Virtual Multimedia Presentation – A Willow Tree Becomes A Forest: The Story of Hop Lee

Virtual Multimedia Presentation
A Willow Tree Becomes A Forest: The Story of Hop Lee

Wednesday, Sept 25, 2024
7:00 pm (PT)

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(The presentation will NOT be recorded)

Author Dr. Russell N. Low will give a special multimedia presentation “A Willow Tree Becomes A Forest: The Story of Hop Lee” to celebrate Oregon’s early Chinese American history.

One hundred fifty years ago, teenager Low Sun Fok came to America with a blank journal, a fortune teller scroll, and a burning desire to become American. He encountered anti-Chinese law and attitudes but formed unexpected life-long bonds with Salem’s community.

This story celebrates the immigrant American spirit but is set against the challenges of putting down roots in the setting of Chinese Exclusion.

Russell Low is a California-born 4th generation Chinese American physician who is a great-grandson of Hung Lai Wah, a Transcontinental Railroad worker, and Tom Ying, a rescued child slave. Russell’s passion for research, family history, and storytelling come together in recently published novels entitled “Three Coins” and “The All-American Crew.”

Proceeds of book sales fund nursing scholarships for the CSUSM School of Nursing.