News and Events
2026 Walk for Reconciliation Against Racism
2026 Walk for Reconciliation Against Racism Event Program Coming Soon! Save the date! Join the 2025 Walk! 141st Anniversary of the Tacoma Chinese Expulsion Organized by the Chinese Reconciliation Project Foundation, this free annual demonstration retraces and reverses [...]
Tacoma Moon Festival 2026 | Sept. 12th, 1 – 6 pm
Celebrate the 14th Annual Tacoma Moon Festival, a vibrant showcase of our city’s rich cultural heritage! The festival draws on traditions of the East Asian Mid-Autumn Festival with its focus on the mythology of the Moon Princess, joyous harvests and family reunions. [...]
Our Communities, Our Neighbors – Preserving Tacoma’s Stories on Film
Written by Lila Wright; edited by Ben Everett. The Our Communities, Our Neighbors film series extends the Chinese Reconciliation Project Foundation’s (CRPF) reach through documentary storytelling, capturing the voices and experiences of Tacoma’s diverse communities and leaders, and preserving these histories to inspire [...]
Music at the Park 2026 | June 13th, 2 – 6 pm
Music at the Park celebrates the rich diversity of cultures through the universal language of music, specifically highlighting the burgeoning talent among the younger generation of our immigrant and heritage communities. Each year, we bring communities together in a vibrant, inclusive space [...]
Lyle Quasim: Show Up, Suit Up, and Engage!
Co-directed by Joanne Lisosky and Derek Nunn, this film is the latest in a series titled Our Communities, Our Neighbors, produced by the Chinese Reconciliation Project Foundation with funding from Tacoma Creates. Film Description: This film spotlights the monumental civil rights victories of [...]
140 Years After the Tacoma Method: Pierce County Proclamation
Remembering the "Tacoma Method" November 3rd, 2025, was the 140th anniversary of the forced expulsion of the remaining 200 Chinese residents of Tacoma, perpetrated by a mob led by the mayor and other civic leaders. This act of racial violence, later known as “The [...]
Promoting peace, harmony and understanding in our multi-cultural community!
Chinese Reconciliation Project Foundation (CRPF) is a nonprofit organization that advances civic and cultural harmony. We work with the community to resolve social and cultural conflicts, build pathways to create reconciliation, and broaden understanding and relationships between people to establish truly cohesive and caring communities.
Over the past 25 years, CRPF has worked with the City of Tacoma, Washington, and community activists to acknowledge, address, and reconcile the events of a forceful expulsion that drove its Chinese population from the city in 1885. The expulsion caused a great rift between the city and Chinese people, an effect that is felt within the community even today.
