Our program meets twice weekly to hold space for youth in Oakland, doing political education and leadership development on Oakland and Asian and pacific islander issues, culture, and history. We hold two arts events during the school year used to empower youth, build community, highlight the Southeast Asian narrative, culture keep, and stake hold in Oakland’s Chinatown and adjacent neighborhoods. The first event dubbed “Fresh Off the Block” is a visual arts show that has told immigrant and refugee narratives in light of gentrification and the model minority myth. Our second show is called the “May Arts Festival,” a cultural arts show rooting our young people in their culture and aiming to have them understand their peoples history. We hold this show at Lincoln Park, Oakland most utilized park as a way to stake claim in the community and to show policy makers the need for development that is for the community.