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Connie Young Yu is an independent historian, dedicated for over a half century to Asian American causes. She was on the citizens committee (AIISHAC) in 1974 that saved the detention barracks on Angel Island immigration station for historic preservation and was a founding member of Asian Americans for Community Involvement, (AACI.) She was a historical consultant for the archaeological excavation of three Chinatowns of San Jose. Among her numerous writings, she is the author of Chinatown, San Jose, USA,
Patchwork History: The Peoples Bicentennial Quilt, and co-editor with Sue Lee of Voices from the Railroad: Stores by Descendants of Chinese Railroad Workers. Connie is a trustee of Hakone Foundation, an advisory board member of the Chinese Historical and Cultural Project (CHCP) and is board member emeritus of Chinese Historical Society of America (CHSA). She has collaborated with Barre Fong on numerous documentaries, and they conducted oral history interviews of descendants of Chinese workers on the Central Pacific for the Stanford Chinese Railroad Workers in North America Project (2012-2019.)
Barre Fong is a fourth generation San Franciscan. He was educated at the University of San Francisco and continues to live in the heart of the San Francisco. He has owned and operated a graphic design, photography and video production studio since 1990. In 2009, Barre began filmmaking in earnest, focused on the Asian American experience. His 2019 film, Finding the Virgo, won the Audience Choice Award at the prestigious CAAM Film Festival and screened on PBS in 2021. Barre has led Diversity in Governance, a group that champions diversity, inclusion and equity in independent schools and other non-profit organizations. The group has worked with more than 1.500 trustees nationwide. Barre has served as a Trustee at Katherine Delmar Burke School, Lick-Wilmerding High School, as the President of the Board of Directors for the Chinese Historical Society of America and currently serves on the Board of The Friends of the San Francisco Public Library. He is particularly focused on fundraisng in support of the renovation of the Chinatown Branch of the library. He is currently producing and directing a film about Japanese Incarceration called "Kioku" (tularefilm.com) and is teaching a Filmmaking class at Lick-Wilmerding High School.
Kaylee Da is a Collection Assistant at the Geary Act Project where she works on archival processing and document transcription. She is a high school student passionate about Chinese-American history and material culture, and she also volunteers for ongoing projects with the Chinese Historical Society of New England.
Updated June 2026
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