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:20190310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20191103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20200308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20201101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20210314T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20211107T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201114T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201114T180000 DTSTAMP:20260622T010109 CREATED:20200718T004830Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201115T021334Z UID:8128-1605369600-1605376800@oacc.cc SUMMARY:140 LBS: How Beauty Killed My Mother Virtual 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/140lbs/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/LOVE-ME-AS-I-AM_.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201111 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201112 DTSTAMP:20260622T010109 CREATED:20200225T001549Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200225T002837Z UID:7665-1605052800-1605139199@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Closed for Veterans Day DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, May 14\, 20266-8:30 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join us for a fun\, relaxed social mixer and presentation celebrating the amazing Asian creators\, writers\, and producers shaping the world of children’s media! This gathering will connect industry pros (children’s book illustrator and designer Eugenia Yoh of Chronicle Books\, storyboard artist Nira Liu of Pixar Animation Studios\, and toy entrepreneur Elenor Mak of Jilly Bing) with local community to chat about storytelling\, innovation\, and Asian representation in kids’ content.   This event is co-presented by the Children’s Media Association Bay Area Chapter and the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested. Refreshments will be provided. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Free Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE PANELISTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Eugenia Yoh is a Taiwanese-American author-illustrator in the Bay Area. She is a children’s book designer at Chronicle Books during the day and a children’s book illustrator during the night. Her first book\, This Is Not My Home (Little\, Brown 2023)\, is a love letter to Taiwan\, and her second book What If We… (Little\, Brown 2025)\, tells the story of two siblings who bond during an imaginative summer. With more picture books lined up\, she hopes to continue telling stories with heart and humor. She enjoys soup\, Japanese fiction novels\, bananagrams\, the Chinese yoyo and occasional folk-dancing. You can find her online at www.eugeniayoh.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nira Liu is a filmmaker\, comic artist\, story lead\, and bathroom rapper. He began his career as an intern at Blue Sky studios in 2015\, and is now a lead storyboard artist at Pixar Animation Studios. His recent credits include Onward\, Turning Red\, Elemental (2023)\, Win or Lose (2025)\, and Hoppers(2026).   Nira spent his early childhood in his great motherland of China and moved to the US as a teenager. In elementary school\, he would stare out the window and dream of turning into Ultraman and fighting different alien kaiju. In middle school\, he dreamed of becoming an underground rapper who had Jay-Z rapping hooks for him. Fortunately\, those two passions didn’t work out\, so now he has a career of telling whacky humorous stories with his drawings/writing. He enjoys telling gentle stories that make people feel less alone in this world. You can find Nira on Instagram @niradrawdrawdraaw. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Elenor Mak is the founder and CEO of Jilly Bing\, a toy company creating dolls that reflect Asian American children. The idea started when she searched for her daughter’s first doll and didn’t see anything that felt right\, so she decided to build it herself. Elenor and Jilly Bing have been featured on the Today Show\, Forbes\, Entrepreneur\, CBS Mornings\, and NextShark.   Previously\, Elenor co-founded Keaton Row\, an e-commerce fashion company\, and led go-to-market strategy for Target’s Entrepreneur-in-Residence team. She later joined Madison Reed\, where she helped expand retail and open flagship locations on both coasts.   Elenor holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a degree in economics from Dartmouth. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and two children. You can find her online at jillybing.com. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/veterans-day/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201031T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201031T103000 DTSTAMP:20260622T010109 CREATED:20201002T013034Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201103T213623Z UID:8721-1604138400-1604140200@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Sari-Sari Story Time 2: Kalipay and the Tiniest Tiktik 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/sari-sari-story-time-2/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20201031SariSariKalipayThumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201030T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201030T190000 DTSTAMP:20260622T010109 CREATED:20200923T200339Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201031T165502Z UID:8687-1604080800-1604084400@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Banchan Cooking Workshop 2 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/banchan-workshop-2/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/20201030Banchan2_Thumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201024T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201024T143000 DTSTAMP:20260622T010109 CREATED:20200918T225921Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201024T213741Z UID:8663-1603544400-1603549800@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Oakland Chinatown Today\, Oakland Chinatown Tomorrow 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-today-tomorrow/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/20201024OCTodayandTomorrowThumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201024T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201024T103000 DTSTAMP:20260622T010109 CREATED:20201002T012455Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201024T173423Z UID:8717-1603533600-1603535400@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Sari-Sari Story Time 1: Amina and the City of Flowers 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/sari-sari-story-time-1/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20201024SariSariAminaThumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201017T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201017T140000 DTSTAMP:20260622T010109 CREATED:20200824T203306Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201019T182442Z UID:8617-1602939600-1602943200@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Chinatown Pretty Book Talk 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/chinatown-pretty-book-talk/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/20201017ChinatownPrettyThumbnail-1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201016T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201016T190000 DTSTAMP:20260622T010109 CREATED:20200923T200143Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201024T173258Z UID:8683-1602871200-1602874800@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Banchan Cooking Workshop 1 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/banchan-workshop-1/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/20201016Banchan1_Thumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201012T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201012T193000 DTSTAMP:20260622T010109 CREATED:20200923T225708Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201019T184228Z UID:8701-1602525600-1602531000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:"In the Land of My Ancestors" Film & Conversation 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-the-land-of-my-ancestors/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/20201012LandofAncestorsThumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200930 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210101 DTSTAMP:20260622T010109 CREATED:20200813T191011Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211008T184130Z UID:8575-1601424000-1609459199@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Virtual Chuseok Festival Youth Art Contest 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/virtual-chuseok-festival-youth-art-contest/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Art-Contest_thumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Korean Center%2C Inc.":MAILTO:info@koreancentersf.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200925T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200925T190000 DTSTAMP:20260622T010109 CREATED:20200717T182601Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201001T180006Z UID:8610-1601053200-1601060400@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Quarantini Mixer: Spritz\, Mix\, & Drink From Home with Viridian and 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/quarantini-mixer/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cocktail_thumb_02-2.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200907 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200908 DTSTAMP:20260622T010109 CREATED:20200225T000327Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200225T002843Z UID:7663-1599436800-1599523199@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Closed for Labor Day DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, May 14\, 20266-8:30 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join us for a fun\, relaxed social mixer and presentation celebrating the amazing Asian creators\, writers\, and producers shaping the world of children’s media! This gathering will connect industry pros (children’s book illustrator and designer Eugenia Yoh of Chronicle Books\, storyboard artist Nira Liu of Pixar Animation Studios\, and toy entrepreneur Elenor Mak of Jilly Bing) with local community to chat about storytelling\, innovation\, and Asian representation in kids’ content.   This event is co-presented by the Children’s Media Association Bay Area Chapter and the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested. Refreshments will be provided. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Free Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE PANELISTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Eugenia Yoh is a Taiwanese-American author-illustrator in the Bay Area. She is a children’s book designer at Chronicle Books during the day and a children’s book illustrator during the night. Her first book\, This Is Not My Home (Little\, Brown 2023)\, is a love letter to Taiwan\, and her second book What If We… (Little\, Brown 2025)\, tells the story of two siblings who bond during an imaginative summer. With more picture books lined up\, she hopes to continue telling stories with heart and humor. She enjoys soup\, Japanese fiction novels\, bananagrams\, the Chinese yoyo and occasional folk-dancing. You can find her online at www.eugeniayoh.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nira Liu is a filmmaker\, comic artist\, story lead\, and bathroom rapper. He began his career as an intern at Blue Sky studios in 2015\, and is now a lead storyboard artist at Pixar Animation Studios. His recent credits include Onward\, Turning Red\, Elemental (2023)\, Win or Lose (2025)\, and Hoppers(2026).   