Greg Wong grew up poor. And his first job out of college was taking calls from homeless people or others needing assistance.

The iconic image of Bruce Lee and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar together, symbolizing the unity between Asians and Blacks, was captured in thousands of photos by visitors onto the Tai Tung Restaurant’s storefront in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District (CID).

Senior citizens filed into City Hall. They were there to protect their homes as the city and the county plans to add a massive homeless shelter in their neighborhood, which is already flooded with homeless people.

A man in a dark leather jacket with a bald head and glasses stopped at the edge of Hing Hay Park and was sizing up the more than 100 people sitting in the square or holding signs to protest a new homeless shelter.

From a card table on the sidewalk to a nonprofit organization assisting 15,000 immigrants and their families every year, Chinese Information and Service Center (CISC) marks 50 years of service this year.