View Slideshow on the Pui Tak Center in Chicago Chinatown.
By Laura Jo Clanton, Rhonda Alexander and Tiffany Boncan
“They come here to learn, and they come here to make friends.”
The Pui Tak Center, located in Chicago’s historic Chinatown neighborhood, answers this call, according to Transition Services Coordinator Sandy Louie.
The Chinese Christian Union Church founded this community center, and it is located one block south of Pui Tak, on Wentworth Avenue.
Nearly 800 students from 16-80 years old, attend classes to their assimilation process, free of charge. State and federal grants fund these classes.