EVENT: IS/LAND Angel Island - Until We Fill the Ocean

IS/LAND Asian American Pacific Islander Performance Collaborative
Sat., Nov. 15, 2-3pm EST, Detroit Public Library 

https://www.eventbrite.com/o/detroit-public-library-4535003353

EVENT AADL Writing to Save the World Fri Nov 14 5:30pm

Writing to Save the World, with Frances Kai-Hwa Wang

Friday November 14, 2025: 5:30pm to 7:30pm 

Ann Arbor District Library Downtown Library: Lower Level Program Room

How do we use our writing to create real world change? How do we find our voices and get our message out? How do we use writing to touch, inspire, persuade, and provoke readers to action? Learn simple but powerful methods to get the ideas out of our heads and onto the page. Part writing, part activism, a lot of heart, this class aspires to use the written word to create the change you want to see in the world. Bring a notebook and a pen.

Big thanks to CultureSource and Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation (AAACF) for the Washtenaw Artist Grant to help develop this writing workshop. 

And Thanks to AADL the best library there is!

https://aadl.org/node/646269

2025 A2 Community Bookfest at AADL Nov 9

2025 A2 Community Bookfest will be on Sunday, November 9 from 10AM - 5PM at the Downtown Library! 

Join us for a day celebrating books at the A2 Community Bookfest! Formerly the Kerrytown Bookfest, the A2 Community Bookfest is thrilled to return to downtown Ann Arbor for 2025!

Booksellers, publishers, authors, and more will be on the vendor floor from 10am-5pm and various activities for all ages, such as keynote author talks, hands-on crafts for kids and adults, storytimes, and discussion groups, will take place throughout the day. Additionally, the Fifth Avenue Press annual author reception will celebrate books published by the Library in the prior year.

The 2025 A2 Community Bookfest Headliner:

K-Ming Chang is the author of the 2021 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction finalist Bestiary, an inventive novel that pays homage to earlier Asian American brilliance while pushing up against—and innovating past—its boundaries. With a poetic voice full of energy, Chang speaks on paying homage to history, mythology, and family to reinvent the genre. Chang is also the author of Gods of Wants, Organ Meats, and Cecilia.

Wayne State Univ Press will be there and I'll be there for a little bit to sign books too!

https://aadl.org/bookfest

Event AADL Writing to Save the World

Writing to Save the World, with Frances Kai-Hwa Wang

Friday November 14, 2025: 5:30pm to 7:30pm 

Ann Arbor District Library Downtown Library: Lower Level Program Room

How do we use our writing to create real world change? How do we find our voices and get our message out? How do we use writing to touch, inspire, persuade, and provoke readers to action? Learn simple but powerful methods to get the ideas out of our heads and onto the page. Part writing, part activism, a lot of heart, this class aspires to use the written word to create the change you want to see in the world. Bring a notebook and a pen.

Big thanks to CultureSource and Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation (AAACF) for the Washtenaw Artist Grant to help develop this writing workshop. 

And Thanks to AADL the best library there is!

https://aadl.org/node/646269

1990 Institute newsletter, October 2025, Volume 5, Issue 10

1990 Institute newsletter

October 10, 2025, Volume 5, Issue 10

How can historical mooncakes inspire us in America today?

https://1990institute.salsalabs.org/1990newsletter_vol5_issue10?wvpId=3472bc42-b4b5-46d4-8347-f928d14e9f4f

Event How to Live the Time of Your Life: Author Reading at CLUSTER

How to Live the Time of Your Life: Author Reading

Thursday, October 9, 2025, 7:00 PM  8:30 PM

CLUSTER

307 North Main StreetAnn Arbor, MI, 48104United States (map)

How to Live the Time of Your Life is from a Zadie Smith quote who questions, within our fragile, short existences, how do we spend our time, what is our truth, what guides meaning in our lives?

This inaugural literary event features 9 writers whose pieces are inspired by the 20 Lessons from Timothy Snyder’s book, On Tyranny: 20 Lessons from the 20th Century. 

Authors include Mouna Ammar, Ashwini Bhasi, A.E., Zilka Joseph, Ryan McCarty, Ruth Mella, Molly Raynor, Ciatta Tucker, and Frances Kai-Hwa Wang. This event is guest-curated by writer Kyunghee Kim and Cam Finch, writer & founder of PoetTreeTown.

“The question is: How to live the time of your life - the intimate time of your life- alongside the time of history. Which do you devote yourself to? Which deserves your attention? Which is real?” - Zadie Smith

*Author Events are best for ages 14 year and up unless noted. Learn more about our gallery on our Contact page.

https://clustermuseum.org/events/howtolivethetimeofyourlife

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cluster-how-to-live-the-time-of-your-life-author-reading-tickets-1743989352099

Moderating: Taiwan Travelogue: Unearthing Stories of Identity, Cuisine, & Friendship

I'll be moderating a booktalk for Michigan Taiwanese American Organization (MITAI) as part of its Taiwan Literature Exhibition: Reading Taiwan at AADL

Taiwan Travelogue: Unearthing Stories of Identity, Cuisine, & Friendship

Sunday September 28, 2025: 2:00pm to 3:30pm 

Ann Arbor District Library, Downtown Library: 1st Floor Lobby

Join author Shuang-Zi Yang and translator Lin King—2024 National Book Award winners for Translated Literature—for a conversation on Taiwan Travelogue, set in 1938 colonial Taiwan. Moderated by Frances Kai-Hua Wang, Kaori Ohara, and Wan-Thai Hsu, the discussion explores histories, power dynamics, friendship, and Taiwanese cuisine. A small food tasting from the book will follow, along with a book signing. Don’t miss this immersive exploration of Taiwan’s past and present.

Taiwan Literature Exhibition: Reading Taiwan is on display on the 2nd Floor of the Downtown Library from September 22nd, 2025-January 9th, 2026.

This event is in partnership with the Michigan Taiwanese American Organization and the Taipei Cultural Center of TECO in New York. It includes a signing with books for sale.

https://aadl.org/node/642431

Poetry Reading Live Coolidge-Wagner Anthology of Recorded Poetry AADL Sept 22

Live Reading | Coolidge-Wagner Anthology of Recorded Poetry

Monday September 22, 2025: 6:30pm to 7:30pm EDT

Ann Arbor District Library, Downtown Library: 4th Floor Program Room

Join us for a live poetry reading event showcasing four poets from the Coolidge-Wagner Anthology of Recorded Poetry. Featuring Kowólabi Aboyade, Frances Kai-Hwa Wang, Bryan Thao Worra, and Rebecca Biber.

