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SUMMARY:Quarantini Mixer: Celebrating with Food and Drink
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \n“Celebrating with Food and Drink” Featuring Chef Tu David Phu\, Adam “Boots” Brogan\, and Alkali Rye\nOACC is excited to bring you Quarantini Mixer — an online mixology class and social club! To close out the Lunar New Celebration\, this mixer focuses on “Celebrating with Food and Drink” — learn how to make wontons at home from Chef Tu David Phu! Afterward\, learn how to pair your meal with a tasty cocktail you can make at home using a cocktail kit from Alkali Rye as demonstrated by Adam Brogan! Cocktail kit includes (4oz) San Zanj – a tropical and bright Haitian Clairin rum\, (4oz) Greenbar Orange liqueur\, (4oz) Smith & Cross Jamaican Rum\, (3) limes\, (8oz) Coco Lopez\, and (4oz) Small Hands food pineapple syrup—makes a total of 4 servings. \nOn Friday\, February 19 at 6:00 pm\, come hang out with us over zoom and enjoy a signature drink with a cocktail kit from Alkali Rye ($35 value). As you learn how to make wontons and ways to pair a tasty cocktail\, you will also get a chance to win great auction items and raffle prizes! This event is a virtual fundraiser\, in which proceeds from ticket sales and auction support OACC and Alkali Rye. Read “OUR STORY” to learn more. \n\nGENERAL ADMISSION INCLUDES ZOOM LINK ACCESS TO EVENT/DEMO ON FEBRUARY 19\, RECIPE FOR WONTON RECIPE\, COCKTAIL KIT\, AND RAFFLE TICKET.\nPRICE:\n\n$10 — Bring-your-own-cocktail Admission: Zoom link access and wonton recipe\n$45 — General Admission and of Alkali Rye cocktail kit\, wonton recipe\, and raffle ticket ready for pick up at OACC.\n$55 — General admission and delivery service by OACC Staff of Alkali Rye cocktail kit\, wonton recipe\, and raffle ticket in a 10-mile radius of Oakland\, CA\n$65 — General admission and delivery service by OACC Staff of Alkali Rye cocktail kit\, wonton recipe\, and raffle ticket in a 15-mile radius of Oakland\, CA\n$75 — General admission and delivery service by OACC Staff of Alkali Rye cocktail kit\, wonton recipe\, and raffle ticket in a 25-mile radius of Oakland\, CA\n\nIMPORTANT DELIVERY NOTE:  The delivery service ends at 3 pm on Friday\, February 19. The delivery pricing covers staff mileage based on distance and a small portion serves as a general donation towards OACC’s programs.  \nDeadline to place pick-up & delivery orders: Wednesday\, February 17 at 6:00 pm \nRAFFLE PRIZE:\nWe will call 4 lucky winners to win a gift bag of the following items: \n(1) Friendsgiving Box\, (1) set of Red Boat Fish Sauce & Salt\, and (1) Bottle of white wine \nLIVE AUCTION ITEMS:\n1) Han Huang\, Five Bulls hand-made paper scroll. Value: $100; Opening Bid: $45[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”CLICK TO R.S.V.P.” color=”warning” size=”lg” align=”center” button_block=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Foacc.liveimpact.org%2Fli%2F8737%2Fsevent%2Fevt%2Fhome%2F161227%2F69||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \n\n\nSpecial thanks to our New Year Celebration sponsors who helped make our programming possible:\nPresenting Sponsor\n\nPlatinum Sponsor\n\nSilver Sponsor\n\nAnders Yang\, JD in memory of Dr. Pai Cheng Shen\nFriends of Lincoln Square Park\n\nBronze Sponsor\n\nThe Asian and Pacific Islander Staff Association at UCOP\nOCA-Eas Bay\nWa Sung Community Service Club | Oakland\n\nMedia Sponsor\n\nInquirer.net\n\nIn-Kind Community Sponsor\n\nKevin Oskow – Martech Consulting and Deployment\nUnited Vietnamese Student Associations of Northern California\n\n\n\n  \n\nReturn to OACC’s Lunar New Year page\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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SUMMARY:OACC 2021 Lunar New Year Celebration
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \n\nOACC is celebrating the Lunar New Year differently this year!\n\nHappy Lunar New Year | 恭喜發財 新年快樂 (Gong Xi Fa Cai! Xin Nian Kuai Le!) | Chúc mừng năm mới | 새해 복 많이 받으세요 | Шинэ жилийн баярын мэнд хvргэе | 明けおめ ことよろ | Losar Bey Tashi Delek\n\n\n\nHappy Year of the Ox to all! OACC envisions vibrant\, healthy\, and just communities where diverse APIA identities and heritage are affirmed and celebrated. Due to COVID-19 challenges\, we are shifting our celebration to a week-long festival of virtual/online programs that highlight various Asian countries that celebrate the Lunar New Year such as China\, Vietnam\, Korea\, and more. Together with our community partners and local artists\, OACC will present engaging\, diverse pre-recorded content with performances\, demonstrations\, and more accessible content linked to the schedule thumbnails below.\n\n\n\nAll week long (and beyond)\, we hope you engage with us and support AAPI-owned and AAPI-ally businesses\, artists\, and creatives who are our beloved community.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\nFill out our survey by Friday\, March 19\, 2021 at 5pm PST to be entered into a special raffle drawing for OACC-exclusive goods!\n\n\n\n\nEnjoy our kick-off broadcast originally aired on Friday\, February 12\, 2021. \n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]CONTENT SCHEDULE: \nAll pre-recorded content is about 15-30 minutes long ~ but we encourage you to explore the pages for any downloadable activities or visit the Virtual Community Night Market to support our community!\n[/vc_column_text][vc_gallery type=”image_grid” images=”9186\,9210\,9213\,9197\,9222\,9189\,9190\,9191\,9201″ img_size=”350×350″ onclick=”custom_link” custom_links_target=”_blank” custom_links=”#E-8_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”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nAbout the Virtual Community Night Market\nThe Virtual Community Night Market (Night Market) will be a virtual “one-stop-shop” marketplace featuring Oakland/Bay Area-based and Oakland values-inspired businesses and creatives from AAPI-owned and AAPI-ally restaurants and small businesses\, including BIPOC businesses and artists. The Virtual Community Night Market will serve as an online directory\, which will be active from February 12\, 2021\, to April 19\, 2021\, timing its first and final weeks with OACC’s new year-related programming in mid-February and mid-April. \nTo participate as a virtual vendor\, please fill out this google form. There is a $30 vendor booth fee associated with the application. We will still be accepting vendors even after the launch.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nBecome a New Year Celebration Sponsor!\nTo undertake such an initiative requires the assistance and partnership of more than 20 local artists\, organizations\, and instructors as well as financial support to offset various event costs such as tech equipment and artists’ stipends. Support of the OACC New Year Celebration will provide your organization or company with an effective way to communicate your message and service to thousands of potential customers in the Bay Area. New Year sponsors will receive a range of recognition and benefits. We look forward to working with your team to ensure that your organization is highlighted to the maximum level possible. Click here to learn more.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nSpecial thanks to our New Year Celebration sponsors who helped make our programming possible:\nPresenting Sponsor\n\nPlatinum Sponsor\n\nSilver Sponsor\n\nAnders Yang\, JD in memory of Dr. Pai Cheng Shen\nFriends of Lincoln Square Park\n\nBronze Sponsor\n\nThe Asian and Pacific Islander Staff Association at UCOP\nOCA-East Bay\nWa Sung Community Service Club | Oakland\n\nMedia Sponsor\n\nInquirer.net\n\nIn-Kind Community Sponsor\n\nKevin Oskow – Martech Consulting and Deployment\nUnited Vietnamese Student Associations of Northern California\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://oacc.cc/event/oacc-lny-2021/
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SUMMARY:Lincoln School 2021 Lunar New Year Art Contest
DESCRIPTION:Historically hosted by Wa Sung Service Club\, Lincoln School’s annual Lunar New Year student art contest will be virtually presented in partnership with OACC for 2021 in light of the continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Winners will be announced by Oakland Asian Cultural Center (OACC) at Lincoln Elementary School’s Virtual Lunar New Year Celebration on Tuesday\, February 9th starting at 7pm. Winners will have their art displayed in OACC’s front windows and all entries will be published online. \nLearn more about Lincoln Elementary School. \nView all entries here!
