Asian Cultural Experience, Salinas CA

What does the Japanese traditions of Obon and the Mexican traditions of Dìa De Los Muertos have in common? Traditions of Remembrance! The Asian Cultural Experience, Salinas ( ACE) celebrates Asian American traditions and appreciates the immigrant cultures that made Chinatown their home. Donate to MCGIVES! Support our Big Idea to have ACE gallery space in Moon Gate Plaza montereycountygives.com/ace

Moon Gate Plaza and ACE are partners in Revitalization of Salinas Chinatown. You can donate at: montereycountygives.com/ace

Hello ACE friends and members. This Facebook page will shut down, shortly. It will be replaced by another ACE Facebook page, with the same name, where we will continue posting articles and photos. Sorry for the slight disruption. To find us, search on Facebook for "Asian Cultural Experience - ACE," and please "Like" our page and follow; we don't want to lose you! Note that we will also have a new contact email address on our new page, which you can find at the bottom of our Mission Statement (in "About"). @Henry T. Gong @Gloria de la Rosa @Kathleen Slattery Mars Rocamora Jr Agency Inc., Farmer's Insurance Auto Home Life Business National Steinbeck Center @Deborah Silguero @Dorothy's Place @Dom Siababa @Jason Agpaoa

ACE received a memo this morning: "Congratulations! Your organization has been accepted into this year's Monterey County Gives! program." YAY! We'll be raising funds for the buildout of our new office/gallery space at Moon Gate Plaza. Thanks, Monterey County Gives! See a photo of the space in an article written earlier this spring: https://acesalinas.wordpress.com//06/25/ace-moving-forward/

It's fall semester at CSUMB, and students are contacting ACE to work with us on various service learning projects, mostly online -- so different from last year! But we look forward to working with them. Here's a little photo essay (one of two) from Fall semester 2018; ACE welcomed CSUMB Service Learning students into the Republic Cafe for a tour. Currently (2020/2021) we are raising money to purchase the building and turn it into a cultural center and museum. Interested in helping us out? Contact us at [email protected] https://acesalinas.wordpress.com//csumbs-visual-and-publi/ @Cathy Chavez-Miller @Larry Hirahara @Henry Gong

First Chinese-American woman to vote in the U.S. fought for immigrants: https://www.kqed.org//the-first-chinese-american-woman-to-

Via ACE member @Alex Fabros, the @Bebot Challenge Part II (Filipino American Airman): https://www.youtube.com/watch Mars Rocamora Jr Agency Inc., Farmer's Insurance Auto Home Life Business @Cathy Chavez Miller

Since the Buddhist Temple of Salinas is unable to hold the Obon Festival this year, their youth group, YBA, created an Odori video, which honors those who have passed on, and also to "continue to connect and celebrate Obon, the gathering of joy." They have put their own youthful stamp on it, dancing to modern music! https://www.youtube.com/watch Larry Hirahara Henry T. Gong Cathy Chavez Miller

Coming up this Saturday, hosted by the Monterey Peace & Justice Center - A talk by David Yamada, Larry Oda, and Arlington "Arly" La MIca: https://www.facebook.com/events/862363860953208/ Larry Hirahara Cathy Chavez Miller

ACE is filling out our non-profit proposal for MC County Gives this year! More info on this after we meet our deadline (this Friday)... https://www.montereycountygives.com/ Cathy Chavez Miller Larry Hirahara Henry T. Gong Mars Rocamora Jr Elmer A. Dolera Deborah Silguero Mary Randall

Via Elmer A. Dolera: Yamashita Market a Beacon of Watsonville History: https://pajaronian.com/yamashita-market-a-beacon-of-watso/ #JapaneseAmerican #AsianAmericans

An invitation to members and friends of ACE and the Chinese American Citizens Alliance: I would like to invite to enroll in an online discussion on anti-Asian discrimination and hate incidents. OCA is hosting a virtual four day summit of penaries, workshops and entertainment for Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders and allies across the country. The summit will consist of advocacy training and issue based workshops on how the COVID 19 pandemic has impacted the AAPI communiti...es. The virtual summit will take place from July 29-August 2nd Community members will be able to discuss anti-Asian discrimination and hate incidents, civic engagement during a pandemic, impact on small businesses, mental health, and more. Students will have the chance to explore financial literacy, career building, and college readiness this season. Working professionals will be able to hear from mentors and peers on the changes in corporate spaces and building inclusivity. Workshops are free and open to the public! RSVP is required, register and find more information here: bit.ly/ocasummit. The program schedule can be found at:https://ocasummit.dryfta.com/73-program-at-a-glance-2 C.A.C.A is a Community Partner for the Summit. I would like to encourage each of you to get the word out to your members and to encourage them to attend the sessions and workshops of interest. Regards, Herb Wong CACA Salinas Lodge Henry T. Gong Cathy Chavez Miller Larry Hirahara Mars Rocamora Jr Jason Galinato Agpaoa

Photo above: Sandbo Cafe, 257 Main St.. Salinas - 1920s. Ahtye family collection.

Via Henry T. Gong: The Deadend Store and magazine hosted a food drive at their headquarters to benefit local farm working families in Salinas Valley. They have also participated in Salinas Chinatown's Asian Festival Car Show.