In 2022, Ssi Ya Gi and GYOPO began collecting oral histories from seniors who lived at Saint James Manor, Los Angeles (through a partnership with Koreatown Youth + Community Center), Rose of Sharon and Baywood Apartments in Oakland (through a partnership with the Korean Community Center of the East Bay), and growing and sharing Korean heirloom vegetables (provided by Second Generation Seeds), with the support and partnership of CultivaLA, in their MacArthur Park community garden. In this intergenerational event, GYOPO and Ssi Ya Gi community members were invited to participate in an intergenerational project that centers on community empowerment and cultural memory. June 25 holds special meaning for Koreans in the diaspora because it marks the 72nd anniversary of the Korean War, a still unended conflict that continues to reverberate in and beyond the Peninsula. A private meal for elders who participated in the oral history project was followed by a garden reception where attendees were invited to share food memories with GYOPO and Koreatown Storytelling Project volunteers who collected oral histories for the Ssi Ya Gi archive.