<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[OCA-WHV]]></title><description><![CDATA[OCA-WHV]]></description><link>https://www.oca-whv.org/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 30 May 2026 10:32:43 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.oca-whv.org/pa/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Explore the OCA-WHV Cultural Events: Your Guide to Community Connection]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you’re looking to dive into vibrant cultural experiences and meaningful community engagement, the OCA - Westchester &#38; Hudson Valley Chapter has got you covered. Their calendar is packed with events that celebrate the rich heritage and dynamic spirit of Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander communities. Whether you’re new to the area or a longtime resident, exploring the OCA-WHV cultural events is a fantastic way to connect, learn, and have fun. Why OCA-WHV Cultural Events...]]></description><link>https://www.oca-whv.org/post/explore-the-oca-whv-cultural-events-your-guide-to-community-connection</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d5bfa4b75c5d305826ddc7</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 13:05:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9cd7c1_1f0630fbfea842158fae20dbb524a4da~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_576,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>jean5490</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meet the Candidates Forum 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[On October 5th, 2025, the annual Meet the Candidates Forum was hosted at Edgemont Jr/Sr High School. Organized by OCA-WHV, seven candidates spoke to about 70 families, with a great Q&#38;A session led by Dr. Johnson Qian between each speech. The student emcee was Sophie Xie, YOCA President and Meet the Candidates Coordinator. We had Ken Jenkins, Emily Rubin, Judah Holstein, David Imamura, Jewel Williams Johnson, Anant Nambiar, and Paul Feiner speak to an enthusiastic audience, and received great...]]></description><link>https://www.oca-whv.org/post/meet-the-candidates-forum-2025</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68fd51b2a51f8a92928a945c</guid><pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2025 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/02f42b_a021741ac6ba4f499a50be25a0010115~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Newsletter OCA-WHV</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Indian Heritage Festival 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Partnering up with New Bridges (Val and Karter), OCA students (Vivi and Cindy) attended the Indian Heritage Festival with informative games and a petition to get AAPI history in schools!]]></description><link>https://www.oca-whv.org/post/indian-heritage-festival</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68cd61b2e4f4a67f90e1ba71</guid><category><![CDATA[August]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2025 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/02f42b_504655137a3443b385dabfd8faa54b84~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Newsletter OCA-WHV</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[New York bill sets stage for statewide AANHPI history]]></title><description><![CDATA[New York bill sets stage for statewide AANHPI history in public schools https://qns.com/2025/06/new-york-bill-aanhpi-history-in-public-sc...]]></description><link>https://www.oca-whv.org/post/new-york-bill-sets-stage-for-statewide-aanhpi-history</link><guid isPermaLink="false">685370993b222c5f655844ea</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2025 02:08:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ef8008_50255bc3d592466bac244e7d16d6098c~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_996,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Bing Dang</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Huaxia Chinese School Community Service Forum]]></title><description><![CDATA[The first Community Service and Leadership Forum achieved great success on May 18, 2025, at Westchester Community College, co-hosted by...]]></description><link>https://www.oca-whv.org/post/huaxia-chinese-school-community-service-forum</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6834d25231c7b50b3b0b6923</guid><category><![CDATA[May]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2025 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f5c352_ea29e039f4074fd0bc47746cc85820f5~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Newsletter OCA-WHV</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Baseball Behind Barbed Wire Screening]]></title><description><![CDATA[The White Plains Public Library hosted a screening of Baseball Behind Barbed Wire in celebration of Asian American Heritage Month. The documentary revealed how baseball provided hope when 125,000 Japanese Americans, two-thirds of which were US Citizens, were unjustly incarcerated and stripped of their rights, homes and dignity during WWII. The movie was a moving display of their resilience, courage and determination through the unexpected yet uplifting lens of America’s pastime. After the...]]></description><link>https://www.oca-whv.org/post/baseball-behind-barbed-wire-screening</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68fd4f1549fb0f702160ccf6</guid><pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2025 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/02f42b_867a3c68ac3949f094fdceea17289fe6~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Newsletter OCA-WHV</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[OCA/JACL Leadership Summit Report ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Max Wang attended the Leadership Summit in Washington D.C. on Wednesday, March 19th . He was able to speak and connect with OCA...]]></description><link>https://www.oca-whv.org/post/oca-jacl-leadership-summit-report-wednesday-march-19</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67de125c5a47b47069a8d80d</guid><category><![CDATA[March]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2025 02:52:29 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8c5ea3_2df8b22ec8284ddeb4c33363e1e4f5bf~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Newsletter OCA-WHV</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[UPS Lunar New Year 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Board members Jeanhee Chung and Daniel Lewis represented OCA-WHV at UPS's annual Lunar New Year celebration. It was a lovely event with demonstrations of martial arts and the ribbon dance, followed by a short class and refreshments. UPS has been a sponsor of the New Bridges Coalition, a project of OCA-WHV. We are thankful for their support of the AAPI community!]]></description><link>https://www.oca-whv.org/post/ups-lunar-new-year-2025</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68fd4d4c49fb0f702160c9cf</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Feb 2025 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/02f42b_1501c63f0eac411ea25cdd18e920cce8~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Newsletter OCA-WHV</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[County Executive's Lunar New Year Event]]></title><description><![CDATA[Westchester's new County Executive Ken Jenkins invited Westchester residents to the County's annual Lunar New Year celebration. Meow Yee...]]