BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Oakland Asian Cultural Center - ECPv6.16.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Oakland Asian Cultural Center X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://oacc.cc X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Oakland Asian Cultural Center REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20250309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20251102T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20260308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20261101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20270314T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20271107T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260517T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260517T160000 DTSTAMP:20260721T161511 CREATED:20260409T230626Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260413T185722Z UID:23171-1779026400-1779033600@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Stories from the Edge of Sea: A Book Launch With Andrew Lam DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, May 14\, 20266-8:30 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join us for a fun\, relaxed social mixer and presentation celebrating the amazing Asian creators\, writers\, and producers shaping the world of children’s media! This gathering will connect industry pros (children’s book illustrator and designer Eugenia Yoh of Chronicle Books\, storyboard artist Nira Liu of Pixar Animation Studios\, and toy entrepreneur Elenor Mak of Jilly Bing) with local community to chat about storytelling\, innovation\, and Asian representation in kids’ content.   This event is co-presented by the Children’s Media Association Bay Area Chapter and the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested. Refreshments will be provided. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Free Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE PANELISTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Eugenia Yoh is a Taiwanese-American author-illustrator in the Bay Area. She is a children’s book designer at Chronicle Books during the day and a children’s book illustrator during the night. Her first book\, This Is Not My Home (Little\, Brown 2023)\, is a love letter to Taiwan\, and her second book What If We… (Little\, Brown 2025)\, tells the story of two siblings who bond during an imaginative summer. With more picture books lined up\, she hopes to continue telling stories with heart and humor. She enjoys soup\, Japanese fiction novels\, bananagrams\, the Chinese yoyo and occasional folk-dancing. You can find her online at www.eugeniayoh.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nira Liu is a filmmaker\, comic artist\, story lead\, and bathroom rapper. He began his career as an intern at Blue Sky studios in 2015\, and is now a lead storyboard artist at Pixar Animation Studios. His recent credits include Onward\, Turning Red\, Elemental (2023)\, Win or Lose (2025)\, and Hoppers(2026).   Nira spent his early childhood in his great motherland of China and moved to the US as a teenager. In elementary school\, he would stare out the window and dream of turning into Ultraman and fighting different alien kaiju. In middle school\, he dreamed of becoming an underground rapper who had Jay-Z rapping hooks for him. Fortunately\, those two passions didn’t work out\, so now he has a career of telling whacky humorous stories with his drawings/writing. He enjoys telling gentle stories that make people feel less alone in this world. You can find Nira on Instagram @niradrawdrawdraaw. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Elenor Mak is the founder and CEO of Jilly Bing\, a toy company creating dolls that reflect Asian American children. The idea started when she searched for her daughter’s first doll and didn’t see anything that felt right\, so she decided to build it herself. Elenor and Jilly Bing have been featured on the Today Show\, Forbes\, Entrepreneur\, CBS Mornings\, and NextShark.   Previously\, Elenor co-founded Keaton Row\, an e-commerce fashion company\, and led go-to-market strategy for Target’s Entrepreneur-in-Residence team. She later joined Madison Reed\, where she helped expand retail and open flagship locations on both coasts.   Elenor holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a degree in economics from Dartmouth. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and two children. You can find her online at jillybing.com. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/andrew-lam/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Upcoming Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Andrew-Lam-Book-Launch-FB-1080-x-1080-px.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260522T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260522T210000 DTSTAMP:20260721T161511 CREATED:20260422T214047Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260511T220439Z UID:23150-1779474600-1779483600@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Queer Asian World Cinema: QWOCFF Satellite Screening DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, May 14\, 20266-8:30 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join us for a fun\, relaxed social mixer and presentation celebrating the amazing Asian creators\, writers\, and producers shaping the world of children’s media! This gathering will connect industry pros (children’s book illustrator and designer Eugenia Yoh of Chronicle Books\, storyboard artist Nira Liu of Pixar Animation Studios\, and toy entrepreneur Elenor Mak of Jilly Bing) with local community to chat about storytelling\, innovation\, and Asian representation in kids’ content.   