Nira spent his early childhood in his great motherland of China and moved to the US as a teenager. In elementary school\, he would stare out the window and dream of turning into Ultraman and fighting different alien kaiju. In middle school\, he dreamed of becoming an underground rapper who had Jay-Z rapping hooks for him. Fortunately\, those two passions didn’t work out\, so now he has a career of telling whacky humorous stories with his drawings/writing. He enjoys telling gentle stories that make people feel less alone in this world. You can find Nira on Instagram @niradrawdrawdraaw. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Elenor Mak is the founder and CEO of Jilly Bing\, a toy company creating dolls that reflect Asian American children. The idea started when she searched for her daughter’s first doll and didn’t see anything that felt right\, so she decided to build it herself. Elenor and Jilly Bing have been featured on the Today Show\, Forbes\, Entrepreneur\, CBS Mornings\, and NextShark.   Previously\, Elenor co-founded Keaton Row\, an e-commerce fashion company\, and led go-to-market strategy for Target’s Entrepreneur-in-Residence team. She later joined Madison Reed\, where she helped expand retail and open flagship locations on both coasts.   Elenor holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a degree in economics from Dartmouth. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and two children. You can find her online at jillybing.com. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/labor-day/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200829T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200829T150000 DTSTAMP:20260622T010109 CREATED:20200617T001659Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200908T185823Z UID:7753-1598709600-1598713200@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Love Me As I Am: How to Have an Inter-generational Conversation on Beauty Standards and Self-Worth 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/convo-between-generations/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/LOVE-ME-AS-I-AM_-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200808 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201005 DTSTAMP:20260622T010109 CREATED:20200605T171347Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201103T214657Z UID:7989-1596844800-1601855999@oacc.cc SUMMARY:San Francisco Beginnings of Korean Immigration (1902-1920) 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/san-francisco-beginnings-of-korean-immigration-1902-1920/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th Street\, Suite 290\, Oakland\, CA 94607\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607 CATEGORIES:Past Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/20200808SFBeginningsThumbnail-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200725T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200725T150000 DTSTAMP:20260622T010109 CREATED:20200615T212353Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211007T181118Z UID:8033-1595682000-1595689200@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Healing Around Race: Creative Writing Workshop #2 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/healing-around-race-workshop-2/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/20200711CreativeWritingThumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200714T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200714T120000 DTSTAMP:20260622T010109 CREATED:20200609T192022Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200715T002306Z UID:8018-1594724400-1594728000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Foundational Cooking Class Series: Session 4 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/foundational-cooking-class-series-4/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/20200623CookingClassThumbnail-2.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200711T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200711T150000 DTSTAMP:20260622T010109 CREATED:20200615T212228Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200715T183928Z UID:8029-1594472400-1594479600@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Healing Around Race: Creative Writing Workshop #1 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/healing-around-race-workshop-1/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/20200711CreativeWritingThumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200707T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200707T170000 DTSTAMP:20260622T010109 CREATED:20200609T191928Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200708T174154Z UID:8016-1594137600-1594141200@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Foundational Cooking Class Series: Session 3 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/foundational-cooking-class-series-3/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/20200623CookingClassThumbnail-2.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200703 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200705 DTSTAMP:20260622T010109 CREATED:20200225T000243Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200225T002906Z UID:7661-1593734400-1593907199@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Closed for Independence Day DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, May 14\, 20266-8:30 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join us for a fun\, relaxed social mixer and presentation celebrating the amazing Asian creators\, writers\, and producers shaping the world of children’s media! This gathering will connect industry pros (children’s book illustrator and designer Eugenia Yoh of Chronicle Books\, storyboard artist Nira Liu of Pixar Animation Studios\, and toy entrepreneur Elenor Mak of Jilly Bing) with local community to chat about storytelling\, innovation\, and Asian representation in kids’ content.   