BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Oakland Asian Cultural Center - ECPv6.17.3//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:20180311T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20181104T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20190310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20191103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20200308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20201101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20210314T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20211107T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200501 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200601 DTSTAMP:20200609T185159Z CREATED:20200513T195426Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200609T185159Z UID:7873-1588291200-1590969599@oacc.cc SUMMARY:APA Heritage Month List of Community Events DESCRIPTION:Dalit dreamlands: toward an anti-caste future \n \n \n \n Asian American Women Artists Association (AAWAA)\, ARTogether\, Discostan\, and Oakland Asian Cultural Center co-presents “Dalit Dreamlands: Toward an Anti-Caste Future” – a landmark multimedia Dalit art exhibition and dance party that will bring together over 30 multiply marginalized artists from Dalit*\, Adivasi*\, Bahujan*\, Afro-Indian\, Indo-Caribbean\, and Muslim communities to showcase the depths of creativity and community.Dalit Dreamlands\, curated by Manu Kaur (they/them) and supported through AAWAA’s Emerging Curator’s Program\, will center queer and trans caste abolitionist futurisms through art across various mediums\, including fashion design\, music\, performances\, films\, paintings and visuals. One of the headlining artists\, Malvika Raj\, is a Dalit artist who challenges the casteist restrictions present in the Madhubani style of painting\, by incorporating pro-Dalit assertions into her intricate and hypnotizing designs. Nazrina Rodjan is a queer Indo-Surinamese artist who integrates the history of indentured labor and femme resilience within her large paintings of indentured Indian women.London-based trans Dalit artist Mya Mehmi from Pxssy Palace will be one of four guest DJs and performers at the opening reception dance party in collaboration with Discostan’s Arshia Fatima Haq. Dalit Dreamlands is a historic event that marks one of the first queer Dalit-centered spaces to exist in California.*Dalit is a caste marker for caste-oppressed communities formerly known as Untouchables\, Adivasi refers to tribes who are indigenous to South Asia\, and Bahujan is an umbrella term that includes all caste-oppressed communities. CURATORManu KaurEXHIBITING ARTISTSRinku Kumari\, Jessie Sohpaul\, Shivam Kamble\, Nazrina Rodjan\, Manpreet Singh\, Malvika Raj\, Seema Mattu\, Mya Mehmi\, Seema Hari\, Shyama Kuver\, Akhil Kang\, Kaushik Tadvi\, Rahee Punyashloka\, Aravind Chedayan\, Ajay Madhukar Dhoke\, Shweta Ashokraj\, Kamna Singh\, Anika Nawar Ullah\, Aindriya Barua\, Ramnath Siddi\, Siddi Tribe of Karnataka\, Nrithya Pillai\, Dalit Queer Project\, Parth Pawar\, Imaan Abbasi\, Sri Vamsi Matta\, R V Purusothaman (Purushu Arie)\, Shradha Raj\, Jay Sagathia\, Dee Chawla\, Mia Kaur\, Riri Kumbhar\, Rohini bhadarge\, John Spencer\, Kulpreet Rana\, & Simrah FarrukhEvent graphic by Parth Pawar. Opening Reception DatesApril 6\, 2024:5:30 PM – 7:30 PM @ Oakland Asian Cultural Center6:00 PM – 8:00 PM @ ARTogether\, Oakland Both venues are only 4 blocks away from each other. Enjoy both in the same evening! ZINDAGI DANCE PARTYApril 6\, 2024 from 8:00 PM – 1:00 AM @ 7th West\, OaklandFeaturing Dalit Bahujan DJs: DJ Anjali\, DJ Arshia\, and DJ Seema Hari \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register URL:https://oacc.cc/event/apa-heritage-month-list-of-community-events/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/2020APAHeritageMonthThumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200430 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200701 DTSTAMP:20200831T210203Z CREATED:20200519T203201Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200831T210203Z UID:7913-1588204800-1593561599@oacc.cc SUMMARY:"Textures of April 30th" Traveling Exhibition: Call for Submissions DESCRIPTION:Dalit dreamlands: toward an anti-caste future \n \n \n \n Asian American Women Artists Association (AAWAA)\, ARTogether\, Discostan\, and Oakland Asian Cultural Center co-presents “Dalit Dreamlands: Toward an Anti-Caste Future” – a landmark multimedia Dalit art exhibition and dance party that will bring together over 30 multiply marginalized artists from Dalit*\, Adivasi*\, Bahujan*\, Afro-Indian\, Indo-Caribbean\, and Muslim communities to showcase the depths of creativity and community.Dalit Dreamlands\, curated by Manu Kaur (they/them) and supported through AAWAA’s Emerging Curator’s Program\, will center queer and trans caste abolitionist futurisms through art across various mediums\, including fashion design\, music\, performances\, films\, paintings and visuals. One of the headlining artists\, Malvika Raj\, is a Dalit artist who challenges the casteist restrictions present in the Madhubani style of painting\, by incorporating pro-Dalit assertions into her intricate and hypnotizing designs. Nazrina Rodjan is a queer Indo-Surinamese artist who integrates the history of indentured labor and femme resilience within her large paintings of indentured Indian women.London-based trans Dalit artist Mya Mehmi from Pxssy Palace will be one of four guest DJs and performers at the opening reception dance party in collaboration with Discostan’s Arshia Fatima Haq. Dalit Dreamlands is a historic event that marks one of the first queer Dalit-centered spaces to exist in California.*Dalit is a caste marker for caste-oppressed communities formerly known as Untouchables\, Adivasi refers to tribes who are indigenous to South Asia\, and Bahujan is an umbrella term that includes all caste-oppressed communities. CURATORManu KaurEXHIBITING ARTISTSRinku Kumari\, Jessie Sohpaul\, Shivam Kamble\, Nazrina Rodjan\, Manpreet Singh\, Malvika Raj\, Seema Mattu\, Mya Mehmi\, Seema Hari\, Shyama Kuver\, Akhil Kang\, Kaushik Tadvi\, Rahee Punyashloka\, Aravind Chedayan\, Ajay Madhukar Dhoke\, Shweta Ashokraj\, Kamna Singh\, Anika Nawar Ullah\, Aindriya Barua\, Ramnath Siddi\, Siddi Tribe of Karnataka\, Nrithya Pillai\, Dalit Queer Project\, Parth Pawar\, Imaan Abbasi\, Sri Vamsi Matta\, R V Purusothaman (Purushu Arie)\, Shradha Raj\, Jay Sagathia\, Dee Chawla\, Mia Kaur\, Riri Kumbhar\, Rohini bhadarge\, John Spencer\, Kulpreet Rana\, & Simrah FarrukhEvent graphic by Parth Pawar. Opening Reception DatesApril 6\, 2024:5:30 PM – 7:30 PM @ Oakland Asian Cultural Center6:00 PM – 8:00 PM @ ARTogether\, Oakland Both venues are only 4 blocks away from each other. Enjoy both in the same evening! ZINDAGI DANCE PARTYApril 6\, 2024 from 8:00 PM – 1:00 AM @ 7th West\, OaklandFeaturing Dalit Bahujan DJs: DJ Anjali\, DJ Arshia\, and DJ Seema Hari \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register URL:https://oacc.cc/event/textures-of-april-30th-traveling-exhibition/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/20210430TexturesThumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200419T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200419T143000 DTSTAMP:20200909T173856Z CREATED:20200331T223637Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200909T173856Z UID:7809-1587301200-1587306600@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Our Communities\, Climate Change\, and COVID-19 DESCRIPTION:Dalit dreamlands: toward an anti-caste future \n \n \n \n Asian American Women Artists Association (AAWAA)\, ARTogether\, Discostan\, and Oakland Asian Cultural Center co-presents “Dalit Dreamlands: Toward an Anti-Caste Future” – a landmark multimedia Dalit art exhibition and dance party that will bring together over 30 multiply marginalized artists from Dalit*\, Adivasi*\, Bahujan*\, Afro-Indian\, Indo-Caribbean\, and Muslim communities to showcase the depths of creativity and community.Dalit Dreamlands\, curated by Manu Kaur (they/them) and supported through AAWAA’s Emerging Curator’s Program\, will center queer and trans caste abolitionist futurisms through art across various mediums\, including fashion design\, music\, performances\, films\, paintings and visuals. One of the headlining artists\, Malvika Raj\, is a Dalit artist who challenges the casteist restrictions present in the Madhubani style of painting\, by incorporating pro-Dalit assertions into her intricate and hypnotizing designs. Nazrina Rodjan is a queer Indo-Surinamese artist who integrates the history of indentured labor and femme resilience within her large paintings of indentured Indian women.London-based trans Dalit artist Mya Mehmi from Pxssy Palace will be one of four guest DJs and performers at the opening reception dance party in collaboration with Discostan’s Arshia Fatima Haq. Dalit Dreamlands is a historic event that marks one of the first queer Dalit-centered spaces to exist in California.*Dalit is a caste marker for caste-oppressed communities formerly known as Untouchables\, Adivasi refers to tribes who are indigenous to South Asia\, and Bahujan is an umbrella term that includes all caste-oppressed communities. CURATORManu KaurEXHIBITING ARTISTSRinku Kumari\, Jessie Sohpaul\, Shivam Kamble\, Nazrina Rodjan\, Manpreet Singh\, Malvika Raj\, Seema Mattu\, Mya Mehmi\, Seema Hari\, Shyama Kuver\, Akhil Kang\, Kaushik Tadvi\, Rahee Punyashloka\, Aravind Chedayan\, Ajay Madhukar Dhoke\, Shweta Ashokraj\, Kamna Singh\, Anika Nawar Ullah\, Aindriya Barua\, Ramnath Siddi\, Siddi Tribe of Karnataka\, Nrithya Pillai\, Dalit Queer Project\, Parth Pawar\, Imaan Abbasi\, Sri Vamsi Matta\, R V Purusothaman (Purushu Arie)\, Shradha Raj\, Jay Sagathia\, Dee Chawla\, Mia Kaur\, Riri Kumbhar\, Rohini bhadarge\, John Spencer\, Kulpreet Rana\, & Simrah FarrukhEvent graphic by Parth Pawar. Opening Reception DatesApril 6\, 2024:5:30 PM – 7:30 PM @ Oakland Asian Cultural Center6:00 PM – 8:00 PM @ ARTogether\, Oakland Both venues are only 4 blocks away from each other. Enjoy both in the same evening! ZINDAGI DANCE PARTYApril 6\, 2024 from 8:00 PM – 1:00 AM @ 7th West\, OaklandFeaturing Dalit Bahujan DJs: DJ Anjali\, DJ Arshia\, and DJ Seema Hari \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register URL:https://oacc.cc/event/our-communities-climate-change-and-covid-19/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/20200419ClimateChangeThumbnail.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200419 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200420 DTSTAMP:20200225T003342Z CREATED:20200211T175010Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200225T003342Z UID:7590-1587254400-1587340799@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Community Voices to Empower Change Series DESCRIPTION:Dalit dreamlands: toward an anti-caste future \n \n \n \n Asian American Women Artists Association (AAWAA)\, ARTogether\, Discostan\, and Oakland Asian Cultural Center co-presents “Dalit Dreamlands: Toward an Anti-Caste Future” – a landmark multimedia Dalit art exhibition and dance party that will bring together over 30 multiply marginalized artists from Dalit*\, Adivasi*\, Bahujan*\, Afro-Indian\, Indo-Caribbean\, and Muslim communities to showcase the depths of creativity and community.Dalit Dreamlands\, curated by Manu Kaur (they/them) and supported through AAWAA’s Emerging Curator’s Program\, will center queer and trans caste abolitionist futurisms through art across various mediums\, including fashion design\, music\, performances\, films\, paintings and visuals. One of the headlining artists\, Malvika Raj\, is a Dalit artist who challenges the casteist restrictions present in the Madhubani style of painting\, by incorporating pro-Dalit assertions into her intricate and hypnotizing designs. Nazrina Rodjan is a queer Indo-Surinamese artist who integrates the history of indentured labor and femme resilience within her large paintings of indentured Indian women.London-based trans Dalit artist Mya Mehmi from Pxssy Palace will be one of four guest DJs and performers at the opening reception dance party in collaboration with Discostan’s Arshia Fatima Haq. Dalit Dreamlands is a historic event that marks one of the first queer Dalit-centered spaces to exist in California.