Chinese Progressive Association (other)
Chinese Progressive Association can refer to one of two organizations: * Chinese Progressive Association (Boston) * Chinese Progressive Association (San Francisco) The Chinese Progressive Association (CPA) is a non-profit civil rights organization founded in 1972 in San Francisco, California, that advocates for the social and political rights of low-income and working-class immigrant Chinese Americans. Hist ...

Chinese Progressive Association (Boston)
The Chinese Progressive Association (CPA) is an American non-governmental organization founded in Boston, Massachusetts in 1977. The CPA is an agency that helps Chinese immigrants assimilate into American culture through citizen classes, English classes, and involvement in local activism. The organization has engaged in political action as the motive force behind Boston's Unemployed Workers Rights Campaign (UWRC) during the decade of the 1980s. Members have also protested for affordable housing in Boston's Chinatown following mass construction of luxury condos. Additionally, in 2014, the CPA has created partnerships with Boston supermarkets in order to bring job opportunities for Asian immigrants into Boston. History The Chinese Progressive Association (CPA) was first opened in Boston, MA in 1977. The founders of the organization were American-born Chinese youth returning to the community, immigrant workers and retired residents living in New England who longed for a connection t ...
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