Who are we?
The Not Fade Away: Preserving Overlooked AAPI Experiences – works to ensure that the stories of potentially forgotten Asian American history and social movements are adequately preserved and accessible through oral history documentation.
Please Note: This project is currently NOT funded.
Meet Not Fade Away’s Founder!
Steve Yip
Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, Steve Yip is a reluctantly identified New Yorker, and a husband, dad, and granddad. Growing up in Oakland, California informed his lifelong sensibilities, inclusive of an ongoing, long term interest in Asian American and African American histories underscored by a passion for social justice.
A recently retired management professional seeking
volunteers and interns with a passion for Asian American oral historical documentation.
A veteran of the Asian American Movement and Asian American Studies at UC Berkeley, Steve
maintains a long-term commitment to social justice resistance, and actively supports building a
Movement for Revolution focused on the emancipation of all humanity.
He is one of the co-editors of the 2000 Fred Ho-initiated anthology, Legacy For Liberation: Politics and Culture of
Revolutionary Asian Pacific America.
Steve served 23 years as director of operations at the
Chinese-American Planning Council (CPC) in New York, the country’s largest Asian American
nonprofit service organization.
Meet our team
We collaborate to educate others on Asian-American history.
Steve Yip
Founder
Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, Steve Yip is a reluctantly identified New Yorker, and a husband, dad, and granddad. Growing up in Oakland, California informed his lifelong sensibilities, inclusive of an ongoing, long term interest in Asian American and African American histories underscored by a passion for social justice.
Samantha Moreno
Transcriber
Samantha Moreno, who was born in Texas and raised in New York, is a senior at New Utrecht High School. She is curious about history and understanding other people’s perspectives as well as enjoys being active and creative.
Laila Rahman
Interviewer
Vincy Chen
Website Editor
Vincy Chen is a senior at New Utrecht High School. She was born and raised in New York and is an aspiring computer engineer. She is passionate about Asian-American history and community and learning more about her roots. She has built most of the Not Fade Away website and is interested in website design.
Gabi Hrung
Transcript Editor
Gabrielle Hrung is a classical violist and literary translator. Born in Virginia and raised in New Jersey, she is studying comparative literature (English and German) and music (ethnomusicology) at Barnard College, Columbia University in New York. Being Chinese American and having lived in the United States, Switzerland, and Germany, she is interested in cultural heritage, diasporic identities, and making connections across cultural and linguistic borders. She loves classical music, lion dance, and museums.
Koyuki Yip
Interview Editor
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