Building Bridges of Understanding and Cooperation
Local seniors gathered with Alderpersons Leni Mania-Hoppenworth and Matt Martin as well as representatives from the offices of State Senator Simmons and State Rep Kelly Cassidy to enjoy a pre-Thanksgiving Read More …
The theme of the Bridge International School at South-East Asia Center SUMMER FUN PROGRAM was Understanding the World Around You. Some of the ways that participants were introduced to this Read More …
South-East Asia Center (SEAC) hosted a vaccine clinic at the end of September that served about 95 community and team members. The number of people coming in for vaccines was Read More …
In 1989 Peter Porr and San O were co-founders, along with several other leaders of ethnic organizations, who created The Coalition of Limited English Speaking Elderly (CLESE). The founders realized Read More …
The Bridge International School at South-East Asia Center offers a cross-cultural experience for infant through 12 year-olds including daycare, pre-school and after-school programs. Understanding the World Around Us. Connecting people Read More …
In Asian communities, adult daycare has been traditionally underutilized in spite of the fact that it has the ability to provide social, psychological and health benefits to seniors and their Read More …
The Golden Diners Program offers older adults (60 years of age and older) and their spouses of any age, an opportunity to have a healthy, nutritious meal each day while Read More …
DAYCARE * PRESCHOOL * AFTER-SCHOOL * ALL DAY SUMMER & HOLIDAYS Preparation for College and Life Balanced academics (lessons in science, math + human/social sciences important for life skills, business, Read More …
Volunteer Instructor, Prospect High School Newspaper Associate Editor-in-Chief Peter Radosh helped students use the Internet to research a subject of their choice. Before beginning he discussed with them some best Read More …
Our Golden Diners and senior daycare luncheon celebration of fathers included a delicious hot meal. Several songs were performed by friends and staff sung in Mandarin, Vietnamese and Mongolian. Visits Read More …
Bridge International School – Chicago SUMMER FUN For Full Information about Summer Fun 2024 or to ENROLL NOW Call (773) 989-7433 Understanding the World Around Us Providing a Global Vision Read More …
The South-East Asia Center building at 5120 N. Broadway is one of the most architecturally interesting and unusual in the neighborhood with it’s stone detail and rooftop turret. Currently this Read More …
Community seniors gathered to enjoy a delicious traditional style Chinese meal with chicken, shrimp, bok choy and mushrooms at the South-East Asia Center Golden Diners luncheon on Broadway and Winona. Read More …
This year’s 2024 Lunar New Year Parade on Argyle celebrating the Year of the Dragon was fun. The day was sunny and beautiful and the South-East Asia Center was well Read More …
Highlight video from SEAC Lunar New Year Celebration.
Most of us have grown up hearing, teaching, and learning to celebrate diversity. This now fashionable conventional wisdom grew out of the rebellious 60’s and early 70’s. We rebels, myself Read More …
We humans have divided ourselves into groups throughout history and around the world. Good start – we could better raise families, hunt, protect from animals, divide responsibilities, specialize, do big Read More …
Ethnic fests may be fun, appetizing, and entertaining. But sharing ethnic foods, music, dance, and costumes breaks few cross-cultural barriers. It creates few jobs, improves few schools, and evaporates few Read More …
A first suggestion is to switch our terminology from multicultural to cross-cultural. The new adjective must go with an action. This action, I call “bridge-building.” Putting two ethnic groups together, Read More …
When we take a big picture rather than focusing on one race, ethnicity, continent, or period of history, we find that deeper down we have common histories. Expanding our everyday Read More …