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Lydia Lowe

Lydia Lowe is a Boston-based activist who works as Co-Director of the Chinese Progressive Association (Boston). In the early 1980s Lydia Lowe was a student at UMassBoston and active in the East Coast Asian Student Union/New England. Lowe is a former member of two pro-China Marxist-Leninist groups I Wor Kuen and the League of Revolutionary Struggle. When the League dissolved in 1990 Lowe joined its successor the Unity Organizing Committee, which largely worked inside the Democratic Party.

Today Lowe is member of several organizations in the orbit of the pro-China Freedom Road Socialist Organization, including Right to the City Boston and LeftRoots.

For more than twenty-five years, Lydia Lowe has been part of building the Chinese Progressive Association (Boston) , a grassroots organization that works for "full equality and empowerment of the Chinese community in Greater Boston and beyond". During her tenure, Lydia Lowe co-founded CPA’s Workers Center for " immigrant workers to organize for their rights, secured bilingual job training for displaced garment and electronic workers, helped tenants preserve more than a thousand units of affordable housing, and secured bilingual ballots for Chinese and Vietnamese speaking voters in the City of Boston".

The Chinese Progressive Association (Boston) is now a major player in Boston politics, and has formed close ties to Mayor Marty Walsh, Senator Elizabetth Warren and soon-to-be Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley.

Helping the Rainbow

"A call to build an organization for the 1990s and beyond"

Unity, January 28 1991, issued a statement "A call to build an organization for the 1990s and beyond" on pages 4 to 6.

This group was a split in the League of Revolutionary Struggle which soon became the Unity Organizing Committee.

Those listed as supporters of the call included Lydia Lowe, chair Massachusetts English Plus Coalition, Boston. .

Unity Boston

In 1991 Lydia Lowe was a member of Unity Boston, and director of the Chinese Progressive Association (Boston).^[1]

Boston Social Forum

At the 2004 Boston Social Forum Bringing the Movement into Electoral Politics . Panelists were Mel King, Chuck Turner, Felix Arroyo, Steve Backman, Lydia Lowe, Patrick Kearney, Judy Roderick.^[2]

WY Gallery Committee

Chinese Progressive Association (Boston) WY Gallery Committee, 2006: Thomas Chen, Jane Jung, Peter Kiang, Lisette Le, Giles Li, Helen Liu Lewis, Pong Louie, Lydia Lowe, Sam Lowe, Wen-ti Tsen, Valerie Wong. ^[3]

Lui Cheng 2007 American tour

The American Center for International Labor Solidarity and the National Labor College recently hosted Professor Liu Cheng for Shanghai Normal University to discuss the evolution of the new draft contract labor law in China. Cheng’s visit to the NLC on March 27th was the culmination of a multi-state tour meeting with union leaders and members of Congress.

For the report by Global Labor Strategies analyzing the impact of transnational corporations on the first draft of the Contract Law go to: UNDUE INFLUENCE: Corporation Gain Ground in Battle Over Chinas New Labor Law

Liu Cheng's tour included nearly 45 events over 17 days, in the Bay Area, Boston, Amherst, New York and Washington DC. A partial list of the many sponsoring organizations, and their key contact, includes:

Chinese Progressive Association (Boston) - Lydia Lowe.

Backing Marty Walsh, 2013

Right to the City VOTE is proud to join leaders from Boston’s communities of color, Oiste and Chinese Progressive Political Action to stand with Martin Walsh for Mayor.

A diverse group of civic leaders from communities of color have come together to unanimously endorse Marty Walsh in the race to become mayor of Boston.

We will be working to support the campaign in the upcoming weeks and we urge people in our communities to elect Marty Walsh as the next mayor of Boston!

Individuals (as of 10/12/2013)

Mukiya Baker-Gomez, Kelly Bates, Diana Bell, Doris Bunte, Karen Chen, Sean K. Daughtry , Paulo A. De Barros, Cindy Diggs, An Duong, Eric Esteves, Rev. Gregory Groover, Rev. James W. Hills, Gilbert Ho, Maude Huard , Samuel Hurtado, Robert Kinney, Baolian Kuang, Lauren Jacobs, Jenny Lau, Lisette Le, Will Lee, Mark Liu, Darlene Lombos, Tom Louie, Lydia Lowe, Julia Mejia, Gloribell Mota, Noemi Mimi Ramos, Tarso Ramos, Ivan Reyes , Danny Rivera, Talia Rivera, Daysa Santana, Khalida Smalls, Alejandra St. Guillen, Aaron Tanaka, Jian Hua Tang, Mario Teran, Natalicia Tracy, Veronica Turner-Biggs, Gladys Vega, Mariama White-Hammond, Ann Har-Yee Wong, Joseph Y. Wong, Charles Wynder, Jr., Henry Yee, Tony M. Yee.

Organizations:¿Oíste?, Chinese Progressive Political Action, Right to the City VOTE.^[4]

Supporting Suzanne Lee

Chinese Progressive Political Action, November 2, 2013:

Community members and South Cove East Residents standing with Suzanne Lee for District 2 City Councilor! — with Celine Chin, Michael Liu, Anna Lei, Colin Chan, Karen Chen, Mark Liu, Lydia Lowe, Jenny Lau, Kimberly Situ and Chuanling Chen.

TCC Leaders

The Chinatown Coalition founders.

(Left to right, front row): TCC founders: Steven Chin, Carol Lee, David Moy, Lydia Lowe, Chau-Ming Lee. (Second row): Tom Lee, Richard Chin, Stephanie Fan, Barbara Rubel, Beverly Wing, Lawrence Cheng.

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