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SUMMARY:140 LBS: How Beauty Killed My Mother Virtual Screening
DESCRIPTION:OACC is excited to bring 140 LBS: How Beauty Killed My Mother to a broader API audience through a virtual screening event hosted on Saturday\, November 14. The solo theater work is written and performed by Susan Lieu\, a first-generation American born to Vietnamese refugees. The performance weaves together several through-lines: inter-generational trauma; parent-child relationships; body insecurity and shame; repression and healing from personal loss; lack of accountability in the medical system; Vietnamese folkloric practice of spirit channeling. \nTwo hours into surgery\, Susan’s mother loses oxygen to her brain and the plastic surgeon deliberately does not call 9-1-1 for fourteen minutes. Five days later\, while in a coma\, she flatlines. The surgeon is charged with medical negligence and her family falls apart; no one talks about what happened. Nineteen years later on her wedding day\, Susan’s mother’s seat sits empty and Susan realizes she can no longer ignore what she’s always wanted: to know who her mother was. Sifting through thousands of deposition pages and reaching out to the killer’s family\, Susan uncovers the painful truth of her mother\, herself\, and the impossible ideal of Vietnamese feminine beauty. \n140 LBS speaks to a wide variety of communities as it lies at the intersection of different identities and lived experiences. The show brings forth questions of medical ethics\, psychology\, family narrative\, and gender\, and intersects with theater and performance\, memory studies\, Vietnamese language and culture\, mental health and wellness\, female empowerment\, trauma and healing\, and Asian American identity. \nThis program is supported by a grant from the Alameda County Arts Commission \n \n\nBefore the screening event\, OACC will host a preview of the screening with a virtual panel discussion on Saturday\, August 29\, from 2-3PM PST via ZOOM. Love Me As I Am: How to Have an Inter-generational Conversation on Beauty Standards and Self-Worth includes panelists Susan Lieu (artist and producer of 140LBS)\, Cindy Nguyen (a postdoctoral fellow teaching Southeast Asian history at Brown University)\, and Nelly Nguyen ( a retired CM analyst and Vietnam War refugee) as they hold difficult conversations about parent-child relationships in Asian families. Inspired by the themes conveyed in 140LBS\, the panel will approach parent-child communication with genuine anecdotes and helpful tools that provide a better understanding of family relationships and improve personal growth for a healthier mindset. \n 
URL:https://oacc.cc/event/140lbs/
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SUMMARY:Closed for Veterans Day
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URL:https://oacc.cc/event/veterans-day/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201031T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201031T103000
DTSTAMP:20260419T112728
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SUMMARY:Sari-Sari Story Time 2: Kalipay and the Tiniest Tiktik
DESCRIPTION:WATCH THE RECORDING \nEnjoy children’s stories featuring Filipinx folklore narrated by Christina Newhard! Each story is accompanied by fun\, at-home craft activities. This event will be broadcast on YouTube Live. \nFeatured story for October 31st: KALIPAY AND THE TINIEST TIKTIK a Cebuano Tale \nDaydreaming comes easily to Kalipay\, but she doesn’t know how to make bullies leave her alone. One day\, she makes an unusual new friend in Gamay\, who tells the school bully\, Juan\, to stop teasing Kalipay. Other children are afraid of Gamay—her strange tongue\, split body\, and bat wings—but Kalipay is fascinated by the things that make her new friend different. Together they learn how friendship can overcome differences and create happiness for everyone. \nChristina Buhain Newhard is a designer\, publisher\, and former New Yorker who now lives in Oakland. Learn more at www.sarisaristorybooks.com.
URL:https://oacc.cc/event/sari-sari-story-time-2/
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CATEGORIES:Past Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201030T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201030T190000
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SUMMARY:Banchan Cooking Workshop 2
DESCRIPTION:VIEW WORKSHOP RECORDING \nDownload Oii Muchim recipe \nDownload Pa Kimchi recipe \nJoin Korean cooking instructor Sarah Kim Lee as she teaches simple\, delicious recipes for several types of banchan dishes that you can enjoy making this Fall! Follow Sarah’s cooking activities on Instagram (@sarahkim_lee) and learn more about the new EATogether program that ARTogether has been providing for our communities at www.artogether.org/eatogether/. \nThis event was presented in partnership with ARTogether and was broadcast on Zoom and YouTube Live.
URL:https://oacc.cc/event/banchan-workshop-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201024T130000
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SUMMARY:Oakland Chinatown Today\, Oakland Chinatown Tomorrow
DESCRIPTION:View the event recording here. \nOakland Chinatown is at a critical turning point. What are the issues affecting this historic neighborhood and how can we address them? \nModerator William Gee Wong is joined by Ted Dang (Commercial broker/developer\, also EBALDC co-founder)\,  Alvina Wong (APEN Campaign & Organizing Director)\, Tiffany Eng (Friends of Lincoln Park co-founder)\, and Joyce Pisnanont (CAPACD Director of Economic Empowerment) to discuss complex\, interwoven factors such as immigration and gentrification trends affecting Oakland Chinatown. Learn from their expertise and lived experiences as well as discover local resources and ways to support Oakland Chinatown today and tomorrow. Part of the “Community Voices to Empower Change” series. \nThis event is presented in partnership with Eastwind Books of Berkeley and will be broadcast on Zoom and YouTube Live for free with a suggested donation of $5 to help support our program expenses. Donations are appreciated and no one will be turned away for lack of funds. \nThis project was made possible with support from California Humanities\, a non-profit partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Visit calhum.org. \n\nPANELISTS \n     \nPhotos from left to right: Ted Dang\, Alvina Wong\, Tiffany Eng\, and Joyce Pisnanont. \n\nTed Dang is one of the original members of the grass roots group of students and community activists who started the East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation (EBALDC). He is an Oakland native and grew up in the Chinatown area. For over 40 years\, he has been in the commercial real estate business as a broker\, manager\, investor\, and developer as well as involved with organizations such as the Oakland Housing Authority\, Shoong Chinese Cultural Center\, Oakland Chamber of Commerce\, and Family Bridges. \nAlvina Wong is the Campaign & Organizing Director at the Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN). In her role\, she fights the displacement of low-income and working-class Asian immigrants and refugees while building their leadership to fight for environmental justice. Leading her team in intergenerational organizing