Dozens of Groups Sign Letter Demanding Justice for Chaumtoli Huq - NBC News.com

My article for NBC News Asian America:

“The Mayor has snubbed over 60 community-based organizations representing a diverse cross-section of New Yorkers calling for a town hall meeting and basic reforms to community policing,” said Chaumtoli Huq, “In doing so, he has failed New York in his simplest obligation to us."

Dozens of Groups Sign Letter Demanding Justice for Chaumtoli Huq - NBC News.com

Literary Journals Featuring Writers Of Color - Writer's Relief, Inc.

Literary Journals Featuring Writers Of Color - Writer's Relief, Inc.

Actress, Director, Producer Joan Chen's New Role: Food Blogger - NBC News.com

My article for NBC News Asian America

“Not only am I a lover of food but I enjoy sitting around," said Chen. “This is also a way to share my journey as a Chinese American. Memories of my early life in China and my current life in America -- through food.”

Actress, Director, Producer Joan Chen's New Role: Food Blogger - NBC News.com

Midterm Elections: How Did Asian-American Candidates Fare? - NBC News.com

My article for NBC News Asian America:

"The 2014 November Election marked another milestone for AAPI (Asian American Pacific Islander) candidates at all levels of government,” said Floyd Mori, CEO/President of Asian Pacific American Institute of Congressional Studies (APAICS). “AAPIs continue to show they are electable in any kind of political climate.”

Midterm Elections: How Did Asian-American Candidates Fare? - NBC News.com

Lava Flow Threatens Century-Old Japanese-American Community - NBC News.com

"I've had to help my friend’s parents move out of their home in Pahoa...I have great memories there, so sad to think of what will happen.” Did you know 100 years ago Pahoa was a largely Japanese American town? Check out the historic photos. Thanks Sam Horiuchi! My article for NBC News Asian America.
Lava Flow Threatens Century-Old Japanese-American Community - NBC News.com

Post-Typhoon Recovery Predicted to Continue "For Years" - NBC News.com

Thanks to Rotary International for making the reporting for my article in NBC News Asian America possible. The Philippines has come a long way after Typhoon Haiyan (aka Yolanda) but it still has a long way to go. Thanks to all who are helping with the recovery. Thanks to all who shared their stories and their time with me.

“We were housed in a proper building, but you could feel the walls shaking. By the end of the day, we didn’t have a roof," said Sumaylo.

“I was born in a storm path. I know storms. If all the banana trees are blown away, all are blown the same way,” explains heritage interpreter Ka Bino Guererro, “But there was not a single tree standing, even in the forested areas. The coconut trees fell in opposite ways, there was no pattern.”

Post-Typhoon Recovery Predicted to Continue "For Years" - NBC News.com

Voices of Chinese-American Veterans from WWII to Afghanistan - NBC News.com

my Q&A with Victoria Moy, author of oral history of Chinese American vets from WW2 to Afghanistan:

What changed for me that year at the parade was seeing veterans my own age. I wanted to understand how and why someone my age, from my community, would decide to serve. I saw older and younger Chinese American veterans coming together to pose for a photo. Phil Eng, a Korean War vet said, "We're four generations of Chinese American vets here! If you're a writer, you should write a book about us!"

Voices of Chinese-American Veterans from WWII to Afghanistan - NBC News.com

Refugee Daughter Returns Home With Climate Change Battle Plan - NBC News.com

My article for NBCNews Asian America about Tibetan American Brower Youth Award winner Tsechu Dolma: #tibet #nepal #mustang #climatechange #sustainability

“Communities like Mustang have existed for centuries,” said Dolma, “It has a very rich history. These communities are vulnerable and endangered by the effects of climate change. The only way these communities can move forward is if we build sustainable models of local ownership and expansion of community rights over resources.”