URL:https://oacc.cc/event/virtual-lincoln-school-lny-art-contest/
CATEGORIES:Past Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210122T180000
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SUMMARY:"Padmavyuha": A Conversation Behind the Scenes
DESCRIPTION:Watch the recording here. \nIn “Padmavyuha”\, a mysterious phone call draws an Indian-American religious studies professor into a dark labyrinth of mystic Indian puzzles\, the answers to which will reveal a nefarious global conspiracy – and shake the foundations of the world’s biggest religions. \nGo behind the scenes with director Raj Krishna\, producer Sean O’Hare\, and lead actor Nikhil Prakash to learn about the making of this short film. Shot entirely in San Jose\, CA\, “Padmavyuha” world premiered as the opening night gala film at the International Indian Film Festival of Toronto (IIFFT) on August 9\, 2020\, and went on to play at festivals such as the Silicon Valley Asian Pacific Film Festival\, the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne\, and the Indian Film Festival of Cincinnati. \nAbout the Speakers \n \nRaj Krishna is a producer\, writer and director. Raj began his career by producing several shorts and documentaries which played at film festivals around the world and won awards. Raj then transitioned into writing with his cannibal horror script Varna Heights\, which was selected as one of ten projects to be featured at the India’s Film Bazaar Co-Production Market in 2019. In 2020\, Raj directed his first film\, Padmavyuha\, starring Nikhil Prakash\, Ross and Pooja Batra. Padmavyuha was shot entirely in San Jose\, CA\, and world premiered as the opening night gala film at the International Indian Film Festival of Toronto (IIFFT) on August 9\, 2020. \n  \n \nBorn and raised in San Jose\, CA\, Sean O’Hare graduated from San Jose State University with a BA in Sociology. Soon after\, he accepted an internship and gradually became the Senior Producer of Guerilla Wanderers Films\, a full service production company in the San Francisco Bay Area. Working at Guerilla Wanderers Films for over 10 years\, Sean produced over 100 projects\, which include; commercials\, music videos\, films\, and shows. With these projects\, he has also won over 50 awards through many prestigious film festivals. Sean currently is a freelance Producer working with various production companies and agencies in California and New York\, running under his alias\, “Sean the Producer” (www.seantheproducer.com). Sean has worked with several Asian-American directors\, including Pari Mathur on his feature film Lucky Fifty (world premiered at Cinequest)\, and Raj Krishna on his debut film Padmavyuha. \n  \n \nNikhil Prakash is an award-winning filmmaker\, producer and actor known for his roles in NCIS: New Orleans (2014)\, Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders (2016) and MacGyver (2016). He is the lead actor for Padmavyuha\, playing the role of Professor Shaki Ramdas.
URL:https://oacc.cc/event/padmavyuha-film-talk/
CATEGORIES:Past Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210109T130000
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SUMMARY:Book Talk: Women and the Legacy of Imperialism in the Pacific
DESCRIPTION:Missed it? Click here to view the recording \nAt the southern end of the Japanese archipelago lies Okinawa\, host to a vast complex of U.S. military bases. A legacy of World War II\, these bases have been a fraught issue for decades—with tensions exacerbated by the often volatile relationship between islanders and the military\, especially after the brutal rape of a 12-year-old girl by three servicemen in 1995. In Night in the American Village\, Akemi Johnson takes readers deep into the “border towns” surrounding the bases—a world where cultural and political fault lines compel individuals\, both Japanese and American\, to continually renegotiate their own identities. \nJoining Akemi in conversation is author of Green Island and former Fulbright scholar\, Shawna Yang Ryan. In a story that sweeps across six decades and two continents\, Green Island traces the course of Taiwan’s history\, from the end of Japanese colonial rule\, to the decades under martial law\, and finally to Taiwan’s transformation into a democracy. This lush\, lyrical novel depicts a family and a nation grappling with the nuances of complicity and survival\, raising the question: How far would you be willing to go for the ones you love? \n\nAbout the Authors \n \nAKEMI JOHNSON is the author of Night in the American Village: Women in the Shadow of the U.S. Military Bases in Okinawa\, which has been shortlisted for the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing. Akemi has contributed to The Nation\, NPR’s All Things Considered and Code Switch\, Travel + Leisure\, Roads & Kingdoms\, Anthony Bourdain’s Explore Parts Unknown\, and other publications. She has been the recipient of a Fulbright grant to Japan\, a Pushcart Prize nomination\, and the James D. Phelan Award from the San Francisco Foundation.  Akemi earned an MFA in fiction writing from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and an AB in East Asian Studies from Brown University. She has taught writing at the George Washington University\, the University of Hawaii at Manoa\, and the University of Iowa. She lives with her husband and daughter in Northern California. Learn more about Akemi. \n \nSHAWNA YANG RYAN is a former Fulbright scholar and the author of Water Ghosts (Penguin Press 2009) and Green Island (Knopf 2016). She teaches in the Creative Writing Program at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa. Her work has received the Association for Asian American Studies Best Book Award in Creative Writing\, the Elliot Cades Emerging Writer award\, and an American Book Award. Learn more about Shawna.
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SUMMARY:Closed for Holidays
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SUMMARY:Celebrating Our HeART-filled Heritage: Vanessa Vân-Ánh Võ
DESCRIPTION:Emmy Award-winning musician Vanessa Vân-Ánh Võ kicks off OACC’s new performing arts series by sharing original music featuring Vietnamese instruments such as the đàn tranh (Vietnamese zither). A fearless musical explorer\, Vân-Ánh Võ is an award-winning performer of the 16-string đàn tranh (zither) and an Emmy Award-winning composer who has collaborated with Kronos Quartet\, Alonzo King LINES Ballet\, and Yo-Yo Ma. In addition to her mastery of the đàn tranh\, she also uses the monochord (đàn bầu)\, bamboo xylophone (đàn t’rung)\, traditional drums (trống) and many other instruments to create music that blends the wonderfully unique sounds of Vietnamese instruments with other genres\, and fuses deeply rooted Vietnamese musical traditions with fresh new structures and compositions. \nHer performance will be followed by audience dialogue in partnership with the United Vietnamese Student Association | Northern California. \nMore about Vân-Ánh Võ: https://www.vananhvo.com/bio. \n \n  \n\n  \nAbout the Series \n“Celebrating Our HeART-filled Heritage” champions local Asian and Asian Pacific Islander performing artists\, with the goal of providing a platform for accomplished local performing artists and exposing our diverse community in the East Bay to compelling\, culturally relevant artists and performances that inspire intergenerational and cross-cultural exchange. The performing arts series is supported in part by the Walter and Elise Haas Fund. \nRSVP to receive the Zoom link. Donations are appreciated and no one will be turned away for lack of funds.
URL:https://oacc.cc/event/heart-filled-heritage-series-van-anh-vo/
CATEGORIES:Past Events
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SUMMARY:Quarantini Mixer: Beer Tasting 101 With Trappist
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \n“The Theory Of Beer” Featuring The Trappist\nOACC is excited to bring you Quarantini Mixer — an online social club! This mixer focuses on “The Theory of Beer” — learn the basics of beer tasting featuring Ruben Dominguez from The Trappist! \nOn Friday\, December 4 at 5:00 pm\, come hang out with us over zoom\, enjoy a flight of beer\, and get a chance to win great auction items and raffle prizes! This event is a virtual fundraiser\, in which proceeds from ticket sales and auction support both Trappist and OACC. \nGENERAL ADMISSION INCLUDES ZOOM LINK ACCESS TO EVENT/TASTING ON DECEMBER 4TH\, A FLIGHT OF BEER OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEER\, RAFFLE TICKET FOR A CHANCE TO WIN SOME SWAG & TRAPPIST DRINKING GLASSES. \nPRICE:\n$35 — General Admission: a ready-for-pick-up flight of beer (3 bottles) or non-alcoholic beer (1-2 bottles) ($25 value) from Trappist​ and a raffle ticket for a chance to win Trappist swag and a home-brewing kit\n$45 — General Admission and delivery service by OACC Staff of Trappist flight and raffle ticket in a 10-mile radius of Oakland\, CA\n$55 — General Admission and delivery service by OACC Staff of Trappist flight and raffle ticket in a 15-mile radius of Oakland\, CA\n$65 — General Admission and delivery service by OACC Staff of Trappist flight and raffle ticket in a 25-mile radius of Oakland\, CA \nIMPORTANT DELIVERY NOTE: Please order by Wednesday\, December 2. The delivery service ends at 2 pm on Friday\, December 4. The delivery prices cover staff mileage based on distance and a small portion serves as a general donation towards OACC’s programs. \nDeadline to place pick-up & delivery orders: Wednesday\, Dec. 2 at 6:00 pm \nRAFFLE PRIZE:\nTrappist Drinking Glasses and Swag \nLIVE AUCTION ITEMS:\n1) Vintage Beer from Trappist. Qty: 1\n2) Home Beer Brewing Kit & Kombucha Brewing Kit. Qty: 1[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”CLICK TO R.S.V.P.” color=”warning” size=”lg” align=”center” button_block=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Foacc.liveimpact.org%2Fli%2F8737%2Fsevent%2Fevt%2Fhome%2F154104%2F69||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://oacc.cc/event/quarantini-mixer-beer-tasting-101-with-trappist/
CATEGORIES:Past Events
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SUMMARY:Closed for Thanksgiving
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201123T170000
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SUMMARY:Quiz For a Cause! Trivia Night with Geeks Who Drink
