Previous Talks
(Partial Listing)

Keynote Speaker
California Association for Bilingual Education, 1996 Coalition for Western Women's History Conference: Lincoln, Nebraska, 1991 San Francisco, 1987 Colorado Language Arts Society Conference, Denver, 1993 Council for Prejudice Reduction, 2007 Organization of Chinese Americans 19th Annual Convention, Chicago, 1997 Reading the World VII Conference, San Francisco, 2005

Films
Featured in "The Expanding Canon: Teaching Multicultural Literature," Annenberg/CPB, 2003 Featured in "Developing Writers," Annenberg/CPB, 2004

Arts and Humanities Councils
Arts Commission of San Francisco, 1998 Asian Pacific Women's Caucus, Seattle, 1986 Hawaii Literary Arts Council, 1993 NEH Summer Institute, Bellingham, WA, 2005 Nevada Humanities Council, 1993 New York Council for the Humanities, 1989 PEN American Center Reading Program: Atlanta, Georgia, 1996 Sacramento, 1991 San Francisco Bay Area Book Council, 1990, 1994, 1996 Sonoma County Book Festival, 2007

Museums, Institutes, and Institutions
American Museum of Natural History, New York, 1998 China Institute, New York, 1989, 1997 Four Rivers Cultural Center, Ontario, OR, 2004 Hawaiian Chieftan, Tall Ship, 2007 Idaho Historical Museum, Boise, 2004 Lewis & Clark Center for Arts and History, Lewiston, ID, 2005 Matilda E Brown Home, Oakland, 1999 Museum of Chinese in Americas, NYC, 2007 National Liberty Musuem, Philadelphia, 2007 National Postal Museum, Smithsonian, Washington DC, 1997 New York Chinatown History Museum, 1985, 1989 San Francisco County Jail, 1999 St. Gertrude's Historical Museum, Cottonwood, ID, 2005 Smitsonian Asian Pacific American Program, DC, 2007 Sun Valley Center for the Arts, ID, 2004 Wing Luke Museum, Seattle, 1996

Colleges and Universities
Albertson College of Idaho, Caldwell, 2004 Appalachian State University at Boone, NC 1996 California State University at Hayward, 1994 City College of San Francisco, 1990, 2001, 2002 College of San Mateo, 2003, 2005 College of Southern Idaho, Twin Falls, ID, 2004 Cornell University, 1988, 2000 Five College Center for East Asian Studies, MA, 2007 Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID, 2004 Keene College, NH, 2007 Lenoir-Rhyne College, Hickory, NC, 1996 Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE, 1993 Northern Nevada Community College, Elko, 1993 Notre Dame de Namur University, Belmont, CA, 2004 Pasadena City College, 1990 Radcliffe, 2000 San Francisco State University, 1986, 1988, 1994, 1995 Skyline College, 2001, 2007 Sonoma State University, 1986, 1989, 1993, 1995 St Mary's College, Moraga, 1997, 1998, 1999 Stanford University, 1986, 1989, 1993 Stony Brrok Univ., Wang Center, NY, 2007 University of California Berkeley, 1986, 1988, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006 Riverside, 1987 Santa Cruz, 1991, 1992, 1996, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 University of Hawaii Hilo 1993 Manoa, 1993, 1998 University of Oregon Corvallis, 1989, 1996 Eugene, 1989, 1996, 1997 University of San Francisco, 1995, 1999, 2002 University of Washington, Seattle, 1996 Washington State University, Pullman, 1986 Western Washington University, 2000 Wheelock College, Boston, 2000

Libraries and Librarians
American Library Association, 1987 Bay Area Young Adult Librarians, 1987 Chinese American Librarians Association, 1982, 1986, 1991 Friends of the Diablo Valley College Library, 2000 Friends of the J Paul Leonard Library, San Francisco State University, 1990 Hailey Public Library, ID, 2004 Marshall Public Library, Pocatello, ID, 2004 Monmouth County Library, NJ, 2000, 2007 Mountainview Public Library, 2001 North Adams Public Library, MA, 1996, 2007 Oakland Public Library, 1988, 2003 Peninsula Library System, 1990 Pleasanton Public Library, 2000, 2007 Rathdrum Library, ID, 2006 San Francisco Public Library, 1985, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007 San Jose Public Library, 2002 San Mateo County School Librarians, 1986 Santa Clara Public Library, 2001 Seattle Public Library, 1996, 1997, 2000 Stockton-San Joaquin Public Library, 2001 Sunnyvale Public Library, 1990, 2001

Educators
Asian American Educators Association, 1985, 1989 California Association for Bilingual Education, 1985 Galileo High School, English Department, 2002, 2004 International Reading Association, 1987 Oakland Schools Urban Dreams Summer Institute Sacramento County Office of Education, 1991 San Francisco Unified School District, 1996 School District of Philadelphia, 2000, 2002 The Association of Chinese Teachers, 2003 United Federation of Teachers, New York, 1997, 2000, 2007 Western Fresno County Title VII Consortium, Fresno, 1989

