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STREAMING—CHINATOWN RISING at UCLA Asian American Studies Film Festival

February 12, 2021

Free 24 hour online stream of CHINATOWN RISING.

Unladylike2020 Where Are the Women? Summit

January 29, 2021 In the Field

A photo collage of women in U.S. history with an explanation of the event.

Unladylike2020 is convening the Where Are the Women? Summit, in partnership with PBS American Masters, WNET, National Women’s History Museum, National Council for the Social Studies, National Council for History Education, National Women’s Hall of Fame, and National Women’s History Alliance, and in collaboration with PBS LearningMedia, with funding from the Corporation …

ONLINE—WATCH GEOGRAPHIES OF KINSHIP via LAPFF

October 1, 2020

A film on the history of international adoption, grounded in the powerful stories of Korean adoptees.

ONLINE—UNLADYLIKE2020: Charlotta Spears Bass—Newspaper Editor, Civil Rights Crusader and First African American Woman to Run for Vice President

March 17, 2020

Charlotta Spears Bass, first African American woman to run for Vice President. Original artwork by Amelie Chabannes.

ONLINE—Sonoma County Museum Conversations with Alicia Sanchez

July 29, 2020

Alicia Sanchez smiles with a microphone in front of her and a KBBF 89.1 FM sign in the background.

A conversation with labor organizer and activist Alicia Sanchez at Museum of Sonoma County.

ONLINE—UNLADYLIKE2020: Margaret Chung—First American-Born Chinese Female Doctor

March 17, 2020

Margaret Chung, the first Chinese American woman physician. Original artwork by Amelie Chabannes.

ONLINE—UNLADYLIKE2020: Tye Leung Schulze—First Chinese American Woman Federal Government Employee

March 17, 2020

RICHMOND–Between Two Worlds: Untold Stories of Refugees from Laos

March 17, 2020

See a traveling museum exhibit, Between Two World: Untold Stories of Refugees from Laos at the Richmond Museum of History.

SANTA ROSA—From Suffrage to #MeToo: Groundbreaking Women in Sonoma County

March 17, 2020

Explore the changing expectations, challenges, and obstacles to inclusion that women have faced and the remarkable people who have broken through the barriers.