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \n\n\nOn Monday\, November 23rd\, OACC is raising money with the power of a well-attended pub quiz – now on Zoom!\n\nQuiz For A Cause is our philanthropic endeavor to unite geeks with great individuals\, charities\, and organizations in their community who want to raise funds towards a worthy goal – all while showing off how smart you are.\n\nThe Oakland Asian Cultural Center (OACC) is the only pan-Asian arts and cultural center in the East Bay\, welcoming over 25\,000 guests each year. We aim to build a stronger\, more vibrant community through robust arts\, cultural\, and social justice programming to connect different generations\, cultures\, and identities. Your ticket purchase goes towards ensuring OACC’s continued innovation and our staff’s ability to provide critical online programming for East Bay API communities. Since the COVID-19 outbreak\, there has been a noted rise in reports of racism\, violence\, and discrimination against APIA communities throughout the country. Now more than ever\, OACC’s mission\, commitment\, and dedication towards the APIA community of artists\, culture\, and social justice is most important. We have initiated several new projects including the “Open E.A.R.S. for Change” anti-racism series\, a performing arts series featuring four accomplished local API artists\, and building virtual educational resources to remotely stand-in for our suspended school tours program. We are newly imagining exhibitions to be virtually accessible and exploring remote-friendly presentation formats to elevate and support the visual arts while our physical space remains closed.\nYou can donate directly here: https://oacc.liveimpact.org/fundraiser/li/8737/D/113686\n\nPlease follow the link to our Monday\, 11/23 event\, scheduled at 6pm Mountain. https://withribbon.com/s/14348\nLook for the Quiz For A Cause logo! And look for more fundraisers coming soon… it’s a strange world right now and we still need to help wherever we can. You can help us do that while playing pub quiz in the safety of your own home!\n\nThe rest of this is the usual Zoom Quiz FAQ!\n\nFAQ\nHow do we play?\nVirtual quizzes are run live on Zoom. We will use Zoom’s breakout rooms to create a private space for you and your team. Plan to play solo? Breakout rooms can get lonely by yourself\, instead of a breakout room you’ll get to party down in the main room with the Quizmasters.\n\nHow do I get the room link?\nThe link will be embedded in the confirmation email you receive after purchase.\n\nHow do we communicate during the quiz?\nAfter each round is over\, we’ll send you into breakout rooms with your teams* to discuss the answers before submitting them. We’ll even give you a copy of the questions to review while you’re there. You won’t be able to talk during the round though\, so feel free to take notes while you’re playing.\n\nHow do I submit my answers?\nWhen you enter the Zoom meeting we’ll provide you the link for the night’s digital answer sheet. Only one person will need to fill it out.\n\nHow do you prevent cheating?\nWe have a very\, very complex system that detects cheaters with 99.999% accuracy. We could explain how it works but\, you know\, character limits…\n\nHow long is the quiz?\nAbout 90 minutes\, with five rounds of six questions and an 8 question visual round.\n\nWhat are the team sizes?\nTeams can be up to 6 people.\n\nDo I have to buy tickets for my whole team?\nNo\, you can buy 1-6 tickets each.\n\nCan I add more people to my team later?\nYes\, but we do recommend purchasing all tickets at once. Either the team captain may purchase additional tickets\, or an individual can purchase a ticket and join an existing team by providing the team name.\n\nCan I join after the quiz starts?\nSorry\, no. Ticket sales close 1 hour prior to the start time so we can prepare the quiz.\n\nCan I change my team name?\nAgain\, sorry\, no. We’ll ask for your team name at checkout and will use that name to create a team’s breakout room.\n\nAre there any prizes?\nBragging rights galore… and the winning team will get to choose their victory song\, played to close out the quiz.\n\nWhat is your refund policy?\nAll purchases are final. In the event of a cancellation\, or technical issues on our end that prevent the quiz from continuing\, refunds will be processed as soon as possible.\n\nI didn’t find my answer here.\nThat’s totally intentional. We love hearing from you so drop us a line at virtual@geekswhodrink.com and we can talk about it!\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”Click to R.S.V.P.” color=”warning” size=”lg” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwithribbon.com%2Fs%2F14348%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR3sKGwwFaFQa1-8eZ_zXHGWTgxzHPOlz–ZS904U_iPWvQb-qePcDbuPFY||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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SUMMARY:Write Now! SF Bay: Claim Ourselves\, Connect with Each Other
DESCRIPTION:View the recording. \nA virtual presentation by the Oakland Asian Cultural Center in partnership with Asian Health Services and the UC Berkeley Public Service Center. \nThe San Francisco Bay Area is 60% people of color. How can we connect with ourselves and each other during this time of unceasing change? What can we learn from each other about the rich multicultural history of the Bay Area? Beyond the headlines are personal stories that help us truly see the overlooked\, reclaim hidden histories\, and support each other with compassion. Listen to the realities of these Black\, Latinx and Asian Americans\, and then share your own perspectives by submitting to Write Now!’s upcoming anthology: Essential Truths: The Bay Area in Color (Submissions open Oct 15-Dec 31). \nFeaturing: \nShizue Seigel\, director of Write Now! SF Bay \nRoberto Lovato\, author of Unforgetting: A Memoir of Family\, Migration\, Gangs and Revolution in the Americas \nSandra Bass\, PhD\, director of UC Berkley Public Service Center \nMark Harris\, San Francisco artist and social activist \nDr. Sriram Shanasunder\, Co-founder of UCSF HEAL Initiative \nSpecialty Mental Health Clinic of Asian Health Services \nReadings and discussion by the panelists will be followed by a creative writing exercise where the audience can share their own essential truths as a person of color or an ally. \nThis workshop is presented in partnership with Write Now! SF Bay\, Asian Health Services\, and University of California Public Service Center. This project was made possible with support from California Humanities\, a partner of the NEH. Visit www.calhum.org \nNOTE: The workshop will be hosted on Zoom and YouTube Live with a suggested donation of $10 to help support our presenters\, organizers\, tech and labor costs. No one will be turned away for lack of funds. \n\nSPEAKERS \n\n \nShizue Seigel is a Japanese American writer born just after her family’s release from WWII incarceration. She’s led community writing projects for Centers for Disease Control/UCSF\, National Japanese American Historical Society\, African American Arts & Culture Complex\, and others. She was written or edited six books\, and her memoir and poetry have been widely published elsewhere.  She directs Write Now! SF Bay\, which supports Bay Area writers of color through workshops\, events and anthologies. \nRecent Works: \nCIVIL LIBERTIES UNITED\, Pease Press\, San Francisco\, 2019. www.peasepress/com \nENDANGERED SPECIES\, ENDURING VALUES. Pease Press\, San Francisco\, 2018\n“Who Do You Think You Are?”\, L. D. Green and Kelechi Ubozoh\, eds\, \nWe’ve Been Too Patient: Voices From Radical Mental Health – Stories and Research Challenging the Biomedical Model\, North Atlantic Books 2019 \n“Swimming in the New Normal\,” Deborah Santa\, ed\, All the Women in My Family Sing\, NTTB Press 2018.   https://aerbook.com/maker/productcard-3248263-3202.html \nWrite Now! SF Bay\, fiscally sponsored by Intersection for the Arts\, has supported civil liberties and social justice though community stories since 2015 under the direction of  Shizue Seigel\, a third-generation Japanese American whose family was incarcerated by the U.S. government during World War II. Racism survives by suppressing stories. To increase compassion and community\, we must claim and share all of our stories. \nSubmissions for a new anthology\, Essential Truths: The San Francisco Bay Area in Color\, are open Nov 15-Dec 31. More information to come at https:/ www.WriteNowSF.com \nWrite Now! SF Bay’s anthologies (https://www.writenowsf.com/buy-books): \nCIVIL LIBERTIES UNITED: Diverse Voices from the San Francisco Bay Area \nEdited by Shizue Seigel • Pease Press\, San Francisco\, 2019 \n300pp (with 60+ b/w images).     ISBN: 978-0-9904173-9-2 \n​200+ works of prose\, poetry and visual art by 100 San Francisco Bay Area \nwriters/artists of color and allies responding to today’s erosion of civil liberties. \nhttps://www.writenowsf.com/civil-liberties-united \nENDANGERED SPECIES\, ENDURING VALUES: San Francisco Area Writers and Artists of Color \nEdited by Shizue Seigel • Pease Press\, San Francisco\, 2018 \n272 pp. (90 color pages).      ISBN: 978-0-9904173-4-7 \n150+ works of prose\, poetry\, art and photography by 70 creatives of color responding to the question “What keeps  your going in hard times?” https://www.writenowsf.com/endangered-species-anthology \nSTANDING STRONG! FILLMORE & JAPANTOWN \nEdited by Shizue Seigel • Pease Press\, San Francisco\,\n140pp. (with b/w artwork)      ISBN: 978-0-9904173-2-3. \nExploring multiple layers of displacement in two San Francisco neighborhoods impacted by immigration\, World War II incarceration and migration\, redevelopment\, and gentrification. \nOut of print. Excerpts here: https://www.writenowsf.com/read \n  \n \nRoberto Lovato’s Unforgetting (Harper Collins) was hailed by the NY Times as a “groundbreaking memoir.” Lovato is an educator\, journalist and writer based at The Writers Grotto in San Francisco. As a Co-Founder of #DignidadLiteraria\, he helped build a movement advocating for equity & literary justice for the more than 60 million Latinx persons left off of bookshelves in the U.S. and out of the national dialogue. A recipient of a reporting grant from the Pulitzer Center\, Lovato has reported on numerous issues—violence\, terrorism\, the drug war and the refugee crisis—from around the hemisphere and the world. https://robertolovato.com/ \n\n\nUnforgetting: A Memoir of Family\, Migration\, Gangs and Revolution in the Americas \nRoberto Lovato \nHarper Collins (2020) \nISBN : 0062938479 \nRoberto Lovato’s memoir excavates family history and reveals the intimate stories beneath headlines about gang violence and mass Central American migration\, one of the most important\, yet least-understood humanitarian crises of our time. The child of Salvadoran immigrants\, Roberto Lovato grew up in 1970s and 80s San Francisco as MS-13 and other notorious Salvadoran gangs were forming in California. In his teens\, he lost friends to the escalating violence\, and survived acts of brutality himself. He eventually traded the violence of the streets for human rights advocacy in wartime El Salvador. Upon his return\, he channeled his own pain into activism and journalism\, focusing on how trauma affects individual lives and societies. \n  \n\n \nDr. Sandra Bass currently serves as Associate Dean of Students and Director of the Public Service Center at UC Berkeley. Upon receiving her doctorate in political science\, Dr. Bass was appointed as an assistant professor of Criminology and Political Science at