To tell the stories of Asian American contributions both to the Asian American communities and to the mainstream.
To bring communities together. Promote diversity, racial justice, and equity. Stop the hate.
To foster informational exchanges amongst ethnic Asian Americans who hardly know each other or have never worked together on a pan-Asian project.
To unite KOL (Key Opinion Leaders) to join efforts and work together to enlarge the AAPI Influence Sphere.
Ding Ding TV, Philippine News Today, Indian Currents, Phu Nu Vietnamese Women Magazine, National Asian Americans United and more
Diana Ding, Joel Wong, Liyan Zhao, Christine Ling, Crystal Thompson, Francisco Espiritu, Vandana Kurma, Christine Von Raesfeld, Sheila Mohan, Chris Norwood, Queenie Ngo, Chris Norwood, Hong Nguyen-Phuong, Rosa Kim, Sophia Kao, Jimmy Mi, Amy Zhao.
Joel Wong, Mayor Lisa Gilmor, Don Orozco, Mattie Scariot, Sandy Close, Beverly Molina, Mayor Carmen Montano, Richard Flanders, Elplpidio Estioko, David Mosby, Chris Norwood, Piyush Malik, Kansen Chu, Tony Shyu, Maggie Liu.
Ethan Guan
Sophia Cheng
Each year a theme will be nominated by committee members and vote by the audiences January to March.
Competition will be promoted through social medias and other channels March to May.
Submissions are accepted each year from June until March.
The judges will select winners before the end of each April.
The stories videos will be promoted through media channels and social medias continuously.
An award ceremony will be held annually during May, Asian Heritage Month.
The Theme of 2023-2024 Asian American Stories is:
“All of Us Belong Here”
During the recent COVID-19 epidemic, the hate crimes against AAPI have skyrocketed to unprecedented levels. Because of this, Silicon Valley Community Media (Ding Ding TV) and other organizations have created and published a video “All of Us Belong Right Here” to emphasize the strength of America is our diversity. Thus, the theme of the 2023 Video and Essay Contest will be "All of Us Belong Here."
There will be two categories of contestants:
1. Youth Contestants
for ages 12 – 18yrs of age
2.
Adult Contestants for 19 years old and above
Contest Information and Rules:
Based on the following 10 points system:
How Winners Will Be Chosen
A diverse panel of judges will select a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winner.
There will also be a Viewers Choice Winner. Prizes will be awarded to the most popular entrance as selected by Viewer’s Choice and the first 30 entries will potentially receive funding for their project. This funding will be provided by Silicon Valley Community Media.
The winners will choose between the following options:
Chairs: Diana Ding | dianadwp@yahoo.com
Chair of Judges, Co-Chair: Joel Wong | joelwong@comcast.net
Chair of Media,Co-Chair: Francis Espiritu | francis.espiritu@philippinenews.com
Chair of Contents: Amy Zhao | info@dingdingtv.com
Chair of Partners: Hong Nguyen-Phuong | hong@dingdingtv.com
Chair of Volunteers and Events: Liyan Zhao | ly_zhao@hotmail.com
Chair of Contestants: Christine Ling
| christine_li_ling@hotmail.com
Phones:
Diana (408) 396-2601
Amy (669) 899-1252