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Art Chang

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Opening Remarks at the CACF Gala, November 12, 2023

4 min readNov 23, 2023

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A crowd of people having drinks and in conversation in the lobby outside the main gala room. The crowd is very diverse and inclusive, with young and older adults, women and men, from the broadest definition of the Asian diaspora and non-Asian friends and family.

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Art Chang

The Shocking Thing You Don’t Know About Asian American New Yorkers

How Only $30 Per Person Can Have a Big Impact; Now It’s Up To Governor Hochul and the Legislature

3 min readMay 20, 2023

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Art Chang

How I discovered the Gowanus Canal on my first night in Brooklyn in 1985

Remarks at Gowanus Canal Conservancy Gala May 16, 2023 at Brooklyn’s Bell House

3 min readMay 20, 2023

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How I discovered the Gowanus Canal on my first night in Brooklyn in 1985

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Art Chang

Expanding CACF’s Virtuous Cycle for Asian American Power

I adapted this essay from my closing remarks at CACF’s Legislative Briefing for City and State elected officials on December 6, 2022 and…

4 min readDec 27, 2022

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Art Chang standing on stage at the conclusion of CACF’s legislative briefing for state and city elected officials. He is wearing a black blazer, grey pants and black boots. Art has short greying hair and is wearing large glasses with clear frames. On the video monitor behind him is projected his face and the message “Board of Directors Farewell Address, Art Chang, Board Member”

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Art Chang

How to improve democracy?

This week, in a small and relatively obscure NYC agency, a giant is retiring. Amy Loprest leaves behind a legacy of lasting improvements in…

4 min readOct 28, 2022

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I voted sticker from 2013

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Art Chang

2022 WRA Commencement Speech

Western Reserve Academy, Hudson, Ohio

13 min readMay 28, 2022

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2022 WRA Commencement Speech

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Art Chang

Anti-AAPI Hate and Our Long COVID Recovery Ahead

Asian-American Pacific Islanders (AAPI) are fighting two pandemics: COVID and violent anti-Asian hate. While COVID is subsiding, hate is…

4 min readMar 22, 2021

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Anti-AAPI Hate and Our Long COVID Recovery Ahead

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Art Chang

Teachers have stepped up during the pandemic. They deserve a Mayor who steps up, too.

NYC can’t elect a Mayor who blames the school reopening mess on the UFT. We need a Mayor who understands that the buck stops on their desk.

5 min readMar 21, 2021

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Teachers have stepped up during the pandemic. They deserve a Mayor who steps up, too.

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Art Chang

We Must Break the Chain Reaction of Hate

“Hate multiplies hate, violence multiplies violence, and toughness multiplies toughness in a descending spiral of destruction … The chain…

4 min readJan 18, 2021

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We Must Break the Chain Reaction of Hate

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Art Chang

Today is a Day That Will Live in Infamy

I issued this statement after the right-wing mob assault on the Capitol.

1 min readJan 18, 2021

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Art Chang

Art Chang

Fighting for Equity. Columbia Professor. Board Chair of CACF.org. Former 2021 Candidate for NYC Mayor. NYC Votes, Casebook, Queens West

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