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12th Annual DisOrient Film Festival of Oregon 2017 Program Guide Subject to change

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Started in 2006 by artists, educators, and activists, DisOrient is a grassroots and volunteer-run film festival committed to presenting honest portrayals of the diversity of the Asian and Pacific Islander American experience. When selecting new and exciting films for our festival, we use the W.E.B. DuBois standard of “for us, by us, or about us”. DisOrient is a program of the Chinese American Benevolent Association (CABA), a 501(c)(3) non-profit cultural arts organization that also runs a youth group (Chinese Lion Dance Troupe & Asian Fusion Fan Dance Group), which is comprised of middle school, high school, and college age students. CABA also offers college scholarships for local Asian American youth and aspiring filmmakers.

Festival FounderJason Mak

Executive DirectorAnselmo Villanueva

Associate DirectorPamela M. Quan

Resource DevelopmentBee Vrzak

JIMILA

Mike Takahashi

Pam Berrian

Pamela M. Quan

Rachelle Gaches

Spring Atman

Susan Hirata

VolunteersSandra Lozano - Co-Chair

Widya Mak - Co-Chair

Eunji Park

Dexter Mestaz

Cindy Peterson

2017 Volunteer Sta�Programming and PR

Anselmo Villanueva

Arun Toke

Bee Vrzak

Fran Roy

Jason Mak

Jeff Johnston

Jennifer Afton

Kelli Urabe

Mark Young

Marv Leake

Pam Berrian

Pamela M. Quan

Ron Miyaguchi

Spring Atman

Susan Hirata

Widya Mak

Winter Young

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WebsiteLori Rarey

Karsyn Lenn

EventsSusan Hirata

Green RoomRachelle Gaches – Chair

JIMILA

Jeanie Mah

Mike Takahashi

Spring Atman

HospitalityBelle Caracol – Chair

Pamela Quan

Susan Hirata

DesignKelli Urabe

Bee Vrzak

Lori Rarey

Susan Hirata

Trish Quan

Technical CrewJeff Johnston

Marv Leake

Dear Friends,

We are thrilled to be back for the 12th annual DisOrient Asian American Film Festival of Oregon! Like the main character, Kim Tran, in “Never Forget,” we explore a sense of community and belonging at DisOrient to which we’ve become accustomed. It’s here that we gather – staff, volunteers, artists, filmmakers, audience, and sponsors – to develop an awareness about social justice that will help make the world a better place.

People often ask, “What can I do? I’m only one person.” I would say that we have brilliant examples of the power of one in Regge Life, Director of “Cocktail Party,” Pale’ Eric Forbes from “I Am Chamorro,” Prime from “Mele Murals,” Min Yasui in “Never Give Up! Minoru Yasui and the Fight for Justice,” the Massive Monkees, Director Leon Lee of “Avenues of Escape,” and Athena Askliapidis from “Mixed Match.” These and many others are just a few actual people who have made the conscious choice to help others with their individual actions.

Every single film in the DisOrient 2017 program reflects something creative, courageous, inspirational, and special. It is an honor for me, the DisOrient staff, and the board members of the Chinese American Benevolent Association to provide a forum to share such a broad spectrum of Pacific Islander and Asian American voices. I can’t wait to watch these amazing films with you. Let the celebration begin!

Warmest Regards,

Pamela M. QuanPamela M. Quan DisOrient Asian American Film FestivalAssociate Director

Welcome to DisOrient

FESTIVAL TIPS!• Arrive early!• Get your tickets early (either online or stop by the Bijou earlier in the day), as

many programs may sell out. • Plan out your screening schedule in advance to avoid time conflicts as many films will never

show in our area ever again.• Stay seated until the end of the credits and applaud when appropriate to honor the filmmakers

and artists who may be in attendance.• Stay after the Q&A session to meet the filmmakers in person. • Donate to DisOrient so we can do it again for next year!

Proud Community Supporters

Japanese AmericanAssociation of Lane County

It’s our last night of DisOrient 2017! Watch our closing night film, Mele Murals at the Bijou Art Cinemas on 492 E 13th Avenue at 6:30pm. Then later, come celebrate the end to another successful festival with us at LZ Chinese Dish at 1099 Chambers Street! We will be giving out awards for Best Short Narrative, Best Short Documentary, Best Feature Doc, Best Feature Narrative, and the film that will recieve the 2017 Jason D. Mak Award for Social Justice.

