Stargazers: A Cracked Walnut poetry reading

Thanks for inviting me to be a part of
Stargazers: A Cracked Walnut reading,
Friday, June 22 at 7 PM – 8:30 PM, at
East Side Freedom Library, Saint Paul, Minnesota

Cracked Walnut presents an evening of original literature by local authors presented with the theme of “Stargazers” which they may use to alter their own reality as they see fit. This reading will feature Josh Brown, Emylisa Warrick, Riawa Thomas-Smith, Mike Finley, Frances Kai-Hwa Wang and Bryan Thao Worra. Hosted by Bryan Thao Worra. https://www.facebook.com/events/189864468502744/

Stargazers: A Cracked Walnut reading

And a report
Reading Report: Cracked Walnut’s “Stargazers,” June 22, 2018 – SPECPO

And pictures too

Asian American playwright Young Jean Lee makes Broadway history - Women’s Media Center

My article for on Korean American playwright Young Jean Lee in Women's Media Center!

Asian American playwright Young Jean Lee makes Broadway history - Women’s Media Center

Who Is Vincent Chin? The History and Relevance of a 1982 Killing

June 19, 2018...36 years ago now...

We're all in this together. A Vincent Chin Reader I put together for NBC Asian America last year

Who Is Vincent Chin? The History and Relevance of a 1982 Killing

"Racists are not very smart. Don’t count on them being able to tell any of us apart (not that that would make it ok). Don’t assume that you or your children or your elders are safe because you are not from that other group."

An interview I did with Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Los Angeles re Vincent Chin case last year that resonates painfully today

Q&A with Frances Kai-Hwa Wang | Asian Americans Advancing Justice - LA

Asian Heritage Street Celebration Newspaper by cccsanfrancisco - issuu

I curated the essays and poetry for "Without Walls," May 2018, Issue 1, published by Chinese Culture Center San Francisco with Tamiko Wong for San Francisco's Asian Heritage Street Celebration

Asian Heritage Street Celebration Newspaper by cccsanfrancisco - issuu

ONA Detroit Local Summit

Making new friends at ONA Detroit Local Summit! 

Writing with Style: Finding Your Voice WCC

We are Writing with Style today Saturday 6/2/2018 at this fun weekend workshop at Washtenaw Community College. Come join us! Bring a notebook and a pen (and a lunch!)

Writing with Style: Finding Your Voice - Washtenaw Community College Division of Economic & Community Development

Writing with Style: Finding Your Voice - Washtenaw Community College Division of Economic & Community Development

Write with me this Saturday 6/2 at this fun weekend workshop at Washtenaw Community College. Register now for just a few remaining seats! Bring a notebook and a pen (and a lunch!)

Writing with Style: Finding Your Voice - Washtenaw Community College Division of Economic & Community Development

The #WriteBackFightBack Twitter townhall

The #WriteBackFightBack Twitter townhall, inspired by the http://WriteBackFightBack.com/ essay series, is happening today, May 30, 2018, at 2pm EDT / 11am PDT, as the #WriteBackFightBack writers come together to talk about Asian American resistance to white supremacy!

Preparing Little Brother for a Mass Shooting – Reappropriate

My essay as part of the #writebackfightback series sponsored by 18MillionRising, Asian Americans Advancing Justice, and Reappropriate--from March 8

Preparing Little Brother for a Mass Shooting – Reappropriate

How Can We Make the MFA Workshop More Hospitable to Writers of Color? | Literary Hub

How Can We Make the MFA Workshop More Hospitable to Writers of Color? | Literary Hub

‘Describe Yourself Like a Male Author Would’ Is the Most Savage Twitter Thread in Ages

‘Describe Yourself Like a Male Author Would’ Is the Most Savage Twitter Thread in Ages

writing w style: food and family this sat at WCC

Fun new writing workshop w me, "writing w style: food and family," (the two best topics to write about), this sat April 7 9:30-3:30, at Washtenaw community college. A few spaces left, Register today!

https://washtenaw.augusoft.net/index.cfm?method=ClassInfo.ClassInformation&int_class_id=16997&int_category_id=3&int_sub_category_id=49&int_catalog_id=0

Speaking at Detroit's 15th Annual Images and Perceptions Diversity Conference

Speaking at Detroit's 15th Annual Images and Perceptions Diversity Conference on April 19 at Ford Community and Performing Arts Center, Dearborn

Look how much fun I had at MAASU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paxgrsRE12M

Giving the Keynote today at MAASU at OSU

Speaking today at the Historical Society of Michigan on Vincent Chin case

Updates

This website is in the middle of being updated so... Here are some of my recent articles:

Why Are Asian American Women Still Inaccurately Portrayed on TV?

