Stories of Shared Resilience: Exploring the history of New York City’s Chinatown

A Six-Part Community Conversation Series

What happens when we stop studying communities in isolation and start listening to one another?

This summer, The Riverside Church invites you to Stories of Shared Resilience, a six-Sunday public conversation series exploring the history of Chinatown, Manhattan through documentary film, panel discussions, and community storytelling.

Beginning each week with an episode from “History of NYC’s Chinatown,” the series moves beyond one neighborhood to explore the shared experiences that connect us all. Together, we will reflect on themes of migration, labor, resilience, culture, family, and belonging through the stories of diverse communities across New York City.

History is not only about understanding the past. It is about building deeper connections with one another today.

Week 3: August 16
Organic & Organizational Resilience

How communities organize, adapt, and sustain one another through change.

Room 9T, Riverside Church
Sundays, July 26–September 6
Free and open to the public

Organized by Riverside member Joy Lau and the Education Ministries.

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