BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Oakland Asian Cultural Center - ECPv6.17.4//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Oakland Asian Cultural Center X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://oacc.cc X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Oakland Asian Cultural Center REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20190310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20191103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20200308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20201101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20210314T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20211107T090000 END:STANDARD 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:20200715T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241231T120000 DTSTAMP:20250510T202247Z CREATED:20230720T075150Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250510T202247Z UID:14537-1594814400-1735646400@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Open E.A.R.S. for Change DESCRIPTION:Closing performance by SambaFunk! — \n \n \n \n Sunday\, November 15\, 202612-2 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join us for a conversation with Umi Vaughan\, Tiffany Yap\, and Robert Liu-Trujillo\, three writers and artists whose work sits at the intersection of culture\, nature\, and resistance. Their work positions human creativity as an expansive response to attacks on land\, memory\, and cultural ecosystems. Together they will discuss how authors can craft inclusive work that holds history\, ecology\, and lived experience simultaneously. After the conversation\, the audience is invited to boogie down to a closing performance by SambaFunk!   This event is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Books will be available for sale and signing. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Reserve Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE ARTISTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Robert Liu-Trujillo is an author\, illustrator\, and lifelong artist from Oakland California. He started his professional career in the early 2000s\, working with murals\, arts education\, public art\, merchandise\, illustration and kids books. He is a co-founder of the Social Justice Children’s Book Fair and the illustrator of over 10 children’s books including I Am Sausal Creek\, which discusses the ecology\, history\, and conservation of a historic creek in Oakland. Learn more at work.robdontstop.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Umi Vaughan is an artist-scholar who reimagines life and celebrates culture through a Black diasporic lens with photo-based visual art\, music and dance\, ethnographic research\, and writing that harness empathy and funk as creative tools. He is the co-author of Silencing the Drum: Religious Racism and Afro-Brazilian Sacred Music and author of Carlos Aldama’s Life in Batá: Cuba\, Diaspora\, and the Drum and Rebel Dance\, Renegade Stance: Timba Music and Black Identity in Cuba. Learn more at www.umiart.art. Author photo by Eesuu Orundide. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tiffany Yap is a conservation scientist based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is the urban wildlands science director at the Center for Biological Diversity and author of the graphic novel Tales of the Urban Wild: A Puma’s Journey\, illustrated by Meital Smith. She holds a doctorate in environmental science and works to protect sensitive and endangered species and landscapes through land use planning and policy. Her work has been featured in the New York Times\, LA Times\, San Francisco Chronicle\, NPR and more. Learn more at tiffanyyap.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n SambaFunk! is a collective of dancers\, musicians\, artists and community members\, bringing to life the essence of Carnaval. Through African Diaspora infused artistic techniques\, SambaFunk! provide opportunities for dancers to grow\, connect with themselves and learn the core elements of Brazilian dance. Learn more at sambafunk.com. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/open-ears-for-change/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Ongoing Programs ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Screenshot-2023-07-05-at-6.10-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200808 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201005 DTSTAMP:20201103T214657Z CREATED:20200605T171347Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201103T214657Z UID:7989-1596844800-1601855999@oacc.cc SUMMARY:San Francisco Beginnings of Korean Immigration (1902-1920) DESCRIPTION:Closing performance by SambaFunk! — \n \n \n \n Sunday\, November 15\, 202612-2 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join us for a conversation with Umi Vaughan\, Tiffany Yap\, and Robert Liu-Trujillo\, three writers and artists whose work sits at the intersection of culture\, nature\, and resistance. Their work positions human creativity as an expansive response to attacks on land\, memory\, and cultural ecosystems. Together they will discuss how authors can craft inclusive work that holds history\, ecology\, and lived experience simultaneously. After the conversation\, the audience is invited to boogie down to a closing performance by SambaFunk!   This event is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Books will be available for sale and signing. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Reserve Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE ARTISTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Robert Liu-Trujillo is an author\, illustrator\, and lifelong artist from Oakland California. He started his professional career in the early 2000s\, working with murals\, arts education\, public art\, merchandise\, illustration and kids books. He is a co-founder of the Social Justice Children’s Book Fair and the illustrator of over 10 children’s books including I Am Sausal Creek\, which discusses the ecology\, history\, and conservation of a historic creek in Oakland. Learn more at work.robdontstop.