*Dalit is a caste marker for caste-oppressed communities formerly known as Untouchables\, Adivasi refers to tribes who are indigenous to South Asia\, and Bahujan is an umbrella term that includes all caste-oppressed communities. CURATORManu KaurEXHIBITING ARTISTSRinku Kumari\, Jessie Sohpaul\, Shivam Kamble\, Nazrina Rodjan\, Manpreet Singh\, Malvika Raj\, Seema Mattu\, Mya Mehmi\, Seema Hari\, Shyama Kuver\, Akhil Kang\, Kaushik Tadvi\, Rahee Punyashloka\, Aravind Chedayan\, Ajay Madhukar Dhoke\, Shweta Ashokraj\, Kamna Singh\, Anika Nawar Ullah\, Aindriya Barua\, Ramnath Siddi\, Siddi Tribe of Karnataka\, Nrithya Pillai\, Dalit Queer Project\, Parth Pawar\, Imaan Abbasi\, Sri Vamsi Matta\, R V Purusothaman (Purushu Arie)\, Shradha Raj\, Jay Sagathia\, Dee Chawla\, Mia Kaur\, Riri Kumbhar\, Rohini bhadarge\, John Spencer\, Kulpreet Rana\, & Simrah FarrukhEvent graphic by Parth Pawar. Opening Reception DatesApril 6\, 2024:5:30 PM – 7:30 PM @ Oakland Asian Cultural Center6:00 PM – 8:00 PM @ ARTogether\, Oakland Both venues are only 4 blocks away from each other. Enjoy both in the same evening! ZINDAGI DANCE PARTYApril 6\, 2024 from 8:00 PM – 1:00 AM @ 7th West\, OaklandFeaturing Dalit Bahujan DJs: DJ Anjali\, DJ Arshia\, and DJ Seema Hari \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register URL:https://oacc.cc/event/community-voices-to-empower-change-series/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/2020CommunityVoicesThumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200315 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200401 DTSTAMP:20200316T184634Z CREATED:20200313T202958Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200316T184634Z UID:7734-1584230400-1585699199@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Closed to the public DESCRIPTION:Dalit dreamlands: toward an anti-caste future \n \n \n \n Asian American Women Artists Association (AAWAA)\, ARTogether\, Discostan\, and Oakland Asian Cultural Center co-presents “Dalit Dreamlands: Toward an Anti-Caste Future” – a landmark multimedia Dalit art exhibition and dance party that will bring together over 30 multiply marginalized artists from Dalit*\, Adivasi*\, Bahujan*\, Afro-Indian\, Indo-Caribbean\, and Muslim communities to showcase the depths of creativity and community.Dalit Dreamlands\, curated by Manu Kaur (they/them) and supported through AAWAA’s Emerging Curator’s Program\, will center queer and trans caste abolitionist futurisms through art across various mediums\, including fashion design\, music\, performances\, films\, paintings and visuals. One of the headlining artists\, Malvika Raj\, is a Dalit artist who challenges the casteist restrictions present in the Madhubani style of painting\, by incorporating pro-Dalit assertions into her intricate and hypnotizing designs. Nazrina Rodjan is a queer Indo-Surinamese artist who integrates the history of indentured labor and femme resilience within her large paintings of indentured Indian women.London-based trans Dalit artist Mya Mehmi from Pxssy Palace will be one of four guest DJs and performers at the opening reception dance party in collaboration with Discostan’s Arshia Fatima Haq. Dalit Dreamlands is a historic event that marks one of the first queer Dalit-centered spaces to exist in California.*Dalit is a caste marker for caste-oppressed communities formerly known as Untouchables\, Adivasi refers to tribes who are indigenous to South Asia\, and Bahujan is an umbrella term that includes all caste-oppressed communities. CURATORManu KaurEXHIBITING ARTISTSRinku Kumari\, Jessie Sohpaul\, Shivam Kamble\, Nazrina Rodjan\, Manpreet Singh\, Malvika Raj\, Seema Mattu\, Mya Mehmi\, Seema Hari\, Shyama Kuver\, Akhil Kang\, Kaushik Tadvi\, Rahee Punyashloka\, Aravind Chedayan\, Ajay Madhukar Dhoke\, Shweta Ashokraj\, Kamna Singh\, Anika Nawar Ullah\, Aindriya Barua\, Ramnath Siddi\, Siddi Tribe of Karnataka\, Nrithya Pillai\, Dalit Queer Project\, Parth Pawar\, Imaan Abbasi\, Sri Vamsi Matta\, R V Purusothaman (Purushu Arie)\, Shradha Raj\, Jay Sagathia\, Dee Chawla\, Mia Kaur\, Riri Kumbhar\, Rohini bhadarge\, John Spencer\, Kulpreet Rana\, & Simrah FarrukhEvent graphic by Parth Pawar. Opening Reception DatesApril 6\, 2024:5:30 PM – 7:30 PM @ Oakland Asian Cultural Center6:00 PM – 8:00 PM @ ARTogether\, Oakland Both venues are only 4 blocks away from each other. Enjoy both in the same evening! ZINDAGI DANCE PARTYApril 6\, 2024 from 8:00 PM – 1:00 AM @ 7th West\, OaklandFeaturing Dalit Bahujan DJs: DJ Anjali\, DJ Arshia\, and DJ Seema Hari \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register URL:https://oacc.cc/event/closed-to-the-public-4/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200306 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200701 DTSTAMP:20200716T172455Z CREATED:20191220T235611Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200716T172455Z UID:7415-1583452800-1593561599@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Memory Vignettes & Poem-Paintings Series DESCRIPTION:Dalit dreamlands: toward an anti-caste future \n \n \n \n Asian American Women Artists Association (AAWAA)\, ARTogether\, Discostan\, and Oakland Asian Cultural Center co-presents “Dalit Dreamlands: Toward an Anti-Caste Future” – a landmark multimedia Dalit art exhibition and dance party that will bring together over 30 multiply marginalized artists from Dalit*\, Adivasi*\, Bahujan*\, Afro-Indian\, Indo-Caribbean\, and Muslim communities to showcase the depths of creativity and community.Dalit Dreamlands\, curated by Manu Kaur (they/them) and supported through AAWAA’s Emerging Curator’s Program\, will center queer and trans caste abolitionist futurisms through art across various mediums\, including fashion design\, music\, performances\, films\, paintings and visuals. One of the headlining artists\, Malvika Raj\, is a Dalit artist who challenges the casteist restrictions present in the Madhubani style of painting\, by incorporating pro-Dalit assertions into her intricate and hypnotizing designs. Nazrina Rodjan is a queer Indo-Surinamese artist who integrates the history of indentured labor and femme resilience within her large paintings of indentured Indian women.London-based trans Dalit artist Mya Mehmi from Pxssy Palace will be one of four guest DJs and performers at the opening reception dance party in collaboration with Discostan’s Arshia Fatima Haq. Dalit Dreamlands is a historic event that marks one of the first queer Dalit-centered spaces to exist in California.*Dalit is a caste marker for caste-oppressed communities formerly known as Untouchables\, Adivasi refers to tribes who are indigenous to South Asia\, and Bahujan is an umbrella term that includes all caste-oppressed communities. CURATORManu KaurEXHIBITING ARTISTSRinku Kumari\, Jessie Sohpaul\, Shivam Kamble\, Nazrina Rodjan\, Manpreet Singh\, Malvika Raj\, Seema Mattu\, Mya Mehmi\, Seema Hari\, Shyama Kuver\, Akhil Kang\, Kaushik Tadvi\, Rahee Punyashloka\, Aravind Chedayan\, Ajay Madhukar Dhoke\, Shweta Ashokraj\, Kamna Singh\, Anika Nawar Ullah\, Aindriya Barua\, Ramnath Siddi\, Siddi Tribe of Karnataka\, Nrithya Pillai\, Dalit Queer Project\, Parth Pawar\, Imaan Abbasi\, Sri Vamsi Matta\, R V Purusothaman (Purushu Arie)\, Shradha Raj\, Jay Sagathia\, Dee Chawla\, Mia Kaur\, Riri Kumbhar\, Rohini bhadarge\, John Spencer\, Kulpreet Rana\, & Simrah FarrukhEvent graphic by Parth Pawar. Opening Reception DatesApril 6\, 2024:5:30 PM – 7:30 PM @ Oakland Asian Cultural Center6:00 PM – 8:00 PM @ ARTogether\, Oakland Both venues are only 4 blocks away from each other. Enjoy both in the same evening! ZINDAGI DANCE PARTYApril 6\, 2024 from 8:00 PM – 1:00 AM @ 7th West\, OaklandFeaturing Dalit Bahujan DJs: DJ Anjali\, DJ Arshia\, and DJ Seema Hari \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register URL:https://oacc.cc/event/memory-vignettes-poem-paintings-series/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/20200308SalmaArastuThumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200301 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200329 DTSTAMP:20200519T203820Z CREATED:20191109T211417Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200519T203820Z UID:7326-1583020800-1585439999@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Reflections on Home DESCRIPTION:Dalit dreamlands: toward an anti-caste future \n \n \n \n Asian American Women Artists Association (AAWAA)\, ARTogether\, Discostan\, and Oakland Asian Cultural Center co-presents “Dalit Dreamlands: Toward an Anti-Caste Future” – a landmark multimedia Dalit art exhibition and dance party that will bring together over 30 multiply marginalized artists from Dalit*\, Adivasi*\, Bahujan*\, Afro-Indian\, Indo-Caribbean\, and Muslim communities to showcase the depths of creativity and community.Dalit Dreamlands\, curated by Manu Kaur (they/them) and supported through AAWAA’s Emerging Curator’s Program\, will center queer and trans caste abolitionist futurisms through art across various mediums\, including fashion design\, music\, performances\, films\, paintings and visuals. One of the headlining artists\, Malvika Raj\, is a Dalit artist who challenges the casteist restrictions present in the Madhubani style of painting\, by incorporating pro-Dalit assertions into her intricate and hypnotizing designs. Nazrina Rodjan is a queer Indo-Surinamese artist who integrates the history of indentured labor and femme resilience within her large paintings of indentured Indian women.London-based trans Dalit artist Mya Mehmi from Pxssy Palace will be one of four guest DJs and performers at the opening reception dance party in collaboration with Discostan’s Arshia Fatima Haq. Dalit Dreamlands is a historic event that marks one of the first queer Dalit-centered spaces to exist in California.*Dalit is a caste marker for caste-oppressed communities formerly known as Untouchables\, Adivasi refers to tribes who are indigenous to South Asia\, and Bahujan is an umbrella term that includes all caste-oppressed communities. CURATORManu KaurEXHIBITING ARTISTSRinku Kumari\, Jessie Sohpaul\, Shivam Kamble\, Nazrina Rodjan\, Manpreet Singh\, Malvika Raj\, Seema Mattu\, Mya Mehmi\, Seema Hari\, Shyama Kuver\, Akhil Kang\, Kaushik Tadvi\, Rahee Punyashloka\, Aravind Chedayan\, Ajay Madhukar Dhoke\, Shweta Ashokraj\, Kamna Singh\, Anika Nawar Ullah\, Aindriya Barua\, Ramnath Siddi\, Siddi Tribe of Karnataka\, Nrithya Pillai\, Dalit Queer Project\, Parth Pawar\, Imaan Abbasi\, Sri Vamsi Matta\, R V Purusothaman (Purushu Arie)\, Shradha Raj\, Jay Sagathia\, Dee Chawla\, Mia Kaur\, Riri Kumbhar\, Rohini bhadarge\, John Spencer\, Kulpreet Rana\, & Simrah FarrukhEvent graphic by Parth Pawar. Opening Reception DatesApril 6\, 2024:5:30 PM – 7:30 PM @ Oakland Asian Cultural Center6:00 PM – 8:00 PM @ ARTogether\, Oakland Both venues are only 4 blocks away from each other. Enjoy both in the same evening! ZINDAGI DANCE PARTYApril 6\, 2024 from 8:00 PM – 1:00 AM @ 7th West\, OaklandFeaturing Dalit Bahujan DJs: DJ Anjali\, DJ Arshia\, and DJ Seema Hari \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register URL:https://oacc.cc/event/reflections-on-home/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/20200301ReflectionsExtendedThumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200222T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200222T190000 DTSTAMP:20200312T212911Z CREATED:20200109T225131Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200312T212911Z UID:7465-1582392600-1582398000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Recalling the Ancestors: Buddhism and the WWII Japanese American Internment DESCRIPTION:Dalit dreamlands: toward an anti-caste future \n \n \n \n Asian American Women Artists Association (AAWAA)\, ARTogether\, Discostan\, and Oakland Asian Cultural Center co-presents “Dalit Dreamlands: Toward an Anti-Caste Future” – a landmark multimedia Dalit art exhibition and dance party that will bring together over 30 multiply marginalized artists from Dalit*\, Adivasi*\, Bahujan*\, Afro-Indian\, Indo-Caribbean\, and Muslim communities to showcase the depths of creativity and community.Dalit Dreamlands\, curated by Manu Kaur (they/them) and supported through AAWAA’s Emerging Curator’s Program\, will center queer and trans caste abolitionist futurisms through art across various mediums\, including fashion design\, music\, performances\, films\, paintings and visuals. One of the headlining artists\, Malvika Raj\, is a Dalit artist who challenges the casteist restrictions present in the Madhubani style of painting\, by incorporating pro-Dalit assertions into her intricate and hypnotizing designs. Nazrina Rodjan is a queer Indo-Surinamese artist who integrates the history of indentured labor and femme resilience within her large paintings of indentured Indian women.London-based trans Dalit artist Mya Mehmi from Pxssy Palace will be one of four guest DJs and performers at the opening reception dance party in collaboration with Discostan’s Arshia Fatima Haq. Dalit Dreamlands is a historic event that marks one of the first queer Dalit-centered spaces to exist in California.