This event is co-presented by the Children’s Media Association Bay Area Chapter and the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested. Refreshments will be provided. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Free Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE PANELISTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Eugenia Yoh is a Taiwanese-American author-illustrator in the Bay Area. She is a children’s book designer at Chronicle Books during the day and a children’s book illustrator during the night. Her first book\, This Is Not My Home (Little\, Brown 2023)\, is a love letter to Taiwan\, and her second book What If We… (Little\, Brown 2025)\, tells the story of two siblings who bond during an imaginative summer. With more picture books lined up\, she hopes to continue telling stories with heart and humor. She enjoys soup\, Japanese fiction novels\, bananagrams\, the Chinese yoyo and occasional folk-dancing. You can find her online at www.eugeniayoh.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nira Liu is a filmmaker\, comic artist\, story lead\, and bathroom rapper. He began his career as an intern at Blue Sky studios in 2015\, and is now a lead storyboard artist at Pixar Animation Studios. His recent credits include Onward\, Turning Red\, Elemental (2023)\, Win or Lose (2025)\, and Hoppers(2026).   Nira spent his early childhood in his great motherland of China and moved to the US as a teenager. In elementary school\, he would stare out the window and dream of turning into Ultraman and fighting different alien kaiju. In middle school\, he dreamed of becoming an underground rapper who had Jay-Z rapping hooks for him. Fortunately\, those two passions didn’t work out\, so now he has a career of telling whacky humorous stories with his drawings/writing. He enjoys telling gentle stories that make people feel less alone in this world. You can find Nira on Instagram @niradrawdrawdraaw. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Elenor Mak is the founder and CEO of Jilly Bing\, a toy company creating dolls that reflect Asian American children. The idea started when she searched for her daughter’s first doll and didn’t see anything that felt right\, so she decided to build it herself. Elenor and Jilly Bing have been featured on the Today Show\, Forbes\, Entrepreneur\, CBS Mornings\, and NextShark.   Previously\, Elenor co-founded Keaton Row\, an e-commerce fashion company\, and led go-to-market strategy for Target’s Entrepreneur-in-Residence team. She later joined Madison Reed\, where she helped expand retail and open flagship locations on both coasts.   Elenor holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a degree in economics from Dartmouth. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and two children. You can find her online at jillybing.com. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/independence-day/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200630T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200630T120000 DTSTAMP:20260622T010109 CREATED:20200609T191820Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200630T191051Z UID:8014-1593514800-1593518400@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Foundational Cooking Class Series: Session 2 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/foundational-cooking-class-series-2/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/20200623CookingClassThumbnail-1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200623T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200623T120000 DTSTAMP:20260622T010109 CREATED:20200609T190723Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200624T204256Z UID:8006-1592910000-1592913600@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Foundational Cooking Class Series: Session 1 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/foundational-cooking-class-series-1/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/20200623CookingClassThumbnail-1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200530T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200530T133000 DTSTAMP:20260622T010109 CREATED:20200211T175916Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200609T185133Z UID:7600-1590840000-1590845400@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Celebrating Our HeART-filled Heritage 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/celebrating-our-heart-filled-heritage/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/20200530HeritageThumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200525 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200526 DTSTAMP:20260622T010109 CREATED:20200225T000151Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200225T002901Z UID:7659-1590364800-1590451199@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Closed for Memorial Day DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, May 14\, 20266-8:30 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join us for a fun\, relaxed social mixer and presentation celebrating the amazing Asian creators\, writers\, and producers shaping the world of children’s media! This gathering will connect industry pros (children’s book illustrator and designer Eugenia Yoh of Chronicle Books\, storyboard artist Nira Liu of Pixar Animation Studios\, and toy entrepreneur Elenor Mak of Jilly Bing) with local community to chat about storytelling\, innovation\, and Asian representation in kids’ content.   This event is co-presented by the Children’s Media Association Bay Area Chapter and the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested. Refreshments will be provided. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Free Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE PANELISTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Eugenia Yoh is a Taiwanese-American author-illustrator in the Bay Area. She is a children’s book designer at Chronicle Books during the day and a children’s book illustrator during the night. Her first book\, This Is Not My Home (Little\, Brown 2023)\, is a love letter to Taiwan\, and her second book What If We… (Little\, Brown 2025)\, tells the story of two siblings who bond during an imaginative summer. With more picture books lined up\, she hopes to continue telling stories with heart and humor. She enjoys soup\, Japanese fiction novels\, bananagrams\, the Chinese yoyo and occasional folk-dancing. You can find her online at www.eugeniayoh.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nira Liu is a filmmaker\, comic artist\, story lead\, and bathroom rapper. He began his career as an intern at Blue Sky studios in 2015\, and is now a lead storyboard artist at Pixar Animation Studios. His recent credits include Onward\, Turning Red\, Elemental (2023)\, Win or Lose (2025)\, and Hoppers(2026).   Nira spent his early childhood in his great motherland of China and moved to the US as a teenager. In elementary school\, he would stare out the window and dream of turning into Ultraman and fighting different alien kaiju. In middle school\, he dreamed of becoming an underground rapper who had Jay-Z rapping hooks for him. Fortunately\, those two passions didn’t work out\, so now he has a career of telling whacky humorous stories with his drawings/writing. He enjoys telling gentle stories that make people feel less alone in this world. You can find Nira on Instagram @niradrawdrawdraaw. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Elenor Mak is the founder and CEO of Jilly Bing\, a toy company creating dolls that reflect Asian American children. The idea started when she searched for her daughter’s first doll and didn’t see anything that felt right\, so she decided to build it herself. Elenor and Jilly Bing have been featured on the Today Show\, Forbes\, Entrepreneur\, CBS Mornings\, and NextShark.   Previously\, Elenor co-founded Keaton Row\, an e-commerce fashion company\, and led go-to-market strategy for Target’s Entrepreneur-in-Residence team. She later joined Madison Reed\, where she helped expand retail and open flagship locations on both coasts.   Elenor holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a degree in economics from Dartmouth. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and two children. You can find her online at jillybing.com. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/memorial-day/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200501 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200601 DTSTAMP:20260622T010109 CREATED:20200513T195426Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200609T185159Z UID:7873-1588291200-1590969599@oacc.cc SUMMARY:APA Heritage Month List of Community Events 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/apa-heritage-month-list-of-community-events/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/2020APAHeritageMonthThumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200430 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200701 DTSTAMP:20260622T010109 CREATED:20200519T203201Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200831T210203Z UID:7913-1588204800-1593561599@oacc.cc SUMMARY:"Textures of April 30th" Traveling Exhibition: Call for Submissions 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/textures-of-april-30th-traveling-exhibition/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/20210430TexturesThumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200419T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200419T143000 DTSTAMP:20260622T010109 CREATED:20200331T223637Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200909T173856Z UID:7809-1587301200-1587306600@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Our Communities\, Climate Change\, and COVID-19 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/our-communities-climate-change-and-covid-19/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/20200419ClimateChangeThumbnail.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200419 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200420 DTSTAMP:20260622T010109 CREATED:20200211T175010Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200225T003342Z UID:7590-1587254400-1587340799@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Community Voices to Empower Change Series 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/community-voices-to-empower-change-series/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/2020CommunityVoicesThumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200315 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200401 DTSTAMP:20260622T010109 CREATED:20200313T202958Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200316T184634Z UID:7734-1584230400-1585699199@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Closed to the public 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/closed-to-the-public-4/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200306 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200701 DTSTAMP:20260622T010109 CREATED:20191220T235611Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200716T172455Z UID:7415-1583452800-1593561599@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Memory Vignettes & Poem-Paintings Series 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/memory-vignettes-poem-paintings-series/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/20200308SalmaArastuThumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200301 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200329 DTSTAMP:20260622T010109 CREATED:20191109T211417Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200519T203820Z UID:7326-1583020800-1585439999@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Reflections on Home 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/reflections-on-home/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/20200301ReflectionsExtendedThumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR