<p dir="ltr">The following digital exhibit highlights the personal experiences of Chinese immigrants in Seattle, Washington during the early 20th century. These letter translations add the Wing Luke Museum's extensive archive of Chinese Exclusion era primary source letters into the canon of U.S. history. This lesson is designed to capture the visually-aesthetic, emotional, and era-specific conventions via letter-writing and correspondence. </p> <p>The content within this exhibit includes historical background information and references in further developing students’ understanding of what Push factors and Pull factors are in immigration — specifically China and the United States. The exhibit will additionally take students through a visual storyline of important events and policies such as the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, the aftermath of migration, and the perspectives and real voices of Chinese immigrants behind such letters.</p> <p></p> <p>This Learning Lab collection was created by Emelynn Arroyave, David Salinas, and SovannKagna Hou in the summer 2021 Smithsonian Affiliate Digital Learning and Engagement Internship, in partnership with Emerson Collective and <em>Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience, a Smithsonian Affiliate</em>. #SAintern #SAinterns #RaceAndSocialJustice #Immigration #ChangingAmericanNarrative </p>

<p>This learning lab takes a look at redlining, the practice of discrimination in which certain geographical areas are segregated due to the race, ethnicity, and other cultural barriers. Starting with the exclusion of Native people in Seattle and looking at how redlining has reoccurred throughout history, including its impacts on present day Seattle, this exhibit will explore the intersectionality of the multiple different communities in Seattle in hopes of building a better future and preventing history from repeating itself. </p> <p>The learning lab will primarily look through the lenses of the Redlining Heritage Trail, a 14 mile long tour provided by the Wing Luke Museum that connected many significant landmarks and buildings throughout Seattle, and the Wing's exhibit "Excluded, Inside the Lines", which looked at the usage of redlining in oppressing Native, Asian, and African Americans.</p>

<p>The effects of COVID-19 have dramatically shifted the ways in which we live our everyday lives. According to the New York Times, the coronavirus has infected “more than 186 million people worldwide [and] more than 4 million people have died so far.” The learning lab, The Tale of Two Pandemics, COVID-19 and Racism, will unravel not only the impact of COVID-19 within AAPI communities, but also the simultaneous systemic pandemic of racism on the Black and Brown community. Understanding the effects of the virus and pandemic on the Asian-American community is important as it acknowledges the collective hardships, narratives, and voices of individuals during this time period in history. The goal of this lab is to inform and educate others on the importance of historical events during today’s time and to showcase the strength and resilience of our marginalized communities in the United States. Furthermore, this lab highlights artwork created by different communities within Seattle's Chinatown-International District and the ways in which they symbolize and express identity and community healing. Pieces of artwork include murals titled "Chopsticks In A Bundle," "Higo," and "We Stand With Black Lives Matter." </p> <p></p> <p>This Learning Lab collection was created by Emelynn Arroyave, David Salinas, and SovannKagna Hou in the summer 2021 Smithsonian Affiliate Digital Learning and Engagement Internship, in partnership with Emerson Collective and <em>Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience, a Smithsonian Affiliate</em>. #SAintern #SAinterns #RaceAndSocialJustice #CommunityHealth #Immigration #ChangingAmericanNarrative </p>