WHY: Having grown up as a first-generation Taiwanese-American, I now consider it a blessing as a college student to have reconciled my own differences and stayed true to myself.  The children in NYC Chinatown public schools are denied that opportunity due to lack of resources, and many of them have never been outside Chinatown.
 
WHAT: My project Open Sight will give the children the opportunity to come into contact with other cultures interactively though a method of show rather than tell.
 
HOW:  Every Friday, we are holding workshops for the underprivileged children in PS2 to give them an immersive learning through experience of the food, music, and the arts of different cultures.  Come and join us in our venture!

 

Your donations will allow the children in NYC Chinatown to be in places they have never been before, like Central Park or the Met.  Thank you for your support!

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Joyce Chen

About me:

As a foodie, I firmly believe that the only bad food is food that has not been prepared to its fullest potential.  As a violinist and pianist, I am not embarrassed to say that I tear up everytime I hear Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto no.2.  As a human being, I hope that everyone and anyone can have the chance to appreciate food, music, and the arts and so realize that we are all not as different as we think we are.