the University of Maryland\, College Park\, where she integrated service learning into both her undergraduate and graduate courses. In 2002 Sandra joined the David and Lucile Packard Foundation\, and in 2010 she was selected to lead the Foundation’s girl’s education\, women’s leadership\, and reproductive health program in Sub-Saharan Africa\, and later was appointed the executive director of Teach With Africa\, an organization focused on cross cultural learning for K-12 teachers in the US and South Africa. Sandra has published numerous articles and essays in academic journals and on various platforms\, and has co-edited three volumes. She currently serves on the regional board of Multiplying Good\, the UC Berkeley Chancellor’s Community Partnership Fund\, the Osher Center for Lifelong Learning Diversity and Equity Advisory Board. She is also a nonviolence trainer and educator. Sandra holds a BA from San Jose State University\, and an MA and PhD from UC Berkeley\, all in political science. \nReadings: \nhttps://paceebene.org/blog/2020/6/29/an-open-letter-to-my-neighbor-who-accused-me-of-stealing \nhttps://blogs.berkeley.edu/2020/06/05/we-need-to-move-from-ritualized-responses-to-reparations/ \nhttps://www.laprogressive.com/empire-consciousness/ \n  \n \nMark Harris is an award-winning artist\, activist and educator. He has combined his passions for art making and activism to create a unique visual vocabulary that he uses to engage his audience on critical issues facing society today. He has established a strong independent voice and is one of the San Francisco Bay Area’s most controversial artists. The Metro Silicon Valley News called his work “brilliantly subversive.” His evocative\, elegant and dynamic creations have caught the eye of international and domestic art collectors alike. A native of Durham\, N.C. Harris grew up in Atlanta\, Georgia\, but he now lives in San Francisco\, California. \nhttp://www.artofmarkharris.com \nhttp://www.theartivistsf.com \nhttp://www.artofmarkharris.com \nSocial Media: MarkHarrisArt \nhttp://cbldf.org/2017/02/california-school-district-removes-black-history-month-art-exhibit-after-parent-complaints/ \nhttps://openspace.sfmoma.org/2017/05/state-of-denial/ \n  \n \nDr. Sriram Shamasunder\, Co-founder\, UCSF HEAL\, is a doctor/poet who started writing poetry during college at UC Berkeley where he studied and taught with June Jordan’s Poetry for the People. He is an Associate Professor of Medicine at University of California\, San Francisco\, and co-founder of the HEAL Initiative\, a health workforce strengthening fellowship working in Navajo Nation and 7 countries around the world. \n  \nAsian Health ServicesSpecialty Mental Health Services division provides mental health services to Medi-Cal clients in Alameda County since July 1\, 2016. Their clinicians and staff work collaboratively with AHS medical providers\, dental providers\, and behavioral specialists to provide specialized services to children\, youth and adults experiencing moderate to severe mental health illness\, including: assessment\, therapy\, medication\, case management\, crisis intervention\, hotline response\, prevention and education\, advocacy\, support and referral services. \nMore about AHS’ Specialty Mental Health: https://asianhealthservices.org/specialty-mental-health-clinic/
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CATEGORIES:Past Events
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SUMMARY:San Francisco's Chinatown: Resilience\, Survival\, and Celebration
DESCRIPTION:View the event recording. \nNewly-released photo documentary book\, San Francisco’s Chinatown\, brings history\, culture\, tourism\, and traditions to life with never-seen-before images. In this dynamic slideshow with commentary\, project originator and photographer Dick Evans and New York Times freelance writer Kathy Chin Leong shed light on a community that has proven to be resilient against all odds. Participants are encouraged to pull up a computer\, pour a cup of jasmine tea\, and cut a slice of mooncake while enjoying this one-hour romp\, celebrating Chinatown’s past\, present\, and future. \nPresented in partnership with Heyday Books. Learn more and purchase the book. \nThis event was broadcast on Zoom and YouTube Live. \n\nAbout Dick Evans\, the Photographer\nDick Evans is a San Francisco–based photographer with an interest in documenting the colorful and rapidly changing neighborhoods of the city. Born into a ranching family in Eugene\, Oregon\, he graduated as an engineer from Oregon State University and subsequently obtained a master’s degree in management from Stanford. He has spent his fifty-year career in the global metals sector\, living in five countries and multiple locations in Africa\, Europe\, and North America. It was during these travels that he developed an appreciation for the diversity and richness of different culture—both global and local—and an interest in documentary photography. \nAbout Kathy Chin Leong\, the Writer\nKathy Chin Leong\, a lifetime career journalist\, covers travel\, technology\, business\, art and architecture\, and anything that piques her interest.  Her writing has been published in the New York Times\, Los Angeles Times\, National Geographic Books\, Sunset Magazine\, and other nationally-recognized publications.  Growing up in a bi-cultural environment\, Chinese at home and American at school\, she is typical of many ABCs who struggled with identity issues and eventually learned to embrace their Chinese heritage.  While she has travelled the globe to the Middle East\, Europe and Asia\, rediscovering her Chinatown roots through collaboration on this book has been the journey of a lifetime.  She lives in Sunnyvale\, California. \nAbout Heyday\nHeyday is an independent\, nonprofit publisher founded in 1974 in Berkeley\, California. Heyday promotes civic engagement and social justice\, celebrates nature’s beauty\, supports California Indian cultural renewal\, and explores the state’s rich history\, culture\, and influence. Heyday works to realize the California dream of equity and enfranchisement. For more information\, visit its website: heydaybooks.com/
URL:https://oacc.cc/event/sf-chinatown-book-talk/
CATEGORIES:Past Events
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SUMMARY:140 LBS: How Beauty Killed My Mother Virtual Screening
DESCRIPTION:OACC is excited to bring 140 LBS: How Beauty Killed My Mother to a broader API audience through a virtual screening event hosted on Saturday\, November 14. The solo theater work is written and performed by Susan Lieu\, a first-generation American born to Vietnamese refugees. The performance weaves together several through-lines: inter-generational trauma; parent-child relationships; body insecurity and shame; repression and healing from personal loss; lack of accountability in the medical system; Vietnamese folkloric practice of spirit channeling. \nTwo hours into surgery\, Susan’s mother loses oxygen to her brain and the plastic surgeon deliberately does not call 9-1-1 for fourteen minutes. Five days later\, while in a coma\, she flatlines. The surgeon is charged with medical negligence and her family falls apart; no one talks about what happened. Nineteen years later on her wedding day\, Susan’s mother’s seat sits empty and Susan realizes she can no longer ignore what she’s always wanted: to know who her mother was. Sifting through thousands of deposition pages and reaching out to the killer’s family\, Susan uncovers the painful truth of her mother\, herself\, and the impossible ideal of Vietnamese feminine beauty. \n140 LBS speaks to a wide variety of communities as it lies at the intersection of different identities and lived experiences. The show brings forth questions of medical ethics\, psychology\, family narrative\, and gender\, and intersects with theater and performance\, memory studies\, Vietnamese language and culture\, mental health and wellness\, female empowerment\, trauma and healing\, and Asian American identity. \nThis program is supported by a grant from the Alameda County Arts Commission \n \n\nBefore the screening event\, OACC will host a preview of the screening with a virtual panel discussion on Saturday\, August 29\, from 2-3PM PST via ZOOM. Love Me As I Am: How to Have an Inter-generational Conversation on Beauty Standards and Self-Worth includes panelists Susan Lieu (artist and producer of 140LBS)\, Cindy Nguyen (a postdoctoral fellow teaching Southeast Asian history at Brown University)\, and Nelly Nguyen ( a retired CM analyst and Vietnam War refugee) as they hold difficult conversations about parent-child relationships in Asian families. Inspired by the themes conveyed in 140LBS\, the panel will approach parent-child communication with genuine anecdotes and helpful tools that provide a better understanding of family relationships and improve personal growth for a healthier mindset. \n 
URL:https://oacc.cc/event/140lbs/
CATEGORIES:Past Events
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SUMMARY:Closed for Veterans Day
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201031T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201031T103000
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SUMMARY:Sari-Sari Story Time 2: Kalipay and the Tiniest Tiktik
DESCRIPTION:WATCH THE RECORDING \nEnjoy children’s stories featuring Filipinx folklore narrated by Christina Newhard! Each story is accompanied by fun\, at-home craft activities. This event will be broadcast on YouTube Live. \nFeatured story for October 31st: KALIPAY AND THE TINIEST TIKTIK a Cebuano Tale \nDaydreaming comes easily to Kalipay\, but she doesn’t know how to make bullies leave her alone. One day\, she makes an unusual new friend in Gamay\, who tells the school bully\, Juan\, to stop teasing Kalipay. Other children are afraid of Gamay—her strange tongue\, split body\, and bat wings—but Kalipay is fascinated by the things that make her new friend different. Together they learn how friendship can overcome differences and create happiness for everyone. \nChristina Buhain Newhard is a designer\, publisher\, and former New Yorker who now lives in Oakland. Learn more at www.sarisaristorybooks.com.
URL:https://oacc.cc/event/sari-sari-story-time-2/
CATEGORIES:Past Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201030T180000
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SUMMARY:Banchan Cooking Workshop 2
DESCRIPTION:VIEW WORKSHOP RECORDING \nDownload Oii Muchim recipe \nDownload Pa Kimchi recipe \nJoin Korean cooking instructor Sarah Kim Lee as she teaches simple\, delicious recipes for several types of banchan dishes that you can enjoy making this Fall! Follow Sarah’s cooking activities on Instagram (@sarahkim_lee) and learn more about the new EATogether program that ARTogether has been providing for our communities at www.artogether.org/eatogether/. \nThis event was presented in partnership with ARTogether and was broadcast on Zoom and YouTube Live.
