BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Oakland Asian Cultural Center - ECPv6.17.5//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Oakland Asian Cultural Center X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://oacc.cc X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Oakland Asian Cultural Center REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20220313T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20221106T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20230312T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20231105T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20240310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20241103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20250309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20251102T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240601T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240601T160000 DTSTAMP:20240529T004707Z CREATED:20240408T221152Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240529T004707Z UID:18221-1717243200-1717257600@oacc.cc SUMMARY:AAPI Mental Health & Wellness Jam 2024 DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/aapimentalhealthjam2024/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Upcoming Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/thumbnail-4.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240517T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240517T203000 DTSTAMP:20240521T223106Z CREATED:20240405T021110Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240521T223106Z UID:18246-1715972400-1715977800@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Premiere Short Film Documentaries From Anthony Brown’s Asian American Orchestra’s 2018 Performance with Angela Davis and Janice Mirikitani Followed by a Live Performance DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/premierewithanthonybrown/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/thumbnail-2.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240511T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240511T123000 DTSTAMP:20240521T223138Z CREATED:20240326T235217Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240521T223138Z UID:18196-1715425200-1715430600@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Movement Workshop: Interwoven Stories of Culture\, Belonging\, and Change\, Facilitated by Ishami Dance Company DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/interwovenstoriesworkshop/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/workshop-thumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240510T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240510T213000 DTSTAMP:20240521T223216Z CREATED:20240321T205611Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240521T223216Z UID:18161-1715371200-1715376600@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Interwoven Stories of Culture\, Belonging\, and Change\, Featuring Ishami Dance Company DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/interwovenstories/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240503T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240503T153000 DTSTAMP:20240521T223247Z CREATED:20240321T194933Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240521T223247Z UID:18136-1714744800-1714750200@oacc.cc SUMMARY:How K-Dramas Can Transform Your Life: A Fireside Chat with Clinician\, Speaker\, Coach\, and Author Jeanie Y. Chang\, LMFT DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/howkdramascantransformyourlife/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/thumbnail-2.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240427T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240427T160000 DTSTAMP:20240508T202556Z CREATED:20240412T013856Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240508T202556Z UID:18430-1714222800-1714233600@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Philippine Master Culture Bearers of T’boli\, Yakan\, Kalinga People: Weaving Workshop DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/philippinemasterculturebearers/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/weaving-workshop-thumbnail-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240420T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240420T150000 DTSTAMP:20240508T202700Z CREATED:20240319T220527Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240508T202700Z UID:18090-1713614400-1713625200@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Southeast Asian New Year Celebration DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/southeastasianny/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Event-flyer.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240329T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240608T170000 DTSTAMP:20240523T221035Z CREATED:20240207T213246Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240523T221035Z UID:17812-1711713600-1717866000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:"Dalit Dreamlands: Toward an Anti-Caste Future" Exhibition and Opening Reception DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/dalitdreamlands/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Current Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Square-with-text.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240324T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240324T140000 DTSTAMP:20240405T012530Z CREATED:20240129T232544Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240405T012530Z UID:17635-1711285200-1711288800@oacc.cc SUMMARY:"Sons of Chinatown: A Memoir Rooted in China and America" Book Release Reading with William Gee Wong DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/sonsofchinatown/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/bill-wong-event-500-x-500-px.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240314T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240316T193000 DTSTAMP:20240318T172836Z CREATED:20240201T201236Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240318T172836Z UID:17678-1710444600-1710617400@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Dancing Moons Festival 2024 DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/dancingmoons2024/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/dancing-moons-jpeg.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240306T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240324T170000 DTSTAMP:20240318T234601Z CREATED:20240214T214248Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240318T234601Z UID:18007-1709726400-1711299600@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Passage: A Dancing Moons Festival Art Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/passageexhibit/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Current Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/oakland-ballet-exhibition.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240301T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240301T203000 DTSTAMP:20240318T205738Z CREATED:20240123T233427Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240318T205738Z UID:17390-1709319600-1709325000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:"Method Sampling: How to Build the Future Together" Documentary Film Premiere Screening & Discussion with Ensemble Mik Nawooj DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/methodsampling/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/method-sampling-jpeg.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240229T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240229T190000 DTSTAMP:20240318T213955Z CREATED:20240209T225744Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240318T213955Z UID:17865-1709222400-1709233200@oacc.cc SUMMARY:"Love & Protect" Mural Series Closing Reception and AR Workshop DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/loveprotectclosingreception/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/reception.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240215T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240215T203000 DTSTAMP:20240318T210038Z CREATED:20240103T201419Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240318T210038Z UID:16970-1708023600-1708029000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:ALTERNATIVE FACTS: The Lies of Executive Order 9066 DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/alternative-facts/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/alternative-facts.