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.
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Interview with Shannon Yip, retired Oakland educator, bilingual education champion, and Chinese folk dance proponent
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 in the ‘50s/’60s within a community of Chinese immigrants supporting a democratic society in China, her father…
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NO! THERE WERE CONCENTRATION CAMPS IN AMERICA, THAT IS THE TRUTH!
I was in the first or maybe second grade; 6 or 7 years old. A group of us in the schoolyard. My parents and other relatives moved from Poston, Arizona to the inner city of Denver. So, this group in the playground was lower working class made-up with Blacks, Mexicans, whites and me, the Japanese…
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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…
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Interview with Richard Aston
Interview conducted by Steve Yip with Richard Aston, author of the book Views from Gold Mountain.
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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. Please Note: This project is currently NOT funded. Contact Us: E-mail:…