Under One Moon

Under One Moon Festival

《同一月光 · 同一社區》

One Moon. Many Journeys. One Community.

The Mid-Autumn moon is the fullest and brightest moon of the year. For centuries, people across Asia have looked up at that moon thinking about family, reunion, gratitude, and home.

But tonight, in District 10, we expand that meaning.

Because while not every culture celebrates Mid-Autumn Festival, every culture understands what it means to long for home, to build a family, and to create community.

Why District 10?

District 10 is unlike any other district in San Francisco.

It is home to:

• families whose roots go back generations in Bayview-Hunters Point,
• African American families whose history is intertwined with the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard and the Great Migration,
• Chinese immigrant families,
• Latinx communities,
• Pacific Islander communities,
• Southeast Asian communities,
• newcomers still building a life,
• and longtime San Franciscans who have watched the neighborhood evolve.

Some families arrived 150 years ago.

Some arrived last year.

Some have always called this city home.

But if we keep tracing our stories back...

Almost every family has a journey.

Whether that journey crossed an ocean, crossed a border, or crossed the American South during the Great Migration, every family knows what it means to leave something behind and build something new.

This is where Jing Ying belongs naturally—not because Mid-Autumn Festival is Chinese, but because Cantonese opera has always been about helping communities stay connected.

This is not a Chinese festival.

It is not an African American festival.

It is not a Latinx festival.

It is not an immigrant festival.

It is a District 10 festival.

The moon belongs to no single culture.

Neither does community.