Archive for the ‘Youth’ Category
Last Saturday I went to check out the Mid-Autumn Festival organized by Asian Americans United and the Philadelphia Folklore Project. The first time I had heard about this event was several years ago through my involvment with the Detroit Asian Youth Project and our efforts to engage youth with cultural arts and activism. There’s a [...]
I was in Michigan last weekend for a short visit and a knee docter appointment (which I’m happy to report that I passed with flying colors!). Driving through the barren, calming roads of Detroit was a stark contrast to the fast-paced congestion of Manhattan. Most of all, it reminded me that there are many blog [...]
A recent statement released by the Committee to Support the Xiong Family to increase support for their organizing efforts surrounding the Chonburi Xiong incident: Hmong Teen Killed by Police: Community Responses to Police Violence and Harassment in Warren and the Greater Detroit Area. Since the fatal shooting of Hmong teenager, Chonburi Xiong, by Warren, Michigan [...]
Not much time to develop this entry, but I wanted to share an update regarding the Xiong memorial. This week’s MetroTimes published a well-balanced article on last Saturday’s Memorial and Community Assembly for Chonburi Xiong. As a side note, I wasn’t at all keen on the title, “Hmong and Restless”, that they used for the [...]
Here is the latest regarding the death of a Hmong youth by police in Warren, Michigan. A memorial and community assembly event is planned for Chonburi Xiong, young victim of a brutal police shooting. The ad-hoc committee that has been organizing support for the Xiong family also sent a press release that generated a lot [...]
As of late, the media has been covering several incidents of violence against people of color at the hands of the police. For those in the Michigan area, the story of Chonburi Xiong, who was shot 27 times by Warren police, is still under the radar among many people in the community, in addtion to [...]
My friend shared this article/blog post about revolunationary childcare with me recently. It is an exciting initiative in NYC that has very similiar objectives and principles to the Dreamers Dream for Children group. Do folks know if there are other such groups in the country? Below is the vision statement for the NYC group, called [...]
On December 14, the Detroit Board of Education voted unanimously to allow FAME (Finding Alternatives to Military Enlistment) equal time to military recruiters in Detroit Public Schools. Though the efforts to counter military recruiters in urban areas and communities of color is far from over, this recent announcement is small victory! American Friends Service Committee [...]
I thought that working on grad school applications would take away from blogging. Instead, blogging has been a wonderful distraction to help me get through the painful application process. Lately the Detroit Asian Youth Project has been getting some great features in places like here and here! Being involved with this initiative has been a [...]
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