Description

This project presents a guidebook for public administrators and other interested persons interested in creating immigrant workers centers and working at the inner-city immigrant communities. The guidebook will help Master of Public Affairs students, academics, public administrators and street-level bureaucrats understand how to deal with complex cultural dynamics and language barriers when working with immigrants in inner-city environments such as those in certain parts of Los Angeles.

The guidebook will set forth the process of planning the Los Angeles Chinese Immigrant Workers Center (LACIW) as an example of how street-level bureaucrats can work in the inner-city immigrant workers community. We use as an example Chinatown and the Chinese immigrant community, because it is one of the largest and most important Asian immigrant groups in this country, surrounded with many myths and challenges. Furthermore, many challenges facing policy makers and street-level bureaucrats in Chinatown are similar to other communities, and the suggestions in this guidebook can help them to work with other communities as well.