*Dalit is a caste marker for caste-oppressed communities formerly known as Untouchables\, Adivasi refers to tribes who are indigenous to South Asia\, and Bahujan is an umbrella term that includes all caste-oppressed communities. CURATORManu KaurEXHIBITING ARTISTSRinku Kumari\, Jessie Sohpaul\, Shivam Kamble\, Nazrina Rodjan\, Manpreet Singh\, Malvika Raj\, Seema Mattu\, Mya Mehmi\, Seema Hari\, Shyama Kuver\, Akhil Kang\, Kaushik Tadvi\, Rahee Punyashloka\, Aravind Chedayan\, Ajay Madhukar Dhoke\, Shweta Ashokraj\, Kamna Singh\, Anika Nawar Ullah\, Aindriya Barua\, Ramnath Siddi\, Siddi Tribe of Karnataka\, Nrithya Pillai\, Dalit Queer Project\, Parth Pawar\, Imaan Abbasi\, Sri Vamsi Matta\, R V Purusothaman (Purushu Arie)\, Shradha Raj\, Jay Sagathia\, Dee Chawla\, Mia Kaur\, Riri Kumbhar\, Rohini bhadarge\, John Spencer\, Kulpreet Rana\, & Simrah FarrukhEvent graphic by Parth Pawar. Opening Reception DatesApril 6\, 2024:5:30 PM – 7:30 PM @ Oakland Asian Cultural Center6:00 PM – 8:00 PM @ ARTogether\, Oakland Both venues are only 4 blocks away from each other. Enjoy both in the same evening! ZINDAGI DANCE PARTYApril 6\, 2024 from 8:00 PM – 1:00 AM @ 7th West\, OaklandFeaturing Dalit Bahujan DJs: DJ Anjali\, DJ Arshia\, and DJ Seema Hari \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register URL:https://oacc.cc/event/recalling-the-ancestors-buddhism-and-the-wwii-japanese-american-internment/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/20200222RecallingWebThumbnail-01.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200222 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200224 DTSTAMP:20200224T215058Z CREATED:20200103T004252Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200224T215058Z UID:7457-1582329600-1582502399@oacc.cc SUMMARY:An Orphan For You Conference DESCRIPTION:Dalit dreamlands: toward an anti-caste future \n \n \n \n Asian American Women Artists Association (AAWAA)\, ARTogether\, Discostan\, and Oakland Asian Cultural Center co-presents “Dalit Dreamlands: Toward an Anti-Caste Future” – a landmark multimedia Dalit art exhibition and dance party that will bring together over 30 multiply marginalized artists from Dalit*\, Adivasi*\, Bahujan*\, Afro-Indian\, Indo-Caribbean\, and Muslim communities to showcase the depths of creativity and community.Dalit Dreamlands\, curated by Manu Kaur (they/them) and supported through AAWAA’s Emerging Curator’s Program\, will center queer and trans caste abolitionist futurisms through art across various mediums\, including fashion design\, music\, performances\, films\, paintings and visuals. One of the headlining artists\, Malvika Raj\, is a Dalit artist who challenges the casteist restrictions present in the Madhubani style of painting\, by incorporating pro-Dalit assertions into her intricate and hypnotizing designs. Nazrina Rodjan is a queer Indo-Surinamese artist who integrates the history of indentured labor and femme resilience within her large paintings of indentured Indian women.London-based trans Dalit artist Mya Mehmi from Pxssy Palace will be one of four guest DJs and performers at the opening reception dance party in collaboration with Discostan’s Arshia Fatima Haq. Dalit Dreamlands is a historic event that marks one of the first queer Dalit-centered spaces to exist in California.*Dalit is a caste marker for caste-oppressed communities formerly known as Untouchables\, Adivasi refers to tribes who are indigenous to South Asia\, and Bahujan is an umbrella term that includes all caste-oppressed communities. CURATORManu KaurEXHIBITING ARTISTSRinku Kumari\, Jessie Sohpaul\, Shivam Kamble\, Nazrina Rodjan\, Manpreet Singh\, Malvika Raj\, Seema Mattu\, Mya Mehmi\, Seema Hari\, Shyama Kuver\, Akhil Kang\, Kaushik Tadvi\, Rahee Punyashloka\, Aravind Chedayan\, Ajay Madhukar Dhoke\, Shweta Ashokraj\, Kamna Singh\, Anika Nawar Ullah\, Aindriya Barua\, Ramnath Siddi\, Siddi Tribe of Karnataka\, Nrithya Pillai\, Dalit Queer Project\, Parth Pawar\, Imaan Abbasi\, Sri Vamsi Matta\, R V Purusothaman (Purushu Arie)\, Shradha Raj\, Jay Sagathia\, Dee Chawla\, Mia Kaur\, Riri Kumbhar\, Rohini bhadarge\, John Spencer\, Kulpreet Rana\, & Simrah FarrukhEvent graphic by Parth Pawar. Opening Reception DatesApril 6\, 2024:5:30 PM – 7:30 PM @ Oakland Asian Cultural Center6:00 PM – 8:00 PM @ ARTogether\, Oakland Both venues are only 4 blocks away from each other. Enjoy both in the same evening! ZINDAGI DANCE PARTYApril 6\, 2024 from 8:00 PM – 1:00 AM @ 7th West\, OaklandFeaturing Dalit Bahujan DJs: DJ Anjali\, DJ Arshia\, and DJ Seema Hari \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register URL:https://oacc.cc/event/an-orphan-for-you-conference/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/20200223AOFYThumbnail.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200219T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200219T193000 DTSTAMP:20200224T214153Z CREATED:20200122T231812Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200224T214153Z UID:7522-1582133400-1582140600@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Bojagi Wrapping Workshop DESCRIPTION:Dalit dreamlands: toward an anti-caste future \n \n \n \n Asian American Women Artists Association (AAWAA)\, ARTogether\, Discostan\, and Oakland Asian Cultural Center co-presents “Dalit Dreamlands: Toward an Anti-Caste Future” – a landmark multimedia Dalit art exhibition and dance party that will bring together over 30 multiply marginalized artists from Dalit*\, Adivasi*\, Bahujan*\, Afro-Indian\, Indo-Caribbean\, and Muslim communities to showcase the depths of creativity and community.Dalit Dreamlands\, curated by Manu Kaur (they/them) and supported through AAWAA’s Emerging Curator’s Program\, will center queer and trans caste abolitionist futurisms through art across various mediums\, including fashion design\, music\, performances\, films\, paintings and visuals. One of the headlining artists\, Malvika Raj\, is a Dalit artist who challenges the casteist restrictions present in the Madhubani style of painting\, by incorporating pro-Dalit assertions into her intricate and hypnotizing designs. Nazrina Rodjan is a queer Indo-Surinamese artist who integrates the history of indentured labor and femme resilience within her large paintings of indentured Indian women.London-based trans Dalit artist Mya Mehmi from Pxssy Palace will be one of four guest DJs and performers at the opening reception dance party in collaboration with Discostan’s Arshia Fatima Haq. Dalit Dreamlands is a historic event that marks one of the first queer Dalit-centered spaces to exist in California.*Dalit is a caste marker for caste-oppressed communities formerly known as Untouchables\, Adivasi refers to tribes who are indigenous to South Asia\, and Bahujan is an umbrella term that includes all caste-oppressed communities. CURATORManu KaurEXHIBITING ARTISTSRinku Kumari\, Jessie Sohpaul\, Shivam Kamble\, Nazrina Rodjan\, Manpreet Singh\, Malvika Raj\, Seema Mattu\, Mya Mehmi\, Seema Hari\, Shyama Kuver\, Akhil Kang\, Kaushik Tadvi\, Rahee Punyashloka\, Aravind Chedayan\, Ajay Madhukar Dhoke\, Shweta Ashokraj\, Kamna Singh\, Anika Nawar Ullah\, Aindriya Barua\, Ramnath Siddi\, Siddi Tribe of Karnataka\, Nrithya Pillai\, Dalit Queer Project\, Parth Pawar\, Imaan Abbasi\, Sri Vamsi Matta\, R V Purusothaman (Purushu Arie)\, Shradha Raj\, Jay Sagathia\, Dee Chawla\, Mia Kaur\, Riri Kumbhar\, Rohini bhadarge\, John Spencer\, Kulpreet Rana\, & Simrah FarrukhEvent graphic by Parth Pawar. Opening Reception DatesApril 6\, 2024:5:30 PM – 7:30 PM @ Oakland Asian Cultural Center6:00 PM – 8:00 PM @ ARTogether\, Oakland Both venues are only 4 blocks away from each other. Enjoy both in the same evening! ZINDAGI DANCE PARTYApril 6\, 2024 from 8:00 PM – 1:00 AM @ 7th West\, OaklandFeaturing Dalit Bahujan DJs: DJ Anjali\, DJ Arshia\, and DJ Seema Hari \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register URL:https://oacc.cc/event/bojagi-wrapping-workshop/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/20200219BojagiThumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200216T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200216T170000 DTSTAMP:20200218T224655Z CREATED:20191213T075435Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200218T224655Z UID:7395-1581865200-1581872400@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Gish Jen's The Resisters Book Talk with Helen Zia DESCRIPTION:Dalit dreamlands: toward an anti-caste future \n \n \n \n Asian American Women Artists Association (AAWAA)\, ARTogether\, Discostan\, and Oakland Asian Cultural Center co-presents “Dalit Dreamlands: Toward an Anti-Caste Future” – a landmark multimedia Dalit art exhibition and dance party that will bring together over 30 multiply marginalized artists from Dalit*\, Adivasi*\, Bahujan*\, Afro-Indian\, Indo-Caribbean\, and Muslim communities to showcase the depths of creativity and community.Dalit Dreamlands\, curated by Manu Kaur (they/them) and supported through AAWAA’s Emerging Curator’s Program\, will center queer and trans caste abolitionist futurisms through art across various mediums\, including fashion design\, music\, performances\, films\, paintings and visuals. One of the headlining artists\, Malvika Raj\, is a Dalit artist who challenges the casteist restrictions present in the Madhubani style of painting\, by incorporating pro-Dalit assertions into her intricate and hypnotizing designs. Nazrina Rodjan is a queer Indo-Surinamese artist who integrates the history of indentured labor and femme resilience within her large paintings of indentured Indian women.London-based trans Dalit artist Mya Mehmi from Pxssy Palace will be one of four guest DJs and performers at the opening reception dance party in collaboration with Discostan’s Arshia Fatima Haq. Dalit Dreamlands is a historic event that marks one of the first queer Dalit-centered spaces to exist in California.*Dalit is a caste marker for caste-oppressed communities formerly known as Untouchables\, Adivasi refers to tribes who are indigenous to South Asia\, and Bahujan is an umbrella term that includes all caste-oppressed communities. CURATORManu KaurEXHIBITING ARTISTSRinku Kumari\, Jessie Sohpaul\, Shivam Kamble\, Nazrina Rodjan\, Manpreet Singh\, Malvika Raj\, Seema Mattu\, Mya Mehmi\, Seema Hari\, Shyama Kuver\, Akhil Kang\, Kaushik Tadvi\, Rahee Punyashloka\, Aravind Chedayan\, Ajay Madhukar Dhoke\, Shweta Ashokraj\, Kamna Singh\, Anika Nawar Ullah\, Aindriya Barua\, Ramnath Siddi\, Siddi Tribe of Karnataka\, Nrithya Pillai\, Dalit Queer Project\, Parth Pawar\, Imaan Abbasi\, Sri Vamsi Matta\, R V Purusothaman (Purushu Arie)\, Shradha Raj\, Jay Sagathia\, Dee Chawla\, Mia Kaur\, Riri Kumbhar\, Rohini bhadarge\, John Spencer\, Kulpreet Rana\, & Simrah FarrukhEvent graphic by Parth Pawar. Opening Reception DatesApril 6\, 2024:5:30 PM – 7:30 PM @ Oakland Asian Cultural Center6:00 PM – 8:00 PM @ ARTogether\, Oakland Both venues are only 4 blocks away from each other. Enjoy both in the same evening! ZINDAGI DANCE PARTYApril 6\, 2024 from 8:00 PM – 1:00 AM @ 7th West\, OaklandFeaturing Dalit Bahujan DJs: DJ Anjali\, DJ Arshia\, and DJ Seema Hari \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register URL:https://oacc.cc/event/gish-jens-the-resisters-book-talk-with-helen-zia/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/20200216GishJenTalk_WebsiteThumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200212T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200212T200000 DTSTAMP:20200213T223053Z CREATED:20200130T235928Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200213T223053Z UID:7564-1581530400-1581537600@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Community Input Session for a New Mural DESCRIPTION:Dalit dreamlands: toward an anti-caste future \n \n \n \n Asian American Women Artists Association (AAWAA)\, ARTogether\, Discostan\, and Oakland Asian Cultural Center co-presents “Dalit Dreamlands: Toward an Anti-Caste Future” – a landmark multimedia Dalit art exhibition and dance party that will bring together over 30 multiply marginalized artists from Dalit*\, Adivasi*\, Bahujan*\, Afro-Indian\, Indo-Caribbean\, and Muslim communities to showcase the depths of creativity and community.Dalit Dreamlands\, curated by Manu Kaur (they/them) and supported through AAWAA’s Emerging Curator’s Program\, will center queer and trans caste abolitionist futurisms through art across various mediums\, including fashion design\, music\, performances\, films\, paintings and visuals. One of the headlining artists\, Malvika Raj\, is a Dalit artist who challenges the casteist restrictions present in the Madhubani style of painting\, by incorporating pro-Dalit assertions into her intricate and hypnotizing designs. Nazrina Rodjan is a queer Indo-Surinamese artist who integrates the history of indentured labor and femme resilience within her large paintings of indentured Indian women.London-based trans Dalit artist Mya Mehmi from Pxssy Palace will be one of four guest DJs and performers at the opening reception dance party in collaboration with Discostan’s Arshia Fatima Haq. Dalit Dreamlands is a historic event that marks one of the first queer Dalit-centered spaces to exist in California.