towards community governance and power at the neighborhood\, city\, and regional levels\, she has led campaigns to stop evictions of SRO tenants and win major community benefits. Alvina began organizing in the Chinese immigrant community as an Eva Lowe Fellow at Chinese Progressive Association\, SF and prior to this\, spent eight years developing and organizing young people around education access and youth incarceration issues. \nSix generations of Tiffany Eng’s family have lived in and around Oakland Chinatown since 1906. She is a co-founder of Friends of Lincoln Square Park\, an exciting initiative to build an expanded recreation center in Oakland Chinatown. She is also a Founding Member of Old Oakland Neighbors\, a Founding Family Member of Yu Ming Mandarin Immersion Public Charter School\, and co-founder of Family Friendly Oakland. She is a passionate advocate for public parks\, civic engagement and family friendly cities. Tiffany earned a Master’s degree in City and Regional Planning from UC Berkeley\, and is a Program Director for Grounded Solutions Network\, a national affordable housing nonprofit dedicated to creating more inclusive and equitable cities. She lives in Oakland with her husband\, two daughters and a pitbull. \n\nJoyce Pisnanont has over 15 years of experience working with Asian Pacific Islander community development organizations\, including for several National CAPACD members in New York\, California\, and Washington. Most recently\, Joyce worked with Seattle Chinatown International District Preservation and Development Authority as the Director of IDEA Space – an economic development resource and design center. Her previous experiences have ranged from fund development and grants management\, to advocacy and community organizing\, to establishing and growing programs that build local leadership capacity. Joyce is a graduate of the University of California\, Berkeley’s Masters in Social Welfare program. \nMODERATOR \n \nWilliam Gee Wong\, a retired journalist and author\, was born and grew up in Oakland\, California’s Chinatown\, and has written for\, among others\, the Wall Street Journal\, Oakland Tribune\, San Francisco Chronicle\, San Francisco Examiner\, Asian Week\, East-West Chinese American Journal. He is author of Yellow Journalist: Dispatches from Asian America\, and Images of America: Oakland’s Chinatown. He is writing a memoir that includes Oakland Chinatown history and the issues of immigration\, race\, exclusion\, inclusion\, multiculturalism\, identity\, and what it means to be American. Headshot Photo Credit: Jim Stevens/Bay Area News Group
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SUMMARY:Sari-Sari Story Time 1: Amina and the City of Flowers
DESCRIPTION:Click here to watch the livestream. \nEnjoy children’s stories featuring Filipinx folklore narrated by Christina Newhard! Each story is accompanied by fun\, at-home craft activities. This event was broadcast on YouTube Live. \nFeatured story for October 24th: Amina and the City of Flowers: a Chavacano Tale \nAmina\, a young Yakan weaver\, is homesick for Basilan\, but she finds inspiration for her loom in the diversity and color of her new home\, Zamboanga City. \nChristina Buhain Newhard is a designer\, publisher\, and former New Yorker who now lives in Oakland. Learn more at www.sarisaristorybooks.com.
URL:https://oacc.cc/event/sari-sari-story-time-1/
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CATEGORIES:Past Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201017T130000
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SUMMARY:Chinatown Pretty Book Talk
DESCRIPTION:Missed the event? Catch the recording here. \nChinatown Pretty features beautiful portraits and heartwarming stories of trend-setting seniors across six Chinatowns located in San Francisco\, Oakland\, Los Angeles\, Chicago\, New York City\, and Vancouver. Andria Lo and Valerie Luu have been interviewing and photographing Chinatown’s most fashionable elders on their blog and Instagram\, Chinatown Pretty\, since 2014. The book talk will be followed by a Q&A session with the audience. \nRSVP to receive the Zoom link to participate in the live Q&A! The event will also be streamed via YouTube Live. \nThis event is presented by OACC in partnership with Eastwind Books of Berkeley. \nFollow the authors at @chinatownpretty (IG) and www.chinatownpretty.com. \n  \nAbout the Authors \nValerie Luu is a writer and one-half of the Vietnamese pop-up restaurant Rice Paper Scissors. She lives in San Francisco. \nAndria Lo is a freelance photographer whose work has been featured in the San Francisco Chronicle\, the New York Times\, and Wired. She lives in Berkeley.
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SUMMARY:Banchan Cooking Workshop 1
DESCRIPTION:Download: Uhmuok Bokkeum recipe \nDownload: Yangpa Jangahjji recipe \nView the recording here. \nWhat is banchan? Find out with this special cooking workshop! \nWatch Korean cooking instructor Sarah Kim Lee as she teaches simple\, delicious recipes for several types of banchan dishes that you can enjoy making this Fall! Workshop details including ingredient list will be shared with RSVPed participants prior to the workshop. Follow Sarah’s cooking activities on Instagram (@sarahkim_lee) and learn more about the new EATogether program that ARTogether has been providing for our communities at www.artogether.org/eatogether/. \nThis event was presented in partnership with ARTogether and broadcasted on Zoom and YouTube Live.
URL:https://oacc.cc/event/banchan-workshop-1/
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CATEGORIES:Past Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201012T180000
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SUMMARY:"In the Land of My Ancestors" Film & Conversation
DESCRIPTION:  \n \nMissed the event? View the recording here. \n“In the Land of my Ancestors” celebrates the living legacy of Ann Marie Sayers\, a beloved Ohlone elder. Ohlone people are not federally recognized as indigenous nations in the San Francisco Bay Area. Ann Marie used the Indian Allotment Act of 1887 to reclaim her traditional land in Indian\nCanyon\, which is the only federally recognized Indian territory for over 300 miles from Sonoma to the coast of Santa Barbara in California. The film screening will be followed by a conversation with filmmaker Ruch Chitnis and special guest Kanyon Sayers-Roods. \nLearn more about Rucha’s work at www.awomanslens.com. \nLearn more about Indian Canyon at www.indiancanyonlife.org. \nThis event was broadcast on Zoom and YouTube Live.
URL:https://oacc.cc/event/in-the-land-of-my-ancestors/
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CATEGORIES:Past Events
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SUMMARY:Virtual Chuseok Festival Youth Art Contest
DESCRIPTION:Congratulations to our contest winners!\nArtwork Returns: If you submitted a physical artwork\, you can schedule to retrieve your artwork from either OACC (388 Ninth St.\, Ste 290 Oakland 94607) or KCI (1362 Post St\, San Francisco 94109) facilities. Pickups must be requested at least one week in advance and confirmed by an OACC or KCI staff member. Please email programs@oacc.cc or chuseok@koreancentersf.org depending on which location you would like to pick up the artwork. We are unable to mail back artworks.
