About the Stanford University Campaign 史丹佛大學

Our campaign began at Stanford University in December 2019, and has reached many milestones since then, including mobilizing students and alumni, meeting with the Faculty Senate, and publishing numerous op-eds in local and international papers. Our petition and publicity campaign called on the university to restore Cantonese classes, which they eventually did. News of our progress reached supporters around the world, and resulted in the first $1M endowed gift to ensure that Cantonese language classes at Stanford would continue for future generations, securing the first endowed Cantonese language program in the United States.

 

We are now working toward a vision for an endowed Cantonese Studies initiative that would secure a legacy of Cantonese at Stanford with programming to support research and scholarship of Cantonese history, culture, and peoples.

 

We welcome all individuals and philanthropists who care about Cantonese language education—including Stanford students and alumni, as well as supporters who are not alumni—to join us in this endeavor.

 

Since then, our scope of activities has grown. The latest actions by our campaign are detailed below.