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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.
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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
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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
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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/
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CATEGORIES:Past Events
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SUMMARY:Healing Around Race: Creative Writing Workshop #1
DESCRIPTION:Missed the workshop? View the recording here. \nInformation shared during the workshop: \n\n\n\nPresenter books and links:\n\n\n\n\n–  Shizue Seigel \nWebsites: https://www.shizueseigel.com/    https://www.writenowsf.com/\nShizue Seigel\, ed.  Standing Strong! Fillmore & Japantown (Pease Press 2016)  \nShizue Seigel\, ed.  Endangered species\, Enduring Values (Pease Press 2018)  \nShizue Seigel\, ed.  Endangered species\, Enduring Values (Pease Press 2019)\n\n\n\n\n– Tureeda Mikell. https://www.treeoflifefound.com/.\nPoetry: Synchronicity: The Oracle of Sun Medicine\n\n\n\n\n\n– Ravi Chandra\, MD\nWebsites: https://ravichandramd.com/  https://www.sflovedojo.org/\nThe Pacific Heart blog\nPsychology Today: The Assault on the American Mind \nhttps://ravichandramd.com/press-and-other-writing/\n– Kelechi Ubozoh https://kelechiubozoh.com/\nAnthology:  L. D. Green and Kelechi Ubozoh\, eds\, We’ve Been Too Patient: Voices From Radical Mental Health – Stories and Research Challenging the Biomedical Model\, North Atlantic Books 2019\n\n\nOther Resources\n\nRecommended Readings from Eastwind Books: https://www.asiabookcenter.com/apps/search?q=black+lives+matter&filter=product\nJames Baldwin Go Tell It On The Mountain\n3. The People’s Free Medical Clinics\n\nBrene Brown Values exercise (PDF): Dr. Chandra spoke about love as his central value. There are other values. Pick a value from the list on this PDF\, and write a paragraph about why it is important to you\, and how it has and has not been fully present in your life.\nIt’s About Time Black Panther Party Legacy and Alumni photo gallery\n\n \nUpcoming Related Events\n– 7/19 “Panel: LET HER TELL IT! Black Women Healing Through Writing” featuring Kelechi Ubozoh\n– 7/25 “Healing from Racism # 2: Creativity and Social Justice” Creative Writing Workshop by OACC\, Write Now! SF Bay\, UC Berkeley Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies\, UC Berkeley Public Service Center\, and Eastwind Books of Berkeley.\n\nCall to Action: contact Congress about the ICE ban on International Students!\nTemplates & instructions available here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1traDiLhSKTC2PHTsLgiXtWwXyMn1V3sPvqCbi_YRTeI/edit\n\n\n\n\nStruggling to process and confront anti-Black and anti-Asian racism within your social networks? Explore the healing power of creative writing! \n\nThe July 11th creative writing workshop focuses on “Mental Health and Multiracial Solidarity.”\n\nMental health advocates Kelechi Ubozoh and Shizue Seigel\, psychiatrist Ravi Chandra\, and storyteller/medicine woman Tureeda Mikell discuss anti-Black/anti-Asian racism with tools for self-care\, and creative writing for healing. \nParticipants will be invited to engage in creative writing exercises around questions like: What are you thinking and feeling right now? How were you personally impacted by George Floyd’s murder and subsequent events. Have you personally experienced or witnessed anti-black or anti-Asian racism? What was your response? How would you respond differently today? How do you respond to stress? What are you doing for self-care? How to deal with parents and peer pressure? \nNOTE: The workshop will be hosted on Zoom and YouTube Live with a sliding scale fee of $5~$15 to help support our presenters\, organizers\, tech and labor costs. If you are interested in participating but are unable to afford the ticketing tier\, please email programs@oacc.cc and we would be happy to work with you on making this event accessible. \nThis workshop is presented in partnership with Write Now! SF Bay\, UC Berkeley Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies\, and