Celebrate Asia Pasifika: Speaker Event (Saymoukda D. Vongsay)

All are welcome to attend “Taking Up Space: The Power of Storytelling in Leadership,” a fireside chat with Saymoukda Duangphouxay Vongsay, featuring student organization leaders from Asian American Student Union (AASU), Hmong Ole Student Association (HOSA), Pamilya Pinoy, Vietnamese Culture Organization (VCO), and more. This event is in celebration of AANHPI Heritage Month hosted by the Asian Conversations program. 

Saymoukda is a Lao-American playwright whose work has been presented by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center (NY), Theater Mu (MN), Lower Depth Theater (LA), Asian Improv Arts (IL), and elsewhere. She’s currently a Mellon Foundation Playwright in Residence at Theater Mu, a Jerome@Camargo Artist in Residence in Cassis, France, a Playwrights Center Core Writer, a Lanesboro Arts Artist in Residence, and a Forecast Public Art grantee. Recent honors include a Jerome Hill fellowship, a Bush Foundation Leadership fellowship, and being the first Minnesotan artist to be invited as an artist in residence at the Kennedy Center REACH.

Sponsored by Asian Studies Department, Academic Civic Engagement, Leraas Fund, Taylor Center for Equity and Inclusion, and Northfield Public Library.