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Quarantini Mixer: Afternoon Tea with Malaya Tea Room

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Celebrating Our HeART-filled Heritage: Parangal Dance Company

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Three Coins: A True Story of Kidnappings, Slavery, and Romance in San Francisco’s Chinatown

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2021 Virtual Community Night Market

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OACC is excited to bring you Quarantini Mixer —

OACC is excited to bring you Quarantini Mixer — an online social club! To close out the upcoming week-long New Year Celebration: South & Southeast Asia program, this mixer will focus on enjoying "Afternoon Tea," in honor of Spring! Join us and Leena Lim from the Malaya Tea Room (@malayatearoom) to learn how to create an afternoon tea experience for yourself and others at home!

On Saturday, April 17 at 3:00 pm, enjoy an exclusive Quarantini Tea Box from Malaya Tea Room ($18 value). Pull out your favorite or cutest or fanciest tea set and join us for a virtual afternoon tea experience with fun conversation and a chance to win some raffle prizes! This event is a virtual fundraiser, in which proceeds from ticket sales support OACC and Malaya Tea Room. Visit oacc.cc for tickets!

Every MWF during the month of March, we will recog

Every MWF during the month of March, we will recognize and uplift Asian and Pacific Islander American (APIA) women whose leadership and creative expression have made and continue to make vast contributions to our history in honor of Women History Month.

Today, learn the name and story of Kelly Marie Tran (@kellymarietran). Trần Loan, known professionally as Kelly Marie Tran, is an American actress. She began acting in 2011, with most of her roles being in short film and television. She came to global prominence for her role as Rose Tico in the Star Wars sequel trilogy films The Last Jedi (2017) and The Rise of Skywalker (2019). Despite the critical and commercial success of Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017), Tran became the subject of racist and misogynistic attacks over the Internet, including insults about her ethnicity and weight, which began immediately after her casting was announced. After a prolonged stretch of silence about her harassment, Tran wrote an essay on the subject for The New York Times. She wrote: "Their words reinforced a narrative I had heard my whole life: that I was 'other', that I didn't belong, that I wasn't good enough, simply because I wasn't like them. And that feeling, I realize now, was, and is, shame, a shame for the things that made me different, a shame for the culture from which I came from." She concluded with: "You might know me as Kelly. I am the first woman of color to have a leading role in a Star Wars movie. I am the first Asian woman to appear on the cover of Vanity Fair. My real name is Loan. And I am just getting started." Tran later said the essay was difficult to write, but also "probably one of the proudest moments of [her] career thus far." Tran continues to make history as the first actress of Southeast Asian descent to lead a Disney animated movie — Raya and The Last Dragon premieres today March 5, 2021!

*We use the term “women” in this post and also acknowledge and validate the spectrum of gender identification and the breadth of language used by and among women/womyn/womxn/femmes.

#asianwomen #asianrepresentation #womenempowerment #womenempoweringwomen #womeninhistory #womeninarts #womenshistorymonth

**College Scholarship Opportunity** Foundation 649

**College Scholarship Opportunity**
Foundation 649 is a nonprofit organization running a college scholarship specifically for East and Southeast Asian Americans.
Apply to their 2021 college scholarship by April 1 at foundation649.com!

#asianamericans #foundation649 #scholarship @foundation649_

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RePosted @withregram from @1990institute Don't miss it! TODAY - March 4 at 2pm PT/ 5pm ET.

Join racial justice advocates and community leaders for an honest conversation on Asian American advocacy as we learn how to protect the Asian American community and build allyship with others. #StopAsianHate #StopAAPIHate #HateIsAVirus #StandForAsians

Panelists:
-Carl Chan: President, @oaklandchinatownchamber
-@LateefahSimon: President, @akonadifoundation; Board President, @sfbayarearapidtransit
-Russell Jeung: Chair and Professor, Asian American Studies Department, @sanfranciscostate; Co-Founder, @StopAAPIHate
-Cynthia Choi: Co-Executive Director, @caasanfrancisco; Co-Founder, @StopAAPIHate

Moderator:
-@momo_chang: Journalist, Oakland Voices, Alumni Coordinator

Event Description:
The recent spate of violence against Asian Americans has garnered the attention of the nation and the White House. At this critical juncture, it is imperative to raise awareness and understanding of the situation and to respond appropriately to ensure the safety of those in Asian American communities.
Our nonprofit is bringing together highly respected leaders from the Asian and Black communities to lend perspective and present solutions on how to improve community public safety while underscoring the necessity for allyship among all our communities.

Every MWF during March in honor of Women History M

Every MWF during March in honor of Women History Month, we will recognize and uplift Asian and Pacific Islander American (APIA) women whose leadership and creative expression have made and continue to make vast contributions to our history.

Today, learn the name and story of Miné Okubo. Okubo was an American artist and writer. She received a scholarship to the University of California – Berkeley and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in art in 1935. After that, she continued her studies at Berkeley and received a Master of Arts degree in art and anthropology in 1936. Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Okubo and her brother were interned to Tanforan Assembly Center and then the Topaz War Relocation Center from 1942 to 1944. While living in the internment camps, she created work that depicted daily living and her everyday experiences. Her most famous work, “Citizen 13660” is a collection of 206 drawings and is noted as the first published account of the experiences of an internee. The number 13660 refers to a collective “family number” assigned to those interned.

*We use the term “women” in this post and also acknowledge and validate the spectrum of gender identification and the breadth of language used by and among women/womyn/womxn/femmes.

#asianwomen #asianrepresentation #womenempowerment #womenempoweringwomen #womeninhistory #womeninarts #womenshistorymonth

How was our Lunar New Year program this year? Fill

How was our Lunar New Year program this year? Fill out this survey and be entered into a raffle drawing for OACC-exclusive goodies!
Survey Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdykkGt_0onGqwbT3xbnqAZTb9qvBhbUI2wN7Tze8__KZkhfg/viewform
Deadline for feedback and to enter our drawing is Friday, March 19th!

RePosted @withregram from @hello.prosper Women r

RePosted @withregram from @hello.prosper

Women run the world, am I right?! While female inventorship continues to rise each year, we will not reach parity to that of male inventors until 2044. The proportion of female inventors worldwide before 1965 sat between 2% to 3%. In 2017, the proportion rose to 12.7%. Why has it taken nearly fifty years for women to be a fifth of all inventors? It’s because women, especially women of color, must fight centuries of sexism, racism, and socioeconomic inequality before they can enter fields once deemed only proper for men.

The 7 Asian women inventors we share today defied society’s assumptions about what women can achieve. Their determination and intelligence remind us that we all have the power to change the tides of society for the better. Link in the bio for the full blog!

Writing and Research by: @fahwoosh

#helloprosper #asianwomen #asianrepresentation #womenempowerment #womenempoweringwomen #womeninhistory #womeninstem #femalescientist #womenentrepreneurship #femaleentrepreneurmovement #womenshistorymonth

It’s March 1st and we’re excited to remind you

It’s March 1st and we’re excited to remind you of our upcoming virtual programs this month! Visit oacc.cc or our linktr.ee in bio to learn more about each event.

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