Eastwind Books of Berkeley. \nRecommended Readings from Eastwind Books of Berkeley. \n  \nTHE ARTISTS \n    \nPhotos from left to right: Kelechi Ubozoh\, Shizue Seigel\, Ravi Chandra\, Tureed Mikell. \n  \nKelechi Ubozoh is a Nigerian-American writer\, mental health advocate\, and public speaker. For nearly a decade\, Kelechi has worked in the California mental health system in the areas of research and advocacy\, community engagement\, stigma reduction\, and peer support. She began her career as an investigative reporter in New York City\, and was the first student-reporter ever published in The New York Times. Learn more about Kelechi at KelechiUbozoh.com. Photo Credit by: Adrianne Mathiowetz.\n \nRecent Works: L. D. Green and Kelechi Ubozoh\, eds\, We’ve Been Too Patient: Voices From Radical Mental Health – Stories and Research Challenging the Biomedical Model\, North Atlantic Books 2019 \nShizue Seigel is a Japanese American writer born just after her family’s release from WWII incarceration. She’s led community writing projects for Centers for Disease Control/UCSF\, National Japanese American Historical Society\, African American Arts & Culture Complex\, and others. She was written or edited six books\, and her memoir and poetry have been widely published elsewhere.  She directs Write Now! SF Bay\, which supports Bay Area writers of color through workshops\, events and anthologies. \nRecent Works: \nCIVIL LIBERTIES UNITED\, Pease Press\, San Francisco\, 2019. www.peasepress/com \nENDANGERED SPECIES\, ENDURING VALUES. Pease Press\, San Francisco\, 2018\n“Who Do You Think You Are?”\, L. D. Green and Kelechi Ubozoh\, eds\, \nWe’ve Been Too Patient: Voices From Radical Mental Health – Stories and Research Challenging the Biomedical Model\, North Atlantic Books 2019 \n“Swimming in the New Normal\,” Deborah Santa\, ed\, All the Women in My Family Sing\, NTTB Press 2018 \nRavi Chandra\, M.D. is a psychiatrist and writer in San Francisco\, and a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. Facebuddha: Transcendence in the Age of Social Networks is his full-length nonfiction debut\, and is the winner of the 2017 Nautilus Silver Book Award for Religion/Spirituality of Eastern Thought. He is also the founder of SF Love Dojo\, an organization teaching compassion and self-compassion. \nRecent Works: \n\nA Dream Deferred: Langston Hughes\, Then and Now | Psychology Today\n\nAfter Charlottesville: Is Racism a Mental Illness? | Psychology Today\n\n\nFighting Racism Against Asian Americans During COVID-19 | Psychology Today\n\n\nCalling COVID-19 a “Chinese Virus” or “Kung Flu” Is Racist | Psychology Today \n\nCathy Park Hong’s Minor Feelings and Asian American Erasure | Psychology Today\n\nTureeda Mikell\, Poet\, Story Medicine Woman\, named\, D’jeli Musa\, Woman of Truths\, called an activist for holism\, is a Chi Gong Energy Therapist\, lyricist\, executive director of\, Tree of Life Foundation Literacy Health Project\, has published over seventy student anthologies of poetry for as risk youth via CA Poets in the Schools\, throughout San Francisco\, Alameda\, Contra Costa and Jefferson Unified School Districts since 1989. \nRecent Works: Synchronicity: The Oracle of Sun Medicine\, Nomadic Press
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SUMMARY:Foundational Cooking Class Series: Session 3
DESCRIPTION:Missed the class? View the recording here. \nLearn foundational cooking skills this summer! \nJoin the Cooking Project for a 4 week class series\, meeting online Tuesdays starting on June 23rd. \nTheme: “Sustainability\, Versatility & Leftovers: Shrimp Pasta”\nIngredient List:\n– Dry pasta noodles\, 1lb\n– Oil\, 1tbsp\n-Salt\, 2 tbsp\n– Black pepper\, 1tsp\n– Shrimp\, 1/2lb\n– Butter\, 2tbsp\n– Red pepper flakes\, 1 1/2tsp\n– Lemon zest from 1 whole lemon\n– Lemon juice from 1-2 whole lemons\nAward-winning Chef Sicily Johnson guides cooking through themes like Food + Community; Shopping and Budgeting; Sustainability\, Versatility and Leftovers; and Food Trends. Students will have the opportunity to make recipe requests for the final class. \nTo sign up and receive additional details\, simply RSVP. Classes are free\, donations appreciated. \nVisit thecookingproject.org to learn more about the organization.