Join us at the Bijou Art Cinemas at 6:30pm on 492 E 13th Avenue to watch our opening night film Never Forget. After the screenings, head on over to the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art on the University of Oregon campus (1430 Johnson Lane) to our Opening Reception. The night will be filled with guest speakers, live performances from Alex Dang, Lenora Lee, CABA Lion Dancers, Patrick Feng, Jazz Trio with Michael Anderson, Theo Halpert, and Dorian Crow, food and drinks. “Our Immigrants” by Melissa Nolledo will be on exhibit. Our emcee of the night will be Brady Wakayama from KEZI. The Opening Night Reception is presented by the University of Oregon Division of Equity and Inclusion.

*Admission to Oepning Reception is by VIP Pass or Opening Night Film ticket stub. We are also selling tickets at the door for the reception for $15 General Admission beginning at 9:15pm.

OPENING NIGHT FILMFriday, April 21, 2017 • 6:30pm - 11:30pm • ADMISSION: $12 • ADMISSION to just the Reception (at the door): $15

CLOSING NIGHT FILMSunday, April 23, 2017 • 6:30pm - 11:30pm • ADMISSION: $12

Brady Wakayama KEZI News Reporter Brady Wakayama joined the KEZI 9 News team in September of 2016 as a news reporter.

Brady was born and raised in Seattle, Washington. He graduated from Washington State University in May, 2016, majoring in Broadcast Journalism and minoring in Sports Management. During Brady’s time at WSU, he anchored, reported, and produced for Pullman’s main nightly newscast, Murrow News 8. In college, Brady also interned for the nationally award-winning radio station KIRO Radio 97.3 FM in Seattle.

Brady is proud to be a COUG, and is also a proud member of the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA). In 2016, Brady was the inaugural national recipient of the AAJA Sports Task Force Al Young Sports Journalism Scholarship.

Alex DangAlex Dang is the only member in history to be on the Portland Poetry Slam nationals team four years in a row. A TedX speaker, his work has been viewed on Youtube over 2 million times and has been shared by Upworthy, Huffington Post, and more. On any given day you can find him eating a burger or on a stage doing poems.

Lenora LeeLenora Lee has been a dancer, choreographer, and artistic director in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York. She has been an Artist Fellow at the de Young Museum, a Djerassi Resident Artist, and a Visiting Scholar at New York University through the Asian/Pacific/American Institute. She is currently an Artist in Residence at Dance Mission Theater. The mission of Lenora Lee Dance (LLD) is to create and present large-scale multimedia performance works integrating dance, music, video projection, and text that connect various styles of movement and music to culture, history, and human rights issues.

LIVE PERFORMANCE

LIVE PERFORMANCE

OUR EMCEE:

Presented by:

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Never ForgetFeature Narrative • Vietnamese88 min • Vietnam, Australia • 2016

Director: Jon Bling

*Q&A with Director Jon Bling

OPENING NIGHT 6:30pm - 8:48pm ADMISSION: $12

10 years after she left Vietnam, Kim must return to grieve her father’s death. Plucked from her independent, urban life in Australia, she is annoyed when her brother sends a family friend to escort her back to their village. Out of place and out of sorts, Kim is forced to rediscover what she left behind. Mostly shot in Vietnam, this film is a beautiful reflection on what it means to belong.

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FACILITATINGEQUITY & INCLUSIVENESS

The Division of Equity & Inclusion comprises of five units:Office of the Vice President for Equity & Inclusion | Center for Multicultural Academic Excellence

Center on Diversity & Community | Multicultural Center | Many Nations Longhouse

For more information, visitinclusion.uoregon.edu

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Mixed Match

Feature Doc • English • 96 min • Canada • 2016

Director: Jeff Chiba Stearns

We all have mixed ancestry, but for blood cancer patients whose multiple race or ethnic family background is in the recent past, finding a compatible blood marrow donor is critical—and currently still very difficult.

*Q&A with Mixed Marrow Founder Athena Asklipiadis

Cocktail Party

Feature Narrative • English • 103 min • USA • 2016

Director: Regge Life

Eager to reset the Marine base on a course of goodwill with the people of Okinawa, newly-arrived Col. Porter sets up the first cocktail party of his tenure. But delicate relations are jeopardized when word gets out that a local woman has been assaulted by a Marine. Old wounds are opened and justice and peace are tenuous.

*Q&A with Director Regge Life & Actors Tatsuo Ichikawa & Jan Mizushima

All Our Father’s Relations

Feature Documentary • English • 56 min • Canada • 2016

Director: Alejandro Yoshizawa

Three siblings, born of a Chinese father and a Musqueam mother, relate the difficulties of growing up in two ancient clashing cultures. The film also documents the Grants’ journey to their father’s ancestral village in Guangdong to reconnect with their Chinese family.

*Q&A with Director Alejandro Yoshizawa

Vampariah

Feature Narrative • English • 83 min • USA • 2016

Director: Matthew Abaya

Mahal is a kickass hunter of Aswang, vampires of Filipino folklore. Vampariah is a thoughtful horror story that stays true to its roots. This is tale with a twist that raises issues of justice, gender and identity as well as pre-contact loss of tradition.

*Q&A with Director Matthew Abaya & Visual Effects Designer Julius Sanchez

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3:18pm - 5:16pm ADMISSION: $7

5:36pm - 6:47pm ADMISSION: $9

9:48pm - 11:26pm ADMISSION: $9

LIFECYCLE PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS

Written, produced and directed by Regge Life

When the daughter of a Japanese businessman in Okinawacharges that a U.S. serviceman assaulted her, the servicemanclaims the encounter was entirely consensual. The ensuing civiland military investigations bring to light persistent resentmentgoing back many years on both sides about the human toll ofaccommodating long term military occupation.

About the Director: Known for his award winning documentary work in Japan, COCKTAILPARTY is Regge Life’s first narrative feature. He received his M.F.A. in directing film and theaterfrom New York University; and is the recipient of 3 CINE Golden Eagles, an NEA/Bunka-choCreative Artist fellowship under the mentorship of Yamada Yoji, a Fulbright Journalist scholar, aJapan Foundation Fellow and a Sony Innovator. He wrote and produced REUNION starringDenzel Washington and produced NATIVE SON, the life and work of Richard Wright, forDiscovery Networks. His most recent documentaries are LIVE YOUR DREAM: The TaylorAnderson Story, chronicling the lives of two Americans who lost their lives in the 2011 earthquakeand tsunami in Japan, and REASON TO HOPE, about the 2010 earthquake in Haiti.

Film Information:Length: 110 minutes

Language: English and Japanese with English subtitlesCountry: USA

Credits:Writer, Producer, Director: Regge Life

Editor: Michelle TsaltasCinematographers: Harlan Bosmajian, Jordan Hall

Composer: Marc Aramian

Contact Information: Regge Life, Lifecycle Productions Inc. New York [email protected] (01)518-392-5604

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Avenues of Escape

Feature Doc • Chinese • 66 min • Canada • 2016

Director: Leon Lee

Falun Gong followers base their lives and spiritual practices upon Buddhist moral teachings. Because of their philosophy, independence and numbers, the Chinese government considers them threatening and open to persecution. This film documents the desperate lengths three Falun Gong women will go to for their freedom.

*Q&A with Director Leon Lee

Blasian Narratives

Feature Narrative • English • 51 min • USA • 2017

Director: Jivan Atman

To be multiracial is complicated, but to be simultaneously Black and Asian is to exist at the poles of the racial spectrum. It is the struggle to present the world with a genuine whole, rather than one of two halves. Through multiple performances, this “Docu-Theatre” piece explores that complexity.

*Q&A with Director Jivan Atman

10:00am - 11:21am ADMISSION: $6

11:41am - 12:47pm ADMISSION: $6

Presented by

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Massive Monkees: The BeaconShannon Gee • Short Documentary English • 29 min • USA • 2016

Follow this Seattle breakdance crew from their humble beginnings, to their historic win in 2012, and now the present where they give back to their community through their dance studio: The Beacon.

*Q&A with Director Shannon Gee & Photographer Ian Devier

FracturedMaritte Lee Go • Short Narrative • English • 15 min • USA • 2016

An Asian American farmer and expectant father feels powerless as environmental contamination threatens his livelihood and the health of his family.

ADMISSION: FREE ADMISSION: $6/$3

The Ethnic StrategyChloe Hung • Short Narrative • English • 9 min • USA • 2016

It’s tough for an Asian artist to get by without exploiting her ethnicity, especially when the rent is due. Maybe selling out is inevitable. Or maybe not. A short comedy film about art, race, and good business.