AlterNet-Mar 10, 2018

Hawaiian language finds new prominence in Hawaii's courts ...

NBCNews.com-Feb 28, 2018

After the recall , Ka'eo said he felt the judge did not understand the movement to revitalize the Hawaiian language, NBC affiliate Hawaii News Now reported. "This is not just about language,” Ka'eo reportedly said. “This is a larger questions in which Hawaiians have been struggling to become visible within Hawaii and the ...

Asian Americans and the food justice movement in metro-Detroit
https://www.detroitjournalism.org/2018/02/20/asian-americans-food-justice-movement-metro-detroit-adding-complexity-making-connections/
Reprinted in these New Michigan Media publications: http://newmichiganmedia.com/meet-the-publishers/

Newsrooms should be more diverse, even ours

UConn Daily Campus-Feb 15, 2018

Last Thursday, the University of Connecticut Department of Journalism invited three professional journalists to speak on a panel titled “Confronting Racism in Journalism” in Wilbur Cross. The panelists were Frances Kai-Hwa Wang, essayist for “NBC AsianAmerica” and a contributor to Public Radio International; Helen ...

Professional journalists talk race representation in the media

UConn Daily Campus-Feb 9, 2018

The event hosted Frances Kai-Hwa Wang, essayist for NBC News: Asian America and contributor to Public Radio International; Helen Ubinas, columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer and Hartford Courant's first Latina news columnist; and Kevin Blackistone, columnist for The Washington Post and commentator on ESPN's ...

Speaking at Univ of Minnesota Feb 20

http://aapress.com/community/u-of-mn-asian-american-studies-events-calendar/

Becoming an Asian American Badass feat. Frances Kai-Hwa Wang

Appleby Hall 311

Tired of the BS and ready for the Badass? Subject to all sorts of competing—and often conflicting—expectations and pressures about who we are, who we ought to be, and what we could be, it can be hard to figure out how to be Asian, American, Asian American,…oneself? It is not enough to talk about race, it is not enough to talk about gender, it is not enough to talk about the scars of our high expectations tiger parents. Yet we have so many badass role models and superheroes in our community, showing us how to be true to ourselves and a fierce advocate for our communities. How do we cultivate an Asian American identity that works for us as we move through our many different communities and how do we carry our art and activism forward into life after school?

Refreshments will be provided!​

Please RSVP at z.umn.edu/badass
https://www.facebook.com/events/140019590027759/

February 20
5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Asian American Resistance & Creative ClapbacksRapson Hall 100

Join the Asian Pacific American Resource Center for our Spring Speaker!
Using Asian American stereotypes in the media as an easy and visual entry point into Asian American history, we will examine connections between Asian American media stereotypes, historical anxieties, and what contemporary Asian American creatives are doing to clap back. This history of resistance is more relevant than ever today in this time of Islamophobia, anti-immigrant sentiment, Black Lives Matter, and “fake news.” The challenge is to become critical readers, savvy media consumers, and activist content creators.
Please RSVP at z.umn.edu/APARCspeaker
Doors open at 5 p.m.

For more information on these and other events call 612-625-4813 or visit www.cla.umn.edu/asianamerican and on FACEBOOK.

Confronting Racism as Journalists at UConn

Today! Speaking on a cool panel at University of Connecticut on Thursday, Feb. 8, 5:00 pm

RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/339772666506854

Ypsilanti District Library Chinese Lunar New Year Festival

Chinese Lunar New Year Festival

Saturday, February 10, 2018

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

YDL-Whittaker Community Meeting Room

Topic

Family

Contact

jkrahnke@ypsilibrary.org

734 482-4110 x1340

Department

Whittaker Youth

Link

http://ems.ypsilibrary.org/MasterCalendar/EventDetails.aspx?EventDetailId=6899

The Lunar Festival marks the beginning of spring. Join Frances Kai-Hwa Wang and learn about New Year traditions and see a performance from the Ann Arbor Chinese Center's Yo-Yo Troupe!

Audience

Family

Event Detail

The Lunar Festival marks the beginning of spring. Join Frances Kai-Hwa Wang and learn about the terrible Nian monster that comes out on New Year's Even, the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac, the luckiest way to clean and decorate your house for the New Year, and see the Chinese Yo-Yo Troupe from the Ann Arbor Chinese Center of Michigan perform!

Master Calendar - Event Details