URL:https://oacc.cc/event/foundational-cooking-class-series-3/
LOCATION:CA
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:20200703
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200705
DTSTAMP:20260419T142126
CREATED:20200225T000243Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200225T002906Z
UID:7661-1593734400-1593907199@oacc.cc
SUMMARY:Closed for Independence Day
DESCRIPTION:
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:20260419T142126
CREATED:20200609T191820Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200630T191051Z
UID:8014-1593514800-1593518400@oacc.cc
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
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:20260419T142126
CREATED:20200609T190723Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200624T204256Z
UID:8006-1592910000-1592913600@oacc.cc
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
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200530T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200530T133000
DTSTAMP:20260419T142126
CREATED:20200211T175916Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200609T185133Z
UID:7600-1590840000-1590845400@oacc.cc
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
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:20260419T142126
CREATED:20200225T000151Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200225T002901Z
UID:7659-1590364800-1590451199@oacc.cc
SUMMARY:Closed for Memorial Day
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://oacc.cc/event/memorial-day/
LOCATION:CA
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200501
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200601
DTSTAMP:20260419T142126
CREATED:20200513T195426Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200609T185159Z
UID:7873-1588291200-1590969599@oacc.cc
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
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/2020APAHeritageMonthThumbnail.jpg
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:20260419T142126
CREATED:20200519T203201Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200831T210203Z
UID:7913-1588204800-1593561599@oacc.cc
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200419T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200419T143000
DTSTAMP:20260419T142126
CREATED:20200331T223637Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200909T173856Z
UID:7809-1587301200-1587306600@oacc.cc
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
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:20260419T142126
CREATED:20200211T175010Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200225T003342Z
UID:7590-1587254400-1587340799@oacc.cc
SUMMARY:Community Voices to Empower Change Series
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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:20260419T142126
CREATED:20200313T202958Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200316T184634Z
UID:7734-1584230400-1585699199@oacc.cc
SUMMARY:Closed to the public
DESCRIPTION:
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:20260419T142126
CREATED:20191220T235611Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200716T172455Z
UID:7415-1583452800-1593561599@oacc.cc
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
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:20260419T142126
CREATED:20191109T211417Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200519T203820Z
UID:7326-1583020800-1585439999@oacc.cc
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
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
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200222T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200222T190000
DTSTAMP:20260419T142126
CREATED:20200109T225131Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200312T212911Z
UID:7465-1582392600-1582398000@oacc.cc
SUMMARY:Recalling the Ancestors: Buddhism and the WWII Japanese American Internment
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \n  \nNearly all Japanese Americans were subject to accusations of disloyalty during World War II\, but Buddhists aroused particular suspicion. In this pathbreaking account\, Duncan Ryūken Williams reveals how\, even as they were stripped of their homes and imprisoned in camps\, Japanese American Buddhists launched one of the most inspiring defenses of religious freedom in our nation’s history\, insisting that they could be both Buddhist and American. \nAbout Duncan Ryuken Williams \nAn ordained Buddhist priest in the Soto Zen tradition\, Duncan Ryūken Williams has spent years piecing together the story of the Japanese American community during World War II. A renowned scholar of Buddhism\, he is now the Director of the Shinso Ito Center for Japanese Religions and Culture at the University of Southern California. \nIn honor of Day of Remembrance\, Buddhist priest and scholar Duncan Ryuken Williams will be leading a reading and discussion of his book American Sutra: A Story of Faith and Freedom in the Second World War. \nThis event is free with a $3-5 suggested donation. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”R.S.V.P. TODAY!” color=”warning” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Foacc.liveimpact.org%2Fli%2F8737%2Fsevent%2Fevt%2Fhome%2F132463%2F69||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://oacc.cc/event/recalling-the-ancestors-buddhism-and-the-wwii-japanese-american-internment/
