Quincy Teen Staff serve Children at QCARE
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This summer, our Youth Center hired, placed in jobs, and provided professional development workshops to 36 teens.
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We Love Boston Chinatown Clean-Up
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On August 13, over 40 community members came together to clean up Chinatown and learn more about its history. Special thanks to the Bamboo Circle, BCNC young professionals group and our partners: Asian Community Development Corporation, Chinese Progressive Association, Chinatown Land Trust, City of Boston, Councilor Ed Flynn, Chinatown Main Streets, and Tufts University.
Read MoreWelcome to Our New Board Members
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Ada, Bartholomew, Sarah, and Ellen join our board of directors.
Read MoreSummer Programs in Full Swing for Children
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Read more about what our students are doing during summer programs.
Read MoreHonoring a Year of Persistence for 260 Adult Immigrant Students
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BCNC Adult Education celebrated the end of another unprecedented year for the adult immigrant learners in our ESOL for College & Career Readiness and ESOL for Parents and Caregivers classes.
Read MoreTeam BCNC 2021: Monica Chow
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As a tribute to her Yingying, Monica is raising funds for BCNC as one of our Boston Marathon runners.
Read MoreTeam BCNC 2021: Becky Yee
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“I want to be the light I want to see in the universe—positive, vibrant, strong, and representative of my community.” Learn why Becky is running for BCNC in the 2021 Boston Marathon.
Read MoreQuincy Family Fun 2021
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Thanks to the Quincy Chamber of Commerce, we joined the Quincy Farmers Market on Friday, June 18th, passed out information about services in Quincy, as well as prizes for children and art activities from Pao Arts Center.
Read MoreWe Are More in Quincy
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BCNC Quincy brings Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya’s We Are More, a public art campaign that celebrates the resilience and diversity of the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community, to Quincy.
Read MoreDirectors Earn Certificates in Nonprofit Management
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Shirley Doan, Director of Adult Education and Workforce Initiatives, shares: “Overall, the experience was illuminating…. Now, I'm constantly thinking about programs or ideas that others have successfully implemented and how we might bring them here to BCNC!”
Read MorePreschoolers Learn to Garden
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Inspired by Grace Lin’s The Ugly Vegetables, preschoolers are learning to work together to clear weeds, till soil, and plant seedlings.
Read MoreThank you for a wonderful Lantern Festival Gala
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BCNC hosted its first virtual Lantern Festival Gala on Thursday, May 6th, 2021. Thanks to our generous sponsors and supporters, the Gala raised over $549,000 to support programs for Asian and new immigrant children, youth, and families.
Read MoreBCNC Portraits: Jinqi
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“Even though English is still hard for me, I am determined to keep on improving my life. Thanks to the support BCNC has given me, I feel confident that I can reach my goals.”
Read MoreBCNC Portraits: Jimmy
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“Besides the strong support system, I think that BCNC is special because it unites people around a common goal with a warm, friendly, and sincere attitude.”
Read MoreBCNC Portraits: Sarah
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“Our youth coordinators noticed how we were feeling and created a COVID response group where we could share our thoughts and feelings and turn them into a youth letter addressed to our school leadership, asking for change, and condemning anti-Asian racism. It was an empowering experience and truly reminded me of what BCNC represents and values.”
Read MoreCity of Boston, MBTA unveil digital billboards celebrating Asian American strength, resilience→
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“My work is about transmuting pain, grief, and loss into something hopeful and beautiful,” [Phingbodhipakkiya] explained. “We deserve to live without fear. We deserve to live with hope and joy. We deserve to celebrate our Asian joy.”
Read MoreBCNC Portraits: Emerald, Bamboo Circle Volunteer
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Emerald, a long-time volunteer, was honored as the 2021 Community Spirit Volunteer of the Year by Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Tufts Health Plan.
Read MoreProviding Vaccine Education for Asian Immigrants
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Thanks to Barr-Klarman and the Boston Resiliency Fund, BCNC, ACDC, CPA, and GBLS AOU will collaborate to provide essential resources regarding vaccine education and financial relief to the Chinese-speaking Asian immigrant community in Boston.
Read MoreBCNC Portraits: Karla, AmeriCorps Volunteer
/Meet Karla, a volunteer at BCNC Adult Education program. “I feel passionate about teaching and serving others. [Through this citizenship class,] I want to give people tools to understand things, make their own choices, and feel confident doing so.”
Read MoreMainstream media fell short in Atlanta shooting coverage, activists say→
/Hires said media coverage of Asian Americans should more often highlight the lack of resources they face, including health care, educational equity and housing. The model minority myth and the aggregation of more than twenty Asian American subgroups into a single category leads to the assumption that they are all doing well. This, in turn, masks the needs of many Asian American groups, and results in a lack of coverage of those needs.
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