An image from the "Voices of Resilience" online exhibit depicts one of more than 200 poems that were carved into the walls of the Angel Island immigration station's detention barracks by Chinese immigrants. (Photo courtesy of Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation)

The Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation has opened the first exhibition in its virtual gallery, a celebration of Chinese poetry carved into the walls of the immigration station’s detention barracks.

The exhibition, titled “Voices of Resilience,” features 22 of the more than 200 Chinese poems found on the walls of the facility in 1970. It also includes 33 contemporary poems submitted online by members of the public.

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Eli covers public health, transportation and state politics for the Bay City News Foundation, serves as the main editor of the Public Health and COVID-19 Information Hub and assists with Local News Matters' social media strategy. He has also previously covered local politics in San Diego County as well as college and professional sports across the Bay Area.