This event is co-presented by the Children’s Media Association Bay Area Chapter and the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested. Refreshments will be provided. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Free Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE PANELISTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Eugenia Yoh is a Taiwanese-American author-illustrator in the Bay Area. She is a children’s book designer at Chronicle Books during the day and a children’s book illustrator during the night. Her first book\, This Is Not My Home (Little\, Brown 2023)\, is a love letter to Taiwan\, and her second book What If We… (Little\, Brown 2025)\, tells the story of two siblings who bond during an imaginative summer. With more picture books lined up\, she hopes to continue telling stories with heart and humor. She enjoys soup\, Japanese fiction novels\, bananagrams\, the Chinese yoyo and occasional folk-dancing. You can find her online at www.eugeniayoh.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nira Liu is a filmmaker\, comic artist\, story lead\, and bathroom rapper. He began his career as an intern at Blue Sky studios in 2015\, and is now a lead storyboard artist at Pixar Animation Studios. His recent credits include Onward\, Turning Red\, Elemental (2023)\, Win or Lose (2025)\, and Hoppers(2026).   Nira spent his early childhood in his great motherland of China and moved to the US as a teenager. In elementary school\, he would stare out the window and dream of turning into Ultraman and fighting different alien kaiju. In middle school\, he dreamed of becoming an underground rapper who had Jay-Z rapping hooks for him. Fortunately\, those two passions didn’t work out\, so now he has a career of telling whacky humorous stories with his drawings/writing. He enjoys telling gentle stories that make people feel less alone in this world. You can find Nira on Instagram @niradrawdrawdraaw. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Elenor Mak is the founder and CEO of Jilly Bing\, a toy company creating dolls that reflect Asian American children. The idea started when she searched for her daughter’s first doll and didn’t see anything that felt right\, so she decided to build it herself. Elenor and Jilly Bing have been featured on the Today Show\, Forbes\, Entrepreneur\, CBS Mornings\, and NextShark.   Previously\, Elenor co-founded Keaton Row\, an e-commerce fashion company\, and led go-to-market strategy for Target’s Entrepreneur-in-Residence team. She later joined Madison Reed\, where she helped expand retail and open flagship locations on both coasts.   Elenor holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a degree in economics from Dartmouth. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and two children. You can find her online at jillybing.com. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/qwocmap/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Upcoming Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Queer-Asian-Cinema-FB-1080-x-1080-px.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260530T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260530T210000 DTSTAMP:20260721T161511 CREATED:20260413T185348Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260417T001308Z UID:23198-1780167600-1780174800@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Celebrating Our HeART-Filled Heritage: Celebrating the Zither—Asian American Identity and Cultural Survival DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, May 14\, 20266-8:30 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join us for a fun\, relaxed social mixer and presentation celebrating the amazing Asian creators\, writers\, and producers shaping the world of children’s media! This gathering will connect industry pros (children’s book illustrator and designer Eugenia Yoh of Chronicle Books\, storyboard artist Nira Liu of Pixar Animation Studios\, and toy entrepreneur Elenor Mak of Jilly Bing) with local community to chat about storytelling\, innovation\, and Asian representation in kids’ content.   This event is co-presented by the Children’s Media Association Bay Area Chapter and the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested. Refreshments will be provided. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Free Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE PANELISTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Eugenia Yoh is a Taiwanese-American author-illustrator in the Bay Area. She is a children’s book designer at Chronicle Books during the day and a children’s book illustrator during the night. Her first book\, This Is Not My Home (Little\, Brown 2023)\, is a love letter to Taiwan\, and her second book What If We… (Little\, Brown 2025)\, tells the story of two siblings who bond during an imaginative summer. With more picture books lined up\, she hopes to continue telling stories with heart and humor. She enjoys soup\, Japanese fiction novels\, bananagrams\, the Chinese yoyo and occasional folk-dancing. You can find her online at www.eugeniayoh.