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Gowanus Food Festival
A first-come, first-served food festival serving Wyckoff Gardens, Gowanus Houses, and Warren Street Houses.
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A first-come, first-served food festival serving Wyckoff Gardens, Gowanus Houses, and Warren Street Houses.
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UA3 joined the annual Loisaida Festival celebrating the Lower East Side’s culture and community.
Read full story: The Loisaida Festival 2026Event
A celebration of Jewish and Asian heritage with lion dance, Jewish jazz, crafts, and family activities.
Read full story: Shalom Dragon Family FestivalEvent
A first-come, first-served AAPI Heritage Month food giveaway in East New York, Brooklyn.
Read full story: AAPI Food GiveawayEvent
A bilingual rice-noodle distribution (米粉派送) in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, with the Parent-Child Relationship Association.
Read full story: Rice noodles food distributionEvent
An AAPI Heritage Month event focused on food and safety for Asian American and Pacific Islander communities.
Read full story: AAPI Share DayEvent
UA3 celebrated eleven years of feeding New York City at its anniversary gala at Terrace on the Park.
Read full story: UA3 Feeds NYC: 11th Anniversary GalaEvent
A free Mandarin workshop series on using simple smartphone apps to manage health, find reliable information, and stay connected.
Read full story: Using your smartphone to protect your health (Mandarin workshops)Event · Archive
UA3’s second annual benefit dinner, themed “New York, New York,” supporting communities from Chinatown to the South Bronx.
Read full story: UA3 2nd Annual BenefitEvent · Archive
UA3’s 2021 virtual benefit event supporting food access and community work.
Read full story: Community First One Love Virtual GalaStories and updates
Neighborhood stories, organization updates, videos, and press coverage.
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UA3 unveiled new trucks supporting food distribution in April 2026.
Read full story: UA3 new trucks unveilingUA3 news
UA3 partnered with nutrition students from Teachers College, Columbia University and NewYork-Presbyterian on practical cooking workshops and an accessible community cookbook.
Read full story: UA3 community cooking and cookbook collaborationCommunity story
UA3’s current homepage links to Program Assistant Jiayi Liu’s reflection on a summer internship with the organization.
Read full story: My summer internship experience: Jiayi LiuPress coverage
Norma Hong, Don Hong, and Sean Hong discuss UA3 in episode 48 of The Monica Makes It Happen Podcast.
Read full story: The Monica Makes It Happen Podcast: Episode 48Press coverage
DUNYA International covered UA3’s Lunar New Year celebration at Brooklyn Borough Hall in 2026.
Read full story: UA3 celebrates Lunar New Year at Brooklyn Borough HallPress coverage
ABC7 reported on former P.S. 130 principal and UA3 board member Lily Woo receiving a lifesaving kidney donation.
Read full story: Ex-NYC school principal and 9/11 hero receives lifesaving kidneyVideo
A short UA3 video marking the organization’s eleventh-anniversary gala.
Read full story: UA3 anniversary gala: thank you for 11 yearsUA3 news
In May 2025, the Community First Food Pantry served 7,117 people across Chinatown and the Lower East Side.
Read full story: May pantry impact: 7,117 neighbors servedPress coverage · Archive
Dunya News coverage of a UA3 Community First Lunar New Year celebration in 2025.
Read full story: UA3 Community First Lunar New Year celebrationUA3 news
UA3 and community partners celebrated the Lunar New Year with a 2025 Spring Festival song and dance gala.
Read full story: UA3 and partners hold 2025 Spring Festival Song and Dance GalaCommunity story · Archive
UA3 returned to P.S. 130 as laptops were awarded to five winners of the school’s 2025 essay contest.
Read full story: P.S. 130 students continue a digital-access legacyPress release · Archive
A UA3 press release describes federal support for the Community First Food Pantry and its work providing healthy food to New Yorkers.
Read full story: Federal grant supports healthy food for New YorkersUA3 news and media
Scroll through to see some of our recognized work throughout the years. We are most active on our social media pages such as Instagram (opens in a new tab).
UA3 unveiled new trucks supporting food distribution in April 2026.
Norma Hong, Don Hong, and Sean Hong discuss UA3 in episode 48 of The Monica Makes It Happen Podcast.
Visit original source (opens in a new tab)DUNYA International covered UA3’s Lunar New Year celebration at Brooklyn Borough Hall in 2026.
ABC7 reported on former P.S. 130 principal and UA3 board member Lily Woo receiving a lifesaving kidney donation.
Visit original source (opens in a new tab)A short UA3 video marking the organization’s eleventh-anniversary gala.
Dunya News coverage of a UA3 Community First Lunar New Year celebration in 2025.
Visit original source (opens in a new tab)A UA3 press release describes federal support for the Community First Food Pantry and its work providing healthy food to New Yorkers.
A UA3 press release describes baby-formula support for expectant mothers in Queens.
A UA3 press release highlights three generations of a Lower East Side family serving their community through food access.
Highlights from UA3’s 2024 gala, celebrating the supporters and neighbors behind the organization’s work.
UA3’s archive includes a March 28, 2023 press release about its Community Safety Program.
UA3’s media archive links to PIX11 coverage of community organizations supporting Queens parents with baby supplies and formula.
Visit original source (opens in a new tab)UA3’s archive links to coverage commemorating Marvelle Bennett and her work feeding unhoused neighbors in Jamaica, Queens.
Visit original source (opens in a new tab)UA3 condemned the rising hate and violence against Asian American and Pacific Islander New Yorkers and called for solidarity and support for victims and their families.
Visit original source (opens in a new tab)Coverage of UA3’s 2020 food distribution, PPE, meals, and support for frontline workers.
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Archive
A look back at the celebrations, workshops, health fairs, food distributions, and forums UA3 hosted and supported from 2022 to 2024.
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