URL:https://oacc.cc/event/virtual-chuseok-festival-youth-art-contest/
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CATEGORIES:Past Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200925T170000
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SUMMARY:Quarantini Mixer: Spritz\, Mix\, & Drink From Home with Viridian and OACC
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \n“The Theory of Cocktails” Featuring Viridian\nOACC is excited to bring you Quarantini Mixer — an online mixology class and social club! This first mixer focuses on “The Theory of Cocktails” — learn the foundations of flavor to create easy cocktails at home with everyday ingredients featuring your friends at Viridian! \nOn Friday\, September 25 at 5:00 pm\, come hang out with us over zoom\, enjoy a signature drink while learning how to recreate the tasty libation for yourself at home\, and get a chance to win great auction items and raffle prizes! This event is a virtual fundraiser\, in which proceeds from ticket sales and auction support both Viridian and OACC. \nGENERAL ADMISSION INCLUDES ZOOM LINK ACCESS TO EVENT/DEMO ON SEPTEMBER 25\, RECIPE FOR SIGNATURE COCKTAIL\, RAFFLE TICKET FOR A CHANCE TO WIN SOME VIRIDIAN SWAG & 4 BOTTLES OF WINE \nPRICE:\n$30 — General Admission and a ready-for-pick-up bottled cocktail ($20 value) from Viridian​\n$45 — General admission and delivery service by OACC Staff of Viridian cocktail\, recipe\, and raffle ticket in a 10-mile radius of Oakland\, CA\n$55 — General admission and delivery service by OACC Staff of Viridian cocktail\, recipe\, and raffle ticket in a 15-mile radius of Oakland\, CA\n$65 — General admission and delivery service by OACC Staff of Viridian cocktail\, recipe\, and raffle ticket in a 25-mile radius of Oakland\, CA \nIMPORTANT DELIVERY NOTE: Please order by Thursday\, September 24. The delivery service ends at 2 pm on Friday\, September 25. The delivery fee covers staff mileage and a small portion serves as a general donation towards OACC’s programs. \nDeadline to place all orders: Thursday\, Sept. 24 at 6:00 pm \nRAFFLE PRIZE:\nViridian T-Shirt & Hat plus 4 Wine Bottles and 2 wine glasses \nLIVE AUCTION ITEMS:\n1) Viridian E-Book & 12 piece cocktail kit and stand. Qty: 1 | Value: $90 | Starting Bid: $30 \n2) “Cook at Home with Chef Tu” Kit — $40 digital gift card towards Chef Tu Virtual Cooking Classes and 3 Pack of Tumami Spice Blends: 3 Vietnamese Queen Pineapple Jerky Artisan Vietnamese Fish Sauce [Son Fish Sauce\, 5 oz. bottle]. Qty: 2 | Value: $136 | Starting Bid: $40[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”CLICK TO R.S.V.P.” color=”warning” size=”lg” align=”center” button_block=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Foacc.liveimpact.org%2Fli%2F8737%2Fsevent%2Fevt%2Fhome%2F145430%2F69||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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SUMMARY:Closed for Labor Day
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200829T140000
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SUMMARY:Love Me As I Am: How to Have an Inter-generational Conversation on Beauty Standards and Self-Worth
DESCRIPTION:Tickets are free to $5 – Please register here:\nhttps://oacc.liveimpact.org/li/8737/sevent/evt/home/140115/69 \nLove Me As I Am: How to Have an Intergenerational Conversation on Beauty Standards and Self-Worth \nYou look fatter than last time — have you eaten yet? Criticism and ironic love all in one sentence — or is it? Join Susan Lieu\, Cindy Nguyen\, and Nelly Nguyen as they break down real Asian American family conversations\, their meanings across generations\, and practical tools to navigate sad awkward conversations with a hope of emotional connection. \nOn Saturday\, August 29th\, OACC will host a preview of the 140 LBS with a virtual panel discussion on beauty standards\, self-worth\, and how to come out of a conversation feeling more closer. Inspired by the themes conveyed in 140 LBS\, the panel will examine the tension in parent-child communication and share tools to improve relationships while maintaining healthy boundaries. \nSpeakers:\nCindy Nguyen\, a postdoctoral fellow teaching Southeast Asian history at Brown University and creator of Family Notes\, a conversation toolkit to help facilitate intergenerational\, multilingual conversations between loved ones \nNelly Nguyen\, a retired CM analyst\, Vietnam War refugee\, and mother of Thi Bui\, author of The Best We Could Do \nSusan Lieu\, playwright and performer of solo theatrical show 140 LBS: How Beauty Killed My Mother \nOACC is excited to bring “140 LBS: How Beauty Killed My Mother\,” to a broader API audience through a virtual screening event hosted on Saturday\, November 14. The solo theater work is written and performed by Susan Lieu\, a first-generation American born to Vietnamese refugees. The performance weaves together several through-lines: inter-generational trauma; parent-child relationships; body insecurity and shame; repression and healing from personal loss; lack of accountability in the medical system; Vietnamese folkloric practice of spirit channeling. \nThis program is supported by a grant from the Alameda County Arts Commission \n \n\nRead more about the speakers: \n \nSusan Lieu is a Vietnamese-American activist\, playwright\, and performer who tells stories that refuse to be forgotten. With a vision for individual and community healing—made possible through the interplay of comedy and drama—her work delves deeply into the lived realities of body insecurity\, grieving\, and trauma. Her first theatrical solo show\, “140 LBS: HOW BEAUTY KILLED MY MOTHER” is the true story of how her mother died from plastic surgery malpractice when Lieu was 11 years old and her search to find her mother’s killer. Susan self-produced a nearly sold-out 10-city National Tour with press from L.A. Times\, NPR\, The Washington Post (The Lily)\, NBC News\, American Theatre\, and The Seattle Times. Lieu has performed her show and its sequel 51 times to 6000 people in the past year. Her work has been showcased with The Wing Luke Museum\, The Moth at Benaroya Hall\, On The Boards\, and Bumbershoot. Susan has a BA from Harvard\, an MBA from Yale\, and is the co-founder of Socola Chocolatier\, an artisanal chocolate company in San Francisco. \n  \n \nCindy Nguyen is an artist-historian who works between film\, poetry\, and visual narrative. Her scholarship and art defies dominant narrative and meditates on the subtle textures of translation and memory. Her current multimedia project\, “Mẹ [Mom]\, Translated” explores intergenerational language and love. Nguyen’s other major project includes MISS/MIS\, a feminist exploration of all things deemed ‘mis-’ –wrong\, dirty\, or defiant. Her art experiments on translation\, categorical impulses\, and misreading emerged from her Ph.D. at UC Berkeley on Vietnamese libraries and print culture. Her essays\, poetry\, and film have been published in PANK Magazine\, Diacritics\, Ajar Press\, and the Viet Film Festival. Nguyen’s scholarly research has been funded by Fulbright\, Social Science Research Council\, and the National Academy of Education/Spencer. With funding from the Brown Arts Initiative\, Nguyen is currently producing a poetic documentary film on the language of Vietnamese refugee remembrance and history. As a postdoctoral fellow\, she currently teaches Southeast Asian history at Brown University. \n  \n \nNelly Nguyet M. Nguyen came to the U.S. over 42 years ago as a refugee and successfully rebuilt her life through a number of career transitions while raising her family of four children as well as caring for her husband. Now a retired CM analyst\, Nelly lives in California’s Bay Area and enjoys her golden years as a mother and grandmother. Born in Cambodia to Vietnamese parents\, Nelly was raised in pre-Communist Vietnam and attended French private schools throughout her childhood. After graduating from the renowned French prep school Lycee Yersin de Dalat\, she went on to the University of Pedagogy of Saigon and received her Bachelor degree in 1965\, specializing in French literature. She taught French at high schools all over South Vietnam until the country fell to Communist rule in 1975. An idealist who believed in the idea of a de-colonized Vietnam\, Nelly remained in the country and continued to teach through the regime change. Three years later\, having experienced the economic and social decline of the country and seeing no future for her children\, she sought the chance for freedom and escaped Communist Vietnam by boat\, bringing her entire family with her. (The family’s refugee & immigrant story is depicted in the graphic novel The Best We Could Do\, by Thi Bui\, Nelly’s youngest daughter.) Adapting to life in America was not without struggles and challenges\, but Nelly was resolute in her aim to provide her children with a life of opportunities. As is the case with many other immigrants\, she managed to overcome the numerous difficulties with hard work and dedication\, eventually learning to thrive in a rising career. When she looks back on her life now\, Nelly sees her ultimate achievement in her children. To have raised good human beings who are compassionate\, intelligent\, active in their lives and their communities – this is her definition of success and a dream realized. \n  \nModerated by: \n \nTerri Le has been OACC’s Development Manager since September 2019. As a first-generation Vietnamese American\, Terri has a demonstrated history of working in the museum and nonprofit field in the San Francisco Bay and Washington\, D.C. Metropolitan Area. For over ten years\, Terri has worked at notable institutions including the U.S. National Archives\, The Phillips Collection\, Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts and Culture\, VisArts at Rockville\, CalShakes\, Charles M. Schulz Museum\, San Francisco Heritage\, the Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network (DVAN)\, and the Asian Pacific-Islander Americans in Historic Preservation. Passionate about civic service in the arts\, culture\, and humanities field\, she has an M.A. in Museum Studies and M.B.A. focused on Nonprofit Organizational Leadership from John F. Kennedy University.