Refugee Daughter Returns Home With Climate Change Battle Plan - NBC News.com

Mobile Library Brings Back Books to Typhoon-Affected Children - NBC News.com

My article for NBC News Asian America

“A sparkly, Pinoy-pride colored light bulb,” is how Filipina-American teacherMarcie Dunham describes her initial idea for Beep Beep Books. “Buy a jeepney. Fill it with books. Make learning magical. Inspire children.”

Mobile Library Brings Back Books to Typhoon-Affected Children - NBC News.com

Postponing launch of Third Space Salon

Sorry all, postponing launch until spring. But remember this name and this space! 

Third Space Salon is an Asian/Pacific Islander American (A/PIA) literary and performing arts nonprofit dedicated to creating community, celebrating the arts, with a side of cultural and educational exchange.

http://www.franceskaihwawang.com/p/third-space-salon.html

Inaugural Literary Festival of the Indian Subcontinent

What an amazing literary festival--First Annual Indo American Arts Council Literary Festival--why do i always live so far away from everything?

Inaugural Literary Festival of the Indian Subcontinent

Teaching at WCC today

My friend The Poet challenges me to write again and finally, haltingly, in the writing class that I am supposed to be teaching today, it comes...

Terry Park's class today

Chatting online with Vanessa Teck for Terry Park's class at the University of Miami in Ohio today about the Vincent Chin case.

Check it out today at 2:30 https://plus.google.com/u/1/events/c3ve8o09i22r859ssll6jfec6r8

Group Releases Preliminary Results of Asian-American Exit Polls - NBC News.com

My article at NBC News Asian America on AALDEF's 2014 Asian American Exit Poll preliminary results

"Asian-American voters continued to support Democratic candidates in 2014, but their support has declined since the 2012 presidential election,” said Margaret Fung, Executive Director of Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF).

Group Releases Preliminary Results of Asian-American Exit Polls - NBC News.com

Nakedness in a Digital Age

LOVE Richard Rodriguez! I followed him--floated out after him, really--once out of lecture hall and out to the subway...and then i wrote to him about it afterwards...and he didn't find me completely insane, lol. No better writing teacher than reading this piece. How does he do it?

"You will recall that when King Lear takes off his clothes, he offends majesty. The scandal of Lear’s abrogation is that, without raiment, a king is a frail, poor creature, indistinguishable from a groundling; his kingdom is disarmed."

Nakedness in a Digital Age

Tibetan Photographer Shares Lonely Stories of Fellow Exiles - NBC News.com

beautiful lonely photos...

 "The great tragedy of my life is not being separated from my family, but being separated from the sensibility of missing them, after living without them for decades." 

Tibetan Photographer Shares Lonely Stories of Fellow Exiles - NBC News.com

Here's Why Pho Is Really Pronounced 'Fuh'

Here's Why Pho Is Really Pronounced 'Fuh'

Legal Group Mobilizing Monitors, Exit Pollsters Across America - NBC News.com

my article for nbc news asian america

“Mainstream media mostly ignored Asian American voters and did not do surveys in Asian languages. But now that Asian Americans are the fastest-growing racial group in the country, elected officials and candidates in close races can't ignore the Asian-American vote any longer."

Legal Group Mobilizing Monitors, Exit Pollsters Across America - NBC News.com

Asian-American Groups Tackle Language Barriers to Get Out Vote - NBC News.com

My article for NBC News Asian America

“Why are we using 17 different languages?” asks Ahmed, “Because we are in Los Angeles.”

Asian-American Groups Tackle Language Barriers to Get Out Vote - NBC News.com

Also, for any registered voter who might have difficulty with English, you can bring a helper!

Section 208 of the Voting Rights Act, added in 1982 by Congress, allows any eligible voter who needs assistance at the polls because of blindness, disability, or inability to read or write to bring a person of his or her choice into the voting booth to assist with the voting process.

Writing Classes at WCC Today

Teaching today. Lots of activists in my "jumpstart your memoir" class this am. Still time for you to join our afternoon class "writing with style finding your voice"