Dear friends,

as we get ready to usher in the new year, I wanted to take a moment to thank you all for your support.

To our community partners and sponsors, advisors, contributors, and team – your support, advice, and hard work is invaluable, I am beyond grateful.

To everyone who attended and participated in our events, to everyone who shared their stories with us – having you is a privilege and an honor.

As always, I am grateful to God for the abundance of blessings and my beautiful family for their support.

Happy holidays to you and your loved ones and wishing you healthy, happy, and prosperous New Year!

This year we organized 5 Civic Leadership Forums, created about 200 videos, attended over 40 community events, organized and won 1st place at the Santa Clara Parade, and received two community awards: Woman of Influence 2023, and Santa Clarian of 2023. We sent out over 50 newsletters for subscribers and 800+ Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, and WeChat social media posts for over 100 thousand followers.

We interviewed elected officials, artists, scientists, entrepreneurs, and people with stories to share. We partnered with numerous AAPI organizations, and reported on various events.

Your support is needed!

It is our purpose to keep telling Asian American Stories and sharing them with the widest audience possible. It is our mission to keep serving our community. And for that we need your help.

Please consider a donation to Silicon Valley Community Media (501(C)(3 ) Non-Profit Extension of Ding Ding TV) today.

By doing this you are supporting a grassroots community media. It gives you an opportunity to double your impact and it will enable us to keep doing the vital work of telling Asian American Stories. Because our stories need to be told. Your donations will support the Asian American Stories Video Contest.

Join us to Celebrate Lunar New Year Together 2024

Sincerely we invite you to join the 2nd Celebrate Lunar New Year Together on Feb 17th at Ding Ding TV starting from 11:30 am (3350 Scott Blvd., Building 54, Santa Clara, CA 95054)

The event will feature a multi-culture performance and Asian Food, Fire Engineering tour, (Santa Clara firefighters will take you on a tour inside the fire engine), also includes a Civic Leadership Forum Silicon Valley: “Bring Communities Together to Stop Hate”.

We are expecting over 400 people, including Chinese, Indian, Filipino, Vietnamese, Japanese, Korean, African American artists, community leaders, youth volunteers, and families. The multicultural Asian buffet will be served.

Register to attend now!

Civic Leadership Forums Silicon Valley 2023

Celebrate Lunar New Year Together

On January 27th, about 300 people gathered at Ding Ding TV studios to “Celebrate 2023 Lunar New Year Together.” The event featured “Civic Leadership Forum: Dialog between Communities: Building Bridges through understanding the Asian culture and heritage.”

The event was a first in a few ways. In 2023, the state of California declared Lunar New Year a state holiday. Also, it was the first time a diverse community gathered to celebrate the Lunar New Year together. The festivities included Filipino, Vietnamese, Korean, Japanese, Indian, Black, and Chinese Americans. After the recent mass shootings in Monterey Park and Half Moon Bay, California, it was a time to uplift the community, promote diversity, and stop the hate.

The premiere of “The Builders of Silicon Dreams” and Civic Leadership Forum Silicon Valley “Telling Asian American stories to the mainstream”

On May 28th, documentary film “The Builders of Silicon Dreams” premiered in Cupertino. The premiere was followed by Civic Leadership Forum Silicon Valley with the topic “Telling Asian American stories to the mainstream”.

The documentary film tells the story of the immigrants who have made significant contributions to the growth and success of Silicon Valley. The film examines the foundation of the American spirit by looking into Silicon Valley, where many immigrants have become successful entrepreneurs.

Civic Leadership Forum Silicon Valley “Chinese sacrifices and contributions to America”

On Saturday, November 2, 2023, the 78th anniversary of V-J Day, the Civic Leadership Forum Silicon Valley welcomed over 100 participants who attended the Forum.

This special Forum featured journalist, scholar, and filmmaker Min (Susan) Zhou who presented the completed portion of her new documentary “One-Mile Walk”, with the other half still in post-production. Yunhui (Claire) Wu moderated the event.

Featured Guests:

Kansen Chu, former California State Assemblymember
Ann Lee, Book Author
Randy Sabado, retired Activist and Social Worker, surviving husband of Gerry Low-Sabado
Min (Susan) Zhou, Filmmaker

Civic Leadership Forum Silicon Valley at Santa Clara Parade of Champions; wins First Place for Community Float

The Santa Clara Parade of Champions took place in October.

Diana Ding, Founder and CEO of Silicon Valley Community Media (SVCM), and winner of the 2023 Santa Clara City Wide Award led the beautiful float with the prominently displayed message: “Asian American Stories and All of us belong here”.

The float featured many Asian American cultural heritages, including traditional clothing, dances and music. It strongly promoted the message of diversity, inclusion and belonging.

Civic Leadership Forum Silicon Valley – What’s next for Asian Americans after universities discriminate against us?

On October 9th, Ding Ding TV, US-China Chamber of Commerce Silicon Valley & SVCA Foundation held Civic Leadership Forum Silicon Valley. The topic of the forum was “What is the next for Asian Americans after universities discriminate against us?”

During the COVID era for the past three years, there is a huge impact of student’s learning mode in their academic and extracurricular activities, as well as the college admissions.

Despite the major win over the Harvard lawsuits for the admission against well qualified Asian American applicants, what are our next steps? If we ever face this situation or dilemma again how should we act or respond?