BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Oakland Asian Cultural Center - ECPv6.16.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Oakland Asian Cultural Center X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://oacc.cc X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Oakland Asian Cultural Center REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20170312T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20171105T090000 END:STANDARD 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 END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180526T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180526T173000 DTSTAMP:20260622T055526 CREATED:20180511T224238Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190404T153704Z UID:4374-1527350400-1527355800@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Two Languages/One Community Reception and Reading DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, May 14\, 20266-8:30 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join us for a fun\, relaxed social mixer and presentation celebrating the amazing Asian creators\, writers\, and producers shaping the world of children’s media! This gathering will connect industry pros (children’s book illustrator and designer Eugenia Yoh of Chronicle Books\, storyboard artist Nira Liu of Pixar Animation Studios\, and toy entrepreneur Elenor Mak of Jilly Bing) with local community to chat about storytelling\, innovation\, and Asian representation in kids’ content.   This event is co-presented by the Children’s Media Association Bay Area Chapter and the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested. Refreshments will be provided. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Free Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE PANELISTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Eugenia Yoh is a Taiwanese-American author-illustrator in the Bay Area. She is a children’s book designer at Chronicle Books during the day and a children’s book illustrator during the night. Her first book\, This Is Not My Home (Little\, Brown 2023)\, is a love letter to Taiwan\, and her second book What If We… (Little\, Brown 2025)\, tells the story of two siblings who bond during an imaginative summer. With more picture books lined up\, she hopes to continue telling stories with heart and humor. She enjoys soup\, Japanese fiction novels\, bananagrams\, the Chinese yoyo and occasional folk-dancing. You can find her online at www.eugeniayoh.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nira Liu is a filmmaker\, comic artist\, story lead\, and bathroom rapper. He began his career as an intern at Blue Sky studios in 2015\, and is now a lead storyboard artist at Pixar Animation Studios. His recent credits include Onward\, Turning Red\, Elemental (2023)\, Win or Lose (2025)\, and Hoppers(2026).   Nira spent his early childhood in his great motherland of China and moved to the US as a teenager. In elementary school\, he would stare out the window and dream of turning into Ultraman and fighting different alien kaiju. In middle school\, he dreamed of becoming an underground rapper who had Jay-Z rapping hooks for him. Fortunately\, those two passions didn’t work out\, so now he has a career of telling whacky humorous stories with his drawings/writing. He enjoys telling gentle stories that make people feel less alone in this world. You can find Nira on Instagram @niradrawdrawdraaw. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Elenor Mak is the founder and CEO of Jilly Bing\, a toy company creating dolls that reflect Asian American children. The idea started when she searched for her daughter’s first doll and didn’t see anything that felt right\, so she decided to build it herself. Elenor and Jilly Bing have been featured on the Today Show\, Forbes\, Entrepreneur\, CBS Mornings\, and NextShark.   Previously\, Elenor co-founded Keaton Row\, an e-commerce fashion company\, and led go-to-market strategy for Target’s Entrepreneur-in-Residence team. She later joined Madison Reed\, where she helped expand retail and open flagship locations on both coasts.   Elenor holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a degree in economics from Dartmouth. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and two children. You can find her online at jillybing.com. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/two-languages-one-community-reception-and-reading/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180526T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180526T160000 DTSTAMP:20260622T055526 CREATED:20180410T003517Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190404T153741Z UID:4195-1527325200-1527350400@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Chinese Ancestry DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, May 14\, 20266-8:30 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join us for a fun\, relaxed social mixer and presentation celebrating the amazing Asian creators\, writers\, and producers shaping the world of children’s media! This gathering will connect industry pros (children’s book illustrator and designer Eugenia Yoh of Chronicle Books\, storyboard artist Nira Liu of Pixar Animation Studios\, and toy entrepreneur Elenor Mak of Jilly Bing) with local community to chat about storytelling\, innovation\, and Asian representation in kids’ content.   This event is co-presented by the Children’s Media Association Bay Area Chapter and the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested. Refreshments will be provided. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Free Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE PANELISTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Eugenia Yoh is a Taiwanese-American author-illustrator in the Bay Area. She is a children’s book designer at Chronicle Books during the day and a children’s book illustrator during the night. Her first book\, This Is Not My Home (Little\, Brown 2023)\, is a love letter to Taiwan\, and her second book What If We… (Little\, Brown 2025)\, tells the story of two siblings who bond during an imaginative summer. With more picture books lined up\, she hopes to continue telling stories with heart and humor. She enjoys soup\, Japanese fiction novels\, bananagrams\, the Chinese yoyo and occasional folk-dancing. You can find her online at www.eugeniayoh.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nira Liu is a filmmaker\, comic artist\, story lead\, and bathroom rapper. He began his career as an intern at Blue Sky studios in 2015\, and is now a lead storyboard artist at Pixar Animation Studios. His recent credits include Onward\, Turning Red\, Elemental (2023)\, Win or Lose (2025)\, and Hoppers(2026).   Nira spent his early childhood in his great motherland of China and moved to the US as a teenager. In elementary school\, he would stare out the window and dream of turning into Ultraman and fighting different alien kaiju. In middle school\, he dreamed of becoming an underground rapper who had Jay-Z rapping hooks for him. Fortunately\, those two passions didn’t work out\, so now he has a career of telling whacky humorous stories with his drawings/writing. He enjoys telling gentle stories that make people feel less alone in this world. You can find Nira on Instagram @niradrawdrawdraaw. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Elenor Mak is the founder and CEO of Jilly Bing\, a toy company creating dolls that reflect Asian American children. The idea started when she searched for her daughter’s first doll and didn’t see anything that felt right\, so she decided to build it herself. Elenor and Jilly Bing have been featured on the Today Show\, Forbes\, Entrepreneur\, CBS Mornings\, and NextShark.   Previously\, Elenor co-founded Keaton Row\, an e-commerce fashion company\, and led go-to-market strategy for Target’s Entrepreneur-in-Residence team. She later joined Madison Reed\, where she helped expand retail and open flagship locations on both coasts.   Elenor holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a degree in economics from Dartmouth. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and two children. You can find her online at jillybing.com. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/chinese-ancestry/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180520T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180520T170000 DTSTAMP:20260622T055526 CREATED:20180511T001301Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190404T153803Z UID:4386-1526828400-1526835600@oacc.cc SUMMARY:FREE Pingshuai Gong Class at OACC DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, May 14\, 20266-8:30 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join us for a fun\, relaxed social mixer and presentation celebrating the amazing Asian creators\, writers\, and producers shaping the world of children’s media! This gathering will connect industry pros (children’s book illustrator and designer Eugenia Yoh of Chronicle Books\, storyboard artist Nira Liu of Pixar Animation Studios\, and toy entrepreneur Elenor Mak of Jilly Bing) with local community to chat about storytelling\, innovation\, and Asian representation in kids’ content.   This event is co-presented by the Children’s Media Association Bay Area Chapter and the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested. Refreshments will be provided. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Free Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE PANELISTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Eugenia Yoh is a Taiwanese-American author-illustrator in the Bay Area. She is a children’s book designer at Chronicle Books during the day and a children’s book illustrator during the night. Her first book\, This Is Not My Home (Little\, Brown 2023)\, is a love letter to Taiwan\, and her second book What If We… (Little\, Brown 2025)\, tells the story of two siblings who bond during an imaginative summer. With more picture books lined up\, she hopes to continue telling stories with heart and humor. She enjoys soup\, Japanese fiction novels\, bananagrams\, the Chinese yoyo and occasional folk-dancing. You can find her online at www.eugeniayoh.