*Dalit is a caste marker for caste-oppressed communities formerly known as Untouchables\, Adivasi refers to tribes who are indigenous to South Asia\, and Bahujan is an umbrella term that includes all caste-oppressed communities. CURATORManu KaurEXHIBITING ARTISTSRinku Kumari\, Jessie Sohpaul\, Shivam Kamble\, Nazrina Rodjan\, Manpreet Singh\, Malvika Raj\, Seema Mattu\, Mya Mehmi\, Seema Hari\, Shyama Kuver\, Akhil Kang\, Kaushik Tadvi\, Rahee Punyashloka\, Aravind Chedayan\, Ajay Madhukar Dhoke\, Shweta Ashokraj\, Kamna Singh\, Anika Nawar Ullah\, Aindriya Barua\, Ramnath Siddi\, Siddi Tribe of Karnataka\, Nrithya Pillai\, Dalit Queer Project\, Parth Pawar\, Imaan Abbasi\, Sri Vamsi Matta\, R V Purusothaman (Purushu Arie)\, Shradha Raj\, Jay Sagathia\, Dee Chawla\, Mia Kaur\, Riri Kumbhar\, Rohini bhadarge\, John Spencer\, Kulpreet Rana\, & Simrah FarrukhEvent graphic by Parth Pawar. Opening Reception DatesApril 6\, 2024:5:30 PM – 7:30 PM @ Oakland Asian Cultural Center6:00 PM – 8:00 PM @ ARTogether\, Oakland Both venues are only 4 blocks away from each other. Enjoy both in the same evening! ZINDAGI DANCE PARTYApril 6\, 2024 from 8:00 PM – 1:00 AM @ 7th West\, OaklandFeaturing Dalit Bahujan DJs: DJ Anjali\, DJ Arshia\, and DJ Seema Hari \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register URL:https://oacc.cc/event/community-input-session-for-a-new-mural/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/20200212CommRejuvenationThumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200207T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200207T200000 DTSTAMP:20200213T223047Z CREATED:20200109T225440Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200213T223047Z UID:7476-1581100200-1581105600@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Tsuru Fold-In & Film Screening DESCRIPTION:Dalit dreamlands: toward an anti-caste future \n \n \n \n Asian American Women Artists Association (AAWAA)\, ARTogether\, Discostan\, and Oakland Asian Cultural Center co-presents “Dalit Dreamlands: Toward an Anti-Caste Future” – a landmark multimedia Dalit art exhibition and dance party that will bring together over 30 multiply marginalized artists from Dalit*\, Adivasi*\, Bahujan*\, Afro-Indian\, Indo-Caribbean\, and Muslim communities to showcase the depths of creativity and community.Dalit Dreamlands\, curated by Manu Kaur (they/them) and supported through AAWAA’s Emerging Curator’s Program\, will center queer and trans caste abolitionist futurisms through art across various mediums\, including fashion design\, music\, performances\, films\, paintings and visuals. One of the headlining artists\, Malvika Raj\, is a Dalit artist who challenges the casteist restrictions present in the Madhubani style of painting\, by incorporating pro-Dalit assertions into her intricate and hypnotizing designs. Nazrina Rodjan is a queer Indo-Surinamese artist who integrates the history of indentured labor and femme resilience within her large paintings of indentured Indian women.London-based trans Dalit artist Mya Mehmi from Pxssy Palace will be one of four guest DJs and performers at the opening reception dance party in collaboration with Discostan’s Arshia Fatima Haq. Dalit Dreamlands is a historic event that marks one of the first queer Dalit-centered spaces to exist in California.*Dalit is a caste marker for caste-oppressed communities formerly known as Untouchables\, Adivasi refers to tribes who are indigenous to South Asia\, and Bahujan is an umbrella term that includes all caste-oppressed communities. CURATORManu KaurEXHIBITING ARTISTSRinku Kumari\, Jessie Sohpaul\, Shivam Kamble\, Nazrina Rodjan\, Manpreet Singh\, Malvika Raj\, Seema Mattu\, Mya Mehmi\, Seema Hari\, Shyama Kuver\, Akhil Kang\, Kaushik Tadvi\, Rahee Punyashloka\, Aravind Chedayan\, Ajay Madhukar Dhoke\, Shweta Ashokraj\, Kamna Singh\, Anika Nawar Ullah\, Aindriya Barua\, Ramnath Siddi\, Siddi Tribe of Karnataka\, Nrithya Pillai\, Dalit Queer Project\, Parth Pawar\, Imaan Abbasi\, Sri Vamsi Matta\, R V Purusothaman (Purushu Arie)\, Shradha Raj\, Jay Sagathia\, Dee Chawla\, Mia Kaur\, Riri Kumbhar\, Rohini bhadarge\, John Spencer\, Kulpreet Rana\, & Simrah FarrukhEvent graphic by Parth Pawar. Opening Reception DatesApril 6\, 2024:5:30 PM – 7:30 PM @ Oakland Asian Cultural Center6:00 PM – 8:00 PM @ ARTogether\, Oakland Both venues are only 4 blocks away from each other. Enjoy both in the same evening! ZINDAGI DANCE PARTYApril 6\, 2024 from 8:00 PM – 1:00 AM @ 7th West\, OaklandFeaturing Dalit Bahujan DJs: DJ Anjali\, DJ Arshia\, and DJ Seema Hari \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register URL:https://oacc.cc/event/tsuru-fold-in-film-screening/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/20200207AndThenWebThumbnail-01.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200203 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200229 DTSTAMP:20200311T221909Z CREATED:20191206T222918Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200311T221909Z UID:7380-1580688000-1582934399@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Portraits of Oakland Chinatown DESCRIPTION:Dalit dreamlands: toward an anti-caste future \n \n \n \n Asian American Women Artists Association (AAWAA)\, ARTogether\, Discostan\, and Oakland Asian Cultural Center co-presents “Dalit Dreamlands: Toward an Anti-Caste Future” – a landmark multimedia Dalit art exhibition and dance party that will bring together over 30 multiply marginalized artists from Dalit*\, Adivasi*\, Bahujan*\, Afro-Indian\, Indo-Caribbean\, and Muslim communities to showcase the depths of creativity and community.Dalit Dreamlands\, curated by Manu Kaur (they/them) and supported through AAWAA’s Emerging Curator’s Program\, will center queer and trans caste abolitionist futurisms through art across various mediums\, including fashion design\, music\, performances\, films\, paintings and visuals. One of the headlining artists\, Malvika Raj\, is a Dalit artist who challenges the casteist restrictions present in the Madhubani style of painting\, by incorporating pro-Dalit assertions into her intricate and hypnotizing designs. Nazrina Rodjan is a queer Indo-Surinamese artist who integrates the history of indentured labor and femme resilience within her large paintings of indentured Indian women.London-based trans Dalit artist Mya Mehmi from Pxssy Palace will be one of four guest DJs and performers at the opening reception dance party in collaboration with Discostan’s Arshia Fatima Haq. Dalit Dreamlands is a historic event that marks one of the first queer Dalit-centered spaces to exist in California.*Dalit is a caste marker for caste-oppressed communities formerly known as Untouchables\, Adivasi refers to tribes who are indigenous to South Asia\, and Bahujan is an umbrella term that includes all caste-oppressed communities. CURATORManu KaurEXHIBITING ARTISTSRinku Kumari\, Jessie Sohpaul\, Shivam Kamble\, Nazrina Rodjan\, Manpreet Singh\, Malvika Raj\, Seema Mattu\, Mya Mehmi\, Seema Hari\, Shyama Kuver\, Akhil Kang\, Kaushik Tadvi\, Rahee Punyashloka\, Aravind Chedayan\, Ajay Madhukar Dhoke\, Shweta Ashokraj\, Kamna Singh\, Anika Nawar Ullah\, Aindriya Barua\, Ramnath Siddi\, Siddi Tribe of Karnataka\, Nrithya Pillai\, Dalit Queer Project\, Parth Pawar\, Imaan Abbasi\, Sri Vamsi Matta\, R V Purusothaman (Purushu Arie)\, Shradha Raj\, Jay Sagathia\, Dee Chawla\, Mia Kaur\, Riri Kumbhar\, Rohini bhadarge\, John Spencer\, Kulpreet Rana\, & Simrah FarrukhEvent graphic by Parth Pawar. Opening Reception DatesApril 6\, 2024:5:30 PM – 7:30 PM @ Oakland Asian Cultural Center6:00 PM – 8:00 PM @ ARTogether\, Oakland Both venues are only 4 blocks away from each other. Enjoy both in the same evening! ZINDAGI DANCE PARTYApril 6\, 2024 from 8:00 PM – 1:00 AM @ 7th West\, OaklandFeaturing Dalit Bahujan DJs: DJ Anjali\, DJ Arshia\, and DJ Seema Hari \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register URL:https://oacc.cc/event/portraits-of-oakland-chinatown/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/20200203PortraitsOfOaklandChinatownThumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200202T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200202T150000 DTSTAMP:20200203T201019Z CREATED:20190808T025019Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200203T201019Z UID:7040-1580641200-1580655600@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Lunar New Year 2020 DESCRIPTION:Dalit dreamlands: toward an anti-caste future \n \n \n \n Asian American Women Artists Association (AAWAA)\, ARTogether\, Discostan\, and Oakland Asian Cultural Center co-presents “Dalit Dreamlands: Toward an Anti-Caste Future” – a landmark multimedia Dalit art exhibition and dance party that will bring together over 30 multiply marginalized artists from Dalit*\, Adivasi*\, Bahujan*\, Afro-Indian\, Indo-Caribbean\, and Muslim communities to showcase the depths of creativity and community.Dalit Dreamlands\, curated by Manu Kaur (they/them) and supported through AAWAA’s Emerging Curator’s Program\, will center queer and trans caste abolitionist futurisms through art across various mediums\, including fashion design\, music\, performances\, films\, paintings and visuals. One of the headlining artists\, Malvika Raj\, is a Dalit artist who challenges the casteist restrictions present in the Madhubani style of painting\, by incorporating pro-Dalit assertions into her intricate and hypnotizing designs. Nazrina Rodjan is a queer Indo-Surinamese artist who integrates the history of indentured labor and femme resilience within her large paintings of indentured Indian women.London-based trans Dalit artist Mya Mehmi from Pxssy Palace will be one of four guest DJs and performers at the opening reception dance party in collaboration with Discostan’s Arshia Fatima Haq. Dalit Dreamlands is a historic event that marks one of the first queer Dalit-centered spaces to exist in California.*Dalit is a caste marker for caste-oppressed communities formerly known as Untouchables\, Adivasi refers to tribes who are indigenous to South Asia\, and Bahujan is an umbrella term that includes all caste-oppressed communities. CURATORManu KaurEXHIBITING ARTISTSRinku Kumari\, Jessie Sohpaul\, Shivam Kamble\, Nazrina Rodjan\, Manpreet Singh\, Malvika Raj\, Seema Mattu\, Mya Mehmi\, Seema Hari\, Shyama Kuver\, Akhil Kang\, Kaushik Tadvi\, Rahee Punyashloka\, Aravind Chedayan\, Ajay Madhukar Dhoke\, Shweta Ashokraj\, Kamna Singh\, Anika Nawar Ullah\, Aindriya Barua\, Ramnath Siddi\, Siddi Tribe of Karnataka\, Nrithya Pillai\, Dalit Queer Project\, Parth Pawar\, Imaan Abbasi\, Sri Vamsi Matta\, R V Purusothaman (Purushu Arie)\, Shradha Raj\, Jay Sagathia\, Dee Chawla\, Mia Kaur\, Riri Kumbhar\, Rohini bhadarge\, John Spencer\, Kulpreet Rana\, & Simrah FarrukhEvent graphic by Parth Pawar. Opening Reception DatesApril 6\, 2024:5:30 PM – 7:30 PM @ Oakland Asian Cultural Center6:00 PM – 8:00 PM @ ARTogether\, Oakland Both venues are only 4 blocks away from each other. Enjoy both in the same evening! ZINDAGI DANCE PARTYApril 6\, 2024 from 8:00 PM – 1:00 AM @ 7th West\, OaklandFeaturing Dalit Bahujan DJs: DJ Anjali\, DJ Arshia\, and DJ Seema Hari \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register URL:https://oacc.cc/event/lunar-new-year-2020/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Web-Thumb.