Eddie Wong

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  Eddie Wong

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  AIISF Executive Director Eddie Wong was featured on National Public Radio's show "Tell Me More" on February 16, 2009.

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  Published on: 6/1/2009    Last Visited: 6/6/2009  

  Closing it now would be unconscionable, said Eddie Wong, director of the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation.
  
  Waiting to speak before the Budget Committee, Wong carried letters from supporters.

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  Published on: 5/13/2008    Last Visited: 5/29/2008  

  In a letter to the Fox Movie Channel, Eddie Wong, executive director of NAATA, wrote that growing up in 1950s Los Angeles, ... Charlie Chan's shuffling, subservient manner and exaggerated accent and fortune-cookie chatter did not resemble my parents, friends or any Chinese person I knew.
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  "By running the Chan movies, the Fox Movie Channel (is) reviving hurtful stereotypes instead of helping our society move toward harmony," Wong added.
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  "It seems to me Eddie Wong is insulting his own people more so than Charlie Chan," he added.

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  We have had such wonderful staff over the years, but I want to especially acknowledge our Executive Directors, Katherine Toy, Daphne Kwok, and our current Executive Director, Eddie Wong.

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  Published on: 5/11/2008    Last Visited: 5/12/2008  

  var requestedWidth = 0; > if(requestedWidth Eddie Wong is the new executive director of the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation . if(requestedWidth > 0){ document.getElementById('articleViewerGroup').style.width = requestedWidth + "px"; document.getElementById('articleViewerGroup').style.margin = "0px 0px 10px 10px"; } The newly named executive director of the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation has a direct connection to the site: His father passed through the Marin County installation.
  
  Eddie Wong takes over the effort to convert the immigration station - often called the Ellis Island of the West - to a place where visitors can learn about the history of immigration to the western United States.
  
  "I'm delighted to be the new executive director, particularly since my own father passed through the immigration station as an immigrant to the United States in 1928," said Wong, 57."The preservation and restoration of the Angel Island Immigration Station will allow the site to take its rightful place as one of America's most important historic landmarks."
  
  The barracks are undergoing a $15 million restoration and there are plans to reopen them to the public in the spring of 2009, complete with interpretive exhibits.
  
  "I want to work with our board to focus on the public awareness of the station," said Wong, who lives in Oakland.
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  Wong previously served as a media and social justice investment consultant to the Democracy Alliance, a network of progressive donors.He was also the executive director of the National Asian American Telecommunications Association from 1996 to 2006.Prior to that, he worked as the western regional director of the National Rainbow Coalition.
  
  Kathy Lim Ko, the foundation board president, said she is pleased to have Wong at the helm.
  
  "He brings a knowledge of immigration history, a wealth of executive experience and a passion to see our restoration of the Angel Island Immigration Station to fruition," she said.

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  Eddie Wong*

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  Published on: 6/17/2009    Last Visited: 6/18/2009  

  Eddie Wong, executive director of the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation, said Chinese immigrants made "tremendous contributions to building society, building the economy of California.

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  Published on: 6/2/2009    Last Visited: 8/29/2009  

  L to R: Elizabeth and Joe Chan, Immig Station docents; Joyce Eng, OCA Sac Chapter President; and Eddie Wong,AIISF Executive Director at Budget Conference Committee hearing, June 2, 2009
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  In his written testimony, AIISF Executive Director Eddie Wong told the Budget Conference Committee that Angel Island is "a sacred site for thousands of Asian Americans whose ancestors were detained there waiting to enter the U.S." Here is his statement.
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  Station docents; Joyce Eng, OCA Sac Chapter President; and Eddie Wong, AIISF Executive Director at Budget Conference Committee hearing, June 2, 2009

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  L to R: Elizabeth and Joe Chan, Immig Station docents; Joyce Eng, OCA Sac Chapter President; and Eddie Wong,AIISF Executive Director at Budget Conference Committee hearing, June 2, 2009

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