We’re coming together with Korean and Chinese elders to listen, learn, and connect through a special cross cultural Chuseok Mid Autumn Festival edition of Lincoln Summer Nights—a collaboration between Ssi Ya Gi, Cut Fruit Collective, and The Oakland Chinatown Oral History Project.

CHUSEOK MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL STORY SHARING WITH OUR ELDERS
At Lincoln Summer Nights
Thursday, Sep 14, 2023 5-8 PM (Story sharing begins at 6 PM)
Lincoln Square Park 261 11th St, Oakland Chinatown

• Hear stories from Korean and Chinese elders
• Submit your story in exchange for mooncakes and songpyeon
• Donate and receive a copy of the elders’ stories illustrated into zines

Free event! More details coming soon! Donations are welcome to help support the cost of the event.

SPECIAL THANKS

Oakland Asian Cultural Center, California Humanities, The City of Oakland, Friends of Lincoln Square Park, Korean Community Center of the East Bay, and Senior Assistance Foundation East Bay

ABOUT THE ORGANIZERS

Cut Fruit Collective is a grassroots community arts non-profit dedicated to creating more resilient SF Bay Area AAPI communities through the power of art and storytelling.

Ssi Ya Gi gives voice to the untold and under-told stories of Korean American elders.

The Oakland Chinatown Oral History Project gathers a people’s living history of the community through intergenerational storytelling across time and place. 

All donations to Cut Fruit Collective, a fiscally sponsored project of Possibility Labs 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (Tax ID# 85-3989363) are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.