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/2020/01/20200222RecallingWebThumbnail-01.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200222
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200224
DTSTAMP:20260419T142126
CREATED:20200103T004252Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200224T215058Z
UID:7457-1582329600-1582502399@oacc.cc
SUMMARY:An Orphan For You Conference
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nOACC is proud to host Day 2 of “An Orphan for You”: The Rise of Korean Adoption in the 1970s and 80s\, a free conference in Berkeley and Oakland\, CA. The conference will take place over two days\, from February 22-23\, 2020.During the 1970s and 80s\, South Korea sent the largest number of children overseas for adoption – over 112\,000 out of an estimated 200\,000 globally – leading some to refer to the country as “the land of orphans.” But many Korean children\, perhaps the majority\, who were sent overseas for adoption were social orphans who had at least one living parent and\, in some cases\, an intact family. \nWhat were the factors in South Korea that resulted in so many children being sent overseas at a time of rapid industrialization and rising wealth? What fueled interest in adopting Korean children among parents in the U.S.? \nCo-presented by Me & Korea\, Mu Films\, Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies (U.C. Berkeley)\, and the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. \nVisit https://meandkorea.org/conference to learn more.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”R.S.V.P. TODAY” color=”warning” size=”lg” align=”center” button_block=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fan-orphan-for-you-the-rise-of-korean-adoption-in-the-1970s-and-80s-registration-87872165011%20%20||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://oacc.cc/event/an-orphan-for-you-conference/
LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
CATEGORIES:Past Events
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/20200223AOFYThumbnail.png
ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200219T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200219T193000
DTSTAMP:20260419T142126
CREATED:20200122T231812Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200224T214153Z
UID:7522-1582133400-1582140600@oacc.cc
SUMMARY:Bojagi Wrapping Workshop
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nLearn how to tie bojagi into a wine carrier\, purse\, basket liner\, tissue box cover and much more. \n“Bojagi” is a general term in Korean for wrapping cloths.  Bojagi have many functions\, and have an important role in Korean culture. Koreans like to use bojagi to wrap gifts\, carry and store objects\, wedding ceremonies\, and Buddhist rituals. \nBojagi wrapping is an eco-friendly way to wrap gifts without creating waste. It replaces countless disposable bags when used as a groceries and wine bags. \nParticipants will receive several bojagi to take home after the workshop.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”PURCHASE TICKETS” color=”warning” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Foacc.liveimpact.org%2Fli%2F8737%2Fsevent%2Fevt%2Fhome%2F132652%2F69||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://oacc.cc/event/bojagi-wrapping-workshop/
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/2020/01/20200219BojagiThumbnail.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200216T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200216T170000
DTSTAMP:20260419T142126
CREATED:20191213T075435Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200218T224655Z
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SUMMARY:Gish Jen's The Resisters Book Talk with Helen Zia
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nA moving and important story of an America that seems ever more possible\, The Resisters is also the story of one family struggling to maintain its humanity and normalcy in circumstances that threaten their every value–as well as their very existence. \n“The Resisters is palpably loving\, smart\, funny\, and desperately unsettling. The novel should be required reading for the country both as a cautionary tale and because it is a stone-cold masterpiece. This is Gish Jen’s moment. She has pitched a perfect game.” –Ann Patchett \n GISH JEN is the author of four previous novels\, a story collection\, and two works of nonfiction\, the latest of which was The Girl at the Baggage Claim: Explaining the East-West Culture Gap. Her honors include the Lannan Literary Award for fiction and the Mildred and Harold Strauss Living Award from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. \nFree\, $3-5 suggested donation (no one turned away for lack of funds). \nCo-presented by Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum\, Asian Health Services\, and Eastwind Books of Berkeley.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”R.S.V.P. TODAY!” color=”warning” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Foacc.liveimpact.org%2Fli%2F8737%2Fsevent%2Fevt%2Fhome%2F131811%2F69||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://oacc.cc/event/gish-jens-the-resisters-book-talk-with-helen-zia/
