2017-STATE-HISTORY-AWARDS-PRESENTED-IN-HOLLAND-MICHIGAN.pdf

from 2017

2017-STATE-HISTORY-AWARDS-PRESENTED-IN-HOLLAND-MICHIGAN.pdf

College Application Essay Writing Workshop with Frances Kai-Hwa Wang - Chelsea District Library

College Application Essay Writing Workshop with Frances Kai-Hwa Wang

September 26, 2020, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm EDT

Chelsea District Library at Zoom

Free

Join presenter and multi-award-winning writer Frances Kai-Hwa Wang for a workshop on how to craft the best entrance essays for admission to college. She’ll explain the finer details of drafting and editing, and give tips and tricks for the best outcomes.

Registration link http://chelsea.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=15691&backTo=Calendar&startDate=2020/09/18



College Essay Writing Workshop with Frances Kai-Hwa Wang - Chelsea District Library

Speaking this Sunday | Culinary Historians of Ann Arbor

I'll be speaking on "Chinese Food: Customs and Culture" at Culinary Historians of Ann Arbor (on Zoom) this Sunday, September 20, 2020, 3-4 p.m. EDT if you want to come along

Registration link  https://bit.ly/2RpZkoH

Program Schedule | Culinary Historians of Ann Arbor

Back to School WCC Fall 2020

Happy Back to School! I'm scheduled to teach these classes at WCC this fall, starting in October. All courses will be online, so everyone is welcome, wherever you live. Emeritus scholarships for Washtenaw County residents 65 and over. 

Searching for General Tso

Asian Pacific American History

Chinese Food: Customs and Culture

Telling the Stories of Your Life

Ethical Wills: Writing a Love Letter to Your Family

Writing from the Heart

Continuing Writing Workshop: Finding the Writer Within

Chinese Language and Culture

For dates, details, and registration

https://washtenaw.augusoft.net/index.cfm?fuseaction=1010&catalogid=1

Video: Poetry reading at Poets and Pints in Minneapolis

 Here is the video of my poetry reading at Poets and Pints in Minneapolis August 19, 2020

https://youtu.be/B6IA7bcZwh4

Video: SPJ panel discussion on Improving Coverage of Communities of Color

Here is the video of the Society of Professional Journalists panel discussion I was on, "Media Trust Webinar Series for College Students #2: Improving Coverage of Communities of Color," on August 5, 2020. Thanks Rod Hicks for organizing!

https://youtu.be/C0H2nrz8EC8

My August WCC creative writing courses online

Two of my August WCC noncredit creative writing courses are running online

Finding the Writer Within (Five Sundays, Aug 2-30) and Writing your family stories Finding your Voice (Two Saturdays Aug 22 and 29)

Next WCC writing courses begin in October. Check out

https://washtenaw.augusoft.net/index.cfm?fuseaction=1010&catalogid=1

Standing Above the Clouds | PBS Short Film Festival

Check out this film: Standing Above the Clouds follows Native Hawaiian mother-daughter activists as they stand to protect their sacred mountain Mauna Kea from the building of the world’s largest telescope.
Standing Above the Clouds | PBS Short Film Festival

Poetry Reading: August 2020 - Poets & Pints

Excited to be invited to share some poetry at Poets and Pints by Cracked Walnut. Wednesday, August 19, 2020 at 7 PM – 10 PM CDT (8pm EDT, 5pm PDT, 2pm HST). And there is an open mic too!

Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81862003356?pwd=SzU5blluKzVkQ3dMZFpHOThjZzNCZz09
Host: Tony Plocido
Featuring:
Leah Fleming Megan Rose Gosney Frances Kai-Hwa Wang Roy Guzmán Glenn North (from KC, MO)
OPEN MIC SIGN-UP HERE (1 Poem - 2 minutes or less):
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10Y_miT_TZHIV5UpUQTyw0WjYgTYO2Umy0dNVewMma3g/edit#gid=0

Facebook Events Page: (3) August 2020 - Poets & Pints

Media Trust Webinar Series for College Students - Society of Professional Journalists

Excited to be a part of this workshop series for college journalism students from Society of Professional Journalists. Thanks to Rod Hicks for inviting me. I'll be on the 8/4 panel

August 4, 2-3 p.m. ET • Register 

Improving coverage of communities of color

The Kerner Report in 1968 found news organizations had failed to meet the “legitimate” journalistic expectations of black citizens that their communities be fairly and thoroughly covered. Coverage still fails to depict a realistic picture of how people of color live their lives, with much of it focused on crime and an array of social and economic ills that afflict their communities. For decades, journalists of color have raised these issues and suggested ways to address them. Some newsroom managers finally appear to be listening.
Guests:
– Katrice Hardy, Executive Editor, Indianapolis Star– Frances Kai-Hwa Wang, journalist, essayist and speaker– Venise Wagner, Journalism Professor, San Francisco State University– Bryan Llenas, National Correspondent, Fox News Channel

More info and Register here

Media Trust Webinar Series for College Students - Society of Professional Journalists

How to Become a Thought Leader - Business News Daily

How to Become a Thought Leader - Business News Daily

WCC no in-person classes Fall 2020

Washtenaw Community College has just announced no in-person classes this fall, so some of my lifelong learning classes will try to go online (if there is enough enrollment) and others will be cancelled. My cooking classes are all cancelled. My Adult Learner's Institute culture classes are also cancelled.

Town Hall: In Solidarity with Justice Movements - Asian American Arts Alliance

Excited to be invited to be a part of this Asian American Arts Alliance Town Hall meeting on Asian American arts in activism...for a quick one minute pitch of my Knights Art Challenge Detroit Vincent Chin Digital Arts Archive on July 21, 2020, 6:30-8:15 pm EDT.

Town Hall: In Solidarity with Justice Movements - Asian American Arts Alliance

Muralist Katie Yamasaki Explores Issues of Race and Justice in Her Work

My article on the great Katie Yamasaki in the June issue of Hour Detroit! Look out for the (paper) magazine, too!

Muralist Katie Yamasaki Explores Issues of Race and Justice in Her Work

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

Remembering 38 year anniversary of Vincent Chin's death today.

Here is a Vincent Chin syllabus of sorts I wrote a few years ago, pls share widely w your people. My article at NBC Asian America:Who Is Vincent Chin? The History and Relevance of a 1982 Killing

More Voices: Who Is Vincent Chin? | NBC Asian America - YouTube

Today: Speaking at NAAAP Detroit on "Racism is a Virus Too -- Talking our kids through 2020"

Today: Will be speaking at NAAAP Detroit on "Racism is a Virus Too -- Talking our kids through 2020" Tues., June 23, 6:00-7:30 pm EDT/ 3:00 PDT/ 12:00 HST on Zoom. Event is free but you must preregister. Here is the Registration link: https://bit.ly/30HnSQ1

Angry Asian American Parenting Guide and more resources

Very excited to be invited by NAAAP Detroit to speak on "Racism is a Virus Too -- Talking our kids through 2020" next Tues., June 23, 6:00-7:30 pm EDT/ 3:00 PDT/ 12:00 HST on Zoom. Event is free but you must preregister. Here is the Registration link: https://bit.ly/30HnSQ1

And until then, here are some resources I have written (Apologies, some of these are very old, but I put newer ones at the top.)

Angry Asian American Parenting Guide

How to Raise Strong and Confident Asian Pacific American Daughters | InCultureParent

Preparing Little Brother for a Mass Shooting – Reappropriate

Essay: With Great Privilege Comes Great Responsibility

Lessons I do not want to teach my children–about Dharun Ravi, Trayvon Martin, Shaima Alawadi | InCultureParent

Chicago is the World » Justice for Trayvon, Justice for all our children

Preparing our Children for Racism — Part 1 | InCultureParent

Preparing our Children for Racism, Part 2 | InCultureParent

Why Diversity in Children's Books Matters | InCultureParent


Archives for more:

Essays Frances Kai-Hwa Wang: Essays

InCultureParent frances-kai-hwa-wang Archives | InCultureParent

Upcoming Summer classes 2020 at WCC

My June and July classes at WCC, UHH, and VAC have all been cancelled due to Covid19, but here are my remaining summer classes at WCC. I believe these will be online, or they may be cancelled, ,check with WCC when the time gets closer to be sure.  
https://www.wccnet.edu/learn/our-offerings/personal-enrichment.php

Finding the Writer Within (New! Not in the paper catalogue)
Washtenaw Community College
Online 5 Sundays August 2-30, 12-2pm

Writing with Style, Finding your Voice
Online 2 Saturdays, August 22-29, 2020, 9:30-12:30pm, two morning sessions, TBA
Washtenaw Community College

Jumpstart your College Application Essay
Online 2 Saturdays, August 22-29, 2020, 1-4pm, two afternoon sessions, TBA
Washtenaw Community College

Chinese Home Cooking: TBA ??
Thursday, August 20, 2020, 6-9pm
Dixboro Church, Washtenaw Community College

Chinese Home Cooking: TBA ??
Thursday, August 27, 2020, 6-9pm
Dixboro Church, Washtenaw Community College

Anti Racist Guide: 40 TV Series, Documentaries, TED Talks, Movies and Books to Read

great resources here

Anti Racist Guide: 40 TV Series, Documentaries, TED Talks, Movies and Books to Read

Video recording of yesterday's reading with NYWW APWT

recording of yesterday's reading w New York Writers Workshop and Asia Pacific Writers & Translators (APWT) thanks friends for coming out
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=712625769490577