Upcoming

Winter 2024

Introduction to Publishing
2 Saturdays, Jan 20-27, 2024, 10am-12pm EST, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Finding the Writer Within Continuing Writers Workshop
10 Sundays, Feb 18-Apr 28, 2024, 12-2pm EST, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Telling the Stories of your Life through Food
3 Saturdays, Mar 9-23, 2024, 10am-12pm EST, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Guest Lecture Hawaii Sovereignty
Asian/Pacific Islander American Civil Rights, University of Michigan Dept of American Culture
Mon., March 18, 2024, 10-11:20am EDT

Midwest Asian Pacific Islander Desi American Students Union (MAASU) 
3 workshops: Writing to Save the World and Hawaiian Sovereignty
Sat., April 6, 2024, University of Michigan

Washtenaw Community College Free College Week April 8-13, 2024

Zilka Joseph Sweet Malida Booklaunch! Reading with Zilka Joseph at Booksweet
Friday, April 12, 2024, 7:00 pm, Booksweet, Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor

University of Michigan Asian American and Pacific Islander graduation celebration keynote
Fri, May 3, 2024, University of Michigan

APA Heritage Month Poetry Reading with friends at Next Chapter Books, Detroit, May 2024

Keynote speaker at Michigan Asian Pacific American Conference (for high schoolers), Canton High School, Sat., May 25, 2024

Asian American writing workshop with Chien-An Yuan and Kyunghee Kim, Ann Arbor District Library, Sun., June 23, 2024


Spring/Summer 2024

Finding the Writer Within Continuing Writers Workshop (Spring)
5 Sundays, May 5-Jun 9, 2024, 12-2pm EST, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Creative Nonfiction Writing Workshop
3 Saturdays, May 4-18, 2024, 10am-12pm EST, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Writing to Save the World
2 Saturdays, June 1-15, 2024, 10am-12pm EST, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Finding the Writer Within Continuing Writers Workshop (Summer)
5 Sundays, July 28-Aug 25, 2024, 12-2pm EST, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom 

Writing with Style, Finding your Voice
2 Saturdays, August 17, 24, 2024, 10am -12pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College

Fall 2024

Chinese Mid-Autumn Moon Festival
Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024, 10am-12pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Introduction to Magazine Writing
2 Saturdays, Sept. 21-28, 2024, 10am-12pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Finding the Writer Within Continuing Writers Workshop
8 Sundays, Sept 29 - Nov. 17, 2024, 12-2pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Writing from the Heart
3 Sats, Oct 5 - 19, 2024, 10am-12pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Jumpstart your Memoir
3 Sats, Nov 2 - 16, 2023, 10am-12pm EST, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Winter 2025

Spring/Summer 2025


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Fall 2023

Secrets of Publishing Panel with authors Susan Shapiro, Aaron Foley, and Frances Kai-Hwa Wang, Sept. 20, 2023, 7:00pm - 8:00pm, Sidetrack Bookshop, Royal Oak, MI, in person 

Matwaala Asian American Poetry Reading
Sept. 28, 2023, Zoom  https://www.matwaala.com/

Introduction to Publishing
2 Saturdays, Sept 16-23, 2023, 10am-12pm EST, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Finding the Writer Within Continuing Writers Workshop
10 Sundays, Oct 1 - Dec 10, 2023, 12-2pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Jumpstart your Memoir
3 Sats, Oct 7 - 21, 2023, 10am-12pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Skazat Poetry Reading
Tues., Oct. 24, 2023, 7:00-8:30pm, Sweetwaters Cafe, Ann Arbor downtown, in person https://www.facebook.com/skazat/

Writing Op-Eds or opinion essays
3 Sats, Nov 4 - 18, 2023, 10am-12pm EST, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Ethical or Legacy Wills -- Writing a Love Letter to your Family
3 Sats, Dec 2 - 16, 2023, 10am-12pm EST, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Spring 2023

Finding the Writer Within Continuing Writers Workshop
5 Sundays, May 7-Jun 11, 2023, 12-2pm EST, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

"Writing to Save the World: Academia" writing workshop
UM Rackham Graduate School Program in Public Scholarship Institute for Social Change
Tues., May 16, 2023, 3-4:30pm (private, in person)

Speaking: Kizuna Tree Panel: Storytelling as an Act of Resistance
Wednesday May 17, 2023: 6:00pm to 7:30pm, Ann Arbor District Library, Downtown 

IS/LAND Presents: Kizuna Tree
Saturday May 20, 2023: 6:00pm to 7:30pm, Ann Arbor District Library, Downtown 

Introduction to Magazine Writing
2 Saturdays, May 13-20, 2023, 10am-12pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Writing to Save the World
2 Saturdays, June 3-10, 2023, 10am-12pm EST, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Summer 2023

Storytelling and communities journalism with PBS NewsHour Interns
June 22, 2023 (private)

IS/LAND "Angel Island" (in development) 
New Works 2023, at Synapse Arts, Berger Park Cultural Center, Chicago
Friday June 23, 2023, 7pm, and Sat June 24, 2023, 7pm, with audience talk back afterwards

Finding the Writer Within Continuing Writers Workshop
5 Sundays, July 30-Aug 29, 2023, 12-2pm EST, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom ?

Finding your Voice, University of Hawaii Hilo, July 2023?

Writing with Style, Finding your Voice
2 Saturdays, August 19, 26, 2023, 10am -12pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College

Jumpstart your College Application Essay
2 Saturdays, August 19, 26, 2023, 1-3 pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College

Winter 2023

Guest Lecture APIA History and Heroes
Asian/Pacific Islander American Civil Rights, University of Michigan Dept of American Culture
Wed., Jan. 4, 2023 10-11:20am EST

Lunar New Year's Day with April Baer on Michigan Radio Stateside, Monday, Jan. 23, 2023
at the 12:30 mark
https://www.michiganradio.org/show/stateside/2022-03-29/stateside-tuesday-march-29-2022

Literati Poetry Reading with Carlina Duan, Kyunghee Kim, Zilka Joseph, Frances Kai-Hwa Wang
Mon., Jan 23, 2023, 6:30pm EST, in person

Finding the Writer Within Continuing Writers Workshop
10 Sundays, Jan 29-Apr 2, 2023, 12-2pm EST, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Telling the Stories of your Life through Food
3 Saturdays, Feb 4-18, 2023, 10am-12pm EST, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Creative Nonfiction Writing Workshop
3 Saturdays, Mar 4-18, 2023, 10am-12pm EST, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

The Institute for Independent Journalists Conference March 9-10, 2023
Introducing the moderator for “Picture perfect: succeeding as an independent photojournalist.”
The Institute for Independent Journalists

Guest Lecture Hawaii Sovereignty
Asian/Pacific Islander American Civil Rights, University of Michigan Dept of American Culture
Mon., March 20, 2023, 10-11:20am EDT

Washtenaw Community College (WCC) Free College Week 
Writing to Save the World (Mon Apr 3, Wed Apr 5, 6-7pm EDT)
Learn How to Publish in Magazines (Mon Apr 3, Wed Apr 5, 7-8pm EDT)
Jumpstart your memoir (Tues Apr 4, Thurs Apr 6, 6-7pm EDT)
ABC's of publishing in books (Tues Apr 4, Thurs Apr 6, 7-8pm EDT)

IS/LAND PRESENTS TETRA, Ann Arbor Art Center (A2AC), Ann Arbor, MI 
Evening, Sat., April 15, 2023, 7:00 pm, $10
Matinee, Sun., April 16, 2023, 2:00 pm, $8
Evening, Sat., April 22, 2023, 7:00 pm, $10
Matinee, Sun., April 23, 2023, 2:00 pm, $8

Introduction to Publishing
2 Saturdays, Apr 22-29, 2023, 10am-12pm EST, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

IS/LAND Lost Constellation at Asian American Women Artists Association 
JADE WAVE RISING: PORTRAITS OF POWER
SOMArts, San Francisco
Opening Thursday, April 27, 2023 at 6pm (dancers live)
Exhibit: Video April - May, 2023 (video recording)
Fall 2022

Rescheduled
Wayne State University Press spring 2022 Publishing Symposium
Wednesday, Sept 14, 2022, 9:30 am -11:30 am EDT
I'll be speaking on copyediting and cover design for my book at 10:15

Book Signing at Kerrytown Bookfest Sun Sept 18 1:30pm at the Wayne State University Press table (Booth #32). Kerrytown BookFest is back, Sunday Sept 18, 2022, 10:30 am - 4:30 pm, in person at Washtenaw Community College (WCC) Morris J. Lawrence Building (not farmer’s market). https://www.ktbookfest.org/2022-schedule.

"Won't you celebrate with me: An Evening of Poetry and Prose," Virtual Zoom reading from “Nonwhite and Woman—131 Micro Essays on Being in the World” book anthology launch reading, on Thursday, September 22, 2022, 6-8 pm EDT, hosted by the Creative Writing Program at Diné College, on Zoom. In addition to the reading, we'll discuss the micro narrative form and how it feels to be telling our stories and Q&A. Open to the public, but pre-registration is required.

Speaking on panel re publishing, Secrets of Publishing Panel with literary agent Justin Brouckaert, authors Aaron Foley and Frances Kai-Hwa, and moderated by author Susan Shapiro at Sidetrack Bookshop in Royal Oak, Friday, September 23, 2022, 7:00pm to 8:00pm, 325 S. Washington, Royal Oak, MI 48067-3822, in person.

Jumpstart your Memoir
3 Sats, Oct 1 - 15, 2022, 10am-12pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Finding the Writer Within Continuing Writers Workshop
10 Sundays, Oct 2 - Dec 11, 2022, 12-2pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

IS/LAND Presents: Invisible Embrace, Multimedia performance
Friday Oct 7, 2022: 6:30pm to 7:30pm, Ann Arbor District Library Downtown: Multi-Purpose Room

IS/LAND | Open Studio Rehearsal at Ann Arbor District Library
Friday, Oct 21, 2022: 6:00pm to 7:30pm, https://aadl.org/node/609036, open

Reading at Local Authors Night @ Booksweet bookstore on the northside of Ann Arbor featuring four local authors: Vicki Brett-Gach, Jihyun Yun, Ann S. Epstein, and Frances Kai-Hwa Wang, on Friday, October 21 from 7:30-9:00 pm EDT, 1729 Plymouth Rd, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105, in person, hopefully outside, weather permitting. They said there will be treats! This is a FREE event, but RSVP is very helpful to their planning.

IS/LAND | Open Studio Rehearsal at Ann Arbor District Library
Friday November 4, 2022: 6:00pm to 7:30pm, https://aadl.org/node/609036, open

Writing Op-Eds or opinion essays
3 Sats, Nov 5 - 19, 2022, 10am-12pm EST, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

A Lightning Talk Workshop: Language and Identities, Univ of Michigan Language Matters Initiative, Mon Nov 7, 5:30 pm EST, in person, Univ of Michigan 268 Weiser Hall, Ann Arbor

SFSU Pathways to Publication, Thurs, Nov 10, 10pm EST/ 7pm PST, Zoom, with Kao Kalia Yang, Ruben Quesada, Joan Gelfand, and Prof. May-lee Chai

IS/LAND | Open Studio Rehearsal at Ann Arbor District Library
Friday November 18, 2022: 6:00pm to 7:30pm, https://aadl.org/node/609036, private

IS/LAND | Open Studio Rehearsal at Ann Arbor District Library
Friday Dec 2, 2022: 6:00pm to 7:30pm, https://aadl.org/node/609036, open

Ethical or Legacy Wills -- Writing a Love Letter to your Family
3 Sats, Dec 3 - 17, 2022, 10am-12pm EST, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

To MFA or Not to MFA Panel discussion with Room Project, hosted by Anna Clark 
Mon., Dec 12, 8pm EST, Zoom, bit.ly/mfa-convo

IS/LAND | Open Studio Rehearsal at Ann Arbor District Library
Friday Dec 16, 2022: 6:00pm to 7:30pm, https://aadl.org/node/609036, private

Spring 2022

Finding the Writer Within Continuing Writers Workshop
5 Sundays, May 1-Jun 5, 2022, 12-2pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Pages Bookshop Author Event
Tuesday, May 3, 2022, 6:00 pm EDT, in person
19560 Grand River Avenue, Detroit, MI 48223
https://www.pagesbkshop.com/event/2022-05

A Virtual Book Talk with Katherine Reynolds Lewis and Frances Kai-Hwa Wang about  You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair Is in Braids on Zoom
Martin Luther King Jr Library, Washington DC Libraries (Thanks Ryan Williams)
Wed, May 4, 2022, 7:00 - 8:00 pm EDT Zoom

Where are you from? Where are you really from? 150 years of Asian Americans in Michigan 1872-2022
Michigan Asian Pacific American Advisory Commission (MAPAAC) Virtual Literary Reading 
Thurs., May 5, 2022, 4-6pm EDT, Zoom
Direct registration link bit.ly/3Mgy32j
Order our books from 27th Letter Books, an Asian American owned bookstore in Detroit: https://www.27thletterbooks.com/event/where-are-you-where-are-you-really-150-years-asian-americans-michigan 

Film Discussion | Who Killed Vincent Chin?
Saturday May 7, 2022: 5:00pm to 6:00pm EDT
AADL.TV
Author and community member Frances Kai-Hwa Wang joins AADL staff to discuss the documentary 1989 Who Killed Vincent Chin? She will provide background information about this anti-Asian American hate crime that happened in Detroit in 1981 and connect it to violence against Asian American people today.
An in-person screening of this film will occur on Tuesday, May 3rd at the Downtown Library. A virtual screening will also take place immediately prior to this event at 3:00pm EDT.
https://aadl.org/node/577840

Book Discussion | Katie Yamasaki
Wednesday May 11, 2022: 5:00pm to 6:00pm EDT
AADL.TV
Muralist and picture book creator Katie Yamasaki has created lavishly illustrated tales on the themes of diversity, resilience, and the impact of mass incarceration on communities. Frances Kai-Hwa Wang and AADL staff discuss three of her works for children: Fish for Jimmy, When the Cousins Came, and Everything Naomi Loved.
https://aadl.org/node/577842

Book Reading at EPA on Zoom -- Private event
Virtual Poetry Reading: You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair is in Braids
May 10, 2022 TBA

Facebook Live Virtual Book Talk with Frances Kai-Hwa Wang and Katherine Reynolds Lewis
Virtual Poetry Reading: You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair is in Braids
Friday May 13, 2022, 1-2pm EDT
Facebook Live

Sowing Aunties art installation and poem
Matthaei Botanical Gardens 100th anniversary community art exhibit: Time in the Garden: A moment. A season. A century
Matthei Botanical Gardens, Sat. May 21 to Sun June 26, 2022 
https://mbgna.umich.edu/peony-100/
https://mbgna.umich.edu/event/call-for-artists-time-in-the-garden-community-art-exhibit/


Mott Community College Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Book Reading
Virtual Poetry Reading: You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair is in Braids
Thurs., May 26, 2022, Zoom, Private 2 sessions

Detroit Writing Room Book Club featuring Frances Kai-Hwa Wang for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
Virtual Poetry Reading: You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair is in Braids
Tuesday, May 31, 2022, 7-8 pm EDT Zoom
Registration link https://www.eventbrite.com/e/detroit-writing-room-book-club-ft-frances-kai-hwa-wang-tickets-258783286777

Intro to Op-Ed and Opinion Essay Writing
2 Sats., June 4-11, 2022, 10am-12pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

ABCs of Publishing
2 Sats., June 4-11, 2022, 1pm-3pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Bridge Michigan Book Club
Wed., June 8, 2022, 12-1pm EDT Virtual (join Bridge MI Book Club to join)

Ypsilanti District Library Reading and Reception
Sun., June 12, 2022, 2pm EDT in person
Whittaker Community Room, 5577 Whittaker Road, Ypsilanti, MI, 48197

Reading "You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair Is in Braids" on Emil Guillermo's podcast
Wed., June 15, 2022, Facebook live

Vincent Chin 40th year Commemoration Arts Performance (w IS/LAND and City of Detroit)
Poetry reading from You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair Is in Braids and Beyond Vincent Chin Legacies in Action and Art
Sat., June 18, 2022, 6-8pm EDT, Detroit Institute of Art  https://www.vincentchin.org/schedule

Poetry Reading at Who Killed Vincent Chin film showing and panel, with art installation
Thurs June 23, 2022, 7-9:30 pm EDT, in person, Michigan Theater, Ann Arbor

My Sowing Aunties art installation and poem 
Matthaei Botanical Gardens 100th anniversary community art exhibit: Time in the Garden: A moment. A season. A century. Closing Reception w artists and poetry reading
Matthei Botanical Gardens, Sun June 26, 2022, 3pm EDT, in person 
Tuesday, June 28th at 7pm EDT, in person event


Summer 2022

Boston and CT friends -- invite me to read 7/10-11!