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nira Liu is a filmmaker\, comic artist\, story lead\, and bathroom rapper. He began his career as an intern at Blue Sky studios in 2015\, and is now a lead storyboard artist at Pixar Animation Studios. His recent credits include Onward\, Turning Red\, Elemental (2023)\, Win or Lose (2025)\, and Hoppers(2026).   Nira spent his early childhood in his great motherland of China and moved to the US as a teenager. In elementary school\, he would stare out the window and dream of turning into Ultraman and fighting different alien kaiju. In middle school\, he dreamed of becoming an underground rapper who had Jay-Z rapping hooks for him. Fortunately\, those two passions didn’t work out\, so now he has a career of telling whacky humorous stories with his drawings/writing. He enjoys telling gentle stories that make people feel less alone in this world. You can find Nira on Instagram @niradrawdrawdraaw. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Elenor Mak is the founder and CEO of Jilly Bing\, a toy company creating dolls that reflect Asian American children. The idea started when she searched for her daughter’s first doll and didn’t see anything that felt right\, so she decided to build it herself. Elenor and Jilly Bing have been featured on the Today Show\, Forbes\, Entrepreneur\, CBS Mornings\, and NextShark.   Previously\, Elenor co-founded Keaton Row\, an e-commerce fashion company\, and led go-to-market strategy for Target’s Entrepreneur-in-Residence team. She later joined Madison Reed\, where she helped expand retail and open flagship locations on both coasts.   Elenor holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a degree in economics from Dartmouth. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and two children. You can find her online at jillybing.com. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/pingshuai-gong-comes-to-oacc/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180518T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180518T223000 DTSTAMP:20260622T055526 CREATED:20180427T225628Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190404T153827Z UID:4325-1526664600-1526682600@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Asian Pacific American Hertiage Month Gala DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, May 14\, 20266-8:30 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join us for a fun\, relaxed social mixer and presentation celebrating the amazing Asian creators\, writers\, and producers shaping the world of children’s media! This gathering will connect industry pros (children’s book illustrator and designer Eugenia Yoh of Chronicle Books\, storyboard artist Nira Liu of Pixar Animation Studios\, and toy entrepreneur Elenor Mak of Jilly Bing) with local community to chat about storytelling\, innovation\, and Asian representation in kids’ content.   This event is co-presented by the Children’s Media Association Bay Area Chapter and the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested. Refreshments will be provided. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Free Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE PANELISTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Eugenia Yoh is a Taiwanese-American author-illustrator in the Bay Area. She is a children’s book designer at Chronicle Books during the day and a children’s book illustrator during the night. Her first book\, This Is Not My Home (Little\, Brown 2023)\, is a love letter to Taiwan\, and her second book What If We… (Little\, Brown 2025)\, tells the story of two siblings who bond during an imaginative summer. With more picture books lined up\, she hopes to continue telling stories with heart and humor. She enjoys soup\, Japanese fiction novels\, bananagrams\, the Chinese yoyo and occasional folk-dancing. You can find her online at www.eugeniayoh.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nira Liu is a filmmaker\, comic artist\, story lead\, and bathroom rapper. He began his career as an intern at Blue Sky studios in 2015\, and is now a lead storyboard artist at Pixar Animation Studios. His recent credits include Onward\, Turning Red\, Elemental (2023)\, Win or Lose (2025)\, and Hoppers(2026).   Nira spent his early childhood in his great motherland of China and moved to the US as a teenager. In elementary school\, he would stare out the window and dream of turning into Ultraman and fighting different alien kaiju. In middle school\, he dreamed of becoming an underground rapper who had Jay-Z rapping hooks for him. Fortunately\, those two passions didn’t work out\, so now he has a career of telling whacky humorous stories with his drawings/writing. He enjoys telling gentle stories that make people feel less alone in this world. You can find Nira on Instagram @niradrawdrawdraaw. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Elenor Mak is the founder and CEO of Jilly Bing\, a toy company creating dolls that reflect Asian American children. The idea started when she searched for her daughter’s first doll and didn’t see anything that felt right\, so she decided to build it herself. Elenor and Jilly Bing have been featured on the Today Show\, Forbes\, Entrepreneur\, CBS Mornings\, and NextShark.   Previously\, Elenor co-founded Keaton Row\, an e-commerce fashion company\, and led go-to-market strategy for Target’s Entrepreneur-in-Residence team. She later joined Madison Reed\, where she helped expand retail and open flagship locations on both coasts.   Elenor holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a degree in economics from Dartmouth. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and two children. You can find her online at jillybing.com. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/asian-pacific-american-hertiage-month-gala/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180512T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180512T130000 DTSTAMP:20260622T055526 CREATED:20180411T230019Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190404T153909Z UID:4220-1526119200-1526130000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:The Chinese Exclusion Act: Film / Dialogue / Workshop DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, May 14\, 20266-8:30 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join us for a fun\, relaxed social mixer and presentation celebrating the amazing Asian creators\, writers\, and producers shaping the world of children’s media! This gathering will connect industry pros (children’s book illustrator and designer Eugenia Yoh of Chronicle Books\, storyboard artist Nira Liu of Pixar Animation Studios\, and toy entrepreneur Elenor Mak of Jilly Bing) with local community to chat about storytelling\, innovation\, and Asian representation in kids’ content.   This event is co-presented by the Children’s Media Association Bay Area Chapter and the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested. Refreshments will be provided. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Free Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE PANELISTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Eugenia Yoh is a Taiwanese-American author-illustrator in the Bay Area. She is a children’s book designer at Chronicle Books during the day and a children’s book illustrator during the night. Her first book\, This Is Not My Home (Little\, Brown 2023)\, is a love letter to Taiwan\, and her second book What If We… (Little\, Brown 2025)\, tells the story of two siblings who bond during an imaginative summer. With more picture books lined up\, she hopes to continue telling stories with heart and humor. She enjoys soup\, Japanese fiction novels\, bananagrams\, the Chinese yoyo and occasional folk-dancing. You can find her online at www.eugeniayoh.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nira Liu is a filmmaker\, comic artist\, story lead\, and bathroom rapper. He began his career as an intern at Blue Sky studios in 2015\, and is now a lead storyboard artist at Pixar Animation Studios. His recent credits include Onward\, Turning Red\, Elemental (2023)\, Win or Lose (2025)\, and Hoppers(2026).   Nira spent his early childhood in his great motherland of China and moved to the US as a teenager. In elementary school\, he would stare out the window and dream of turning into Ultraman and fighting different alien kaiju. In middle school\, he dreamed of becoming an underground rapper who had Jay-Z rapping hooks for him. Fortunately\, those two passions didn’t work out\, so now he has a career of telling whacky humorous stories with his drawings/writing. He enjoys telling gentle stories that make people feel less alone in this world. You can find Nira on Instagram @niradrawdrawdraaw. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Elenor Mak is the founder and CEO of Jilly Bing\, a toy company creating dolls that reflect Asian American children. The idea started when she searched for her daughter’s first doll and didn’t see anything that felt right\, so she decided to build it herself. Elenor and Jilly Bing have been featured on the Today Show\, Forbes\, Entrepreneur\, CBS Mornings\, and NextShark.   Previously\, Elenor co-founded Keaton Row\, an e-commerce fashion company\, and led go-to-market strategy for Target’s Entrepreneur-in-Residence team. She later joined Madison Reed\, where she helped expand retail and open flagship locations on both coasts.   