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:20181014T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181014T170000 DTSTAMP:20260621T230753 CREATED:20181001T220326Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190404T152704Z UID:4825-1539504000-1539536400@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Free Kidney Disease Screening DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, May 14\, 20266-8:30 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join us for a fun\, relaxed social mixer and presentation celebrating the amazing Asian creators\, writers\, and producers shaping the world of children’s media! This gathering will connect industry pros (children’s book illustrator and designer Eugenia Yoh of Chronicle Books\, storyboard artist Nira Liu of Pixar Animation Studios\, and toy entrepreneur Elenor Mak of Jilly Bing) with local community to chat about storytelling\, innovation\, and Asian representation in kids’ content.   This event is co-presented by the Children’s Media Association Bay Area Chapter and the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested. Refreshments will be provided. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Free Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE PANELISTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Eugenia Yoh is a Taiwanese-American author-illustrator in the Bay Area. She is a children’s book designer at Chronicle Books during the day and a children’s book illustrator during the night. Her first book\, This Is Not My Home (Little\, Brown 2023)\, is a love letter to Taiwan\, and her second book What If We… (Little\, Brown 2025)\, tells the story of two siblings who bond during an imaginative summer. With more picture books lined up\, she hopes to continue telling stories with heart and humor. She enjoys soup\, Japanese fiction novels\, bananagrams\, the Chinese yoyo and occasional folk-dancing. You can find her online at www.eugeniayoh.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nira Liu is a filmmaker\, comic artist\, story lead\, and bathroom rapper. He began his career as an intern at Blue Sky studios in 2015\, and is now a lead storyboard artist at Pixar Animation Studios. His recent credits include Onward\, Turning Red\, Elemental (2023)\, Win or Lose (2025)\, and Hoppers(2026).   Nira spent his early childhood in his great motherland of China and moved to the US as a teenager. In elementary school\, he would stare out the window and dream of turning into Ultraman and fighting different alien kaiju. In middle school\, he dreamed of becoming an underground rapper who had Jay-Z rapping hooks for him. Fortunately\, those two passions didn’t work out\, so now he has a career of telling whacky humorous stories with his drawings/writing. He enjoys telling gentle stories that make people feel less alone in this world. You can find Nira on Instagram @niradrawdrawdraaw. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Elenor Mak is the founder and CEO of Jilly Bing\, a toy company creating dolls that reflect Asian American children. The idea started when she searched for her daughter’s first doll and didn’t see anything that felt right\, so she decided to build it herself. Elenor and Jilly Bing have been featured on the Today Show\, Forbes\, Entrepreneur\, CBS Mornings\, and NextShark.   Previously\, Elenor co-founded Keaton Row\, an e-commerce fashion company\, and led go-to-market strategy for Target’s Entrepreneur-in-Residence team. She later joined Madison Reed\, where she helped expand retail and open flagship locations on both coasts.   Elenor holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a degree in economics from Dartmouth. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and two children. You can find her online at jillybing.com. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/free-kidney-disease-screening/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181013T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181013T220000 DTSTAMP:20260621T230754 CREATED:20181001T220038Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190429T224144Z UID:4820-1539457200-1539468000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Silindro Pilipino Project 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/silindro-pilipino-project/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/CZ-Silindro-Pilipino-May-5th-small-web-card.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181005T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181005T180000 DTSTAMP:20260621T230754 CREATED:20180906T231523Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190404T152849Z UID:4765-1538762400-1538762400@oacc.cc SUMMARY:The Hinabi Project:  Weaving Peace and Dreams ~ Textile Arts of Mindanao 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-hinabi-project-weaving-peace-and-dreams-textile-arts-of-mindanao/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180930T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180930T160000 DTSTAMP:20260621T230754 CREATED:20180906T231650Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190404T152857Z UID:4769-1538312400-1538323200@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Mountain Spirits MUSIC & DANCE PERFORMANCE / FILM SCREENING / TRUNK SHOW 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/mountain-spirits-music-dance-performance-film-screening-trunk-show/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180927T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180927T203000 DTSTAMP:20260621T230754 CREATED:20180718T185809Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190404T152903Z UID:4578-1538069400-1538080200@oacc.cc SUMMARY:2018 Chinatown Mayoral & District 2 Candidate’s Forum 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/oakland-chinatown-coalition-candidates-forum/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180923T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180923T190000 DTSTAMP:20260621T230754 CREATED:20180718T190112Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190404T153003Z UID:4580-1537720200-1537729200@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Peace Lantern Ceremony 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/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180923T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180923T170000 DTSTAMP:20260621T230754 CREATED:20180918T225301Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190404T153029Z UID:4800-1537689600-1537722000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:IN OAKLAND: “Fighting Dictators in the Philippines\, Then & Now” 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/in-oakland-fighting-dictators-in-the-philippines-then-now/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180916T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180916T200000 DTSTAMP:20260621T230754 