Sampan
About
Sampan is New England’s only free bilingual Chinese-English newspaper, published every two weeks from Boston’s Chinatown. It covers Asian American and immigrant issues that mainstream media often miss, including immigration, civil rights, housing, education and employment. Its readers include immigrants, low-income families and people who do not speak English, and coverage ranges from neighborhood news and community history to health, arts and music.
The Asian American Civic Association, or AACA, founded Sampan in 1972. AACA itself was co-founded by the late Chinatown activist Caroline Chang, who also helped start South Cove Community Health Center and the Chinese Golden Age Center. Sampan now publishes online as well as in print, providing continuous news and advocacy, and its pages regularly feature editorials, reported features and stories about local Asian American leaders.
What to Know
- Sampan has covered the renaming of a Boston post office for Caroline Chang, the first Massachusetts federal building named for an AAPI person.
- Recent coverage has included affordable housing, public health and Chinatown public safety data.
- Sampan is listed with Chinatown Main Street.
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