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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…
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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…
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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…
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Historic Statement Made by Floyd Mori, JACL National President, to the Japanese American Resisters 2002
Statement by Floyd Mori, JACL National PresidentMay 11, 2002delivered at the JACL Resisters CeremonyJapanese Cultural & Community Center of Northern California Most of you know that I was born and raised on a farm near Salt Lake City, Utah. I…
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S. Floyd Mori: A Tenure of Advocacy, An Apology to the Resisters
December 16, 2022 – Interview with S. Floyd Mori (c) Copyright Steven Yip May 22, 2023 | Edited by Steve Yip and Koyuki Yip Introduction. This interview with S. Floyd Mori, a prominent figure in Japanese American advocacy and former…
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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 theschoolyard. My parents and other relatives moved from Poston, Arizona to the inner city of Denver. So, this group in the…
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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
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…
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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…