URL:https://oacc.cc/event/banchan-workshop-2/
CATEGORIES:Past Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201024T130000
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SUMMARY:Oakland Chinatown Today\, Oakland Chinatown Tomorrow
DESCRIPTION:View the event recording here. \nOakland Chinatown is at a critical turning point. What are the issues affecting this historic neighborhood and how can we address them? \nModerator William Gee Wong is joined by Ted Dang (Commercial broker/developer\, also EBALDC co-founder)\,  Alvina Wong (APEN Campaign & Organizing Director)\, Tiffany Eng (Friends of Lincoln Park co-founder)\, and Joyce Pisnanont (CAPACD Director of Economic Empowerment) to discuss complex\, interwoven factors such as immigration and gentrification trends affecting Oakland Chinatown. Learn from their expertise and lived experiences as well as discover local resources and ways to support Oakland Chinatown today and tomorrow. Part of the “Community Voices to Empower Change” series. \nThis event is presented in partnership with Eastwind Books of Berkeley and will be broadcast on Zoom and YouTube Live for free with a suggested donation of $5 to help support our program expenses. Donations are appreciated and no one will be turned away for lack of funds. \nThis project was made possible with support from California Humanities\, a non-profit partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Visit calhum.org. \n\nPANELISTS \n     \nPhotos from left to right: Ted Dang\, Alvina Wong\, Tiffany Eng\, and Joyce Pisnanont. \n\nTed Dang is one of the original members of the grass roots group of students and community activists who started the East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation (EBALDC). He is an Oakland native and grew up in the Chinatown area. For over 40 years\, he has been in the commercial real estate business as a broker\, manager\, investor\, and developer as well as involved with organizations such as the Oakland Housing Authority\, Shoong Chinese Cultural Center\, Oakland Chamber of Commerce\, and Family Bridges. \nAlvina Wong is the Campaign & Organizing Director at the Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN). In her role\, she fights the displacement of low-income and working-class Asian immigrants and refugees while building their leadership to fight for environmental justice. Leading her team in intergenerational organizing towards community governance and power at the neighborhood\, city\, and regional levels\, she has led campaigns to stop evictions of SRO tenants and win major community benefits. Alvina began organizing in the Chinese immigrant community as an Eva Lowe Fellow at Chinese Progressive Association\, SF and prior to this\, spent eight years developing and organizing young people around education access and youth incarceration issues. \nSix generations of Tiffany Eng’s family have lived in and around Oakland Chinatown since 1906. She is a co-founder of Friends of Lincoln Square Park\, an exciting initiative to build an expanded recreation center in Oakland Chinatown. She is also a Founding Member of Old Oakland Neighbors\, a Founding Family Member of Yu Ming Mandarin Immersion Public Charter School\, and co-founder of Family Friendly Oakland. She is a passionate advocate for public parks\, civic engagement and family friendly cities. Tiffany earned a Master’s degree in City and Regional Planning from UC Berkeley\, and is a Program Director for Grounded Solutions Network\, a national affordable housing nonprofit dedicated to creating more inclusive and equitable cities. She lives in Oakland with her husband\, two daughters and a pitbull. \n\nJoyce Pisnanont has over 15 years of experience working with Asian Pacific Islander community development organizations\, including for several National CAPACD members in New York\, California\, and Washington. Most recently\, Joyce worked with Seattle Chinatown International District Preservation and Development Authority as the Director of IDEA Space – an economic development resource and design center. Her previous experiences have ranged from fund development and grants management\, to advocacy and community organizing\, to establishing and growing programs that build local leadership capacity. Joyce is a graduate of the University of California\, Berkeley’s Masters in Social Welfare program. \nMODERATOR \n \nWilliam Gee Wong\, a retired journalist and author\, was born and grew up in Oakland\, California’s Chinatown\, and has written for\, among others\, the Wall Street Journal\, Oakland Tribune\, San Francisco Chronicle\, San Francisco Examiner\, Asian Week\, East-West Chinese American Journal. He is author of Yellow Journalist: Dispatches from Asian America\, and Images of America: Oakland’s Chinatown. He is writing a memoir that includes Oakland Chinatown history and the issues of immigration\, race\, exclusion\, inclusion\, multiculturalism\, identity\, and what it means to be American. Headshot Photo Credit: Jim Stevens/Bay Area News Group
URL:https://oacc.cc/event/oakland-chinatown-today-tomorrow/
CATEGORIES:Past Events
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SUMMARY:Sari-Sari Story Time 1: Amina and the City of Flowers
DESCRIPTION:Click here to watch the livestream. \nEnjoy children’s stories featuring Filipinx folklore narrated by Christina Newhard! Each story is accompanied by fun\, at-home craft activities. This event was broadcast on YouTube Live. \nFeatured story for October 24th: Amina and the City of Flowers: a Chavacano Tale \nAmina\, a young Yakan weaver\, is homesick for Basilan\, but she finds inspiration for her loom in the diversity and color of her new home\, Zamboanga City. \nChristina Buhain Newhard is a designer\, publisher\, and former New Yorker who now lives in Oakland. Learn more at www.sarisaristorybooks.com.
URL:https://oacc.cc/event/sari-sari-story-time-1/
CATEGORIES:Past Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201017T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201017T140000
DTSTAMP:20260419T075458
CREATED:20200824T203306Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201019T182442Z
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SUMMARY:Chinatown Pretty Book Talk
DESCRIPTION:Missed the event? Catch the recording here. \nChinatown Pretty features beautiful portraits and heartwarming stories of trend-setting seniors across six Chinatowns located in San Francisco\, Oakland\, Los Angeles\, Chicago\, New York City\, and Vancouver. Andria Lo and Valerie Luu have been interviewing and photographing Chinatown’s most fashionable elders on their blog and Instagram\, Chinatown Pretty\, since 2014. The book talk will be followed by a Q&A session with the audience. \nRSVP to receive the Zoom link to participate in the live Q&A! The event will also be streamed via YouTube Live. \nThis event is presented by OACC in partnership with Eastwind Books of Berkeley. \nFollow the authors at @chinatownpretty (IG) and www.chinatownpretty.com. \n  \nAbout the Authors \nValerie Luu is a writer and one-half of the Vietnamese pop-up restaurant Rice Paper Scissors. She lives in San Francisco. \nAndria Lo is a freelance photographer whose work has been featured in the San Francisco Chronicle\, the New York Times\, and Wired. She lives in Berkeley.
URL:https://oacc.cc/event/chinatown-pretty-book-talk/
CATEGORIES:Past Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201016T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201016T190000
DTSTAMP:20260419T075458
CREATED:20200923T200143Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201024T173258Z
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SUMMARY:Banchan Cooking Workshop 1
DESCRIPTION:Download: Uhmuok Bokkeum recipe \nDownload: Yangpa Jangahjji recipe \nView the recording here. \nWhat is banchan? Find out with this special cooking workshop! \nWatch Korean cooking instructor Sarah Kim Lee as she teaches simple\, delicious recipes for several types of banchan dishes that you can enjoy making this Fall! Workshop details including ingredient list will be shared with RSVPed participants prior to the workshop. Follow Sarah’s cooking activities on Instagram (@sarahkim_lee) and learn more about the new EATogether program that ARTogether has been providing for our communities at www.artogether.org/eatogether/. \nThis event was presented in partnership with ARTogether and broadcasted on Zoom and YouTube Live.
URL:https://oacc.cc/event/banchan-workshop-1/
CATEGORIES:Past Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201012T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201012T193000
DTSTAMP:20260419T075458
CREATED:20200923T225708Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201019T184228Z
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SUMMARY:"In the Land of My Ancestors" Film & Conversation
DESCRIPTION:  \n \nMissed the event? View the recording here. \n“In the Land of my Ancestors” celebrates the living legacy of Ann Marie Sayers\, a beloved Ohlone elder. Ohlone people are not federally recognized as indigenous nations in the San Francisco Bay Area. Ann Marie used the Indian Allotment Act of 1887 to reclaim her traditional land in Indian\nCanyon\, which is the only federally recognized Indian territory for over 300 miles from Sonoma to the coast of Santa Barbara in California. The film screening will be followed by a conversation with filmmaker Ruch Chitnis and special guest Kanyon Sayers-Roods. \nLearn more about Rucha’s work at www.awomanslens.com. \nLearn more about Indian Canyon at www.indiancanyonlife.org. \nThis event was broadcast on Zoom and YouTube Live.
URL:https://oacc.cc/event/in-the-land-of-my-ancestors/
CATEGORIES:Past Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200930
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210101
DTSTAMP:20260419T075458
CREATED:20200813T191011Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211008T184130Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Chuseok Festival Youth Art Contest
DESCRIPTION:Congratulations to our contest winners!\nArtwork Returns: If you submitted a physical artwork\, you can schedule to retrieve your artwork from either OACC (388 Ninth St.\, Ste 290 Oakland 94607) or KCI (1362 Post St\, San Francisco 94109) facilities. Pickups must be requested at least one week in advance and confirmed by an OACC or KCI staff member. Please email programs@oacc.cc or chuseok@koreancentersf.org depending on which location you would like to pick up the artwork. We are unable to mail back artworks.
URL:https://oacc.cc/event/virtual-chuseok-festival-youth-art-contest/
CATEGORIES:Past Exhibitions
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ORGANIZER;CN="Korean Center%2C Inc.":MAILTO:info@koreancentersf.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200925T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200925T190000
DTSTAMP:20260419T075458
CREATED:20200717T182601Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201001T180006Z
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SUMMARY:Quarantini Mixer: Spritz\, Mix\, & Drink From Home with Viridian and OACC
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \n“The Theory of Cocktails” Featuring Viridian\nOACC is excited to bring you Quarantini Mixer — an online mixology class and social club! This first mixer focuses on “The Theory of Cocktails” — learn the foundations of flavor to create easy cocktails at home with everyday ingredients featuring your friends at Viridian! \nOn Friday\, September 25 at 5:00 pm\, come hang out with us over zoom\, enjoy a signature drink while learning how to recreate the tasty libation for yourself at home\, and get a chance to win great auction items and raffle prizes! This event is a virtual fundraiser\, in which proceeds from ticket sales and auction support both Viridian and OACC. \nGENERAL ADMISSION INCLUDES ZOOM LINK ACCESS TO EVENT/DEMO ON SEPTEMBER 25\, RECIPE FOR SIGNATURE COCKTAIL\, RAFFLE TICKET FOR A CHANCE TO WIN SOME VIRIDIAN SWAG & 4 BOTTLES OF WINE \nPRICE:\n$30 — General Admission and a ready-for-pick-up bottled cocktail ($20 value) from Viridian​\n$45 — General admission and delivery service by OACC Staff of Viridian cocktail\, recipe\, and raffle ticket in a 10-mile radius of Oakland\, CA\n$55 — General admission and delivery service by OACC Staff of Viridian cocktail\, recipe\, and raffle ticket in a 15-mile radius of Oakland\, CA\n$65 — General admission and delivery service by OACC Staff of Viridian cocktail\, recipe\, and raffle ticket in a 25-mile radius of Oakland\, CA \nIMPORTANT DELIVERY NOTE: Please order by Thursday\, September 24. The delivery service ends at 2 pm on Friday\, September 25. The delivery fee covers staff mileage and a small portion serves as a general donation towards OACC’s programs. \nDeadline to place all orders: Thursday\, Sept. 24 at 6:00 pm \nRAFFLE PRIZE:\nViridian T-Shirt & Hat plus 4 Wine Bottles and 2 wine glasses \nLIVE AUCTION ITEMS:\n1) Viridian E-Book & 12 piece cocktail kit and stand. Qty: 1 | Value: $90 | Starting Bid: $30 \n2) “Cook at Home with Chef Tu” Kit — $40 digital gift card towards Chef Tu Virtual Cooking Classes and 3 Pack of Tumami Spice Blends: 3 Vietnamese Queen Pineapple Jerky Artisan Vietnamese Fish Sauce [Son Fish Sauce\, 5 oz. bottle]. Qty: 2 | Value: $136 | Starting Bid: $40[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”CLICK TO R.S.V.P.” color=”warning” size=”lg” align=”center” button_block=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Foacc.liveimpact.org%2Fli%2F8737%2Fsevent%2Fevt%2Fhome%2F145430%2F69||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://oacc.cc/event/quarantini-mixer/
CATEGORIES:Past Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200907
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200908
DTSTAMP:20260419T075458
CREATED:20200225T000327Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200225T002843Z
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SUMMARY:Closed for Labor Day
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://oacc.cc/event/labor-day/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200829T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200829T150000
DTSTAMP:20260419T075458
CREATED:20200617T001659Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200908T185823Z
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SUMMARY:Love Me As I Am: How to Have an Inter-generational Conversation on Beauty Standards and Self-Worth
DESCRIPTION:Tickets are free to $5 – Please register here:\nhttps://oacc.liveimpact.org/li/8737/sevent/evt/home/140115/69 \nLove Me As I Am: How to Have an Intergenerational Conversation on Beauty Standards and Self-Worth \nYou look fatter than last time — have you eaten yet? Criticism and ironic love all in one sentence — or is it? Join Susan Lieu\, Cindy Nguyen\, and Nelly Nguyen as they break down real Asian American family conversations\, their meanings across generations\, and practical tools to navigate sad awkward conversations with a hope of emotional connection. \nOn Saturday\, August 29th\, OACC will host a preview of the 140 LBS with a virtual panel discussion on beauty standards\, self-worth\, and how to come out of a conversation feeling more closer. Inspired by the themes conveyed in 140 LBS\, the panel will examine the tension in parent-child communication and share tools to improve relationships while maintaining healthy boundaries. \nSpeakers:\nCindy Nguyen\, a postdoctoral fellow teaching Southeast Asian history at Brown University and creator of Family Notes\, a conversation toolkit to help facilitate intergenerational\, multilingual conversations between loved ones \nNelly Nguyen\, a retired CM analyst\, Vietnam War refugee\, and mother of Thi Bui\, author of The Best We Could Do \nSusan Lieu\, playwright and performer of solo theatrical show 140 LBS: How Beauty Killed My Mother \nOACC is excited to bring “140 LBS: How Beauty Killed My Mother\,” to a broader API audience through a virtual screening event hosted on Saturday\, November 14. The solo theater work is written and performed by Susan Lieu\, a first-generation American born to Vietnamese refugees. The performance weaves together several through-lines: inter-generational trauma; parent-child relationships; body insecurity and shame; repression and healing from personal loss; lack of accountability in the medical system; Vietnamese folkloric practice of spirit channeling. \nThis program is supported by a grant from the Alameda County Arts Commission \n \n\nRead more about the speakers: \n \nSusan Lieu is a Vietnamese-American activist\, playwright\, and performer who tells stories that refuse to be forgotten. With a vision for individual and community healing—made possible through the interplay of comedy and drama—her work delves deeply into the lived realities of body insecurity\, grieving\, and trauma. Her first theatrical solo show\, “140 LBS: HOW BEAUTY KILLED MY MOTHER” is the true story of how her mother died from plastic surgery malpractice when Lieu was 11 years old and her search to find her mother’s killer. Susan self-produced a nearly sold-out 10-city National Tour with press from L.A. Times\, NPR\, The Washington Post (The Lily)\, NBC News\, American Theatre\, and The Seattle Times. Lieu has performed her show and its sequel 51 times to 6000 people in the past year. Her work has been showcased with The Wing Luke Museum\, The Moth at Benaroya Hall\, On The Boards\, and Bumbershoot. Susan has a BA from Harvard\, an MBA from Yale\, and is the co-founder of Socola Chocolatier\, an artisanal chocolate company in San Francisco. \n  \n \nCindy Nguyen is an artist-historian who works between film\, poetry\, and visual narrative. Her scholarship and art defies dominant narrative and meditates on the subtle textures of translation and memory. Her current multimedia project\, “Mẹ [Mom]\, Translated” explores intergenerational language and love. Nguyen’s other major project includes MISS/MIS\, a feminist exploration of all things deemed ‘mis-’ –wrong\, dirty\, or defiant. Her art experiments on translation\, categorical impulses\, and misreading emerged from her Ph.D. at UC Berkeley on Vietnamese libraries and print culture. Her essays\, poetry\, and film have been published in PANK Magazine\, Diacritics\, Ajar Press\, and the Viet Film Festival. Nguyen’s scholarly research has been funded by Fulbright\, Social Science Research Council\, and the National Academy of Education/Spencer. With funding from the Brown Arts Initiative\, Nguyen is currently producing a poetic documentary film on the language of Vietnamese refugee remembrance and history. As a postdoctoral fellow\, she currently teaches Southeast Asian history at Brown University. \n  \n \nNelly Nguyet M. Nguyen came to the U.S. over 42 years ago as a refugee and successfully rebuilt her life through a number of career transitions while raising her family of four children as well as caring for her husband. Now a retired CM analyst\, Nelly lives in California’s Bay Area and enjoys her golden years as a mother and grandmother. Born in Cambodia to Vietnamese parents\, Nelly was raised in pre-Communist Vietnam and attended French private schools throughout her childhood. After graduating from the renowned French prep school Lycee Yersin de Dalat\, she went on to the University of Pedagogy of Saigon and received her Bachelor degree in 1965\, specializing in French literature. She taught French at high schools all over South Vietnam until the country fell to Communist rule in 1975. An idealist who believed in the idea of a de-colonized Vietnam\, Nelly remained in the country and continued to teach through the regime change. Three years later\, having experienced the economic and social decline of the country and seeing no future for her children\, she sought the chance for freedom and escaped Communist Vietnam by boat\, bringing her entire family with her. (The family’s refugee & immigrant story is depicted in the graphic novel The Best We Could Do\, by Thi Bui\, Nelly’s youngest daughter.) Adapting to life in America was not without struggles and challenges\, but Nelly was resolute in her aim to provide her children with a life of opportunities. As is the case with many other immigrants\, she managed to overcome the numerous difficulties with hard work and dedication\, eventually learning to thrive in a rising career. When she looks back on her life now\, Nelly sees her ultimate achievement in her children. To have raised good human beings who are compassionate\, intelligent\, active in their lives and their communities – this is her definition of success and a dream realized. \n  \nModerated by: \n \nTerri Le has been OACC’s Development Manager since September 2019. As a first-generation Vietnamese American\, Terri has a demonstrated history of working in the museum and nonprofit field in the San Francisco Bay and Washington\, D.C. Metropolitan Area. For over ten years\, Terri has worked at notable institutions including the U.S. National Archives\, The Phillips Collection\, Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts and Culture\, VisArts at Rockville\, CalShakes\, Charles M. Schulz Museum\, San Francisco Heritage\, the Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network (DVAN)\, and the Asian Pacific-Islander Americans in Historic Preservation. Passionate about civic service in the arts\, culture\, and humanities field\, she has an M.A. in Museum Studies and M.B.A. focused on Nonprofit Organizational Leadership from John F. Kennedy University.
