Daily News | Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund to join Chinatown coalition to fight against Sixers arena
Almost 50 Chinatown associations and organizations will come together Monday morning to formally announce the Chinatown Coalition to Oppose the Arena — and joining the coalition will be the national civil rights organization Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund .
“We’re gathering businesses together and saying, ‘Hey, we’re together on this, let’s get your voice out,” he said. “We’re more unified compared to separate.”Monday’s press conference also comes on the heels of claims from Sixers developers that there are Chinatown organizations, business owners and residents who are open to or supportive of the proposed arena.
“We don’t want to become the D.C. Chinatown,” Lin said business owners explained to him. “This is the center for the Chinese around the Greater Philadelphia Area. If this Chinatown disappears or gets destroyed, for minorities, traditional culture needs to have some place. And we want to see Chinese tradition not destroyed in this area.”said it decided to join the coalition opposing the arena Monday morning.
Li said AALDEF would look into the possibilities of legal action, citing the organization’s history of fighting against gentrification and displacement, particularly of low-income residents.In 2010, AALDEF helped achievethat required the School District of Philadelphia to make broad changes in how it handled complaints of harassment and violence against students.
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