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nira Liu is a filmmaker\, comic artist\, story lead\, and bathroom rapper. He began his career as an intern at Blue Sky studios in 2015\, and is now a lead storyboard artist at Pixar Animation Studios. His recent credits include Onward\, Turning Red\, Elemental (2023)\, Win or Lose (2025)\, and Hoppers(2026).   Nira spent his early childhood in his great motherland of China and moved to the US as a teenager. In elementary school\, he would stare out the window and dream of turning into Ultraman and fighting different alien kaiju. In middle school\, he dreamed of becoming an underground rapper who had Jay-Z rapping hooks for him. Fortunately\, those two passions didn’t work out\, so now he has a career of telling whacky humorous stories with his drawings/writing. He enjoys telling gentle stories that make people feel less alone in this world. You can find Nira on Instagram @niradrawdrawdraaw. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Elenor Mak is the founder and CEO of Jilly Bing\, a toy company creating dolls that reflect Asian American children. The idea started when she searched for her daughter’s first doll and didn’t see anything that felt right\, so she decided to build it herself. Elenor and Jilly Bing have been featured on the Today Show\, Forbes\, Entrepreneur\, CBS Mornings\, and NextShark.   Previously\, Elenor co-founded Keaton Row\, an e-commerce fashion company\, and led go-to-market strategy for Target’s Entrepreneur-in-Residence team. She later joined Madison Reed\, where she helped expand retail and open flagship locations on both coasts.   Elenor holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a degree in economics from Dartmouth. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and two children. You can find her online at jillybing.com. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/asian-zither/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Upcoming Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Asian-Zither-FB-1080-x-1080-px.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260612T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260612T200000 DTSTAMP:20260721T161511 CREATED:20260511T201833Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260512T213817Z UID:23300-1781287200-1781294400@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Opening Doorways for Belonging and Liberation: PARAMITA Film Screening and Healing Workshop with Kirthi Nath DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, May 14\, 20266-8:30 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join us for a fun\, relaxed social mixer and presentation celebrating the amazing Asian creators\, writers\, and producers shaping the world of children’s media! This gathering will connect industry pros (children’s book illustrator and designer Eugenia Yoh of Chronicle Books\, storyboard artist Nira Liu of Pixar Animation Studios\, and toy entrepreneur Elenor Mak of Jilly Bing) with local community to chat about storytelling\, innovation\, and Asian representation in kids’ content.   This event is co-presented by the Children’s Media Association Bay Area Chapter and the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested. Refreshments will be provided. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Free Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE PANELISTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Eugenia Yoh is a Taiwanese-American author-illustrator in the Bay Area. She is a children’s book designer at Chronicle Books during the day and a children’s book illustrator during the night. Her first book\, This Is Not My Home (Little\, Brown 2023)\, is a love letter to Taiwan\, and her second book What If We… (Little\, Brown 2025)\, tells the story of two siblings who bond during an imaginative summer. With more picture books lined up\, she hopes to continue telling stories with heart and humor. She enjoys soup\, Japanese fiction novels\, bananagrams\, the Chinese yoyo and occasional folk-dancing. You can find her online at www.eugeniayoh.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nira Liu is a filmmaker\, comic artist\, story lead\, and bathroom rapper. He began his career as an intern at Blue Sky studios in 2015\, and is now a lead storyboard artist at Pixar Animation Studios. His recent credits include Onward\, Turning Red\, Elemental (2023)\, Win or Lose (2025)\, and Hoppers(2026).   Nira spent his early childhood in his great motherland of China and moved to the US as a teenager. In elementary school\, he would stare out the window and dream of turning into Ultraman and fighting different alien kaiju. In middle school\, he dreamed of becoming an underground rapper who had Jay-Z rapping hooks for him. Fortunately\, those two passions didn’t work out\, so now he has a career of telling whacky humorous stories with his drawings/writing. He enjoys telling gentle stories that make people feel less alone in this world. You can find Nira on Instagram @niradrawdrawdraaw. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Elenor Mak is the founder and CEO of Jilly Bing\, a toy company creating dolls that reflect Asian American children. The idea started when she searched for her daughter’s first doll and didn’t see anything that felt right\, so she decided to build it herself. Elenor and Jilly Bing have been featured on the Today Show\, Forbes\, Entrepreneur\, CBS Mornings\, and NextShark.   Previously\, Elenor co-founded Keaton Row\, an e-commerce fashion company\, and led go-to-market strategy for Target’s Entrepreneur-in-Residence team. She later joined Madison Reed\, where she helped expand retail and open flagship locations on both coasts.   Elenor holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a degree in economics from Dartmouth. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and two children. You can find her online at jillybing.com. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/paramita/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Upcoming Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/PARAMITA-FB-1080-x-1080-px.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260624T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260813T170000 DTSTAMP:20260721T161511 CREATED:20260603T011234Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260630T184824Z UID:23404-1782302400-1786640400@oacc.cc SUMMARY:From Ochazuke to Adobo: Care\, Memory\, and the Immigrant Kitchen with Julia LaChica DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, May 14\, 20266-8:30 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join us for a fun\, relaxed social mixer and presentation celebrating the amazing Asian creators\, writers\, and producers shaping the world of children’s media! This gathering will connect industry pros (children’s book illustrator and designer Eugenia Yoh of Chronicle Books\, storyboard artist Nira Liu of Pixar Animation Studios\, and toy entrepreneur Elenor Mak of Jilly Bing) with local community to chat about storytelling\, innovation\, and Asian representation in kids’ content.   This event is co-presented by the Children’s Media Association Bay Area Chapter and the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested. Refreshments will be provided. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Free Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE PANELISTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Eugenia Yoh is a Taiwanese-American author-illustrator in the Bay Area. She is a children’s book designer at Chronicle Books during the day and a children’s book illustrator during the night. Her first book\, This Is Not My Home (Little\, Brown 2023)\, is a love letter to Taiwan\, and her second book What If We… (Little\, Brown 2025)\, tells the story of two siblings who bond during an imaginative summer. With more picture books lined up\, she hopes to continue telling stories with heart and humor. She enjoys soup\, Japanese fiction novels\, bananagrams\, the Chinese yoyo and occasional folk-dancing. You can find her online at www.eugeniayoh.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nira Liu is a filmmaker\, comic artist\, story lead\, and bathroom rapper. He began his career as an intern at Blue Sky studios in 2015\, and is now a lead storyboard artist at Pixar Animation Studios. His recent credits include Onward\, Turning Red\, Elemental (2023)\, Win or Lose (2025)\, and Hoppers(2026).   Nira spent his early childhood in his great motherland of China and moved to the US as a teenager. In elementary school\, he would stare out the window and dream of turning into Ultraman and fighting different alien kaiju. In middle school\, he dreamed of becoming an underground rapper who had Jay-Z rapping hooks for him. Fortunately\, those two passions didn’t work out\, so now he has a career of telling whacky humorous stories with his drawings/writing. He enjoys telling gentle stories that make people feel less alone in this world. You can find Nira on Instagram @niradrawdrawdraaw. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Elenor Mak is the founder and CEO of Jilly Bing\, a toy company creating dolls that reflect Asian American children. The idea started when she searched for her daughter’s first doll and didn’t see anything that felt right\, so she decided to build it herself. Elenor and Jilly Bing have been featured on the Today Show\, Forbes\, Entrepreneur\, CBS Mornings\, and NextShark.   Previously\, Elenor co-founded Keaton Row\, an e-commerce fashion company\, and led go-to-market strategy for Target’s Entrepreneur-in-Residence team. She later joined Madison Reed\, where she helped expand retail and open flagship locations on both coasts.   Elenor holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a degree in economics from Dartmouth. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and two children. You can find her online at jillybing.com. