Rose Lan Pak was a political activist in San Francisco, California, noted for her influence on city politics and power in the Chinatown community. Pak served as a consultant for the San Francisco Chinese Chamber of Commerce and organizer of the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco.
Rose Pak in 1999
Rose Pak's Way
Facilities of the Rose Pak Community Fund on Sacramento Street in San Francisco's Chinatown
San Francisco Chinese New Year Festival and Parade
The San Francisco Chinese New Year Festival and Parade is an annual event in San Francisco, California, United States. Held for approximately two weeks following the first day of the Chinese New Year, it combines elements of the Chinese Lantern Festival with a typical American parade. First held in 1851, along what are today Grant Avenue and Kearny Street, it is the oldest and one of the largest events of its kind outside of Asia, and one of the largest Asian cultural events in North America. The parade route begins on Market Street and terminates in Chinatown.
The Chinese New Year Parade in 2009, the Year of the Ox
Procession of the Dragon (1892)
"Chinamen Celebrating Their New-Year's Day in San Francisco" (1871, Harper's Weekly)
Carnival in Portsmouth Square (c. 1967)