URL:https://oacc.cc/event/convo-between-generations/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Past Events
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200808
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201005
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SUMMARY:San Francisco Beginnings of Korean Immigration (1902-1920)
DESCRIPTION:Click on the banner above to access the virtual exhibit. \nWatch the exhibition overview featuring curator Rosemarie Nahm and special guest Gail Whang: \n \nThis exhibit examines the lesser-known history of the early Korean immigrant community that began right here in the Bay Area. As Japan rose to power in Korea in the early 1900s\, Koreans from diverse backgrounds fled their country and landed in San Francisco. San Francisco Beginnings is a rare glimpse into the lives of these early immigrants\, their community and their legacies. \nCurated by Rosemarie Nahm\, a first generation Korean American who has been researching Korean immigration history since 2015. She is a board member of the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation. \nQuestions about the exhibit? Email Rosemarie at rynahm@gmail.com with the subject line “OACC Exhibit.” \nExhibition sponsored in part by the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in San Francisco and Korean American Community Foundation of San Francisco.
URL:https://oacc.cc/event/san-francisco-beginnings-of-korean-immigration-1902-1920/
LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th Street\, Suite 290\, Oakland\, CA 94607\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607
CATEGORIES:Past Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200725T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200725T150000
DTSTAMP:20260419T112728
CREATED:20200615T212353Z
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SUMMARY:Healing Around Race: Creative Writing Workshop #2
DESCRIPTION:[vc_btn title=”VIEW RECORDING” color=”warning” align=”center”] \nStruggling to process and confront anti-Black and anti-Asian racism within your social networks? Explore the healing power of creative writing! \n\nThe July 25th workshop focuses on “Stand Together – Creativity and Social Justice”\n\nEth-Noh-Tec storytellers Robert Kikuchi Yngojo and Nancy Wang\, poet Jennifer Hasegawa\, poet/KFPFA journalist Dennis J Bernstein\, poet/musician/KPFA & POO DJ Avotcja discuss how social justice informs their art. \nParticipants will be invited to engage in creative writing exercises around questions like: What arts do you resonate with and why? What are your creative outlets? If I could\, this is the story I’d tell. \nNOTE: The workshop will be hosted on Zoom and YouTube Live with a sliding scale fee of $5~$15 to help support our presenters\, organizers\, tech and labor costs. If you are interested in participating but are unable to afford the ticketing tier\, please email programs@oacc.cc and we would be happy to work with you on making this event accessible. \nThis workshop is presented in partnership with Write Now! SF Bay\, UC Berkeley Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies\, and Eastwind Books of Berkeley. \nRecommended Readings from Eastwind Books of Berkeley. \nTHE ARTISTS \n    \nPhotos from left to right: Robert Kikuchi-Yngojo and Nancy Wang (Eth-Noh-Tec)\, Jennifer Hasegawa\, Dennis Bernstein\, Avotcja. \n  \nNancy Wang and Robert Kikuchi-Yngojo are Eth-Noh-Tec‘s founding artistic directors. Since 1981\, Nancy’s dance\, choreography and theater experience synthesizes with Robert’s musical talents\, composing and theater experience\, exploding their duality into a unique and choreographed expression unlike any other. Combining stylized gesture and movements with their mutual vision of the interplay between the arts and humanities\, the spoken word\, and music\, Nancy and Robert quickly became a dynamic creative partnership\, recounting age-old Asian folktales and contemporary Asian American stories.  Together their performance style is a multiple of dualities: the Spiritual and the Human\, the Eastern and Western\, the Social and the Personal\, the Traditional and the Experimental.\nTogether they perform around the world with several programs and workshops.  They have received various awards including ‘Artist of the Year’ by National Young Audiences\, and NSN’s ‘Circle of Excellence’ and ‘International StoryBridge’ awards.  They are also the recipients of numerous grants.\nRecent Works: \nNancy Wang\, A New Pair of Wings\, Parkhurst Borthers Publishers\, 2016 \nVisit their online store for DVDs\, CDs and more. \nJennifer Hasegawa is a poet and photographer. She’s sold funeral insurance door-to-door and had her suitcase stolen from a plastic surgery clinic in Paraguay. The manuscript for her first collection of poetry\, La Chica’s Field Guide to Banzai Living\, received the Joseph Henry Jackson Literary Award. Hasegawa’s work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize\, has appeared in The Adroit Journal\, Bamboo Ridge\, and Tule Review; and is forthcoming in Bennington Review and Vallum. She was born and raised in Hilo\, Hawai‘i and lives in San Francisco. \nRecent Works: La Chica’s Field Guide to Banzai Living\, Omnidawn Publishing 2020 \nDennis J Bernstein lives in San Francisco. is an award-winning poet and investigative reporter. He is the host and executive producer of Flashpoints on Pacifica Radio. He is the award-winning host/producer of Flashpoints\, syndicated on public and community radio stations across the United States. Bernstein is the recipient of many awards including the 2015 Pillar Award in Broadcast Journalism. His essays have appeared in