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Umi Vaughan is an artist-scholar who reimagines life and celebrates culture through a Black diasporic lens with photo-based visual art\, music and dance\, ethnographic research\, and writing that harness empathy and funk as creative tools. He is the co-author of Silencing the Drum: Religious Racism and Afro-Brazilian Sacred Music and author of Carlos Aldama’s Life in Batá: Cuba\, Diaspora\, and the Drum and Rebel Dance\, Renegade Stance: Timba Music and Black Identity in Cuba. Learn more at www.umiart.art. Author photo by Eesuu Orundide. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tiffany Yap is a conservation scientist based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is the urban wildlands science director at the Center for Biological Diversity and author of the graphic novel Tales of the Urban Wild: A Puma’s Journey\, illustrated by Meital Smith. She holds a doctorate in environmental science and works to protect sensitive and endangered species and landscapes through land use planning and policy. Her work has been featured in the New York Times\, LA Times\, San Francisco Chronicle\, NPR and more. Learn more at tiffanyyap.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n SambaFunk! is a collective of dancers\, musicians\, artists and community members\, bringing to life the essence of Carnaval. Through African Diaspora infused artistic techniques\, SambaFunk! provide opportunities for dancers to grow\, connect with themselves and learn the core elements of Brazilian dance. Learn more at sambafunk.com. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/san-francisco-beginnings-of-korean-immigration-1902-1920/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th Street\, Suite 290\, Oakland\, CA 94607\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607 CATEGORIES:Past Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/20200808SFBeginningsThumbnail-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200829T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200829T150000 DTSTAMP:20200908T185823Z CREATED:20200617T001659Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200908T185823Z UID:7753-1598709600-1598713200@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Love Me As I Am: How to Have an Inter-generational Conversation on Beauty Standards and Self-Worth DESCRIPTION:Closing performance by SambaFunk! — \n \n \n \n Sunday\, November 15\, 202612-2 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join us for a conversation with Umi Vaughan\, Tiffany Yap\, and Robert Liu-Trujillo\, three writers and artists whose work sits at the intersection of culture\, nature\, and resistance. Their work positions human creativity as an expansive response to attacks on land\, memory\, and cultural ecosystems. Together they will discuss how authors can craft inclusive work that holds history\, ecology\, and lived experience simultaneously. After the conversation\, the audience is invited to boogie down to a closing performance by SambaFunk!   This event is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Books will be available for sale and signing. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Reserve Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE ARTISTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Robert Liu-Trujillo is an author\, illustrator\, and lifelong artist from Oakland California. He started his professional career in the early 2000s\, working with murals\, arts education\, public art\, merchandise\, illustration and kids books. He is a co-founder of the Social Justice Children’s Book Fair and the illustrator of over 10 children’s books including I Am Sausal Creek\, which discusses the ecology\, history\, and conservation of a historic creek in Oakland. Learn more at work.robdontstop.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Umi Vaughan is an artist-scholar who reimagines life and celebrates culture through a Black diasporic lens with photo-based visual art\, music and dance\, ethnographic research\, and writing that harness empathy and funk as creative tools. He is the co-author of Silencing the Drum: Religious Racism and Afro-Brazilian Sacred Music and author of Carlos Aldama’s Life in Batá: Cuba\, Diaspora\, and the Drum and Rebel Dance\, Renegade Stance: Timba Music and Black Identity in Cuba. Learn more at www.umiart.art. Author photo by Eesuu Orundide. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tiffany Yap is a conservation scientist based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is the urban wildlands science director at the Center for Biological Diversity and author of the graphic novel Tales of the Urban Wild: A Puma’s Journey\, illustrated by Meital Smith. She holds a doctorate in environmental science and works to protect sensitive and endangered species and landscapes through land use planning and policy. Her work has been featured in the New York Times\, LA Times\, San Francisco Chronicle\, NPR and more. Learn more at tiffanyyap.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n SambaFunk! is a collective of dancers\, musicians\, artists and community members\, bringing to life the essence of Carnaval. Through African Diaspora infused artistic techniques\, SambaFunk! provide opportunities for dancers to grow\, connect with themselves and learn the core elements of Brazilian dance. Learn more at sambafunk.com. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/convo-between-generations/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/LOVE-ME-AS-I-AM_-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR