Life Goes On: Resilience of AAPI Families and Beyond

Join us at the Museum for an engaging panel discussion celebrating the rich AAPI communities of Sonoma County.

Guest Speakers:

• Cheryl Boden, of Filipino and Pomo descent
• Bruce Shimizu, representing a third-generation Japanese American family
• Lance Lew, from a third-generation Chinese family in Petaluma
• Frank Yee, Marin County Chinese American and MLK Humanitarian Award recipient

The conversation will be moderated by Katherine Nguyen, therapist and clinical counselor.

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn and connect!

Free admission: Reservations required here.

Download - Program flyer in PDF / PNG

The Petaluma Old Chinatown Memorial Park Ad Hoc Committee is a grassroots initiative, bringing together Chinese American scholars, genealogists, culinary artists, filmmakers, healers, students, and local residents.

Support for Petaluma Chinatown Unearthed and related programming is generously provide by:

• City of Petaluma
• Asian American Alliance of Marin
• Asian American Pacific Islander Coalition of North Bay
• Japanese American Citizens League
• Minami Tamaki LLP
• NBC Bay Area
• Von Chan DDS
• Frank Chong
• Petaluma River Park Foundation.

Chinese Pioneers is an exhibit by the California Historical Society and touring through Exhibit Envoy. 
Institutional support provided by San Francisco Grants for the Arts and Yerba Buena Community Benefit District.
The Henry Mayo Newhall Foundation supported the first 6 bookings of this exhibition.