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200131T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200131T100000 DTSTAMP:20200203T201106Z CREATED:20200122T232054Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200203T201106Z UID:7520-1580459400-1580464800@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Creative Mornings DESCRIPTION:Dalit dreamlands: toward an anti-caste future \n \n \n \n Asian American Women Artists Association (AAWAA)\, ARTogether\, Discostan\, and Oakland Asian Cultural Center co-presents “Dalit Dreamlands: Toward an Anti-Caste Future” – a landmark multimedia Dalit art exhibition and dance party that will bring together over 30 multiply marginalized artists from Dalit*\, Adivasi*\, Bahujan*\, Afro-Indian\, Indo-Caribbean\, and Muslim communities to showcase the depths of creativity and community.Dalit Dreamlands\, curated by Manu Kaur (they/them) and supported through AAWAA’s Emerging Curator’s Program\, will center queer and trans caste abolitionist futurisms through art across various mediums\, including fashion design\, music\, performances\, films\, paintings and visuals. One of the headlining artists\, Malvika Raj\, is a Dalit artist who challenges the casteist restrictions present in the Madhubani style of painting\, by incorporating pro-Dalit assertions into her intricate and hypnotizing designs. Nazrina Rodjan is a queer Indo-Surinamese artist who integrates the history of indentured labor and femme resilience within her large paintings of indentured Indian women.London-based trans Dalit artist Mya Mehmi from Pxssy Palace will be one of four guest DJs and performers at the opening reception dance party in collaboration with Discostan’s Arshia Fatima Haq. Dalit Dreamlands is a historic event that marks one of the first queer Dalit-centered spaces to exist in California.*Dalit is a caste marker for caste-oppressed communities formerly known as Untouchables\, Adivasi refers to tribes who are indigenous to South Asia\, and Bahujan is an umbrella term that includes all caste-oppressed communities. CURATORManu KaurEXHIBITING ARTISTSRinku Kumari\, Jessie Sohpaul\, Shivam Kamble\, Nazrina Rodjan\, Manpreet Singh\, Malvika Raj\, Seema Mattu\, Mya Mehmi\, Seema Hari\, Shyama Kuver\, Akhil Kang\, Kaushik Tadvi\, Rahee Punyashloka\, Aravind Chedayan\, Ajay Madhukar Dhoke\, Shweta Ashokraj\, Kamna Singh\, Anika Nawar Ullah\, Aindriya Barua\, Ramnath Siddi\, Siddi Tribe of Karnataka\, Nrithya Pillai\, Dalit Queer Project\, Parth Pawar\, Imaan Abbasi\, Sri Vamsi Matta\, R V Purusothaman (Purushu Arie)\, Shradha Raj\, Jay Sagathia\, Dee Chawla\, Mia Kaur\, Riri Kumbhar\, Rohini bhadarge\, John Spencer\, Kulpreet Rana\, & Simrah FarrukhEvent graphic by Parth Pawar. Opening Reception DatesApril 6\, 2024:5:30 PM – 7:30 PM @ Oakland Asian Cultural Center6:00 PM – 8:00 PM @ ARTogether\, Oakland Both venues are only 4 blocks away from each other. Enjoy both in the same evening! ZINDAGI DANCE PARTYApril 6\, 2024 from 8:00 PM – 1:00 AM @ 7th West\, OaklandFeaturing Dalit Bahujan DJs: DJ Anjali\, DJ Arshia\, and DJ Seema Hari \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register URL:https://oacc.cc/event/creative-mornings/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/20200131CreativeMorningsThumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200131 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200302 DTSTAMP:20200311T221856Z CREATED:20191226T213339Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200311T221856Z UID:7430-1580428800-1583107199@oacc.cc SUMMARY:The Art of Survival: Enduring the Turmoil of Tule Lake DESCRIPTION:Dalit dreamlands: toward an anti-caste future \n \n \n \n Asian American Women Artists Association (AAWAA)\, ARTogether\, Discostan\, and Oakland Asian Cultural Center co-presents “Dalit Dreamlands: Toward an Anti-Caste Future” – a landmark multimedia Dalit art exhibition and dance party that will bring together over 30 multiply marginalized artists from Dalit*\, Adivasi*\, Bahujan*\, Afro-Indian\, Indo-Caribbean\, and Muslim communities to showcase the depths of creativity and community.Dalit Dreamlands\, curated by Manu Kaur (they/them) and supported through AAWAA’s Emerging Curator’s Program\, will center queer and trans caste abolitionist futurisms through art across various mediums\, including fashion design\, music\, performances\, films\, paintings and visuals. One of the headlining artists\, Malvika Raj\, is a Dalit artist who challenges the casteist restrictions present in the Madhubani style of painting\, by incorporating pro-Dalit assertions into her intricate and hypnotizing designs. Nazrina Rodjan is a queer Indo-Surinamese artist who integrates the history of indentured labor and femme resilience within her large paintings of indentured Indian women.London-based trans Dalit artist Mya Mehmi from Pxssy Palace will be one of four guest DJs and performers at the opening reception dance party in collaboration with Discostan’s Arshia Fatima Haq. Dalit Dreamlands is a historic event that marks one of the first queer Dalit-centered spaces to exist in California.*Dalit is a caste marker for caste-oppressed communities formerly known as Untouchables\, Adivasi refers to tribes who are indigenous to South Asia\, and Bahujan is an umbrella term that includes all caste-oppressed communities. CURATORManu KaurEXHIBITING ARTISTSRinku Kumari\, Jessie Sohpaul\, Shivam Kamble\, Nazrina Rodjan\, Manpreet Singh\, Malvika Raj\, Seema Mattu\, Mya Mehmi\, Seema Hari\, Shyama Kuver\, Akhil Kang\, Kaushik Tadvi\, Rahee Punyashloka\, Aravind Chedayan\, Ajay Madhukar Dhoke\, Shweta Ashokraj\, Kamna Singh\, Anika Nawar Ullah\, Aindriya Barua\, Ramnath Siddi\, Siddi Tribe of Karnataka\, Nrithya Pillai\, Dalit Queer Project\, Parth Pawar\, Imaan Abbasi\, Sri Vamsi Matta\, R V Purusothaman (Purushu Arie)\, Shradha Raj\, Jay Sagathia\, Dee Chawla\, Mia Kaur\, Riri Kumbhar\, Rohini bhadarge\, John Spencer\, Kulpreet Rana\, & Simrah FarrukhEvent graphic by Parth Pawar. Opening Reception DatesApril 6\, 2024:5:30 PM – 7:30 PM @ Oakland Asian Cultural Center6:00 PM – 8:00 PM @ ARTogether\, Oakland Both venues are only 4 blocks away from each other. Enjoy both in the same evening! ZINDAGI DANCE PARTYApril 6\, 2024 from 8:00 PM – 1:00 AM @ 7th West\, OaklandFeaturing Dalit Bahujan DJs: DJ Anjali\, DJ Arshia\, and DJ Seema Hari \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register URL:https://oacc.cc/event/the-art-of-survival-enduring-the-turmoil-of-tule-lake/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/20200131ArtOfSurvivalThumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200128T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200128T213000 DTSTAMP:20200203T201005Z CREATED:20191220T195234Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200203T201005Z UID:7405-1580239800-1580247000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Quiz For Cause to Benefit the Oakland Asian Cultural Center DESCRIPTION:Dalit dreamlands: toward an anti-caste future \n \n \n \n Asian American Women Artists Association (AAWAA)\, ARTogether\, Discostan\, and Oakland Asian Cultural Center co-presents “Dalit Dreamlands: Toward an Anti-Caste Future” – a landmark multimedia Dalit art exhibition and dance party that will bring together over 30 multiply marginalized artists from Dalit*\, Adivasi*\, Bahujan*\, Afro-Indian\, Indo-Caribbean\, and Muslim communities to showcase the depths of creativity and community.Dalit Dreamlands\, curated by Manu Kaur (they/them) and supported through AAWAA’s Emerging Curator’s Program\, will center queer and trans caste abolitionist futurisms through art across various mediums\, including fashion design\, music\, performances\, films\, paintings and visuals. One of the headlining artists\, Malvika Raj\, is a Dalit artist who challenges the casteist restrictions present in the Madhubani style of painting\, by incorporating pro-Dalit assertions into her intricate and hypnotizing designs. Nazrina Rodjan is a queer Indo-Surinamese artist who integrates the history of indentured labor and femme resilience within her large paintings of indentured Indian women.London-based trans Dalit artist Mya Mehmi from Pxssy Palace will be one of four guest DJs and performers at the opening reception dance party in collaboration with Discostan’s Arshia Fatima Haq. Dalit Dreamlands is a historic event that marks one of the first queer Dalit-centered spaces to exist in California.*Dalit is a caste marker for caste-oppressed communities formerly known as Untouchables\, Adivasi refers to tribes who are indigenous to South Asia\, and Bahujan is an umbrella term that includes all caste-oppressed communities. CURATORManu KaurEXHIBITING ARTISTSRinku Kumari\, Jessie Sohpaul\, Shivam Kamble\, Nazrina Rodjan\, Manpreet Singh\, Malvika Raj\, Seema Mattu\, Mya Mehmi\, Seema Hari\, Shyama Kuver\, Akhil Kang\, Kaushik Tadvi\, Rahee Punyashloka\, Aravind Chedayan\, Ajay Madhukar Dhoke\, Shweta Ashokraj\, Kamna Singh\, Anika Nawar Ullah\, Aindriya Barua\, Ramnath Siddi\, Siddi Tribe of Karnataka\, Nrithya Pillai\, Dalit Queer Project\, Parth Pawar\, Imaan Abbasi\, Sri Vamsi Matta\, R V Purusothaman (Purushu Arie)\, Shradha Raj\, Jay Sagathia\, Dee Chawla\, Mia Kaur\, Riri Kumbhar\, Rohini bhadarge\, John Spencer\, Kulpreet Rana\, & Simrah FarrukhEvent graphic by Parth Pawar. Opening Reception DatesApril 6\, 2024:5:30 PM – 7:30 PM @ Oakland Asian Cultural Center6:00 PM – 8:00 PM @ ARTogether\, Oakland Both venues are only 4 blocks away from each other. Enjoy both in the same evening! ZINDAGI DANCE PARTYApril 6\, 2024 from 8:00 PM – 1:00 AM @ 7th West\, OaklandFeaturing Dalit Bahujan DJs: DJ Anjali\, DJ Arshia\, and DJ Seema Hari \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register URL:https://oacc.cc/event/a-quiz-for-cause/ LOCATION:Paulista Brazilian Kitchen and Taproom\, 4239 Park Boulevard\, Oakland\, CA\, 94602\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/quiz-for-a-cause.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200119T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200119T150000 DTSTAMP:20200121T195146Z CREATED:20191122T022056Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200121T195146Z UID:7355-1579442400-1579446000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Chicken of the Sea: A Children's Book Reading DESCRIPTION:Dalit dreamlands: toward an anti-caste future \n \n \n \n Asian American Women Artists Association (AAWAA)\, ARTogether\, Discostan\, and Oakland Asian Cultural Center co-presents “Dalit Dreamlands: Toward an Anti-Caste Future” – a landmark multimedia Dalit art exhibition and dance party that will bring together over 30 multiply marginalized artists from Dalit*\, Adivasi*\, Bahujan*\, Afro-Indian\, Indo-Caribbean\, and Muslim communities to showcase the depths of creativity and community.Dalit Dreamlands\, curated by Manu Kaur (they/them) and supported through AAWAA’s Emerging Curator’s Program\, will center queer and trans caste abolitionist futurisms through art across various mediums\, including fashion design\, music\, performances\, films\, paintings and visuals. One of the headlining artists\, Malvika Raj\, is a Dalit artist who challenges the casteist restrictions present in the Madhubani style of painting\, by incorporating pro-Dalit assertions into her intricate and hypnotizing designs. Nazrina Rodjan is a queer Indo-Surinamese artist who integrates the history of indentured labor and femme resilience within her large paintings of indentured Indian women.London-based trans Dalit artist Mya Mehmi from Pxssy Palace will be one of four guest DJs and performers at the opening reception dance party in collaboration with Discostan’s Arshia Fatima Haq. Dalit Dreamlands is a historic event that marks one of the first queer Dalit-centered spaces to exist in California.