Better Chinatown Society (Event Organizer)

Founded in 2001, Better Chinatown Society is a volunteer-based organization dedicated to the improvement of New York’s Chinatown. The society seeks to build community solidarity and generate greater awareness of Chinatown, the Asian-Chinese American culture by organizing special activities and events that bring the people of Chinatown and Asian Americans together while also attracting tourists and main stream visitors. In addition to the annual Lunar New Year Parade & Firecracker Ceremony, the Better Chinatown Society also organizes the annual Autumn Moon Festival & Children Lantern Parade, the Chinatown Independence Day Parade & Festival and X Mas gift for children and senior’s Festival and numerous sports tournaments, and many special community social events.

This year we also organized 2 major events: the Atlantic City Boardwalk Lunar New Year Parade in February 2011 and the 1^st China Day in New York Cultural Festival in September 2011 in Soho/Noho NY.

The Better Chinatown Society has also created a Lunar New Year Celebration Committee which includes numerous community organizations and leaders who serve as leaders and volunteers. Their combined efforts have made this event the most successful and popular winter attraction in Chinatown, as well as New York.