Norman Fong
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The Reverend Norman Fong (born 1960) is a Chinese-American activist living in San Francisco, California
. Norman grew up in San Francisco's Chinatown and received a B.A. in Sociology from San Francisco State University and Masters of Divinity from San Francisco Theological Seminary. The “Good Reverend” lived in Hong Kong and other parts of Asia working on human rights issues for one-and-a-half years. He was Youth Program Director at Donaldina Cameron House for 11 years. In 1990, he joined Chinatown Community Developement Center (CCDC) Chinatown Community Development Center
, founded the Adopt-An-Alleyway Youth Empowerment Project
, as Program Director. He was later promoted to Deputy Director. In October 2010, he was selected as the Executive Director of the CCDC. Norman is currently a member of one of Chinatown's oldest soul band, named Jest Jammin. He is also an ordained Presbyterian Minister.
He has also been recently involved in stopping the deportation of Eddy Zheng
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San Francisco, California
San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...
. Norman grew up in San Francisco's Chinatown and received a B.A. in Sociology from San Francisco State University and Masters of Divinity from San Francisco Theological Seminary. The “Good Reverend” lived in Hong Kong and other parts of Asia working on human rights issues for one-and-a-half years. He was Youth Program Director at Donaldina Cameron House for 11 years. In 1990, he joined Chinatown Community Developement Center (CCDC) Chinatown Community Development Center
Chinatown Community Development Center
Chinatown Community Development Center is an organization in San Francisco, California which formed in 1977 after the merger of the Chinatown Resource center and the Chinese Community Housing Corporation. The organization was started by Gordon Chin, who continues to serve as Executive Director, to...
, founded the Adopt-An-Alleyway Youth Empowerment Project
Adopt-An-Alleyway Youth Empowerment Project
The Adopt-An-Alleyway Youth Empowerment Project is a non-profit project of the Chinatown Community Development Center that is based in the San Francisco Chinatown area....
, as Program Director. He was later promoted to Deputy Director. In October 2010, he was selected as the Executive Director of the CCDC. Norman is currently a member of one of Chinatown's oldest soul band, named Jest Jammin. He is also an ordained Presbyterian Minister.
He has also been recently involved in stopping the deportation of Eddy Zheng
Eddy Zheng
Xiaofei "Eddy" Zheng is a Chinese immigrant to the United States living in Oakland, California. His decades-long series of attempts to secure release from prison for crimes he committed at the age of 16 and to fight deportation from the US made his case a cause célèbre in the Asian American...
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