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.

Class Cancelled: Telling the Stories of Your Life through Food today

Cancelled

Telling the Stories of Your Life through Food

3 Saturdays, March 8, March 22, 2025- 10am-12pm EDT/EST, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Class: ABCs of Getting Published today and tomorrow

 ABCs of Getting Published rescheduled

Sat Mar 1 10am-12pm to Sun Mar 2 10am-12pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

2 Articles re MI maternal and infant health and Ypsi farmers and gardeners oral history project

My two articles published today at PBS News Hour

In Michigan, a push to make pregnancy and childbirth safer for people of color | PBS News

Michigan advocates are working to make pregnancy and childbirth safer and more equitable for communities of color.

This Michigan project celebrates the rich history of community farmers and gardeners | PBS News

A Michigan oral history project is collecting the stories of farmers and gardeners from working class communities and communities of color.

Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame to Induct 11 Members

Congratulations to these incredible journalists!

More at https://www.michiganmedia.com/2025/02/28/the-michigan-journalism-hall-of-fame-names-11-new-inductees 

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2025/02/27/michigan-journalism-hall-of-fame-class-of-2025-freep-inductees/80525752007/

https://www.crainsdetroit.com/media-marketing/cindy-goodaker-named-michigan-journalism-hall-fame

February 26, 2025

Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame to Induct 11 Members

EAST LANSING, Michigan —11 outstanding journalists will be inducted into the 2025 class of the Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame.

This year’s inductees have made significant, sustained contributions to journalism in Michigan.

They are:

Cynthia Canty, Michigan radio storyteller Alex Cruden, elevated readers and editing

Kirt Dozier, sports photographer and mentor

John Flesher, environmental journalist

Cindy Goodaker, dedicated to the news of business

Daymon J. Hartley, social issues photojournalist

Dorothy Jurney, took women's news mainstream

Keith Owens, politics and music journalist

Pat Rencher, advocate for older readers’ health

Jam Sardar, launchpad for TV stories and careers

David Zeman, editor of high-impact journalism

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 elevated Michigan journalism. Induction memorializes extraordinary and clearly outstanding careers.

The 2025 Hall of Fame class will be honored at a banquet on April 13, 2025, at the Kellogg Center in East Lansing. Details about registrations and opportunities for tax-deductible sponsorships and ads are available on the Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame website: https://mijournalismhalloffame.org . Questions may be directed to Betsy DeSantis at 517-353-6431 or email at desant39@msu.edu .

Co-sponsors of the Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame are the Michigan chapter of the Asian American Journalists Association; the Detroit chapter of the Association for Women in Communications; Central Michigan University’s Department of Journalism; the Detroit chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists; the Detroit and Mid-Michigan chapters of the Society of Professional Journalists; the Detroit Press Club; Wayne State University’s Journalism Program; the Michigan Association of Broadcasters; and the School of Journalism, Michigan State University.

MSU’s School of Journalism has been the home of the Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame since 1985, reprising the Michigan Newspaper Hall of Fame, which became dormant in 1968. The Michigan Press Association and the MSU School of Journalism established the original Michigan Newspaper Hall of Fame in 1952.

Guest Speaker on journalism at Tufts University today

Guest Speaker on journalism at Tufts University w Ravi Shankar's class today 

Wed., Feb 26, 2025, 6:30-8:00pm EDT (Private class)

Speaking today at Writeability Guild on writing with humor

Guest Presenter on writing with humor at a Literary Picnic with Katey Schultz's Monthly Mentorship and WRITEABILITY Guild writing students. Tuesday, February 18, 7-830pm, Zoom (Private class)

Essay: Lunar New Year celebrations and birthright citizenship are American traditions

Lunar New Year celebrations and birthright citizenship are American traditions | 1990 Institute Vol 5 Issue 2  

Newsletter: https://1990institute.salsalabs.org/1990newsletter_vol5_issue2

Talk: Celebrating Lunar New Year in A2 at U-M Museum of Natural History Planetarium today

Celebrating Lunar New Year with University of Michigan Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

February 8, 12:00 pm, U-M Museum of Natural History Planetarium and Dome Theater, 1105 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, Tickets $8 and available on the day of the show at the Museum Store.
https://ii.umich.edu/.../events.../116977-21866364.html

Class: Continuing Writing Workshop: Finding the Writer Within starting today

Continuing Writing Workshop: Finding the Writer Within starting today at WCC

10 Sundays, February 2 – April 6, 2025, 12pm-2pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Poetry Reading Next Chapter Books, Detroit, January 30

Thanks to Next Chapter Books in Detroit for hosting us for an evening of poetry to celebrate the lunar new year on Thursday, January 30, 2025, 6:30pm. Come join us! with the great Kyunghee Kim, Bryan Thao Worra, Sherina Rodriguez Sharpe, and Kamelya Omayma Youssef and of course the amazing food of Gajiza Dumplins

Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame selection committee

Very excited to be joining The Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame selection committee as the Asian American Journalists Association representative! (helping two nonprofits at the same time, so efficient:) 

Looking forward to learning more about the great journalists around our state and this organization that has been honoring journalists since 1952 when it was the Michigan Newspaper Hall of Fame.

https://mijournalismhalloffame.org/

Searching for co-existence: Overtourism in South Korea’s Bukchon Hanok Village | KITV

So glad to be a part of editing this fascinating story by the great Lia Kamanā TV. thanks to the East-West Center for the opportunity.

Searching for co-existence: Overtourism in South Korea’s Bukchon Hanok Village | KITV

https://www.kitv.com/news/top-stories/searching-for-co-existence-overtourism-in-south-korea-s-bukchon-hanok-village/article_d3d21446-bca1-11ef-ac01-3794c69a7d55.html

Write with me this winter at Washtenaw Community College

Come write with me this winter at Washtenaw Community College. On Zoom so bring your friends!

Chinese New Year's Traditions, Stories and Food
1 Saturday, January 25, 2025, 10am-12pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Continuing Writing Workshop: Finding the Writer Within
10 Sundays, February 2 – April 6, 2025, 12pm-2pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

The ABCs of Getting Published RESCHEDULED
2 Saturdays, February 22 - March 1, 2025,10am-12pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Telling the Stories of Your Life through Food
3 Saturdays, March 8, March 22, 2025- 10am-12pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

https://washtenaw.augusoft.net/index.cfm?method=ClassListing.ClassListingDisplay&int_category_id=3&int_sub_category_id=49&int_catalog_id=1

Newsletter What Asian American and Pacific Islander books are you buying this holiday season? | 1990 Institute

My annual round up of interesting Asian American and Pacific Islander books published this year.

I also love buying books for the holidays. So as much as my kids complain about being gifted books for every occasion, I want to share my annual round up of interesting Asian American and Pacific Islander books published this year. (Friends and family, do not look if you want to be surprised). Thanks to my many writer friends who helped me with this year’s list – Bryan Thao Worra, Ravi Shankar, Lakshmi Gandhi, Lia Kamana, May-lee Chai, and our own Stephanie Ming. What books would you add?

https://1990institute.salsalabs.org/1990newsletter_vol4_issue12?wvpId=3472bc42-b4b5-46d4-8347-f928d14e9f4f

ARTICLE: In Dearborn, Arab and Muslim Americans share their hopes and fears for a new president | PBS News Hour

As leaders reflect on the election outcome and what happens next, we asked Muslim and Arab American voters about how they felt after the election.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/in-dearborn-arab-and-muslim-americans-share-their-hopes-and-fears-for-a-new-president

Wayne State University Press Made in Michigan Writers Series News

Wayne State University Press announcement re some exciting changes to the Made in Michigan Writers Series! With thanks to the outgoing editors, Michael Delp and M. L. Liebler, for their support of the Made in Michigan Writers Series and the Michigan literary community.

For the full press release: https://bit.ly/4hL4bM2

ARTICLE Michigan Muslim leaders are split on presidential endorsements | PBS News Hour

More than 310,000 people of Middle Eastern or North African (MENA) ancestry call Michigan home, according to 2020 census data, and there are more than 200,000 Muslim American voters in the state, according to Emgage, including many Asian, Arab, and…

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/live-update/election-news-2024/michigan-muslim-leaders-are-split-on-presidential-endorsements

ARTICLE: Split on who to support, Muslim and Arab American leaders give a range of endorsements — or none at all | PBS News Hour

For many Muslim and Arab Americans, Israel’s wars in Gaza, Lebanon, and the wider Middle East are personal, and so is this election.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/split-on-who-to-support-muslim-and-arab-american-leaders-give-a-range-of-endorsements-or-none-at-all

ARTICLE: How Asian Americans are filling the gaps in care for their elderly parents | PBS News Hour

Almost two-thirds of Asian American and Pacific Islander caregivers felt that they did not have a choice in becoming a caregiver, according to the AARP. These groups are trying to offer more culturally competent resources to their communities.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/how-asian-americans-are-filling-the-gaps-in-care-for-their-elderly-parents