About Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association

In order to distinguish associations from different regions, there was consensus among the first overseas Chinese that organizations on the West Coast shall be known as “hui guan” (會館) or “tang” (堂) whereas organizations on the East Coast shall be known as “gong suo” (公所), though both shall be known as the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association in English. Read more»

CCBA and TTV Host Holiday Parties for Seniors

Thanks to the efforts of Larry Young, Chinese Secretary for the current CCBA team of officers, one hundred twenty turkeys were delivered to the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association Community Center early Saturday, November 10, 2012. A team of volunteers helped moved the turkeys into the building. That same day, members of the CCBA Board of Directors were invited to the Community Center to pick up a turkey Read more»

CCBA Mount Hope Project

Recently CCBA officers came across a document which gave perspective to CCBA’s involvement with the Chinese section of Mt. Hope Cemetery. The document stated that in the 1930s, CCBA bought a piece of land in the city-owned Mt. Hope Cemetery to provide a temporary burial ground for Chinese sojourners whose remains would eventually be sent home to their final resting place, sometimes arranged by CCBA with community donations. The practice of “going home” in death was disrupted by the war in China against Japanese aggression and later by WWII and the conflict between the Nationalist and the Communist Parties. Read More»

Inside CCBA Member Organizations

Crime Watch Program

Chinatown Crime Watch is a CCBA program established in 2005 under the administration of Roman Read more»

Table Tennis Program

Three nights a week, the CCBA sponsored Ping Pong Club is in session providing a setting for Read more»