As reported earler, the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors recently approved a $250,000 plan to rescue a town North of San Francisco. Locke, built by Chinese immigrants, has some 50 buildings and 70 residents on 10 acres along the levee of the Sacramento River. This is the only all-Chinese town in the United States.
In Bitter Melon, a history and compilation of interviews with some of the town's remaining Chinese Americans, Sucheng Chan, professor of Asian American studies, wrote: "Locke is not just the last rural Chinese town in America; it has been and will continue to be a testament to the tenacity and courage of Chinese immigrants in California." Dr. Christina Fa has called Locke "the most important thing happening in Asian America today." She is the former chairperson of the Locke Community Advisory Committee and serves on the Locke Management Association and the Locke Foundation boards. She is also a board member of the Chinese American Council of Sacramento.
Fa will give a speech to the Chinese Cultural Society of Stockton at a potluck -- Jan. 15, social hour and lunch at 11:30 a.m., program (free) at 1 p.m., Jene Wah Senior Service Agency, 238 E. Church St., Stockton, Calififornia .(Source: AsianWeek, Jan. 14, 2005)