*Dalit is a caste marker for caste-oppressed communities formerly known as Untouchables\, Adivasi refers to tribes who are indigenous to South Asia\, and Bahujan is an umbrella term that includes all caste-oppressed communities. CURATORManu KaurEXHIBITING ARTISTSRinku Kumari\, Jessie Sohpaul\, Shivam Kamble\, Nazrina Rodjan\, Manpreet Singh\, Malvika Raj\, Seema Mattu\, Mya Mehmi\, Seema Hari\, Shyama Kuver\, Akhil Kang\, Kaushik Tadvi\, Rahee Punyashloka\, Aravind Chedayan\, Ajay Madhukar Dhoke\, Shweta Ashokraj\, Kamna Singh\, Anika Nawar Ullah\, Aindriya Barua\, Ramnath Siddi\, Siddi Tribe of Karnataka\, Nrithya Pillai\, Dalit Queer Project\, Parth Pawar\, Imaan Abbasi\, Sri Vamsi Matta\, R V Purusothaman (Purushu Arie)\, Shradha Raj\, Jay Sagathia\, Dee Chawla\, Mia Kaur\, Riri Kumbhar\, Rohini bhadarge\, John Spencer\, Kulpreet Rana\, & Simrah FarrukhEvent graphic by Parth Pawar. Opening Reception DatesApril 6\, 2024:5:30 PM – 7:30 PM @ Oakland Asian Cultural Center6:00 PM – 8:00 PM @ ARTogether\, Oakland Both venues are only 4 blocks away from each other. Enjoy both in the same evening! ZINDAGI DANCE PARTYApril 6\, 2024 from 8:00 PM – 1:00 AM @ 7th West\, OaklandFeaturing Dalit Bahujan DJs: DJ Anjali\, DJ Arshia\, and DJ Seema Hari \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register URL:https://oacc.cc/event/chicken-of-the-sea-a-childrens-book-reading/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/20200119ChickenWebsiteThumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200110T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200110T210000 DTSTAMP:20200116T022250Z CREATED:20191226T213012Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200116T022250Z UID:7421-1578682800-1578690000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:OACC Movie Nights: Nailed It! DESCRIPTION:Dalit dreamlands: toward an anti-caste future \n \n \n \n Asian American Women Artists Association (AAWAA)\, ARTogether\, Discostan\, and Oakland Asian Cultural Center co-presents “Dalit Dreamlands: Toward an Anti-Caste Future” – a landmark multimedia Dalit art exhibition and dance party that will bring together over 30 multiply marginalized artists from Dalit*\, Adivasi*\, Bahujan*\, Afro-Indian\, Indo-Caribbean\, and Muslim communities to showcase the depths of creativity and community.Dalit Dreamlands\, curated by Manu Kaur (they/them) and supported through AAWAA’s Emerging Curator’s Program\, will center queer and trans caste abolitionist futurisms through art across various mediums\, including fashion design\, music\, performances\, films\, paintings and visuals. One of the headlining artists\, Malvika Raj\, is a Dalit artist who challenges the casteist restrictions present in the Madhubani style of painting\, by incorporating pro-Dalit assertions into her intricate and hypnotizing designs. Nazrina Rodjan is a queer Indo-Surinamese artist who integrates the history of indentured labor and femme resilience within her large paintings of indentured Indian women.London-based trans Dalit artist Mya Mehmi from Pxssy Palace will be one of four guest DJs and performers at the opening reception dance party in collaboration with Discostan’s Arshia Fatima Haq. Dalit Dreamlands is a historic event that marks one of the first queer Dalit-centered spaces to exist in California.*Dalit is a caste marker for caste-oppressed communities formerly known as Untouchables\, Adivasi refers to tribes who are indigenous to South Asia\, and Bahujan is an umbrella term that includes all caste-oppressed communities. CURATORManu KaurEXHIBITING ARTISTSRinku Kumari\, Jessie Sohpaul\, Shivam Kamble\, Nazrina Rodjan\, Manpreet Singh\, Malvika Raj\, Seema Mattu\, Mya Mehmi\, Seema Hari\, Shyama Kuver\, Akhil Kang\, Kaushik Tadvi\, Rahee Punyashloka\, Aravind Chedayan\, Ajay Madhukar Dhoke\, Shweta Ashokraj\, Kamna Singh\, Anika Nawar Ullah\, Aindriya Barua\, Ramnath Siddi\, Siddi Tribe of Karnataka\, Nrithya Pillai\, Dalit Queer Project\, Parth Pawar\, Imaan Abbasi\, Sri Vamsi Matta\, R V Purusothaman (Purushu Arie)\, Shradha Raj\, Jay Sagathia\, Dee Chawla\, Mia Kaur\, Riri Kumbhar\, Rohini bhadarge\, John Spencer\, Kulpreet Rana\, & Simrah FarrukhEvent graphic by Parth Pawar. Opening Reception DatesApril 6\, 2024:5:30 PM – 7:30 PM @ Oakland Asian Cultural Center6:00 PM – 8:00 PM @ ARTogether\, Oakland Both venues are only 4 blocks away from each other. Enjoy both in the same evening! ZINDAGI DANCE PARTYApril 6\, 2024 from 8:00 PM – 1:00 AM @ 7th West\, OaklandFeaturing Dalit Bahujan DJs: DJ Anjali\, DJ Arshia\, and DJ Seema Hari \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register URL:https://oacc.cc/event/oacc-movie-nights-nailed-it/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/20200110NailedItThumbnail.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191224T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200101T235900 DTSTAMP:20191126T013935Z CREATED:20191126T013935Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191126T013935Z UID:7368-1577145600-1577923140@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Closed for Holidays DESCRIPTION:Dalit dreamlands: toward an anti-caste future \n \n \n \n Asian American Women Artists Association (AAWAA)\, ARTogether\, Discostan\, and Oakland Asian Cultural Center co-presents “Dalit Dreamlands: Toward an Anti-Caste Future” – a landmark multimedia Dalit art exhibition and dance party that will bring together over 30 multiply marginalized artists from Dalit*\, Adivasi*\, Bahujan*\, Afro-Indian\, Indo-Caribbean\, and Muslim communities to showcase the depths of creativity and community.Dalit Dreamlands\, curated by Manu Kaur (they/them) and supported through AAWAA’s Emerging Curator’s Program\, will center queer and trans caste abolitionist futurisms through art across various mediums\, including fashion design\, music\, performances\, films\, paintings and visuals. One of the headlining artists\, Malvika Raj\, is a Dalit artist who challenges the casteist restrictions present in the Madhubani style of painting\, by incorporating pro-Dalit assertions into her intricate and hypnotizing designs. Nazrina Rodjan is a queer Indo-Surinamese artist who integrates the history of indentured labor and femme resilience within her large paintings of indentured Indian women.London-based trans Dalit artist Mya Mehmi from Pxssy Palace will be one of four guest DJs and performers at the opening reception dance party in collaboration with Discostan’s Arshia Fatima Haq. Dalit Dreamlands is a historic event that marks one of the first queer Dalit-centered spaces to exist in California.*Dalit is a caste marker for caste-oppressed communities formerly known as Untouchables\, Adivasi refers to tribes who are indigenous to South Asia\, and Bahujan is an umbrella term that includes all caste-oppressed communities. CURATORManu KaurEXHIBITING ARTISTSRinku Kumari\, Jessie Sohpaul\, Shivam Kamble\, Nazrina Rodjan\, Manpreet Singh\, Malvika Raj\, Seema Mattu\, Mya Mehmi\, Seema Hari\, Shyama Kuver\, Akhil Kang\, Kaushik Tadvi\, Rahee Punyashloka\, Aravind Chedayan\, Ajay Madhukar Dhoke\, Shweta Ashokraj\, Kamna Singh\, Anika Nawar Ullah\, Aindriya Barua\, Ramnath Siddi\, Siddi Tribe of Karnataka\, Nrithya Pillai\, Dalit Queer Project\, Parth Pawar\, Imaan Abbasi\, Sri Vamsi Matta\, R V Purusothaman (Purushu Arie)\, Shradha Raj\, Jay Sagathia\, Dee Chawla\, Mia Kaur\, Riri Kumbhar\, Rohini bhadarge\, John Spencer\, Kulpreet Rana\, & Simrah FarrukhEvent graphic by Parth Pawar. Opening Reception DatesApril 6\, 2024:5:30 PM – 7:30 PM @ Oakland Asian Cultural Center6:00 PM – 8:00 PM @ ARTogether\, Oakland Both venues are only 4 blocks away from each other. Enjoy both in the same evening! ZINDAGI DANCE PARTYApril 6\, 2024 from 8:00 PM – 1:00 AM @ 7th West\, OaklandFeaturing Dalit Bahujan DJs: DJ Anjali\, DJ Arshia\, and DJ Seema Hari \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register URL:https://oacc.cc/event/closed-for-holidays/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191220T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191220T200000 DTSTAMP:20191226T211117Z CREATED:20191114T224025Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191226T211117Z UID:7337-1576866600-1576872000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:The Southeast Asian Diaspora DESCRIPTION:Dalit dreamlands: toward an anti-caste future \n \n \n \n Asian American Women Artists Association (AAWAA)\, ARTogether\, Discostan\, and Oakland Asian Cultural Center co-presents “Dalit Dreamlands: Toward an Anti-Caste Future” – a landmark multimedia Dalit art exhibition and dance party that will bring together over 30 multiply marginalized artists from Dalit*\, Adivasi*\, Bahujan*\, Afro-Indian\, Indo-Caribbean\, and Muslim communities to showcase the depths of creativity and community.Dalit Dreamlands\, curated by Manu Kaur (they/them) and supported through AAWAA’s Emerging Curator’s Program\, will center queer and trans caste abolitionist futurisms through art across various mediums\, including fashion design\, music\, performances\, films\, paintings and visuals. One of the headlining artists\, Malvika Raj\, is a Dalit artist who challenges the casteist restrictions present in the Madhubani style of painting\, by incorporating pro-Dalit assertions into her intricate and hypnotizing designs. Nazrina Rodjan is a queer Indo-Surinamese artist who integrates the history of indentured labor and femme resilience within her large paintings of indentured Indian women.London-based trans Dalit artist Mya Mehmi from Pxssy Palace will be one of four guest DJs and performers at the opening reception dance party in collaboration with Discostan’s Arshia Fatima Haq. Dalit Dreamlands is a historic event that marks one of the first queer Dalit-centered spaces to exist in California.*Dalit is a caste marker for caste-oppressed communities formerly known as Untouchables\, Adivasi refers to tribes who are indigenous to South Asia\, and Bahujan is an umbrella term that includes all caste-oppressed communities. CURATORManu KaurEXHIBITING ARTISTSRinku Kumari\, Jessie Sohpaul\, Shivam Kamble\, Nazrina Rodjan\, Manpreet Singh\, Malvika Raj\, Seema Mattu\, Mya Mehmi\, Seema Hari\, Shyama Kuver\, Akhil Kang\, Kaushik Tadvi\, Rahee Punyashloka\, Aravind Chedayan\, Ajay Madhukar Dhoke\, Shweta Ashokraj\, Kamna Singh\, Anika Nawar Ullah\, Aindriya Barua\, Ramnath Siddi\, Siddi Tribe of Karnataka\, Nrithya Pillai\, Dalit Queer Project\, Parth Pawar\, Imaan Abbasi\, Sri Vamsi Matta\, R V Purusothaman (Purushu Arie)\, Shradha Raj\, Jay Sagathia\, Dee Chawla\, Mia Kaur\, Riri Kumbhar\, Rohini bhadarge\, John Spencer\, Kulpreet Rana\, & Simrah FarrukhEvent graphic by Parth Pawar. Opening Reception DatesApril 6\, 2024:5:30 PM – 7:30 PM @ Oakland Asian Cultural Center6:00 PM – 8:00 PM @ ARTogether\, Oakland Both venues are only 4 blocks away from each other. Enjoy both in the same evening! ZINDAGI DANCE PARTYApril 6\, 2024 from 8:00 PM – 1:00 AM @ 7th West\, OaklandFeaturing Dalit Bahujan DJs: DJ Anjali\, DJ Arshia\, and DJ Seema Hari \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register URL:https://oacc.cc/event/the-southeast-asian-diaspora/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/20191220SEAsianDiaspora_WebsiteThumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191206T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191206T203000 DTSTAMP:20191212T194525Z CREATED:20191206T223316Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191212T194525Z UID:7385-1575658800-1575664200@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Everybody\, Everybody: A community dance workshop DESCRIPTION:Dalit dreamlands: toward an anti-caste future \n \n \n \n Asian American Women Artists Association (AAWAA)\, ARTogether\, Discostan\, and Oakland Asian Cultural Center co-presents “Dalit Dreamlands: Toward an Anti-Caste Future” – a landmark multimedia Dalit art exhibition and dance party that will bring together over 30 multiply marginalized artists from Dalit*\, Adivasi*\, Bahujan*\, Afro-Indian\, Indo-Caribbean\, and Muslim communities to showcase the depths of creativity and community.Dalit Dreamlands\, curated by Manu Kaur (they/them) and supported through AAWAA’s Emerging Curator’s Program\, will center queer and trans caste abolitionist futurisms through art across various mediums\, including fashion design\, music\, performances\, films\, paintings and visuals. One of the headlining artists\, Malvika Raj\, is a Dalit artist who challenges the casteist restrictions present in the Madhubani style of painting\, by incorporating pro-Dalit assertions into her intricate and hypnotizing designs. Nazrina Rodjan is a queer Indo-Surinamese artist who integrates the history of indentured labor and femme resilience within her large paintings of indentured Indian women.London-based trans Dalit artist Mya Mehmi from Pxssy Palace will be one of four guest DJs and performers at the opening reception dance party in collaboration with Discostan’s Arshia Fatima Haq. Dalit Dreamlands is a historic event that marks one of the first queer Dalit-centered spaces to exist in California.