Elenor holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a degree in economics from Dartmouth. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and two children. You can find her online at jillybing.com. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/the-chinese-exclusion-act-film-dialogue-workshop/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180506T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180506T153000 DTSTAMP:20260622T055526 CREATED:20180409T232933Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190404T153942Z UID:4160-1525615200-1525620600@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Riding with the Wind - A Book Talk with Monona Yin & Grant Din DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, May 14\, 20266-8:30 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join us for a fun\, relaxed social mixer and presentation celebrating the amazing Asian creators\, writers\, and producers shaping the world of children’s media! This gathering will connect industry pros (children’s book illustrator and designer Eugenia Yoh of Chronicle Books\, storyboard artist Nira Liu of Pixar Animation Studios\, and toy entrepreneur Elenor Mak of Jilly Bing) with local community to chat about storytelling\, innovation\, and Asian representation in kids’ content.   This event is co-presented by the Children’s Media Association Bay Area Chapter and the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested. Refreshments will be provided. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Free Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE PANELISTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Eugenia Yoh is a Taiwanese-American author-illustrator in the Bay Area. She is a children’s book designer at Chronicle Books during the day and a children’s book illustrator during the night. Her first book\, This Is Not My Home (Little\, Brown 2023)\, is a love letter to Taiwan\, and her second book What If We… (Little\, Brown 2025)\, tells the story of two siblings who bond during an imaginative summer. With more picture books lined up\, she hopes to continue telling stories with heart and humor. She enjoys soup\, Japanese fiction novels\, bananagrams\, the Chinese yoyo and occasional folk-dancing. You can find her online at www.eugeniayoh.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nira Liu is a filmmaker\, comic artist\, story lead\, and bathroom rapper. He began his career as an intern at Blue Sky studios in 2015\, and is now a lead storyboard artist at Pixar Animation Studios. His recent credits include Onward\, Turning Red\, Elemental (2023)\, Win or Lose (2025)\, and Hoppers(2026).   Nira spent his early childhood in his great motherland of China and moved to the US as a teenager. In elementary school\, he would stare out the window and dream of turning into Ultraman and fighting different alien kaiju. In middle school\, he dreamed of becoming an underground rapper who had Jay-Z rapping hooks for him. Fortunately\, those two passions didn’t work out\, so now he has a career of telling whacky humorous stories with his drawings/writing. He enjoys telling gentle stories that make people feel less alone in this world. You can find Nira on Instagram @niradrawdrawdraaw. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Elenor Mak is the founder and CEO of Jilly Bing\, a toy company creating dolls that reflect Asian American children. The idea started when she searched for her daughter’s first doll and didn’t see anything that felt right\, so she decided to build it herself. Elenor and Jilly Bing have been featured on the Today Show\, Forbes\, Entrepreneur\, CBS Mornings\, and NextShark.   Previously\, Elenor co-founded Keaton Row\, an e-commerce fashion company\, and led go-to-market strategy for Target’s Entrepreneur-in-Residence team. She later joined Madison Reed\, where she helped expand retail and open flagship locations on both coasts.   Elenor holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a degree in economics from Dartmouth. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and two children. You can find her online at jillybing.com. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/riding-with-the-wind-a-conversation-with-fay-hoh-yin/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180505T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180505T190000 DTSTAMP:20260622T055526 CREATED:20180411T214950Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190404T154000Z UID:4203-1525546800-1525546800@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Announcing! GUZHENG EVOLUTION: Tradition In A Modern World DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, May 14\, 20266-8:30 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join us for a fun\, relaxed social mixer and presentation celebrating the amazing Asian creators\, writers\, and producers shaping the world of children’s media! This gathering will connect industry pros (children’s book illustrator and designer Eugenia Yoh of Chronicle Books\, storyboard artist Nira Liu of Pixar Animation Studios\, and toy entrepreneur Elenor Mak of Jilly Bing) with local community to chat about storytelling\, innovation\, and Asian representation in kids’ content.   This event is co-presented by the Children’s Media Association Bay Area Chapter and the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested. Refreshments will be provided. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Free Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE PANELISTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Eugenia Yoh is a Taiwanese-American author-illustrator in the Bay Area. She is a children’s book designer at Chronicle Books during the day and a children’s book illustrator during the night. Her first book\, This Is Not My Home (Little\, Brown 2023)\, is a love letter to Taiwan\, and her second book What If We… (Little\, Brown 2025)\, tells the story of two siblings who bond during an imaginative summer. With more picture books lined up\, she hopes to continue telling stories with heart and humor. She enjoys soup\, Japanese fiction novels\, bananagrams\, the Chinese yoyo and occasional folk-dancing. You can find her online at www.eugeniayoh.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nira Liu is a filmmaker\, comic artist\, story lead\, and bathroom rapper. He began his career as an intern at Blue Sky studios in 2015\, and is now a lead storyboard artist at Pixar Animation Studios. His recent credits include Onward\, Turning Red\, Elemental (2023)\, Win or Lose (2025)\, and Hoppers(2026).   Nira spent his early childhood in his great motherland of China and moved to the US as a teenager. In elementary school\, he would stare out the window and dream of turning into Ultraman and fighting different alien kaiju. In middle school\, he dreamed of becoming an underground rapper who had Jay-Z rapping hooks for him. Fortunately\, those two passions didn’t work out\, so now he has a career of telling whacky humorous stories with his drawings/writing. He enjoys telling gentle stories that make people feel less alone in this world. You can find Nira on Instagram @niradrawdrawdraaw. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Elenor Mak is the founder and CEO of Jilly Bing\, a toy company creating dolls that reflect Asian American children. The idea started when she searched for her daughter’s first doll and didn’t see anything that felt right\, so she decided to build it herself. Elenor and Jilly Bing have been featured on the Today Show\, Forbes\, Entrepreneur\, CBS Mornings\, and NextShark.   Previously\, Elenor co-founded Keaton Row\, an e-commerce fashion company\, and led go-to-market strategy for Target’s Entrepreneur-in-Residence team. She later joined Madison Reed\, where she helped expand retail and open flagship locations on both coasts.   Elenor holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a degree in economics from Dartmouth. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and two children. You can find her online at jillybing.com. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/announcing-guzheng-evolution-tradition-in-a-modern-world/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180429T020000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180429T200000 DTSTAMP:20260622T055526 CREATED:20180426T010842Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190404T154023Z UID:4272-1524967200-1525032000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Grand Opening: An Exhibition of Chinese Painting and Calligraphy DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, May 14\, 20266-8:30 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join us for a fun\, relaxed social mixer and presentation celebrating the amazing Asian creators\, writers\, and producers shaping the world of children’s media! This gathering will connect industry pros (children’s book illustrator and designer Eugenia Yoh of Chronicle Books\, storyboard artist Nira Liu of Pixar Animation Studios\, and toy entrepreneur Elenor Mak of Jilly Bing) with local community to chat about storytelling\, innovation\, and Asian representation in kids’ content.   This event is co-presented by the Children’s Media Association Bay Area Chapter and the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested. Refreshments will be provided. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Free Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE PANELISTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Eugenia Yoh is a Taiwanese-American author-illustrator in the Bay Area. She is a children’s book designer at Chronicle Books during the day and a children’s book illustrator during the night. Her first book\, This Is Not My Home (Little\, Brown 2023)\, is a love letter to Taiwan\, and her second book What If We… (Little\, Brown 2025)\, tells the story of two siblings who bond during an imaginative summer. With more picture books lined up\, she hopes to continue telling stories with heart and humor. She enjoys soup\, Japanese fiction novels\, bananagrams\, the Chinese yoyo and occasional folk-dancing. You can find her online at www.eugeniayoh.