Michigan Radio Stateside rerun interview w April Baer re "You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair Is in Braids"
Monday July 25, 2022

Nicola's Books, 3 Poet Party w Carlina Duan and Zilka Joseph
Tuesday, July 26, 7pm EDT, in person
https://www.nicolasbooks.com/event/poetry-night-frances-kai-hwa-wang-and-friends 

Finding the Writer Within Continuing Writers Workshop
5 Sundays,  July 31-Aug 28, 2022, 12-2pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom
Note Date change from printed catalogue

Volcano Art Center "Writing from the Heart" ?
July 2022

New York Writers Workshop Writing from the Heart ?
July-Aug 2022

Creative Writing Workshop ?
University of Hawaii Hilo
4 weeks, July 2022, evenings, tentative

Writing with Style, Finding your Voice 
2 Saturdays, August 20, 27, 2022, 10am -12pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Jumpstart your College Application Essay 
2 Saturdays, August 20, 27, 2022, 1-3 pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College

Book Reading and Signing "You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair Is in Braids" with Tom Peek
Basically Books, Hilo, Hawaii, 1-3pm HST, in person

Winter 2022


Poetry Reading at Rita Malone and Nancy Wolfe’s pop up art exhibition at Kerrytown Concert House 
Thurs Mar 3, 5-7pm EST, Ann Arbor, IN REAL LIFE! (Unofficial book crash rather than launch)

Finding your Voice Writing Workshop
3 Sats., March 5-19, 2022, 10am-12pm EST, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Asian American History and Heroes
3 Mondays, March 7-21, 2022, 6-8pm EST, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Panel "Learn from the Pros" at inaugural The Center for Independent Journalists conference #cij2022
Friday Mar 11, 5:45-7:00 pm EST

Writers Who Read: Pandemic Layers (Virtual poetry reading & Open Mic hosted by Tamiko Wong)
Sat Mar 12, 2022, 5:00-6:00 pm EST
https://www.facebook.com/events/250630370608479 
Eventbrite to sign up to attend: https://tinyurl.com/wwr-3-12-22

Revel: A Books Conversation with Tamiko Wong and Frances Kai-Hwa Wang about You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair Is in Braids on HelloRevel.com (for women over 40 only) 
Sun., Mar 13, 2022, 3:30-4:30 pm EDT Virtual / 12:30-1:30 pm PDT Virtual
https://www.hellorevel.com/events/35c64605-1c9c-43f2-878a-d07e7dbbfdf0

Panel for 40th commemoration of Vincent Chin case and 1 year commemoration of Atlanta shootings
Moderator
Wed., Mar 16, 2022, 1:00-2:30 pm EDT
University of Michigan, Dept of American Culture, 3512 Haven Hall, hybrid event (in person & virtual)

Spilling the Tea with Tamiko Wong and Frances Kai-Hwa Wang about You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair Is in Braids on Facebook Live 
Sun., Mar 20, 2022, 3:00-4:00 pm EDT Virtual
Please register here for the Zoom link: https://tinyurl.com/teawithfrances2022
https://www.facebook.com/events/498465311807704
 
Guest Lecture Hawaii Sovereignty 
Asian/Pacific Islander American Civil Rights, University of Michigan Dept of American Culture
Mon., March 21, 2022, 10-11:20am EDT

A Twitter Spaces conversation with Vignesh Ramachandran of Red, White and Brown Media and Frances Kai-Hwa Wang about  You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair Is in Braids on Twitter
Tues, Mar 22, 2022, 12:00 - 1:00 pm EDT Twitter

AWP -- find me w Wayne State Univ Press and New York Writers Workshop
Mar 23-26, 2022, Philadelphia, PA, in person AWP conference in Philadelphia

AWP Wayne State Univ Press book signing
Friday, Mar 25, 11:00 am EDT in person table #1151

Town Hall Seattle Book Reading You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair Is in Braids 
Mon, Mar 28, 2022, 7:00 pm PDT, in person virtual
Town Hall Seattle, 1119 8th Ave, Seattle, WA 98101

Michigan Radio Stateside
Tues., Mar 29, 2022, 3:30pm and 9:30pm EDT
https://www.michiganradio.org/show/stateside/2022-03-29/stateside-tuesday-march-29-2022

Univ of Michigan Asian/ Pacific Islander American Heritage Month Poetry Reading and discussion
Thursday Mar 31, 6-7pm EDT virtual

Postponed to Sept 14, 2022
Wayne State University Press spring 2022 Publishing Symposium
Friday, April 1, 2022, 9:30 am -11:30 am EDT
I'll be speaking on copyediting and cover design at 10:15

ABCs of Publishing
Sat., April 2, 2022, 10am-12pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Writing your Family History
3 Mondays, April 4-18, 2022, 6-8pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Chinese food and flavors
3 Weds., April 6-20, 2022, 6-8:30pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

A Virtual book talk with Katherine Reynolds Lewis and Frances Kai-Hwa Wang about  You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair Is in Braids on Facebook Live
Fri, April 22, 2022, 12:00 - 1:00 pm EDT Twitter

Ann Arbor District Library Author Event | Frances Kai-Hwa Wang: You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair Is in Braids
Tues., April 26, 2022, 6:30pm EDT in person
Ann Arbor District Library, Downtown Library: 4th Floor Meeting Room
https://aadl.org/node/583922

Winter 2022 partial

New York Writers Workshop goes to Kathmandu Jan 2022?

Guest Lecture Asian/Pacific Islander American Civil Rights
University of Michigan Dept of American Culture
Mon., Jan. 5, 2022, 10-11:20am EST

SF Chinatown Square & Circle Club (Private)
Chinese New Year's Traditions, Stories, and Song
Sat., Jan. 15, 2022, 12-1pm PST/3-4pm EST

TENTATIVE New York Writers Workshop Writing to Save the World? or memoir?
Jan 15 - Feb 19, 2022, 1-3pm EST, Zoom??

Chinese Language and Culture
8 Wednesdays, Jan 26-Mar 16, 2022, 6-8:30pm EST, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Intro to Magazine and Newspaper writing
2 Sats, Jan 22 & 29, 2022, 10am-12pm EST, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Chinese New Year's Traditions, Stories, and Song
Sun., Jan 30, 12-2pm EST, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom
 
Intro to Creative Nonfiction
3 Sats., Feb 5-19, 2022, 10am-12pm EST, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Finding the Writer Within Continuing Writers Workshop
10 Sundays, Feb. 6-April 10, 2022, 12-2pm EST, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Fall 2021

Michigan State University 14th Annual Spartan Remix MSUnity Bridge Between Divisions
Spoken word performance, September 9, 2021, 6:00 pm EDT, MSU

Chinese Mid-Autumn Moon Festival
Tuesday Sept 21, 2021, 6:30-8:00pm EDT, Chelsea District Library, Zoom 

Chinese Language and Culture
Sept-Nov, 2021, 6:00-8:30pm, Washtenaw Community College

ABCs of Publishing
Sunday Sept 26, 2021, 12-2pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Continuing Writing Workshop: Finding the Writer Within
10 Sundays Oct 3-Dec 12, 2021 (no class Nov 28), 12-2pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Asian American History and Heroes
3 Mondays, Oct 4-18, 2021, 6-8pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Dare to Dream Creative Writing Workshop
4 Wednesdays, Oct 6-27, 2021, 6-8pm EDT, Chelsea Adult Learners Institute (ALI), Zoom (Time Change)

Pandemic Poetry Reading on Tamiko's podcast
Oct 2021 tba

Writing the Stories of your Life
3 Mondays, Nov 8-22, 2021, 6-8pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Writing from the Heart
3 Saturdays Nov 6-20, 2021, 10am-12pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Rise of Anti-Asian American Sentiment and Resiliency
Univ of Michigan School of Social Work Panel
Thursday Nov 11, 2021, 11:45am-1:30pm
Online

Chinese food cultures and traditions
3 Wednesdays, Dec 1-15, 2021, 6-8pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Ethical Wills
3 Saturdays, Dec 4-18, 2021, 10am-12pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Writing to Save the World
3 Saturdays, Dec 4-18, 2021, 1-3pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

Fall term New York Writers Workshop?, Zoom

Summer 2021

Finding the Writer Within Continuing Writers Workshop
Online, 5 Sundays, July 11-Aug 8, 2021, 12-2pm EDT, Washtenaw Community College, Zoom

An Untold Past: Chinese Americans in the Midwest
Chinese American Museum Los Angeles
Tuesday, July 20, 2021 8:00pm EDT/ 5:00pm PDT/ 2:00pm HST
re being a Chinese American artist in the Midwest with Larry Lee, Chien-An Yuan, Jave Yoshimoto
(oops my power went out)

Volcano Art Center "Writing from the Heart" 
3 Saturdays, July 10-24, 2021, 3-5pm EDT/ 12-2pm PDT/ 9-11am HST

New York Writers Workshop Writing from the Heart
6 Saturdays, July 10-Aug 14, 2021, 3-5pm EDT/ 12-2pm PDT/ 9-11am HST

Creative Writing Workshop ?
University of Hawaii Hilo
4 weeks, July 2021, evenings, tentative

Writing with Style, Finding your Voice
2 Saturdays, August 21-28, 2021, 9:30-12:30pm EDT, two morning sessions
Washtenaw Community College

Jumpstart your College Application Essay
2 Saturdays, August 21-28, 2021, 1-4pm EDT, two afternoon sessions
Washtenaw Community College

Washtenaw Community College -- see https://washtenaw.augusoft.net/index.cfm?fuseaction=1010&catalogid=1

Winter 2021

Writing to Save the World
New York Writers Workshop
Online, 6 Sundays, Jan 17-Feb 21, 2021, 3-5pm EST, Zoom
Registration: https://bpt.me/4846105 

Asian/Pacific Islander American Civil Rights
University of Michigan Dept of American Culture
Online, Mon and Weds, Jan 20-April 21, 2021, Zoom

Chinese New Year Traditions, Stories, and Food
Washtenaw Community College
Online, Sunday, February 7, 2021, 12-2pm EDT, Zoom

The Foods and Flavors of Chinese New Year
Chelsea District Library
Online, Thursday, February 11, 2021, 6:30-7:30pm EDT, Zoom

Intro to Creative Nonfiction
Washtenaw Community College
Online, 2 Saturdays, February 20-27, 2021, 10am - 12pm EDT, Zoom

Finding the Writer Within: Continuing Writers Workshop
Washtenaw Community College
Online, 8 Sundays, February 28 - April 25, 2021, 12-2pm EDT, Zoom

Chinese Language and Culture
Washtenaw Community College
Online, 8 Wednesdays, March 3-April 21, 2021, 6-8:30pm EDT, Zoom

Asian American Resistance in a time of COVID19
Campbell Ewald Ad Agency, Detroit, San Francisco, Private 
March 3, 2021, 12:30pm EST

Writing from the Heart
Washtenaw Community College
Online, 2 Saturdays, March 6-13, 2021, 10am-12pm EDT, Zoom

Dare to Dream Writing Workshop
Washtenaw Community College
Online, 2 Saturdays, March 20-27, 2021, 10am-12pm EDT, Zoom

Contextualizing Violence Against Asians and Asian Americans Within the History of US Relational Racism
University of Michigan, Friday, March 26, 2021, 10:30 AM-12:00 PM EDT Virtual
https://lsa.umich.edu/wgs/news-events/all-events.detail.html/83098-21266982.html

Vigil for Victims of Anti-Asian Violence
University of Michigan, Angell Hall, Friday night 3/26 7pm
https://www.facebook.com/events/441855087069699/
 
Writing your Family History
Online, 3 Mondays, April 5-19, 2021, 6-8pm EDT, Zoom, Washtenaw Community College

Activism and Art of the Vincent Chin case
ITASA Midwest Conference?
University of Michigan, April 9-11, 2021, Covid Cancelled

Anti-Asian American violence listening session and allyship 
Campbell Ewald Ad Agency, Detroit, San Francisco, Private 
April 13, 2021, 2:30pm EST

American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA) Conference Diversity Panel Moderator
April 13, 2021, 4:15-5:45pm, Online

Prose Poetry: Finding your Voice with Frances Kai-Hwa Wang
New York Public Library with New York Writers Workshop Online
English: Wed., April 14, 12:00-1:00 pm EDT/ 9:00-10:00am PDT/ 6:00-7:00am HST Online

Prose Poetry: Finding the Writer within with Frances Kai-Hwa Wang
New York Publilc Library with New York Writers Workshop Online
English: Wed., April 21, 12:00-1:00 pm EDT/ 9:00-10:00am PDT/ 6:00-7:00am HST Online

Prose Poetry: Finding your Voice with Frances Kai-Hwa Wang in Mandarin Chinese
散文詩 : 跟著王凱華找回你自己的聲音
New York Publilc Library with New York Writers Workshop Online
Chinese: Wed., April 28, 12:00-1:00 pm EDT/ 9:00-10:00am PDT/ 6:00-7:00am HST Online

Asian American Women Artists Assn (AAWAA) and Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)
SOWING AGENCY: Seeding the Future for Environmental Justice Art Exhibition
SOMArts Cultural Center, Main Gallery
Exhibition: April 30, 2021 - May 23, 2021
https://www.aawaa.net/sowing-agency-2021

Poetry Reading: Sowing Aunties
AAWAA Opening/USAAF Kick-off
Friday, April 30, 6PM (PST)/ 9pm EDT, Virtual
https://www.aawaa.net/sowing-agency-2021

Registration Washtenaw Community College -- see https://washtenaw.augusoft.net/index.cfm?fuseaction=1010&catalogid=1

Spring 2021

Writing with Style
Online, 3 Saturdays, May 1, 8, 15, 2021, 10-12 EDT, Zoom, Washtenaw Community College

Finding the Writer Within Continuing Writers Workshop
Online, 5 Sundays, May 2-June 5, 2021, 12-2pm EDT, Zoom, Washtenaw Community College

Asian American Resistance and Creative Clapbacks 
MullenLowe Mediahub, Boston
May 6, 2021 3-4pm, Virtual, Private

Academic Writing for Social Change
University of Michigan Rackham Graduate School
Thursday, May 20, 2021, 10:00-11:30 EDT, Online, Private

Introduction to Publishing
Online, 1 Saturday, May 22, 2021, 1-3pm EDT, Zoom, Washtenaw Community College

Writing the Op-Ed
Online, 2 Saturdays, June 5, 12, 2021, 10-12 EDT, Zoom, Washtenaw Community College

AAWAA Writing Workshop Finding your Voice?
June 5, 2021, 1-2:30 EDT, Zoom

New York Writers Workshop Lunch Prose Poems
Mon-Thurs June 7-10, 12-1pm EDT

AAWAA Writing Workshop Jumpstart your Memoir?
June 12, 2021, 1-2:30 EDT, Zoom

Registration Washtenaw Community College -- see https://washtenaw.augusoft.net/index.cfm?fuseaction=1010&catalogid=1

Fall 2020

Culinary Historians of Ann Arbor
Guest Lecture: "Chinese Food: Customs and Culture" 
Sunday, September 20, 2020, 3-4 p.m., Online Zoom
Registration link https://bit.ly/2RpZkoH and AADL Recording https://youtu.be/4zFfjT8qBMQ 

College Application Essay Writing Workshop with Frances Kai-Hwa Wang
Chelsea District Library
September 26, 2020, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm EDT, Online Zoom
Registration link http://chelsea.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=15691&backTo=Calendar&startDate=2020/09/18

