BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Oakland Asian Cultural Center - ECPv6.17.4//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:20260712T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260712T160000 DTSTAMP:20260707T203510Z CREATED:20260529T223451Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260707T203510Z UID:23326-1783864800-1783872000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Musikang Kalipay: A Rondalla Concert with the Iskwelahang Pilipino DESCRIPTION:Friday\, June 12\, 20266-8 pmFREE (registration requested)  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join us for Opening Doorways for Belonging and Liberation\, an experiential workshop that invites us to slow down and experience what it means to belong—to ourselves\, each other and the natural world. This workshop weaves together meditation\, healing rituals\, sacred reflection\, community care circles and a screening of Kirthi Nath’s film PARAMITA.    PARAMITA is a 24-minute documentary that bears witness to Prajna Choudhury’s 25-year coming out process with her traditional Bangladeshi mother and her journey of connecting with Buddhist practices and nature as gateways for acceptance and intergenerational healing.    Together\, let’s explore healing and belonging as living practices of resistance and renewal\, where resilience meets joy\, and where we cultivate the connections needed for a more whole and liberated future. This experience will be facilitated by filmmaker Kirthi Nath.   This event is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. \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 \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 About the Filmmaker  Kirthi Nath is an award-winning South Asian lesbian filmmaker whose work centers BIPOC voices and storytelling as a pathway for healing\, belonging and collective liberation. Her body of work fluidly straddles genres\, occupying a fertile landscape of cultural poetics\, social justice and spirituality. Kirthi’s films have been featured at Mill Valley Film Festival\, CAAMFest\, Frameline\, Bengal International Shorts\, DisOrient\, SF Doc Fest and more. She has received grants from the Center for Asian American Media\, V-Day\, Re-Present Media and the Center for Cultural Innovation\, and has been selected to participate in A-Doc Allies\, BGDM MafiaMind\, Bitchitra Curated Programs\, RePresent Media Fellowship and Looky Looky’s Impact Producer Incubator. Kirthi is also the founder and lead filmmaker at Cinemagical Media\, a woman of color-led creative agency specializing in filmmaking\, creative strategy and impact producing that partners with organizations\, communities and changemakers to produce films and workshops that uplift marginalized voices\, invite cultural transformation and reimagine liberation. \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 Praise for Opening Doorways for Belonging and Liberation  “Watching PARAMITA and participating in the healing workshop afterward reminded me that healing is possible\, even when it hasn’t happened within my own family. It gave me peace\, teaching me that healing can flow both forward to future generations and backward to my ancestors. This practice of healing\, rooted in love and understanding\, has become a source of strength for me.” – Carletta Bullock\, Buddhist Practitioner  “PARAMITA is a beautiful film… reflective\, quietly stirring\, beautiful\, hopeful\, and helps me remember who I am… who we all are.” – Phoenix Song\, Performer/Writer/Facilitator  “As a queer South Asian\, it was powerful and healing to see an experience that affirmed we are not separate from our culture if we are queer. The film and healing workshop gave me a sense of belonging—affirming my own experience and reminding me that I am not alone.” – Anonymous 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:20260624T213605Z 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:Friday\, June 12\, 20266-8 pmFREE (registration requested)  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join us for Opening Doorways for Belonging and Liberation\, an experiential workshop that invites us to slow down and experience what it means to belong—to ourselves\, each other and the natural world. This workshop weaves together meditation\, healing rituals\, sacred reflection\, community care circles and a screening of Kirthi Nath’s film PARAMITA.    PARAMITA is a 24-minute documentary that bears witness to Prajna Choudhury’s 25-year coming out process with her traditional Bangladeshi mother and her journey of connecting with Buddhist practices and nature as gateways for acceptance and intergenerational healing.    Together\, let’s explore healing and belonging as living practices of resistance and renewal\, where resilience meets joy\, and where we cultivate the connections needed for a more whole and liberated future. This experience will be facilitated by filmmaker Kirthi Nath.   