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/ochazuke-adobo/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Upcoming Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Julia-LaChia-FB-1080-x-1080-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260626T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260626T203000 DTSTAMP:20260721T161511 CREATED:20260602T213826Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260602T214051Z UID:23397-1782498600-1782505800@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Pieces of Self: A Collage Workshop with Trisha Mah DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, May 14\, 20266-8:30 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join us for a fun\, relaxed social mixer and presentation celebrating the amazing Asian creators\, writers\, and producers shaping the world of children’s media! This gathering will connect industry pros (children’s book illustrator and designer Eugenia Yoh of Chronicle Books\, storyboard artist Nira Liu of Pixar Animation Studios\, and toy entrepreneur Elenor Mak of Jilly Bing) with local community to chat about storytelling\, innovation\, and Asian representation in kids’ content.   This event is co-presented by the Children’s Media Association Bay Area Chapter and the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested. Refreshments will be provided. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Free Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE PANELISTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Eugenia Yoh is a Taiwanese-American author-illustrator in the Bay Area. She is a children’s book designer at Chronicle Books during the day and a children’s book illustrator during the night. Her first book\, This Is Not My Home (Little\, Brown 2023)\, is a love letter to Taiwan\, and her second book What If We… (Little\, Brown 2025)\, tells the story of two siblings who bond during an imaginative summer. With more picture books lined up\, she hopes to continue telling stories with heart and humor. She enjoys soup\, Japanese fiction novels\, bananagrams\, the Chinese yoyo and occasional folk-dancing. You can find her online at www.eugeniayoh.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nira Liu is a filmmaker\, comic artist\, story lead\, and bathroom rapper. He began his career as an intern at Blue Sky studios in 2015\, and is now a lead storyboard artist at Pixar Animation Studios. His recent credits include Onward\, Turning Red\, Elemental (2023)\, Win or Lose (2025)\, and Hoppers(2026).   Nira spent his early childhood in his great motherland of China and moved to the US as a teenager. In elementary school\, he would stare out the window and dream of turning into Ultraman and fighting different alien kaiju. In middle school\, he dreamed of becoming an underground rapper who had Jay-Z rapping hooks for him. Fortunately\, those two passions didn’t work out\, so now he has a career of telling whacky humorous stories with his drawings/writing. He enjoys telling gentle stories that make people feel less alone in this world. You can find Nira on Instagram @niradrawdrawdraaw. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Elenor Mak is the founder and CEO of Jilly Bing\, a toy company creating dolls that reflect Asian American children. The idea started when she searched for her daughter’s first doll and didn’t see anything that felt right\, so she decided to build it herself. Elenor and Jilly Bing have been featured on the Today Show\, Forbes\, Entrepreneur\, CBS Mornings\, and NextShark.   Previously\, Elenor co-founded Keaton Row\, an e-commerce fashion company\, and led go-to-market strategy for Target’s Entrepreneur-in-Residence team. She later joined Madison Reed\, where she helped expand retail and open flagship locations on both coasts.   Elenor holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a degree in economics from Dartmouth. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and two children. You can find her online at jillybing.com. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/trisha-mah/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Upcoming Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Pieces-of-Self-FB-1080-x-1080.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260712T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260712T160000 DTSTAMP:20260721T161511 CREATED:20260529T223451Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260707T203510Z UID:23326-1783864800-1783872000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Musikang Kalipay: A Rondalla Concert with the Iskwelahang Pilipino DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, May 14\, 20266-8:30 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join us for a fun\, relaxed social mixer and presentation celebrating the amazing Asian creators\, writers\, and producers shaping the world of children’s media! This gathering will connect industry pros (children’s book illustrator and designer Eugenia Yoh of Chronicle Books\, storyboard artist Nira Liu of Pixar Animation Studios\, and toy entrepreneur Elenor Mak of Jilly Bing) with local community to chat about storytelling\, innovation\, and Asian representation in kids’ content.   This event is co-presented by the Children’s Media Association Bay Area Chapter and the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested. Refreshments will be provided. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Free Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE PANELISTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Eugenia Yoh is a Taiwanese-American author-illustrator in the Bay Area. She is a children’s book designer at Chronicle Books during the day and a children’s book illustrator during the night. Her first book\, This Is Not My Home (Little\, Brown 2023)\, is a love letter to Taiwan\, and her second book What If We… (Little\, Brown 2025)\, tells the story of two siblings who bond during an imaginative summer. With more picture books lined up\, she hopes to continue telling stories with heart and humor. She enjoys soup\, Japanese fiction novels\, bananagrams\, the Chinese yoyo and occasional folk-dancing. You can find her online at www.eugeniayoh.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nira Liu is a filmmaker\, comic artist\, story lead\, and bathroom rapper. He began his career as an intern at Blue Sky studios in 2015\, and is now a lead storyboard artist at Pixar Animation Studios. His recent credits include Onward\, Turning Red\, Elemental (2023)\, Win or Lose (2025)\, and Hoppers(2026).   Nira spent his early childhood in his great motherland of China and moved to the US as a teenager. In elementary school\, he would stare out the window and dream of turning into Ultraman and fighting different alien kaiju. In middle school\, he dreamed of becoming an underground rapper who had Jay-Z rapping hooks for him. Fortunately\, those two passions didn’t work out\, so now he has a career of telling whacky humorous stories with his drawings/writing. He enjoys telling gentle stories that make people feel less alone in this world. You can find Nira on Instagram @niradrawdrawdraaw. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Elenor Mak is the founder and CEO of Jilly Bing\, a toy company creating dolls that reflect Asian American children. The idea started when she searched for her daughter’s first doll and didn’t see anything that felt right\, so she decided to build it herself. Elenor and Jilly Bing have been featured on the Today Show\, Forbes\, Entrepreneur\, CBS Mornings\, and NextShark.   Previously\, Elenor co-founded Keaton Row\, an e-commerce fashion company\, and led go-to-market strategy for Target’s Entrepreneur-in-Residence team. She later joined Madison Reed\, where she helped expand retail and open flagship locations on both coasts.   Elenor holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a degree in economics from Dartmouth. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and two children. You can find her online at jillybing.com. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/kalipay/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Upcoming Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Musikang-Kalipay-FB-1080-x-1080-px.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260723T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260723T190000 DTSTAMP:20260721T161511 CREATED:20260623T195601Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260624T213605Z UID:23423-1784826000-1784833200@oacc.cc SUMMARY:1850-1882: A Chinese American Origin Story—A Book Talk with Veronica Li DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, May 14\, 20266-8:30 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join us for a fun\, relaxed social mixer and presentation celebrating the amazing Asian creators\, writers\, and producers shaping the world of children’s media! This gathering will connect industry pros (children’s book illustrator and designer Eugenia Yoh of Chronicle Books\, storyboard artist Nira Liu of Pixar Animation Studios\, and toy entrepreneur Elenor Mak of Jilly Bing) with local community to chat about storytelling\, innovation\, and Asian representation in kids’ content.   This event is co-presented by the Children’s Media Association Bay Area Chapter and the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested. Refreshments will be provided. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Free Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE PANELISTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Eugenia Yoh is a Taiwanese-American author-illustrator in the Bay Area. She is a children’s book designer at Chronicle Books during the day and a children’s book illustrator during the night. Her first book\, This Is Not My Home (Little\, Brown 2023)\, is a love letter to Taiwan\, and her second book What If We… (Little\, Brown 2025)\, tells the story of two siblings who bond during an imaginative summer. With more picture books lined up\, she hopes to continue telling stories with heart and humor. She enjoys soup\, Japanese fiction novels\, bananagrams\, the Chinese yoyo and occasional folk-dancing. You can find her online at www.eugeniayoh.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nira Liu is a filmmaker\, comic artist\, story lead\, and bathroom rapper. He began his career as an intern at Blue Sky studios in 2015\, and is now a lead storyboard artist at Pixar Animation Studios. His recent credits include Onward\, Turning Red\, Elemental (2023)\, Win or Lose (2025)\, and Hoppers(2026).   Nira spent his early childhood in his great motherland of China and moved to the US as a teenager. In elementary school\, he would stare out the window and dream of turning into Ultraman and fighting different alien kaiju. In middle school\, he dreamed of becoming an underground rapper who had Jay-Z rapping hooks for him. Fortunately\, those two passions didn’t work out\, so now he has a career of telling whacky humorous stories with his drawings/writing. He enjoys telling gentle stories that make people feel less alone in this world. You can find Nira on Instagram @niradrawdrawdraaw. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Elenor Mak is the founder and CEO of Jilly Bing\, a toy company creating dolls that reflect Asian American children. The idea started when she searched for her daughter’s first doll and didn’t see anything that felt right\, so she decided to build it herself. Elenor and Jilly Bing have been featured on the Today Show\, Forbes\, Entrepreneur\, CBS Mornings\, and NextShark.   Previously\, Elenor co-founded Keaton Row\, an e-commerce fashion company\, and led go-to-market strategy for Target’s Entrepreneur-in-Residence team. She later joined Madison Reed\, where she helped expand retail and open flagship locations on both coasts.   Elenor holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a degree in economics from Dartmouth. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and two children. You can find her online at jillybing.com. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/veronica-li/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Upcoming Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/1882-Book-Talk-IG-1080-x-1080.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260801T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260801T160000 DTSTAMP:20260721T161511 CREATED:20260703T014214Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260703T014229Z UID:23449-1785589200-1785600000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Our Stories in Our Voices: Oral History of Oakland Chinatown Organizing Across Generations DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, May 14\, 20266-8:30 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join us for a fun\, relaxed social mixer and presentation celebrating the amazing Asian creators\, writers\, and producers shaping the world of children’s media! This gathering will connect industry pros (children’s book illustrator and designer Eugenia Yoh of Chronicle Books\, storyboard artist Nira Liu of Pixar Animation Studios\, and toy entrepreneur Elenor Mak of Jilly Bing) with local community to chat about storytelling\, innovation\, and Asian representation in kids’ content.   This event is co-presented by the Children’s Media Association Bay Area Chapter and the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested. Refreshments will be provided. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Free Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE PANELISTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Eugenia Yoh is a Taiwanese-American author-illustrator in the Bay Area. She is a children’s book designer at Chronicle Books during the day and a children’s book illustrator during the night. Her first book\, This Is Not My Home (Little\, Brown 2023)\, is a love letter to Taiwan\, and her second book What If We… (Little\, Brown 2025)\, tells the story of two siblings who bond during an imaginative summer. With more picture books lined up\, she hopes to continue telling stories with heart and humor. She enjoys soup\, Japanese fiction novels\, bananagrams\, the Chinese yoyo and occasional folk-dancing. You can find her online at www.eugeniayoh.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nira Liu is a filmmaker\, comic artist\, story lead\, and bathroom rapper. He began his career as an intern at Blue Sky studios in 2015\, and is now a lead storyboard artist at Pixar Animation Studios. His recent credits include Onward\, Turning Red\, Elemental (2023)\, Win or Lose (2025)\, and Hoppers(2026).   Nira spent his early childhood in his great motherland of China and moved to the US as a teenager. In elementary school\, he would stare out the window and dream of turning into Ultraman and fighting different alien kaiju. In middle school\, he dreamed of becoming an underground rapper who had Jay-Z rapping hooks for him. Fortunately\, those two passions didn’t work out\, so now he has a career of telling whacky humorous stories with his drawings/writing. He enjoys telling gentle stories that make people feel less alone in this world. You can find Nira on Instagram @niradrawdrawdraaw. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Elenor Mak is the founder and CEO of Jilly Bing\, a toy company creating dolls that reflect Asian American children. The idea started when she searched for her daughter’s first doll and didn’t see anything that felt right\, so she decided to build it herself. Elenor and Jilly Bing have been featured on the Today Show\, Forbes\, Entrepreneur\, CBS Mornings\, and NextShark.   Previously\, Elenor co-founded Keaton Row\, an e-commerce fashion company\, and led go-to-market strategy for Target’s Entrepreneur-in-Residence team. She later joined Madison Reed\, where she helped expand retail and open flagship locations on both coasts.   Elenor holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a degree in economics from Dartmouth. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and two children. You can find her online at jillybing.com. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/oral-history-chinatown/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Upcoming Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Our-Stories-in-Our-Voices-FB-1080-x-1080.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR