Frances Kai-Hwa Wang
Asian American Writer, Editor, Speaker, Activist, "Adventures in Multicultural Living," "Multicultural Toolbox," "Remembering Vincent Chin,"
Sunday, April 21, 2024
Poetry Reading at Next Chapter Books in Detroit
Saturday, April 20, 2024
2024 Kiplinger Fellowship
Big thanks to the Kiplinger Program and Ohio University in Athens for a great week of fellowship and discussion and deep thoughts about immigration and migration with an incredible group of journalists from around the world. I learned so much from everyone. And so much bright green bobcat swag.
https://www.ohio.edu/news/2024/01/ohio-university-announces-2024-kiplinger-fellows
Friday, April 19, 2024
1990 Institute newsletter April 19, 2024, Volume 4, Issue 4 How do you think about community for AANHPI Heritage Month?
My essay for the 1990 Institute newsletter, April 19, 2024, Volume 4, Issue 4
How do you think about community for AANHPI Heritage Month?
Monday, April 15, 2024
Thursday, April 11, 2024
Poetry reading Friday April 12 7pm Booksweet with Zilka Joseph
I'll be reading Friday 4/12 7pm with Zilka Josep at her Sweet Malida book launch at Booksweet book store on Plymouth Road and Murfin, Ann Arbor
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/412-poetry-night-with-zilka-joseph-alise-alousi-frances-kai-hwa-wang-tickets-850125878387
Thursday, April 4, 2024
Michigan lawmakers are considering a state-level MENA category. Here’s what that would mean | PBS NewsHour
My article for PBS NewsHour
“And when you are invisible in the eyes of data, then you are invisible in the eyes of policymakers who rely on that data to make decisions”
Monday, April 1, 2024
Speaking at the MAASU spring conference at Univ of Michigan April 6
Looking forward to speaking at the 2024 The Midwest Asian Pacific Islander Desi American Students Union (MAASU) Spring Conference, Transforming our Futures: Storytelling and the Pathway towards Generational Change & Healing, April 5th-7th, 2024, University of Michigan
I'll be presenting two workshops, Writing to Save the World and The stories of Hawaiian sovereignty and activismMonday, March 11, 2024
Activists tap a sweet Indigenous tradition to connect youth of color in Detroit with the outdoors | PBS NewsHour
Activists tap a sweet Indigenous tradition to connect youth of color in Detroit with the outdoors
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/education/activists-tap-a-sweet-indigenous-tradition-to-connect-youth-of-color-in-detroit-with-the-outdoors
Tuesday, February 27, 2024
What ‘uncommitted’ voters in Michigan want | PBS NewsHour
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/why-these-michigan-voters-are-choosing-uncommitted-in-the-primary
Friday, February 16, 2024
A new program in ‘prescribes’ monthly payments for the first year of an infant’s life | PBS NewsHour
My article at PBS NewsHour
A new program in Flint Michigan ‘prescribes’ monthly payments for the first year of an infant’s life
The program is “about a new vision of how we fundamentally should be caring for each other,” said Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, one of the program’s co-directors.