Help Us Build Eight weeks ago, we invited to hear the voices of our community. Two hundred and twenty-four voices of your neighbors. Honestly, completely, and one piece at a time. Today we close that promise. The full 2025 Survey report is now available. Read the full report: Link What We Learned This community is stable and rooted. It […]
Community Needs Series – Unit 7 of 8: Recommendations
Our Roadmap: Five Commitments to the Community The survey has been heard. The gaps have been found. Now comes the part that matters most: what are we actually going to do about it? Based on the survey findings, we identify five priorities for the community center and the services it will offer. These are not aspirations — they are commitments […]
Community Needs Series – Unit 6 of 8: Desired Services
What Are Needed at the Future Center: Five Themes In addition to structured questions, the survey includes open-ended ones: 1. What services do you think the Chinese Community Center should offer the most? 2. If you wish the community center to provide any particular services, please write down the details here. This section was optional. We received 249 answers anyway […]
Community Needs Series — Unit 5 of 8: Service Gaps
Where Services Fall Short: Gaps We Must Close Understanding where existing services succeed and fall short is essential to designing something better. The survey asked respondents to rate their satisfaction with current community services and identify what most needs to improve. The findings are specific and actionable. Satisfaction Is Uneven On a 0–10 scale, respondents’ personal satisfaction ratings clustered […]
Community Needs Series — Unit 4 of 8: Community-Wide Needs
What Our Friends Need: Barriers to Belonging Last week we looked at what survey respondents said they personally needed. This week, we look at what they see in their Chinese friends — and the picture is notably different. When people describe needs they observe in others, they often reveal systemic pressures that individuals are reluctant to claim for themselves. The […]
Community Needs Series — Unit 3 of 8: What We Need
What We Need: Practical Help, Every Day When we asked survey respondents what kinds of help they had personally needed over the past three years, we were not looking for abstract answers. We wanted to know what actually kept people up at night — the specific, practical challenges of building a life here. What we heard was grounding. The […]
Community Needs Series — Unit 2 of 8: Participation
How Are We Connected? A community is more than a shared zip code. It is the network of relationships, activities, and organizations that give people a sense of belonging and mutual support. So, how do the respondents participate the Chinese American community in Western New York? The Numbers Are Honest More than half of respondents participated in at least […]
Community Needs Series — Unit 1 of 8: Community Profile
Who We Are: A Stable, Rooted Community Before we can talk about what the Chinese community of Western New York needs, it helps to understand who we actually are. The survey data tells a story that surprises people who assume this is a transient or provisional community. We Are Here for the Long Term The largest group of survey […]
Hearing Our Community: What 224 Voices Told Us
What does the Chinese American community in Western New York truly need? Not what we assume, not what is currently offered — but what people actually experience, day to day, in their own words. To find out, the Chinese Community Foundation of Western New York conducted a community needs survey* in March 2025. We collected 224 responses in Simplified Chinese, […]
Chinese Community Foundation of Western New York Launches Survey on Community Center Needs, Building a Future Community Space Together
Release Date: March 21, 2025 Location: Western New York Region [Western New York Region] – Chinese Community Foundation of Western New Yorkannounced today the launch of a 10-day community center needs survey, which will run from March 22 to March 31, 2025. Focusing on the regional Chinese community, this survey seeks to gain in-depth understanding of community members’ needs and […]