CBD: Community Renaissance
The 19th Annual Chinatown Beautification Day
---- ABOUT CBD
Chinatown Beautification Day (CBD), an annual youth conference exploring social justice issues. We are hosted by Chinatown Youth Initiatives (CYI), a non-profit dedicated to empowering NYC youth with the knowledge and skills to address the needs of Chinatown, Asian Americans and other underrepresented communities. This year, our theme is "Community Renaissance." Through a day of in-person workshops, panels, performances, and cleanups, we hope to inspire youth to take action from their own homes and continue to support Chinatown.
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---- OUR THEME: COMMUNITY RENAISSANCE
This year's conference aims to explore the theme “Community Renaissance”. Many small businesses in Chinatown have been extremely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, we as a community need to focus on how we can sustain a new, post-pandemic Chinatown. By taking inspiration from the spirit of “renaissance,” we hope to orient our event around the revitalization of Chinatown through different avenues of youth activism, and build a generation of organizers who explore social justice across areas-- through politics, community building, art, and beyond.