numerous newspapers and magazines including The New York Times\, Denver Post\, Philadelphia Enquirer\, San Francisco Chronicle\,  the Boston Globe\, Der Spiegel\, and many more. He is the author of Special Ed: Voices from a Hidden Classroom and Five Oceans in a Teaspoon. \nRecent Works:  Five Oceans in a Teaspoon\, Paper Crown Press 2019 \nRadio: Flashpoints\, Mondays-Fridays\, 5-6 pm \nAvotcja (pronounced Avacha) has been published in English & Spanish in the USA\, Mexico & Europe. She’s an award winning Poet & multi-instrumentalist. She’s a popular Bay Area DJ & Radio Personality & leader of the group “Avotcja & Modúpue.” She is featured on the CD Matter Is by the Electric Squeezebox Orchestra + voices. \nSpoken word with Electric Squeezebox Orchestra: \n“Matter Is” and “Soundly Metaphysical\,” Matter Is\, Electric Squeezebox Orchestra + Voices \nPoetry online (see poem below): \nhttp://www.avotcja.org/oaktown-blue.html \nhttp://www.avotcja.org/poetic-offerings.html \nRadio: \nBebop\, Cubop and the Musical Truth\, Tuesdays  8-10pm in KPFA.org or KPFA-FM 94.1 \nLa Verdad Musical (the Musical Truth)\, Fridays njoon-3pm on www.KOO.org or 89.5 FM \nMonthly Open Mic: \nEvery 4th Saturday 3-5pm. The Music of the Word (La Palabra Musical) \nYouTube performance Avotcja and Modupue – Concert at Bird & Beckett Books\, Jan 5\, 2020\,  featuring Avotcja Jiltonilro\, Sandi Poindexter (violin)\, Francis Wong (sax & flute) Jon Jang (piano)\, Sascha Jacobsen (bass)\, Raul Ramirez (Afro-Peruvian multi-percussion). Video by Lenore Chinn. \nI Know We Can!!! \nWe have been here before \nWe’ve sang in the face of the Klan \nAnd danced with feet all bloody \nOn the decks of Slave Ships \nOn the “Longest Walk” \nOn Freedom Marches\, in Jail cells \nAnd Concentration Camps \nOooops Ghettos \nThat we we’re supposed to call our home \nWe know this place \nThe Concrete Jungles\, the Reservations \nA curse of & by the uncivilized \nWho have forgotten \nThe healing beauty of Grass & Trees \nAnd the gift of clean Water to drink \nAnd have lost their ability to love \nWe are familiar with \nThe senseless mayhem of perpetual War \nThe addictive lust for power \nThe intoxication of blood lust \nAnd those who prefer \nThe inhumane sacrifice of their Souls \nAs they try to steal ours \nYes \nWe have been here before \nWe know the Hanging Tree\, the rope \nThe rape of our bodies\, our Cultures \nThe theft of our Songs & our Children \nWe have swam through the slime of misogyny \nWe’ve been here… we know \nRacism\, greed & stupidity have no conscious \nAnd it is only a matter of time \nBefore the insatiable self-destruct \nBefore they devour each other \nWe’ve been through it all before \nAnd we can get through it all again \nWe just have to be careful \nVery careful… \nThe madness of this Narcotic is contagious \nWe must not get drunk on the stench of this poison \nWe have too much work to do \nWe must turn this suicidal Drug \nInto fertilizer & let our tears \nFall down on deserts\, glaciers & jungles \nAnd run down the faces of \nGood hearted people everywhere \nI cry & I cry & I cry & \nMy tears come down like a Waterfall \nAn unending Waterfall for all the victims of \n“Civilization” \nWe have been here before & together we can heal! \nI know we can!!! \n  \nCREATIVE WRITING FACILITATOR \n \nShizue Seigel is a Japanese American writer born just after her family’s release from WWII incarceration. She’s led community writing projects for Centers for Disease Control/UCSF\, National Japanese American Historical Society\, African American Arts & Culture Complex\, and others. She was written or edited six books\, and her memoir and poetry have been widely published elsewhere.  She directs Write Now! SF Bay\, which supports Bay Area writers of color through workshops\, events and anthologies. \nRecent Works: \nCIVIL LIBERTIES UNITED\, Pease Press\, San Francisco\, 2019. www.peasepress/com \nENDANGERED SPECIES\, ENDURING VALUES. Pease Press\, San Francisco\, 2018\n“Who Do You Think You Are?”\, L. D. Green and Kelechi Ubozoh\, eds\, \nWe’ve Been Too Patient: Voices From Radical Mental Health – Stories and Research Challenging the Biomedical Model\, North Atlantic Books 2019 \n“Swimming in the New Normal\,” Deborah Santa\, ed\, All the Women in My Family Sing\, NTTB Press 2018.   https://aerbook.com/maker/productcard-3248263-3202.html
URL:https://oacc.cc/event/healing-around-race-workshop-2/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Past Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200714T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200714T120000
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SUMMARY:Foundational Cooking Class Series: Session 4
DESCRIPTION:  \n \nLearn foundational cooking skills this summer! \nJoin the Cooking Project for a 4 week class series\, meeting online Tuesdays starting on June 23rd. \n7/14 Theme: “Food Trends\, Cookies & Ice Cream” \nINGREDIENTS (Cookies) \n\n4 1/2 oz. Butter\, unsalted\n6 oz. Sugar\, granulated\n1 tsp. Vanilla extract\n7 oz. Bread flour\n1/8 oz. Salt\n1/8 oz. Baking soda\n\nINGREDIENTS (Ice cream) \n\n1 cup Heavy cream\n2 tsp. Vanilla\n1 tsp. Salt\n2 cups Powdered sugar\n\nTOOLS/EQUIPMENT \n\nWhisk\nLarge bowl\nSheet pan\nMeasuring cups & spoons\nSpatula\n\nAward-winning Chef Sicily Johnson guides cooking through themes like Food + Community; Shopping and Budgeting; Sustainability\, Versatility and Leftovers; and Food Trends. Students will have the opportunity to make recipe requests for the final class. \nTo sign up and receive additional details\, simply RSVP. Classes are free\, donations appreciated. \nVisit thecookingproject.org to learn more about the organization.