CREATED:20180829T175909Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190404T153122Z UID:4707-1537117200-1537128000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Filipino-American History during the 1965-1970 Grape strikes - Book Reading / Film Screening / Photography Exhibition 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/filipino-american-history-during-the-1965-1970-grape-strikes-book-reading-film-screening-photography-exhibition/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events,Past Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180909T020000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180909T170000 DTSTAMP:20260621T230754 CREATED:20180717T223122Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190404T153141Z UID:4568-1536458400-1536512400@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Opening Reception: The Forbidden Book: The Philippine-American War in Political Cartoons Presented and Curated by: Abraham Ignacio 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/opening-reception-the-forbidden-book-the-philippine-american-war-in-political-cartoons/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180907T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180907T200000 DTSTAMP:20260621T230754 CREATED:20180718T185649Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190404T153216Z UID:4575-1536339600-1536350400@oacc.cc SUMMARY:First Fridays: Lincoln Summer Nights 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/first-fridays-lincoln-summer-nights-2/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180905T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180905T160000 DTSTAMP:20260621T230754 CREATED:20180718T185310Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190404T153242Z UID:4573-1536152400-1536163200@oacc.cc SUMMARY:First Wednesdays Madison Park 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/first-wednesdays-madison-park/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180825 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180827 DTSTAMP:20260621T230754 CREATED:20180807T211733Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190404T153317Z UID:4648-1535155200-1535327999@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Oakland Chinatown StreetFest 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/oakland-china-town-streetfest-2018/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180803T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180803T200000 DTSTAMP:20260621T230754 CREATED:20180717T220933Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190404T153322Z UID:4559-1533315600-1533326400@oacc.cc SUMMARY:First Fridays:  Lincoln Summer Nights 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/first-fridays-lincoln-summer-nights/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180801T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180801T160000 DTSTAMP:20260621T230754 CREATED:20180717T220819Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190404T153406Z UID:4557-1533128400-1533139200@oacc.cc SUMMARY:First Wednesdays at Madison Park 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/first-wednesdays-at-madison-park/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180728T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180728T200000 DTSTAMP:20260621T230754 CREATED:20180703T224814Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190404T153435Z UID:4537-1532804400-1532808000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:See You at the 7 - Stories From the Bay Area's Last Original Mile House 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/see-you-at-the-7-stories-from-the-bay-areas-last-original-mile-house/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180722T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180722T170000 DTSTAMP:20260621T230754 CREATED:20180703T214837Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190404T153531Z UID:4521-1532271600-1532278800@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Chinese Exclusion Laws and Being Muslim American in Post 9/11 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-exclusion-laws-and-being-muslim-american-in-post-9-11/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180706T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180706T200000 DTSTAMP:20260621T230754 CREATED:20180604T214914Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190404T153538Z UID:4439-1530900000-1530907200@oacc.cc SUMMARY:'SKY\, MOUNTAIN & WATERSCAPE' - Kam Cheung Mok Exhibition 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/opening-reception-of-chinese-ink-wash-landscape-painting-exhibit/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180628T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180628T210000 DTSTAMP:20260621T230754 CREATED:20180627T232741Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190404T153559Z UID:4488-1530212400-1530219600@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Finding Japanese-American Roots in Japan and the U.S. 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-japanese-american-roots-in-japan-and-the-u-s/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180623T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180623T170000 DTSTAMP:20260621T230754 CREATED:20180604T214700Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190404T153619Z UID:4436-1529758800-1529773200@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Hawker Fare: Stories & Recipes from a Refugee Chef's Isan Thai & Lao Roots 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/hawker-fare-stories-recipes-from-a-refugee-chefs-isan-thai-lao-roots/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180601T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180601T200000 DTSTAMP:20260621T230754 CREATED:20180604T202418Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190404T153643Z UID:4420-1527872400-1527883200@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Lincoln Summer Nights 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/lincoln-summer-nights/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180526T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180526T173000 DTSTAMP:20260621T230754 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:20260621T230754 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:20260621T230754 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:20260621T230754 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:20260621T230754 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:20260621T230754 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:20260621T230754 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:20260621T230754 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:20260621T230754 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:20260621T230754 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 END:VCALENDAR