This event is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. \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 \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 About the Filmmaker  Kirthi Nath is an award-winning South Asian lesbian filmmaker whose work centers BIPOC voices and storytelling as a pathway for healing\, belonging and collective liberation. Her body of work fluidly straddles genres\, occupying a fertile landscape of cultural poetics\, social justice and spirituality. Kirthi’s films have been featured at Mill Valley Film Festival\, CAAMFest\, Frameline\, Bengal International Shorts\, DisOrient\, SF Doc Fest and more. She has received grants from the Center for Asian American Media\, V-Day\, Re-Present Media and the Center for Cultural Innovation\, and has been selected to participate in A-Doc Allies\, BGDM MafiaMind\, Bitchitra Curated Programs\, RePresent Media Fellowship and Looky Looky’s Impact Producer Incubator. Kirthi is also the founder and lead filmmaker at Cinemagical Media\, a woman of color-led creative agency specializing in filmmaking\, creative strategy and impact producing that partners with organizations\, communities and changemakers to produce films and workshops that uplift marginalized voices\, invite cultural transformation and reimagine liberation. \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 Praise for Opening Doorways for Belonging and Liberation  “Watching PARAMITA and participating in the healing workshop afterward reminded me that healing is possible\, even when it hasn’t happened within my own family. It gave me peace\, teaching me that healing can flow both forward to future generations and backward to my ancestors. This practice of healing\, rooted in love and understanding\, has become a source of strength for me.” – Carletta Bullock\, Buddhist Practitioner  “PARAMITA is a beautiful film… reflective\, quietly stirring\, beautiful\, hopeful\, and helps me remember who I am… who we all are.” – Phoenix Song\, Performer/Writer/Facilitator  “As a queer South Asian\, it was powerful and healing to see an experience that affirmed we are not separate from our culture if we are queer. The film and healing workshop gave me a sense of belonging—affirming my own experience and reminding me that I am not alone.” – Anonymous 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:20260731T160946Z CREATED:20260703T014214Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260731T160946Z UID:23449-1785589200-1785600000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Our Stories in Our Voices: Oral History of Oakland Chinatown Organizing Across Generations DESCRIPTION:Friday\, June 12\, 20266-8 pmFREE (registration requested)  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join us for Opening Doorways for Belonging and Liberation\, an experiential workshop that invites us to slow down and experience what it means to belong—to ourselves\, each other and the natural world. This workshop weaves together meditation\, healing rituals\, sacred reflection\, community care circles and a screening of Kirthi Nath’s film PARAMITA.    PARAMITA is a 24-minute documentary that bears witness to Prajna Choudhury’s 25-year coming out process with her traditional Bangladeshi mother and her journey of connecting with Buddhist practices and nature as gateways for acceptance and intergenerational healing.    Together\, let’s explore healing and belonging as living practices of resistance and renewal\, where resilience meets joy\, and where we cultivate the connections needed for a more whole and liberated future. This experience will be facilitated by filmmaker Kirthi Nath.   This event is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. \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 \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 About the Filmmaker  Kirthi Nath is an award-winning South Asian lesbian filmmaker whose work centers BIPOC voices and storytelling as a pathway for healing\, belonging and collective liberation. Her body of work fluidly straddles genres\, occupying a fertile landscape of cultural poetics\, social justice and spirituality. Kirthi’s films have been featured at Mill Valley Film Festival\, CAAMFest\, Frameline\, Bengal International Shorts\, DisOrient\, SF Doc Fest and more. She has received grants from the Center for Asian American Media\, V-Day\, Re-Present Media and the Center for Cultural Innovation\, and has been selected to participate in A-Doc Allies\, BGDM MafiaMind\, Bitchitra Curated Programs\, RePresent Media Fellowship and Looky Looky’s Impact Producer Incubator. Kirthi is also the founder and lead filmmaker at Cinemagical Media\, a woman of color-led creative agency specializing in filmmaking\, creative strategy and impact producing that partners with organizations\, communities and changemakers to produce films and workshops that uplift marginalized voices\, invite cultural transformation and reimagine liberation. \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 Praise for Opening Doorways for Belonging and Liberation  “Watching PARAMITA and participating in the healing workshop afterward reminded me that healing is possible\, even when it hasn’t happened within my own family. It gave me peace\, teaching me that healing can flow both forward to future generations and backward to my ancestors. This practice of healing\, rooted in love and understanding\, has become a source of strength for me.” – Carletta Bullock\, Buddhist Practitioner  “PARAMITA is a beautiful film… reflective\, quietly stirring\, beautiful\, hopeful\, and helps me remember who I am… who we all are.” – Phoenix Song\, Performer/Writer/Facilitator  “As a queer South Asian\, it was powerful and healing to see an experience that affirmed we are not separate from our culture if we are queer. The film and healing workshop gave me a sense of belonging—affirming my own experience and reminding me that I am not alone.” – Anonymous 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 BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260815T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260815T160000 DTSTAMP:20260730T155923Z CREATED:20260722T213418Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260730T155923Z UID:23476-1786802400-1786809600@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Nest of Tongues: A Book Launch With Randy Ribay DESCRIPTION:Friday\, June 12\, 20266-8 pmFREE (registration requested)  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join us for Opening Doorways for Belonging and Liberation\, an experiential workshop that invites us to slow down and experience what it means to belong—to ourselves\, each other and the natural world. This workshop weaves together meditation\, healing rituals\, sacred reflection\, community care circles and a screening of Kirthi Nath’s film PARAMITA.    PARAMITA is a 24-minute documentary that bears witness to Prajna Choudhury’s 25-year coming out process with her traditional Bangladeshi mother and her journey of connecting with Buddhist practices and nature as gateways for acceptance and intergenerational healing.    Together\, let’s explore healing and belonging as living practices of resistance and renewal\, where resilience meets joy\, and where we cultivate the connections needed for a more whole and liberated future. This experience will be facilitated by filmmaker Kirthi Nath.   This event is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. \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 \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 About the Filmmaker  Kirthi Nath is an award-winning South Asian lesbian filmmaker whose work centers BIPOC voices and storytelling as a pathway for healing\, belonging and collective liberation. Her body of work fluidly straddles genres\, occupying a fertile landscape of cultural poetics\, social justice and spirituality. Kirthi’s films have been featured at Mill Valley Film Festival\, CAAMFest\, Frameline\, Bengal International Shorts\, DisOrient\, SF Doc Fest and more. She has received grants from the Center for Asian American Media\, V-Day\, Re-Present Media and the Center for Cultural Innovation\, and has been selected to participate in A-Doc Allies\, BGDM MafiaMind\, Bitchitra Curated Programs\, RePresent Media Fellowship and Looky Looky’s Impact Producer Incubator. Kirthi is also the founder and lead filmmaker at Cinemagical Media\, a woman of color-led creative agency specializing in filmmaking\, creative strategy and impact producing that partners with organizations\, communities and changemakers to produce films and workshops that uplift marginalized voices\, invite cultural transformation and reimagine liberation. \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 Praise for Opening Doorways for Belonging and Liberation  “Watching PARAMITA and participating in the healing workshop afterward reminded me that healing is possible\, even when it hasn’t happened within my own family. It gave me peace\, teaching me that healing can flow both forward to future generations and backward to my ancestors. This practice of healing\, rooted in love and understanding\, has become a source of strength for me.” – Carletta Bullock\, Buddhist Practitioner  “PARAMITA is a beautiful film… reflective\, quietly stirring\, beautiful\, hopeful\, and helps me remember who I am… who we all are.” – Phoenix Song\, Performer/Writer/Facilitator  “As a queer South Asian\, it was powerful and healing to see an experience that affirmed we are not separate from our culture if we are queer. The film and healing workshop gave me a sense of belonging—affirming my own experience and reminding me that I am not alone.” – Anonymous URL:https://oacc.cc/event/nest-of-tongues/ 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/Nest-of-Tongues-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:20260819T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260926T160000 DTSTAMP:20260821T001658Z CREATED:20260820T203416Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260821T001658Z UID:23575-1787148000-1790438400@oacc.cc SUMMARY:The Fragrance of Calligraphy and Ink: An Exhibition of Chinese Brush Paintings DESCRIPTION:Friday\, June 12\, 20266-8 pmFREE (registration requested)  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join us for Opening Doorways for Belonging and Liberation\, an experiential workshop that invites us to slow down and experience what it means to belong—to ourselves\, each other and the natural world. This workshop weaves together meditation\, healing rituals\, sacred reflection\, community care circles and a screening of Kirthi Nath’s film PARAMITA.    PARAMITA is a 24-minute documentary that bears witness to Prajna Choudhury’s 25-year coming out process with her traditional Bangladeshi mother and her journey of connecting with Buddhist practices and nature as gateways for acceptance and intergenerational healing.    Together\, let’s explore healing and belonging as living practices of resistance and renewal\, where resilience meets joy\, and where we cultivate the connections needed for a more whole and liberated future. This experience will be facilitated by filmmaker Kirthi Nath.   This event is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. \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 \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 About the Filmmaker  Kirthi Nath is an award-winning South Asian lesbian filmmaker whose work centers BIPOC voices and storytelling as a pathway for healing\, belonging and collective liberation. Her body of work fluidly straddles genres\, occupying a fertile landscape of cultural poetics\, social justice and spirituality. Kirthi’s films have been featured at Mill Valley Film Festival\, CAAMFest\, Frameline\, Bengal International Shorts\, DisOrient\, SF Doc Fest and more. She has received grants from the Center for Asian American Media\, V-Day\, Re-Present Media and the Center for Cultural Innovation\, and has been selected to participate in A-Doc Allies\, BGDM MafiaMind\, Bitchitra Curated Programs\, RePresent Media Fellowship and Looky Looky’s Impact Producer Incubator. Kirthi is also the founder and lead filmmaker at Cinemagical Media\, a woman of color-led creative agency specializing in filmmaking\, creative strategy and impact producing that partners with organizations\, communities and changemakers to produce films and workshops that uplift marginalized voices\, invite cultural transformation and reimagine liberation. \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 Praise for Opening Doorways for Belonging and Liberation  “Watching PARAMITA and participating in the healing workshop afterward reminded me that healing is possible\, even when it hasn’t happened within my own family. It gave me peace\, teaching me that healing can flow both forward to future generations and backward to my ancestors. This practice of healing\, rooted in love and understanding\, has become a source of strength for me.” – Carletta Bullock\, Buddhist Practitioner  “PARAMITA is a beautiful film… reflective\, quietly stirring\, beautiful\, hopeful\, and helps me remember who I am… who we all are.” – Phoenix Song\, Performer/Writer/Facilitator  “As a queer South Asian\, it was powerful and healing to see an experience that affirmed we are not separate from our culture if we are queer. The film and healing workshop gave me a sense of belonging—affirming my own experience and reminding me that I am not alone.” – Anonymous URL:https://oacc.cc/event/chinese-brush-paintings/ 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/2026/08/Fragrance-of-Ink-Preview-1080-x-1080-px.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260829T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260830T150000 DTSTAMP:20260818T154700Z CREATED:20260818T154657Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260818T154700Z UID:23564-1788012000-1788102000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Bilingual Chinese Storytime: Celebrating the Qixi Festival DESCRIPTION:Friday\, June 12\, 20266-8 pmFREE (registration requested)  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join us for Opening Doorways for Belonging and Liberation\, an experiential workshop that invites us to slow down and experience what it means to belong—to ourselves\, each other and the natural world. This workshop weaves together meditation\, healing rituals\, sacred reflection\, community care circles and a screening of Kirthi Nath’s film PARAMITA.    PARAMITA is a 24-minute documentary that bears witness to Prajna Choudhury’s 25-year coming out process with her traditional Bangladeshi mother and her journey of connecting with Buddhist practices and nature as gateways for acceptance and intergenerational healing.    Together\, let’s explore healing and belonging as living practices of resistance and renewal\, where resilience meets joy\, and where we cultivate the connections needed for a more whole and liberated future. This experience will be facilitated by filmmaker Kirthi Nath.   This event is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. \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 \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 About the Filmmaker  Kirthi Nath is an award-winning South Asian lesbian filmmaker whose work centers BIPOC voices and storytelling as a pathway for healing\, belonging and collective liberation. Her body of work fluidly straddles genres\, occupying a fertile landscape of cultural poetics\, social justice and spirituality. Kirthi’s films have been featured at Mill Valley Film Festival\, CAAMFest\, Frameline\, Bengal International Shorts\, DisOrient\, SF Doc Fest and more. She has received grants from the Center for Asian American Media\, V-Day\, Re-Present Media and the Center for Cultural Innovation\, and has been selected to participate in A-Doc Allies\, BGDM MafiaMind\, Bitchitra Curated Programs\, RePresent Media Fellowship and Looky Looky’s Impact Producer Incubator. Kirthi is also the founder and lead filmmaker at Cinemagical Media\, a woman of color-led creative agency specializing in filmmaking\, creative strategy and impact producing that partners with organizations\, communities and changemakers to produce films and workshops that uplift marginalized voices\, invite cultural transformation and reimagine liberation. \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 Praise for Opening Doorways for Belonging and Liberation  “Watching PARAMITA and participating in the healing workshop afterward reminded me that healing is possible\, even when it hasn’t happened within my own family. It gave me peace\, teaching me that healing can flow both forward to future generations and backward to my ancestors. This practice of healing\, rooted in love and