Scroll down for series content. What is "Open E.A.R.S. for Change" about? “E.A.R.S.” stands for Engage. Activate. Rise-up. Series. This series is an on-going initiative that aims to build stronger allyship and co-conspiratorship among our API audiences with local Black communities. Our goal is to foster a more diverse and inclusive culture that is anti-racist […]
Please enjoy the art submissions to Lincoln School's 2022 Lunar New Year student art contest presented by Wa Sung Service Club, Golden Dragon Project, Lincoln School, and Oakland Asian Cultural Center. About Lincoln Elementary School About Wa Sung Service Club Submitted Entries
Click this banner to enter a virtual “one-stop-shop” marketplace, in the form of an online directory features, Oakland/Bay Area-based and Oakland values-inspired businesses and creatives from AAPI-owned and AAPI-ally restaurants and small businesses, including BIPOC businesses and artists. The directory is open from February 5, 2022 - April 16, 2022. About the Virtual Community Night […]
In recognition of the diversity of new year’s festivities across the Asian Pacific region, OACC presents a hybrid celebration of Asian Pacific New Year traditions featuring in-person and virtual content for audiences of all ages during February and April 2022. In February, OACC celebrated Lunar New Year, the Year of the Tiger, with 3 days […]
In partnership with the Class Conscious Photographers and A Working Lens, the Oakland Asian Cultural Center will display the 2022 edition of “Housing!” featuring Bay Area photographers in our front windows. Community Reception: in-person at OACC on Sunday, April 3, 2022 from 4-6pm Pacific In summer 2021, the Class Conscious Photographers, an activist photographer group, […]
Curated by the Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network (DVAN), "Textures of Remembrance: Vietnamese Artists and Writers Reflect on the Vietnamese Diaspora" presents an intimate perspective of this diasporic experience. The creative pieces showcased here reflect our community’s range of thoughts and emotions. These narratives texturize the Vietnamese diasporic experience, in which refugees are not objects of […]
In celebration of the first statewide Queer and Transgender Asian and Pacific Islander (QTAPI) Week, we are extending our Map Challenge redemption period thru Saturday, June 4th! Schedule of QTAPI Week events HERE. Oakland, have you eaten yet? We've partnered with Cut Fruit Collective (CFC) and Vibemap to create an Oakland AAPI Small Food Business collectible […]
Using Hip Hop as a lens for solidarity, this interdisciplinary workshop will go through the history of Afro-Asian solidarity, exploring historical examples of cross cultural unity from the Cold War to the 2020 #BlackLivesMatter Movement and #StopAsianHate protests. Part two of the workshop will focus on Diversity & Inclusion, with interactive Hip Hop activities such […]
Now extended to June 23rd! With 2 years of chaos, pandemic, and API hate, do you feel unheard, worried, hopeless, or triggered after all this? KCCEB's Community Healing Space is here to provide the API community a safe space to share your stories and resources, support one another, and amplify our collective voices. This support […]
Since March 2020, OACC has struggled with serious financial challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The 22-month (and counting) disruption in public programming and rental revenue has delayed our three-year strategic goals (completed in FY19-20) to advance as a premier cultural hub for our community. We are reaching out to our beloved community, our donors, […]
Join us to kick off Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month! We've partnered with Tiger's Taproom for an afternoon + evening featuring local beer, food and music. Tiger's Taproom 308 Jackson Street STE 4 Oakland, CA 94607 Saturday, April 30 2PM - 10PM Asian American entrepreneur and co-founder, Brian Chan, is hosting the company's […]
