Description:
University of Michigan design student and DC resident Jennifer Low talks about her "Dear Chinatown" project and what Chinatown means to her. "Dear Chinatown" is a making and sharing project for the DC Chinatown community to declare what they love about the neighborhood. Jenn thinks it is important to generate insights from the people who actually live in a place and learn what matters to them. For her, Chinatown is a place where people feel belonging and can claim as their own. She hopes to see increased visibility of the people who created Chinatown and its culture in the future, and envisions it as a public space that can be used by the community and fufill their everyday needs.