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;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200212T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200212T200000
DTSTAMP:20260419T142126
CREATED:20200130T235928Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200213T223053Z
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SUMMARY:Community Input Session for a New Mural
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nIn collaboration with The Greenlining Institute\, the Community Rejuvenation Project (CRP) is creating a new mural located at the Greenlining building at 360 14th St. in Oakland. \nThrough the production process\, CRP is reaching out to the community to broaden the conversation around arts and culture\, public art\, cultural equity\, and cultural preservation – including opportunities for direct input into the mural design process from community members like YOU! \nCome out to OACC and share your thoughts on this new mural. \nFor more information: \nwww.CRPBayArea.org \nGreenlining.org \n@CRPBayArea \n@WithoutMyEgo[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”R.S.V.P. TODAY” color=”warning” size=”lg” align=”center” button_block=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Foacc.liveimpact.org%2Fli%2F8737%2Fsevent%2Fevt%2Fhome%2F133126%2F69||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://oacc.cc/event/community-input-session-for-a-new-mural/
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;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200207T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200207T200000
DTSTAMP:20260419T142126
CREATED:20200109T225440Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200213T223047Z
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SUMMARY:Tsuru Fold-In & Film Screening
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nNever again is NOW. Join OACC and Tsuru for Solidarity for a “Tsuru Fold In\,” to fold cranes that will join the “National Pilgrimage to Close the Camps” in June 2020. This movement plans to bring 125\,000 paper cranes\, or tsuru\, as expressions of solidarity with immigrant and refugee communities that are under attack today. The 125\,000 cranes represent the members of the community who were rounded up and incarcerated in U.S. concentration camps during World War II\, including both Japanese Americans and Japanese Latin Americans. Learn more at tsuruforsolidarity.org. \nAccompanying this fold in will be a screening of “And Then They Came For Us.” Watch the trailer: \nhttps://vimeo.com/210002629 \nCo-presented by Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Tsuru for Solidarity\, and Oakland Public Library. \nThis event is free with a $3-5 suggested donation. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”R.S.V.P. TODAY!” color=”warning” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Foacc.liveimpact.org%2Fli%2F8737%2Fsevent%2Fevt%2Fhome%2F132408%2F69||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://oacc.cc/event/tsuru-fold-in-film-screening/
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:20200203
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200229
DTSTAMP:20260419T142126
CREATED:20191206T222918Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200311T221909Z
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SUMMARY:Portraits of Oakland Chinatown
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nA special exhibition celebrating Black History Month. \nSee Oakland Chinatown through Leon Kennedy’s distinctive artistic style. \n“My dream is to connect to all the people’s dreams.” \nLeon Kennedy’s Art lies somewhere between the struggles of his community and the faith that guides them. When viewed\, the observer is directed away from the struggle and toward salvation along a path Mr. Kennedy has constructed. Considered one of the top self-taught artists in the country\, Leon’s inspiration and ability is achieved through divine intervention. “My gift is not natural\, it’s spiritual. Like Moses; my ideas come from God.” \nRegardless of the year\, the subject\, the medium\, or the material; each work is undeniably his own. Perhaps no other artist has a more recognizable style than Leon Kennedy. Learn more about Leon at leonkennedy.com. \n  \nOpening Reception: Saturday\, February 8th from 6-8pm. \n  \nCo-sponsored by Oakland Asian Cultural Center and Oakland Public Library. \nEnjoy live painting sessions with Leon Kennedy at Oakland Public Libraries:\nhttp://oaklandlibrary.org/events/main-library/live-painting-sessions-artist-leon-kennedy[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”R.S.V.P. FOR RECEPTION” color=”warning” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Foacc.liveimpact.org%2Fli%2F8737%2Fsevent%2Fevt%2Fhome%2F132428%2F69||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://oacc.cc/event/portraits-of-oakland-chinatown/
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200202T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200202T150000
DTSTAMP:20260419T142126