*Dalit is a caste marker for caste-oppressed communities formerly known as Untouchables\, Adivasi refers to tribes who are indigenous to South Asia\, and Bahujan is an umbrella term that includes all caste-oppressed communities. CURATORManu KaurEXHIBITING ARTISTSRinku Kumari\, Jessie Sohpaul\, Shivam Kamble\, Nazrina Rodjan\, Manpreet Singh\, Malvika Raj\, Seema Mattu\, Mya Mehmi\, Seema Hari\, Shyama Kuver\, Akhil Kang\, Kaushik Tadvi\, Rahee Punyashloka\, Aravind Chedayan\, Ajay Madhukar Dhoke\, Shweta Ashokraj\, Kamna Singh\, Anika Nawar Ullah\, Aindriya Barua\, Ramnath Siddi\, Siddi Tribe of Karnataka\, Nrithya Pillai\, Dalit Queer Project\, Parth Pawar\, Imaan Abbasi\, Sri Vamsi Matta\, R V Purusothaman (Purushu Arie)\, Shradha Raj\, Jay Sagathia\, Dee Chawla\, Mia Kaur\, Riri Kumbhar\, Rohini bhadarge\, John Spencer\, Kulpreet Rana\, & Simrah FarrukhEvent graphic by Parth Pawar. Opening Reception DatesApril 6\, 2024:5:30 PM – 7:30 PM @ Oakland Asian Cultural Center6:00 PM – 8:00 PM @ ARTogether\, Oakland Both venues are only 4 blocks away from each other. Enjoy both in the same evening! ZINDAGI DANCE PARTYApril 6\, 2024 from 8:00 PM – 1:00 AM @ 7th West\, OaklandFeaturing Dalit Bahujan DJs: DJ Anjali\, DJ Arshia\, and DJ Seema Hari \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register URL:https://oacc.cc/event/everybody-everybody-a-community-dance-workshop/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/everybdy_dec6.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191206T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191206T203000 DTSTAMP:20191212T194518Z CREATED:20191104T231324Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191212T194518Z UID:7314-1575657000-1575664200@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Wherever There's A Fight: 10th Anniversary Reading DESCRIPTION:Dalit dreamlands: toward an anti-caste future \n \n \n \n Asian American Women Artists Association (AAWAA)\, ARTogether\, Discostan\, and Oakland Asian Cultural Center co-presents “Dalit Dreamlands: Toward an Anti-Caste Future” – a landmark multimedia Dalit art exhibition and dance party that will bring together over 30 multiply marginalized artists from Dalit*\, Adivasi*\, Bahujan*\, Afro-Indian\, Indo-Caribbean\, and Muslim communities to showcase the depths of creativity and community.Dalit Dreamlands\, curated by Manu Kaur (they/them) and supported through AAWAA’s Emerging Curator’s Program\, will center queer and trans caste abolitionist futurisms through art across various mediums\, including fashion design\, music\, performances\, films\, paintings and visuals. One of the headlining artists\, Malvika Raj\, is a Dalit artist who challenges the casteist restrictions present in the Madhubani style of painting\, by incorporating pro-Dalit assertions into her intricate and hypnotizing designs. Nazrina Rodjan is a queer Indo-Surinamese artist who integrates the history of indentured labor and femme resilience within her large paintings of indentured Indian women.London-based trans Dalit artist Mya Mehmi from Pxssy Palace will be one of four guest DJs and performers at the opening reception dance party in collaboration with Discostan’s Arshia Fatima Haq. Dalit Dreamlands is a historic event that marks one of the first queer Dalit-centered spaces to exist in California.*Dalit is a caste marker for caste-oppressed communities formerly known as Untouchables\, Adivasi refers to tribes who are indigenous to South Asia\, and Bahujan is an umbrella term that includes all caste-oppressed communities. CURATORManu KaurEXHIBITING ARTISTSRinku Kumari\, Jessie Sohpaul\, Shivam Kamble\, Nazrina Rodjan\, Manpreet Singh\, Malvika Raj\, Seema Mattu\, Mya Mehmi\, Seema Hari\, Shyama Kuver\, Akhil Kang\, Kaushik Tadvi\, Rahee Punyashloka\, Aravind Chedayan\, Ajay Madhukar Dhoke\, Shweta Ashokraj\, Kamna Singh\, Anika Nawar Ullah\, Aindriya Barua\, Ramnath Siddi\, Siddi Tribe of Karnataka\, Nrithya Pillai\, Dalit Queer Project\, Parth Pawar\, Imaan Abbasi\, Sri Vamsi Matta\, R V Purusothaman (Purushu Arie)\, Shradha Raj\, Jay Sagathia\, Dee Chawla\, Mia Kaur\, Riri Kumbhar\, Rohini bhadarge\, John Spencer\, Kulpreet Rana\, & Simrah FarrukhEvent graphic by Parth Pawar. Opening Reception DatesApril 6\, 2024:5:30 PM – 7:30 PM @ Oakland Asian Cultural Center6:00 PM – 8:00 PM @ ARTogether\, Oakland Both venues are only 4 blocks away from each other. Enjoy both in the same evening! ZINDAGI DANCE PARTYApril 6\, 2024 from 8:00 PM – 1:00 AM @ 7th West\, OaklandFeaturing Dalit Bahujan DJs: DJ Anjali\, DJ Arshia\, and DJ Seema Hari \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register URL:https://oacc.cc/event/wherever-theres-a-fight-10th-anniversary-reading/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/20191206WTIAF_WebsiteThumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191128T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191201T235900 DTSTAMP:20191126T013528Z CREATED:20180126T013348Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191126T013528Z UID:7366-1574899200-1575244740@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Closed for Thanksgiving DESCRIPTION:Dalit dreamlands: toward an anti-caste future \n \n \n \n Asian American Women Artists Association (AAWAA)\, ARTogether\, Discostan\, and Oakland Asian Cultural Center co-presents “Dalit Dreamlands: Toward an Anti-Caste Future” – a landmark multimedia Dalit art exhibition and dance party that will bring together over 30 multiply marginalized artists from Dalit*\, Adivasi*\, Bahujan*\, Afro-Indian\, Indo-Caribbean\, and Muslim communities to showcase the depths of creativity and community.Dalit Dreamlands\, curated by Manu Kaur (they/them) and supported through AAWAA’s Emerging Curator’s Program\, will center queer and trans caste abolitionist futurisms through art across various mediums\, including fashion design\, music\, performances\, films\, paintings and visuals. One of the headlining artists\, Malvika Raj\, is a Dalit artist who challenges the casteist restrictions present in the Madhubani style of painting\, by incorporating pro-Dalit assertions into her intricate and hypnotizing designs. Nazrina Rodjan is a queer Indo-Surinamese artist who integrates the history of indentured labor and femme resilience within her large paintings of indentured Indian women.London-based trans Dalit artist Mya Mehmi from Pxssy Palace will be one of four guest DJs and performers at the opening reception dance party in collaboration with Discostan’s Arshia Fatima Haq. Dalit Dreamlands is a historic event that marks one of the first queer Dalit-centered spaces to exist in California.*Dalit is a caste marker for caste-oppressed communities formerly known as Untouchables\, Adivasi refers to tribes who are indigenous to South Asia\, and Bahujan is an umbrella term that includes all caste-oppressed communities. CURATORManu KaurEXHIBITING ARTISTSRinku Kumari\, Jessie Sohpaul\, Shivam Kamble\, Nazrina Rodjan\, Manpreet Singh\, Malvika Raj\, Seema Mattu\, Mya Mehmi\, Seema Hari\, Shyama Kuver\, Akhil Kang\, Kaushik Tadvi\, Rahee Punyashloka\, Aravind Chedayan\, Ajay Madhukar Dhoke\, Shweta Ashokraj\, Kamna Singh\, Anika Nawar Ullah\, Aindriya Barua\, Ramnath Siddi\, Siddi Tribe of Karnataka\, Nrithya Pillai\, Dalit Queer Project\, Parth Pawar\, Imaan Abbasi\, Sri Vamsi Matta\, R V Purusothaman (Purushu Arie)\, Shradha Raj\, Jay Sagathia\, Dee Chawla\, Mia Kaur\, Riri Kumbhar\, Rohini bhadarge\, John Spencer\, Kulpreet Rana\, & Simrah FarrukhEvent graphic by Parth Pawar. Opening Reception DatesApril 6\, 2024:5:30 PM – 7:30 PM @ Oakland Asian Cultural Center6:00 PM – 8:00 PM @ ARTogether\, Oakland Both venues are only 4 blocks away from each other. Enjoy both in the same evening! ZINDAGI DANCE PARTYApril 6\, 2024 from 8:00 PM – 1:00 AM @ 7th West\, OaklandFeaturing Dalit Bahujan DJs: DJ Anjali\, DJ Arshia\, and DJ Seema Hari \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register URL:https://oacc.cc/event/closed-for-thanksgiving/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191123T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191123T163000 DTSTAMP:20191125T195628Z CREATED:20191023T005331Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191125T195628Z UID:7280-1574517600-1574526600@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Body\, Mind\, Spirit: Healing Through Martial Arts DESCRIPTION:Dalit dreamlands: toward an anti-caste future \n \n \n \n Asian American Women Artists Association (AAWAA)\, ARTogether\, Discostan\, and Oakland Asian Cultural Center co-presents “Dalit Dreamlands: Toward an Anti-Caste Future” – a landmark multimedia Dalit art exhibition and dance party that will bring together over 30 multiply marginalized artists from Dalit*\, Adivasi*\, Bahujan*\, Afro-Indian\, Indo-Caribbean\, and Muslim communities to showcase the depths of creativity and community.Dalit Dreamlands\, curated by Manu Kaur (they/them) and supported through AAWAA’s Emerging Curator’s Program\, will center queer and trans caste abolitionist futurisms through art across various mediums\, including fashion design\, music\, performances\, films\, paintings and visuals. One of the headlining artists\, Malvika Raj\, is a Dalit artist who challenges the casteist restrictions present in the Madhubani style of painting\, by incorporating pro-Dalit assertions into her intricate and hypnotizing designs. Nazrina Rodjan is a queer Indo-Surinamese artist who integrates the history of indentured labor and femme resilience within her large paintings of indentured Indian women.London-based trans Dalit artist Mya Mehmi from Pxssy Palace will be one of four guest DJs and performers at the opening reception dance party in collaboration with Discostan’s Arshia Fatima Haq. Dalit Dreamlands is a historic event that marks one of the first queer Dalit-centered spaces to exist in California.*Dalit is a caste marker for caste-oppressed communities formerly known as Untouchables\, Adivasi refers to tribes who are indigenous to South Asia\, and Bahujan is an umbrella term that includes all caste-oppressed communities. CURATORManu KaurEXHIBITING ARTISTSRinku Kumari\, Jessie Sohpaul\, Shivam Kamble\, Nazrina Rodjan\, Manpreet Singh\, Malvika Raj\, Seema Mattu\, Mya Mehmi\, Seema Hari\, Shyama Kuver\, Akhil Kang\, Kaushik Tadvi\, Rahee Punyashloka\, Aravind Chedayan\, Ajay Madhukar Dhoke\, Shweta Ashokraj\, Kamna Singh\, Anika Nawar Ullah\, Aindriya Barua\, Ramnath Siddi\, Siddi Tribe of Karnataka\, Nrithya Pillai\, Dalit Queer Project\, Parth Pawar\, Imaan Abbasi\, Sri Vamsi Matta\, R V Purusothaman (Purushu Arie)\, Shradha Raj\, Jay Sagathia\, Dee Chawla\, Mia Kaur\, Riri Kumbhar\, Rohini bhadarge\, John Spencer\, Kulpreet Rana\, & Simrah FarrukhEvent graphic by Parth Pawar. Opening Reception DatesApril 6\, 2024:5:30 PM – 7:30 PM @ Oakland Asian Cultural Center6:00 PM – 8:00 PM @ ARTogether\, Oakland Both venues are only 4 blocks away from each other. Enjoy both in the same evening! ZINDAGI DANCE PARTYApril 6\, 2024 from 8:00 PM – 1:00 AM @ 7th West\, OaklandFeaturing Dalit Bahujan DJs: DJ Anjali\, DJ Arshia\, and DJ Seema Hari \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register URL:https://oacc.cc/event/body-mind-spirit-healing-through-martial-arts/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/20191123MartialArtsThumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191123 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200201 DTSTAMP:20200203T201307Z CREATED:20191104T231749Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200203T201307Z UID:7321-1574467200-1580515199@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Calligraphies in Conversation: Wisdom of the East DESCRIPTION:Dalit dreamlands: toward an anti-caste future \n \n \n \n Asian American Women Artists Association (AAWAA)\, ARTogether\, Discostan\, and Oakland Asian Cultural Center co-presents “Dalit Dreamlands: Toward an Anti-Caste Future” – a landmark multimedia Dalit art exhibition and dance party that will bring together over 30 multiply marginalized artists from Dalit*\, Adivasi*\, Bahujan*\, Afro-Indian\, Indo-Caribbean\, and Muslim communities to showcase the depths of creativity and community.Dalit Dreamlands\, curated by Manu Kaur (they/them) and supported through AAWAA’s Emerging Curator’s Program\, will center queer and trans caste abolitionist futurisms through art across various mediums\, including fashion design\, music\, performances\, films\, paintings and visuals. One of the headlining artists\, Malvika Raj\, is a Dalit artist who challenges the casteist restrictions present in the Madhubani style of painting\, by incorporating pro-Dalit assertions into her intricate and hypnotizing designs. Nazrina Rodjan is a queer Indo-Surinamese artist who integrates the history of indentured labor and femme resilience within her large paintings of indentured Indian women.London-based trans Dalit artist Mya Mehmi from Pxssy Palace will be one of four guest DJs and performers at the opening reception dance party in collaboration with Discostan’s Arshia Fatima Haq. Dalit Dreamlands is a historic event that marks one of the first queer Dalit-centered spaces to exist in California.