"How do we use writing and information to build community and democracy?" | 1990 Institute Newsletter Vol 2 Iss 17

August 26, 2022, Volume 2, Issue 17

My essay, "How do we use writing and information to build community and democracy?" 

1990 Institute Newsletter

Today Big Island Frances Kai-Hwa Wang Talk Story | Basically Books

Today! Reading on Big Island, Hilo side! In conversation with Tom Peek, author of Daughters of Fire

Frances Kai-Hwa Wang Talk Story

SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 2022 AT 1 PM HST, in person and outdoors
Basically Books, 334 Kilauea Ave., Hilo, Hawaii (new location across from Ben Franklin)

Frances Kai-Hwa Wang Talk Story | Facebook

Talk Story with author Tom Peek this Saturday 8/20 1pm HST at Basically Books

Talk Story "You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair Is in Braids" with "Daughters of Fire" author Tom Peek this Saturday 8/20 1pm HST in person Basically Books new new location (across from Ben Franklin) Hilo, Big Island, Hawaii 

https://www.facebook.com/events/297885229198441/

Finding Your Voice - Washtenaw Community College

Introductory Writing Class on Zoom this Sat and next, Aug 20 and 27, 10am-12pm EDT

(Jumpstart your college application essay has been cancelled)

Finding Your Voice - Washtenaw Community College Division of Economic & College Development

Talk Story at Basically Books with Tom Peek Sat 8/20 1pm

 
This Saturday 8/20 1pm HST Basically Books new new location, Hilo, Big Island, Hawaii

Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/297885229198441/

1990 Institute Newsletter Vol 2 Issue 16 How can education and data help us make connections across cultures and history?

My essay and curated news section for 1990 Institute Newsletter Vol 2 Issue 16 which asks How can education and data help us make connections across cultures and history?

My daughter and I just spent two days in Honolulu going to museums and eating Asian food. We go to the Bishop Museum one day and the Honolulu Museum of Art the next. We drive past Iolani Palace, the King Kamehameha statue, and the old Chinatown. We eat Japanese and Korean pastries, dim sum, Japanese sandos, Korean tacos, Singaporean laksa, and Eggs Benedict and Spam.

We have a great time and never even make it to the beach.

Ann Arbor 40th commemoration of Vincent Chin's killing with poetry, film, panel discussion at MI Theater

Thank you to CultureVerse, Synecdoche, and Do Good Work for sponsoring this showing of "Who Killed Vincent Chin?" at the Michigan Theater on June 23, 2022, for the 40th commemoration of Vincent Chin's brutal hate crime killing. Thanks to everyone that was able to come out, donated to the cause, and supported. I read poems by me, Bryan Thao Worra, and Ravi Shankar. We watched the film. Then we had a great panel discussion with Manan Desai of UMich (moderator), Chien-An Yuan of IS/LAND, Dim Mang of Rising Voices, and me with my book project (thanks Knight Foundation, CultureSource, Ann Arbor Area Foundation).

 
https://youtu.be/n9JADjYskTg

Despite state efforts to protect abortion access, Asian Americans in Michigan still see obstacles | PBS NewsHour

My article for PBS NewsHour

After the Roe ruling, advocates in Michigan and beyond are concerned about how the decision will affect the maternal and reproductive health care of Asian Americans, which is layered with cultural attitudes toward abortion and barriers to the procedure itself.

Despite state efforts to protect abortion access, Asian Americans in Michigan still see obstacles | PBS NewsHour

Watch Bridge discussion of ‘You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair is in Braids’ | Bridge Michigan

Watch Bridge discussion of ‘You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair is in Braids’ | Bridge Michigan

Big Island Talk Story at Basically Books Aug 20

Next reading on Big Island, Hilo side! and in conversation with Tom Peek, author of Daughters of Fire

Frances Kai-Hwa Wang Talk Story

SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 2022 AT 1 PM HST, in person and outdoors
Basically Books, 334 Kilauea Ave., Hilo, Hawaii (new location across from Ben Franklin)

Frances Kai-Hwa Wang Talk Story | Facebook