Schools
Albany Middle School, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Alice Fong Yu Elementary School, 2002 Cherrywood School, San Jose, 1989 Folk Arts Cultural Treasures School, Philadelphia, 2007 Idaho Schools: Hailey, Ketchum, Stanley, 2004 Lodi Unified School District, 1986, 2004 Lum School, Oakland, 2000 Monterey Peninsula Unified School District, 1985 Millbrae School District, 1986 New Boston School, NH, 2007 Newark Memorial High School, 1993 Northeast High School, Philadelphia, 2000 Nueva Middle School, Hillsborough, 1993 Our Lady of Loretto School, Novato, 1988 Portland Unified School District, 2002 Rathdrum High School, ID, 2006 Robert Frost Middle School, Deer Park, NY, 1996 Sacramento Unified School District: McClatchy High School, 1996 Mira Loma High School, 1993 San Francisco Unified School District: Benjamin Franklin Middle School, 1987 Chinese Immersion Program, 1992 Galileo High School 2002, 2003, 2004 Lowell High School, 1995 Night School Program, 1994 Washington High School, 1998 Santa Rosa Unified School District: Lawrence Cook Middle School, 1995 Piner High School, 1995 Summer Academy, Sacramento County Office of Education, 1991 Woodward Middle School, Bainbridge Island, WA, 1996

Conferences, Conventions, and Symposia
Asian Pacific American Librarians Conference, 2001 Asilomar Regional Reading Conference, 2003 Association of Asian American Studies Conference: Hawaii, 1998 Oakland, 1995 Seattle, 1996 Bay Area Children's Literature Conference, San Francisco, 1990 Berkshire Conference on the History of Women, Rochester, 1999 California Council for the Social Studies Conference, Oakland, 2001 California Reading Association, San Jose, 1996 California Writers Club Conference, Salinas, 2002 Children's Book Conference: The Society of Children's Book Writers and Canada College, 1984 Chinese American Citizens Alliance Convention, Salinas, 2005 Multicultural Children's Literature Conference, Univ. of Calif. at Santa Cruz, 1989 National Conference on Asian Pacific American Librarians, San Francisco, 2001 National Council for Teachers of English, San Francisco, 2003 Novel of the Americas Symposium, University of Colorado at Boulder, 1992, 1993 Symposium on Asian America: Issues of Identity, Cornell University, 1990 Women on Writing, Skyline College, 2006

Community Organizations
Asian American Alliance of Marin, 1987 Asian American Writers Workshop, NYC, 1996, 2000 Asian American Resource Workshop, Boston, 1996, 2007 Assn. of American University Women and Piedmont Asian American Club, 1997 Asian Americans United, Philadelphia, 2000, 2001 Asian Domestic Violence Prevention Collaborative, 2002 Asian Seniors Club, San Mateo, 1987 Berkeley Chinese Community Church Senior Center, 1989 Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center, 2007 Chinese American Citizens Alliance, Salinas, 1988 Chinese American Council of Sacramento, 1996 Chinese American Culture Center, Sacramento, 1987 Chinese American Women's Club of Santa Clara County, 1987, 1996, 2007 Chinese Center on Long Island, West Hempstead, NY, 1996, 2000, 2007 Chinese Culture Foundation Roots Program, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Chinese Historical and Cultural Project Summer Festival, San Jose, 1996 Chinese Historical Society of America, San Francisco, 1982, 1985, 1988, 1995, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007 Chinese Historical Society of New England, 2007 Chinese Historical Society of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1989 Community Asian Theatre of the Sierras, 2007 Families with Children from China: East Bay Book Club, 2003 Northern California Between New Years Party, 2003 Northwest Heritage Camp, Whidbey Island, 2004 San Francisco, 2001 South Bay Book Club, 2002 Friends of San Francisco Chinatown YWCA, 2000 Girls Inc., 2000 History San Jose, 2003 Jewish Community Federation, San Raphael, 1991 Kearny Street Workshop, SF, 2007 Northwest Regional China Council, Portland, Oregon, 1986, 1989, 1996 Organization of Chinese Americans: San Mateo chapter, 1990 Virginia chapter, 1997 Westchester and Hudson Valley chapter, 2000 Pacifica Schools Volunteers' Fundraiser, 2001 Pajaro Valley Historical Association, 1987 Parent Teachers Association, Sacramento, 1983 San Francisco Bay Area Coalition for Freedom of Expression, 1990 San Francisco City Guides, 2003 Sigma Omicron Pi Sorority, Alumnae Chapter, 1998 Square and Circle, San Francisco, 1986 Taiwanese American Citizens League, 1992 US China People's Friendship Association, San Francisco, 1989 Vancouver Chinese Cultural Center, 2000 Women's National Book Association, San Francisco Chapter, 1981 Wu Yee Children's Services, 2001 YWCA, Berkeley, 1999