*Dalit is a caste marker for caste-oppressed communities formerly known as Untouchables\, Adivasi refers to tribes who are indigenous to South Asia\, and Bahujan is an umbrella term that includes all caste-oppressed communities. CURATORManu KaurEXHIBITING ARTISTSRinku Kumari\, Jessie Sohpaul\, Shivam Kamble\, Nazrina Rodjan\, Manpreet Singh\, Malvika Raj\, Seema Mattu\, Mya Mehmi\, Seema Hari\, Shyama Kuver\, Akhil Kang\, Kaushik Tadvi\, Rahee Punyashloka\, Aravind Chedayan\, Ajay Madhukar Dhoke\, Shweta Ashokraj\, Kamna Singh\, Anika Nawar Ullah\, Aindriya Barua\, Ramnath Siddi\, Siddi Tribe of Karnataka\, Nrithya Pillai\, Dalit Queer Project\, Parth Pawar\, Imaan Abbasi\, Sri Vamsi Matta\, R V Purusothaman (Purushu Arie)\, Shradha Raj\, Jay Sagathia\, Dee Chawla\, Mia Kaur\, Riri Kumbhar\, Rohini bhadarge\, John Spencer\, Kulpreet Rana\, & Simrah FarrukhEvent graphic by Parth Pawar. Opening Reception DatesApril 6\, 2024:5:30 PM – 7:30 PM @ Oakland Asian Cultural Center6:00 PM – 8:00 PM @ ARTogether\, Oakland Both venues are only 4 blocks away from each other. Enjoy both in the same evening! ZINDAGI DANCE PARTYApril 6\, 2024 from 8:00 PM – 1:00 AM @ 7th West\, OaklandFeaturing Dalit Bahujan DJs: DJ Anjali\, DJ Arshia\, and DJ Seema Hari \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register URL:https://oacc.cc/event/calligraphies-in-conversation-wisdom-of-the-east/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Digital-Social-Media-600x600.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191122T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191122T203000 DTSTAMP:20191126T190055Z CREATED:20191011T045014Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191126T190055Z UID:7254-1574443800-1574454600@oacc.cc SUMMARY:OACC Friendsgiving DESCRIPTION:Dalit dreamlands: toward an anti-caste future \n \n \n \n Asian American Women Artists Association (AAWAA)\, ARTogether\, Discostan\, and Oakland Asian Cultural Center co-presents “Dalit Dreamlands: Toward an Anti-Caste Future” – a landmark multimedia Dalit art exhibition and dance party that will bring together over 30 multiply marginalized artists from Dalit*\, Adivasi*\, Bahujan*\, Afro-Indian\, Indo-Caribbean\, and Muslim communities to showcase the depths of creativity and community.Dalit Dreamlands\, curated by Manu Kaur (they/them) and supported through AAWAA’s Emerging Curator’s Program\, will center queer and trans caste abolitionist futurisms through art across various mediums\, including fashion design\, music\, performances\, films\, paintings and visuals. One of the headlining artists\, Malvika Raj\, is a Dalit artist who challenges the casteist restrictions present in the Madhubani style of painting\, by incorporating pro-Dalit assertions into her intricate and hypnotizing designs. Nazrina Rodjan is a queer Indo-Surinamese artist who integrates the history of indentured labor and femme resilience within her large paintings of indentured Indian women.London-based trans Dalit artist Mya Mehmi from Pxssy Palace will be one of four guest DJs and performers at the opening reception dance party in collaboration with Discostan’s Arshia Fatima Haq. Dalit Dreamlands is a historic event that marks one of the first queer Dalit-centered spaces to exist in California.*Dalit is a caste marker for caste-oppressed communities formerly known as Untouchables\, Adivasi refers to tribes who are indigenous to South Asia\, and Bahujan is an umbrella term that includes all caste-oppressed communities. CURATORManu KaurEXHIBITING ARTISTSRinku Kumari\, Jessie Sohpaul\, Shivam Kamble\, Nazrina Rodjan\, Manpreet Singh\, Malvika Raj\, Seema Mattu\, Mya Mehmi\, Seema Hari\, Shyama Kuver\, Akhil Kang\, Kaushik Tadvi\, Rahee Punyashloka\, Aravind Chedayan\, Ajay Madhukar Dhoke\, Shweta Ashokraj\, Kamna Singh\, Anika Nawar Ullah\, Aindriya Barua\, Ramnath Siddi\, Siddi Tribe of Karnataka\, Nrithya Pillai\, Dalit Queer Project\, Parth Pawar\, Imaan Abbasi\, Sri Vamsi Matta\, R V Purusothaman (Purushu Arie)\, Shradha Raj\, Jay Sagathia\, Dee Chawla\, Mia Kaur\, Riri Kumbhar\, Rohini bhadarge\, John Spencer\, Kulpreet Rana\, & Simrah FarrukhEvent graphic by Parth Pawar. Opening Reception DatesApril 6\, 2024:5:30 PM – 7:30 PM @ Oakland Asian Cultural Center6:00 PM – 8:00 PM @ ARTogether\, Oakland Both venues are only 4 blocks away from each other. Enjoy both in the same evening! ZINDAGI DANCE PARTYApril 6\, 2024 from 8:00 PM – 1:00 AM @ 7th West\, OaklandFeaturing Dalit Bahujan DJs: DJ Anjali\, DJ Arshia\, and DJ Seema Hari \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register URL:https://oacc.cc/event/oacc-friendsgiving/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Friendsgiving-Instagram-Post.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191120T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191120T200000 DTSTAMP:20191206T221959Z CREATED:20191031T204339Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191206T221959Z UID:7306-1574272800-1574280000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Transgressions on Humanity Reception DESCRIPTION:Dalit dreamlands: toward an anti-caste future \n \n \n \n Asian American Women Artists Association (AAWAA)\, ARTogether\, Discostan\, and Oakland Asian Cultural Center co-presents “Dalit Dreamlands: Toward an Anti-Caste Future” – a landmark multimedia Dalit art exhibition and dance party that will bring together over 30 multiply marginalized artists from Dalit*\, Adivasi*\, Bahujan*\, Afro-Indian\, Indo-Caribbean\, and Muslim communities to showcase the depths of creativity and community.Dalit Dreamlands\, curated by Manu Kaur (they/them) and supported through AAWAA’s Emerging Curator’s Program\, will center queer and trans caste abolitionist futurisms through art across various mediums\, including fashion design\, music\, performances\, films\, paintings and visuals. One of the headlining artists\, Malvika Raj\, is a Dalit artist who challenges the casteist restrictions present in the Madhubani style of painting\, by incorporating pro-Dalit assertions into her intricate and hypnotizing designs. Nazrina Rodjan is a queer Indo-Surinamese artist who integrates the history of indentured labor and femme resilience within her large paintings of indentured Indian women.London-based trans Dalit artist Mya Mehmi from Pxssy Palace will be one of four guest DJs and performers at the opening reception dance party in collaboration with Discostan’s Arshia Fatima Haq. Dalit Dreamlands is a historic event that marks one of the first queer Dalit-centered spaces to exist in California.*Dalit is a caste marker for caste-oppressed communities formerly known as Untouchables\, Adivasi refers to tribes who are indigenous to South Asia\, and Bahujan is an umbrella term that includes all caste-oppressed communities. CURATORManu KaurEXHIBITING ARTISTSRinku Kumari\, Jessie Sohpaul\, Shivam Kamble\, Nazrina Rodjan\, Manpreet Singh\, Malvika Raj\, Seema Mattu\, Mya Mehmi\, Seema Hari\, Shyama Kuver\, Akhil Kang\, Kaushik Tadvi\, Rahee Punyashloka\, Aravind Chedayan\, Ajay Madhukar Dhoke\, Shweta Ashokraj\, Kamna Singh\, Anika Nawar Ullah\, Aindriya Barua\, Ramnath Siddi\, Siddi Tribe of Karnataka\, Nrithya Pillai\, Dalit Queer Project\, Parth Pawar\, Imaan Abbasi\, Sri Vamsi Matta\, R V Purusothaman (Purushu Arie)\, Shradha Raj\, Jay Sagathia\, Dee Chawla\, Mia Kaur\, Riri Kumbhar\, Rohini bhadarge\, John Spencer\, Kulpreet Rana\, & Simrah FarrukhEvent graphic by Parth Pawar. Opening Reception DatesApril 6\, 2024:5:30 PM – 7:30 PM @ Oakland Asian Cultural Center6:00 PM – 8:00 PM @ ARTogether\, Oakland Both venues are only 4 blocks away from each other. Enjoy both in the same evening! ZINDAGI DANCE PARTYApril 6\, 2024 from 8:00 PM – 1:00 AM @ 7th West\, OaklandFeaturing Dalit Bahujan DJs: DJ Anjali\, DJ Arshia\, and DJ Seema Hari \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register URL:https://oacc.cc/event/transgressions-on-humanity-reception/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/201910TransgressionsThumbnail.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191117T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191117T200000 DTSTAMP:20191121T004841Z CREATED:20190921T160210Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191121T004841Z UID:7185-1574013600-1574020800@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Family Sacrifices: Book Talk with Dr. Russell Jeung DESCRIPTION:Dalit dreamlands: toward an anti-caste future \n \n \n \n Asian American Women Artists Association (AAWAA)\, ARTogether\, Discostan\, and Oakland Asian Cultural Center co-presents “Dalit Dreamlands: Toward an Anti-Caste Future” – a landmark multimedia Dalit art exhibition and dance party that will bring together over 30 multiply marginalized artists from Dalit*\, Adivasi*\, Bahujan*\, Afro-Indian\, Indo-Caribbean\, and Muslim communities to showcase the depths of creativity and community.Dalit Dreamlands\, curated by Manu Kaur (they/them) and supported through AAWAA’s Emerging Curator’s Program\, will center queer and trans caste abolitionist futurisms through art across various mediums\, including fashion design\, music\, performances\, films\, paintings and visuals. One of the headlining artists\, Malvika Raj\, is a Dalit artist who challenges the casteist restrictions present in the Madhubani style of painting\, by incorporating pro-Dalit assertions into her intricate and hypnotizing designs. Nazrina Rodjan is a queer Indo-Surinamese artist who integrates the history of indentured labor and femme resilience within her large paintings of indentured Indian women.London-based trans Dalit artist Mya Mehmi from Pxssy Palace will be one of four guest DJs and performers at the opening reception dance party in collaboration with Discostan’s Arshia Fatima Haq. Dalit Dreamlands is a historic event that marks one of the first queer Dalit-centered spaces to exist in California.*Dalit is a caste marker for caste-oppressed communities formerly known as Untouchables\, Adivasi refers to tribes who are indigenous to South Asia\, and Bahujan is an umbrella term that includes all caste-oppressed communities. CURATORManu KaurEXHIBITING ARTISTSRinku Kumari\, Jessie Sohpaul\, Shivam Kamble\, Nazrina Rodjan\, Manpreet Singh\, Malvika Raj\, Seema Mattu\, Mya Mehmi\, Seema Hari\, Shyama Kuver\, Akhil Kang\, Kaushik Tadvi\, Rahee Punyashloka\, Aravind Chedayan\, Ajay Madhukar Dhoke\, Shweta Ashokraj\, Kamna Singh\, Anika Nawar Ullah\, Aindriya Barua\, Ramnath Siddi\, Siddi Tribe of Karnataka\, Nrithya Pillai\, Dalit Queer Project\, Parth Pawar\, Imaan Abbasi\, Sri Vamsi Matta\, R V Purusothaman (Purushu Arie)\, Shradha Raj\, Jay Sagathia\, Dee Chawla\, Mia Kaur\, Riri Kumbhar\, Rohini bhadarge\, John Spencer\, Kulpreet Rana\, & Simrah FarrukhEvent graphic by Parth Pawar. Opening Reception DatesApril 6\, 2024:5:30 PM – 7:30 PM @ Oakland Asian Cultural Center6:00 PM – 8:00 PM @ ARTogether\, Oakland Both venues are only 4 blocks away from each other. Enjoy both in the same evening! ZINDAGI DANCE PARTYApril 6\, 2024 from 8:00 PM – 1:00 AM @ 7th West\, OaklandFeaturing Dalit Bahujan DJs: DJ Anjali\, DJ Arshia\, and DJ Seema Hari \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register URL:https://oacc.cc/event/family-sacrifices-book-talk-with-dr-russell-jeung/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/20191117FamilySacrificesThumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR