About Us

History

The United Chinese Association of Brooklyn was founded in year 2002. It is the first non-profit social service organization to serve the Chinese community in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York City.

During the year of 2002, a wave of criminal acts, such as home burglary, extortion, racial harassment, assault, and particularly school violence, seemed to target ethnically Chinese residents. Many victims were recent immigrants and unable to seek any assistance due to language and cultural barriers. Some victims were even charged as criminals due to incompetent communication.

In November 2002, a Chinese Lafayette High School honor student was seriously brutalized in the schoolyard by a group of teenagers. He was assaulted simply because of his Chinese ethnicity. This discriminatory crime infuriated the community and finally ignited the long suppressed desire to defend our civic justices. On November 26, 2002, with the support of New York State Assemblyman William Colton, more than three hundred residents united together and formed the United Chinese Association of Brooklyn to defend our human rights.