island.
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AIISF has received an $85,500 grant from the Department of Interior, National Park Service (NPS) through the Japanese American Confinement Sites grant program. The grant will support the Angel Island Connections: Developing Digital and Traveling Exhibits About the Japanese American Detention at Angel Island During World War II project.
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AIISF mourns with the families of the victims of yesterday’s shooting in Georgia and all the families who have lost loved ones due to xenophobia and racism.
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AIISF strongly condemns the ongoing hate incidents against Asian Americans and he recent rise in attacks against elders.
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AIISF commends President Biden for his memorandum to combat xenophobia against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. This memorandum is an important step towards addressing the rise of xenophobia that we have all witnessed over the past year.
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Blue and Gold Fleet has submitted a request to permanently stop their ferry service between San Francisco and Angel Island as well as from San Francisco to Tiburon.
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The Angel Island Immigration Museum (AIIM) is a place where visitors can explore the full complexity of immigration to the United States through the Pacific Coast. Housed in the former hospital building, the museum presents personal stories, immigration policies, and social issues from both historic and contemporary times.
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The Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation (AIISF) announced today the opening of its second online exhibition Tastes of Home: Celebrating Immigrant Cultures Through Food. Across its seven virtual exhibit rooms, Tastes of Home highlights the important role that food has played in the lives of immigrants across the US and around the world.
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The Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation (AIISF), a member of the Migration Museums Network coordinated by the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience, joins the UNHCR (the UN Refugee Agency) in commemorating World Refugee Day on June 20, 2020.
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AIISF and so many other organizations and businesses across the country are answering the call to acknowledge that #BlackLivesMatter. We are expressing the importance of supporting each other in our shared humanity.
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The Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation (AIISF) announced today the opening of its virtual gallery and first online exhibition Voices of Resilience. The exhibit is curated by AIISF Operations Manager Russell Nauman and AIISF Executive Director Edward Tepporn. The exhibition features a total of 55 poems including 22 historical poems and 33 contemporary poems selected from online submissions from the general public.
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Our nation's history has definitively shown that immigrants have made essential contributions to America's health and economic growth. Yet time and time again, immigrants continue to be singled out as convenient scapegoats in times of national crisis. The Chinese Exclusion Act was passed in 1882 as a temporary measure as a call to protect American jobs but was not repealed until 60 years later. We need efforts that will truly protect the nation's health and economy without policies that echo errors of the past.
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The history of anti-Chinese and anti-Asian xenophobia in the United States dates back over 100 years and is evidenced by the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 as well as the interrogation and detention of Asian immigrants at the U.S. Immigration Station at Angel Island from 1910 to 1940. When faced with economic, terrorist, or public health challenges, the nation has often seen an unfortunate uptick in xenophobia and hate crimes.
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