URL:https://oacc.cc/event/foundational-cooking-class-series-4/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Past Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200711T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200711T150000
DTSTAMP:20260419T112728
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SUMMARY:Healing Around Race: Creative Writing Workshop #1
DESCRIPTION:Missed the workshop? View the recording here. \nInformation shared during the workshop: \n\n\n\nPresenter books and links:\n\n\n\n\n–  Shizue Seigel \nWebsites: https://www.shizueseigel.com/    https://www.writenowsf.com/\nShizue Seigel\, ed.  Standing Strong! Fillmore & Japantown (Pease Press 2016)  \nShizue Seigel\, ed.  Endangered species\, Enduring Values (Pease Press 2018)  \nShizue Seigel\, ed.  Endangered species\, Enduring Values (Pease Press 2019)\n\n\n\n\n– Tureeda Mikell. https://www.treeoflifefound.com/.\nPoetry: Synchronicity: The Oracle of Sun Medicine\n\n\n\n\n\n– Ravi Chandra\, MD\nWebsites: https://ravichandramd.com/  https://www.sflovedojo.org/\nThe Pacific Heart blog\nPsychology Today: The Assault on the American Mind \nhttps://ravichandramd.com/press-and-other-writing/\n– Kelechi Ubozoh https://kelechiubozoh.com/\nAnthology:  L. D. Green and Kelechi Ubozoh\, eds\, We’ve Been Too Patient: Voices From Radical Mental Health – Stories and Research Challenging the Biomedical Model\, North Atlantic Books 2019\n\n\nOther Resources\n\nRecommended Readings from Eastwind Books: https://www.asiabookcenter.com/apps/search?q=black+lives+matter&filter=product\nJames Baldwin Go Tell It On The Mountain\n3. The People’s Free Medical Clinics\n\nBrene Brown Values exercise (PDF): Dr. Chandra spoke about love as his central value. There are other values. Pick a value from the list on this PDF\, and write a paragraph about why it is important to you\, and how it has and has not been fully present in your life.\nIt’s About Time Black Panther Party Legacy and Alumni photo gallery\n\n \nUpcoming Related Events\n– 7/19 “Panel: LET HER TELL IT! Black Women Healing Through Writing” featuring Kelechi Ubozoh\n– 7/25 “Healing from Racism # 2: Creativity and Social Justice” Creative Writing Workshop by OACC\, Write Now! SF Bay\, UC Berkeley Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies\, UC Berkeley Public Service Center\, and Eastwind Books of Berkeley.\n\nCall to Action: contact Congress about the ICE ban on International Students!\nTemplates & instructions available here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1traDiLhSKTC2PHTsLgiXtWwXyMn1V3sPvqCbi_YRTeI/edit\n\n\n\n\nStruggling to process and confront anti-Black and anti-Asian racism within your social networks? Explore the healing power of creative writing! \n\nThe July 11th creative writing workshop focuses on “Mental Health and Multiracial Solidarity.”\n\nMental health advocates Kelechi Ubozoh and Shizue Seigel\, psychiatrist Ravi Chandra\, and storyteller/medicine woman Tureeda Mikell discuss anti-Black/anti-Asian racism with tools for self-care\, and creative writing for healing. \nParticipants will be invited to engage in creative writing exercises around questions like: What are you thinking and feeling right now? How were you personally impacted by George Floyd’s murder and subsequent events. Have you personally experienced or witnessed anti-black or anti-Asian racism? What was your response? How would you respond differently today? How do you respond to stress? What are you doing for self-care? How to deal with parents and peer pressure? \nNOTE: The workshop will be hosted on Zoom and YouTube Live with a sliding scale fee of $5~$15 to help support our presenters\, organizers\, tech and labor costs. If you are interested in participating but are unable to afford the ticketing tier\, please email programs@oacc.cc and we would be happy to work with you on making this event accessible. \nThis workshop is presented in partnership with Write Now! SF Bay\, UC Berkeley Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies\, and Eastwind Books of Berkeley. \nRecommended Readings from Eastwind Books of Berkeley. \n  \nTHE ARTISTS \n    \nPhotos from left to right: Kelechi Ubozoh\, Shizue Seigel\, Ravi Chandra\, Tureed Mikell. \n  \nKelechi Ubozoh is a Nigerian-American writer\, mental health advocate\, and public speaker. For nearly a decade\, Kelechi has worked in the California mental health system in the areas of research and advocacy\, community engagement\, stigma reduction\, and peer support. She began her career as an investigative reporter in New York City\, and was the first student-reporter ever published in The New York Times. Learn more about Kelechi at KelechiUbozoh.com. Photo Credit by: Adrianne Mathiowetz.\n \nRecent Works: L. D. Green and Kelechi Ubozoh\, eds\, We’ve Been Too Patient: Voices From Radical Mental Health – Stories and Research Challenging the Biomedical Model\, North Atlantic Books 2019 \nShizue Seigel is a Japanese American writer born just after her family’s release from WWII incarceration. She’s led community writing projects for Centers for Disease Control/UCSF\, National Japanese American Historical Society\, African American Arts & Culture Complex\, and others. She was written or edited six books\, and her memoir and poetry have been widely published elsewhere.  She directs Write Now! SF Bay\, which supports Bay Area writers of color through workshops\, events and anthologies. \nRecent Works: \nCIVIL LIBERTIES UNITED\, Pease Press\, San Francisco\, 2019. www.peasepress/com \nENDANGERED SPECIES\, ENDURING VALUES. Pease Press\, San Francisco\, 2018\n“Who Do You Think You Are?”\, L. D. Green and Kelechi Ubozoh\, eds\, \nWe’ve Been Too Patient: Voices From Radical Mental Health – Stories and Research Challenging the Biomedical Model\, North Atlantic Books 2019 \n“Swimming in the New Normal\,” Deborah Santa\, ed\, All the Women in My Family Sing\, NTTB Press 2018 \nRavi Chandra\, M.D. is a psychiatrist and writer in San Francisco\, and a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. Facebuddha: Transcendence in the Age of Social Networks is his full-length nonfiction debut\, and is the winner of the 2017 Nautilus Silver Book Award for Religion/Spirituality of Eastern Thought. He is also the founder of SF Love Dojo\, an organization teaching compassion and self-compassion. \nRecent Works: \n\nA Dream Deferred: Langston Hughes\, Then and Now | Psychology Today\n\nAfter Charlottesville: Is Racism a Mental Illness? | Psychology Today\n\n\nFighting Racism Against Asian Americans During COVID-19 | Psychology Today\n\n\nCalling COVID-19 a “Chinese Virus” or “Kung Flu” Is Racist | Psychology Today \n\nCathy Park Hong’s Minor Feelings and Asian American Erasure | Psychology Today\n\nTureeda Mikell\, Poet\, Story Medicine Woman\, named\, D’jeli Musa\, Woman of Truths\, called an activist for holism\, is a Chi Gong Energy Therapist\, lyricist\, executive director of\, Tree of Life Foundation Literacy Health Project\, has published over seventy student anthologies of poetry for as risk youth via CA Poets in the Schools\, throughout San Francisco\, Alameda\, Contra Costa and Jefferson Unified School Districts since 1989. \nRecent Works: Synchronicity: The Oracle of Sun Medicine\, Nomadic Press
URL:https://oacc.cc/event/healing-around-race-workshop-1/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Past Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200707T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200707T170000
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SUMMARY:Foundational Cooking Class Series: Session 3
DESCRIPTION:Missed the class? View the recording here. \nLearn foundational cooking skills this summer! \nJoin the Cooking Project for a 4 week class series\, meeting online Tuesdays starting on June 23rd. \nTheme: “Sustainability\, Versatility & Leftovers: Shrimp Pasta”\nIngredient List:\n– Dry pasta noodles\, 1lb\n– Oil\, 1tbsp\n-Salt\, 2 tbsp\n– Black pepper\, 1tsp\n– Shrimp\, 1/2lb\n– Butter\, 2tbsp\n– Red pepper flakes\, 1 1/2tsp\n– Lemon zest from 1 whole lemon\n– Lemon juice from 1-2 whole lemons\nAward-winning Chef Sicily Johnson guides cooking through themes like Food + Community; Shopping and Budgeting; Sustainability\, Versatility and Leftovers; and Food Trends. Students will have the opportunity to make recipe requests for the final class. \nTo sign up and receive additional details\, simply RSVP. Classes are free\, donations appreciated. \nVisit thecookingproject.org to learn more about the organization.
