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1965 — the calm and complacent facade of the Chinatown community was forever blown open through no-nonsense, jaw-dropping exposures about the Chinatown community. The culprit was one George Woo, a spokesperson for the Wah Ching, a Chinatown street organization composed…
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Transforming Oakland Public Schools Through Bilingual Education – An Educator’s Reflections
Shannon Yip — passionate practitioner of Chinese folk dance — shares her tenure as a retired Oakland CA, educator and advocate for bilingual/bicultural education and surmounting policy and cultural challenges.
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Under One Sun: Chinese Folk Dance in the Diaspora
In this Part 2 interview, Shannon Yip dives into her journey as a passionate practitioner, dancer, and promoter of Chinese folk dance through the Chinese Folk Dance Association of San Francisco. As the program director, she helped to expose dance…
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Historic Statement Made by Floyd Mori, JACL National President, to the Japanese American Resisters 2002
2002 — S. Floyd Mori, the National President of the Japanese American Citizens League, delivered a historic statement at the JACL Resisters Ceremony at the Japanese Cultural & Community Center of Northern California in San Francisco.
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S. Floyd Mori: A Tenure of Advocacy, An Apology to the Resisters
S. Floyd Mori is a prominent figure in the Japanese American community and former national leader of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL). In this interview, he provides critical insights into social justice activism within the Japanese American community, and…
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NO! THERE WERE CONCENTRATION CAMPS IN AMERICA, THAT IS THE TRUTH!
Paper media collage by Stan Nishimura 2023 I was in the first or maybe second grade; 6 or 7 years old. A group of us in theschoolyard. My parents and other relatives moved from Poston, Arizona to the inner city…
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Reflections on a Journey to Topaz
A long-awaited family reunion at Topaz, a World War II Japanese internment camp in remote Utah, reanimates a swell of memories from the past. By Steven Yip Originally from artseverywhere This is dedicated to the memory of my brother-in-law Dean Hedani. …
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Book Review: Richard Aston’s Views From Gold Mountain: History, Memory and Voices
Richard Aston’s Views From Gold Mountain is four books in one sharing one relentless thread — the monumental and historical offenses suffered by the Chinese diaspora. Most saliently, it posits an in-depth look at some key historical figures of the…
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Remembering Pearl Wong: Chinatown Native, Restaurateur, Jazz Impresario
by Steve Yip July 14, 2022 Originally from Mainly Piano We lost a living legend when Pearl Wong passed on June 8, 2022 at age 90. Who was she and why does it matter as I am writing this, and…
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Jamel Mims, December 2022
The Asian Hip-Hop Scene According to Jamel Mims a.k.a. MC TingbudongAn Interview by Steve Yip | December 16, 2022 Jamel Mims is a multimedia artist and rapper, who put the message of fundamental social change — revolution — into his…