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Our Mission

Building a Community to Tell Asian American Stories

For over 45 years, the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) has been dedicated to presenting stories that convey the richness and diversity of Asian American experiences to the broadest audience possible.

The Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to presenting stories that convey the richness and diversity of Asian American experiences to the broadest audience possible.

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CAAMFest 2026

Save the Date May 7-10

Join us for stories from Asian America and beyond in San Francisco, a city with a long history as a hub for community building with national impact. 

San Francisco Japantown
May 7 -10

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I’m more excited for our storytelling community than ever before but it's a time when we gotta focus on building community, supporting one another, defending the work we all care about. The payoff of that will be some of the most incredible storytelling we’ve ever seen.

Donald Young

Executive Director

CAAM

Memories to Light

Preserving Asian American Home Movies

Memories to Light is a program dedicated to collecting, digitizing, and sharing home movies — and the stories they tell — illuminating the rich, everyday histories of Asian American communities that are often missing from traditional archives.

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CAAM’s Executive Director Don Young on the need for stories about Asian Americans

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