URL:https://oacc.cc/event/foundational-cooking-class-series-3/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Past Events
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200703
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200705
DTSTAMP:20260419T112728
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SUMMARY:Closed for Independence Day
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://oacc.cc/event/independence-day/
LOCATION:CA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200630T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200630T120000
DTSTAMP:20260419T112728
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SUMMARY:Foundational Cooking Class Series: Session 2
DESCRIPTION:Missed the session? View the recording here. \nLearn foundational cooking skills this summer! \nJoin the Cooking Project for a 4 week class series\, meeting online Tuesdays at 11 am starting on June 23rd. \nSESSION 2: Flatbread and Manipulating Temperatures \nPlease prepare the ingredients listed below to follow along during the class. \nIngredients for Blooming the Yeast (you are welcome to finish this step prior to class\, but it’s not required):\n– Water – 1/4 cup (110 degrees)\n– Sugar – 1 tsp\n– Yeast – 1 packet\n* You don’t have to stir it – just let it bubble and do its thing for about 30 minutes!\n\nDough Ingredients:\nDry:\n– Flour – 3 to 3 3/4 cups\n– Salt – 1 tbsp\n– Sugar – 2 tbsp\nWet:\n– Egg – 1 whole\n– Yogurt – 1/3 cup (keep cold)\n– Butter – 1 stick melted\n– Oil – 1/4 cup\n– Water – 3/4 cup (boiling)\nAward-winning Chef Sicily Johnson guides cooking through themes like Food + Community; Shopping and Budgeting; Sustainability\, Versatility and Leftovers; and Food Trends. Students will have the opportunity to make recipe requests for the final class. \nTo sign up and receive additional details\, simply RSVP. Classes are free\, donations appreciated. \nVisit thecookingproject.org to learn more about the organization.
URL:https://oacc.cc/event/foundational-cooking-class-series-2/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Past Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200623T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200623T120000
DTSTAMP:20260419T112728
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LAST-MODIFIED:20200624T204256Z
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SUMMARY:Foundational Cooking Class Series: Session 1
DESCRIPTION:Missed this session? Watch the recording. \nLearn foundational cooking skills this summer! \nJoin the Cooking Project for a 4 week class series\, meeting online Tuesdays at 11 am starting on June 23rd. \nAward-winning Chef Sicily Johnson guides cooking through themes like Food + Community; Shopping and Budgeting; Sustainability\, Versatility and Leftovers; and Food Trends. Students will have the opportunity to make recipe requests for the final class. \nVisit thecookingproject.org to learn more about the organization.
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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200530T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200530T133000
DTSTAMP:20260419T112728
CREATED:20200211T175916Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200609T185133Z
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SUMMARY:Celebrating Our HeART-filled Heritage
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \n  \nJoin us in celebrating APA Heritage month via YouTube Live!\nOACC is bringing a celebration of API arts and culture right into your home. As we face an unprecedented global health crisis\, we strive to put a spotlight on the beautiful diversity and creativity within our local API communities. Our rich cultural roots manifesting in artistic expression can give us strength\, resilience\, and positivity particularly during challenging times.\nWe hope to uplift your hearts and homes with our celebration of API arts and culture.\n\n\n\n\n**IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE** \n– Vietnamese Hat and Fan Dance featuring students from Oakland Tech High School’s Vietnamese Student Association (@oths.vsa) \n–  Introduction to Vietnamese Traditional Instruments by Van-Anh Vanessa Vo\, Emmy Award-winning Vietnamese musician (https://www.vananhvo.com/) \n– Making Mayak Gimbap with Sarah Kim Lee\, Korean cooking and crafts instructor (@sarahkim_lee) \n– All About Tamarind with Malina Svoravong\, Laotian chef (http://www.msyvo.com/) \n– Introduction to Chinese Traditional Instruments featuring various Chinese youth orchestra alumni \n– Khmer Scarf Dance featuring Brigette (@oakkhmerangkor)\, Davina\, Erica\, and Jade from AYPAL’s May Art Festival (www.aypal.org) \n– Lazy Man Eight Brocade Qigong featuring Sifu William Dere \n– Folding Origami Cranes for Solidarity featuring OACC and Tsuru for Solidarity (www.tsuruforsolidarity.org/tsururising) \n– Learn about Kathak Dance with Chhandam School of Kathak (www.kathak.org) \n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”VIEW LIVESTREAM” color=”warning” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2F4j00PLhiINw||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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
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ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200525
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200526
DTSTAMP:20260419T112728
CREATED:20200225T000151Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200225T002901Z
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SUMMARY:Closed for Memorial Day
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://oacc.cc/event/memorial-day/
LOCATION:CA
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200501
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200601
DTSTAMP:20260419T112728
CREATED:20200513T195426Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200609T185159Z
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SUMMARY:APA Heritage Month List of Community Events
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Celebrate APA Heritage Month from your home! Here are some of the larger events happening this month that can be accessed remotely. Please check in with your local arts & cultural organizations (including us!) to see what they are planning to present for APA Heritage Month! \nAsian Pacific Heritage Month SF – https://apaheritage.org/ \nCAAMFest Online: Heritage at Home – https://caamfest.com/2020/ \nLos Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival – https://watch.eventive.org/laapffvirtual/ \nCelebrate APA Heritage with the Poetry of J.Bayani\, A.Cassinetto\, M.Win (Saturday\, 3pm\, 5/23) – https://www.eventbrite.com/e/104488568120 \nBook Club: How Much of These Hills is Gold (Saturday\, 2pm\, 5/30) – https://www.eventbrite.com/e/103729513768[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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
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ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200430
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200701
DTSTAMP:20260419T112728
CREATED:20200519T203201Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200831T210203Z
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SUMMARY:"Textures of April 30th" Traveling Exhibition: Call for Submissions
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]We are proud to announce Textures of April 30th: Traveling Exhibition. \nThis exhibit is an extension of the “(Re-)membering” April 30th “Texture Poems” series diaCRITICS initiated last April 30th\, 2019. With the collaboration of Exhibit Envoy\, the Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network (DVAN) will curate and launch the exhibit at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center in April 2021. \nWith this traveling exhibit initiated\, we wish to reflect on this day in terms of both the past and the present with more artistic representation in contemplation of April 30th to include in the exhibit. To help us capture this\, we welcome your submissions of visual art\, audio works\, or audiovisual pieces. Visit https://diacritics.org/2020/04/re-membering-april-30th-a-submissions-call-2/ to learn more and submit![/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_btn title=”SUBMIT CONTENT” color=”warning” size=”lg” align=”center” button_block=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fdiacritics.org%2F2020%2F04%2Fre-membering-april-30th-a-submissions-call-2%2F||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200419T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200419T143000
