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This issue of China Insight includes articles on the many impacts of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic locally, nationally, and in China.
Our COVID-19 coverage includes:
• Unemployment and economic resources
• Education
• Impact on the Chinese and Chinese American community
• Need for donations to support medical workers
• Slow the spread!
• The US Census happens every 10 years. Everyone counts. Makesure that you are counted! Complete your 2020 Census online at my2020census.gov.
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Greater Twin Cities United Way announced today its holistic approach to meet the most critical needs of the community, including its Greater Twin Cities COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund.
Based on the most urgent needs identified by Greater Twin Cities United Way’s 95 nonprofit community partners, United Way is prioritizing its fundraising around food; shelter, child care, sanitary and hygiene supplies, and financial assistance, and will direct funds to its existing nonprofit grantees.
People can donate at www.gtcuw.org or by texting GTCUWCOVID19 to 51555. One hundred percent of all donations will go directly to the community to help those who are most vulnerable, including people experiencing poverty.
“During this very difficult time, we are thankful to have a deep connection with nearly 100 nonprofit partners we support, enabling us to respond to community needs in the most relevant ways,” said JohnWilgers, president and CEO of Greater Twin Cities United Way. Add a comment
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COVID-19 crisis donations needed in Hennepin County
Hennepin County has created drop-off locations for items needed to protect people responding to the COVID-19 crisis.
Staff working in quarantine operations, as first responders, in public health, and in clinics and hospitals are running low on supplies that keep them safe and help them continue their work protecting our community.
Priority items needed include:
Protective face wear – N95 or N100 respirators, PAPRs and surgical masks
Nitrile gloves
Tyvek coveralls
Tyvek foot covers
Eye protection (wrap arounds or chemical splash)
Drop off sites, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. daily
Hennepin County Department of Community Corrections and Rehabilitation 3000 North Second Street Minneapolis, MN 55441
Adult Correctional Facility 1145 Shenandoah Lane North, Plymouth, MN 55447
Southdale Library 7001 York Ave. South Edina, MN 55435
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By Will Ahern
Responding to the Corona Virus Pandemic, the Dragon Festival for 2020 has been cancelled.
The Dragon Festival is being reimagined as this is written. Instead of a two-day event from the past, this summer it will be one action-packed Saturday on July 11, from 8:30 a.m.-7 p.m. The new ownership and new format are meant to breathe new life and energy to the festival. Popular dragon boat races will take place all day. Other new additions are also being developed for this colorful event.
Through the 19 years of its existence, the Dragon Festival has been a solid presence celebrating diversity and cultural experience in Eastside of Saint Paul. It has brought a diverse presence to Phalen Lake through hugely popular boat races, cultural performances, authentic foods and resources for the community. At its height, attendance had been estimated at a whopping 10,000.
Permanent landmarks at the event site are now present because of the efforts of people associated with the Dragon Festival. These include the new Phalen Regional Park China Garden with the Xiang Jiang Pavilion and the beautiful “Meditation” sculpture (created and dedicated in July 2006) by Changsha artist Lei Yixin. Master Lei also carved the sculpture of Martin Luther King Jr. on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
The newly formed nonprofit is named Midwest Festivals dba as Dragon Festival. Ms. Maikhou Vang is the highly motivated new president. She is owner of the Weaving Cultures, LLC a prominent service company providing interpreter and translation services in more than 120 languages. Vang is herself an amazing success story having come to the United States at the age of 10.
Mark your calendar for an eventful day with all kinds of performances, food and fun this summer!
The event is open to anyone interested in learning more about Asian cultures and celebrations.
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By Greg Hugh
The China Center recently celebrated building bridges between the U.S. and China with an evening of festive food, entertainment and socializing at the McNamara Alumni Center Memorial Hall.
The celebration began with a social hour with a guzheng performance by Jarrelle Barton. The UMN Chinese Culture Club also made an appearance in traditional Chinese clothing and posed for photos with guests. For those so inclined, there was an opportunity to bid on China-related items donated by generous friends of the China Center. Auction items included a curated tour of MIA with Dr. Yang Liu and a literati night with dinner, poems and traditional music at the Xiangjiang Pavilion located in Lake Phalen Regional Park in Saint Paul.
Opening remarks were then provided by present and past members of the China Center staff as dinner was served.
John Holden, a University of Minnesota alumnus, delivered the keynote speech on U.S.-China relations and exchanges, "Minnesota to China: A 40-Year Reflection." One of the first UMN students to travel to China in the 1970s before China opened to the West, Holden is Senior Director for China at McLarty Associates and former senior fellow in the Carnegie Asia Program and former president of the National Committee on United States-China Relations. He earned his bachelor's degree in Chinese Language and Literature from the University of Minnesota. Since his first trip to Asia in 1972, Holden has studied or worked for a total of 25 years in Taipei, Hong Kong, Beijing and Kyoto.
The China Center is proud to celebrate 40 years of working to build the bridge of understanding, friendship, exchange, and cooperation between the U.S. and Greater China (mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan).
To learn more about the China Center, visit www.chinacenter.umn.edu/
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