Rockwell “Rocky” Chin is a civil rights attorney and activist born in Washington D.C. in 1947. In the 1970s he became involved with the Asian American Movement when he joined the art collective, Basement Workshop. He continued to advocate for the empowerment of minorities; particularly taking an interest in the Asian Americans in New York’s Chinatown. He would help spearhead the founding of the Asian American Bar Association of New York (AABANY) in 1989 and serve as one of the directors.
In 1992, Congress passed a law that officially designated May as Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month. That same year Rocky helped to coordinate the first city hall conference on Asian/Pacific Americans (A/PA), which tried to address political issues important to the A/PA community. He subsequently ran for New York City Council in 2001 but lost to Alan Gerson. From 2007-2015 he served as the Director of the Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity at the New York State Division of Human Rights and currently serves as an AARP New York Executive Council Member.
陈兆文（Rockwell “Rocky” Chin）是一位民权律师和活动家，1947年出生于华盛顿特区。20世纪70年代，他加入了“地下室工作坊”艺术团体，参与亚裔美国人运动。他持续呼吁赋予少数群体权力；尤其关注纽约唐人街的亚裔美国人。1989年，他带头帮助了纽约亚裔律师协会（Asian American Bar Association of New York，简称AABANY）的成立，并担任董事之一。
1992年，国会通过了一项法律，正式指定五月为亚太裔传统月（Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month）。同年，陈兆文协调组织了第一次亚太裔美国人市政厅会议，会议试图解决对亚太裔社区重要的政治问题。随后，他在2001年竞选纽约市议会议员，但输给了艾伦·格森（Alan Gerson）。从2007年到2015年，他担任纽约州人权司平等机会和多样性办公室主任，目前是美国退休人员协会纽约执行理事会（AARP New York Executive Council）成员。
Countdown to the TCS NYC Marathon on November 3, 2019: 216 Days.
2019年是美国第一条横贯大陆铁路建成150周年，为了纪念第一批华人来美建设这条铁路所做出的巨大贡献， MOCA将其2019 TCS NYC Marathon的活动命名为 MOCA Spike 150 – Running Forward With Our Stories！ 鼓励大家通过马拉松公益跑，全国线上接力，以及一天一个故事的方式讲述150个华人的历史故事，敬请大家持续关注， 讲出华人自己的故事，回顾过去，立足现在，展望未来，共同书写美国历史，使之更加充实完整。