Category Archives: News on Thai Community
- 13-9-2021
Thai CDC Mobilizes the Community
Thai CDC mobilized the community again ten years later as we did ten years ago after the outcome of each census to testify at the City of LA redistricting hearing. This time, it was for this past Saturday on 9/11/21 at the Sanamluang Cafe in Thai Town in an effort to again SAVE Thai Town Continue Reading
- 13-9-2021
Thai CDC’s Vaccination Clinic in Thai Town
Thai CDC’s vaccination clinic in Thai Town has been administering 3rd shots of either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines to the immunocompromised since mid-August 2021 and Siam Town USA News covered it here in two different segments of their news.
- 19-7-2021
Bet Tzedek and Thai CommunityDevelopment Center Recover $300,000 in Stolen Wages for Nine Restaurant Workers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thai Community Development Center Contact: Panida Rzonca, panida@thaicdc.org Bet Tzedek Contact: Vincent Cummings, vcummings@bettzedek.org North Hollywood Sanamluang Café Pays Criminal Restitution for Labor Violations JULY 16, 2021, LOS ANGELES, CA — Sanamluang Café, a popular Thai restaurant and late-night spot in North Hollywood, paid $300,000 in criminal restitution to nine workers who had filed claims for wage theft. This case sends a powerful message to restaurants throughout Los Angeles: Pay the Continue Reading
- 19-7-2021
Congressman Adam Schiff Announces Budget for Thai Town Marketplace
Congressmember Adam Schiff announced on July 15th, 2021 that the proposed federal budget for fiscal year 2022 will include $1,000,000 in funding to support the remaining construction and operations of the Thai Community Development Center’s business incubator and social enterprise, the Thai Town Marketplace. Chanchanit Martorell, Thai CDC Executive Director, received a phone call from Continue Reading
- 31-5-2021
Asian Pacific Heritage Month
Before Asian Pacific American Heritage Month comes to a close at the end of the month of May, our Thai CDC Executive Director, Chancee Martorell, was one of the API individuals recognized for her work on behalf of disadvantaged and vulnerable members of the Thai community on a program that aired on May 28th, 2021, Continue Reading
- 19-5-2021
Thai CDC Receives $150,000 in Funding from the County of LA to Assist Thai Restaurants Highly Impacted by COVID-19
In a motion by Supervisor Sheila J. Kuehl and former Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas late last fall, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors directed the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) to implement the Public Health Councils initiative to protect workers who have been highly impacted by COVID-19. The Thai Community Development Continue Reading
- 17-5-2021
AAPI Discussion: Ted Chen Opens the Floor to the AAPI Community
Thai CDC was on this panel along with other API leaders that we work with on the AAPI community that aired on NBC News on 5/15 hosted by reporter, Ted Chen. Check it out: https://www.nbclosangeles.com/…/aapi…/2596338/
- 14-4-2021
Asian Hate Crimes and Covid Relief
Thai CDC Executive Director, Chancee Martorell, was one of two guests on NAT TV, a Thai cable station that is viewed by Thai audiences around the world. On the program, Chancee talked about Thai CDC, Asian hate crimes, Thai CDC’s COVID relief efforts, and Thai CDC’s upcoming vaccination clinics. https://youtu.be/BwdxUL_e9RM
- 5-4-2021
A Widening Gap Among Asian Americans
Thai CDC Executive Director quoted in LA Times on 4/2/21 and 4/3/21 on how the Model Minority Myth hurts the Asian American community especially Thai immigrants who are struggling in poverty and need resources. https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-04-02/atlanta-shootings-provide-glimpse-into-the-other-side-of-asian-americans
- 21-2-2021
Thai CDC receives the Circle of Change Award
Thai CDC has received the Circle of Change Award, a donor-advised fund of the Asian Pacific Community Fund (www.circleofchangela.org.). The Circle of Change supports non-profit organizations and projects that make transformative, positive change within the Asian Pacific/Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities in the Greater Los Angeles area that directly engage AAPI community members in this critical Continue Reading