DTSTAMP:20260419T112728
CREATED:20200331T223637Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200909T173856Z
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SUMMARY:Our Communities\, Climate Change\, and COVID-19
DESCRIPTION:Missed the event? View the recording below. \n\n  \nAuthor and scholar Julie Sze will discuss how the climate crisis connects with struggles against racism\, gender violence\, and the exploitation of people and natural resources. In conversation with environmental justice activist Ratha Lai\, Asian Pacific Environmental Network representative Shina Robinson\, and the Chair and Professor of Asian American Studies at SFSU Dr. Russell Jeung\, the panel will discuss how the immigrant and refugee communities are impacted by urban and rural pollution and how communities mobilize for change and justice.  The panel will also explore recent questions on the  COVID-19 response in our communities. \nThis event will be streamed live via Zoom – RSVP is required to obtain access details. A recording of the event will also be posted online afterward for further viewing. \nThis project was made possible with support from California Humanities\, a non-pro t partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Visit calhum.org. \n~~~ \nAbout the author and panel: \nJulie Sze is Professor of American Studies and Founding Director of the Environmental Justice Project at the University of California\, Davis. She has authored and edited two other books and numerous articles on environmental justice and inequality\, culture and environment\, and urban and community health and activism. \nRatha Lai has worked for 10 years as an environmental justice activist with the Greenlining Institute\, Greenlining Action\, Sierra Club Bay Chapter\, the Asian Pacific Environmental Network\, Richmond Our Power Coalition\, and the  Solidarity to Solutions Week of Action in 2018. He is currently Executive Director of Critical Impact Consulting and a devoted father to his 4-year-old daughter. \nShina Robinson currently serves as the Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN)’s Local Policy Associate. She organizes our member leaders to pass and implement policies for community resistance and resilience in Oakland\, Richmond and statewide partners. \nDr. Russell M. Jeung is Chair and Professor of Asian American Studies at San Francisco State University. The author of books and articles on Asian Americans\, religion\, and race\, he’s a community activist and church leader in East Oakland\, CA. \n~ \nSponsored by Eastwind Books of Berkeley\, Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, California Humanities\, Asian Pacific Environmental Network\, Asian Pacific American Student Development. \n[vc_btn title=”RSVP HERE” color=”warning” align=”center”]
URL:https://oacc.cc/event/our-communities-climate-change-and-covid-19/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Past Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200419
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200420
DTSTAMP:20260419T112728
CREATED:20200211T175010Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200225T003342Z
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SUMMARY:Community Voices to Empower Change Series
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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
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200315
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200401
DTSTAMP:20260419T112728
CREATED:20200313T202958Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200316T184634Z
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SUMMARY:Closed to the public
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://oacc.cc/event/closed-to-the-public-4/
LOCATION:CA
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200306
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200701
DTSTAMP:20260419T112728
CREATED:20191220T235611Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200716T172455Z
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SUMMARY:Memory Vignettes & Poem-Paintings Series
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]UPDATE: This exhibition has been extended to June 30\, 2020. \n“As a woman\, Hindu\, Muslim\, artist\, and mother\, I work to create harmony by expressing the universality of humanity through paintings\, sculpture\, and calligraphy…I use my artistic voice to break down the barriers that divide in order to foster peace and understanding.” – Salma Arastu \nSalma Arastu started these series in 2005 driving inspiration from her childhood memories from Rajasthan\, India and stories of youth spent in Hyderabad\, India\, Iran and Kuwait. The paintings from these series are three dimensional\, mixed media on Board. Predominantly square in shape these are smaller in size but innovative works that are driving inspiration from Indo-Persian miniature paintings and Folk art while pushing the boundaries of form\, composition\, and narrative to emphasize the messages visually. \nAfter moving to San Francisco Bay area in 2007 she did several paintings of small homes in the bay Area with courtyards and Cherry Blossoms in the yards which she says were reminiscent of homes back in India.  Later she adopted same soft colors palette\, creating process and technique to translate Rumi’s spiritual poems in paintings. She says these works offer relaxation\, meditative moods. \nPress:\nLos Angeles Times – With canvas and Quran\, one artist aims to make Islamic calligraphy a universal language By Kimberly Winston[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_btn title=”VIEW VIRTUAL GALLERY” color=”warning” size=”lg” align=”center” button_block=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Foacc.cc%2Fvirtual-galleries%2F%20|title:Virtual%20Galleries|target:%20_blank|”][vc_btn title=”RETURN TO EXHIBITIONS” color=”warning” size=”lg” align=”center” button_block=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Foacc.cc%2Foacc-exhibitions%2F|title:Virtual%20Galleries|target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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
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ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200301
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200329
DTSTAMP:20260419T112728
CREATED:20191109T211417Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200519T203820Z
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SUMMARY:Reflections on Home
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text] \n“Reflections on Home” features the work of Bay Area immigrant artists\, each expressing their reflections on “home” and “belonging”. As these themes become political points in national policies\, especially for people of color living in the US\, the immigrant women showcased in this exhibition are firmly making their roots known through a proclamation of their “home” though the visual arts. \nCo-sponsored by Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, ARTogether\, and Gathering All Muslim Artists (GAMA). \nImage credit (detail): “Finding Home” by Patricia Rojas-Zambrano \nSave-The-Date! \nCheck out “Tea Around The World” in support of the artists and this exhibition on Sunday\, March 22nd\, 2-5pm! Details TBD.[/vc_column_text][vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EM6l3T4WhPA”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][vc_column][vc_btn title=”R.S.V.P. FOR OPENING RECEPTION” color=”warning” size=”lg” align=”center” button_block=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Foacc.liveimpact.org%2Fli%2F8737%2Fsevent%2Fevt%2Fhome%2F132827%2F69||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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
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ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc
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