understanding\, has become a source of strength for me.” – Carletta Bullock\, Buddhist Practitioner  “PARAMITA is a beautiful film… reflective\, quietly stirring\, beautiful\, hopeful\, and helps me remember who I am… who we all are.” – Phoenix Song\, Performer/Writer/Facilitator  “As a queer South Asian\, it was powerful and healing to see an experience that affirmed we are not separate from our culture if we are queer. The film and healing workshop gave me a sense of belonging—affirming my own experience and reminding me that I am not alone.” – Anonymous URL:https://oacc.cc/event/bilingual-storytime-aug26/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Featured,Upcoming Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Bilingual-Storytime-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:20260911T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260911T210000 DTSTAMP:20260910T193119Z CREATED:20260806T212924Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260910T193119Z UID:23528-1789153200-1789160400@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Interweaving: Indo-Persian Exchanges DESCRIPTION:Friday\, June 12\, 20266-8 pmFREE (registration requested)  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join us for Opening Doorways for Belonging and Liberation\, an experiential workshop that invites us to slow down and experience what it means to belong—to ourselves\, each other and the natural world. This workshop weaves together meditation\, healing rituals\, sacred reflection\, community care circles and a screening of Kirthi Nath’s film PARAMITA.    PARAMITA is a 24-minute documentary that bears witness to Prajna Choudhury’s 25-year coming out process with her traditional Bangladeshi mother and her journey of connecting with Buddhist practices and nature as gateways for acceptance and intergenerational healing.    Together\, let’s explore healing and belonging as living practices of resistance and renewal\, where resilience meets joy\, and where we cultivate the connections needed for a more whole and liberated future. This experience will be facilitated by filmmaker Kirthi Nath.   This event is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. \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 \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 About the Filmmaker  Kirthi Nath is an award-winning South Asian lesbian filmmaker whose work centers BIPOC voices and storytelling as a pathway for healing\, belonging and collective liberation. Her body of work fluidly straddles genres\, occupying a fertile landscape of cultural poetics\, social justice and spirituality. Kirthi’s films have been featured at Mill Valley Film Festival\, CAAMFest\, Frameline\, Bengal International Shorts\, DisOrient\, SF Doc Fest and more. She has received grants from the Center for Asian American Media\, V-Day\, Re-Present Media and the Center for Cultural Innovation\, and has been selected to participate in A-Doc Allies\, BGDM MafiaMind\, Bitchitra Curated Programs\, RePresent Media Fellowship and Looky Looky’s Impact Producer Incubator. Kirthi is also the founder and lead filmmaker at Cinemagical Media\, a woman of color-led creative agency specializing in filmmaking\, creative strategy and impact producing that partners with organizations\, communities and changemakers to produce films and workshops that uplift marginalized voices\, invite cultural transformation and reimagine liberation. \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 Praise for Opening Doorways for Belonging and Liberation  “Watching PARAMITA and participating in the healing workshop afterward reminded me that healing is possible\, even when it hasn’t happened within my own family. It gave me peace\, teaching me that healing can flow both forward to future generations and backward to my ancestors. This practice of healing\, rooted in love and understanding\, has become a source of strength for me.” – Carletta Bullock\, Buddhist Practitioner  “PARAMITA is a beautiful film… reflective\, quietly stirring\, beautiful\, hopeful\, and helps me remember who I am… who we all are.” – Phoenix Song\, Performer/Writer/Facilitator  “As a queer South Asian\, it was powerful and healing to see an experience that affirmed we are not separate from our culture if we are queer. The film and healing workshop gave me a sense of belonging—affirming my own experience and reminding me that I am not alone.” – Anonymous URL:https://oacc.cc/event/interweaving/ 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/2026/08/Interweaving-Indo-Persian-Exchanges-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:20260919T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260919T150000 DTSTAMP:20260818T004356Z CREATED:20260814T045103Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260818T004356Z UID:23549-1789813800-1789830000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Tea & Tiles: A Saturday Social With 13 Orphans DESCRIPTION:Friday\, June 12\, 20266-8 pmFREE (registration requested)  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join us for Opening Doorways for Belonging and Liberation\, an experiential workshop that invites us to slow down and experience what it means to belong—to ourselves\, each other and the natural world. This workshop weaves together meditation\, healing rituals\, sacred reflection\, community care circles and a screening of Kirthi Nath’s film PARAMITA.    