></description><link>https://www.oca-whv.org/post/county-executive-s-lunar-new-year-event</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67a559f927ec510ec260d97f</guid><category><![CDATA[January]]></category><category><![CDATA[Winter 2025]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jan 2025 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8c5ea3_ae03e03a4929457682424b79ba73eb60~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Newsletter OCA-WHV</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[AAMW MLK Youth Awards Luncheon]]></title><description><![CDATA[Through our New Bridges partnership with African American Men of Westchester, board members Meow Yee, Dan Lewis, and Jeanhee Chung attended the annual AAMW Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Youth Awards Luncheon. Ten outstanding high schoolers won scholarship awards that afternoon, including Kelly Deng of Scarsdale High School, who won the Vision Award. At this elegant and festive event, each award winner spoke briefly and awed the packed room with their brilliance initiatives for the community!]]></description><link>https://www.oca-whv.org/post/aamw-mlk-youth-awards-luncheon</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68fd4fecdc39b5e10eada7f5</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jan 2025 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/02f42b_b86ece243f5b4ae29e8462c62730d859~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Newsletter OCA-WHV</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meet the Candidates Forum 10/20/2024]]></title><description><![CDATA[On October 20th, 2024, the annual Meet the Candidates Forum was hosted at Edgemont Jr/Sr High School. Organized by OCA-WHV, seven...]]></description><link>https://www.oca-whv.org/post/meet-the-candidates-forum-10-20-2024</link><guid isPermaLink="false">671d25adf389da47b0a67797</guid><category><![CDATA[October]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 26 Oct 2024 17:24:29 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cda864_854316bb3490486b8f816f4e0ec12c3b~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Newsletter OCA-WHV</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Annual CAA and 4 OCA Chapter Picnic]]></title><description><![CDATA[The OCA/CAA picnic on Sat. Sept. 7th was a great success with about 100 attendees from CAA &#38; OCA chapters in the NY area (NY, NJ, WHV,...]]></description><link>https://www.oca-whv.org/post/annual-caa-and-4-oca-chapter-picnic</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66eba72765f8e25f40b48daf</guid><category><![CDATA[September]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 19 Sep 2024 04:28:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cda864_02a01168e4a24d70bb8a39a9cd7e3409~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Newsletter OCA-WHV</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sikh and Punjabi Festival]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jaclyn Liu, Bill Kuang, Kasama Star, her husband, and Daniel Lewis staffed an OCA and New Bridges Coalition table at the Sikh and Punjabi...]]></description><link>https://www.oca-whv.org/post/sikh-and-punjabi-festival</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66e7295f31c9eb4f87f0975e</guid><category><![CDATA[September]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 14 Sep 2024 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Newsletter OCA-WHV</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[OCA National Convention 2024]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ten adults and three teen OCA -WHV members attended the 2024 OCA National Convention in Philadelphia, PA. July 11-14. This is another...]]></description><link>https://www.oca-whv.org/post/oca-national-convention-2024</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66d7a3149f36f80e5909e9df</guid><category><![CDATA[July]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 04 Sep 2024 00:09:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9cd7c1_9d031b80217941f18ebaa0a89a9f8111~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Newsletter OCA-WHV</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[ArtsWestchester Affiliate Breakfast]]></title><description><![CDATA[OCA-WHV President Jaclyn Liu attended the Arts Westchester (AW) Affiliate breakfast on Thursday, July 18, 2024 from 9-11am at Historic...]]></description><link>https://www.oca-whv.org/post/artswestchester-affiliate-breakfast</link><guid isPermaLink="false">669c2d7d00717c707c396eef</guid><category><![CDATA[July]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jul 2024 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/02f42b_ff380b3c57c24e82ab4852c3a955d166~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Newsletter OCA-WHV</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pepsi Youth Career Fair]]></title><description><![CDATA[The event brought 20+ high school students across 15 different schools in the NYC area to spend a day in our Purchase office. The...]]></description><link>https://www.oca-whv.org/post/pepsi-youth-career-fair</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6691d4a4eb36b7f59b4b376b</guid><category><![CDATA[July]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jul 2024 01:19:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cda864_2cbe5e5c2fb447419f4e8aff5c024d7b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Newsletter OCA-WHV</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[[OCA-WHV Board] Summer Reading Program]]></title><description><![CDATA[The 2024 summer reading program was kicked off this week. Sherry Liu is the project coordinator, and she has helped with the project...]]></description><link>https://www.oca-whv.org/post/oca-whv-board-summer-reading-program</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6696f5561de28895ab38c98e</guid><category><![CDATA[June]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 26 Jun 2024 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/02f42b_e04164efcf66493bab51f78e84e4c5d6~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Newsletter OCA-WHV</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Corky Lee Book Talk]]></title><description><![CDATA[OCA-WHV along with the Scarsdale Library and the Corky Lee Estate hosted a book talk about Corky Lee’s works and life on Sunday, June...]]></description><link>https://www.oca-whv.org/post/corky-lee-book-talk</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66a0ac46b465bb6a20d4557a</guid><category><![CDATA[June]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 23 Jun 2024 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Newsletter OCA-WHV</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The 27th Annual Asian Heritage Festival: Another resounding success!]]></title><description><![CDATA[June 1 was a scorcher of a day, but that didn't stop the throngs of festivalgoers bent on enjoying themselves at the Westchester County...]]></description><link>https://www.oca-whv.org/post/the-27th-annual-asian-heritage-festival-another-resounding-success</link><guid isPermaLink="false">666272060f2d4462dbd1e0a8</guid><category><![CDATA[June]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2024 04:28:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9cd7c1_c062ffc4db5448edb82c99b1f7ef54bd~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Newsletter OCA-WHV</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Salute To Seniors]]></title><description><![CDATA[This County wide Annual Program, held at the Westchester County Center on Thursday, May 30, 2024, was well attended by seniors.  This...]]></description><link>https://www.oca-whv.org/post/salute-to-seniors</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66626aa3fe53fc52683bd23c</guid><category><![CDATA[May]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2024 02:11:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9cd7c1_ef95f847e9a74a7b9a14fd829148e48d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_768,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Newsletter OCA-WHV</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>