Much like Angel Island, the project, Angel Island, the place, is a point of entry, connecting many visitors to a history they know nothing about––and reminding some of a traumatic past they'd rather forget.  Del Sol Quartet violist Charlton Lee and collaborators draw audiences into the world of Angel Island, a tranquil state park in San Francisco Bay dotted with winding trails and a campus of restored wooden buildings that once served as a processing station, interrogation hub, and detention center for mostly Asian immigrants between 1910 and 1940.  What is the island like today, and what may life have been like for the 500,000 newly arrived individuals and families who landed here a century ago in search of a better life? And what is the emotional legacy of the stories that may never have been told from one generation to the next? This conversation contains brief, graphic mentions of suicide. Please take care when engaging with the episode. Part 2 Features: Casey Dexter-Lee, State Park Interpreter II for Angel Island Hyeyung Sol Yoon, Del Sol Quartet violinist  Kathryn Bates, Del Sol Quartet cellist Ed Tepporn, Executive Director, Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation Emiko Ono, Director Of Performing Arts Program at The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation Andi Wong, educator and collaborator, Angel Island Project Genny Lim, poet and collaborator, Angel Island Project Music in this Episode Provided By: Theresa Wong Ken Ueno Timo Chen Taylor Ho Bynum Jungyoon Wie Erika Oba Byron Au Yong The Angel Island Immigration Station Foundations invites you to Immigrant Voices, a growing archive of personal stories of Pacific Coast immigrants. Explore here. RESOURCES  & LINKS Huang Ruo Angel Island Immigration Station Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation Immigrant Voices Oral History Project Island: Poetry and History of Chinese Immigrants on Angel Island  Genny Lim The Last Hoisan Poets William & Flora Hewlett Foundation The National Archives at San Francisco (San Bruno) LEARN MORE ABOUT DEL SOL https://www.delsolquartet.com/podcast Del Sol Quartet on Spotify Facebook Instagram YouTube CREDITS Hosted by Charlton Lee Produced by Andrea Klunder, The Creative Impostor Studios, Charlton Lee, Kathryn Bates, Hyeyung Sol Yoon, Ben Kreith Story Editor: Andrea Klunder Sound Design: Andrea Klunder Technical Director & Post Production Audio: Edwin R. Ruiz Field Producer & Recording Engineer: Kathryn Bates Field Producer: Verena Lee Podcast Manager: Alex Riegler Show Notes: Lisa Widder Cover Art: Felicia Lee Theme Music: Charlton Lee Executive Producers: Andrea Fellows Fineberg, Don Fineberg  

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