The Library intends to provide a live stream of this event pending the presenter's permission. Please check back closer to the event for additional updates.

https://aadl.org/node/645310

Speaking on Susan Shapiro Secrets of Publishing Panel

I'll be speaking on Susan Shapiro Secrets of Publishing Panel, Wed., Sept. 17, 2025, 6-8pm EDT, Schuler's Books, West Bloomfield

Wednesday, September 17, 2025 - 6:30pm

Schuler Books

Gateway Center

7260 Orchard Lake Road,

West Bloomfield Twp, MI 48322

Are you curious about how to get your work published? Come learn from this fantastic panel of authors who will be sharing tips and tricks that they learned from their personal publishing experiences.

We love seeing who is planning to join us! Your RSVP helps us prepare to host you. You can RSVP here: https://events.humanitix.com/secrets-of-publishing-panel-sbwb

About the Panelists:

Frances Kai-Hwa Wang is a  poet, essayist, and activist chronicling issues of Asian Americans, race and justice.  She’s written for PBS NewsHour, NBC AsianAmerica, The Emancipator, PRI GlobalNation, AngryAsianMan, Cha Asian Literary Journal and Drunken Boat. She teaches Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies at University of Michigan and creative writing at Washtenaw Community College. She co-created a multimedia artwork for Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center. She’s author of three chapbooks and a new book of poetry, “You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair Is in Braids,” at Wayne State University Press. Franceskaihwawang.com 

Detroit native Aaron Robertson is a writer, editor, and translator. His debut, The Black Utopians: Searching for Paradise and the Promised Land in America  (FSG, 2024), was a finalist for the 2024 Los Angeles Times Book Prize in History and best book of the year by The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New Yorker and TIME. His Italian translation of Beyond Babylon by Igiaba Scego was shortlisted for the 2020 PEN Translation Prize and the National Translation Award. A recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts grant, he's written for The New York Times, Foreign Policy and The Nation. 

Joe Grimm teaches journalism at Michigan State University and was an editor a Detroit Free Press editor for 25 years. His books include "Coney Detroit" and "The Faygo Book," a Michigan Notable Books selection. His classes have published 25 books available on Amazon,  most in a series of 100-question cultural competence guides. He’s an adviser for the Great Lakes Books Series at Wayne State University Press and has taught classes in book publishing at Birmingham's Community House.

Aquilino Gonell is a former DC Capitol Police Sergeant who defended Democracy on January 6, 2021, the subject of his bestselling debut book AMERICAN SHIELD: The Immigrant Sergeant Who Defended Democracy. He left the Dominican Republic as a child, moved to NY, joined the US Army to pay for college,  served overseas honorably and had a decorated career as a Staff Sergeant. He was awarded  the Presidential Citizenship Medal, the Congressional Gold Medal, and the Carnegie Immigrant Award.  He’s been featured in The New York Times, Washington Post, NPR, CBS Mornings, NBC News, Fox-TV, MSNBC, Rolling Stone, Telemundo and Univision.

Susan Shapiro grew up in West Bloomfield Michigan. After graduating U of M, she moved to New York where she's  an award-winning writing professor who freelances for the NY Times, Washington Post, WSJ, LA Times, NY Magazine, Oprah, Wired & New Yorker online. She's the bestselling author of memoirs her family hates like Five Men Who Broke My Heart and The Forgiveness Tour  coauthor of the book American Shield.  She uses her writing/publishing guides The Book Bible and Byline Bible to teach her popular "instant gratification takes too long" courses at  NYU and in private classes & seminars  online. Follow her on Instagram at @Profsue123. 

Christina Wyman is a USA Today bestselling writer and teacher living in Michigan.  Her middle grade debut  Jawbreaker, a Publishers Weekly Best Book, follows a seventh-grader with a craniofacial anomaly that’s caught the attention of school bullies—including her own sister. Her sophomore novel, Slouch, is about a tall girl navigating friends, family, self-esteem, and boundaries. She grew up in a tiny apartment with her family in Brooklyn, New York, where she dreamed of becoming a writer. She’d written for New York Magazine, The Washington Post, Elle, Ms. Magazine and The Independent. 

https://www.schulerbooks.com/events-west-bloomfield

Speaking and Reading and Performing this fall

I'll be Speaking and Reading and Performing this fall

Panel: Susan Shapiro Secrets of Publishing Panel
Wed., Sept. 17, 2025, 6-8pm EDT, Schuler's Books, West Bloomfield
https://www.schulerbooks.com/events-west-bloomfield

Live Poetry Reading | Coolidge-Wagner Anthology of Recorded Poetry https://aadl.org/node/645310
Monday, Sept. 22, 2025, 6:30-7:30 pm EDT, Ann Arbor District Library, downtown, 4th floor

Moderating: Taiwan Travelogue: Unearthing Stories of Identity, Cuisine, & Friendship
Sunday September 28, 2025: 2:00pm to 3:30pm EDT
Ann Arbor District Library, Downtown Library: 1st Floor Lobby https://aadl.org/node/642431

Poetry reading as part of a private Taiwanese American event 
Sat., Oct. 25, 2025, 2:00 pm EDT, Rochester Hills, MI

Angel Island with IS/LAND Asian American Pacific Islander Performance Collaborative
Sat., Nov. 15, 2-3pm EST, Detroit Public Library, Detroit
https://www.eventbrite.com/o/detroit-public-library-4535003353

Upcoming classes and readings this fall

Upcoming this semester -- register early and with a friend to make sure classes run!