URL:https://oacc.cc/event/convo-between-generations/
CATEGORIES:Past Events
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200808
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201005
DTSTAMP:20260419T075458
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SUMMARY:San Francisco Beginnings of Korean Immigration (1902-1920)
DESCRIPTION:Click on the banner above to access the virtual exhibit. \nWatch the exhibition overview featuring curator Rosemarie Nahm and special guest Gail Whang: \n \nThis exhibit examines the lesser-known history of the early Korean immigrant community that began right here in the Bay Area. As Japan rose to power in Korea in the early 1900s\, Koreans from diverse backgrounds fled their country and landed in San Francisco. San Francisco Beginnings is a rare glimpse into the lives of these early immigrants\, their community and their legacies. \nCurated by Rosemarie Nahm\, a first generation Korean American who has been researching Korean immigration history since 2015. She is a board member of the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation. \nQuestions about the exhibit? Email Rosemarie at rynahm@gmail.com with the subject line “OACC Exhibit.” \nExhibition sponsored in part by the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in San Francisco and Korean American Community Foundation of San Francisco.
URL:https://oacc.cc/event/san-francisco-beginnings-of-korean-immigration-1902-1920/
LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th Street\, Suite 290\, Oakland\, CA 94607\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607
CATEGORIES:Past Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200725T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200725T150000
DTSTAMP:20260419T075458
CREATED:20200615T212353Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211007T181118Z
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SUMMARY:Healing Around Race: Creative Writing Workshop #2
DESCRIPTION:[vc_btn title=”VIEW RECORDING” color=”warning” align=”center”] \nStruggling to process and confront anti-Black and anti-Asian racism within your social networks? Explore the healing power of creative writing! \n\nThe July 25th workshop focuses on “Stand Together – Creativity and Social Justice”\n\nEth-Noh-Tec storytellers Robert Kikuchi Yngojo and Nancy Wang\, poet Jennifer Hasegawa\, poet/KFPFA journalist Dennis J Bernstein\, poet/musician/KPFA & POO DJ Avotcja discuss how social justice informs their art. \nParticipants will be invited to engage in creative writing exercises around questions like: What arts do you resonate with and why? What are your creative outlets? If I could\, this is the story I’d tell. \nNOTE: The workshop will be hosted on Zoom and YouTube Live with a sliding scale fee of $5~$15 to help support our presenters\, organizers\, tech and labor costs. If you are interested in participating but are unable to afford the ticketing tier\, please email programs@oacc.cc and we would be happy to work with you on making this event accessible. \nThis workshop is presented in partnership with Write Now! SF Bay\, UC Berkeley Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies\, and Eastwind Books of Berkeley. \nRecommended Readings from Eastwind Books of Berkeley. \nTHE ARTISTS \n    \nPhotos from left to right: Robert Kikuchi-Yngojo and Nancy Wang (Eth-Noh-Tec)\, Jennifer Hasegawa\, Dennis Bernstein\, Avotcja. \n  \nNancy Wang and Robert Kikuchi-Yngojo are Eth-Noh-Tec‘s founding artistic directors. Since 1981\, Nancy’s dance\, choreography and theater experience synthesizes with Robert’s musical talents\, composing and theater experience\, exploding their duality into a unique and choreographed expression unlike any other. Combining stylized gesture and movements with their mutual vision of the interplay between the arts and humanities\, the spoken word\, and music\, Nancy and Robert quickly became a dynamic creative partnership\, recounting age-old Asian folktales and contemporary Asian American stories.  Together their performance style is a multiple of dualities: the Spiritual and the Human\, the Eastern and Western\, the Social and the Personal\, the Traditional and the Experimental.\nTogether they perform around the world with several programs and workshops.  They have received various awards including ‘Artist of the Year’ by National Young Audiences\, and NSN’s ‘Circle of Excellence’ and ‘International StoryBridge’ awards.  They are also the recipients of numerous grants.\nRecent Works: \nNancy Wang\, A New Pair of Wings\, Parkhurst Borthers Publishers\, 2016 \nVisit their online store for DVDs\, CDs and more. \nJennifer Hasegawa is a poet and photographer. She’s sold funeral insurance door-to-door and had her suitcase stolen from a plastic surgery clinic in Paraguay. The manuscript for her first collection of poetry\, La Chica’s Field Guide to Banzai Living\, received the Joseph Henry Jackson Literary Award. Hasegawa’s work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize\, has appeared in The Adroit Journal\, Bamboo Ridge\, and Tule Review; and is forthcoming in Bennington Review and Vallum. She was born and raised in Hilo\, Hawai‘i and lives in San Francisco. \nRecent Works: La Chica’s Field Guide to Banzai Living\, Omnidawn Publishing 2020 \nDennis J Bernstein lives in San Francisco. is an award-winning poet and investigative reporter. He is the host and executive producer of Flashpoints on Pacifica Radio. He is the award-winning host/producer of Flashpoints\, syndicated on public and community radio stations across the United States. Bernstein is the recipient of many awards including the 2015 Pillar Award in Broadcast Journalism. His essays have appeared in numerous newspapers and magazines including The New York Times\, Denver Post\, Philadelphia Enquirer\, San Francisco Chronicle\,  the Boston Globe\, Der Spiegel\, and many more. He is the author of Special Ed: Voices from a Hidden Classroom and Five Oceans in a Teaspoon. \nRecent Works:  Five Oceans in a Teaspoon\, Paper Crown Press 2019 \nRadio: Flashpoints\, Mondays-Fridays\, 5-6 pm \nAvotcja (pronounced Avacha) has been published in English & Spanish in the USA\, Mexico & Europe. She’s an award winning Poet & multi-instrumentalist. She’s a popular Bay Area DJ & Radio Personality & leader of the group “Avotcja & Modúpue.” She is featured on the CD Matter Is by the Electric Squeezebox Orchestra + voices. \nSpoken word with Electric Squeezebox Orchestra: \n“Matter Is” and “Soundly Metaphysical\,” Matter Is\, Electric Squeezebox Orchestra + Voices \nPoetry online (see poem below): \nhttp://www.avotcja.org/oaktown-blue.html \nhttp://www.avotcja.org/poetic-offerings.html \nRadio: \nBebop\, Cubop and the Musical Truth\, Tuesdays  8-10pm in KPFA.org or KPFA-FM 94.1 \nLa Verdad Musical (the Musical Truth)\, Fridays njoon-3pm on www.KOO.org or 89.5 FM \nMonthly Open Mic: \nEvery 4th Saturday 3-5pm. The Music of the Word (La Palabra Musical) \nYouTube performance Avotcja and Modupue – Concert at Bird & Beckett Books\, Jan 5\, 2020\,  featuring Avotcja Jiltonilro\, Sandi Poindexter (violin)\, Francis Wong (sax & flute) Jon Jang (piano)\, Sascha Jacobsen (bass)\, Raul Ramirez (Afro-Peruvian multi-percussion). Video by Lenore Chinn. \nI Know We Can!!! \nWe have been here before \nWe’ve sang in the face of the Klan \nAnd danced with feet all bloody \nOn the decks of Slave Ships \nOn the “Longest Walk” \nOn Freedom Marches\, in Jail cells \nAnd Concentration Camps \nOooops Ghettos \nThat we we’re supposed to call our home \nWe know this place \nThe Concrete Jungles\, the Reservations \nA curse of & by the uncivilized \nWho have forgotten \nThe healing beauty of Grass & Trees \nAnd the gift of clean Water to drink \nAnd have lost their ability to love \nWe are familiar with \nThe senseless mayhem of perpetual War \nThe addictive lust for power \nThe intoxication of blood lust \nAnd those who prefer \nThe inhumane sacrifice of their Souls \nAs they try to steal ours \nYes \nWe have been here before \nWe know the Hanging Tree\, the rope \nThe rape of our bodies\, our Cultures \nThe theft of our Songs & our Children \nWe have swam through the slime of misogyny \nWe’ve been here… we know \nRacism\, greed & stupidity have no conscious \nAnd it is only a matter of time \nBefore the insatiable self-destruct \nBefore they devour each other \nWe’ve been through it all before \nAnd we can get through it all again \nWe just have to be careful \nVery careful… \nThe madness of this Narcotic is contagious \nWe must not get drunk on the stench of this poison \nWe have too much work to do \nWe must turn this suicidal Drug \nInto fertilizer & let our tears \nFall down on deserts\, glaciers & jungles \nAnd run down the faces of \nGood hearted people everywhere \nI cry & I cry & I cry & \nMy tears come down like a Waterfall \nAn unending Waterfall for all the victims of \n“Civilization” \nWe have been here before & together we can heal! \nI know we can!!! \n  \nCREATIVE WRITING FACILITATOR \n \nShizue Seigel is a Japanese American writer born just after her family’s release from WWII incarceration. She’s led community writing projects for Centers for Disease Control/UCSF\, National Japanese American Historical Society\, African American Arts & Culture Complex\, and others. She was written or edited six books\, and her memoir and poetry have been widely published elsewhere.  She directs Write Now! SF Bay\, which supports Bay Area writers of color through workshops\, events and anthologies. \nRecent Works: \nCIVIL LIBERTIES UNITED\, Pease Press\, San Francisco\, 2019. www.peasepress/com \nENDANGERED SPECIES\, ENDURING VALUES. Pease Press\, San Francisco\, 2018\n“Who Do You Think You Are?”\, L. D. Green and Kelechi Ubozoh\, eds\, \nWe’ve Been Too Patient: Voices From Radical Mental Health – Stories and Research Challenging the Biomedical Model\, North Atlantic Books 2019 \n“Swimming in the New Normal\,” Deborah Santa\, ed\, All the Women in My Family Sing\, NTTB Press 2018.   https://aerbook.com/maker/productcard-3248263-3202.html
URL:https://oacc.cc/event/healing-around-race-workshop-2/
CATEGORIES:Past Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200714T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200714T120000
DTSTAMP:20260419T075458
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SUMMARY:Foundational Cooking Class Series: Session 4
DESCRIPTION:  \n \nLearn foundational cooking skills this summer! \nJoin the Cooking Project for a 4 week class series\, meeting online Tuesdays starting on June 23rd. \n7/14 Theme: “Food Trends\, Cookies & Ice Cream” \nINGREDIENTS (Cookies) \n\n4 1/2 oz. Butter\, unsalted\n6 oz. Sugar\, granulated\n1 tsp. Vanilla extract\n7 oz. Bread flour\n1/8 oz. Salt\n1/8 oz. Baking soda\n\nINGREDIENTS (Ice cream) \n\n1 cup Heavy cream\n2 tsp. Vanilla\n1 tsp. Salt\n2 cups Powdered sugar\n\nTOOLS/EQUIPMENT \n\nWhisk\nLarge bowl\nSheet pan\nMeasuring cups & spoons\nSpatula\n\nAward-winning Chef Sicily Johnson guides cooking through themes like Food + Community; Shopping and Budgeting; Sustainability\, Versatility and Leftovers; and Food Trends. Students will have the opportunity to make recipe requests for the final class. \nTo sign up and receive additional details\, simply RSVP. Classes are free\, donations appreciated. \nVisit thecookingproject.org to learn more about the organization.
