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(c) 2026 Copyright Not Fade Away | Interview and Edits by Gabrielle Hrung In this interview, Shannon Yip elaborated on her experiences as the program director of the Chinese Folk Dance Association in the San Francisco Bay area and contextualized…
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A Conversation with Richard Aston, author of “Views From Gold Mountain: Voices, History, Memory”
Steve Yip undertook this conversation in 2022 with Richard Aston, the author of Views From Gold Mountain. In this conversation, Aston shares his introduction to the Chinese community of San Francisco, his friendship with the late Him Mark Lai, and…
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George Woo: Rocking the House, Giving Voice to the Voiceless
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…
Introducing “Not Fade Away”
The Not Fade Away: Preserving Overlooked AAPI Experiences Project curates a collection of coast-to-coast community-sourced narratives of Asian American and immigrant experiences. Specifically, we ensure potentially forgotten Asian American social movements, stories, and experiences are adequately preserved and accessible through oral history documentation.