CREATED:20190808T025019Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200203T201019Z
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SUMMARY:Lunar New Year 2020
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nOACC is celebrating the Year of the Rat with live performances and fun activities for the whole family in the heart of Oakland Chinatown! Enjoy our Youth Showcase featuring students performing guzheng (Chinese zither)\, various Chinese dances and more. Join interactive workshops on Japanese taiko drumming\, relaxing Taichi exercises\, and children’s story time with a free book giveaway!\nOur celebration also features a special appearance by Emmy Award-winning Vietnamese artist\, Vanessa Van-Anh Vo. \nEVENT SCHEDULE (updated as of 1/16/20): \nMain Stage Program (Auditorium) \n10:45AM                     Lion Dance Performance by Toi Shan Family Association\n11:10AM~12:30PM      OACC Youth Showcase\n1:30PM~2:00PM         Vanessa Van-Anh Vo Recital\n2:00PM~2:30PM         Vietnamese Music & Dance Workshop with Vanessa \nActivities for All Ages (Location: see Room #) \n10:30AM~2:30PM     Arts & Crafts Corner (Room 2)\n11:15AM~12:15PM    Taiko Drumming Workshop with Emeryville Taiko (Room 4) \nLimited space; RSVP recommended. No experience necessary. \n12:15PM~12:45PM     Kids Storytime with Oliver Chin [English] (Room 3) \nLimited space; RSVP recommended. **Signups are FULL! Please note that space is not guaranteed.** \n12:15PM~2:45PM       Children’s Book Station & Giveaway* with Eastwind Books (Room 3) \n*Sponsored by Oakland Literacy Coalition Reading Celebration.  \nBooks available on first come-first serve basis. 1 voucher per child. \n12:45PM~1:45PM       Qi Gong with Sifu Liu (Room 4 & 5) \nLimited space; RSVP recommended. No experience necessary. \n1:30PM~2:00PM         Kids Storytime with Kids Go! Mandarin [Mandarin] (Room 6) \nLimited space; RSVP recommended. \n2:00PM~2:30PM         Kids Storytime with Kids Go! Mandarin [Mandarin] (Room 6) \nLimited space; RSVP recommended. \n2:00PM~3:00PM         Taichi Session with Sifu Dere (Room 4 & 5) \nLimited space; RSVP recommended. No experience necessary. \nCommunity Resources Vendor Showcase (Lobby)\n(due to limited lobby space\, we are no longer taking vendor/table requests) \nAmtrak San Joaquins\nAlameda County CASA\nAlameda Health Alliance\nAnthem\, Inc. Medicare\nClean Vehicle Rebate Project\nDiversity in Healthcare Training Institute\nOakland Public Works\nSwinerton \nOACC Raffle Drawing Prizes\n \nGrand prize: Instant Pot – 6 Quart 9-in-1 Multi-Use Pressure Cooker with Easy Seal Lid and Sous Vide Program (valued at $120) \nSmall prizes:\nOne PIER 39 Fun Pack\nCalifornia’s Great Adventure Two Single Day Pass\nOakland Zoo Family Day Pass\nNamaste Yoga Class Pass Gift Card & Facial Mask\nLululemon Gift Card\nFood Scale & Rapid Egg Cooker\nCeramic tea pot + Year of the Rat Paintings \nEnter to win!\nRaffle prices: $2 for 1; $5 for 3; $10 for 6; $15 for 10; $20 for 20 \nLunar New Year Event Sponsors \n\nMatson \nAmtrak San Joaquins[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Sign Up for Activities Today!” color=”warning” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Foacc.liveimpact.org%2Fli%2F8737%2Fsevent%2Fevt%2Fhome%2F132248%2F69%20%20||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://oacc.cc/event/lunar-new-year-2020/
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;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200131T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200131T100000
DTSTAMP:20260419T142126
CREATED:20200122T232054Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200203T201106Z
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SUMMARY:Creative Mornings
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nOACC is excited to host CreativeMornings! The event is free and RSVP tickets become available Monday\, January 27th. \nThis month’s theme is Roots. We’ll have chef Tu David Phu speaking at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center on Jan. 31st. Join us for free breakfast\, free coffee and tea\, and—of course—stimulating discussion that’ll start your 2020 off right! \nCreativeMornings is the world’s largest face-to-face creative community — a global breakfast lecture series serving local creative communities in over 200 cities. For more information\, visit: www.creativemornings.com.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”R.S.V.P. (after Jan. 27th)” color=”warning” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fcreativemornings.com%2Ftalks%2Ftu-david-phu%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR24WigQXVBxKmsxYwxZxud8khN_iI8Io0kMuqGvXVqWNJ2oH16YQXVPYis||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://oacc.cc/event/creative-mornings/
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:20200131
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200302
DTSTAMP:20260419T142126
CREATED:20191226T213339Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200311T221856Z
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SUMMARY:The Art of Survival: Enduring the Turmoil of Tule Lake
