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This advocate fights for the working class of Chinatown

When you come to Chinatown, you dont feel like an outsider. You feel like youre part of a community, says May Chiu, activist and advocate for her Montreal neighbourhood.

May Chiu carries her culture by calling out oppression where she sees it

Chinatowns relentless advocate

1 year ago
Duration 2:30
May Chiu carries her culture by calling out oppression where she sees it. This video is part of the CBC Quebec series Carrying Our Cultures.

May Chiu has always stood up for Chinatown in Montreal.

"When you come to Chinatown, you don't feel like an outsider. You feel like you're part of a community," says the activist and advocate for her community.

Two women talk surrounded by book shelves.
May Chiu is a co-ordinator for the Chinatown Roundtable. (Tim Chin)

Chiu wants to make sure the people of Chinatown get the support they need, especially the working class.

Living in the city for over three decades, Chiu says the neighbourhood has long been a place for the marginalized. She thinks of immigrant families and parents who Chiu has seen work so hard to push their families to success.

City streets.
Montreal's Chinatown has stood for more than a century. (Tim Chin)

To Chiu, those families and individuals represent why it's so important to advocate for Chinatown.

"I have kids, and I want them to grow up in a world where there is social justice," she says.

To mark Asian Heritage Month, CBC Quebec connected with Asian communities to ask them: How do you carry your cultural heritage, in big ways or small?Learn more about the series here.

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