Fall 2025

Susan Shapiro Secrets of Publishing Panel
Wed., Sept. 17, 2025, 6-8pm EDT, Schuler's Books, West Bloomfield 

https://www.schulerbooks.com/events-west-bloomfield

Writing with Style
2 Mondays, Sept 18, 15, 6-8pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College

ABCs of publishing (books and magazines)
2 Saturdays, Sept 20-27, 2025, 10am-12pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College,

Live Reading | Coolidge-Wagner Anthology of Recorded Poetry https://aadl.org/node/645310
Monday, Sept. 22, 2025, 6:30-7:30 pm EDT, Ann Arbor District Library, downtown

Chinese Mid-Autumn Moon Festival (cultural class, not writing class)
Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025, 1pm-3pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College,

Moderating: Taiwan Travelogue: Unearthing Stories of Identity, Cuisine, & Friendship
Sunday September 28, 2025: 2:00pm to 3:30pm EDT
Ann Arbor District Library, Downtown Library: 1st Floor Lobby https://aadl.org/node/642431

Jumpstart your Memoir: Writing the Stories of your Life
3 Sats, Oct 4-18, 2025, 10am-12pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College,

Finding the Writer Within Continuing Writers Workshop
10 Sundays, Oct 5 - Dec 14, 2025, 12pm-2pm ET, Washtenaw Community College, online

Writing from the Heart
3 Mondays, Oct. 13, 20, 27, 2025, 6-8pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College

Poetry reading as part of a Taiwanese American event

Sat., Oct. 25, 2025, 2:00 pm EDT, Rochester Hills, MI  

Exploring Creative Nonfiction
3 Sats, Nov 1-15, 2025, 10am-12pm EST, Washtenaw Community College,

Writing the stories of your life through food
3 Mondays, Nov 3, 10, 17, 2025, 6-8pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College

Angel Island with IS/LAND Asian American Pacific Islander Performance Collaborative
Sat., Nov. 15, 2-3pm EST, Detroit Public Library 

https://www.eventbrite.com/o/detroit-public-library-4535003353

Writing Opinion Essays
2 Saturdays, Dec 6-13, 2025, 10am-12pm EST, Washtenaw Community College,

How to get published in Magazines and Newspapers
2 Mondays, Dec 8, 15, 2025, 6-8pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College

Essay 1990 Institute, "How can community help Asian American youth in this time of pressure and possibility?"

My essay for 1990 Institute, "How can community help Asian American youth in this time of pressure and possibility?" August 8, 2025, Volume 5, Issue 8

https://1990institute.salsalabs.org/1990newsletter_vol5_issue8?wvpId=3472bc42-b4b5-46d4-8347-f928d14e9f4f

Kanto by IS/LAND at Cranbrook Art Museum

Kanto by IS/LAND Asian American Pacific Islander Performance Collaborative

Thu, 07/17/2025, 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm EDT

Cranbrook Art Museum

39221 Woodward Ave, Box 801, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48303

As part of our Poolside Performance series, experience a powerful evening of experimental sound, movement, and mark-making with IS/LAND, an interdisciplinary AAPI (Asian American Pacific Islander) Performance Collaborative. This immersive performance explores the intersections of poetry, embodied movement, and sound, culminating in excerpts from their forthcoming full-length memorial work, Until We Fill the Ocean—a tribute to the stories and poetry of detainees at Angel Island Immigration Station (1910–1940) in Tiburon, California.

IS/LAND’s work centers AAPI storytelling and lived experience, inviting audiences into a space of reflection, remembrance, and dialogue. Through interdisciplinary performance, they explore identity, migration, and collective memory with deep emotional and visual impact.

This event is free and open to all! Come early to see our summer exhibition, Eventually Everything Connects: Mid-Century Modern Design in the US. Performance will be held rain or shine.

https://cranbrookartmuseum.org/events/poolside-performance-island/

wow check out our pictures https://is-land.org/projects/kanto

Frances joins The Pivot Fund as Portfolio Manager

Very excited to join the Pivot Fund as Portfolio Manager where I will be coaching hyperlocal ethnic media newsrooms, as part of The Pivot Fund’s mission to provide direct funding and culturally competent support to the independent, grassroots publishers writing a new future for local news, especially in communities historically overlooked by traditional media.

https://thepivotfund.org/f/journalist-scholar-frances-kai-hwa-wang-joins-the-pivot-fund

Journalist, Scholar Frances Kai-Hwa Wang joins The Pivot Fund

June 27, 2025

"Frances Kai-Hwa Wang will join The Pivot Fund as the Portfolio Manager

The Pivot Fund is proud to welcome journalist, author and nonprofit leader Frances Kai-Hwa Wang to its growing team as portfolio manager, where she will help grantees elevate their journalism and build their sustainability. 

With decades of experience in journalism, teaching and management, Wang strengthens The Pivot Fund’s mission to provide direct funding and culturally competent support to the independent, grassroots publishers writing a new future for local news, especially in communities historically overlooked by traditional media.

As a longtime community journalist, writer and child of immigrants, Wang has built a career amplifying underrepresented voices across media platforms. She has reported for PBS Newshour, NBC Asian America, PRI Global Nation, The Emancipator, New America Media, Detroit Journalism Cooperative, Reappropriate, Angry Asian Man, and more. 

Wang is also an experienced nonprofit executive. She is the co-founder of IS/LAND Asian American Contemporary Performance Collaborative and has served in leadership roles at American Citizens for Justice, the Asian Pacific American Chamber of Commerce, and Ypsilanti Meals on Wheels. Her experience running small organizations gives her unique insight into the challenges local publishers face—and how to help them succeed. She will serve as a partner, mentor and coach to The Pivot Fund’s grantees.

“Frances brings a rare combination of editorial excellence, deep cultural competency, and on-the-ground experience running mission-driven organizations,” said Susan Smith Richardson, Managing Director of The Pivot Fund. “She is an extraordinary asset to our team and to the grantees we serve.”

Wang has also taught Asian/Pacific Islander American media and civil rights law at University of Michigan, and memoir and social justice writing at University of Hawaii Hilo and Washtenaw Community College. Her creative and scholarly work includes the multimedia Smithsonian project Dreams of the Diaspora and the book You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair Is in Braids.

Wang joins The Pivot Fund at a time of exciting growth. This year, thanks to support from foundations and individual donors, The Pivot Fund invested more than $2 million in grassroots newsrooms that are redefining local journalism and strengthening their communities. These investments aren’t just about funding journalism—they’re fueling economic sustainability, civic engagement, and life-changing reporting.

Current grantees include NotiVisión Georgia, Courier Eco Latino, BeeTV, Baltimore Beat, and 285 South—outlets that are driving policy change, bridging divides, and deepening local trust. From Emmy-winning investigations to new sustainable revenue models, these publishers are proving what’s possible when journalism is rooted in community.

With Frances Kai-Hwa Wang’s leadership and mentorship, The Pivot Fund is well-positioned to continue growing this national network of community-led newsrooms—each one transforming how local news serves the people who need it most."

https://thepivotfund.org/f/journalist-scholar-frances-kai-hwa-wang-joins-the-pivot-fund

Thanks to Culturesource and AAACF for 2025 Washtenaw Artist Grant

Big thanks to CultureSource and Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation (AAACF) for a 2025 Washtenaw Artist Grant to start my next book and develop a social justice writing community workshop "With a focus on racial equity this grant supports access to local arts and cultural experiences by offering funding to artist-led, participatory projects that activate the artistic and cultural identity of all people in Washtenaw County." Congrats also to the amazing Toko Shiiki Santos

https://culturesource.org/cs-news/announcing-our-2025-washtenaw-artist-grant-awardees/

USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism 2025 National Fellow

Big thanks to USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism Center for Health Journalism for selecting me to join the cohort of 2025 National Fellows and for the generous reporting grant. Congratulations to all the fellows, what a great great cohort, so many new friends. I learned so much from everyone during our fellowship week.

Center for Health Journalism announces 2025 National Fellows, more than $80,000 in grants

June 23, 2025

"The USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism is pleased to announce the selection of 21 talented and diverse journalists to participate in the 2025 National Fellowship, exploring issues related to children, youth and family well-being and community health across the country. 

The Fellowship class includes reporters from print, digital and broadcast outlets, including mainstream outlets such as the Chicago Sun-Times, National Public Radio, the Los Angeles Times, and The New Yorker as well as community and ethnic media outlets including Native News Online, Capital B and Verite News.  

The 2025 National Fellows will receive months of expert mentoring as they produce ambitious projects in partnership with the Center on a range of health and social welfare topics, including the youth mental health crisis, rural health care challenges, how your Zip Code impacts health and life expectancy, the intersection of unaffordable housing and the child welfare system, what it means for a child to grow up as an immigrant, conditions in juvenile detention, how to rethink prevention approaches for domestic violence, and the health impacts of climate change and environmental hazards. 

The competitive program includes a multi-day learning institute that provides insights into how health is shaped by opportunities, community conditions, and structural barriers. Each Fellow will receive a reporting grant ranging from $2,000 to $10,000, and several will receive additional community engagement grants. 

This is a time when journalism on child, youth and family well-being is more urgent than ever. This initiative will yield reporting that sheds light on chronic ills and new challenges. We are honored to work with these talented journalists to bring their important stories to light.

The 2025 National Fellowship is generously funded by grants from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Annie E. Casey Foundation and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. The National Fellowship also receives support from the Dennis Hunt Fund for Health Journalism, which is supported by individual donors, and the Kristy Hammam Fund for Health Journalism, an initiative of the Social Impact Fund. The California Endowment provided seed funding that launched the Center more than 20 years ago. 

“There has never been a more urgent need for high-quality, trusted, and inclusive health journalism,” said Jordan Reese, director of media relations at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. “We look forward to the powerful storytelling of this year’s talented and diverse fellows as they illuminate today’s most-pressing health challenges and opportunities ahead. Their thorough reporting will help bring America closer to a future where health is no longer a privilege, but a right.”

“This program helps elevate powerful storytelling that sheds light on the forces shaping health and opportunity in communities across the country, deepening public understanding and sparking conversations that can lead to change,” said Monica Beltran, program officer at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.

The 2025 National Fellowship will open with a keynote conversation featuring journalist Lee Hawkins, author of "I Am Nobody's Slave: How Uncovering My Family's History Set Me Free," a Harper Collins book and Center for Health Journalism National Fellowship project, involving dozens of oral histories and a decade of historical research. Other highlights of the program include a field visit to Magnolia Place, a unique community hub designed to build resilience for children and families. It is located in a densely populated, low-income immigrant neighborhood of Los Angeles that has 35,000 children within five square miles. Additional panels and discussions during the program will delve into childhood adversity and the science of resilience, trauma-informed approaches for reaching at-risk youth, and how federal funding shifts affect families and communities. Fellows also will learn about data visualization, engaged journalism, strategies for impact reporting, and other journalism best practices. 

 

We are pleased to announce our 2025 National Fellows  

Alejandra Borunda, National Public Radio 

Eleanore Catolico, Planet Detroit 

Jennifer Chowdhury, Prism 

Victoria Clayton, The Guardian US 

Bryce Covert, The Nation 

Max Filby, The Columbus Dispatch  

Kelly Garcia, Injustice Watch 

Catherine Jaffee, KSUT 

Michael Lyle, Nevada Current 

Halle Parker, Verite News 

Corinne Purtill, The Los Angeles Times 

Gabriela Ramírez, Unbias The News 

Yasmin Rafiei, The New Yorker 

Kristen Schorsch, WBEZ Chicago 

Susan Szuch, Springfield News-Leader 

Yucheng Tang, ChicoSol 

Frances Kai-Hwa Wang, Independent Journalist 

Kaitlin Washburn, Chicago Sun-Times 

Monique Welch, Capital B News 

Elyse Wild, Native News Online

Tina Xu, Unbias the News" 

https://centerforhealthjournalism.org/our-work/insights/center-health-journalism-announces-2025-national-fellows-more-80000-grants

WCC Summer writing workshops this July and August

Come write w me this July and August, register today

Writing to change the world
3 Saturdays, July 12-26, 2025, 10am-12pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Continuing Writing Workshop: Finding the Writer Within -- Summer
5 Sundays, July 13 - Aug 10, 2025, 12pm-2pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Finding your voice, writing with style
3 Saturdays, August 9-23, 2025, 10am-12pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

1990 Institute Newsletter June 2025 How can we stand up for international students and immigrants?

1990 Institute Newsletter Vol 5 Issue 6 June 2025 How can we stand up for international students and immigrants?

https://1990institute.salsalabs.org/1990newsletter_vol5_issue6?wvpId=3472bc42-b4b5-46d4-8347-f928d14e9f4f 

Thanks EWA for 78th EWA National Seminar in St. Louis

Big Thanks to Education Writers Association (EWA) for a scholarship to attend the 78th EWA National Seminar, St. Louis, May 28-31, 2025. Learned so much and made so many great connections, as always. And so great to visit The Arch!

https://ewa.org/events/past-events/2025-education-writers-association-national-seminar

Thanks to Solutions Journalism Network for the May 2025 Train the Trainers workshop

Big Thanks to Solutions Journalism Network for the May 2025 Train the Trainers workshop. I learned so much about solutions journalism and how to teach solutions journalism too. Looking forward to getting officially certified soon. 

Updates: 

More at https://www.linkedin.com/posts/solutions-journalism-network_introducing-the-may-2025-train-the-trainers-activity-7336700908677844992-HcuM

More at https://thewholestory.solutionsjournalism.org/introducing-the-may-2025-train-the-trainers-participants-7cf90ec41522

Introducing the May 2025 Train-the-Trainers Participants

These seven journalists spent five days together, working to become certified solutions journalism trainers

The Train-the-Trainers program at the Solutions Journalism Network (SJN) provides coaching and support for individuals and institutions teaching the practice of solutions journalism in order to assure rigorous, universal standards.

Over five days, trainers undergo intensive sessions on best strategies around spreading solutions journalism, including how to think about the design and delivery of skills that are relevant to a particular training context and how it aligns with SJN’s ethical and editorial standards for solutions journalism.

This program was co-hosted by Ja’Nel Johnson-Phillips, SJN’s director of training & curriculum; Melissa Cassutt, program manager of beacons and advanced practice; and Jack Rooney, managing editor for audience development at the Keene Sentinel and one of SJN’s accredited trainers in the U.S.

POSTPONED! Michigan Central Station: Celebrating Heritage: Frances Kai-Hwa Wang

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED

Celebrating Heritage: Frances Kai-Hwa Wang

Part of the Neighbor x Folk Events at Michigan Central Station collection

A meet and greet with a book signing from local author, Frances Kai-Hwa Wang.

By Folk Detroit Events

Saturday, May 24 · 1 - 3pm EDT

Michigan Central, 2001 15th Street Detroit, MI 48216

Join us in our celebration of Asian, Indigenous Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander heritage during the month of May!

Culture and heritage are deeply connected, but distinct. Culture is a broad term, encompassing the shared values, beliefs, practices, and ways of life of a group of people. Heritage refers to the specific aspects of that culture — particularly those inherited or passed down through generations. Our team strives to honor the deep, enduring cultures that have shaped and continue to shape our communities.

In celebration of Asian Heritage we're bringing local author Frances Kai-Hwa Wang to Neighbor X Folk at Michigan Central for an intimate author meet, greet and book signing. The lyric essays in You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair Is in Braids deftly navigate the space between cultures and reflect on lessons learned from both young multiracial children and their elders, punctuated by moments rich with cultural and linguistic nuance. Ticket price includes a copy of this wonderful title and the chance to have it signed in person with the author.

Your ticket purchase includes a copy of Frances Kai-Hwa Wang's You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair Is in Braids.

Frequently asked questions: Where is Neighbor x Folk located within The Station?

Enter The Station through the East door, where desk staff will guide you. Neighbor x Folk at Michigan Central is located in the arcade, facing the great hall and the atrium.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/celebrating-heritage-frances-kai-hwa-wang-tickets-1338925936519

Write with me this summer and fall at WCC

Spring/Summer 2025

Write Here, Write Now

8 Tuesdays, May 6, 2025 - June 24, 7:30-8:45 pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, in person

Kylyn Writing Workshop: Writing for our lives -- Free!

Friday May 23, 2025, 5:30pm - 7:30pm EDT, Ann Arbor District Library downtown, in person, free

https://aadl.org/node/639436

Writing to Change the World

3 Saturdays, July 12-26, 2025, 10am-12pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Continuing Writing Workshop: Finding the Writer Within -- Summer
5 Sundays, July 13 - Aug 10, 2025, 12pm-2pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Finding your voice, writing with style
3 Saturdays, August 9-23, 2025, 10am-12pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Fall 2025

Writing with Style
3 Mondays, Sept 15, 22, 29, 6-8pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, hybrid

How to get published (books and magazines)
2 Saturdays, Sept 20-27, 2025, 10am-12pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, hybrid

Chinese Mid-Autumn Moon Festival (cultural class, not writing class)
Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025, 1pm-3pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, hybrid

Jumpstart your Memoir: Writing the Stories of your Life
3 Sats, Oct 4-18, 2025, 10am-12pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, hybrid

Finding the Writer Within Continuing Writers Workshop
10 Sundays, Oct 5 - Dec 14, 2025, 12pm-2pm ET, Washtenaw Community College, hybrid

Writing from the Heart
3 Mondays, Oct. 13, 20, 27, 2025, 6-8pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, hybrid

Exploring Creative Nonfiction
3 Sats, Nov 1-15, 2025, 10am-12pm EST, Washtenaw Community College, hybrid

Writing the stories of your life through food
3 Mondays, Nov 3, 10, 17, 2025, 6-8pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, hybrid

Writing Opinion Essays
2 Saturdays, Dec 6-13, 2025, 10am-12pm EST, Washtenaw Community College, hybrid

How to get published in Magazines and Newspapers
2 Mondays, Dec 8, 15, 2025, 6-8pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, hybrid

Friday! KYLYN Festival | Writing for Our Lives, with Frances Kai-Hwa Wang

KYLYN Festival | Writing for Our Lives, with Frances Kai-Hwa Wang

Friday May 23, 2025: 5:30pm to 7:30pm 

Downtown Library: Multi-Purpose Room

https://aadl.org/node/639436

Join journalist, poet, essayist, and educator Frances Kai-Hwa Wang in an empowering writing workshop.

“We write to find our voices, to discover our meaning, and to fight for our message - to write for our lives! With short timed writing exercises, we will write and share our stories, discuss ways our stories and struggles may have been discounted by others, and lift up our stories and perspectives to make our mark on today, this moment.” - Frances Kai-Hwa Wang

Frances Kai-Hwa Wang is a journalist, essayist, speaker, activist, and poet focused on issues of diversity, race, culture, and the arts. The child of immigrants, she was born in Los Angeles, raised in Silicon Valley, and now divides her time between Michigan and the Big Island of Hawai‘i. Her writing has appeared at NBC News Asian America, PRI Global Nation, New America Media, Pacific Citizen, Angry Asian Man, Cha Asian Literary Journal, Kartika Review, Drunken Boat, and several anthologies, journals, and art exhibitions. She teaches courses on Asian/Pacific Islander American media and civil rights at University of Michigan, and she teaches creative writing at University of Hawaii Hilo and Washtenaw Community College. She co-created a multimedia artwork for the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center Indian American Heritage Project online and travelling art exhibition.

This event is part of the KYLYN APIA Arts and Culture Festival and is in partnership with the Washtenaw Community College Office of Student Access & Success.

Sunday! UMMA Exhibition tour of Jared Lew's Strange You Never Knew with Frances Kai-Hwa Wang and Curator Jennifer Friess

Exhibition Tour: Jared Lew's Strange You Never Knew with Frances Kai-Hwa Wang and Curator Jennifer Friess, University of Michigan Museum of Art, in person tour w poetry

Sun., May 18, 2025, 2-4pm EDT, UMMA

https://umma.umich.edu/events/exhibition-tour-strange-you-never-knew-with-frances-kai-hwa-wang-and-curator-jennifer-friess/

Celebrating Heritage with Neighbor x Folk Events at Michigan Central Station collection with Frances Kai-Hwa Wang

UPDATE: READING POSTPONED

Celebrating Heritage: Frances Kai-Hwa Wang

Part of the Neighbor x Folk Events at Michigan Central Station collection

A meet and greet with a book signing from local author, Frances Kai-Hwa Wang.

By Folk Detroit Events

Saturday, May 24 · 1 - 3pm EDT

Michigan Central, 2001 15th Street Detroit, MI 48216

Join us in our celebration of Asian, Indigenous Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander heritage during the month of May!

Culture and heritage are deeply connected, but distinct. Culture is a broad term, encompassing the shared values, beliefs, practices, and ways of life of a group of people. Heritage refers to the specific aspects of that culture — particularly those inherited or passed down through generations. Our team strives to honor the deep, enduring cultures that have shaped and continue to shape our communities.

In celebration of Asian Heritage we're bringing local author Frances Kai-Hwa Wang to Neighbor X Folk at Michigan Central for an intimate author meet, greet and book signing. The lyric essays in You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair Is in Braids deftly navigate the space between cultures and reflect on lessons learned from both young multiracial children and their elders, punctuated by moments rich with cultural and linguistic nuance. Ticket price includes a copy of this wonderful title and the chance to have it signed in person with the author.

Your ticket purchase includes a copy of Frances Kai-Hwa Wang's You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair Is in Braids.

Frequently asked questions: Where is Neighbor x Folk located within The Station?

Enter The Station through the East door, where desk staff will guide you. Neighbor x Folk at Michigan Central is located in the arcade, facing the great hall and the atrium.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/celebrating-heritage-frances-kai-hwa-wang-tickets-1338925936519

Wayne State University Press spring publishing conference Sat May 10

MI Friends! I'll be speaking on two panels at the Wayne State University Press book publishing conference Sat May 10, 9am to 4:30pm, in Detroit. Join us for a day with local writers and editors designed to help writers understand and navigate the book publishing process. Register today! https://wsupress.wayne.edu/event/wayne-state-university-press-spring-book-publishing-conference

Also, the Made in Michigan Writers Series is taking submissions now through June 1  https://wsupress.wayne.edu/search-grid/?series=made-in-michigan-writers-series 

New WCC Writing class starts Tuesday

Write Here, Write Now at WCC -- register today! -- New!

8 Tuesdays, May 6, 2025 - June 24, 6:30-7:30 pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, in person

Happy Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month

I'm back! Upcoming May events:

I'll be speaking on two panels (and reading!) at Wayne State University Press Publishing Workshop
Sat., May 10, 2025, 9am-4:30pm EDT, Wayne State University, Detroit
Preregister, lunch included (free for students) https://wsupress.wayne.edu/event/wayne-state-university-press-spring-book-publishing-conference/

Exhibition Tour: Jared Lew's Strange You Never Knew with Frances Kai-Hwa Wang and Curator Jennifer Friess, University of Michigan Museum of Art, in person tour
Sun., May 18, 2025, 2-4pm EDT, UMMA

https://umma.umich.edu/events/exhibition-tour-strange-you-never-knew-with-frances-kai-hwa-wang-and-curator-jennifer-friess/

Kylyn Writing Workshop: Writing for our lives with Frances Kai-Hwa Wang
Friday May 23, 2025, 5:30pm - 7:30 pm EDT, Ann Arbor District Library downtown, multipurpose room, in person, aadl.org https://aadl.org/node/639436 

This event is part of the KYLYN APIA Arts and Culture Festival and is in partnership with the Washtenaw Community College Office of Student Access & Success.

Reading and Book Signing with Wayne State Univ Press at Michigan Central Station
Sat., May 24, 2025, 1-3pm, Detroit

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/celebrating-heritage-frances-kai-hwa-wang-tickets-1338925936519 

Revisiting my PBS NewsHour stories

Wanted to share some of the great stories I wrote about communities of color in Michigan these past four years at PBS NewsHour. 

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/author/frances-kai-hwa-wang

Here are some of my favorite stories

Immigrants are vastly underrepresented in elected office. This program is trying to change that | PBS NewsHour

A new program ‘prescribes’ monthly payments for the first year of an infant’s life | PBS NewsHour

How gardens enable refugees and immigrants to put down roots in new communities | PBS NewsHour

How Asian Americans are filling the gaps in care for their elderly parents | PBS NewsHour

How violence against Asian Americans has grown and how to stop it, according to activists | PBS NewsHour

 

Why Arabic ballots are now being offered in Michigan and what this means for voter access in the U.S. | PBS NewsHour

For Detroit’s Japanese Americans, oral histories key to preservation of history, future solidarity | PBS NewsHour

The only Arab American museum in the nation is ‘much more than a building’ | PBS NewsHour

How segregation and neglect left Benton Harbor, Michigan with toxic water | PBS NewsHour

Katie Yamasaki’s Murals Probe Complex Issues of Race and Justice | Hour Detroit

  

Broadcast/Video/Radio

NewsHour staff members discuss new books they have written | PBS NewsHour | Jul 1, 2022

Inaugural Ramadan Market Highlights Islamic Holiday in Metro Detroit | Detroit PBS | Mar 24, 2022

EMU students help Afghan refugee families move into new homes | Detroit PBS | Feb 17, 2022

Frances Kai-Hwa Wang on the importance of local journalists | PBS NewsHour Extra Classroom Oct. 27, 2021

Join us at UMMA Exhibition Tour of Jared Lew's Strange You Never Knew May 18

Exhibition Tour: Jared Lew's Strange You Never Knew with Frances Kai-Hwa Wang and Curator Jennifer Friess, University of Michigan Museum of Art, in person tour

Sun., May 18, 2025, 2-4pm EDT, UMMA

https://umma.umich.edu/events/exhibition-tour-strange-you-never-knew-with-frances-kai-hwa-wang-and-curator-jennifer-friess/

KYLYN Festival | Writing for Our Lives, with Frances Kai-Hwa Wang

KYLYN Festival | Writing for Our Lives, with Frances Kai-Hwa Wang

Friday May 23, 2025: 5:30pm to 7:30pm 

Downtown Library: Multi-Purpose Room

https://aadl.org/node/639436

Join journalist, poet, essayist, and educator Frances Kai-Hwa Wang in an empowering writing workshop.

“We write to find our voices, to discover our meaning, and to fight for our message - to write for our lives! With short timed writing exercises, we will write and share our stories, discuss ways our stories and struggles may have been discounted by others, and lift up our stories and perspectives to make our mark on today, this moment.” - Frances Kai-Hwa Wang

Frances Kai-Hwa Wang is a journalist, essayist, speaker, activist, and poet focused on issues of diversity, race, culture, and the arts. The child of immigrants, she was born in Los Angeles, raised in Silicon Valley, and now divides her time between Michigan and the Big Island of Hawai‘i.

Her writing has appeared at NBC News Asian America, PRI Global Nation, New America Media, Pacific Citizen, Angry Asian Man, Cha Asian Literary Journal, Kartika Review, Drunken Boat, and several anthologies, journals, and art exhibitions. She teaches courses on Asian/Pacific Islander American media and civil rights at University of Michigan, and she teaches creative writing at University of Hawaii Hilo and Washtenaw Community College. She co-created a multimedia artwork for the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center Indian American Heritage Project online and travelling art exhibition.

Wang is a 2019 Knight Arts Challenge Detroit winner, Marguerite Casey Foundation Equal Voice Journalism Fellow on Poverty, and Keith Center for Civil Rights Detroit Equity Action Lab Race and Justice Reporting Fellow on Arts and Culture.

This event is part of the KYLYN APIA Arts and Culture Festival and is in partnership with the Washtenaw Community College Office of Student Access & Success.

The Library was not given permission to provide a stream for this event.

Upcoming writing classes at WCC Spring/Summer and Fall 2025

Write with me this year!

Spring/Summer 2025

Continuing Writing Workshop: Finding the Writer Within -- Spring
5 Sundays, May 4-June 8, 2025, 12pm-2pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Communication for Work and Life

8 Tuesdays, May 6, 2025 - June 24, 6:00-7:15 pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, in person

Write Here, Write Now

8 Tuesdays, May 6, 2025 - June 24, 7:30-8:45 pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, in person

Kylyn Writing Workshop: Writing for our lives -- Free!

Friday May 23, 2025, 5:30pm - 7:30pm EDT, Ann Arbor District Library downtown, in person, free

https://aadl.org/node/639436

Writing to Change the World

3 Saturdays, July 12-26, 2025, 10am-12pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Continuing Writing Workshop: Finding the Writer Within -- Summer
5 Sundays, July 13 - Aug 10, 2025, 12pm-2pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Finding your voice, writing with style
3 Saturdays, August 9-23, 2025, 10am-12pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Fall 2025

How to get published (books and magazines)

2 Saturdays, Sept 20-27, 2025, 10am-12pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, hybrid

Chinese Mid-Autumn Moon Festival (cultural class, not writing class)

Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025, 1pm-3pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, hybrid

Jumpstart your Memoir: Writing the Stories of your Life

3 Sats, Oct 4-18, 2025, 10am-12pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, hybrid

Finding the Writer Within Continuing Writers Workshop
10 Sundays, Oct 5 - Dec 14, 2025, 12pm-2pm ET, Washtenaw Community College, hybrid

Exploring Creative Nonfiction
3 Sats, Nov 1-15, 2025, 10am-12pm EST, Washtenaw Community College, hybrid

Writing Opinion Essays

2 Saturdays, Dec 6-13, 2025, 10am-12pm EST, Washtenaw Community College, hybrid

Wayne State University Press book publishing conference Sat May 10

MI Friends! I'll be speaking on two panels at the Wayne State University Press book publishing conference Sat May 10, 9am to 4:30pm, in Detroit. Join us for a day with local writers and editors designed to help writers understand and navigate the book publishing process. Register today! https://wsupress.wayne.edu/event/wayne-state-university-press-spring-book-publishing-conference

Also, the Made in Michigan Writers Series is taking submissions now through June 1  https://wsupress.wayne.edu/search-grid/?series=made-in-michigan-writers-series 

Congratulations to the 2025 class of the Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame

Congratulations to the 2025 class of the Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame. So glad to be a part of the Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame committee as the AAJA-MI representative to select these amazing journalists. Looking forward to the Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame banquet tonight. 

More info at https://mijournalismhalloffame.org/

The Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame recognizes reporters, editors, publishers, owners, photographers, broadcasters, educators, and others who have made outstanding contributions to the profession. The Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame was established to recognize those who have advanced the legacy of a free and responsible press and who have inspired others to improve the quality of the profession.

It acknowledges the service and dedication of individuals whose distinguished contributions to the profession in their communities, regions or the state have earned them a place in the Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame. Induction memorializes extraordinary and clearly outstanding careers. From its beginnings in 1952 by the Newspaper Hall of Fame, the Journalism Hall of Fame has continued the tradition of honoring journalists since 1985.

Eleven outstanding journalists will be inducted into the 2025 class of the Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame:
Cynthia Canty: Michigan radio storyteller
Alex Cruden: Elevated readers and editing
Kirthmon Dozier Sr.: Sports photographer and mentor
John Flesher: Environmental journalist
Cindy Goodaker: Championed the news of business
Daymon J. Hartley: His lens captured social issues
Dorothy Misener Jurney: Took women’s news mainstream
Keith A. Owens: Politics and music journalist
Patricia Ann Rencher: Advocated for older readers’ health
Jam Sardar: Launchpad for TV stories and careers
David Zeman: Editor of high-impact journalism

1990 Institute: How can the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 connect us to AANHPI Heritage Month?

My essay for the 1990 Institute newsletter April 11, 2025: How can the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 connect us to AANHPI Heritage Month?

https://1990institute.salsalabs.org/1990newsletter_vol5_issue4?wvpId=3472bc42-b4b5-46d4-8347-f928d14e9f4f

Thanks Maynard Institute for Maynard Regional Training in Detroit

Big thanks to the Maynard Institute for the Maynard Regional Training in Detroit. So excited to be a part of the inaugural cohort of the Maynard Regional Training Series, April 5-6, 2025, at Wayne State University in Detroit. I learned so much and met so many great folks and further developed my skills in editing and management. Detroit is such a vibrant place for collaborative journalism. 

