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
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
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.
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.
Sunday, April 27, 2025
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
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
Sunday, April 13, 2025
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
Friday, April 11, 2025
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?
Saturday, April 5, 2025
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. 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.
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.
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