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nira Liu is a filmmaker\, comic artist\, story lead\, and bathroom rapper. He began his career as an intern at Blue Sky studios in 2015\, and is now a lead storyboard artist at Pixar Animation Studios. His recent credits include Onward\, Turning Red\, Elemental (2023)\, Win or Lose (2025)\, and Hoppers(2026).   Nira spent his early childhood in his great motherland of China and moved to the US as a teenager. In elementary school\, he would stare out the window and dream of turning into Ultraman and fighting different alien kaiju. In middle school\, he dreamed of becoming an underground rapper who had Jay-Z rapping hooks for him. Fortunately\, those two passions didn’t work out\, so now he has a career of telling whacky humorous stories with his drawings/writing. He enjoys telling gentle stories that make people feel less alone in this world. You can find Nira on Instagram @niradrawdrawdraaw. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Elenor Mak is the founder and CEO of Jilly Bing\, a toy company creating dolls that reflect Asian American children. The idea started when she searched for her daughter’s first doll and didn’t see anything that felt right\, so she decided to build it herself. Elenor and Jilly Bing have been featured on the Today Show\, Forbes\, Entrepreneur\, CBS Mornings\, and NextShark.   Previously\, Elenor co-founded Keaton Row\, an e-commerce fashion company\, and led go-to-market strategy for Target’s Entrepreneur-in-Residence team. She later joined Madison Reed\, where she helped expand retail and open flagship locations on both coasts.   Elenor holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a degree in economics from Dartmouth. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and two children. You can find her online at jillybing.com. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/grand-opening-an-exhibition-of-chinese-painting-and-calligraphy/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180422T023000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180422T163000 DTSTAMP:20260622T055526 CREATED:20180328T220916Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190404T154042Z UID:4090-1524364200-1524414600@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Patty Chu's Chinese Troupe Annual Showcase DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, May 14\, 20266-8:30 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join us for a fun\, relaxed social mixer and presentation celebrating the amazing Asian creators\, writers\, and producers shaping the world of children’s media! This gathering will connect industry pros (children’s book illustrator and designer Eugenia Yoh of Chronicle Books\, storyboard artist Nira Liu of Pixar Animation Studios\, and toy entrepreneur Elenor Mak of Jilly Bing) with local community to chat about storytelling\, innovation\, and Asian representation in kids’ content.   This event is co-presented by the Children’s Media Association Bay Area Chapter and the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested. Refreshments will be provided. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Free Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE PANELISTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Eugenia Yoh is a Taiwanese-American author-illustrator in the Bay Area. She is a children’s book designer at Chronicle Books during the day and a children’s book illustrator during the night. Her first book\, This Is Not My Home (Little\, Brown 2023)\, is a love letter to Taiwan\, and her second book What If We… (Little\, Brown 2025)\, tells the story of two siblings who bond during an imaginative summer. With more picture books lined up\, she hopes to continue telling stories with heart and humor. She enjoys soup\, Japanese fiction novels\, bananagrams\, the Chinese yoyo and occasional folk-dancing. You can find her online at www.eugeniayoh.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nira Liu is a filmmaker\, comic artist\, story lead\, and bathroom rapper. He began his career as an intern at Blue Sky studios in 2015\, and is now a lead storyboard artist at Pixar Animation Studios. His recent credits include Onward\, Turning Red\, Elemental (2023)\, Win or Lose (2025)\, and Hoppers(2026).   Nira spent his early childhood in his great motherland of China and moved to the US as a teenager. In elementary school\, he would stare out the window and dream of turning into Ultraman and fighting different alien kaiju. In middle school\, he dreamed of becoming an underground rapper who had Jay-Z rapping hooks for him. Fortunately\, those two passions didn’t work out\, so now he has a career of telling whacky humorous stories with his drawings/writing. He enjoys telling gentle stories that make people feel less alone in this world. You can find Nira on Instagram @niradrawdrawdraaw. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Elenor Mak is the founder and CEO of Jilly Bing\, a toy company creating dolls that reflect Asian American children. The idea started when she searched for her daughter’s first doll and didn’t see anything that felt right\, so she decided to build it herself. Elenor and Jilly Bing have been featured on the Today Show\, Forbes\, Entrepreneur\, CBS Mornings\, and NextShark.   Previously\, Elenor co-founded Keaton Row\, an e-commerce fashion company\, and led go-to-market strategy for Target’s Entrepreneur-in-Residence team. She later joined Madison Reed\, where she helped expand retail and open flagship locations on both coasts.   Elenor holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a degree in economics from Dartmouth. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and two children. You can find her online at jillybing.com. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/patty-chus-chinese-troupe-annual-showcase/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180420T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180420T213000 DTSTAMP:20260622T055526 CREATED:20180406T205150Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190404T154116Z UID:4113-1524250800-1524259800@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Mara Ahmed Film: A Thin Wall DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, May 14\, 20266-8:30 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join us for a fun\, relaxed social mixer and presentation celebrating the amazing Asian creators\, writers\, and producers shaping the world of children’s media! This gathering will connect industry pros (children’s book illustrator and designer Eugenia Yoh of Chronicle Books\, storyboard artist Nira Liu of Pixar Animation Studios\, and toy entrepreneur Elenor Mak of Jilly Bing) with local community to chat about storytelling\, innovation\, and Asian representation in kids’ content.   This event is co-presented by the Children’s Media Association Bay Area Chapter and the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested. Refreshments will be provided. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Free Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE PANELISTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Eugenia Yoh is a Taiwanese-American author-illustrator in the Bay Area. She is a children’s book designer at Chronicle Books during the day and a children’s book illustrator during the night. Her first book\, This Is Not My Home (Little\, Brown 2023)\, is a love letter to Taiwan\, and her second book What If We… (Little\, Brown 2025)\, tells the story of two siblings who bond during an imaginative summer. With more picture books lined up\, she hopes to continue telling stories with heart and humor. She enjoys soup\, Japanese fiction novels\, bananagrams\, the Chinese yoyo and occasional folk-dancing. You can find her online at www.eugeniayoh.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nira Liu is a filmmaker\, comic artist\, story lead\, and bathroom rapper. He began his career as an intern at Blue Sky studios in 2015\, and is now a lead storyboard artist at Pixar Animation Studios. His recent credits include Onward\, Turning Red\, Elemental (2023)\, Win or Lose (2025)\, and Hoppers(2026).   Nira spent his early childhood in his great motherland of China and moved to the US as a teenager. In elementary school\, he would stare out the window and dream of turning into Ultraman and fighting different alien kaiju. In middle school\, he dreamed of becoming an underground rapper who had Jay-Z rapping hooks for him. Fortunately\, those two passions didn’t work out\, so now he has a career of telling whacky humorous stories with his drawings/writing. He enjoys telling gentle stories that make people feel less alone in this world. You can find Nira on Instagram @niradrawdrawdraaw. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Elenor Mak is the founder and CEO of Jilly Bing\, a toy company creating dolls that reflect Asian American children. The idea started when she searched for her daughter’s first doll and didn’t see anything that felt right\, so she decided to build it herself. Elenor and Jilly Bing have been featured on the Today Show\, Forbes\, Entrepreneur\, CBS Mornings\, and NextShark.   Previously\, Elenor co-founded Keaton Row\, an e-commerce fashion company\, and led go-to-market strategy for Target’s Entrepreneur-in-Residence team. She later joined Madison Reed\, where she helped expand retail and open flagship locations on both coasts.   Elenor holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a degree in economics from Dartmouth. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and two children. You can find her online at jillybing.com. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/mara-ahmed-film-a-thing-wall/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180419T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180419T213000 DTSTAMP:20260622T055526 CREATED:20180406T205025Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190404T154123Z UID:4110-1524166200-1524173400@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Mara Ahmed Film: The Muslims I Know DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, May 14\, 20266-8:30 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join us for a fun\, relaxed social mixer and presentation celebrating the amazing Asian creators\, writers\, and producers shaping the world of children’s media! This gathering will connect industry pros (children’s book illustrator and designer Eugenia Yoh of Chronicle Books\, storyboard artist Nira Liu of Pixar Animation Studios\, and toy entrepreneur Elenor Mak of Jilly Bing) with local community to chat about storytelling\, innovation\, and Asian representation in kids’ content.   This event is co-presented by the Children’s Media Association Bay Area Chapter and the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested. Refreshments will be provided. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Free Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE PANELISTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Eugenia Yoh is a Taiwanese-American author-illustrator in the Bay Area. She is a children’s book designer at Chronicle Books during the day and a children’s book illustrator during the night. Her first book\, This Is Not My Home (Little\, Brown 2023)\, is a love letter to Taiwan\, and her second book What If We… (Little\, Brown 2025)\, tells the story of two siblings who bond during an imaginative summer. With more picture books lined up\, she hopes to continue telling stories with heart and humor. She enjoys soup\, Japanese fiction novels\, bananagrams\, the Chinese yoyo and occasional folk-dancing. You can find her online at www.eugeniayoh.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nira Liu is a filmmaker\, comic artist\, story lead\, and bathroom rapper. He began his career as an intern at Blue Sky studios in 2015\, and is now a lead storyboard artist at Pixar Animation Studios. His recent credits include Onward\, Turning Red\, Elemental (2023)\, Win or Lose (2025)\, and Hoppers(2026).   Nira spent his early childhood in his great motherland of China and moved to the US as a teenager. In elementary school\, he would stare out the window and dream of turning into Ultraman and fighting different alien kaiju. In middle school\, he dreamed of becoming an underground rapper who had Jay-Z rapping hooks for him. Fortunately\, those two passions didn’t work out\, so now he has a career of telling whacky humorous stories with his drawings/writing. He enjoys telling gentle stories that make people feel less alone in this world. You can find Nira on Instagram @niradrawdrawdraaw. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Elenor Mak is the founder and CEO of Jilly Bing\, a toy company creating dolls that reflect Asian American children. The idea started when she searched for her daughter’s first doll and didn’t see anything that felt right\, so she decided to build it herself. Elenor and Jilly Bing have been featured on the Today Show\, Forbes\, Entrepreneur\, CBS Mornings\, and NextShark.   Previously\, Elenor co-founded Keaton Row\, an e-commerce fashion company\, and led go-to-market strategy for Target’s Entrepreneur-in-Residence team. She later joined Madison Reed\, where she helped expand retail and open flagship locations on both coasts.   Elenor holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a degree in economics from Dartmouth. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and two children. You can find her online at jillybing.com. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/mara-ahmed-film-the-muslim-i-know/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180415T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180415T160000 DTSTAMP:20260622T055526 CREATED:20180328T215238Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190404T154204Z UID:4085-1523790000-1523808000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Free Kidney Disease Screening. Sunday\, April 15\, 2018 DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, May 14\, 20266-8:30 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join us for a fun\, relaxed social mixer and presentation celebrating the amazing Asian creators\, writers\, and producers shaping the world of children’s media! This gathering will connect industry pros (children’s book illustrator and designer Eugenia Yoh of Chronicle Books\, storyboard artist Nira Liu of Pixar Animation Studios\, and toy entrepreneur Elenor Mak of Jilly Bing) with local community to chat about storytelling\, innovation\, and Asian representation in kids’ content.   This event is co-presented by the Children’s Media Association Bay Area Chapter and the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested. Refreshments will be provided. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Free Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE PANELISTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Eugenia Yoh is a Taiwanese-American author-illustrator in the Bay Area. She is a children’s book designer at Chronicle Books during the day and a children’s book illustrator during the night. Her first book\, This Is Not My Home (Little\, Brown 2023)\, is a love letter to Taiwan\, and her second book What If We… (Little\, Brown 2025)\, tells the story of two siblings who bond during an imaginative summer. With more picture books lined up\, she hopes to continue telling stories with heart and humor. She enjoys soup\, Japanese fiction novels\, bananagrams\, the Chinese yoyo and occasional folk-dancing. You can find her online at www.eugeniayoh.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nira Liu is a filmmaker\, comic artist\, story lead\, and bathroom rapper. He began his career as an intern at Blue Sky studios in 2015\, and is now a lead storyboard artist at Pixar Animation Studios. His recent credits include Onward\, Turning Red\, Elemental (2023)\, Win or Lose (2025)\, and Hoppers(2026).   Nira spent his early childhood in his great motherland of China and moved to the US as a teenager. In elementary school\, he would stare out the window and dream of turning into Ultraman and fighting different alien kaiju. In middle school\, he dreamed of becoming an underground rapper who had Jay-Z rapping hooks for him. Fortunately\, those two passions didn’t work out\, so now he has a career of telling whacky humorous stories with his drawings/writing. He enjoys telling gentle stories that make people feel less alone in this world. You can find Nira on Instagram @niradrawdrawdraaw. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Elenor Mak is the founder and CEO of Jilly Bing\, a toy company creating dolls that reflect Asian American children. The idea started when she searched for her daughter’s first doll and didn’t see anything that felt right\, so she decided to build it herself. Elenor and Jilly Bing have been featured on the Today Show\, Forbes\, Entrepreneur\, CBS Mornings\, and NextShark.   Previously\, Elenor co-founded Keaton Row\, an e-commerce fashion company\, and led go-to-market strategy for Target’s Entrepreneur-in-Residence team. She later joined Madison Reed\, where she helped expand retail and open flagship locations on both coasts.   Elenor holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a degree in economics from Dartmouth. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and two children. You can find her online at jillybing.com. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/free-kidney-disease-screening-sunday-april-15-2018/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180331T063000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180331T210000 DTSTAMP:20260622T055526 CREATED:20180328T221442Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190404T154211Z UID:4092-1522477800-1522530000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Finding Kukan: A Film by Robin Lung  DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, May 14\, 20266-8:30 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join us for a fun\, relaxed social mixer and presentation celebrating the amazing Asian creators\, writers\, and producers shaping the world of children’s media! This gathering will connect industry pros (children’s book illustrator and designer Eugenia Yoh of Chronicle Books\, storyboard artist Nira Liu of Pixar Animation Studios\, and toy entrepreneur Elenor Mak of Jilly Bing) with local community to chat about storytelling\, innovation\, and Asian representation in kids’ content.   This event is co-presented by the Children’s Media Association Bay Area Chapter and the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested. Refreshments will be provided. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Free Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE PANELISTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Eugenia Yoh is a Taiwanese-American author-illustrator in the Bay Area. She is a children’s book designer at Chronicle Books during the day and a children’s book illustrator during the night. Her first book\, This Is Not My Home (Little\, Brown 2023)\, is a love letter to Taiwan\, and her second book What If We… (Little\, Brown 2025)\, tells the story of two siblings who bond during an imaginative summer. With more picture books lined up\, she hopes to continue telling stories with heart and humor. She enjoys soup\, Japanese fiction novels\, bananagrams\, the Chinese yoyo and occasional folk-dancing. You can find her online at www.eugeniayoh.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nira Liu is a filmmaker\, comic artist\, story lead\, and bathroom rapper. He began his career as an intern at Blue Sky studios in 2015\, and is now a lead storyboard artist at Pixar Animation Studios. His recent credits include Onward\, Turning Red\, Elemental (2023)\, Win or Lose (2025)\, and Hoppers(2026).   Nira spent his early childhood in his great motherland of China and moved to the US as a teenager. In elementary school\, he would stare out the window and dream of turning into Ultraman and fighting different alien kaiju. In middle school\, he dreamed of becoming an underground rapper who had Jay-Z rapping hooks for him. Fortunately\, those two passions didn’t work out\, so now he has a career of telling whacky humorous stories with his drawings/writing. He enjoys telling gentle stories that make people feel less alone in this world. You can find Nira on Instagram @niradrawdrawdraaw. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Elenor Mak is the founder and CEO of Jilly Bing\, a toy company creating dolls that reflect Asian American children. The idea started when she searched for her daughter’s first doll and didn’t see anything that felt right\, so she decided to build it herself. Elenor and Jilly Bing have been featured on the Today Show\, Forbes\, Entrepreneur\, CBS Mornings\, and NextShark.   Previously\, Elenor co-founded Keaton Row\, an e-commerce fashion company\, and led go-to-market strategy for Target’s Entrepreneur-in-Residence team. She later joined Madison Reed\, where she helped expand retail and open flagship locations on both coasts.   Elenor holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a degree in economics from Dartmouth. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and two children. You can find her online at jillybing.com. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/finding-kukan-a-film-by-robin-lung/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180316T070000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180316T210000 DTSTAMP:20260622T055526 CREATED:20180310T011037Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190404T154220Z UID:4174-1521183600-1521234000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Poets of Existence: In Celebration of International Women’s Day DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, May 14\, 20266-8:30 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join us for a fun\, relaxed social mixer and presentation celebrating the amazing Asian creators\, writers\, and producers shaping the world of children’s media! This gathering will connect industry pros (children’s book illustrator and designer Eugenia Yoh of Chronicle Books\, storyboard artist Nira Liu of Pixar Animation Studios\, and toy entrepreneur Elenor Mak of Jilly Bing) with local community to chat about storytelling\, innovation\, and Asian representation in kids’ content.   This event is co-presented by the Children’s Media Association Bay Area Chapter and the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested. Refreshments will be provided. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Free Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE PANELISTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Eugenia Yoh is a Taiwanese-American author-illustrator in the Bay Area. She is a children’s book designer at Chronicle Books during the day and a children’s book illustrator during the night. Her first book\, This Is Not My Home (Little\, Brown 2023)\, is a love letter to Taiwan\, and her second book What If We… (Little\, Brown 2025)\, tells the story of two siblings who bond during an imaginative summer. With more picture books lined up\, she hopes to continue telling stories with heart and humor. She enjoys soup\, Japanese fiction novels\, bananagrams\, the Chinese yoyo and occasional folk-dancing. You can find her online at www.eugeniayoh.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nira Liu is a filmmaker\, comic artist\, story lead\, and bathroom rapper. He began his career as an intern at Blue Sky studios in 2015\, and is now a lead storyboard artist at Pixar Animation Studios. His recent credits include Onward\, Turning Red\, Elemental (2023)\, Win or Lose (2025)\, and Hoppers(2026).   Nira spent his early childhood in his great motherland of China and moved to the US as a teenager. In elementary school\, he would stare out the window and dream of turning into Ultraman and fighting different alien kaiju. In middle school\, he dreamed of becoming an underground rapper who had Jay-Z rapping hooks for him. Fortunately\, those two passions didn’t work out\, so now he has a career of telling whacky humorous stories with his drawings/writing. He enjoys telling gentle stories that make people feel less alone in this world. You can find Nira on Instagram @niradrawdrawdraaw. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Elenor Mak is the founder and CEO of Jilly Bing\, a toy company creating dolls that reflect Asian American children. The idea started when she searched for her daughter’s first doll and didn’t see anything that felt right\, so she decided to build it herself. Elenor and Jilly Bing have been featured on the Today Show\, Forbes\, Entrepreneur\, CBS Mornings\, and NextShark.   Previously\, Elenor co-founded Keaton Row\, an e-commerce fashion company\, and led go-to-market strategy for Target’s Entrepreneur-in-Residence team. She later joined Madison Reed\, where she helped expand retail and open flagship locations on both coasts.   Elenor holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a degree in economics from Dartmouth. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and two children. You can find her online at jillybing.com. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/poets-of-existence-in-celebration-of-international-womens-day/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180308T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180308T000000 DTSTAMP:20260622T055526 CREATED:20180302T004703Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190404T154227Z UID:3969-1520467200-1520467200@oacc.cc SUMMARY:A Book Talk Author Edmund DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, May 14\, 20266-8:30 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join us for a fun\, relaxed social mixer and presentation celebrating the amazing Asian creators\, writers\, and producers shaping the world of children’s media! This gathering will connect industry pros (children’s book illustrator and designer Eugenia Yoh of Chronicle Books\, storyboard artist Nira Liu of Pixar Animation Studios\, and toy entrepreneur Elenor Mak of Jilly Bing) with local community to chat about storytelling\, innovation\, and Asian representation in kids’ content.   This event is co-presented by the Children’s Media Association Bay Area Chapter and the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested. Refreshments will be provided. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Free Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE PANELISTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Eugenia Yoh is a Taiwanese-American author-illustrator in the Bay Area. She is a children’s book designer at Chronicle Books during the day and a children’s book illustrator during the night. Her first book\, This Is Not My Home (Little\, Brown 2023)\, is a love letter to Taiwan\, and her second book What If We… (Little\, Brown 2025)\, tells the story of two siblings who bond during an imaginative summer. With more picture books lined up\, she hopes to continue telling stories with heart and humor. She enjoys soup\, Japanese fiction novels\, bananagrams\, the Chinese yoyo and occasional folk-dancing. You can find her online at www.eugeniayoh.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nira Liu is a filmmaker\, comic artist\, story lead\, and bathroom rapper. He began his career as an intern at Blue Sky studios in 2015\, and is now a lead storyboard artist at Pixar Animation Studios. His recent credits include Onward\, Turning Red\, Elemental (2023)\, Win or Lose (2025)\, and Hoppers(2026).   Nira spent his early childhood in his great motherland of China and moved to the US as a teenager. In elementary school\, he would stare out the window and dream of turning into Ultraman and fighting different alien kaiju. In middle school\, he dreamed of becoming an underground rapper who had Jay-Z rapping hooks for him. Fortunately\, those two passions didn’t work out\, so now he has a career of telling whacky humorous stories with his drawings/writing. He enjoys telling gentle stories that make people feel less alone in this world. You can find Nira on Instagram @niradrawdrawdraaw. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Elenor Mak is the founder and CEO of Jilly Bing\, a toy company creating dolls that reflect Asian American children. The idea started when she searched for her daughter’s first doll and didn’t see anything that felt right\, so she decided to build it herself. Elenor and Jilly Bing have been featured on the Today Show\, Forbes\, Entrepreneur\, CBS Mornings\, and NextShark.   Previously\, Elenor co-founded Keaton Row\, an e-commerce fashion company\, and led go-to-market strategy for Target’s Entrepreneur-in-Residence team. She later joined Madison Reed\, where she helped expand retail and open flagship locations on both coasts.   Elenor holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a degree in economics from Dartmouth. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and two children. You can find her online at jillybing.com. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/a-book-talk-author-edmund/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180218T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180218T170000 DTSTAMP:20260622T055526 CREATED:20180110T011932Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190404T154235Z UID:4183-1518940800-1518973200@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Anthony Brown & Asian American Orchestra w/ Voices of a Dream DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, May 14\, 20266-8:30 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join us for a fun\, relaxed social mixer and presentation celebrating the amazing Asian creators\, writers\, and producers shaping the world of children’s media! This gathering will connect industry pros (children’s book illustrator and designer Eugenia Yoh of Chronicle Books\, storyboard artist Nira Liu of Pixar Animation Studios\, and toy entrepreneur Elenor Mak of Jilly Bing) with local community to chat about storytelling\, innovation\, and Asian representation in kids’ content.   This event is co-presented by the Children’s Media Association Bay Area Chapter and the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested. Refreshments will be provided. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Free Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE PANELISTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Eugenia Yoh is a Taiwanese-American author-illustrator in the Bay Area. She is a children’s book designer at Chronicle Books during the day and a children’s book illustrator during the night. Her first book\, This Is Not My Home (Little\, Brown 2023)\, is a love letter to Taiwan\, and her second book What If We… (Little\, Brown 2025)\, tells the story of two siblings who bond during an imaginative summer. With more picture books lined up\, she hopes to continue telling stories with heart and humor. She enjoys soup\, Japanese fiction novels\, bananagrams\, the Chinese yoyo and occasional folk-dancing. You can find her online at www.eugeniayoh.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nira Liu is a filmmaker\, comic artist\, story lead\, and bathroom rapper. He began his career as an intern at Blue Sky studios in 2015\, and is now a lead storyboard artist at Pixar Animation Studios. His recent credits include Onward\, Turning Red\, Elemental (2023)\, Win or Lose (2025)\, and Hoppers(2026).   Nira spent his early childhood in his great motherland of China and moved to the US as a teenager. In elementary school\, he would stare out the window and dream of turning into Ultraman and fighting different alien kaiju. In middle school\, he dreamed of becoming an underground rapper who had Jay-Z rapping hooks for him. Fortunately\, those two passions didn’t work out\, so now he has a career of telling whacky humorous stories with his drawings/writing. He enjoys telling gentle stories that make people feel less alone in this world. You can find Nira on Instagram @niradrawdrawdraaw. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Elenor Mak is the founder and CEO of Jilly Bing\, a toy company creating dolls that reflect Asian American children. The idea started when she searched for her daughter’s first doll and didn’t see anything that felt right\, so she decided to build it herself. Elenor and Jilly Bing have been featured on the Today Show\, Forbes\, Entrepreneur\, CBS Mornings\, and NextShark.   Previously\, Elenor co-founded Keaton Row\, an e-commerce fashion company\, and led go-to-market strategy for Target’s Entrepreneur-in-Residence team. She later joined Madison Reed\, where she helped expand retail and open flagship locations on both coasts.   Elenor holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a degree in economics from Dartmouth. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and two children. You can find her online at jillybing.com. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/anthony-brown-asian-american-orchestra-w-voices-of-a-dream-2/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180207T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180207T170000 DTSTAMP:20260622T055526 CREATED:20180123T001916Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190404T154242Z UID:3886-1517990400-1518022800@oacc.cc SUMMARY:The Oakland Asian Cultural Center welcomes filmmaker\, writer\, artist and social activist MARA AHMED DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, May 14\, 20266-8:30 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join us for a fun\, relaxed social mixer and presentation celebrating the amazing Asian creators\, writers\, and producers shaping the world of children’s media! This gathering will connect industry pros (children’s book illustrator and designer Eugenia Yoh of Chronicle Books\, storyboard artist Nira Liu of Pixar Animation Studios\, and toy entrepreneur Elenor Mak of Jilly Bing) with local community to chat about storytelling\, innovation\, and Asian representation in kids’ content.   This event is co-presented by the Children’s Media Association Bay Area Chapter and the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested. Refreshments will be provided. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Free Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE PANELISTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Eugenia Yoh is a Taiwanese-American author-illustrator in the Bay Area. She is a children’s book designer at Chronicle Books during the day and a children’s book illustrator during the night. Her first book\, This Is Not My Home (Little\, Brown 2023)\, is a love letter to Taiwan\, and her second book What If We… (Little\, Brown 2025)\, tells the story of two siblings who bond during an imaginative summer. With more picture books lined up\, she hopes to continue telling stories with heart and humor. She enjoys soup\, Japanese fiction novels\, bananagrams\, the Chinese yoyo and occasional folk-dancing. You can find her online at www.eugeniayoh.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nira Liu is a filmmaker\, comic artist\, story lead\, and bathroom rapper. He began his career as an intern at Blue Sky studios in 2015\, and is now a lead storyboard artist at Pixar Animation Studios. His recent credits include Onward\, Turning Red\, Elemental (2023)\, Win or Lose (2025)\, and Hoppers(2026).   Nira spent his early childhood in his great motherland of China and moved to the US as a teenager. In elementary school\, he would stare out the window and dream of turning into Ultraman and fighting different alien kaiju. In middle school\, he dreamed of becoming an underground rapper who had Jay-Z rapping hooks for him. Fortunately\, those two passions didn’t work out\, so now he has a career of telling whacky humorous stories with his drawings/writing. He enjoys telling gentle stories that make people feel less alone in this world. You can find Nira on Instagram @niradrawdrawdraaw. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Elenor Mak is the founder and CEO of Jilly Bing\, a toy company creating dolls that reflect Asian American children. The idea started when she searched for her daughter’s first doll and didn’t see anything that felt right\, so she decided to build it herself. Elenor and Jilly Bing have been featured on the Today Show\, Forbes\, Entrepreneur\, CBS Mornings\, and NextShark.   Previously\, Elenor co-founded Keaton Row\, an e-commerce fashion company\, and led go-to-market strategy for Target’s Entrepreneur-in-Residence team. She later joined Madison Reed\, where she helped expand retail and open flagship locations on both coasts.   Elenor holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a degree in economics from Dartmouth. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and two children. You can find her online at jillybing.com. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/the-oakland-asian-cultural-center-welcomes-filmmaker-writer-artist-and-social-activist-mara-ahmed/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180203T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180203T160000 DTSTAMP:20260622T055526 CREATED:20180108T011503Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190404T154252Z UID:4180-1517655600-1517673600@oacc.cc SUMMARY:OACC Lunar New Year Celebration DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, May 14\, 20266-8:30 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join us for a fun\, relaxed social mixer and presentation celebrating the amazing Asian creators\, writers\, and producers shaping the world of children’s media! This gathering will connect industry pros (children’s book illustrator and designer Eugenia Yoh of Chronicle Books\, storyboard artist Nira Liu of Pixar Animation Studios\, and toy entrepreneur Elenor Mak of Jilly Bing) with local community to chat about storytelling\, innovation\, and Asian representation in kids’ content.   This event is co-presented by the Children’s Media Association Bay Area Chapter and the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested. Refreshments will be provided. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Free Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE PANELISTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Eugenia Yoh is a Taiwanese-American author-illustrator in the Bay Area. She is a children’s book designer at Chronicle Books during the day and a children’s book illustrator during the night. Her first book\, This Is Not My Home (Little\, Brown 2023)\, is a love letter to Taiwan\, and her second book What If We… (Little\, Brown 2025)\, tells the story of two siblings who bond during an imaginative summer. With more picture books lined up\, she hopes to continue telling stories with heart and humor. She enjoys soup\, Japanese fiction novels\, bananagrams\, the Chinese yoyo and occasional folk-dancing. You can find her online at www.eugeniayoh.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nira Liu is a filmmaker\, comic artist\, story lead\, and bathroom rapper. He began his career as an intern at Blue Sky studios in 2015\, and is now a lead storyboard artist at Pixar Animation Studios. His recent credits include Onward\, Turning Red\, Elemental (2023)\, Win or Lose (2025)\, and Hoppers(2026).   Nira spent his early childhood in his great motherland of China and moved to the US as a teenager. In elementary school\, he would stare out the window and dream of turning into Ultraman and fighting different alien kaiju. In middle school\, he dreamed of becoming an underground rapper who had Jay-Z rapping hooks for him. Fortunately\, those two passions didn’t work out\, so now he has a career of telling whacky humorous stories with his drawings/writing. He enjoys telling gentle stories that make people feel less alone in this world. You can find Nira on Instagram @niradrawdrawdraaw. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Elenor Mak is the founder and CEO of Jilly Bing\, a toy company creating dolls that reflect Asian American children. The idea started when she searched for her daughter’s first doll and didn’t see anything that felt right\, so she decided to build it herself. Elenor and Jilly Bing have been featured on the Today Show\, Forbes\, Entrepreneur\, CBS Mornings\, and NextShark.   Previously\, Elenor co-founded Keaton Row\, an e-commerce fashion company\, and led go-to-market strategy for Target’s Entrepreneur-in-Residence team. She later joined Madison Reed\, where she helped expand retail and open flagship locations on both coasts.   Elenor holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a degree in economics from Dartmouth. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and two children. You can find her online at jillybing.com. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/oacc-lunar-new-year-celebration/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180127T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180127T170000 DTSTAMP:20260622T055526 CREATED:20180110T012227Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190404T154308Z UID:4185-1517040000-1517072400@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Film Screening: 'Defender' Followed by Q&A With San Francisco Public Defender\, Jeff Adachi DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, May 14\, 20266-8:30 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join us for a fun\, relaxed social mixer and presentation celebrating the amazing Asian creators\, writers\, and producers shaping the world of children’s media! This gathering will connect industry pros (children’s book illustrator and designer Eugenia Yoh of Chronicle Books\, storyboard artist Nira Liu of Pixar Animation Studios\, and toy entrepreneur Elenor Mak of Jilly Bing) with local community to chat about storytelling\, innovation\, and Asian representation in kids’ content.   This event is co-presented by the Children’s Media Association Bay Area Chapter and the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested. Refreshments will be provided. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Free Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE PANELISTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Eugenia Yoh is a Taiwanese-American author-illustrator in the Bay Area. She is a children’s book designer at Chronicle Books during the day and a children’s book illustrator during the night. Her first book\, This Is Not My Home (Little\, Brown 2023)\, is a love letter to Taiwan\, and her second book What If We… (Little\, Brown 2025)\, tells the story of two siblings who bond during an imaginative summer. With more picture books lined up\, she hopes to continue telling stories with heart and humor. She enjoys soup\, Japanese fiction novels\, bananagrams\, the Chinese yoyo and occasional folk-dancing. You can find her online at www.eugeniayoh.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nira Liu is a filmmaker\, comic artist\, story lead\, and bathroom rapper. He began his career as an intern at Blue Sky studios in 2015\, and is now a lead storyboard artist at Pixar Animation Studios. His recent credits include Onward\, Turning Red\, Elemental (2023)\, Win or Lose (2025)\, and Hoppers(2026).   Nira spent his early childhood in his great motherland of China and moved to the US as a teenager. In elementary school\, he would stare out the window and dream of turning into Ultraman and fighting different alien kaiju. In middle school\, he dreamed of becoming an underground rapper who had Jay-Z rapping hooks for him. Fortunately\, those two passions didn’t work out\, so now he has a career of telling whacky humorous stories with his drawings/writing. He enjoys telling gentle stories that make people feel less alone in this world. You can find Nira on Instagram @niradrawdrawdraaw. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Elenor Mak is the founder and CEO of Jilly Bing\, a toy company creating dolls that reflect Asian American children. The idea started when she searched for her daughter’s first doll and didn’t see anything that felt right\, so she decided to build it herself. Elenor and Jilly Bing have been featured on the Today Show\, Forbes\, Entrepreneur\, CBS Mornings\, and NextShark.   Previously\, Elenor co-founded Keaton Row\, an e-commerce fashion company\, and led go-to-market strategy for Target’s Entrepreneur-in-Residence team. She later joined Madison Reed\, where she helped expand retail and open flagship locations on both coasts.   Elenor holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a degree in economics from Dartmouth. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and two children. You can find her online at jillybing.com. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/film-screening-defender-followed-by-qa-with-san-francisco-public-defender-jeff-adachi/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180111T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180111T200000 DTSTAMP:20260622T055526 CREATED:20180102T012705Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190404T154316Z UID:4187-1515695400-1515700800@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Peace Lantern Ceremony Planning Meeting DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, May 14\, 20266-8:30 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join us for a fun\, relaxed social mixer and presentation celebrating the amazing Asian creators\, writers\, and producers shaping the world of children’s media! This gathering will connect industry pros (children’s book illustrator and designer Eugenia Yoh of Chronicle Books\, storyboard artist Nira Liu of Pixar Animation Studios\, and toy entrepreneur Elenor Mak of Jilly Bing) with local community to chat about storytelling\, innovation\, and Asian representation in kids’ content.   This event is co-presented by the Children’s Media Association Bay Area Chapter and the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested. Refreshments will be provided. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Free Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE PANELISTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Eugenia Yoh is a Taiwanese-American author-illustrator in the Bay Area. She is a children’s book designer at Chronicle Books during the day and a children’s book illustrator during the night. Her first book\, This Is Not My Home (Little\, Brown 2023)\, is a love letter to Taiwan\, and her second book What If We… (Little\, Brown 2025)\, tells the story of two siblings who bond during an imaginative summer. With more picture books lined up\, she hopes to continue telling stories with heart and humor. She enjoys soup\, Japanese fiction novels\, bananagrams\, the Chinese yoyo and occasional folk-dancing. You can find her online at www.eugeniayoh.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nira Liu is a filmmaker\, comic artist\, story lead\, and bathroom rapper. He began his career as an intern at Blue Sky studios in 2015\, and is now a lead storyboard artist at Pixar Animation Studios. His recent credits include Onward\, Turning Red\, Elemental (2023)\, Win or Lose (2025)\, and Hoppers(2026).   Nira spent his early childhood in his great motherland of China and moved to the US as a teenager. In elementary school\, he would stare out the window and dream of turning into Ultraman and fighting different alien kaiju. In middle school\, he dreamed of becoming an underground rapper who had Jay-Z rapping hooks for him. Fortunately\, those two passions didn’t work out\, so now he has a career of telling whacky humorous stories with his drawings/writing. He enjoys telling gentle stories that make people feel less alone in this world. You can find Nira on Instagram @niradrawdrawdraaw. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Elenor Mak is the founder and CEO of Jilly Bing\, a toy company creating dolls that reflect Asian American children. The idea started when she searched for her daughter’s first doll and didn’t see anything that felt right\, so she decided to build it herself. Elenor and Jilly Bing have been featured on the Today Show\, Forbes\, Entrepreneur\, CBS Mornings\, and NextShark.   Previously\, Elenor co-founded Keaton Row\, an e-commerce fashion company\, and led go-to-market strategy for Target’s Entrepreneur-in-Residence team. She later joined Madison Reed\, where she helped expand retail and open flagship locations on both coasts.   Elenor holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a degree in economics from Dartmouth. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and two children. You can find her online at jillybing.com. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/peace-lantern-ceremony-planning-meeting/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR