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Asian Americans : the movement and the moment / edited by Steve Louie and Glenn K. Omatsu ; design/production by Mary Uyematsu Kao.

Contributor(s): Louie, Steve | Omatsu, Glenn
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Los Angeles : UCLA Asian American Studies Center Press, [2006]Copyright date: ©2006Description: xxvii, 322 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 28 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0934052344 (pbk.); 9780934052344 (pbk.)Other title: Movement and the momentSubject(s): Asian Americans -- Politics and government | Political activists -- United StatesBibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Moving the historical moment forward / Don T. Nakanishi -- Making the book happen / Steve Louie -- When we wanted it done, we did it ourselves / Steve Louie -- Pontifications on the distinction between grains of sand and yellow pearls / Chris Iijima -- Interview with Pat Sumi / Interviewed by Ryan Masaaki Yokota -- From pool halls to building workers' organizations: lessons for today's activists / Warren Mar -- Touching the fire: an introduction to three essays from Filipina American activists / Introduction by Cecile Caguingin Ochoa -- Holding a pigeon in my hand: how community organizing succeeds or falters / Prosy Abarquez-Delacruz -- The chosen road / Carol Ojeda-Kimbrough -- Growing up in America as a young Filipina American during the anti-martial law and student movement in the United States / Rose Ibanez -- Wherever there is oppression / Ray Tasaki -- It's never ever boring! Triple jeopardy from the Korean side / Miriam Ching Yoon Louie -- Drinking tea with both hands / Nancy Hom -- Growing up in turmoil: thoughts on the Asian American movement / Bob Hsiang -- Parting the wild horse's mane: Asian-American images and the Asian media collective: a one act readable play / Gordon Lee -- Untitled photo essay / Corky Lee -- Finding our common interests: personal reflections about the Asian movement / Liz Del Sol -- "Action talks and bullshit walks": from the founders of Yellow Brotherhood to the present / Nick Nagatani -- Roots of a civil rights activist / Henry Der -- Song of Ariran: in memory of Helen Foster Snow / Brenda Paik Sunoo -- From the "prologue" and "epilogue" of Song of Ariran / Nym Wales and Kim San -- Transforming student elites into community activists: a legacy of Asian American activism / Harvey Dong -- Individually we contributed, together we made a difference / Merilynne Hamano Quon -- Slicing silence: Asian progressives come out / Daniel C. Tsang -- To be a part of the people: the International Hotel collective / Beverly Kordziel -- I come from a yellow seed (for Bobby) / Nelson Nagai -- Finding a home community / Shinya Ono -- The advent and origins of the Asian American movement in the San Francisco Bay area: a personal perspective / Floyd Huen -- Caring for the soul of our community: Vietnamese youth activism in the 1960s and today / Tram Quang Nguyen -- Serve the people / Mori Nishida -- Listening to the small voice speaking the truth: grassroots organizing and the legacy of our movement / Glenn Omatsu.

Includes bibliographical references.

Preface: Moving the historical moment forward / Don T. Nakanishi -- Making the book happen / Steve Louie -- Introduction: When we wanted it done, we did it ourselves / Steve Louie -- Pontifications on the distinction between grains of sand and yellow pearls / Chris Iijima -- Interview with Pat Sumi / Interviewed by Ryan Masaaki Yokota -- From pool halls to building workers' organizations: lessons for today's activists / Warren Mar -- Touching the fire: an introduction to three essays from Filipina American activists / Introduction by Cecile Caguingin Ochoa -- Holding a pigeon in my hand: how community organizing succeeds or falters / Prosy Abarquez-Delacruz -- The chosen road / Carol Ojeda-Kimbrough -- Growing up in America as a young Filipina American during the anti-martial law and student movement in the United States / Rose Ibanez -- Wherever there is oppression / Ray Tasaki -- It's never ever boring! Triple jeopardy from the Korean side / Miriam Ching Yoon Louie -- Drinking tea with both hands / Nancy Hom -- Growing up in turmoil: thoughts on the Asian American movement / Bob Hsiang -- Parting the wild horse's mane: Asian-American images and the Asian media collective: a one act readable play / Gordon Lee -- Untitled photo essay / Corky Lee -- Finding our common interests: personal reflections about the Asian movement / Liz Del Sol -- "Action talks and bullshit walks": from the founders of Yellow Brotherhood to the present / Nick Nagatani -- Roots of a civil rights activist / Henry Der -- Song of Ariran: in memory of Helen Foster Snow / Brenda Paik Sunoo -- From the "prologue" and "epilogue" of Song of Ariran / Nym Wales and Kim San -- Transforming student elites into community activists: a legacy of Asian American activism / Harvey Dong -- Individually we contributed, together we made a difference / Merilynne Hamano Quon -- Slicing silence: Asian progressives come out / Daniel C. Tsang -- To be a part of the people: the International Hotel collective / Beverly Kordziel -- I come from a yellow seed (for Bobby) / Nelson Nagai -- Finding a home community / Shinya Ono -- The advent and origins of the Asian American movement in the San Francisco Bay area: a personal perspective / Floyd Huen -- Caring for the soul of our community: Vietnamese youth activism in the 1960s and today / Tram Quang Nguyen -- Serve the people / Mori Nishida -- Listening to the small voice speaking the truth: grassroots organizing and the legacy of our movement / Glenn Omatsu.

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