Celebrating the Life of Caroline Chang
CHSNE honors the memory of one of our co-founders, Caroline Chang, who passed away on April 21st. Caroline Chang was awarded CHSNE’s Sojourner Award in 2017 for her efforts in representing and preserving the many stories of Boston’s Chinatown.
Caroline Chang grew up in Chinatown, on the historic Hudson Street. Chang dedicated her life to community causes as a founder of CHSNE and as a founding Board Member and President of the Asian Community Development Corporation. She also served as the Manager of Chinatown’s Little City Hall for the Mayor’s Office of Public Service in the 70s, and as Regional Manager for Office for Civil Rights for the US Department of Health and Human Services for over 20 years. You can read more about her life achievements in CHSNE’s 2017 Chronicle.
Caroline’s family has requested that in lieu of flowers, in her memory/honor you may consider donating to community agencies of which she has made ground breaking contributions, including CHSNE.
Caroline and brother Reggie play and pose in front of the tenements of Hudson Street in the 1940s.
Memorial Service
Saturday, July 14th, 11:00 a.m.
Josiah Quincy Elementary School Auditorium
885 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02111
Master of Ceremonies/Host:
Peter Chan
Speakers:
Stephen Tang- South Cove Community Health Center
Stuart Graham-U.S. Department of Health Education and Welfare & later Department of Health & Human Services
Paul Lee- Asian American Lawyers Association
Frederick Dow- Harry Dow Foundation
Jacquie Kay- Asian Community Development Corporation
Peter Kiang- Chinese Historical Society of New England
Paul Chan – Life in Chinatown with Caroline
Deanna Wong- Memories of Caroline
After Sharing:
Family invites all to lunch at School Cafeteria
Caroline (center), then 1st woman Secretary of the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association of New England at the Ground Breaking Ceremony of Tai Tung Village in the early 1970s.
Chinese Historical Society of New England administrator
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