2023 Jan. - Feb. Events
Tue. 1/24/23 Lunar New Year Celebration With County Executive Latimer 5:30-7 PM
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OCA-WHV President Jaclyn Liu and board members attended the Lunar New Year Celebration held by County Executive George Latimer. Representing OCA-WHV, Jaclyn accepted a proclamation from County Executive Latimer.
Sat. 2/5/23 Annual Retreat 9 AM - 2 PM
The OCA-WHV board of directors’ annual retreat was held on Feb 4, 2023 from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM. We welcomed four new board members -- Jeanhee Chung, Bing Dang, Liping Jiang, and Kasama Star. After board member self-introductions, Jean Chang briefly refreshed the board on Robert’s Rules of Order. Jaclyn outlined structure changes in board positions and filled all positions after talking with her fellow board members. In the afternoon, Meow reviewed 2022 accomplishments and the board set goals for 2023.
Sun. 2/12/23 Chinese New Year Film Series, NaZha 7-9:30 PM
OCA-WHV co-sponsored a program with the Chappaqua Library that was led by the Chappaqua High School Chinese Club. OCA-WHV board member Meow Yee gave an overview of OCA to the audience, and we talked about the Corky Lee Street Co-naming project our chapter is sponsoring. Almost one hundred people watched the movie “Na Zha” in Mandarin with English subtitles. The movie, which incorporates modern film technology to creatively present Chinese culture, was humorous and entertaining and was particularly enjoyed by the younger attendees.
Sun. 2/12/23 MANNGO At Scarsdale Public Library 1 - 4 PM
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The MAANGO team (Making Asian American Noticeably Grow Outwards), is a group of high school students who have researched and created a series of interactive lectures on AAPI history. They are recruiting and training more student instructors to teach through various venues such as weekend schools, cultural centers, and high school clubs. The event was well attended, with a culturally diverse audience including students from several Westchester high schools and some parents. OCA-WHV sponsored the event. The MAANGO team organized the event through presentations, games, and discussions to introduce their AAPI history education materials and teaching plans. Dr. Bing Dang, our VP of Youth Programs, gave a brief speech to introduce OCA to the audience and invited them to sign up for our Young OCA (YOCA) group.
Sun. 2/12/23 HXGNY Chinese New Year Celebration 2 - 5 PM
The Huaxia Chinese School of Greater New York Lunar New Year celebration attracted hundreds of families, teachers, and sponsors. OCA Vice President of Membership, Grace Pan, hosted the OCA-WHV desk in the afternoon to talk to visitors and promote OCA-WHV programs.
Sun. 2/12/23 Annual Lunar New Year Parade In Chinatown 10:30 AM -3 PM
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OCA WHV participated with our sister OCA chapters (NY, NJ, LI), Chinese Adoptee Alliance (CAA, formerly Families with Children from China) and the Chinese Progressive Association in the New York City Chinatown Lunar New Year Parade on February 12 with a private pre-parade party beforehand to kick off the festivities. A wonderful time was had by all with a lion dance and lots of food at the party plus warm and sunny marching weather. Join us next year. The more the merrier!
Sat. 2/18/23 Hudson River Museum Lunar New Year Celebration 1 - 4 PM
The Lunar New Year Celebration at the Hudson River Museum was another successful event that OCA-WHV supports. We facilitated a Lion Dance, Origami, Chinese calligraphy, a Tai Chi demonstration, and Chinese folk dance in addition to a special showing of The Sky Tonight: The Sky Lore of China, featuring traditional Chinese constellations planned by the museum. The event attracted over 500 attendees.
Sat. 2/18/23 WACA Chinese New Year Celebration 2 - 6 PM
Many kids and families visited the OCA-WHV booth at the WACA festival. Our young volunteers helped them with origami, face painting, and balloon twisting. We gave away many complex origami foldings, almost 200 balloon bunnies, swords, flowers, etc. People also signed the Corky Lee Co-naming petition. Almost half of our board members helped at the event, introducing OCA-WHV programs to our visitors.
Sat. 2/18/23 NAACP White Plains Greenburgh film showing of Selma
OCA-WHV joined our partner, the NAACP of White Plains/Greenburgh for a film showing of Selma, the telling of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s campaign to secure equal voting rights via an epic march from Selma to Montgomery Alabama, in 1965. This was one of the most important events in the civil rights movement chronicling the tremendous discrimination and blockage of the Black right to vote in the South, even after segregation was repealed. The march resulted in the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act and is something we can all learn from. This video is available from the Westchester Library System -- Selma by Ava DuVernay. Watch the trailer.
Sun. 2/19/23 Corky Lee Photographic Justice Film Viewing and Filmmaker Discussion
OCA-WHV attended the film screening and discussion with the filmmakers of “Photographic Justice – the Corky Lee Story” about renowned Asian American photographer, historian, and activist, Corky Lee, who passed away from Covid two years ago. OCA Westchester is working with our sister OCA chapters (LI, NY and NJ), CAA (Chinese Adoptee Alliance, formerly Families with Children from China) and Think!Chinatown, to co-name Mosco Street in NYC Chinatown in Corky’s memory.
For over 50 years, Corky was constantly photographing and advocating for the Asian American community in NYC and across the nation. He was in Detroit after Vincent Chin was killed by white auto workers, photographed police brutality against Chinese residents in Chinatown, worked with Sikh Americans, Japanese Americans, Korean Americans and others, co-founded the Asian American Journalists Association and so much more. OCA WHV had a long relationship with Corky.
Stay tuned for more information on the Mosco Street Corky Lee Way co-naming effort.
For over 50 years, Corky was constantly photographing and advocating for the Asian American community in NYC and across the nation. He was in Detroit after Vincent Chin was killed by white auto workers, photographed police brutality against Chinese residents in Chinatown, worked with Sikh Americans, Japanese Americans, Korean Americans and others, co-founded the Asian American Journalists Association and so much more. OCA WHV had a long relationship with Corky.
Stay tuned for more information on the Mosco Street Corky Lee Way co-naming effort.