Category Archives: News on Thai Community
- 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
- 25-1-2021
An Interview With Siam Town
On January 21, 2021, Thai CDC Executive Director, Chancee Martorell, sat down for a video interview with the Thai media outlet, Siam Town, that was broadcast LIVE nationwide and in Thailand. Here’s a link to the recording of the broadcast. ชุมชนไทยจะได้อะไรจากรัฐบาลโจ ไบเดน โดยเฉพาะนโยบายอิมมิเกรชั่น
- 1-8-2020
Every August 2nd since 1995, Thai CDC celebrates Freedom!
Every August 2nd since 1995, Thai CDC celebrates Freedom! And this year is a milestone as it is the 25th anniversary of Thai garment workers being freed from conditions of slavery. It was at the pre-dawn hour of August 2nd, 1995 that Thai CDC participated in the multi-agency task force that liberated 72 Thai nationals Continue Reading
- 21-10-2019
Thai Town’s 20th Anniversary
As Thai CDC is making plans to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Thai Town which is on the 27th of October, LA Magazine is helping us mark the occasion with the release of this article today, “20 Years Ago, L.A. Became Home to the Country’s First and Only Thai Town.” You may find the article Continue Reading
- 20-6-2019
Thai Town Marketplace in the Press
Thai CDC’s Thai Town Marketplace and one of its food vendors were featured on National Public Radio and LAist. To read about the story, click the links. LAist NPR Thai CDC Executive Director was interviewed Live on KPCC Air Talk Radio Program on Thai CDC’s Thai Town Marketplace, immigrant entrepreneurs, immigrant owned businesses, and their Continue Reading
- 6-6-2019
Inside the Human Trafficking Epidemic in the US
Authorities say human trafficking crimes happen in the United States every day despite the total number of those being trafficked remaining unknown. NBC’s Jacob Soboroff sets out to learn more about the victims hiding in plain sight. https://www.today.com/video/inside-the-human-trafficking-epidemic-in-the-us-60427845557