Chinese Language and Culture
Washtenaw Community College
Online, 8 Wednesdays, September 30-November 18, 2020, 6-8:30pm EDT, Zoom

Finding the Writer Within: Continuing Writer's Workshop
Washtenaw Community College
Online, 10 Sundays, October 4 to Dec 13, 2020, 12-2pm EDT Zoom

Asian American History
Washtenaw Community College
Online, 3 Mondays, October 5-19, 2020, 6-8:30 pm EDT, Zoom

Writing from the Heart
Washtenaw Community College
Online, 3 Saturdays, Nov 7-21, 2020, 9:30 am -12:30 pm EDT, Zoom

Telling your Family Stories
Washtenaw Community College
Online, 3 Mondays, November 9-23, 2020, 8-8:30 pm EDT, Zoom

Hawaiian sovereignty and history
Guest lecture Wayne State Law School
Online, Wednesday, November 18, 2020, 6-8pm EDT, Zoom

Chinese Food Customs and Culture
Washtenaw Community College
Online, 3 Wednesdays, December 2-16, 2020, 6-8:30pm EDT, Zoom

READING: Meridian - the APWT Drunken Boat Anthology of New Writing Launch
Hosted by Asia Pacific Writers & Translators and Drunken Boat
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2020 AT 7 AM EST – 8:30 AM EST
Meridian - the APWT Drunken Boat Anthology of New Writing Launch | Facebook

Ethical Wills: Writing a Love Letter to your family
Washtenaw Community College
Online, 2 Saturdays, December 5-12, 2020, 9:30 am -12:30pm EDT, Zoom

Searching for General Tso
Washtenaw Community College
Online, 1 Monday, December 7, 2020, 6-9pm EDT, Zoom

Registration links: Washtenaw Community College -- see https://washtenaw.augusoft.net/index.cfm?fuseaction=1010&catalogid=1

Cooking classes all cancelled due to Covid-19

Summer 2020 -- largely cancelled due to COVID

New York Writers Workshop and Asian Pacific Writers and Translators' episode two of Isolation Break literary reading. Curated by poet Ravi Shankar, with Patrick Allington, Rakesh Kaul, Sreedhevi Iyer, Fernando Carrera
Online Sunday, June 7, 2020, 9pm EDT/ 6pm PDT/ 3pm HST
Watch live: https://www.facebook.com/27286464729/videos/712625769490577/
Recording https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=712625769490577

Creative Writing Workshop
4 Tuesdays, July 7-28, 2020, 5-7:30pm, 4 sessions
4 Thursdays, July 2-30, 2020, 5-7:30pm, 4 sessions (tentative)
University of Hawaii, Hilo

Writing from the Heart intensive writing workshop
Saturday, July 11, 2020, 9:30-4:00
Volcano Art Center, Volcano, HI

A Literary Reading with Tom Peek and Frances Kai-Hwa Wang (curator)
Thursday, July 16, 2020, 5:30-7:00pm
Mokupapapa Discovery Center, Hilo, HI

Writing Your Hawaii Story writing workshop
Saturday, July 18, 2020, 1:00-4:00pm
Mokupapapa Discovery Center, Hilo, HI

Writing Your Hawaii Story writing workshop
Saturday, July 2020, 1:00-3:00pm TBA
Basically Books, Hilo, HI

Asian and Hawaiian Stories from the Sea and Community Art and Poetry Project
Get Into Your Sanctuary activity day
August 2020, 10am - 2pm, tentative
Mokupapapa Discovery Center, Hilo, HI

Finding the Writer Within
Washtenaw Community College
Online 5 Sundays August 2-30, 12-2pm

Society of Professional Journalists Panel discussion
Media Trust Webinar Series for College Students #2: Improving Coverage of Communities of Color
Online, August 4, 2020, 2pm
https://youtu.be/C0H2nrz8EC8

Poets & Pints Cracked Walnut Poetry Reading
Online, August 19, 2020, 8pm, Minneapolis, MN 
https://www.facebook.com/events/d41d8cd9/poets-pints-feat-dessa/211195156898886/
https://youtu.be/B6IA7bcZwh4 

Telling the Stories of your Life: Finding your Voice
2 Saturdays, August 22-29, 2020, 9:30-12:30pm, two morning sessions, TBA
Washtenaw Community College

Jumpstart your College Application Essay
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

Spring 2020 Largely Cancelled due to Covid-19

Chinese 2 Language and Culture class
Wednesdays, May 6-June 10, 2020, 6:00-8:30 pm, 6 sessions
Washtenaw Community College

Memoir in Prose
6 Wednesdays, Spring 2020, 6 weeks, dates and times TBA
Ann Arbor City Club, tentative TBA
Springfed Arts

Continuing Writing Workshop, "Finding the Writer Within"
5 Sundays, May 3-June 14, 2020, 12-2pm
Washtenaw Community College

 Public Speaking Workshop
3 Sundays, May 3-17, 2020, 2:30-4:30 pm
Washtenaw Community College

Toyota Asian American Society in Alliance (TAASiA) A/PIA Heritage Month
Online May 5, 2020, 12:00pm

Chinese Home Cooking: Wow Wontons
Thursday, May 7, 2020, 6:00-9:00pm
Dixboro Church, Washtenaw Community College

 Introduction to Publishing
Saturday, May 9, 2020, 9:30-12:30 pm
Washtenaw Community College

Make your Own Chapbook
Saturday, May 9, 2020, 1:00-4:00
Washtenaw Community College

University of Michigan Rackham Program in Public Scholarship Institute for Social Change
May 13, 15, or 18, 2020
Ann Arbor, MI

Chinese Home Cooking: Dumplings and Potstickers
Thursday, May 14, 2020, 6:00-9:00pm
Dixboro Church, Washtenaw Community College

 Detroit Public Television (DPTV) "Asian Americans – The Detroit Story"
in conjunction with "The Asian Americans" PBS Special
Saturday, May 16, 2020, 1:30-4:30 pm  Rescheduled Online Friday May 8, 12-2pm
EMU Tollbridge Center, Novi, MI
Recorded: https://www.dptv.org/programs/asian-americans-the-detroit-story/ Poetry reading 5:40

 Chinese Home Cooking: Dim Sum darlings
Thursday, May 21, 2020, 6:00-9:00pm
Dixboro Church, Washtenaw Community College

 Chinese Home Cooking: Sesame Noodles and more
Thursday, May 28, 2020, 6:00-9:00pm
Dixboro Church, Washtenaw Community College

 Chinese Home Cooking: Hawaiian BBQ
Thursday, June 4, 2020, 6:00-9:00pm
Dixboro Church, Washtenaw Community College

 Writing to Change the World
Saturday, June 6, 2020, 9:30-3:30
Washtenaw Community College


Winter 2020

A/PIA Civil Rights Movement, American Culture 301
Mondays and Wednesdays, Winter Semester
University of Michigan American Culture Dept. Program in A/PIA Studies

SAT/ACT Essay Writing Class (for high school students) Continuing
Sundays, September 2019 to June 2020, 11am-12pm
Ann Hua Chinese School

Public Speaking Class (for middle school students) Continuing
Sundays, September 2019 to June 2020, 2-3pm
Ann Hua Chinese School

Asian American history and heroes with American Citizens for Justice
Wednesday, January 15, 2020, 6:00-8:00 pm
Philippine American Cultural Center of Michigan (PACCM), 17356 Northland Park Ct., Southfield
Made possible in part by a Michigan Action grant from Michigan Humanities, an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities

Chinese Home Cooking: Chinese New Year's feast
Thursday, January 16, 2020, 6:00-9:00pm
Dixboro Church, Washtenaw Community College

The Foods and Flavors of Chinese New Year
Thursday, January 23, 2020, 6:30-8:30, tentative
Chelsea District Library

 Ann Arbor Chinese Center of Michigan Chinese New Year Celebration MC
Saturday, January 25, 2020, 6:30-8:30 pm
Washtenaw Community College, Morris Lawrence Bldg.

Connecting Digital Scholarship Group Digital Humanities Digital Scholarship Lightning Talk
Wednesday, February 5, 2020, 9am-1pm
U of M Hatcher Graduate Library Hatcher Gallery
Sponsored by U-M Library, LSA Technology Services, CSCAR, Duderstadt Center, ITS, and Humanities Collaboratory

Chinese 1 Language and Culture class
Wednesdays, Feb 5-Mar 25, 6:00-8:30 pm, 8 sessions
Washtenaw Community College

Memoir in Prose
6 Wednesdays, Winter 2020, 6 weeks, dates and times TBA
Ann Arbor City Club, tentative TBA
Springfed Arts

Keynote Speaker UM Dearborn Second Annual Philippine Culture Night (PCN)
Puno ng Buhay: Tree of Life
Saturday, February 15, 6-9pm
UM Dearborn, MI

Continuing Writing Workshop, "Finding the Writer Within"
Sundays, February 23-April 12, 2020, 12-2pm, 8 weeks
Washtenaw Community College

Writing from the Heart
Saturday, February 29, 2020, 9:30am-12:30pm
Washtenaw Community College

Cancelled due to Covid-19:

Finding Your Voice
3 Saturdays, March 7, 14, 21, 2020, 9:30am-12:30pm
Washtenaw Community College

 Washtenaw Faces Race Conference Poetry Reading (curator and reader)
Saturday, March 21, 2020
Ypsilanti, MI

 Joyce Foundation The Artist as Problem Solver III Summit: Examining the Role of the Arts in Inclusive Future Building -- Panelist!
Thurs and Friday, March 26-27, 2020
Bader Philanthropies HQ, Milwaukee, WI

Historical Society of Michigan 62nd Annual Michigan in Perspective Local History Conference
March 27, 2020, 10 am
Sterling Heights, MI
Mika Kennedy taking my place

Adult Learner's Institute
Who is General Tso and Why are we eating his chicken?
Monday, March 30, 12:30-3:00 pm
Chelsea Silver Maples, Chelsea, MI

 diVERSE Voices National Poetry Month Ann Arbor Poets of Color Reading (curator) TBA
Thursday, April 2020, 7:00-8:30 pm TBA
Ann Arbor District Library, Downtown branch, 4th floor TBA

 Writing your Family Stories
3 Mondays, April 6-20, 2020, 6-8pm
Washtenaw Community College

Dare to Dream Writing Workshop
Saturday, April 11, 2020, 9:30-12:30
Washtenaw Community College

New Detroit’s Multicultural Leadership Series -- Asian American Session
Thursday, April 9, 2020 9am - 4pm 
Korean American Cultural Center, Southfield, MI

 Association of Asian American Studies Conference?
April 9-11, 2020
Washington DC

Boston Series! April 16-18, 2020
Bunker Hill Community College? Thurs April 16
Boston University? Friday April 17 -- Rescheduled online April 27
Harvard Asia Center, Friday April 17 -- Rescheduled online April 27
Pao Center for the Arts, Saturday April 18 -- Rescheduled online April 27
Arts Emerson and Boston Asian American Film Festival, Saturday April 18
more? invite me
Friday-Saturday, April 17-18, 2020
Boston, MA...details coming soon!

Chinese Home Cooking: Chinese Rice Noodles
Thursday, April 16, 2020, 6:00-9:00pm
Dixboro Church, Washtenaw Community College

Washtenaw Community College Finding your Voice free online webinar
Sunday April 26, 2020, 1-2pm


 Summer 2019

Writing the Stories of Your Life
Tuesdays, July 8-July 29, 2019, 5-7:30pm, 4 sessions
University of Hawaii, Hilo

Writing from the Heart intensive writing workshop
Saturday, July 13, 2019, 9:30-4:00
Volcano Art Center, Volcano, HI

A Literary Reading with Tom Peek, Patrick Landeza, Leomi Bergknut, and Frances Kai-Hwa Wang (curator)
Thursday, July 18, 2019, 5:30-7:00pm
Mokupapapa Discovery Center, Hilo, HI

Asian and Hawaiian Stories from the Sea and Community Art and Poetry Project
Get Into Your Sanctuary activity day
Friday, August 2, 2019, 10am - 2pm
Mokupapapa Discovery Center, Hilo, HI

Chinese Cooking: Seasonal Summer Stirfry
Thursday, August 22, 2019, 6-9pm
Dixboro Church, Washtenaw Community College

Writing with Style, Finding your Voice
Saturdays, August 17 and 24, 2019, 9:30-12:30pm, two morning sessions
Washtenaw Community College

Jumpstart your College Application Essay
Saturdays, August 17 and 24 2019, 1-4pm, two afternoon sessions
Washtenaw Community College

Chinese Cooking: Vegetarian Chinese cooking
Thursday, August 29, 2019, 6-9pm
Dixboro Church, Washtenaw Community College


Fall 2019

SAT/ACT Essay Writing Class (for high school students)
Sundays, September 2019 to June 2020, 11am-12pm
Ann Hua Chinese School

Public Speaking Class (for middle school students)
Sundays, September 2019 to June 2020, 2-3pm
Ann Hua Chinese School

Chinese 1 Language and Culture class
Wednesdays, Sept 25 - Nov 13, 2019, 6:00-8:30 pm, 8 sessions
Washtenaw Community College

Introduction to Creative Writing and Chinese Food Cultures
Sunday, Sept 29, 2019, 1-2pm
Washtenaw Community College Free College Day

Continuing Writing Workshop, "Finding the Writer Within"
Sundays, October 6 to December 15, 2019, 12-2pm, 10 weeks
Washtenaw Community College

Introduction to Creative Nonfiction
Mondays, Oct 7-21, 2019, 6-8:30pm, 3 weeks

Memoir in Prose
6 Wednesdays, Oct 16-Nov 20, 2019, 6 weeks, 1-3pm
Dixboro Church classroom, Plymouth Road,
Springfed Arts
https://springfed.org/fall-2019-writing-classes/

Chinese Home Cooking: Autumn Stirfry
Thursday, Oct 17, 2019, 6:00-9:00pm
Dixboro Church, Washtenaw Community College

Ann Arbor Poetry Slamiversary, one of several featured poets
Sunday, October 20, 2019, 7-9pm
Espresso Royale State Street, Ann Arbor

Detroit Association of Chinese Americans fall banquet Art Installation for 150th anniversary Transcontinental Railroad
Friday, October 25, 2019
Farmington Hills Golf Club, Glen Oak, MI

Jumpstart Your Memoir
3 Saturdays, Nov 2-16, 2019, 9:30am - 12:30pm
Washtenaw Community College

Intro to Asian American History
3 Mondays, Nov 4-8, 2019, 6-9pm
Washtenaw Community College

Who is General Tso and Why are We Eating his Chicken?
Thursday, Nov 7, 2019, 7-9pm
Chelsea District Library, Chelsea, MI

Curator: Poets of color reading at Washtenaw Faces Race annual conference, “Who's Calling the Shots? – From Columbine and Sandy Hook, to Charleston and New Zealand, to Your Front Door,” Saturday, Nov 9, 2019
Ypsilanti, MI

Hawaiian Sovereignty and the Thirty Meter Telescope, guest lecture
Thursday, November 14, 2019
Wayne State University Law School Asian American Civil Rights History and the Law class
Detroit, MI

Chinese Home Cooking: Asian Thanksgiving Feast
Thursday, Nov 21, 2019, 6:00-9:00pm
Dixboro Church, Washtenaw Community College

Chinese Food Customs and Culture
3 Wednesdays, December 4-18, 6-8:30pm
Washtenaw Community College, plus 2 field trips to Chinese grocery store and Chinese restaurant

Asian American History and Heroes for the Next Generation
Ann Arbor Chinese Center of Michigan
Friday, December 6, 2019, 7-9pm
King Elementary School, Ann Arbor, MI
Made possible by Michigan Action Grant from Michigan Humanities Council, an affiliate of National Endowment for the Humanities

Writing to Change the World intensive writing workshop
Saturday, December 7, 2019, 9:30am-3:30pm
Washtenaw Community College

Asian American History and Heroes for the Next Generation
Ann Hua Chinese School
Sunday, December 8, 2019, 11am-12pm
Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor, MI
Made possible by Michigan Action Grant from Michigan Humanities Council, an affiliate of National Endowment for the Humanities

"The Search for General Tso" film screening and discussion
Monday, December 9, 2019, 6-9pm
Washtenaw Community College

Chinese Home Cooking: Chinese Medicinal Soups
Thursday, Dec 12, 2019, 6:00-9:00pm
Dixboro Church, Washtenaw Community College

Writing Ethical Wills
Saturday, December 14, 2019, 9:30am-12:30pm
Washtenaw Community College

Winter 2019

A/PIA Civil Rights Movement, American Culture 301
Mondays and Wednesdays, Winter Semester
University of Michigan American Culture Dept. Program in A/PIA Studies

Becoming American series -- "The Search for General Tso"
Thursday, January 10, 2019, 6:30-8:30 pm
Ann Arbor District Library

MLK Day Keynote
Friday, January 18, 2019, 10:15-11:15 am
Greenhills School

Korematsu Day events?
January 30, 2019 tentative

Introductory Chinese Language and Culture (adult, noncredit)
Wednesdays, January 30 to March 20, 2019, 8 weeks

The Foods and Flavors of Chinese New year
Thursday, January 31, 2019, 6:30-8:30
Chelsea District Library  SNOWDAY

AACCOM Chinese New Year Celebration MC
Saturday, February 2, 2019
Washtenaw Community College

Memoir in Prose
February - March, 2019, 6 weeks, dates and times TBA
Ann Arbor City Club, tentative TBA
Springfed Arts

Bookbound Open Mic and Share, reading with Bryan Thao Worra
Thursday, February 14, 2019, 7-8:30 pm
Bookbound Books, Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor

Historical Writing and Memoirs
Friday, February 15, 2019, 9:00-11:00 am
Historical Society of Michigan, Lansing

Ann Arbor Poetry Series with Open Mic, featured poet with Bryan Thao Worra
Sunday, February 17, 2019, 7-9pm
Espresso Royale, 324 State St., Ann Arbor

Poetry reading with IS/LAND Asian American performance collective, contemporary dance and music performance
Friday, February 22, 2019, 7-9pm
Ann Arbor District Library, Ann Arbor

In Conversation with: Last Boat Out of Shanghai Author Signing with Helen Zia
Sunday, February 24, 2019 AT 12:00 PM and 3:30 PM
Association of Chinese Americans, Madison Heights
Barnes & Noble, Northville

Finding the Writer Within, continuing creative writing class
Sunday, February 24 to April 14 or 21, 2019, 12pm-2pm, 8 sessions
Washtenaw Community College

Jumpstart your Memoir
Saturday, March 2 and 16, 2019, 9:30am-12:30pm, two sessions

Writing with Style, Finding your Voice
Saturday, March 2 and 16, 2019, 1-4pm, two sessions
Washtenaw Community College 

diVERSE Voices National Poetry Month Ann Arbor Poets of Color Reading (curator)
Thursday, April 4, 2019, 7:00-8:30 pm
Ann Arbor District Library, Downtown branch, 4th floor

Cracked Walnut Poetry Anthology Reading
Spring sometime TBA
Minneapolis, MN TBA

Writing from the Heart writing workshop
Saturday, April 6, 2019, 9:30-3:30pm

Memoir in Prose Spring
April to May, 2019, 6 weeks, dates and times TBA
Ann Arbor City Club, tentative TBA
Springfed Arts

Chinese Food Customs and Culture
Wednesdays, May 1-15, 2019, 6:00-8:30pm, 3 weeks with fieldtrips

Creative Nonfiction writing workshop
Saturday, May 4, 2019, 9:30am-3:30pm
Washtenaw Community College 

Finding the Writer Within, continuing creative writing class
Sunday, May 5 to June 9, 2019, 12:00-2:00 pm, 5 sessions
Washtenaw Community College

Chinese Cooking: Wonderful Wontons!
Thursday, May 9, 2019, 6:00-9:00pm
Dixboro Church, Washtenaw Community College

Chinese Cooking: Dumpling Party!
Thursday, May 23, 2019, 6:00-9:00pm
Dixboro Church, Washtenaw Community College

Chinese Cooking: Cold Noods and Salads
Thursday, May 30, 2019, 6:00-9:00pm
Dixboro Church, Washtenaw Community College

Chinese Cooking: Hawaiian Summer Barbecue
Thursday, June 6, 2019, 6:00-9:00pm
Dixboro Church, Washtenaw Community College

Dare to Dream writing workshop
Saturday, June 1, 2019, 9:30-3:30

Fall 2018

Jumpstart Your College Essay
2 Saturdays, August 18 and 25, 2018, 1-4 pm
Washtenaw Community College Technical and Industrial Bldg

College Application Essay Writing Workshop
Saturday, September 08, 2018, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Chelsea District Library Learning Lab
Have you been meaning to start your college application essays all summer? What do those questions mean? Where do you even start? How do you fit it all into the word count? This college application essay boot camp prompts you to sit down and just get it done. Using timed writings and discussion, we will inventory your high school experiences, analyze application essay questions, write a good first draft and discuss editing techniques. Bring a laptop or a notebook and pen.

SAT/ACT Essay Writing Class (for high school students)
Sundays, September 9, 2018 to June 9, 2019, 11am-12pm
Ann Hua Chinese School

Public Speaking Class (for middle school students)
Sundays, September 9, 2018 to June 9, 2019, 2-3pm
Ann Hua Chinese School

Open Mic and Share Poetry Series Featured poet
Thursday, September 13, 2018, 7-8:30pm

Advanced Chinese Language and Culture (adults)
Fridays, September 14 to November 16, 2018, 10 weeks

Introductory Chinese Language and Culture (adult, noncredit)
Wednesdays, September 19 to November 7, 2018, 8 weeks

Customs and Culture of Chinese Food with Cooking Demonstration
Thursday September 27, 2018: 6:30pm to 8:00pm
Ann Arbor District Library Secret Lab
Explore the customs, traditions, and stories surrounding Chinese food and festivals.
What do Chinese people eat at Chinese New Year and the Chinese moon festival, and why? What role did Chinese restaurants play in American immigration history? Where were fortune cookies invented? And who is General Tso and why are we eating his chicken? Afterward, demonstration of how to make smashed cucumber salad https://aadl.org/node/378442

Introduction to Creative Writing and Chinese Food Cultures
Sunday, Sept 30, 2018, 1-2pm
Washtenaw Community College Free College Day

Writing from the Heart
Saturday, October 6, 2018, 9:30am-3:30pm

Continuing Writing Workshop, "Finding the Writer Within"
Sundays, October 7 to December 9, 2018, 12-2pm, 10 weeks

Writing Ethical Wills
Saturday, October 20, 2018, 9:30am-12:30pm

Ann Arbor Poetry Series Slamiversary
Sunday, October 21, 2018, 7-9pm
Espresso Royale, State Street

Jumpstart Your Memoir
Saturday, November 3, 2018, 9:30am-3:30pm

APIA Media and Election Day Blues
University of Michigan Dept of Communications and American Culture class
Tuesday, November 6, 2018

Open Mic and Share Poetry Series: Reading with Sharon H. Chang "Hapa Tales"
Thursday, November 8, 2018, 7-8:30pm
Bookbound Bookstore

Chinese Mid-Autumn Moon Festival
Tuesday, November 20, 2018, 10:30-11:30
Community High School, Ann Arbor

Chinese Food Customs and Culture
Wednesdays, November 28 to December 12, 6-8:30pm, 3 weeks

Writing to Change the World
Saturday, December 1, 2018, 9:30am-3:30pm
Washtenaw Community College
   
Winter 2018

 Asian/ Pacific Islander Americans and Civil Rights Law
University of Michigan Department of American Culture AC301
Winter semester 2018

Continuing: AnnHua Chinese School SAT/ACT essay writing for high schoolers
Sundays, Sept-June, 11am-12pm
Continuing: AnnHua Chinese School Public Speaking class for middle schoolers
Sundays, Sept-June, 2pm-3pm
Continuing: AACCOM Conversational Chinese for adults
Fridays, Sept-May, 7pm-9pm

Exploring Chinese Food Culture and Customs
Salem-South Lyon District Library
Thursday, January 18, 2018, 7:00-8:30 pm
Free but Registration required
Explore the customs, traditions, and stories surrounding Chinese food and festivals. What do Chinese people eat at Chinese New Year and why? How do you put together a Chinese meal and what counts as good Chinese table manners? What role did Chinese restaurants play in American immigration history? Where were fortune cookies invented? And who is General Tso and why are we eating his chicken?

Dare to Dream writing workshop: Cancelled
Saturday, January 20, 2018, 9:30 am - 3:30 pm, Washtenaw Community College


Korematsu Day programs: Cancelled
University of Michigan Law School Asian Pacific American Law Students Assn (APALSA)
University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor
Tuesday, January 30, 2018, 12:00 pm

Chinese 1 Language and Culture class
8 sessions, Wednesdays, 6:00-8:30 pm, Washtenaw Community College
Jan 31-March 21, 2018

Finding your Voice, Writing with Style
Saturday, February 3, 2018, 9:30 am - 3:30 pm, Washtenaw Community College

Ann Arbor Chinese Center of Michigan
Chinese Lunar New Year program
Saturday, February 3, 2018, 3:30 pm, Washtenaw Community College Morris Lawrence Building

Panel Discussion: What responsibility does the news media have to “confront racism”?
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
Thursday, February 8, 2018

 Chinese Lunar New Year program
with Chinese Yo-Yo and dancers
Saturday, February 10 2018, 2:00-3:00, Ypsilanti District Library

Keynote speaker: AAPI Media: Stereotypes and Resistance 
Carleton College Asian Students in America (ASIA) Lunar New Year program
Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota.
Saturday, February 17, 2018, 5:00-8:00 pm

 Becoming an AAPI Badass--a workshop on AAPI identity and activism
University of Minnesota Asian Pacific American Resource Center and Asian American Studies
Monday, February 19, 2018, Minneapolis, MN

 Lunch workshop with U of MN students
University of Minnesota Asian Pacific American Resource Center and Asian American Studies
Tuesday, February 20, 2018, 12:00-1:00 pm, Minneapolis, MN

 Keynote speaker AAPI Media: Stereotypes and Resistance
University of Minnesota Asian Pacific American Resource Center and Asian American Studies
Tuesday, February 20, 2018, 6:00-7:30 pm, Minneapolis, MN

 Lunar New Year celebration at Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA)
Saturday, February 24, 2018 with Ann Arbor Traditional Chinese Music Ensemble, Detroit, MI

 Jumpstart your Memoir
2 Saturdays, March 3 and 17, 2018, 9:30 am - 3:30 pm, Washtenaw Community College

 Vincent Chin case, Historical Society of Michigan Conference
Friday, March 23, 2018, Sterling Heights, MI

 Keynote speaker at Midwestern Asian American Students Union Conference (MAASU)
Sat., March 24, 2018, Ohio State University (OSU), Columbus, OH

 Continuing Writing Workshop
4 sessions every other Saturday, Mar 3, Mar 17, April 7, Apr 21, 3:30 - 5:30 pm, Washtenaw Community College
Finding your Voice--Food and Family
Saturday, April 7, 2018, 9:30 am - 3:30 pm, Washtenaw Community College

 Asian American Community: Challenges and Triumphs
Images and Perceptions Diversity Conference, April 19, 2018, 10:10 am
Ford Community and Performing Arts Center, Dearborn, MI

Poetry reading at Tuesday Night Cafe
Tuesday, May 15, 2018, Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, CA
Schedule conflict

Writing with Style--Family and Culture
Saturday, May 5, 2018, 9:30 am - 3:30 pm, Washtenaw Community College

 Writing from the Heart 
4 Wednesday evenings, May 16, 23, 30, June 6, 6:00-8:30 pm, Washtenaw Community College

Finding your Voice, Writing with Style
Saturday, June 2, 2018, 9:30 am - 3:30 pm, Washtenaw Community College

 Jumpstart your Memoir (tentative)
Saturday, June 16, 2018, 12:30-3:30pm, San Francisco, CA

 Stargazers: A Cracked Walnut poetry reading
Friday, June 22 at 7 PM – 8:30 PM, East Side Freedom Library, Saint Paul, Minnesota

Summer 2018

Dare to Dream and Writing the Stories of your Life
4 Tuesdays and 4 Thursdays, July, evenings, 5:00-7:30 pm, University of Hawaii Hilo

Writing from the Heart 
Saturday, July 21, 9:30-4:00, Volcano Art Center http://volcanoartcenter.org 

Jumpstart your college application essay
2 Saturdays, August 18 and 25, 1:00-4:00, Washtenaw Community College

 Question: Would anyone be interested in a week-long writing intensive in Hawaii? Let me know!
***ARCHIVES***


Fall 2017

AnnHua Chinese School SAT/ACT essay writing for high schoolers
Sundays, Sept-June, 11am-12pm

AnnHua Chinese School Public Speaking class for middle schoolers
Sundays, Sept-June, 2pm-3pm

AACCOM Conversational Chinese for adults
Fridays, Sept-May, 7pm-9pm

Michigan Historical Society State History Award for Best Article in Michigan History Magazine, "Vincent Chin: A Catalyst for the Asian-American Civil Rights Movement."
Michigan State History Conference, Holland, MI, September 22, 2017

Chinese 1 Language and Culture class
8 sessions, Wednesdays, Sept 27-Nov 8, 6:00-8:30 pm, Washtenaw Community College

Finding your Voice writing workshop
Saturday, October 7, 9:30 am - 3:30 pm, Washtenaw Community College

Continuing Writing Workshop
6 sessions almost every other Saturday, Oct 7, Oct 21, Nov 4, Nov 18, Nov 25, Dec 2, 3:30 - 5:30 pm, Washtenaw Community College

Jumpstart your Memoir writing workshop
Saturday, October 21, 9:30 am - 3:30 pm, Washtenaw Community College

Writing from the Heart writing workshop
Saturday, November 4, 9:30 am - 3:30 pm, Washtenaw Community College

Guest speaker re Asian/Pacific Islander American media for University of Michigan Prof. June Howard's Communications/American Culture class on Magazines
November 7, 2017, University of Michigan

Wayne State Law School guest speaker
Asian/ Pacific Islander Americans and Civil Rights Law
Detroit, MI, November 2017

Chinese Food: Customs and Culture 
Wednesdays, November 29, December 6, December 13, 3 sessions, Washtenaw Community College

Rescheduled to January: Panel discussion on Race and Media
University of Connecticut

Writing to Change the World writing workshop
Saturday, December 2, 9:30 am - 3:30 pm, Washtenaw Community College

Keynote speaker
Association of Chinese Americans High School Scholarship Awards Banquet
Chinese Cultural Center, Madison Heights, MI
Sunday, December 3, 2017, 6:00 pm

 Summer 2017

Writing from the Heart, University of Hawaii Hilo
July 6-27, Thursdays, 5-7:30pm, 4 classes, $70, Min 8/Max 30

Introduction to Creative Nonfiction, University of Hawaii Hilo
July 11-25, Tuesdays, 5-7:30pm, 3 classes, $55, Min 8/Max 30

Writing Narrative Essays
Thursday August 10, 2017, 1-3?, Chelsea District Library

Jumpstart your college application essay
Saturday, August 19 and 26, 1:00-4:00 pm, Washtenaw Community College

Winter 2017

Asian/ Pacific Islander Americans and Civil Rights Law
University of Michigan Department of American Culture
Winter 2016: January 4, 2016-April 18

Dare to Dream 
Saturday 1/21/2017, Washtenaw Community College

Chinese: Level 1 at WCC 
Wednesday 1/25/2017-3/15/2017, 6:00-8:30, 8 sessions, Washtenaw Community College
Korematsu Day Programs
University of Michigan Law School APALSA and MLSA, Monday, January 30, 2017, 5:00-6:30 pm, 1225 South Hall, with American Citizens for Justice, Japanese American Citizens League, ACCESS

(Canton High School, Canton, Monday, January 30, 2017)
(Fordson High School, Dearborn, Friday, February 3, 2017)

Greenhills School Diversity Day
Tuesday February 7, 2017, private
Asian/Pacific Islander American (APIA) media, history, and identity
Using Asian/Pacific Islander American (APIA) stereotypes in the media as an easy and visual entry point into APIA history and identity issues, examine connections between APIA media stereotypes, identity issues, and what contemporary APIA creatives are doing to clap back. Survey the landscape of APIA media and see how this history is more relevant than ever today. Challenge yourself to become a critical reader, savvy media consumer, and activist writer/content creator. Celebrate hot APIA stereotype busters.
Chelsea District Library Essay writing workshop for teens
Saturday, February 4, 2017, 2:00-4:00 pm
Chelsea District Library, Chelsea
Note New date  http://chelsea.evanced.info/signup/Calendar

Ann Arbor Chinese Center of Michigan Chinese New Year's Celebration
Saturday, February 18, 2017, afternoon
Washtenaw Community College

Jumpstart your memoir 
Saturday 2/18/2017-3/4/2017, am, 3 sessions, Washtenaw Community College

Candlelight Vigil for South Asian victims of hate crimes
March 16, 2017, 8:00 pm, steps of Rackham Hall, University of Michigan

Finding your Voice
Saturday 3/18/2017, Washtenaw Community College

University of Michigan APIA Diversity Summit
Tuesday, March 21, 2017, 3:00-8:00 pm, Pendleton Room, Michigan Union, University of Michigan

Chinese Food: Customs and Culture 
Wednesday 3/22/2017-4/12/2017, 4 sessions, Washtenaw Community College

Necessary Voices lecture series
University of Bridgeport Department of English, Bridgeport, Connecticut
Thursday, March 30, 2017
Necessary Voices in Asian American media: representation, critical reading, and resistance

Why does it matter if Scarlett Johansson is cast as Major Motoko Kusanagi in “Ghost in the Shell,” or if Tilda Swinton plays The Ancient One in “Dr. Strange”? Why is Matt Damon the one to save “The Great Wall” in China, and why is Kylo Ren saving ancient Japan in “Silence”? Using Asian Americans 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 is going on today with Islamophobia, anti-immigrant sentiment, bullying, and Black Lives Matter. We will survey the landscape of Asian American media and see what contemporary Asian American creatives are doing to clap back. During this time of “alternate facts” and accusations of “fake news,” this history of representation and resistance is more relevant than ever. The challenge is to become a critical reader, savvy media consumer, and activist writer/content creator. 
Looking for speaking opportunities in Boston and NYC areas

Midwest Asian American Students Union Conference
April 7-8, 2017, University of Michigan
Asian/Pacific Islander American (APIA) media, writing, and identity
Using Asian/Pacific Islander American (APIA) stereotypes in the media as an easy and visual entry point into APIA history and identity issues, examine connections between APIA media stereotypes, identity issues, and what contemporary APIA creatives are doing to clap back. Survey the landscape of APIA media. Meet the must-read APIA writers, bloggers, poets, thought leaders, and public intellectuals. Challenge yourself to become a critical reader, saavy media consumer, and activist writer/content creator. Celebrate hot APIA stereotype busters.
Matwalla South Asian Poetry Festival
Thursday, April 27, 7-9 pm, Asian American Writers Workshop, NYC

Spring 2017

Writing from the Heart?
Sat., May 6, 2017, 9:30-3:30, Washtenaw Community College

Writing with Style
Saturday June 3, 2017, 9:30-3:30, Washtenaw Community College

Hawaiian music and poetry reading? Friday, June 23, 2017

Vincent Chin commemoration? Saturday, June 24, 2017

 Fall 2016

University of Michigan Dept. of American Culture Prog. in A/PIA Studies
"Asians in American Film and Television" AC353, ASIANPAM353, HIST453
Fall 2016, September-December, T/Th 2:30-4:00pm, Mason Hall

AnnHua Chinese School SAT/ACT essay writing for high schoolers
Sundays, Sept-June, 11am-12pm

AnnHua Chinese School Public Speaking class for middle schoolers
Sundays, Sept-June, 2pm-3pm

AACCOM Conversational Chinese for adults
Fridays, Sept-May, 7pm-9pm

Chelsea District Library College Application Essay writing workshop for teens
September 17, 2016, 2-4pm
Chelsea District Library

Chinese: Level 1 at WCC
9/28/2016-11/16/2016, 6:00-8:30 pm, 8 sessions, Washtenaw Community College

Jumpstart Your Memoir 
10/1/2016-10/8/2016, 9:30-12:30, 2 half-day sessions, Washtenaw Community College
Date change: 10/1 and 10/15

Writing to Change the World 
10/1/2016-10/8/2016, 1:00-4:00 pm, 2 half-day sessions, Washtenaw Community College
Date change: 10/1 and 10/15

White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Elevate AAPI Data Challenge Convening
Friday, October 7, 2016, Washington DC
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/elevate-aapi-data-challenge-convening-tickets-27464282408

Prof. May-Lee Chai's creative nonfiction class, UNCW MFA Program
Tuesday, October 18, 2016, 6:45 pm, via Skype

UNITY Journalists for Diversity
Midwest Regional Workshop
October 21, 2016, Chicago, IL (tentative)

Berkeley Narrative Journalism Conference 
http://events.journalism.berkeley.edu/narrative/
Saturday, October 29, 2016, UC Berkeley School of Journalism 
Beyond the Page: Exploring the edges of nonfiction. What forms can narrative take when it’s freed from daily deadlines, paragraphs, and even the page? Four veteran journalists grapple with tough subjects in works that blend still images, voice, poetry, prose, and even virtual reality. Their work is as much mixed media as multimedia; we’ll explore it all. McKenzie Funk, Keris Salmon, Lakshmi Sarah, Frances Kai-Hwa Wang, moderated by Jessica Carew Kraft. ROOM: Upper Newsroom

Writing about Race. Review the news landscape over the past year and pick out the gnawing domestic issues. One of them, surely, is race, whether in cop stories, social justice, or presidential politics. Daily stories have given us a litany of police killings, The New Yorker profiled the leaders of Black Lives Matter, and polls reflect the coverage of Donald Trump’s statements about Mexicans and Muslims. But how do we, as narrative journalists, step away from daily news and discern the contours of the larger, epic story? How do we navigate shifting currents and the winds of political correctness without losing our way? JamilahKing, Jon Steinberg, Alex Tizon, Frances Kai-Hwa Wang, moderated by Tyche Hendricks. ROOM: Library
Program - The Berkeley Narrative Journalism ConferenceThe Berkeley Narrative Journalism 
Reporting Research Trip Macao
October 30-Nov 4, 2016

Finding Your Voice: Intensive Writers Workshop 
Saturday, 11/5/2016, 9:30-3:30, Washtenaw Community College

Prof. Manan Desai's Intro to APIA Studies class, Univ. of Michigan
Thurs., Nov. 17, 2016, 1:00-2:30

Chinese Food: Customs and Culture 
Wednesdays, 11/30/2016-12/14/2016, 6:00-8:30 pm, 3 sessions, Washtenaw Community College

English Special Workshop: Dare to Dream 
Saturday, 12/3/2016, 9:30-3:30 pm, Washtenaw Community College

 Summer 2016

Finding your Voice
4 Tuesdays, July 5-26, 2016, 5:00-7:30 pm
University of Hawaii Hilo

Dare to Dream
4 Thursdays, July 7-28, 2016, 5:00-7:30 pm
University of Hawaii Hilo

Writing to Change the World
Saturday, July 30, 2016, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
University of Hawaii Hilo

Asian American Journalists Association Convention
"Who is the Asian American Ta-Nehisi Coates?"
Friday, August 12, 2016, 10:00-11:30 am

English Special Workshop: Dare to Dream
2 Saturdays August 20, 2016-August 27, 2016, 9:30 am - 12:30 pm
Washtenaw Community College
Bring a notebook and pen. No lunch provided.

Jumpstart Your College Essay
2 Saturdays August 20, 2016-August 27, 2016, afternoon 1-4pm
Washtenaw Community College
Lunch is not provided. For ages 15-18.

Chelsea District Library writing workshop series for teens
Thursdays, August 25, 2016, 2-4pm
Chelsea District Library

Spring 2016

"Unlearn. Unmask. Unlock."
Keynote Speaker at Michigan State University APA Heritage Month Celebration
MSU East Lansing, Friday April 22, 7 pm

Officer Peter Liang and the Asian-American Community: Scapegoating, Justice, or Something Else?
on a panel with Peter Liang's defense attorneys
University of Michigan Law School
Friday, April 15, 12:00-1:00 pm, Hutchins Hall 220

Finding Your Voice: Intensive Writers Workshop
Saturday, May 7, 2016, Washtenaw Community College

Writing to Change the World
Saturday, June 4, 2016, Washtenaw Community College

Chelsea District Library writing workshop series for teens
Thursday, June 16, 2016, 2-4pm
Chelsea District Library

 Winter 2016

Asian Pacific American Civil Rights History and the Law, American Culture 301
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Mondays and Wednesdays Winter Semester 2016

AnnHua Chinese School (for high school students)
Sundays, September to June
ACT/SAT essay writing, 11:00am-12:00pm
Public Speaking, 2:00-3:00 pm

Ann Arbor Chinese Center of Michigan (for adults)
Fridays, September to May, 7:00-9:00 pm
Conversational Chinese II

Martin Luther King Jr. Day Assembly Keynote Speaker
Friday, January 15, 2016
Clague Middle School

Introduction to Chinese New Year's Traditions, Stories, and Song
Saturday, January 16, 2016, 10:00am-1:00pm
Washtenaw Community College

Conversational Chinese 1
Wednesdays, January 20-March 9, 2016 6:00-8:30 pm, 8 sessions, Washtenaw Community College

Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association Midwest Conference Keynote Speaker
Saturday, January 23, 2016, 2:00-6:00 pm
University of Michigan

Korematsu Day events January 2016
Northville High School ?
University of Michigan Law School: Thursday, January 28, 2016, 11:45 am - 1:00 pm 
Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan, Thursday, January 28, 2016, 4:00-6:00 pm

Ann Arbor Chinese Center of Michigan Chinese New Year's Celebration (tentative)
February 6, 2016, Washtenaw Community College

Award Winning Essays writing workshop
Chelsea District Library
Sunday, February 7, 2016, 2:30-4:30 pm

Chinese Food and Traditions
Feb 18, Feb 25, Mar 3, Mar 10, 1-3pm
Chelsea Adult Learners Institute, Chelsea

Jumpstart your Memoir
Saturday, February 20, 2016, 10:00am-4:00pm, Washtenaw Community College
(Rescheduled Mar 12)

Creative Nonfiction
Saturday, March 19, 2016, 10:00-4:00, Washtenaw Community College
Cancelled

NBC News Asian America Ideas Summit
NBC News, Thursday, March 24, 2016, New York City
private event

 Fall 2015

Unity Journalists for Diversity regional media summit panelist on "The Coming America: Writing about Religion and Immigration in a Changing Nation."
Saturday, Sept. 12, Wayne State University, Detroit, student center
http://unityjournalists.org/news/unity-opens-registration-for-detroit-media-summit-town-hall/

Jumpstart your college application essay (UM application)
Saturday, September 19, 10:30am-12:30pm, Chelsea District Library

AnnHua Chinese School (for high school students)
Sundays September to June
ACT/SAT essay writing, 11:00am-12:00pm
Public Speaking, 2:00-3:00 pm

Ann Arbor Chinese Center of Michigan (for adults)
Fridays September to May, 7:00-9:00 pm
Conversational Chinese

Conversational Chinese 1
Wednesdays, September 30-November 18, 6:00-8:30 pm, 8 sessions, Washtenaw Community College

Finding Your Voice: Intensive Writers Workshop ENG 4290
Saturday, October 3, 2015, 9:30-3:30pm, Washtenaw Community College

Jumpstart your college application essay (MSU application)
RE-RESCHEDULED: Saturday, October 17, 2:00-4:00 pm, Chelsea District Library
RESCHEDULED: Saturday, October 24, 2:00-4:00 pm, Chelsea District Library
Saturday, October 17, 2:00-4:00 pm, Chelsea District Library

Jumpstart Your Memoir ENG 4006
Saturday, November 7, 2015, 9:30-3:30 pm, Washtenaw Community College

Hawaiian Sovereignty
Wayne State University School of Law's "Asian Pacific American History and the Law: Perspectives on APA Civil Rights" with Roland Hwang and Ann Malayang Daley, LEX 8015 (3 credits) 
Thursday, November 19, 6-8 pm, Wayne State Law School, Detroit

Chinese Food: Customs and Culture HUM 4014
3 Wednesdays, December 2-16, 2015, 6:00-8:30 pm, Washtenaw Community College


English Special Workshop: Dare to Dream ENG 4055 Start 12/05/15
Saturday, December 5, 9:30-3:30 pm, Washtenaw Community College
Cancelled for insufficient enrollment

Summer 2015

Jumpstart your Memoir
Dare to Dream
Tuesdays, July 7-28, 5:00-8:00, University of Hawaii, Hilo

Jumpstart your Memoir
Thursdays, July 9-30, 5:00-8:00, University of Hawaii, Hilo

Jumpstart your college application essay
July 18, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm, University of Hawaii, Hilo

Jumpstart your college application essay
Saturday, August 22 and 29, 1:00-4:00 pm, Washtenaw Community College

Publicize your Event
August 22 and 29, Washtenaw Community College

Winter 2015

 Asian Pacific American Civil Rights History and the Law, American Culture 301
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Monday and Wednesday evenings

Write Creative Nonfiction
Monday, January 19, 2015, 1-3, Chelsea District Library, Chelsea

Korematsu Commemoration Program
Thursday, January 29, 2015, 12-1, Troy High School (with Athens and Niles Community High Schools)
with Roland Hwang, Ron Aramaki, Mary Kamidoi, Michigan Asian Pacific American Affairs Commission, Michigan Department of Civil Rights, Fred T. Korematsu Institute

Korematsu Recognition Program
Friday, January 30, 2015, 11:30-2:30, Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids
with Roland Hwang, Ron Aramaki, Mary Kamidoi, Michigan Asian Pacific American Affairs Commission, Michigan Department of Civil Rights, Fred T. Korematsu Institute

Korematsu Recognition Program
Friday, January 30, 2015, 3:30-6:00, Michigan State University, East Lansing
with Roland Hwang, Ron Aramaki, Mary Kamidoi, Michigan Asian Pacific American Affairs Commission, Michigan Department of Civil Rights, Fred T. Korematsu Institute

Ann Arbor Chinese Center of Michigan Conversational Chinese II class
Friday evenings 7-9, AACCOM

Asian Pacific American History and Heroes--Greenhills School Diversity Day
Tuesday, February 3, 12-2:20, Greenhills School, Ann Arbor, Rescheduled for March 5.

Ann Arbor Chinese Center of Michigan Chinese New Year's Celebration
Saturday, February 21, 2015, 3-9, Washtenaw Community College

Ann Arbor Whole Foods Chinese New Year's Celebration
Sunday, February 22, 2015, 2-3, Eisenhower Parkway Whole Foods, Ann Arbor

Finding Your Voice
Saturday, March 21, 2015, 9:30-3:30, Washtenaw Community College

North Ann Arbor Rotary Club
Thursday, April 9, 12-1 pm, Ann Arbor

University of Michigan Intro to A/PIA Studies class with Jennifer Young Kim
Thursday, April 9, 2:30-4:00, 2435 North Quad, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Reading for "Asian Americans in Michigan" and grad student discussion
3512 Haven Hall, 1-3. Free food and bubble tea. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Dare to Dream
Saturday, April 11, 2015, 9:30-3:30, Washtenaw Community College, Rescheduled from April 18

UCLA Law School APALSA Conference panelist
Saturday, April 18, 11:00-8:30, UCLA, Los Angeles

Ann Arbor Summer Festival event (tentative)
Saturday, June 20, 5-8pm, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Asian Pacific American Heritage Month in May?

V3con Digital Media Conference, June 27, 2015, 4:00 pm
Moderating "State of the Asian American Blog" with leading Asian American bloggers JozJozJoz Wang, Grace Hwang Lynch, Phil Yu
What is the value of bloggers who write about the Asian American community and where is the next generation of voices? Asian American blog founders gather together to discuss what blogging is like today and what they've learned from running their sites.https://v3digitalmediaconference2015.sched.org/event/3c1d2e272e0115cf921ef61201309750#.VeNC0vlViko

POSTPONED
Third Space Salon Asian/Pacific Islander American (A/PIA) Poetry and Literary Readings third Sunday of every month 6:00-7:30 pm, at Sweetwaters Cafe, 123 W Washington St, Ann Arbor, MI 48104; Format: Invited poets and writers read, then Open Mic, pop-up bookshop
Upcoming Dates 2015: January 18, February 15, March 15, April 19, May 17
Conversational Chinese 1
Wednesdays, January 21-April 1, 2015, 6:00-8:30 pm (8 weeks)
Washtenaw Community College

Conversational Chinese 2
Wednesdays, April 8-June 10, 2015 6:00-8:30 pm (8 weeks)
Washtenaw Community College

Fall 2014

Children's Book and Poetry Reading
Friday, August 22, 2014, 7 pm
Brewed Awakenings, Saline, MI

Conversational Chinese 1
Wednesdays, September 24-November 19, 2014 6:00-8:30 pm (8 weeks)
Washtenaw Community College

Siena Heights University Eclipse Poetry Journal Launch
Saturday, September 27th, 4:30-5:30 pm
Siena Heights University Reuckert Auditorium, Adrian, MI

AACCOM and Taiwanese Academy Chinese as a Foreign Language Performance Event (MC)
Friday, October 24, 2014, 7:30 pm
Ann Arbor, MI

Jumpstart your Memoir
Nov 1 and 8, 10:00-1:00 pm Washtenaw Community College

Finding your Voice
Nov 1 and 8, 1:30-3:30 pm Washtenaw Community College

Rotary Club Ann Arbor North POSTPONED
Thursday, November 20, 12:00, Ann Arbor

Dare to Dream
Saturday, November 22, 9:30-3:25 Washtenaw Community College

Write Award-Winning Essays
Saturday, December 13, 10-12, Chelsea District Library

POSTPONED
Third Space Salon Asian/Pacific Islander American (A/PIA) Poetry and Literary Readings third Sunday of every month 6:00-7:30 pm, at Sweetwaters Cafe, 123 W Washington St, Ann Arbor, MI 48104; Format: Invited poets and writers read, then Open Mic, pop-up bookshop
November 16
December 21

Summer 2014

Poetry Reading, "Where the Lava Meets the Sea"
Tuesday, July 1, 7 pm
Kona Stories, Kona, Big Island

Finding Your Voice Writing Workshop
3 Tuesdays,July 8-22, 5-7pm
University of Hawaii Hilo, UCB 113

Jumpstart Your Memoir Writing Workshop
3 Thursdays, July 10-24, 5-7pm
University of Hawaii Hilo, UCB 113

Dare to Dream: Write your way through reinvention Writing Workshop
Saturday, July 12, 9am-5pm (with lunch break)
University of Hawaii Hilo, UCB 113

Ethical Wills: Writing a Love Letter to your Family Writing Workshop
Saturday, July 19, 9am-5pm (with lunch break)
University of Hawaii Hilo, UCB 113


Spring 2014

"Reporting on Gender, Race, and Culture" Panel Discussion on Asian Americans
Friday, April 4, 2014
Wayne State University Journalism Department
Detroit, MI

Ann Arbor Chinese Center of Michigan Storytelling Contest MC
Friday, April 4, 2014
Ann Arbor, MI

Images and Perceptions Diversity Conference, "Embracing Diversity, Empowering Communities" www.3dconsults.com
Thursday, April 10, 2014
University of Michigan Dearborn

Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Prose Poetry Reading
March/April tentative

Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Storytelling (also early Taiwanese American Heritage Week and Children's Book Week) at Bookbound
Saturday, May 10, 2014, 2:00 pm
Bookbound, 1729 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor

Write your way through Reinvention
Saturday, May 17, 2014, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Oakland Community College

Literary Sriracha: A Spicy Mix of Poetry, Mini-Memoirs, and Flash Fiction:
May 17th, 2014, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Eating Cultures – Asian Pacific American Multidisciplinary Art Exhibition at SOMArts Cultural Center, Co-presented by Asian American Women Artists Association and Asia Society

Finding Your Voice all day writing workshop
Saturday, May 24, 9-3:30
Washtenaw Community College

Ethical Wills
Saturday, May 31, 2014, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Oakland Community College

Jumpstart your Blog
Saturday, June 7, 2014, 9:00 - 3:00 pm
Oakland Community College

Jumpstart your Memoir all day writing workshop
Saturday, June 14, 9-3:30 
Washtenaw Community College 

Finding your Voice
4 Wednesdays, May 7, 14, 21, 28 6:00-8:00 pm   
Washtenaw Community College
  
Introduction to Creative Nonfiction
Wednesday, June 11 6-8:30
Washtenaw Community College


 Winter 2014
Asian/Pacific Islander American Civil Rights: Journalism, Activism, and the Law (American Culture 301), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Winter 2014

Asian/Pacific Islander American Film and Media (American Culture 353 with Emily Lawsin)
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Winter 2014

Open Mic Poetry Reading with Zilka Joseph
Thursday, January 9, 6:00 pm
Bookbound, Ann Arbor

Conversational Chinese 1
January 15, 2014 6:00-8:00 pm
Washtenaw Community College

Twelve Gates Arts/Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center Indian American Heritage Project H1B Art Exhibition (January 18-February 28)  http://twelvegatesarts.org/exhibitions/h1b
January 18, 2014, 3:30-5:30
51 N. 2nd St., Philadelphia, PA 19106
Multimedia artwork with Jyoti Omi Chowdhury entitled, “Dreams of the Diaspora” at Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center Indian American Heritage Project H-1B visa online and travelling art exhibit. Opening reception at Twelve Gates Arts with poetry reading and panel discussion with curator Masum Momaya. 

Korematsu Day Commemoration
Thursday, January 30, 2014, 12:45 pm
Michigan Department of Civil Rights and Michigan Asian Pacific American Advisory Commission
Huron High School, Ann Arbor
Not open to the public at this time

Ann Arbor Chinese Center of Michigan Chinese New Year's Celebration
MC and Storytelling
Saturday, February 8, 3-6pm

SAT Writing Class
10 Sundays starting, February 9, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm (no class Feb. 23)
Ann Hua Chinese School, Ann Arbor, MI

Whole Foods and Ann Arbor Chinese Center of Michigan Chinese New Year Celebration
MC and Storytelling
Sunday, February 9, 2-3pm
Whole Foods Eisenhower Parkway

English Special Workshop: Dare to Dream
Tuesday and Thursday, February 18 and 20, 6-9 pm
Washtenaw Community College

Prose Poetry Reading, "Dreams of the Diaspora"
New America Media Media Roundtable: US Citizenship - The Next Step in Immigrant Rights?
Wednesday, February 19, 11-1:30
Farmington Hills, MI

West Bloomfield Rotary Club
Thursday, February 20, 7:30-9:00 am
West Bloomfield, MI

Prose poetry reading and a writing and hula workshop, “The 'Ha' (Breath) of Writing”
February 21-23, 2014
Chicago's Hulau i Ka Pono
Friday night: Prose Poetry Reading and Hula Performance
Saturday: Writing and Hula workshop
Sunday: Zen Talk about Writing, Buddhism, and the Creative Life

Writing with Style
Monday and Wednesday, February 24 and 26, 6-9 pm
Washtenaw Community College

King International Night (Private Event) MC and Chair 
Thursday, February 27, 2014, 6-8:30

Optimist Club of West Bloomfield
Tuesday, March 4, 7:30 am
West Bloomfield, MI

Jumpstart your Memoir
Saturday, March 8, 2014, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Oakland Community College

Prose Poetry Reading (and unofficial book launch) with Open Mic
Thursday, March 13, 7:00 pm
Bookbound, Ann Arbor

Finding your Voice
Saturday, March 22, 2014, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Oakland Community College

Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Prose Poetry Reading
March/April tentative

Conversational Chinese 2
10 Wednesdays, March 26, 2014, 6:00-8:00 pm
Washtenaw Community College


 Fall 2013

Tuesday, September 10, 2013, 8:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Social Media Tips and Tricks to Build Business (in partnership with Constant Contact presentation)
Plante Moran, PLLC, Auburn Hills, MI
Asian Pacific American Chamber of Commerce, apacc.net

Saturday, September 14, 2013, 7:00 pm
Prose Poetry Reading at Brewed Awakenings! cafe, 7025 E. Michigan Ave., Saline, MI 48176 (Corner of Michigan Ave. and State St.)
http://www.franceskaihwawang.com/2013/09/making-flyers-for-saturday-september-14.html

Friday and Saturday October 4 and 5, 2013
Prose Poetry Reading at Nancy Wolfe's Painting Exhibition Opening nancywolfe.com
Josef Glimer Gallery, Chicago, IL josefglimergallery.com
http://www.franceskaihwawang.com/2013/09/blog-post_6.html
http://www.franceskaihwawang.com/2013/09/nancy-wolfes-painting-poetry-at-josef.html
http://www.franceskaihwawang.com/2013/10/reading-at-nancy-wolfes-opening-at.html

Sunday October 6, 2013
TBA Chicago

Wednesday, October 9, 2013, 5:00 pm
Prose Poetry Reading at Michael Nagara and Nancy Wolfe's Exhibition Opening nancywolfe.com
Kerrytown Concert House, Ann Arbor, MI
http://www.kerrytownconcerthouse.com/index.php/events/event/nagara_wolfe_reception/
http://www.franceskaihwawang.com/2013/09/reading-at-kerrytown-concert-house.html

Wednesday, October 9, 2013, 6:30 pm
Conversational Chinese I class begins--ten weeks, Wednesdays
Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor, MI

October TBA
Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH

October 29, 2013
Prose Poetry Reading of "Where the Lava Meets the Sea" with Tom Peek, author of Daughters of Fire http://daughtersoffire.com/
Downtown branch, Ann Arbor District Library, Ann Arbor, MI
http://www.franceskaihwawang.com/2013/09/journey-into-deeper-beauty-and-volcanic.html
http://www.franceskaihwawang.com/2013/10/reading-with-tom-peek-october-29-hawaii.html

Saturday and Sunday, November 2 and 3, 10:00 am -12:55 pm
Ethical Wills: Writing a Love Letter to Your Family (ENG 4003)
Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor, MI
Creative Writing Classes - Washtenaw Community College Division of Economic & Community Development

Saturday, Nov. 30 and Dec 7, 2013
"Writing with Style: Finding your Voice" (ENG4004) and "Jumpstart your Memoir" (ENG4006)
Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor, MI
Creative Writing Classes - Washtenaw Community College Division of Economic & Community Development

Association of Chinese Americans High School Scholarship Awards Dinner Keynote
Sunday, December 8, 6 pm
Chinese Cultural Center, Madison Heights, MI

West Bloomfield Rotary Club
Thursday, December 19, 7:30-8:30 am

December 2013 TBA
Multimedia artwork with Jyoti Omi Chowdhury entitled, “Dreams of the Diaspora” at Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center Indian American Heritage Project H-1B visa online and travelling art exhibit and Beyond Bollywood exhibit opening

Winter 2013

January 1, 2013
AACCOM Lion Dance, gu zheng, er hu, and yoyo performances
Novi Sheraton, Novi, MI

January 10, 2013
Asian Pacific American History and the Law, American Culture 301
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

January 15 and 16, 2013??
UM Understanding Race Project Community Conversations

 January 25, 2013, 7-9 pm
Ann Arbor Chinese Center of Michigan, Northside School
UM Understanding Race Project

Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Conversational Chinese I class begins--ten weeks, Wednesdays
Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor, MI

Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Michigan Department of Civil Rights and Asian Pacific American Affairs Commission to Recognize Fred Korematsu Day in Michigan
Troy High School, Troy, Michigan

January 31, 2013
AACCOM Lion Dance and dance performance and talk at Entreslam.com

February 7, 2013 (Private event)
King School International Night MC and chair

February 9, 2013
Ann Arbor Chinese Center of Michigan Chinese Lunar New Year's Celebration MC and Lion Dance
Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor, MI

February 23, 2013
University of Michigan Yuri Kochiyama APIA High School Leadership Program
Ann Arbor, MI

February 9, 2013
AACCOM Chinese New Year's Celebration (Lion Dance and MC)
Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor, MI

March 16 and 23, 2013, 9-12
Finding your Voice Writing with Style
Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor, MI

Wednesday, March 13 and 20, 2013, 10am-12pm
Ethical Wills: Writing a Love Letter to Your Family
Adult Learning Institute, Cedars of Dexter

March 30, 2013
University of Michigan A/PIA High School Conference Keynote Speech
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

April 3, 2013
Preparing your child for racism on Radio KALW-SF
San Francisco, California

April 5-6, 2013
Midwest Asian American Students Union (MAASU) Conference
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

April 12-13, 2013
International Taiwanese Ameican Student Association (ITASA) Midwest Conference
Columbus, Ohio

Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Conversational Chinese II begins, ten weeks, Wednesdays
Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor, MI

April 10, 2013
Asian Pacific American Chamber of Commerce East/West Business Connections
Troy, Michigan

April 18, 2013
University of Michigan LSA Understanding Race Theme Year Race Card Project Ensemble Reading and Town Hall Meeting with NPR's Michele Norris
Rackham Auditorium, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
http://www.ur.umich.edu/update/archives/130419/racecard

Spring 2013

May 15, 2013
Navigating the Undercurrents Poetry Reading curated by May-lee Chai with AAWAA
SOMArts, San Francisco, California
http://www.somarts.org/undercurrentspoetry/

Saturdays, May 18-June 8, 10am-12:25pm CLASS CANCELLED
Jumpstart your Memoir
Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor, MI

May 22, 2013 CONFERENCE CANCELLED
Panelist on Doing Business in China at Skyline West Michigan Seminar
Grand Rapids, Michigan

Saturdays, June 1 and 8, 1-4 pm
Finding your Voice Writing with Style
Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor, MI

June 15, 2013
Activism Panel at V3 Conference (with Tanzila Ahmed, Phil Yu, Jenn Pae, Lisa Lee, wow!)
Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles, California
http://v3con.com/schedule/speakers/

August 6 and 8, 2013
Jumpstart your Memoir
University of Hawaii Hilo, Hilo, Hawaii
http://hilo.hawaii.edu/academics/ccecs/fitness/JumpstartMemoir.php

August 22, 2013
MEDA Conference
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Corp! Magazine Diversity Awards, Detroit

Fall 2012:



 Tuesday, August 7, 2012, 5-7 pm

Opening reception for Jyoti Omi Chowdhury's photography exhibit, "Boots of Spanish Leather," together with a reading by writer Frances Kai-Hwa Wang of her newest work, "Imaginary Affairs--postcards from an imagined life."

Kerrytown Concert House, Ann Arbor, 415 N. 4th Avenue, Ann Arbor, 48104


 August 21, 2012, 7 pm

Vincent Who? showing and discussion

Media Decompression Collective at B-Bop Records

Toledo, OH





Saturday, August 24-25, 2012





 Wednesday, September 12, 2012
U-M Understanding Race Project Community meeting
Ann Arbor, MI


 Friday, September 21, 2012
Social Media Strategies for Nonprofits
Nonprofit Enterprise at Work, Ann Arbor, MI
September 28, 2012
"The Vincent Chin Case: Made in Michigan" Vincent Who? screening and discussion


Chicago, Illinois


September 29, 2012
Blacklava 20th Anniversary Art Exhibition Opening
Los Angeles, California

 September 29 to October 10, 2012
"Did you eat? means...I love you" artwork at Blacklava's 20th anniversary celebration art exhibit at Hatakeyama Gallery, 905 S. Hill St., Los Angeles

October 13 and 20
"Finding your Voice" and "Ethical Wills"
Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor, MI

November 16, 2012, 6-8pm
UM Understanding Race Project New Exhibits Look at Race In Our Community Public reception for photographer Mohammed Langston's exhibit "Glimpse: People of our Community" and Laurie White's video "Race in this Place: A Community Conversation"
University of Michigan Museum of Natural History 1109 Geddes Ave. UnderstandingRaceProject.org

November 18, 2012
Asian Fusion Harvest Festivals--stories, dances, crafts
Ann Arbor District Library, Ann Arbor, MI

November 28, 2012
University of Michigan United Asian American Organizations (UAAO) Empowerment workshop facilitator, Ann Arbor, MI

December 1 and 8
"Jumpstarting your Memoir"
Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor, MI

December 8, 2012
Miso for Life--A Melting Pot of Thoughts Book Launch
Access Media, Orange County, California

December 9, 2012, 6 pm
Association of Chinese Americans High School Scholarship Awards Banquet
Madison Heights, MI

 Winter 2012

Tuesday, January 10, 2012, 6:30 pm
APIA History and the Law course begins
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Wednesday, January 18, 2012, 6:30 pm
Conversational Chinese course begins
Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor, MI

Saturday, January 21, 2012
Chinese New Year | Ypsilanti District Library
Lion Dancing, Chinese Yo Yo, stories, traditions, crafts and activities and more!

Thursday, January 26, 2012, 6-8pm
AAPS Rec and Ed course: Chinese New Year's Celebration: Dumplings!
Whole Foods Market, Washtenaw Ave., Ann Arbor.

Saturday, January 28, 2012, 3-9pm
The Ann Arbor Chinese Center of Michigan’s Chinese New Year’s Celebration
Washtenaw Community College, Morris Lawrence Building, 4800 E. Huron River Drive, Ann Arbor.

Saturdays, February 11 and 18, 2012, 10:00 am
Writing Ethical Wills
Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor, MI

Tuesday, February 21, 2012, 6:30 pm
Hawaiian Sovereignty Lecture in APIA History and the Law course
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Wednesday, February 29, 2012, 6:30 pm
AAPS Rec and Ed course: Asian Noodles
Huron High School, Ann Arbor, MI

Friday, March 9, 2012, 8:15 pm
So you want to be a writer
AACCOM, Ann Arbor, MI

Friday, March 23, 2012, 8:15 pm
Crafting Your Speech workshop
AACCOM, Ann Arbor, MI

Saturday, March 24, 2012, 6:00 pm
AAA Mr. and Ms. APA Talent Show (Judge)
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Friday, March 30, 2012
National Reading Month
King Elementary School

Saturday, April 7, 2012
Spark your Identity
International Taiwanese American Student Association (ITASA) Midwest Conference
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Saturday, April 7, 2012
Legacy of the Vincent Chin Case
University of Michigan Yuri Kochiyama Leadership Program

Tuesday, April 10, 2012, 6 pm
Vincent Who? with Curtis Chin and panel discussion
University of Michigan School of Public Health, SPHII M1020

Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Conversational Chinese Continuing course begins
Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor, MI

Saturdays, April 14 and 21, 2012, 10:00 am
Writing with Style: Finding your Voice
Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor, MI

Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Environmental Protection Agency

Monday, May 21, 2012
King School 2nd/3rd grade Writing Workshop

Wednesday, May 23, 2012
International Neighbors
Ann Arbor Women's City Club, Ann Arbor, MI

Tuesday, May 29, 2012
King School 4th/5th grade Writing Workshop

Thursday, June 14, 2012
Community Media Workshop's Making Media Connections
Chicago, IL

 Friday, June 15, 2012
"Light the Night against Hate"
Vincent Chin Memorial at Nine and Woodward, Ferndale
www.ferndalepride.com


Fall 2011


Thursday, October 27, 2011, 11:30 am
"Is there an App for that? Social Media for Social Justice" panel with Keith Kamisugi et al
Advancing Justice Conference, San Francisco, CA

Friday, October 28, 2011, 11:30 am
"What happens after the music lessons stop? Cultivating your Asian American identity and preparing for a global future after Amy Chua Tiger Mother"
University of San Francisco Asian American Studies Department, Room University 503
San Francisco, CA
https://www.facebook.com/events/191494697590753/
So your Tiger Mother made you take all those piano lessons, Kumon, SAT prep classes, language school, and here you are. Now what? Asian American writer Frances Kai-Hwa Wang will offer some practical strategies to both cultivate our characters and prepare for a global future—how to develop a multicultural perspective, the importance of knowing our Asian American history, and the power of giving back to our communities through social justice activism. (Sorry, you still have to take more math.) The key is developing our identities as strong and proud Asian Americans.

Wednesday, November 2, 2011, 6-8 pm
Multicultural Toolbox
King Elementary School Media Center, Rec and Ed course
Strategies for Raising Bilingual Children with Culture and Pride
How do you teach your children about their cultural heritage? Discover tools, strategies, and resources you can use to build positive self-esteem and ethnic identity. Incorporate the teaching of culture and values into everyday life in America and prepare your children for racism. Explore the importance of teaching your child two or three languages and how to make them realize it's "cool" to go to language school.

Friday, December 9
University of Michigan Dearborn Multicultural Exploration 270, The Asian American experience
Chinese Community Center, Madison Heights

already past:

Sunday, September 11, 2011, 12-2
Kitemaking workshop, with UM Center for Chinese Studies and Parks and Rec
Allmendinger Park, Ann Arbor, MI

Friday, September 16, 2011
Moonfestival and Mooncakes
King Elementary School, Second Grade

Sunday, September 18, 2011, 12-2
Kitemaking workshop, with UM Center for Chinese Studies and Parks and Rec
Buhr Park, Ann Arbor, MI

Tuesday, September 20, 2011, 12-1
"Beyond Amy Chua Tiger Mother--What happens after the music lessons stop?--Cultivating your Asian American identity"
Food for Thought series at Asian Cultural Center, University of Illinois, Urbana Champagne, IL
So your Tiger Mother made you take all those piano lessons, Kumon, SAT prep classes, language school, and here you are. Now what? Asian American writer Frances Kai-Hwa Wang will offer some practical strategies and hands-on tools to both cultivate our characters and prepare for a global future—how to develop a multicultural perspective, how to capitalize on our family backgrounds, and the importance of knowing our Asian American history. (Sorry, you still have to take more math.) In line with the U of I’s theme of “iUnite!”, she will also address the theme of belonging—about finding ourselves, finding strength in our communities, and the power of giving back through volunteering and social justice activism. The key is developing our identities as strong and proud Asian Americans.

Wednesday, September 21, 2011, 6-8 pm
The Chinese Mid-Autumn Moonfestival
King Elementary School Media Center, Rec and Ed Course
The Mid-Autumn Moon Festival is one of the few most important holidays in the Chinese calendar. It celebrates the end of the harvest season when the moon is at its fullest and brightest. Embrace the history and traditions, learn about and taste moon cakes, hear stories of the Moon Lady and the Jade Rabbit, and complete a Chinese paper cutting craft. (Appropriate for all ages, but children must be accompanied by an adult).

Friday, September 23, 2011, tba
escorting premier fourth-generation kitemaster Ha Yiqi to visit local elementary schools

Sunday, September 25, 2011, 1-5
New Millennium East Meets West Kite Festival by University of Michigan Center for Chinese Studies
Nichol's Arboretum, Ann Arbor, MI, University of Michigan
There will be kite-making workshops, kite flying competitions, cultural performances, and kite masters from China and Michigan. Special categories for students and community. A real town and gown and east meets west affair, much like the dragon boat races they organized at Gallup Park in 2007.

Sunday, October 2, 2011, 12-2
Kitemaking workshop, with UM Center for Chinese Studies and Parks and Rec
Leslie Park, Ann Arbor, MI

Wednesday, October 12, 2011, 6-8pm
"Beyond Tiger Mothering"
King Elementary School Media Center, Rec and Ed course
Understand hands-on strategies for preparing your children for the 21st century and a global market. Raise confident children with cultural sensitivity, languages, positive self-esteem and math skills. Discover effective techniques for instilling your academic and cultural values while making your child believe that being different is "cool."
Archived Appearances by Frances Kai-Hwa Wang
2011
Thursday, October 27, 2011, 11:30 am
San Francisco, CA
Friday, October 28, 2011, 11:30 am
University of San Francisco Asian American Studies Department
Wednesday, November 2, 2011, 6-8 pm
Multicultural Toolbox
King Elementary School Media Center, Rec and Ed course

Strategies for Raising Bilingual Children with Culture and Pride
How do you teach your children about their cultural heritage? Discover tools, strategies, and resources you can use to build positive self-esteem and ethnic identity. Incorporate the teaching of culture and values into everyday life in America and prepare your children for racism. Explore the importance of teaching your child two or three languages and how to make them realize it's "cool" to go to language school.
Past:
Sunday, September 11, 2011, 12-2
Kitemaking workshop, with UM Center for Chinese Studies and Parks and Rec
Allmendinger Park, Ann Arbor, MI

Friday, September 16, 2011
Moonfestival and Mooncakes
King Elementary School, Second Grade

Sunday, September 18, 2011, 12-2
Kitemaking workshop, with UM Center for Chinese Studies and Parks and Rec
Buhr Park, Ann Arbor, MI

Tuesday, September 20, 2011, 12-1
"Beyond Amy Chua Tiger Mother--What happens after the music lessons stop?--Cultivating your Asian American identity"
Food for Thought series at Asian Cultural Center, University of Illinois, Urbana Champagne, IL

So your Tiger Mother made you take all those piano lessons, Kumon, SAT prep classes, language school, and here you are. Now what? Asian American writer Frances Kai-Hwa Wang will offer some practical strategies and hands-on tools to both cultivate our characters and prepare for a global future how to develop a multicultural perspective, how to capitalize on our family backgrounds, and the importance of knowing our Asian American history. (Sorry, you still have to take more math.) In line with the U of I s theme of iUnite! , she will also address the theme of belonging about finding ourselves, finding strength in our communities, and the power of giving back through volunteering and social justice activism. The key is developing our identities as strong and proud Asian Americans.
Wednesday, September 21, 2011, 6-8 pm
The Chinese Mid-Autumn Moonfestival
King Elementary School Media Center, Rec and Ed Course

The Mid-Autumn Moon Festival is one of the few most important holidays in the Chinese calendar. It celebrates the end of the harvest season when the moon is at its fullest and brightest. Embrace the history and traditions, learn about and taste moon cakes, hear stories of the Moon Lady and the Jade Rabbit, and complete a Chinese paper cutting craft. (Appropriate for all ages, but children must be accompanied by an adult).
Friday, September 23, 2011, tba
escorting premier fourth-generation kitemaster Ha Yiqi to visit local elementary schools

Sunday, September 25, 2011, 1-5
New Millennium East Meets West Kite Festival by University of Michigan Center for Chinese Studies
Nichol's Arboretum, Ann Arbor, MI, University of Michigan
There will be kite-making workshops, kite flying competitions, cultural performances, and kite masters from China and Michigan. Special categories for students and community. A real town and gown and east meets west affair, much like the dragon boat races they organized at Gallup Park in 2007.

Sunday, October 2, 2011, 12-2
Kitemaking workshop, with UM Center for Chinese Studies and Parks and Rec
Leslie Park, Ann Arbor, MI

Wednesday, October 12, 2011, 6-8pm
"Beyond Tiger Mothering"
King Elementary School Media Center, Rec and Ed course

Understand hands-on strategies for preparing your children for the 21st century and a global market. Raise confident children with cultural sensitivity, languages, positive self-esteem and math skills. Discover effective techniques for instilling your academic and cultural values while making your child believe that being different is "cool."
past events
Saturday, January 22, 2011, 3pm
"'Vincent Who?' The Importance and Impact of the Vincent Chin Civil Rights Case and Why it is Still Relevant Today" with Roland Hwang
Michigan State University APA Law Students Association (APALSA)
MSU College of Law Castle Boardroom, Lansing, MI
Thursday, February 3, 2011, 1:00
"The Multicultural nature and history of Hawaii"
Jewish Community Center, Ann Arbor, MI

Thursday, February 3, 2011, 3:15 (cancelled and rescheduled)

Thurston Elementary School, Ann Arbor, MI

Lion Dancing only

Thursday, February 3, 2011, 3:30 (cancelled and rescheduled)

King Elementary School first grade, Ann Arbor, MI

Lion Dancing only

Thursday, February 3, 2011, 4:30
"Chinese New Year's Traditions" with Lion Dancing
University of Michigan Children's Center Glazier Way, Ann Arbor, MI
Thursday, February 3, 2011, 6:00
"Chinese New Year's Traditions" with Lion Dancing
University of Michigan Mary Markley Multicultural Council, Ann Arbor, MI
Friday, February 4, 2011, 6:00
"Chinese New Year's Traditions" with Lion Dancing, Chinese Yo-Yo, Chinese Traditional Music Ensemble
St. Paul's Lutheran School, Ann Arbor, MI
Saturday, February 5, 2011, 2:00
Ann Arbor Chinese Center of Michigan Chinese New Year's Celebration, Ann Arbor, MI
Lion Dancing and more
Monday, February 7, 2011, 3:15 (cancelled and rescheduled)
Thurston Elementary School, Ann Arbor, MI
Lion Dancing only
Thursday, February 10, 2011, 6:30
King School International Night (King School families only), Ann Arbor, MI
MC, Lion Dancing, and much much more!
Friday, Feburuary 11, 2011, 1:30
"Chinese New Year's Traditions" with Lion Dancing
King Elementary School first grade, Ann Arbor, MI
Saturday, February 12, 2011, 6:00
Association of Chinese Americans (ACA) Chinese New Year dinner, Warren, MI 
Lion Dancing only
Thursday, February 17, 2011, 7:00
"Chinese New Year's Traditions" with Lion Dancing, Chinese dance, Mongolian dance, Chinese Yo-Yo
Canton Public Library, Canton, MI
Saturday, February 26, 2011, 8:00-6:00
Banana 2--The Second Annual Gathering of Asian/Pacific Islander American Bloggers--Visibility, Viability, Voice--Studio City, CA
Panel: Uncovering the Activist in You/Social Media for Social Change
Creator: Edward Hong (of The HanSarang Movement)
Moderator: Keith Kamisugi (of keithpr.com)
Panelists: Jehanzeb Dar (of Muslim Reverie), Frances Kai-Hwa Wang (of Adventures in Multicultural Living), Fatemeh Fakhraie (of Muslimah Media Watch), Marissa Lee (of Racebending), Cynthia Liu (of K12-NN), more TBD
How does one make a difference in the world with only their computer/smartphone at their disposal? Can an everyday person become a social media activist and take the steps to create real, tangible change in this world? Is it even possible? Or is it naive and wishful thinking? In this panel, we will discuss the possibility of this matter and whether or not we can take advantage of the blogging/social media world to make a stand.
Friday, March 4, 2011
Guest Reader for National March is Reading Month
King Elementary School first grade, Ann Arbor, MI 
Wed., March 16, 2011, 6:00 pm
Asian American Activism
University of Michigan United Asian American Organizations, Yuri Kochiyama Lounge
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Asian Pacific American History and the Law
Michigan Chinese Fellows, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Thursday, May 19, 2011, 11:30-1:30
Leadership and Diversity for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit, MI
Friday, May 27, 2011, 6:30-8:30
Toledo Art Museum Asian Pacific American Art Exhibit Opening Reception, Toledo, OH
Exhibit runs May 27 to July 8
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Thirtieth anniversary of baseball bat beating death of Vincent Chin
2010
Wednesday, December 22, 2010, 12:00 noon
Installation of Vincent Chin Michigan Legal Milestone Plaque
in median of Woodward outside Post Bar (former location of Golden Star)
22828 Woodward Ave., Ferndale, MI  48220
October 19, 2010, 6pm
University of Michigan Dearborn
"Hawaii Sovereignty," APA History and the Law
August 6, 2010, 10am
University of Hawaii Hilo
"The Multiethnic Nature of Hawaii and its Legacies" (complete with Spam Musubi making session)
July 7 and 15, 2010, 5:00-6:30pm
University of Hawaii Hilo College of Continuing Education and Community Service
"Multicultural Toolbox--Raising our Children with Language(s), Culture(s), and Pride"
June 22, 2010
University of Michigan Center for Japanese Studies
UM School of Social Work
"A Workshop in Cultural Competence"
May 21, 2010
Ann Arbor Chinese Center of Michigan
Asian Pacific American History--Resistance and Heroes...with a slide of pop culture
May 20, 2010
US Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Luncheon and Panel Discussion on "Diverse Leadership for a Diverse Workforce."
May 11, 2010
Brighton District Library
"Becoming Asian Pacific American in the Midwest--Identies, Cultures, Communities, and FOOD" as part of their Comfort Food Series
April 26, 2010
American Citizens for Justice special showing of "Vincent Who?" documentary for LaborNotes Conference speaker Jing Xiang and the Japanese delegation. 
April 23, 2010
National Guard Diversity Training, Lansing
April 14, 2010
Friendship and Faith by the Women of WISDOM book launch
April 13, 2010
Keynote speaker for the "New Communities: A Symposium on Exploring, Challenging, and Negotiating Contemporary Asian American Identity," at Purdue University.
Monday, April 5, 2010 (cancelled)
Eastern Michigan University Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Celebration Keynote, "Asian Pacific American Identity in the Midwest" (tentative topic) 
Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI
Monday, March 15, 2010, 11-1pm
Eastern Michigan University Taste of Asia Panel Discussion, "Hapa Issues of Asian Americans' Racial and Cultural Identity," 310A Student Center, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI
Tuesday, February 23, 2010, 6-8pm
Ecumenical Center International Residence's (ECIR's) Global Village Dinner
921 Church St., Ann Arbor, MI
"Becoming Asian American in the Midwest--identity, culture(s), and communities" to address international students perhaps feeling out of place