URL:https://oacc.cc/event/foundational-cooking-class-series-4/
CATEGORIES:Past Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200711T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200711T150000
DTSTAMP:20260419T075458
CREATED:20200615T212228Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200715T183928Z
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SUMMARY:Healing Around Race: Creative Writing Workshop #1
DESCRIPTION:Missed the workshop? View the recording here. \nInformation shared during the workshop: \n\n\n\nPresenter books and links:\n\n\n\n\n–  Shizue Seigel \nWebsites: https://www.shizueseigel.com/    https://www.writenowsf.com/\nShizue Seigel\, ed.  Standing Strong! Fillmore & Japantown (Pease Press 2016)  \nShizue Seigel\, ed.  Endangered species\, Enduring Values (Pease Press 2018)  \nShizue Seigel\, ed.  Endangered species\, Enduring Values (Pease Press 2019)\n\n\n\n\n– Tureeda Mikell. https://www.treeoflifefound.com/.\nPoetry: Synchronicity: The Oracle of Sun Medicine\n\n\n\n\n\n– Ravi Chandra\, MD\nWebsites: https://ravichandramd.com/  https://www.sflovedojo.org/\nThe Pacific Heart blog\nPsychology Today: The Assault on the American Mind \nhttps://ravichandramd.com/press-and-other-writing/\n– Kelechi Ubozoh https://kelechiubozoh.com/\nAnthology:  L. D. Green and Kelechi Ubozoh\, eds\, We’ve Been Too Patient: Voices From Radical Mental Health – Stories and Research Challenging the Biomedical Model\, North Atlantic Books 2019\n\n\nOther Resources\n\nRecommended Readings from Eastwind Books: https://www.asiabookcenter.com/apps/search?q=black+lives+matter&filter=product\nJames Baldwin Go Tell It On The Mountain\n3. The People’s Free Medical Clinics\n\nBrene Brown Values exercise (PDF): Dr. Chandra spoke about love as his central value. There are other values. Pick a value from the list on this PDF\, and write a paragraph about why it is important to you\, and how it has and has not been fully present in your life.\nIt’s About Time Black Panther Party Legacy and Alumni photo gallery\n\n \nUpcoming Related Events\n– 7/19 “Panel: LET HER TELL IT! Black Women Healing Through Writing” featuring Kelechi Ubozoh\n– 7/25 “Healing from Racism # 2: Creativity and Social Justice” Creative Writing Workshop by OACC\, Write Now! SF Bay\, UC Berkeley Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies\, UC Berkeley Public Service Center\, and Eastwind Books of Berkeley.\n\nCall to Action: contact Congress about the ICE ban on International Students!\nTemplates & instructions available here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1traDiLhSKTC2PHTsLgiXtWwXyMn1V3sPvqCbi_YRTeI/edit\n\n\n\n\nStruggling to process and confront anti-Black and anti-Asian racism within your social networks? Explore the healing power of creative writing! \n\nThe July 11th creative writing workshop focuses on “Mental Health and Multiracial Solidarity.”\n\nMental health advocates Kelechi Ubozoh and Shizue Seigel\, psychiatrist Ravi Chandra\, and storyteller/medicine woman Tureeda Mikell discuss anti-Black/anti-Asian racism with tools for self-care\, and creative writing for healing. \nParticipants will be invited to engage in creative writing exercises around questions like: What are you thinking and feeling right now? How were you personally impacted by George Floyd’s murder and subsequent events. Have you personally experienced or witnessed anti-black or anti-Asian racism? What was your response? How would you respond differently today? How do you respond to stress? What are you doing for self-care? How to deal with parents and peer pressure? \nNOTE: The workshop will be hosted on Zoom and YouTube Live with a sliding scale fee of $5~$15 to help support our presenters\, organizers\, tech and labor costs. If you are interested in participating but are unable to afford the ticketing tier\, please email programs@oacc.cc and we would be happy to work with you on making this event accessible. \nThis workshop is presented in partnership with Write Now! SF Bay\, UC Berkeley Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies\, and Eastwind Books of Berkeley. \nRecommended Readings from Eastwind Books of Berkeley. \n  \nTHE ARTISTS \n    \nPhotos from left to right: Kelechi Ubozoh\, Shizue Seigel\, Ravi Chandra\, Tureed Mikell. \n  \nKelechi Ubozoh is a Nigerian-American writer\, mental health advocate\, and public speaker. For nearly a decade\, Kelechi has worked in the California mental health system in the areas of research and advocacy\, community engagement\, stigma reduction\, and peer support. She began her career as an investigative reporter in New York City\, and was the first student-reporter ever published in The New York Times. Learn more about Kelechi at KelechiUbozoh.com. Photo Credit by: Adrianne Mathiowetz.\n \nRecent Works: L. D. Green and Kelechi Ubozoh\, eds\, We’ve Been Too Patient: Voices From Radical Mental Health – Stories and Research Challenging the Biomedical Model\, North Atlantic Books 2019 \nShizue Seigel is a Japanese American writer born just after her family’s release from WWII incarceration. She’s led community writing projects for Centers for Disease Control/UCSF\, National Japanese American Historical Society\, African American Arts & Culture Complex\, and others. She was written or edited six books\, and her memoir and poetry have been widely published elsewhere.  She directs Write Now! SF Bay\, which supports Bay Area writers of color through workshops\, events and anthologies. \nRecent Works: \nCIVIL LIBERTIES UNITED\, Pease Press\, San Francisco\, 2019. www.peasepress/com \nENDANGERED SPECIES\, ENDURING VALUES. Pease Press\, San Francisco\, 2018\n“Who Do You Think You Are?”\, L. D. Green and Kelechi Ubozoh\, eds\, \nWe’ve Been Too Patient: Voices From Radical Mental Health – Stories and Research Challenging the Biomedical Model\, North Atlantic Books 2019 \n“Swimming in the New Normal\,” Deborah Santa\, ed\, All the Women in My Family Sing\, NTTB Press 2018 \nRavi Chandra\, M.D. is a psychiatrist and writer in San Francisco\, and a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. Facebuddha: Transcendence in the Age of Social Networks is his full-length nonfiction debut\, and is the winner of the 2017 Nautilus Silver Book Award for Religion/Spirituality of Eastern Thought. He is also the founder of SF Love Dojo\, an organization teaching compassion and self-compassion. \nRecent Works: \n\nA Dream Deferred: Langston Hughes\, Then and Now | Psychology Today\n\nAfter Charlottesville: Is Racism a Mental Illness? | Psychology Today\n\n\nFighting Racism Against Asian Americans During COVID-19 | Psychology Today\n\n\nCalling COVID-19 a “Chinese Virus” or “Kung Flu” Is Racist | Psychology Today \n\nCathy Park Hong’s Minor Feelings and Asian American Erasure | Psychology Today\n\nTureeda Mikell\, Poet\, Story Medicine Woman\, named\, D’jeli Musa\, Woman of Truths\, called an activist for holism\, is a Chi Gong Energy Therapist\, lyricist\, executive director of\, Tree of Life Foundation Literacy Health Project\, has published over seventy student anthologies of poetry for as risk youth via CA Poets in the Schools\, throughout San Francisco\, Alameda\, Contra Costa and Jefferson Unified School Districts since 1989. \nRecent Works: Synchronicity: The Oracle of Sun Medicine\, Nomadic Press
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SUMMARY:Foundational Cooking Class Series: Session 3
DESCRIPTION:Missed the class? View the recording here. \nLearn foundational cooking skills this summer! \nJoin the Cooking Project for a 4 week class series\, meeting online Tuesdays starting on June 23rd. \nTheme: “Sustainability\, Versatility & Leftovers: Shrimp Pasta”\nIngredient List:\n– Dry pasta noodles\, 1lb\n– Oil\, 1tbsp\n-Salt\, 2 tbsp\n– Black pepper\, 1tsp\n– Shrimp\, 1/2lb\n– Butter\, 2tbsp\n– Red pepper flakes\, 1 1/2tsp\n– Lemon zest from 1 whole lemon\n– Lemon juice from 1-2 whole lemons\nAward-winning Chef Sicily Johnson guides cooking through themes like Food + Community; Shopping and Budgeting; Sustainability\, Versatility and Leftovers; and Food Trends. Students will have the opportunity to make recipe requests for the final class. \nTo sign up and receive additional details\, simply RSVP. Classes are free\, donations appreciated. \nVisit thecookingproject.org to learn more about the organization.
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CATEGORIES:Past Events
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