PARAMITA is a 24-minute documentary that bears witness to Prajna Choudhury’s 25-year coming out process with her traditional Bangladeshi mother and her journey of connecting with Buddhist practices and nature as gateways for acceptance and intergenerational healing.    Together\, let’s explore healing and belonging as living practices of resistance and renewal\, where resilience meets joy\, and where we cultivate the connections needed for a more whole and liberated future. This experience will be facilitated by filmmaker Kirthi Nath.   This event is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. \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 \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 About the Filmmaker  Kirthi Nath is an award-winning South Asian lesbian filmmaker whose work centers BIPOC voices and storytelling as a pathway for healing\, belonging and collective liberation. Her body of work fluidly straddles genres\, occupying a fertile landscape of cultural poetics\, social justice and spirituality. Kirthi’s films have been featured at Mill Valley Film Festival\, CAAMFest\, Frameline\, Bengal International Shorts\, DisOrient\, SF Doc Fest and more. She has received grants from the Center for Asian American Media\, V-Day\, Re-Present Media and the Center for Cultural Innovation\, and has been selected to participate in A-Doc Allies\, BGDM MafiaMind\, Bitchitra Curated Programs\, RePresent Media Fellowship and Looky Looky’s Impact Producer Incubator. Kirthi is also the founder and lead filmmaker at Cinemagical Media\, a woman of color-led creative agency specializing in filmmaking\, creative strategy and impact producing that partners with organizations\, communities and changemakers to produce films and workshops that uplift marginalized voices\, invite cultural transformation and reimagine liberation. \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 Praise for Opening Doorways for Belonging and Liberation  “Watching PARAMITA and participating in the healing workshop afterward reminded me that healing is possible\, even when it hasn’t happened within my own family. It gave me peace\, teaching me that healing can flow both forward to future generations and backward to my ancestors. This practice of healing\, rooted in love and understanding\, has become a source of strength for me.” – Carletta Bullock\, Buddhist Practitioner  “PARAMITA is a beautiful film… reflective\, quietly stirring\, beautiful\, hopeful\, and helps me remember who I am… who we all are.” – Phoenix Song\, Performer/Writer/Facilitator  “As a queer South Asian\, it was powerful and healing to see an experience that affirmed we are not separate from our culture if we are queer. The film and healing workshop gave me a sense of belonging—affirming my own experience and reminding me that I am not alone.” – Anonymous URL:https://oacc.cc/event/tea-tiles-sep2026/ 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/2026/08/Tea-Tiles-Sep2026-FB-1080-x-1080-2.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261003T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261004T150000 DTSTAMP:20260916T003747Z CREATED:20260916T003547Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260916T003747Z UID:23638-1791036000-1791126000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Bilingual Chinese Storytime: Celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival DESCRIPTION:Friday\, June 12\, 20266-8 pmFREE (registration requested)  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join us for Opening Doorways for Belonging and Liberation\, an experiential workshop that invites us to slow down and experience what it means to belong—to ourselves\, each other and the natural world. This workshop weaves together meditation\, healing rituals\, sacred reflection\, community care circles and a screening of Kirthi Nath’s film PARAMITA.    PARAMITA is a 24-minute documentary that bears witness to Prajna Choudhury’s 25-year coming out process with her traditional Bangladeshi mother and her journey of connecting with Buddhist practices and nature as gateways for acceptance and intergenerational healing.    Together\, let’s explore healing and belonging as living practices of resistance and renewal\, where resilience meets joy\, and where we cultivate the connections needed for a more whole and liberated future. This experience will be facilitated by filmmaker Kirthi Nath.   This event is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. \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 \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 About the Filmmaker  Kirthi Nath is an award-winning South Asian lesbian filmmaker whose work centers BIPOC voices and storytelling as a pathway for healing\, belonging and collective liberation. Her body of work fluidly straddles genres\, occupying a fertile landscape of cultural poetics\, social justice and spirituality. Kirthi’s films have been featured at Mill Valley Film Festival\, CAAMFest\, Frameline\, Bengal International Shorts\, DisOrient\, SF Doc Fest and more. She has received grants from the Center for Asian American Media\, V-Day\, Re-Present Media and the Center for Cultural Innovation\, and has been selected to participate in A-Doc Allies\, BGDM MafiaMind\, Bitchitra Curated Programs\, RePresent Media Fellowship and Looky Looky’s Impact Producer Incubator. Kirthi is also the founder and lead filmmaker at Cinemagical Media\, a woman of color-led