Trickle DownJimmy Duong • Short Narrative • English • 15 min • USA • 2016

A thought-provoking film very apropos to today’s climate of hostility and online incitement to hate. When an ethnic group is targeted for robbery and murder, how does one family respond?

*Q&A with Director Jimmy Duong & Producer Mack Wei

CactusWilder Herms • Short Narrative • English • 5 min • USA • 2016

Stunning martial arts choreography in the midst of desert landscape serves this short story of Sha Mo Hua as she makes her choice. Does she just wait to escape slave traders, or should she seize the moment?

CavitiesMichael Chan • Short Narrative • English • 25 min • USA • 2016

Sixteen year old Winston Cheng is left completely on his own and resorts to taking shortcuts to survive. Then, his mother suddenly reappears in his life. Can he trust her this time?

*Q&A with Director Michael Chan

ToenailJing Yi Shao • Short Narrative • English • 18 min • USA • 2016

Life changes and comes full circle when Frank’s wise, aging father faces a medical crisis. Roles are reversed and Frank, the dutiful but ambitious son, learns what truly matters.

DhalangInaya Yusuf • Experimental Short • Indonesian • 4 min • USA • 2016

Lyrical exploration of Indonesian social and cultural identity.

Coming Full Circle: The Journey of a Transgendered Korean AdopteeLarry Tung • Short Documentary • English • 24 min • South Korea, USA • 2015

What is it like to “go back” to a country you never knew? Adopted as a 7-month old baby boy by white American parents, Pauline Park embarks on a journey back to Korea, over 50 years later, as a transgender activist, exploring themes of identity, belonging, destiny and fate.

3 Chords and The TruthAngelo Santos • Short Narrative • English • 7 min • USA • 2016

A Country singer uses his real life to write his next great song as his record label is about to drop him.

Year of the DragonQuinn Russell Brown • Short Narrative • English • 4 min • USA • 2016

To the world, Bruce Lee is a star, an icon, a legend, whose stature has only grown since his death. It is easy to forget, then, that before his rise to stardom Lee was held back by a Hollywood unwilling to cast an Asian hero. Poet Troy Osaki recounts this story in passionate spoken word from Seattle’s historic Chinatown.

*Q&A with Director Quinn Russell Brown

MIKIWeiko Lin • Short Narrative • English • 25 min • USA • 2017

An alcoholic comic discovers that he must deliver his Buddhist mother’s prayer bracelet to his old high school girlfriend, as was his deceased mother’s only wish. He’s uneasy to reunite with his first love.

*Q&A with Director Weiko Lin

3 MinutesJulia Chang • Short Narrative • English • 5 min • USA • 2016

Speed dating without filters.

*Q&A with Director Julia Chang

Q&A will take place after all the films have

finished screening.

Q&A will take place after all the films have

finished screening.

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7:45pm - 9:33pmCENTERPIECE FILM ADMISSION: $9

Resistance at Tule LakeFeature Documentary • English78 min • USA • 2016

Director: Konrad Aderer

*Q&A with Director Konrad Aderer

How do you respond when your government turns against you? For the 110,000+ persons of Japanese descent interned during WWII, this question became an immediate reality. Though most viewed internment as a hardship to be endured, many also resisted by protesting and organizing within the camps. For the most vocal of these protesters, Tule Lake was eventually designated as a segregation camp, a place to separate out the most troublesome internees. This documentary tells their stories of resistance and struggle.

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I Am Chamorro

Feature Doc • English • 107 min • Guam, USA • 2015

Director: John “Mo” Burnham

This film is a comprehensive history of the Chamorro people. With no written records, Chamorro history is held and preserved in its archeology, people, culture and language. Featuring research by Pale’ Eric Forbes.

*Q&A with Executive Producer Joanne Tabor-Modic, Producers Rich Modic & Rex Agagas, & Lead Pale’ Eric Forbes

The Orange StoryShort Narrative • English • 16 min • USA • 2016

Director: Erika Street

A historical film interspersed with archival sound, images, and film. Koji, an elderly Japanese-American shopkeeper, is forced to sell his store when he and other people of Japanese ancestry are interned during World War II.

Never Give Up! Minoru Yasui’s Fight for Justice

Feature Documentary • English • 57 min • USA • 2016

Director: Holly Yasui

Minoru Yasui, the first Japanese American to pass the Oregon State Bar, challenged the legality of unjust actions by the U.S. Government against Japanese Americans in the 1940’s. Spending nine months in solitary confinement, the U.S. Supreme Court eventually ruled against him.

