“There’s a story behind every building here, every person, every little thing there is.”  – Sakura Huang, high school student

Phase 2 is the Community Memory Mapping Phase in which a series of community memory mapping events will occur and a place-based digital archive will be created for public access.  OACC is currently developing a web-based digital archive for collected stories and future stories.  Furthermore, an interactive gallery exhibit and public story-telling events will accompany this developing digital archive.  Through these interactive portals along with a partnership with Storycorps, OACC will collect new stories about community life in Chinatown around specific places.  For more information about this project, contact Roy Chan at (510) 637-0463 or rchan(at)oacc.cc

Upcoming Events

Exhibit Opening and Website Launch Party on Saturday, September 19 from 1:30pm-3pm.

Recent Events

Saturday, March 14, 2009 (3-5pm): Oakland Chinatown Storycorps Community Listening Party

On March 14th, OACC showcased excerpts from Chinatown interviews conducted in partnership with Storycorps during recent community recording sessions.   Throughout this Spring, OACC is continuing to partner with StoryCorps and potentially facilitating more audio interviews of Chinatown community members for archiving.  If you have suggested interview partners, please contact Anne Huang at 510-520-3348

Ongoing Events

Interactive "Memory Map" Exhibit: Oakland Chinatown Oral History Project

At OACC's gallery, you'll be able to read collected stories and share your own story about specific places in Chinatown as OACC showcases a new interactive map exhibit which includes an aerial photograph of Chinatown.
 

Project Links

General Project info (background & mission)
Phase 1 (Intergenerational interviews conducted in 2007 and transcribed in 2008)

Support

A Community Advisory Committee made up of local residents, scholars, and past youth/ elder participants ensures the project's process is community-based. 
Committee members include:
Teresita Bautista, Ted Dang, Dr. David Der, David Joseph-Goteiner, Dr. Anne Huang,
Derek Lang, Darlene Lee, Sandy Liao, Nancy MacKay, William Wong, Angela Zusman





Phase 2 is supported in part by the California Council for the Humanities and individual supporters.