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.