Co-presented by Asian American Pacific Islander of North Bay and Asian American Alliance of Marin Award winning documentary Chinatown Rising reveals a deeply personal portrait of San Francisco’s Chinatown in transition.Activists of the 1960’s reflect on their years battling for bilingual education, tenants’ rights, and ethnic studies that would shape their community and nation. A
AAPI Monthly Film Series–Online Screening & Conversation Co-presented by Asian American Pacific Islander of North Bay and Asian American Alliance of Marin Another award winning documentary,Geographies of Kinship, reveals a powerful tale about the rise of Korea’s global adoption program, four adult adoptees return to their country of birth and reconnect with their roots, mapping
AAPI Monthly Film Series–Online Screening & Conversation Co-presented by Asian American Pacific Islander of North Bay and Asian American Alliance of Marin A Bitter Legacy is a feature documentary that examines the history of the World War II American incarceration prisons for 122,000 people of Japanese ancestry within the so called“War Relocation Administration” with a
Join Chefs of the Meritage Collection Napa Valley as they team up with different comedians to bring you The Laugh Cellar original show, Cooking with Comedians™. Participants gain culinary tips and tricks, a 3-course farm to fork meal and plenty of laughs along the way. Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month is observed in
A showcase of Japanese culture and arts. Taiko drumming, folk dance, language, music, martial arts, foods, crafts, origami, mochi pounding, and more! Free admission. Sonoma County JACL is a proud sponsor of Matsuri! Japanese Arts Festival. Please come visit the booth of Sonoma County JACL at Matsuri! For more information, visit the Sonoma County Matsuri
Now that the Amache Concentration Camp (Granada Relocation Center) has been approved as a National Historic Site, the National Park Service (NPS) is moving on with next steps and they want to hear from you!The NPS is preparing a foundation document to guide future planning and management of Amache National Historic Site.Before writing the document
Sebastopol World Friends, Sebastopol's sister city program, will cerebrate its sister cities and their cultures at this popular annual tradition. They showcase food fromUkraine and Japan, where Sebastopol has its two sister cities: Takeo, Japan, and Chyhyryn, Ukraine. The highlight of this year’s event is to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the sister city relationship
As children, Albert and Jennifer Chen were at the pinnacle of academic achievement.But now they suck at adult life. Albert’s just been passed up for promotion and Jennifer’s just been dumped by her loser boyfriend. So they do what any reasonable egghead brother and sister would do: go on an Asian Freedom Tour! From California
Internet access has become a civil rights issue-OCA-Asian Pacific American Advocates want to advocate for digital equity by listening to our AAPI communities. Specifically, they want to understand where and how AAPIs have internet access. The collected data will be used to bridge the digital divide among the AAPI community by informing legislators, policymakers, Internet
Chinese Americans are historically underrepresented in politics and policy, and underserved in healthcare, education,and social services. How do you work to solve these problems? The first step is getting clear and concise data on Chinese Americans,one of the fastest-growing populations in the U.S.Chinese Americans have diverse backgrounds and diverse needs–from culture, family,healthcare, education, employment, finances,
