Reclaiming Our Humanity
A Taste of History 2020-21
Thanks for joining our special event series, held online over the 2020-21 academic year. Below you'll find video recordings and highlights from the events.
Spring 2021: Hope Takes Shape
If you missed the event, you can still watch the livestream here or .
(Embrace by Juliana Kang Robinson)
Our spring event on May 20, 2021, featured Asian American and Pacific Islander musicians, poets and artists – celebrating the power of the arts and humanities in sharing and preserving our diverse stories and languages, and giving us opportunities to hear one another.
The program included a "Hoisan-Wa Talk Story" performance with the award-winning and poets Genny Lim, Flo Oy Wong and Nellie Wong.
More highlights include
- Singer-songwriter Lolah – presenting original songs in Vietnamese and English
- Musicians Satish and Ashish Tare – performing a tabla percussion piece
- Artist – previewing the "Hope and Solace" public poetry project with Cupertino Poet Laureate Jing Jing Yang and youth poet Alaina Gupta
There was also a special message from musician , and a tribute to longtime college and community supporter Jim Jackson.
Genny Lim
Flo Oy Wong
Nellie Wong
Jing Jing Yang
Michael Franti
Lolah
This event is sponsored by De Anza's unique arts and humanities organizations, the Euphrat Museum of Art and the California History Center. We invite you to join our email list and to consider making a donation to support arts and humanities programs at ý College.
Winter 2021: Dreaming and Imagining
Thank you to everyone who joined us for "Dreaming and Imagining" on Feb. 4!
"Dreaming and Imagining" was an exploration of history through ancestral foodways, stories, song and daily practices that strengthen the power of dreams. If you missed this livestreamed event, or would like to watch it again, you can still watch the recording here or .
You can also read more about our featured guests lower on this page.
“Dreaming is the stage in which the full panorama of possibilities are expressed (and) considered …” – Pōkā Laenui
Meet Our Featured Guests for Winter 2021
Pōkā Laenui, a native son of Hawai’i, is a lawyer and scholar as the father of the Hawaiian Sovereignty movement.
Jocelyn Jackson is a chef, lawyer, and artist who founded in Oakland and is also a founding member of the Peoples Kitchen Collective.
Jen the Rainmaker is an entrepreneur, speaker and of indigenous Chichimeca and Toltec descent.
Melissa-Ann Nievera-Lozano is a scholar, community organizer and co-editor of the .
Gregg Castro is an Ohlone and Salinan on cultural preservation, protection and education.
Want to Know More?
- Join our mailing list to receive email updates about future events
- Donate to support arts and humanities programs at De Anza College
Fall 2020: Recovery and Reconnection
If you missed our Oct. 22 event, "Recovery and Reconnection," you can still watch the recorded livestream here or .
This live, online event was an opportunity for the De Anza community and Taste of
History supporters to reconnect, through offerings and reflections by local poet laureates,
musicians and artists – as well as former and current students, faculty, staff and
administrators.
Participants included
- Janice Lobo Sapigao,
- Arlene Biala,
- Melanie Cervantes,
- Diego Cihuacoatl Gomez, poet and De Anza alum
- Dorothy Holford,
- Kristin Lindseth,
- Jennifer Myhre,
- David Howard-Pitney,
- George Rivera, and emeritus director,
- Tony Santa Ana, poet, artivist and program coordinator, ý College Office of Equity
- McTate Stroman II,
- Flo Oy Wong,
- Jing Jing Yang,