*Q&A with Directors Holly Yasui & Will Doolittle

11:00am - 12:47pm ADMISSION: $6

1:22pm - 2:56pm ADMISSION: $7

PRECEDED BY:

Presented by

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Tatara Samurai

Feature Narrative • Japanese • 135 min • Japan • 2016

Director: Yoshinari Nishikori

A cinematically stunning film set in feudal Japan, Tatara Samurai is a coming of age story of Gosuke, groomed to become the next Murage (Master Blacksmith) of Tatara Village, famous for its steel. Having survived vicious raids on his village, Gosuke is drawn instead to become a samurai, but he must discover honor and compassion on his own terms. “Drawing the sword means death…are you prepared?”

“LIGHT” (With Live Performance)

Feature Narrative • English • 57 min • USA • 2017

Introduction of dance by Lenora Lee, accompanied by Tatsu Aoki on bass.

Lenora Lee and Tatsu Aoki present a special performance of dance accompanied by bass as a prelude to the screening.

Dance, memory, music, and poetry collide in a visual and aural landscape. A meditation on women being propelled into the unknown by courage to risk everything for freedom.

*Q&A with Director/Composer Tatsu Aoki and Choreographer/Producer Lenora Lee

3:16pm - 5:41pm ADMISSION: $9

6:01pm - 7:30pm ADMISSION: $9

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FloatTristan Seniuk • Short Narrative • English • 24 min • USA • 2016

Float is a day in the life film of Rocky Mang, a young Cambodian hustler in mid-90s Seattle. Behind the blustery facade is a sensitive young man who loves his family, wants his place in the world and maybe, just maybe, finds love.

*Q&A with Director Tristan Seniuk, Co-Director Voleak Sip, Lead Actor Tony Teav, & Actor Keanna Mendoza

The Bird Who Could FlyRaphael Sbarge • Short Narrative • English • 19 min • USA • 2016

“There are moments that happen in your life with a whisper…and you may not realize that nothing will ever be the same”. A young Korean American attorney struggles to keep his family connected, in the face of his brothers’ bad choices and his mother’s religious extremism.

SeppukuDaryn Wakasa • Short Narrative • English • 24 min • Hong Kong, USA • 2016

Little spirit Bettari leads Mari, an Olympic hopeful, through a mystical portal to…a desert camp? Mari must break free from the traumatic legacy of this camp in this Japanese-American cinematic folk tale.

I Won’t Miss YouBernard Badion • Short Narrative • English • 20 min • USA • 2016

17 yr. old Janey’s best friend dies in a car crash, and when he suddenly begins to appear in her room, their awkward, undeclared feelings begin to surface. Taking a comedic approach to a tragic subject, this film explores both a personal and universal story.

LenoraLee dancer Wei-Shan Lai by Keira Heu-Jwyn Chang

3:45pm - 5:32pmADMISSION: $6/$3

[email protected] • (541) 954-1798

DisOrient Asian American Film Festival of Oregon

Making Eugene and Springfield a fabulous place to call home

Presented by

Q&A will take place after all the films have

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One Good TurnNathan Adolphson • Short Narrative • English • 15 min • USA • 2016

Is there redemption at the end of this story? Maybe, maybe not. Or maybe it’s just a tale of lending a hand. One Good Turn is an unusual (as in set in bright sunshine) film noir.

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Picture TaipeiJason Poon • Short Narrative • English • 19 min • USA • 2016

Sometimes we wish we could chuck our jobs and everyday lives and travel to someplace wonderful. Aimee travels to a city she’s never been to, Taipei. The photos she takes connects her with the people she meets, who help her find fresh meaning in her life.

*Q&A with Director Jason Poon

BetaJeffrey Gee Chin • Short Narrative • English • 15 min • USA • 2016

Known as the Ellis Island of the West, Angel Island was the gateway, and prison, for approximately one million immigrants from Asia. In the modern day, a young man visits the island buildings in search of a mythical treasure.

The Baby Lu’auJana Park Moore • Short Narrative • English • 16 min • USA • 2016

Relatives can be the worst, but you gotta stick with them anyway. An ambitious lawyer comes home to Oahu to visit her estranged family, with tumultuous results. A dark comedy about the inevitable craziness of family relationships.

*Q&A with Lead Actor Julia Fae

Song on CanvasKeo Woolford • Short Narrative • English • 15 min • USA • 2016

“Never forget how to...dream for your life.” Thomas’ deceased mother visits him and guides him back to a dream he’d long given up on, resulting in his renewed creativity and an homage to her dreams.

Q&A will take place after all the films have

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5:47pm - 7:27pmADMISSION: $6/$3

Mele MuralsFeature Documentary • English65 min • USA • 2016

Director: Tadashi Nakamura

*Q&A with Hawaiian Muralist Prime

CLOSING FILM 7:53pm - 9:28pm ADMISSION: $12

Mele, hula, and graffiti? In this documentary film, graffiti (also known as “writing”) meets traditional Hawaiian art and culture. Two veteran graffiti artists return to their roots by teaching writing techniques in local Hawaiian schools. As artists, children, teachers, and spiritual leaders collaborate to paint murals, they not only preserve ancient traditions, but also add new ones to a living Hawaiian culture. This film explores finding Hawaiian identity and spirituality in the modern age, and the art that transmits it across generations.

Come celebrate the end to another successful festival with us at LZ Chinese Dish at 1099 Chambers Street from 10:00pm - 11:30pm! Join us for great food, and find out if your favorite films have won an award at DisOrient.

Closing Reception/Awards CeremonyJOIN US!

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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!Platinum Sponsors

Gold Sponsors

Silver Sponsors

Bronze Sponsors

Pearl Sponsors

Silk Sponsors

Golden Reel Sponsors

Silver Screen Sponsors

Diamond Sponsors

Lane Community CollegeChinese American Benevolent Association

Leung Martial ArtsOregon Governor’s Office of Film and Television

Bon MiBourland Printing Brail’s RestaurantBroadway MetroCALCConcepts Dentistry – Olga Weinstein, DMD Da Nang Vietnamese EateryDoug Heydon, Luthier

Cindy, Nami, Tausha, Harmony, EstefaniaCosmos CreationsElegant Elephant Bakery

Eugene MailboxFull City Coffee RoastersJimmy John’sMinority Voices TheaterNoodle Bowl Printwear of OregonRising Phoenix Productions DJ

Mosaic Fair Trade Collection Market of ChoiceOregon Lox

Sam Adato’s Drum ShopTaiwanese Assoc. of EugeneTaste of India Tasty Thai KitchenThe Rabbit Hole Ume’s Onigiri HouseYujin Gakuen Japanese Immersion School

Royal AwardsSafeway

Mayor Lucy Vinis, Tim Williams, Janice Shokrian, Brady Wakayama, Asian Improv Records, Jamie Leaf, Steve Morizumi, Alex Dang, Patrick Feng, the CABA Lion Dancers, Doug & Donna Crispin, Serena Cox, Lois Yoshige, Twila Souers, Jinpa Yarphel, Somna Lhu, Lobsang Gyatso, Misa Joo, Buck Mueller and Karen Irmscher, Marion Malcolm and Stefan Ostrach, Roger Haney, Mark and Joy Gall, Stuart and Ellen Laing, Doug Heydon, Karsyn Len, Loren Kajikawa, Daniel HoSang, Sarah Ebert, Michael Anderson, Theo Halpert, Dorian Crow, Carrie Matsushita, James Chang, Jimmy and Nancy Imamura, MiMi Nolledo, Girl Scout Troop #20138 Berenice Villegas Leader, Tanya Robbins & Kaylene Mindoro, Juventud Faceta, Churchill High School APISU, Julie Blonshteyn and the marvelous staff of the Bijou Art Cinemas, our volunteers extraordinaire, and many more.

Kelli UrabeARTIST | GRAPHIC DESIGNER | ILLUSTRATOR

| PHOTOGRAPHER | VIDEOGRAPHER

[email protected]@kmurabe

Architecture. Design. Strategy. Skipping StonesA Multicultural Literary Magazine

www.SkippingStones.org

Joy and Mark Gall Gardner and Pandora Kimm

Michael Samano & Rosa ChavezJiannbin Shiao & Nancy TothJason & Widya Mak

Glenn May and Helen LiuThe Atman Family Mitzi Loftus

Mike & Eve TakahashiSteve and Jeanie Mah

Howard & Marvy SchumanJeff Johnston and Pam BerrianNancy Cheng

Special Thanks

Mark Young & Susan Hirata

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