creative agency specializing in filmmaking\, creative strategy and impact producing that partners with organizations\, communities and changemakers to produce films and workshops that uplift marginalized voices\, invite cultural transformation and reimagine liberation. \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 Praise for Opening Doorways for Belonging and Liberation  “Watching PARAMITA and participating in the healing workshop afterward reminded me that healing is possible\, even when it hasn’t happened within my own family. It gave me peace\, teaching me that healing can flow both forward to future generations and backward to my ancestors. This practice of healing\, rooted in love and understanding\, has become a source of strength for me.” – Carletta Bullock\, Buddhist Practitioner  “PARAMITA is a beautiful film… reflective\, quietly stirring\, beautiful\, hopeful\, and helps me remember who I am… who we all are.” – Phoenix Song\, Performer/Writer/Facilitator  “As a queer South Asian\, it was powerful and healing to see an experience that affirmed we are not separate from our culture if we are queer. The film and healing workshop gave me a sense of belonging—affirming my own experience and reminding me that I am not alone.” – Anonymous URL:https://oacc.cc/event/bilingual-storytime-oct26/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Featured,Upcoming Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/English-Mid-Autumn-Bilingual-Storytime-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:20261115T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261115T140000 DTSTAMP:20260916T014303Z CREATED:20260916T014142Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260916T014303Z UID:23656-1794744000-1794751200@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Ecologies of Resistance: A Conversation with Authors Umi Vaughan\, Tiffany Yap and Robert Liu-Trujillo DESCRIPTION:Friday\, June 12\, 20266-8 pmFREE (registration requested)  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join us for Opening Doorways for Belonging and Liberation\, an experiential workshop that invites us to slow down and experience what it means to belong—to ourselves\, each other and the natural world. This workshop weaves together meditation\, healing rituals\, sacred reflection\, community care circles and a screening of Kirthi Nath’s film PARAMITA.    PARAMITA is a 24-minute documentary that bears witness to Prajna Choudhury’s 25-year coming out process with her traditional Bangladeshi mother and her journey of connecting with Buddhist practices and nature as gateways for acceptance and intergenerational healing.    Together\, let’s explore healing and belonging as living practices of resistance and renewal\, where resilience meets joy\, and where we cultivate the connections needed for a more whole and liberated future. This experience will be facilitated by filmmaker Kirthi Nath.   This event is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. \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 \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 About the Filmmaker  Kirthi Nath is an award-winning South Asian lesbian filmmaker whose work centers BIPOC voices and storytelling as a pathway for healing\, belonging and collective liberation. Her body of work fluidly straddles genres\, occupying a fertile landscape of cultural poetics\, social justice and spirituality. Kirthi’s films have been featured at Mill Valley Film Festival\, CAAMFest\, Frameline\, Bengal International Shorts\, DisOrient\, SF Doc Fest and more. She has received grants from the Center for Asian American Media\, V-Day\, Re-Present Media and the Center for Cultural Innovation\, and has been selected to participate in A-Doc Allies\, BGDM MafiaMind\, Bitchitra Curated Programs\, RePresent Media Fellowship and Looky Looky’s Impact Producer Incubator. Kirthi is also the founder and lead filmmaker at Cinemagical Media\, a woman of color-led creative agency specializing in filmmaking\, creative strategy and impact producing that partners with organizations\, communities and changemakers to produce films and workshops that uplift marginalized voices\, invite cultural transformation and reimagine liberation. \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 Praise for Opening Doorways for Belonging and Liberation  “Watching PARAMITA and participating in the healing workshop afterward reminded me that healing is possible\, even when it hasn’t happened within my own family. It gave me peace\, teaching me that healing can flow both forward to future generations and backward to my ancestors. This practice of healing\, rooted in love and understanding\, has become a source of strength for me.” – Carletta Bullock\, Buddhist Practitioner  “PARAMITA is a beautiful film… reflective\, quietly stirring\, beautiful\, hopeful\, and helps me remember who I am… who we all are.” – Phoenix Song\, Performer/Writer/Facilitator  “As a queer South Asian\, it was powerful and healing to see an experience that affirmed we are not separate from our culture if we are queer. The film and healing workshop gave me a sense of belonging—affirming my own experience and reminding me that I am not alone.” – Anonymous URL:https://oacc.cc/event/ecologies-resist/ 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/2026/09/Ecologies-of-Resistance-Authors-in-Convo-FB-1080-x-1080-px.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR