Chinatown Achieves Unified State Map But Still Divided into 3 Congressional Districts |
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Friday, 03 June 2011 17:55 | |||
By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2011 Journal Group Link International)
C hicago (jGLi) – The proposed state map for redistricting has kept The Coalition for A Better Chinese-American Community, however, was disappointed that the congressional map continues to divide the Greater Chinatown community area into three districts – 7th, 3rd and 4th Districts. At the press and community Thursday (June 2) at the Chinese-American Service League at The area includes 90% of the Greater Chinatown Community area population that was designated by CBCAC early in the process. “This is the outcome of a decade-long effort. We are pleased with the result,” said C.W. Chan, CBCAC chairperson. David Wu, Executive Director of the “This change will go a long way towards helping our community achieve a stronger voice in government,” said Theresa Mah, policy consultant for CBCAC. Meanwhile, the new congressional district map will continue to be divided among Danny Davis’s 7th District, Daniel Lipinski’s 3rd District, and Luis Gutierrez’s 4th District. This area includes about 30,000 Asian Americans, an increase of more than 50 percent since the 2000 census. The CBCAC was frustrated that it was not given an opportunity to provide an input in the redistricting process of the congressional map. Nonetheless, CBCAC has begun to reach out to its congressional representatives and hopes to build stronger relationships to ensure that the community is not neglected. # # # Editor’s Note: To contact the author, please e-mail him at: (lariosa_jos@sbcglobal.net)
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