From Chinatown to West Oakland: Community Portraits of Healing
From Chinatown to West Oakland: Community Portraits of Healing
Exhibition Dates:
Jan. 30, 2025 – Apr. 1, 2025
“There is actually a collective historical trauma that we hold, and we carry… and that we are also trying to recognize and heal for our future generations…”
In this new photo exhibition titled From Chinatown to West Oakland: Community Portraits of Healing, Oakland community members share their experiences of pain and trauma, as well as their expressions of hope and humanity.
Join Asian Health Services and Baywell Health on Friday, February 21, 2025, for the opening reception of their new photo exhibition based on the Asian-Black Racial Healing Project. The two community health centers launched this project in 2021 in response to the heightened violence experienced by both communities. Over 1,000 Asian and Black Oakland community members engaged in interviews and delved into conversations on race, violence, and healing. This exhibition and event celebrates our communities and our collective desire for connection, safety, and healing across cultures.
Asian Health Services, founded in 1974, provides health, social, and advocacy services for all, regardless of income, insurance status, immigration status, language, or culture. Their approach to well-being focuses on “whole patient health,” which is why they provide not just primary care services but include mental health, case management, nutrition, and dental care to more than 50,000 patients in English and 15 languages.
Founded by four African-American mothers fifty years ago amid the Civil Rights and Black Power movements, Baywell Health’s mission is to improve the health and well-being of its communities by providing the highest quality of health care and treatment for its diverse patient population throughout Alameda County. Each clinic’s health center strives to be a hub for health, compassion, engagement, and inspiration.