More info at https://mije.org/news/2025/04/02/partners-wayne-state.html

Maynard Regional Training Series kicks off April 5-6 at Wayne State University in Detroit.

The inaugural Maynard Regional Training Series launches on April 5-6, 2025 with the program’s university partner, the Journalism Institute for Media Diversity at Wayne State University’s campus in Detroit, Michigan. The Maynard Regional Training Series is an ongoing in-person, weekendlong leadership and management training program for early- and mid-career journalists across the United States.

Faculty members will lead training sessions on ethical editorial decision making, reporting on race, gender and culture and strategizing innovation, engagement and sustainability for news organizations.

Guided by core Maynard training principles, these professionals lead the charge in building more inclusive, dynamic media spaces.

In partnership with universities, these sessions give entry- and mid-level editors and managers the tools and confidence they need to traverse the complexities of newsroom leadership.

Maynard Institute staff, journalism professors, award-winning journalists and subject-matter experts lead all trainings, which are focused on essential areas for news leaders.

Through this dynamic training series, the Maynard Institute continues to live out its mission to equip journalists with the skills, strategies and leadership mindset they need to thrive in an evolving media landscape.

Guest Lecture: Hawaii Sovereignty at Univ of Michigan

Guest Lecture on Hawaii Sovereignty at University of Michigan Dept of American Culture class on Asian/Pacific Islander American Civil Rights, Mon., March 17, 2025, 10-11:20am EDT. Thanks to Roland Hwang for inviting me.

Class Cancelled: Telling the Stories of Your Life through Food today

Cancelled

Telling the Stories of Your Life through Food

3 Saturdays, March 8, March 22, 2025- 10am-12pm EDT/EST, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Class: ABCs of Getting Published today and tomorrow

 ABCs of Getting Published rescheduled

Sat Mar 1 10am-12pm to Sun Mar 2 10am-12pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

2 Articles re MI maternal and infant health and Ypsi farmers and gardeners oral history project

My two articles published today at PBS News Hour

In Michigan, a push to make pregnancy and childbirth safer for people of color | PBS News

Michigan advocates are working to make pregnancy and childbirth safer and more equitable for communities of color.

This Michigan project celebrates the rich history of community farmers and gardeners | PBS News

A Michigan oral history project is collecting the stories of farmers and gardeners from working class communities and communities of color.

Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame to Induct 11 Members

Congratulations to these incredible journalists!

More at https://www.michiganmedia.com/2025/02/28/the-michigan-journalism-hall-of-fame-names-11-new-inductees 

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2025/02/27/michigan-journalism-hall-of-fame-class-of-2025-freep-inductees/80525752007/

https://www.crainsdetroit.com/media-marketing/cindy-goodaker-named-michigan-journalism-hall-fame

February 26, 2025

Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame to Induct 11 Members

EAST LANSING, Michigan —11 outstanding journalists will be inducted into the 2025 class of the Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame.

This year’s inductees have made significant, sustained contributions to journalism in Michigan.

They are:

Cynthia Canty, Michigan radio storyteller Alex Cruden, elevated readers and editing

Kirt Dozier, sports photographer and mentor

John Flesher, environmental journalist

Cindy Goodaker, dedicated to the news of business

Daymon J. Hartley, social issues photojournalist

Dorothy Jurney, took women's news mainstream

Keith Owens, politics and music journalist

Pat Rencher, advocate for older readers’ health

Jam Sardar, launchpad for TV stories and careers

David Zeman, editor of high-impact journalism

The Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame was established to recognize those who have advanced the legacy of a free and responsible press and who have elevated Michigan journalism. Induction memorializes extraordinary and clearly outstanding careers.

The 2025 Hall of Fame class will be honored at a banquet on April 13, 2025, at the Kellogg Center in East Lansing. Details about registrations and opportunities for tax-deductible sponsorships and ads are available on the Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame website: https://mijournalismhalloffame.org . Questions may be directed to Betsy DeSantis at 517-353-6431 or email at desant39@msu.edu .

Co-sponsors of the Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame are the Michigan chapter of the Asian American Journalists Association; the Detroit chapter of the Association for Women in Communications; Central Michigan University’s Department of Journalism; the Detroit chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists; the Detroit and Mid-Michigan chapters of the Society of Professional Journalists; the Detroit Press Club; Wayne State University’s Journalism Program; the Michigan Association of Broadcasters; and the School of Journalism, Michigan State University.

MSU’s School of Journalism has been the home of the Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame since 1985, reprising the Michigan Newspaper Hall of Fame, which became dormant in 1968. The Michigan Press Association and the MSU School of Journalism established the original Michigan Newspaper Hall of Fame in 1952.

Guest Speaker on journalism at Tufts University today

Guest Speaker on journalism at Tufts University w Ravi Shankar's class today 

Wed., Feb 26, 2025, 6:30-8:00pm EDT (Private class)

Speaking today at Writeability Guild on writing with humor

Guest Presenter on writing with humor at a Literary Picnic with Katey Schultz's Monthly Mentorship and WRITEABILITY Guild writing students. Tuesday, February 18, 7-830pm, Zoom (Private class)

Essay: Lunar New Year celebrations and birthright citizenship are American traditions

Lunar New Year celebrations and birthright citizenship are American traditions | 1990 Institute Vol 5 Issue 2  

Newsletter: https://1990institute.salsalabs.org/1990newsletter_vol5_issue2

Talk: Celebrating Lunar New Year in A2 at U-M Museum of Natural History Planetarium today

Celebrating Lunar New Year with University of Michigan Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

February 8, 12:00 pm, U-M Museum of Natural History Planetarium and Dome Theater, 1105 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, Tickets $8 and available on the day of the show at the Museum Store.
https://ii.umich.edu/.../events.../116977-21866364.html