Little Laos on the Prairie blog: The Lao'd perspective. Hot dish of news + culture + life. Founding EIC: @chanidanoy. #BeLaod
Vientiane + Minneapolis
Joined August 2013
- Tweets4.7K
- Following281
- Followers1.8K
- Likes2.5K
Review: How to Pronounce Knife by Souvankham Thammavongsa littlelaosontheprairie.org/2…
An Iu Mien Story Pt.1 – #FreeSaelee, The Secret War, and Resettlement littlelaosontheprairie.org/2…
Beyond Black Ops: Laos in Video Games littlelaosontheprairie.org/2…
The Lao Wave: A New Music Scene in Laos littlelaosontheprairie.org/2…
“All’s Fair?” Considering Laos, the environment, and war littlelaosontheprairie.org/2…
Legacies of War Refugee Nation Twin Cities: 10 Years Later littlelaosontheprairie.org/2…
We’re excited!
In partnership with @mnmuseum, we're proud to present 1.5: Southeast Asian Diaspora Remix.
1.5: Southeast Asian Diaspora Remix will be displayed in the M's window and skyway facing spaces, and opens September 24th. Learn more at theseadproject.org/onepointf….
Little Laos Blog retweeted
Our physical Pause & Grow Care Packages are almost complete! Now, we just need to put them together 😅 Volunteer for a time slot to assemble our care packages here: bit.ly/2Yzhskk
Job!!!
We're seeking a passionate and
creative-thinking Program Manager to lead and
manage our overall programs that are focused in just storytelling, cultural arts and languages, emerging
creative leadership, and dual pandemic response.
Learn more: theseadproject.org/get-invol…
1
Learn Lao!
Now's the perfect time to add language learning to your list of new quarantine skills on the weekends! Sign up for our language workshops in Hmong, Khmer, Lao or Vietnamese. Now 100% online. Enrollment opens today. Learn more at: theseadproject.org/searoots/
2
Little Laos Blog retweeted
I's important that we protect ourselves and each other from COVID-19. Stop the spread by following these practices in our instructional video, now in Burmese, Karen, Khmer, Hmong, Lao, and Vietnamese. You can find these videos on our YouTube!
youtube.com/playlist?list=PL…
Little Laos Blog retweeted
Growing up, 1.5 gen children acted as the bridge between their immigrant parents and their new home. Asia Moua did this often as a child, but as life went on, it got more complicated — and so did translating for her parents.
theseadproject.org/projects_…
Little Laos Blog retweeted
SEAD gathered stories from 1.5 and their descendants on themes of love, labor, and boundaries. Read more about the generation that's in-between, toeing the line of too-American and not American enough, while forging their own, unprecedented path.
theseadproject.org/stories/
Little Laos Blog retweeted
Tia Dang's earliest memory of Vietnam is shades of gray: gray skies, from which gray rain fell, on the top of their church made of concrete, where she and her nephew struggled to stay warm.
Read the rest of Tia's story here: theseadproject.org/projects_…
Little Laos Blog retweeted
2020 marks the 45th anniversary of the diaspora from Southeast Asia and a new world we’re stepping into, during a time of dual pandemics. Consider this a save-the-date in partnership with @mnmuseum: theseadproject.org/onepointf… #onepointfive #southeastasian #hmong #khmer #lao #viet
Little Laos Blog retweeted
Tee Fansofa (they/them) is a visual artist and organizer based in Sacramento, CA. More recently, they experienced police brutality while providing for protesters. Read more about their story: theseadproject.org/pride2020
Support them by donating to their Venmo at: thongxy-phansopha
Little Laos Blog retweeted
As a Northsider it’s so maddening to have to search high and low for news about my neighborhood. And yet one shooting in Uptown and it’s plastered everywhere.
A murdered 17-year-old is newsworthy.
If you needed another reminder, Lao community, that police are not here to keep us safe.