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240203T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240203T160000 DTSTAMP:20240318T210731Z CREATED:20240103T205142Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240318T210731Z UID:16991-1706958000-1706976000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Lunar New Year x Black History Month 2024: Celebrating Asian & African-American Solidarity DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/lnybhm2024/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Screen-Shot-2023-12-19-at-12.17.04-PM-1-1022x1024-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240126T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240126T210000 DTSTAMP:20240318T211426Z CREATED:20231220T003936Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240318T211426Z UID:16907-1706295600-1706302800@oacc.cc SUMMARY:"The Six: The Untold Story of RMS Titanic’s Chinese Passengers" Film Screening & Discussion with Research Team Members DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/thesix/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/thumbnail-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240126T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240302T170000 DTSTAMP:20240318T214058Z CREATED:20240112T003828Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240318T214058Z UID:17315-1706270400-1709398800@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Love and Protect Mural Series DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/loveprotect/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Featured,Past Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/murals-jpeg.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231209T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231209T150000 DTSTAMP:20240206T204413Z CREATED:20231118T093621Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240206T204413Z UID:16612-1702126800-1702134000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Elder Voices: Chinatown Legacy Businesses Exhibition Opening Reception DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/elder-voices-opening-reception/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Upcoming Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/roy-chan-exhibit-reception-thumbnail-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231117T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231117T153000 DTSTAMP:20240318T212013Z CREATED:20230915T222835Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240318T212013Z UID:15919-1700229600-1700235000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:“Everything I Learned\, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant: A Memoir” Book Launch with Curtis Chin DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/everything-i-learned-i-learned/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/thumbnail-5-1024x1024-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231011T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240122T170000 DTSTAMP:20240321T200858Z CREATED:20231118T084415Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240321T200858Z UID:16549-1697029200-1705942800@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Elder Voices: Chinatown Legacy Businesses Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/elder-voices/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/roy-chan-exhibit-reception-thumbnail-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230916T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230916T200000 DTSTAMP:20240318T213247Z CREATED:20230620T202749Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240318T213247Z UID:14053-1694883600-1694894400@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Save the Date: Vibe\, Vine\, & Vino Fundraiser and Mixer DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/vibevinevino-2/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Save-the-Date-Vibe-Vine-Vino-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230916T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230925T170000 DTSTAMP:20231003T205412Z CREATED:20230915T215912Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231003T205412Z UID:15865-1694851200-1695661200@oacc.cc SUMMARY:7th Street’s Secret Sauce: Celebrating Everett and Jones Barbeque’s 50-Year Legacy DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/everettjones/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/EJ-thumbnail-300x300-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230913T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230913T170000 DTSTAMP:20240318T212333Z CREATED:20230620T201251Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240318T212333Z UID:14037-1694617200-1694624400@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Book Reading with Grace Lin DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/chinesemenu/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Grace-Lin-thumbnail-3.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230720T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230720T170000 DTSTAMP:20230915T213445Z CREATED:20230720T080740Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230915T213445Z UID:14540-1689840000-1689872400@oacc.cc SUMMARY:"Celebrating Our HeART-filled Heritage" Performing Arts Series DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/celebrating-our-heart-filled-heritage-performing-arts-series/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Screenshot-2023-07-05-at-6.11-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230610T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230610T160000 DTSTAMP:20230726T131908Z CREATED:20230427T054910Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230726T131908Z UID:13908-1686398400-1686412800@oacc.cc SUMMARY:AAPI Mental Health and Wellness Jam DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/aapi-wellness-jam/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/PEERS-Mental-Health-Instagram-Post-Square-2.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230602T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230602T213000 DTSTAMP:20230606T200648Z CREATED:20230329T223404Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230606T200648Z UID:13551-1685734200-1685741400@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Celebrating Our HeART-filled Heritage: Pasifika Futurism\, the SPULU Experience DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/cohh-spulu/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/the-spulu-experience-11-square-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230528T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230528T170000 DTSTAMP:20230530T172120Z CREATED:20230419T205257Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230530T172120Z UID:13547-1685282400-1685293200@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Strong Like Bamboo: Stories of Resilience for Healing in the Era of Anti-AAPI Violence DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/strong-like-bamboo/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Sunday-May-28-2023-200pm-1-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230519T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230519T200000 DTSTAMP:20230522T191245Z CREATED:20230406T221701Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230522T191245Z UID:13557-1684519200-1684526400@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Find Your Crew: Connecting Bay Area Filmmakers and Content Creators DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/findyourcrew/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/6.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230513T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230513T200000 DTSTAMP:20230516T184739Z CREATED:20230329T222814Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230516T184739Z UID:13553-1684000800-1684008000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Celebrating Our HeART-filled Heritage: Son of Paper DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/cohh-sop/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/05132023-COHH-SOP-2.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230510T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230730T170000 DTSTAMP:20230915T220020Z CREATED:20230411T223757Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230915T220020Z UID:13775-1683720000-1690736400@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Unsigned\, Unsealed\, Delivered (I'm Yours) DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/poinciana/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Poinciana-thumbnail-REVISED.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR