Category: Chasing the Legacy of the Chinese Progressive Left of San Francisco
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George Woo: Rocking the House, Giving Voice to the Voiceless
Rocking the House, Giving Voice to the Voiceless George Woo, Status Quo Disruptor, AAS Advocate October 5, 2022 | by Steve Yip | (c) Copyright 2025 Steve Yip Introduction In 1965, the calm and complacent facade of the Chinatown community was forever blown open through brash, no-nonsense, jaw-dropping remarks about the Chinatown community made to…
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Transforming Oakland Public Schools Through Bilingual Education – An Educator’s Reflections
An Interview With Shannon Yip, retired Oakland CA educator, and Chinese Folk Dance Advocate — Part 1. Part One: Making Bilingual Education a Reality in Oakland, California, Public Schools Introduction. Shannon is a multi-generational Chinese American. Born in San Francisco, she attended Oakland Senior High School and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley. Brought up…
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Under One Sun: Chinese Folk Dance in the Diaspora
Part 2 of an interview with Shannon Yip, retired educator and an enthusiastic Chinese ethnic folk dance practitioner and promoter. (c) Copyright Steve Yip Nov 14, 2024 | Edits by Steve Yip and Gabrielle Hrung INTRODUCTION Shannon is a multigenerational Chinese American. Born in San Francisco, she attended Oakland Senior High School and graduated from…
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Book Review: Richard Aston’s Views From Gold Mountain: History, Memory and Voices
Views From Gold Mountain: History, Memory, Voices Richard Aston | 2019 / Sixth Avenue Books Review by Steve Yip | Originally published April 20, 2022 | MainlyPiano.com Views From Gold Mountain by Richard Aston is self-published and it’s clearly a labor of love. The book is both a brief, though incomplete memoir of someone who is threading…