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \n \nThis exhibit explores the experiences and events at Tule Lake\, the only Japanese American Segregation Center of WWII. The traveling exhibition probes the complexity of this unique Japanese American confinement site\, which was located in Newell\, CA. \nArt of Survival is being supported in part by a Preservation of Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant administered by the National Park Service\, Department of the Interior.   \nFurther support provided by The Oregon Community Foundation\, Fred W. Fields Fund; Klamath Tourism Grant; Klamath Arts Council Grant; and generous donations by Denshō Digital Archives\, Japanese American Museum of San Jose\, Tule Lake Committee members Jimi Yamaichi and Hiroshi Shimizu\, and Hiroshi Watanabe. This traveling exhibition was made in cooperation with the Tule Lake Unit of WWII Valor in the Pacific National Monument\, Lava Beds National Monument\, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. \nExhibition content provided by Exhibit Envoy (www.exhibitenvoy.org).[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”RSVP for Opening Reception” color=”warning” size=”lg” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Foacc.liveimpact.org%2Fli%2F8737%2Fsevent%2Fevt%2Fhome%2F132058%2F69||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://oacc.cc/event/the-art-of-survival-enduring-the-turmoil-of-tule-lake/
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200128T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200128T213000
DTSTAMP:20260419T142126
CREATED:20191220T195234Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200203T201005Z
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SUMMARY:Quiz For Cause to Benefit the Oakland Asian Cultural Center
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nJoin the Oakland Asian Cultural Center (OACC) for a night of trivia with Geeks Who Drink “Quiz for a Cause”! For a small suggested entry fee of $5\, you can join the evening’s quiz. The winning team will get a prize and the rest will go to helping OACC continue to serve our community through free and low-cost arts and cultural programming. We want to continue making our programs accessible and empower diverse voices in our community including refugees\, immigrants\, and communities of color around urgent social justice issues that aim to connect different generations\, cultures\, and identities. \nParticipant Info: \n\nSuggested $5 per person entry. The winning team will receive $5 for each team that donated! Our typical per person donation is $5.00. Each participant on a team is asked to contribute $5.00. A team consists of as few as 1 participant and can be up to 6 players. $5 per team is added into the pot for the cash prize offered to the first place team at the end of the night.\n\n\n \n\n\nImportant note:\n\n\n A team is only eligible for the cash prize if a) they win 1st place\, and b) the entire team contributed to the fundraising effort.\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=”middle”][vc_column width=”1/3″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_btn title=”R.S.V.P. TODAY!” color=”warning” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fevents%2F619638125471581%2F|title:A%20Quiz%20For%20Cause||”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://oacc.cc/event/a-quiz-for-cause/
LOCATION:Paulista Brazilian Kitchen and Taproom\, 4239 Park Boulevard\, Oakland\, CA\, 94602\, United States
CATEGORIES:Past Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200119T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200119T150000
DTSTAMP:20260419T142126
CREATED:20191122T022056Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200121T195146Z
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SUMMARY:Chicken of the Sea: A Children's Book Reading
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nEnjoy a live reading by the authors of Chicken of the Sea\, a collaborative children’s book from Viet Thanh Nguyen and Thi Bui\, and their children Ellison Nguyen and Hien Bui-Stafford. \nA band of intrepid chickens leave behind the boredom of farm life\, joining the crew of the pirate ship Pitiless to seek fortune and glory on the high seas. Led by a grizzled captain into the territory of the Dog Knights\, they soon learn what it means to be courageous\, merciful\, and not seasick quite so much of the time. \nA whimsical and unexpected adventure tale\, Chicken of the Sea originated in the five-year-old mind of Ellison Nguyen\, son of Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen; father and son committed the story to the page\, then enlisted the artistic talents of Caldecott Honor winner Thi Bui and her thirteen-year-old son\, Hien Bui-Stafford\, to illustrate it. This unique collaboration between two generations of artists and storytellers invites you aboard for adventure\, even if you’re chicken. Maybe especially if you’re chicken. \nCo-sponsored by Oakland Asian Cultural Center and Eastwind Books of Berkeley.[/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%2F131527%2F69||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://oacc.cc/event/chicken-of-the-sea-a-childrens-book-reading/
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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