Clockwise: Nancy Yao, President and Co-Captain of Team MOCA; Yue Ma, Director of Collections and Co-Captain of Team MOCA; Gary Seto, Team MOCA Runner at the New York City Marathon, Sunday, November 6, 2022.

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HELP MOCA REACH ITS GOAL OF $188,888

Dear MOCA Friends,

Sprawling across five boroughs from the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, until the final steps near Tavern on the Green in Central Park, MOCA’s 2022 TCS New York City Marathon Team crossed the finish line at the NYC Marathon on Sunday, November 6!

We finished strong in numbers, time, passion, and spirits. Team MOCA of 36 official runners finished the 26.2-mile race in a cumulative time of 162 hours and 35 minutes, with an average finish of 4 hours and 54 minutes and a total mileage of 943.2 miles! Their collective achievements help secure and build a permanent home for the Chinese American narrative in New York City. It is our way of honoring the pioneering spirit of not only Chinese immigrants but all immigrants who sacrificed and dared to take the first step that blazed a path for future generations in America.

Thank you for joining us at the Charity Cheer Zone and cheering for Team MOCA along the route. We could not have finished without you!

Be inspired by their race results and click on their names below to read their personal running story and support their individual fundraiser.

-Alyssa Craparotta: 04:30:21

-Hannah Bricker: 05:30:00*

-Paul Bryant: 04:54:46

-Lauren Clisham: 04:07:18

-Kelsey Cohen: 04:32:10

-Sophia Duke-Mosier: 05:28:07

-Mark Fischer: 04:09:58

-Rafferty Jackson: 04:22:03

-Gabriel Jandali Appel: 03:54:17

-Nikhil Jyothinagaram: 04:24:39

-Thomas Knight: 03:40:52

-Alec Lam: 05:21:16

-Celia Liang: 04:53:05

-David Liao: 06:03:06

-Yingqi Liu: 04:28:22

-Yue Ma: 05:22:48

-Jason Millen: 04:10:08

-Larry Niemann: 04:57:52

-Matthew Omori: 04:02:39

-Pamela Patton: 07:43:58

-Nathan Pope: 05:56:02

-Megan Reilly: 04:51:52

-Gary Seto: 05:15:29

-Nathalia Shimizu: 05:42:55

-Ashesh Trivedi: 04:58:00*

-Darryl Wagner: 05:56:19

-Thomas Wahlroos: 03:36:21

-Chris Webb: 04:50:31

-Fayee Wong: 06:01:47

-Patrick Wong: 04:40:34

-Sean Wright: 04:04:57

-Michelle Xia: 04:48:21

-Nancy Yao: 06:07:58

-Lucy Yao: 04:48:13

-Jae Yoo: 04:46:30

-Haoyuan Zhu: 06:30:00*

Runners' finish times based on estimates

Why Run for MOCA?

Designed by world-renowned architect Maya Lin in partnership with leading museum design firm Ralph Appelbaum Associates, the new national Museum of Chinese in America will be a home for all. The expanded MOCA will serve as a hub that integrates the past, present, and future aspirations of the Chinese American journey.

MOCA’s stories help broaden the American narrative. MOCA showcases the best of American resilience in the face of impossible odds. We share the challenges and triumphs in the face of discrimination, hatred, and violence—elements we see too often today. Through it all, we acknowledge the complicated and layered journeys in our pasts—ones we have probably yet to process fully.

We are at a crucial junction not just for the Museum, but also for the Asian American community. MOCA acknowledges that the genesis of much of the discrimination toward AAPI communities started over 200 years ago in the period prior to the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882—it is not just this moment.

Now is the time for MOCA to establish a permanent home. Now is the time to evolve into a Museum of Conscience. And now is the time to boldly stake our place in the American narrative. Together, we can rise to the challenge and safeguard the stories, legacies, and experiences of this vital part of American history.

Running forward and upward with our stories,