Category Archives: News on Thai Community
- 25-1-2017
100 days and counting, Thai community mourns its king – LA Times
Anh Do – Contact Reporter Irfan Khan/LA Times – Photo In quiet corners of her home, she pays tribute to the beloved, the musk of incense mingling with winter blooms. For days, then weeks, then months, Kobkaew Field’s tears would not stop. Dressed in black, she mourned not for a mother or father, brother or Continue Reading
- 3-12-2016
The Thai Community Development Center Honored the Late King of Thailand with Its “Plant for Dad” Tree Planting Event and Continued Its Beautification Efforts by Planting Nineteen Golden Trumpet Trees in Thai Town
On Saturday, December 3, 2016, the Thai Community Development Center (Thai CDC) in partnership with, the Royal Thai Consulate General, the Thai Town Rotary Club and the Hollywood Beautification Team planted an additional nineteen trees to Thai Town bringing the total tree count to ninety. This was the third occasion for Thai CDC who has Continue Reading
- 22-9-2016
The Thai Town Marketplace Breaks Ground Launching the Thai Community Development Center’s Latest $2.95 Million Community Enhancement Endeavor
On Thursday, September 22nd, the Thai Community Development Center (Thai CDC) celebrated a ten year victory at the ground breaking of the Thai Town Marketplace (TTMP) located at 5448 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90027. The marketplace is Thai CDC’s current endeavor towards improving Thai Town, providing jobs for the economically disadvantaged and offering the Continue Reading
- 7-7-2016
Wage Standards for the City of Los Angeles
Representatives from the Thai Community Development Center (Thai CDC), Chinatown Service Center (CSC), Search to Involve Pilipino Americans (SIPA), and Little Tokyo Service Center (LTSC) came together to announce the outreach plan for the new minimum wage rollout in the City of Los Angeles. Starting July 1, 2016, the new minimum wage for the City Continue Reading
- 13-1-2016
Asian Pacific Policy & Planning Council (A3PCON) Asian Pacific Islander (API) Human Trafficking Task Force Hosts a Press Conference
January 13th, 2016 at 10:30 am at the Thai Community Development Center Speakers Include: Aniwat Khadphab, API Survivor Chancee Martorell, Executive Director, Thai Community Development Center Connie Chung Joe, Executive Director, Korean American Family Services Captain Merrill Ladenheim, LA Sheriff’s Department Human Trafficking Bureau The Asian Pacific Policy and Planning Council (A3PCON), a coalition of Continue Reading
- 4-1-2016
Thai Town in Los Angeles, A Home Away from Home for Thais
Thai Town was officially designated by the Los Angeles City Council in 1999 as a way to pay respect to Thais living in L.A. and Thai culture in general. NBT World correspondent Joel Gershon was in Thai Town in Los Angeles recently and spoke to a community organizer who helped make Thai Town a Continue Reading
- 27-9-2015
Highlights of the Thai Community Development Center Community Sponsorship of the National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development 15th Anniversary Convention
September 27th – 30th, 2015 Washington D.C. Thai CDC was honorably mentioned by Congresswoman Judy Chu as one of the co-founders of NCAPACD from her state of California at the NCAPACD reception at the Phillip’s Collection in Washington D.C. on September 28th, 2015 Thai CDC Executive Director had Continue Reading
- 31-8-2015
Road to Freedom: A Journey of Resilience and Hope ~ A Month of Reflection and Forging a Vision for the Future
Dear Friends and Colleagues, We want to thank you for your support, contributions, and participation in the Commemoration of the 20th Anniversary of the El Monte Thai Garment Slavery Case, “The Road to Freedom: a Journey of Resilience and Hope”. Without the work that you do and your contributions, our events would not have been Continue Reading
- 28-8-2015
Los Angeles Councilman Mitch O’ Farrell Honors the Thai Community Development Center and the El Monte Thai Workers in Los Angeles City Hall Council Chambers
(Photo Slideshow) The Thai Community Development Center (Thai CDC) was presented with a special recognition and commendation by Los Angeles Councilman Mitch O’ Farrell of the 13th Council District in Los Angeles City Hall Council Chambers on Friday, August 28th, 2015. Councilman O’ Farrell welcomed Thai CDC and survivors from the El Monte Thai Garment Continue Reading
- 7-8-2015
Twenty Years after Slavery in LA: The Stage Reading of the Play Fabric
(Photo Slideshow) The Thai Community Development Center (Thai CDC) and The Pasadena Playhouse presented Henry Ong’s play, Fabric, on August 6th and 7th to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the landmark El Monte slavery case where seventy-two Thai nationals were freed from slavery. The theme for the 20th anniversary commemoration is “The Road to Freedom: Continue Reading