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Reunion Committee: Elsie Lam, Jane Chin, John Wong, Michelle Jong, Shelly Gin
The Board of Directors for Friends of Roots has decided to postpone the 2020 Eat. Root. Love. that was scheduled for April 18th.
This is a difficult decision as all of us were looking forward to seeing many of you who were going to come from so many years as we celebrate 30 years of Roots. We felt such a large gathering of years would be both risky and reckless in light of the recent global health crisis of COVID19. I know many of your were conflicted between wanting to gather and staying safe and we feel the best option currently is to postpone the event until such time as it is again safe for all interested parties.
For those of your who have already purchased tickets, tables, or made donations these can be applied to the future date or refunded.
Stay Flexible and Stay Safe.
Friends of Roots is exploring the experience of Chinese immigration in Peru. Over the years, we have discovered that many people in the Roots family have connections to Latin America (Mexico, Peru, Colombia, Cuba, Nicaragua, etc.) Led by Roots Plus alum Nancy Koc, more than 15 Roots alumni and friends will visit Cusco, Machu Picchu, Lima, Chincha, and Paracas. They’ll attend presentations and go on historical tours led by local historians and anthropologists. We’ll post more once they return!
PHOTO:Sorin Colac | Dreamstime.com
Friends of Roots will be traveling to Kaiping, Taishan, Xinhui, Zhongshan, Zhuhai and Zengcheng of the Big Bay Area, also known as the Pearl River Delta. This group consists of 19 participants representing Georgia, New York, Minnesota, Tennessee, Vancouver BC, Northern and Southern California. Stay tuned for photos and stories.
Friends of Roots led 11 people of the Chinese diaspora hailing from the Bay Area and Boston to the Pearl River Delta in Guangdong 廣東省, China. We visited 5 different areas, including Kaiping 開平, Taishan 台山, Xinhui 新會, and Guangzhou 廣州. Read more about their travels here.
This month, Friends of Roots leaders, John Wong and Walter Lim are bringing three generations of the Wong family to two ancestral villages in Taishan. Stay tuned for photos and stories about their journey.
Taishan in Summer 2018
Join us as the 2018 Roots: Him Mark Lai Family History Project Cohort concludes their year of internship and presents to the public all that they learned.
This fall, nearly 40 Roots Plus participants and leaders will travel to the Pearl River Delta region in Guangdong Province, China. Stay tuned for more info.
Join Friends of Roots at the 23rd Annual Northern California International Dragon Boat Festival!
Come watch speeding dragon boats take to the water at Lake Merritt, Oakland! Cheer on the Dragon Roots team in their colorful 40-foot dragon boat as they race to the beat of Chinese drums on Saturday, September 15, 2018.
This admission-free festival brings a weekend of world-class dragon boat racing, spectacular cultural performances, delicious food, a variety of clothes and crafts vendors, and kid-friendly activities in Dragon Land where games and arts & crafts await.
Dragon Roots 2017- second place winners!
Join Friends of Roots as we celebrate another successful year of the Roots and Roots Plus programs. This year's gala will be held at the historic Far East Cafe in the heart of San Francisco Chinatown.
2017 was the year of the Rooster
View the Roots 2017 cohort's exhibit at the International Hotel Manilatown Center. Learn more here about San Francisco's Manilatown and International Hotel's history as a center for Filipino and Asian American activism in the 1970s.
Co-sponsored by the Manilatown Heritage Foundation, the exhibit will be on display through March 10, 2018. Visit during regular gallery hours: Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays 1-6pm and Fridays 4-9pm.
Aerial view of Wayne Yeh's Hakka village in Huiyang
The 2017 Roots cohort at the Poon (Pacón) Ancestral Hall in San Shui.
In October, Roots Plus participants will travel to the Pearl River Delta region in Guangdong Province, China. They will be visiting their ancestral villages in Kaiping, Taishan, Zhongshan and Foshan. Stay tuned for more info.
In July, eleven Roots interns, along with three leaders, will travel to the Pearl River Delta region in Guangdong Province, China. They will be visiting their ancestral villages in Kaiping, Taishan, Zhongshan, Panyu, Nanhai, Zhaoqing, Dongguan and Huizhou. Follow their journey here.
The Roots 2017 interns (a few remote ones are not pictured) at their second seminar with special guests Paula Madison, Judy Yung (not pictured) and Ruthanne McCunn Lum (not pictured).
In May, ten Roots Plus participants, along with three leaders, will travel to the Pearl River Delta region in Guangdong Province, China. They will be visiting their ancestral villages in Taishan, Xinhui and Meizhou. Stay tuned for more info.
Sitting l-r: Trina Horner, Celia Huey, Jessica Huey, Martha Chan, Barbara Lee.
Standing: Walter Lim, John Wong, Jason Phan, Dennis Huey, Patrick Chew, and Winston Lee
Not pictured: Jane Chin and Danny Lee
Featuring keynote speaker: Paula Madison. Paula is a retired NBC executive, who wrote a book and made a documentary about her search for her Hakka Chinese grandfather's family. She is of Jamaican Black and Chinese ancestry, and grew up in Harlem. View the trailer of her moving story, Finding Samuel Lowe.
This year's gala will be held at the historic Far East Cafe in the heart of San Francisco Chinatown.
Friend of Roots alumni at Eat Root Love 2016. Photo credit: Frank Jang
Friends of Roots would like to invite you to the 2016 interns' presentation about their experiences in China and their year in the Roots: Him Mark Lai Family History Project.
12pm: Exhibit Opens | 1pm: Presentation Starts
The Roots 2016 cohort at the Meiguan Pass in Nanxiong, Guangdong Province, China
The presentation and exhibit will be held at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center, on the second floor of the Pacific Renaissance Plaza in the heart of Oakland Chinatown.
This fall, two Roots Plus groups will travel to the Pearl River Delta region in Guangdong Province, China. Key visits will include Kaiping, Taishan, Xinhui, Zhongshan, Zhujixiang and Guangzhou. Stay tuned for introductions to Roots Plus in our fall newsletter.
Join Friends of Roots at the 21st Annual Kaiser Permanente Northern California International Dragon Boat Festival!
Come watch speeding dragon boats take to the water at Lake Merritt, Oakland! Cheer on the Dragon Roots team in their colorful 40-foot dragon boat as they race to the beat of Chinese drums on Saturday, September 17, 2016.
This admission-free festival brings a weekend of world-class dragon boat racing, spectacular cultural performances, delicious food, a variety of clothes and crafts vendors, and kid-friendly activities in Dragon Land where games and arts & crafts await.
the Dragon Roots team at their first practice
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