 Saturday, February 13, 2010, 1-5pm (open to the public)Ann Arbor Chinese Center of Michigan Chinese Lunar New Year's Celebration, Washtenaw Community College, 4800 E. Huron River Dr, Ann Arbor, MC

 One World One Family Taskforce 2010 Community Celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. January 18 at 7pm in the auditorium at the Washington Street Education Center, 500 Washington Street, Chelsea, MI. http://www.owof.org/events.html

 King School International Night MC (open to King School families ONLY, not open to the public), February 4, 2010.
"Asian Pacific American History and the Law," University of Michigan American Cultures 301, Winter term 2010. (Hawaiian Sovereignty lectures April 6, 13, 2010.)
A three-part lecture series on Asian Pacific American issues at the University of Hawaii Hilo July, 2010, with two other scholars. Frances will be speaking on Asian Pacific American History and Heroes and giving a smaller workshop on Raising our Children with Culture(s), Language(s), and Pride.

 Fall 2010
"Asian Pacific American History and the Law," University of Michigan Dearborn Sociology 380H, Fall term 2010.

Fall 2009 
Michigan Government Television, Monday August 24, 11:24 am  
State Bar of Michigan 34th Legal Milestone for Vincent Chin case dedication ceremony, "From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry." A bronze plaque memorializing what occurred will be unveiled http://michbar.org/programs/milestones.cfm#events. Check out www.mgtv.org for live streaming.
Mamnon Moon Festival
Friday, October 3, 2009
Three Cedars Farm, Northville
Association of Chinese Americans High School Scholarship Awards Dinner
Sunday, December 6, 2009, 6-8pm
Chinese Community Center, 32585 Concord Drive, Madison Heights, MI 48071 (248-585-9343)
Spring 2009
March 25, 2009, 1:00
Dearborn Montessori School, Dearborn, MI
"Chinese Lunar New Year's Traditions, Stories, and Song" with AACCOM Lion Dance Troupe

March 31, 2009, 12:00--CANCELLED
Lawrence Technical University
Southfield, MI
"On Becoming Asian American...in the Midwest?"

Wednesday, April 1, 2009, 11:40am
University of Michigan American Cultures APA History Course with Tzu-I Chung
"APA identities and generations across time and space"

April 3-5
Michigan Tour of Vincent Who? for American Citizens for Justice/ Asian American Center for Justice

Friday April 3, 1 pm
Conversation on Race Series
University of Michigan Dearborn
Kochoff Hall Ballroom Room B, 4901 Evergreen, Dearborn, MI 48126
Vincent Who? Screening plus Panel Discussion: Frances Kai-Hwa Wang, American Citizens for Justice Executive Director; Curtis Chin and Michael P. Lee, Vincent Who producers and Asian Pacific Americans for Progress.

Friday April 3, 6:30-8:00 pm
Midwest Asian American Students Union (MAASU) Conference
University of Michigan
Biomed Science Research Building, 109 Zina Pitcher Place, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Vincent Who? Screening plus Panel Discussion: Ann Malayang Daley, past president American Citizens for Justice; Curtis Chin and Michael P. Lee, Vincent Who producers and Asian Pacific Americans for Progress.

Friday, April 3, 7pm
Moderating Ann Arbor Chinese Center of Michigan Storytelling Contest

Saturday April 4, 1:00-3:00 pm
Ann Arbor District Library, Multipurpose Room
343 S. Fifth St., Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Vincent Who? Screening plus Panel Discussion: Frances Kai-Hwa Wang, American Citizens for Justice Executive Director; Curtis Chin and Michael P. Lee, Vincent Who producers and Asian Pacific Americans for Progress; Roland Hwang and Ron Aramaki, American Citizens for Justice.

Saturday, April 4, 2009, 3:15-4:15
Midwest Asian American Students Union (MAASU) Conference
Hate Crimes Panel with Roland Hwang, Jeff Jenks, Ron Aramaki, American Citizens for Justice

Saturday, April 4 at 7 pm (Fundraiser for American Citizens for Justice)
Association of Chinese Americans - Chinese Community Center
32585 Concord Drive (1 block east of the I-75/14 Mile Rd. interchange, then 1/2-block south of 14 Mile Rd.)
Madison Heights, MI 48071
Vincent Who? Screening plus Panel Discussion: Frances Kai-Hwa Wang, American Citizens for Justice Executive Director; LG Almeda, Roland Hwang and Jim Shimora, American Citizens for Justice; Curtis Chin and Michael P. Lee, Vincent Who producers and Asian Pacific Americans for Progress.
Sponsored by American Citizens for Justice, Association of Chinese Americans, New Detroit, Inc., and Asian Pacific Americans for Progress
Suggested donation: $10, proceeds to American Citizens for Justice

Saturday, April 18, 2009, 10-11am
Huron High School Leadership Conference
Huron High School, Ann Arbor
"Speech and Communication"

Saturday, April 18, 2009, 6:30 pm
American Citizens for Justice/ Asian American Center for Justice Fundraiser and Evening with Helen Zia
Association of Chinese Americans - Chinese Community Center
32585 Concord Drive, Madison Heights, MI 48071 (located one block east of the I-75/14 Mile Road interchange - 1/2 block south of 14 Mile)
Tickets are $25 per person, $100 corporate/organizational (including 5 tickets); Gold Sponsors $500; Students $15.  Checks and donations go to:
American Citizens for Justice, Inc., PO Box 851163, Westland, MI 48185.
The event is co-sponsored by the Association of Chinese Americans, Ann Arbor Chinese Center of Michigan, FILAMCCO, Japanese American Citizens League-Detroit, the Governor's Advisory Council on Asian Pacific American Affairs, APIA Vote-Michigan, Council of Asian Pacific Americans, American Arab Anti Discrimination Committee Michigan chapter, Michigan State University. 
Tuesday, April 21, 2009, 7:00-8:30pm
Schroeder Elementary and Troy Public Schools, Troy, MI
"Multicultural Toolbox--Raising our Children with Culture(s), Community, and Pride"

Thursday, May 7, 2009, 12:00-1:00 pm
Environmental Protection Agency APA Heritage Month
"Multicultural Toolbox--Raising our Children with Culture(s), Community, and Pride"

Wednesday, May 27, 7:00-8:30pm
Ann Arbor District Library Traverwood Branch
3333 Traverwood Dr, Ann Arbor, MI 48105 - Google Maps
"Multicultural Toolbox--Raising our Children with Culture(s), Language(s), and Pride"

Friday, June 19, 2009, at 11 am
Chinese Community Center, 32585 Concord Drive, in Madison Heights
State Bar of Michigan 34th Legal Milestone for Vincent Chin case dedication ceremony, "From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry." 
The ceremony will commemorate the Vincent Chin case and reflect on its significance in our legal history: Chin s beating death in 1982 in Highland Park, and the lenient sentences meted out to his assailants caused an outcry in the Asian American community and led to the birth of a civil and victims rights movement. A bronze plaque memorializing what occurred will be unveiled at the end of the ceremony. Please come! http://michbar.org/programs/milestones.cfm#events

Winter 2009
Monday, January 19, 2009, 9:45-10:20 am
University of Michigan Martin Luther King Jr. Day Children's Program
Modern Languages Building Auditorium, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Saturday, January 26, 2009 (open to the public)Ann Arbor Chinese Center of Michigan Lunar New Year's Celebration
Washtenaw Community College, 4800 E. Huron River Dr, Ann Arbor
MC

Friday, January 30, 2009, 9am
Conference: "Opportunity for All: Inequity, Linked Fate and Social Justice in Michigan"
Michigan Roundtable for Diversity and Inclusion
Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, 315 E. Warren, Detroit, MI
"Cultural Perspectives on Inequity and Linked Fate" Panel Discussion

Friday, January 30, 2009, 7pm
Hua Ren Chinese Cultural Show
Lydia Mendelsohn Theatre, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
AACCOM Lion Dance Troupe (with Ann Arbor Traditional Chinese Music Ensemble) and Yo Yo Team

Saturday, January 31, 2009, 12:00-1:30 pm
New Sweetwaters Grand Opening and Chinese New Year Celebration
corner Plymouth and Green, Ann Arbor
with AACCOM Lion Dance Troupe and Yo Yo Team, Chinese and Thai dancers, Detroit Lion Dancers, Chinese New Year Stories and Song with Frances Wang

Saturday, January 31, 2009, 2:30-4:00 pm
UM North Campus Family Housing Lunar New Year Celebration
UM North Campus, Ann Arbor

Thursday, February 5, 2009, 6:30-8:30pm
King School International Night
For King School Families Only. NOT open to the public
MC

Saturday, February 7, 2009, 1-4pm
Association of Chinese Americans, a chapter of Organization of Chinese Americans
Lunar New Year Celebration
Chinese Community Center, 32585 Concord Drive, Madison Heights, MI  48071
with AACCOM Lion Dance Troupe and Yo Yo Team

Saturday, February 7, 2009, 6:00 pm
Association of Chinese Americans Lunar New Year Dinner
Golden Harvest Restaurant, 6880 E. 12 Mile Rd., Warren, MI

Saturday, February 14, 2009, 9:00 am
Pan-Asian Lunar New Year Teacher Immersion Workshop
UM Center for Chinese Studies, Center for Japanese Studies, Center for Korean Studies
Speaking about Chinese New Year and bringing AACCOM Lion Dance Troupe

Fall 2008
Association of Chinese Americans High School Scholarship Awards Dinner
Sunday, December 7, 2008, 6-8pm
Golden Harvest Restaurant, Warren

Spring 2008
Sunday, June 8, 7:30 pm Channel 18Tues., June 10, 5:00 pm
Thurs., June 12, 10:00 amCommunity Television Network (CTN) broadcast of Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti Reads Talk at Ann Arbor District Library on January 23, 2008
"On Becoming Chinese American"
Or view video here: http://www.aadl.org/video/view/152
Growing up the child of immigrants, Frances Kai-Hwa Wang was both part of and slightly outside of Chinese culture and mainstream American culture. What does it mean to be Chinese American? Ms. Wang's discussion will touch on issues raised by this year s theme, China and America: Bridging Two Worlds, and the selected book, The Eighth Promise: An American Son's Tribute To His Toisanese Mother, by William Poy Lee. As acting editor of IMDiversity.com Asian American Village, Ms. Wang has written extensively on issues of identity and culture as process rather than simply one moment in time. She will share the stories of the different ways she has wrestled with identity and culture through her life, including during childhood, as a young adult, and as a parent.

Tuesday, June 10, 2008, 11:30-12:30 (Postponed until fall)
Michigan Roundtable on Diversity and Inclusion "Lunch and Learn"
525 New Center One, 3031 W. Grand Blvd., Detroit, MISaturday, June 14, 2008
Moderator for Mamnon Mentorship Picnic (members only)
Plymouth, MI

Community Television Network (CTN) airing of "On Becoming Chinese American" Talk by Frances Kai-Hwa Wang at Ann Arbor District Library from January 23, 2008. Dates and Times TBA

Friday, March 28, 2008, 8:10-9:00pm Ann Arbor Chinese Center of Michigan, Northside School, Ann Arbor
Facilitator for Parent Discussion Group, "Raising Happy and Confident Asian Pacific American Kids in the US."

Wednesday, April 2, 2008, 12:00 pm
Hatcher Library Gallery, Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library, University of Michigan "Becoming Asian Pacific American...in the Midwest?"
Light refreshments will be provided (first things first) 
Growing up in California, Frances Kai-Hwa Wang grew up both part of and slightly outside of Chinese culture and mainstream American culture. Then she came to the Midwest for graduate school and was completely culture-shocked into an activist Asian Pacific American identity. As Acting Editor of IMDiversity.com Asian American Village, Ms. Wang has written extensively on issues of identity and culture as process rather than simply one "Aha" moment in time. Ms. Wang will share funny and lyrical stories of the many different ways she has wrestled with identity and culture--as a child, as a college and graduate student, as a parent, and as an activist--bringing some of the themes of both The LSA China Theme Year and the Ann Arbor-Ypsi Reads straight to life in today's Ann Arbor. Sponsored by University of Michigan Libraries and Library Studies

Friday, April 4, 2008, 8:10-9:00pm Ann Arbor Chinese Center of Michigan, Northside School, Ann Arbor
Facilitator for Parent Discussion Group
"Raising Happy and Confident Asian Pacific American Kids in the US."

Sunday, April 6, 4:00-5:00 pm
Lion Dancing at Festifools 2008
Downtown Ann Arbor, Main Street between Washington and William

Tuesday, May 6, 2008, 11:30 am-12:30 pm
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA Employees only)
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Program
"Becoming Asian Pacific American...in the Midwest?"
Growing up in California, Frances Kai-Hwa Wang grew up both part of and slightly outside of Chinese culture and mainstream American culture. Then she came to the Midwest for graduate school and was completely culture-shocked into an activist Asian Pacific American identity. As Acting Editor of IMDiversity.com Asian American Village, Ms. Wang has written extensively on issues of identity and culture as process rather than simply one "Aha" moment in time. Ms. Wang will share funny and lyrical stories of the many different ways she has wrestled with identity and culture--as a child, as a college and graduate student, as a parent, and as an activist--bringing some of the themes of both The UM LSA China Theme Year and the Ann Arbor-Ypsi Reads straight to life in today's Ann Arbor.

Friday, May 16, 2008, 11:30-1:00
New Detroit Cultural Exchange Network
New Center One Building, 3031 W. Grand Blvd., Detroit, MI

Wednesday, May 21, 2008, 6:00-8:00pm
Canton Public Library, Canton, Michigan
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Program
with Ann Arbor Chinese Center of Michigan Lion Dance Troupe

Sunday, May 25, 2008, 2:00pmDetroit Institute of the Arts, Detroit, Michigan
"Masks of China - Lions, Dragons and Painted Faces!"
Collaboration with Carol Stepanchuk of University of Michigan Center for Chinese Studies and Ann Arbor Chinese Center of Michigan Lion Dance Troupe

May Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Programs (Tentative)
Emerson School, Ann Arbor, MI
Martin Luther King, Jr., Elementary School, Ann Arbor, MI
Ann Arbor Chinese Center of Michigan, Northside School, Ann Arbor, MI

Winter 2008

"On Becoming Chinese American" Talk by Frances Kai-Hwa Wang
Wednesday, January 23, 2008, 7:00-8:30 pmAnn Arbor/Ypsilanti Reads "China and America: Bridging Two Worlds"Ann Arbor District Library, Main/Downtown branch
343 South Fifth Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Growing up the child of immigrants, Frances Kai-Hwa Wang grew up both part of and slightly outside of Chinese

events prior to 2008 lost due to software error 

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