9.7.18 - 9.13.18

• #LaosAngelesRoots Sydney Vieungluang will be moderating the film panel at #LaoNow2018, do you have your tickets yet?

• #LaosAngelesRoots

  • #LaosAngelesShine featuring Nitsa Kuangvanh

  • Brian Sounalath hosts an “Intro To Acting” Workshop for the Roots fam.

• Motherland News…

  • Reuters: Laos Launches Website to Promote and Preserve Traditional Food and Farming.

  • RFA: Former Lao Soccer Club President Summoned by Police for ‘Clarifications’

  • Laos works towards wiping out illiteracy.

  • Opiod Crisis in Mountains of Laos.

  • ‘Separtist’ T-shirts came from Laos, Says Prawit

  • Laos Facing Food Security Challenges Following Extreme Weather.

• #RepresentationMatters

  • The Tahoe Weekly: Showing Bloodroad for TAMBA

  • New York Times: Opinion: Asian-Americans Need More Movies, Even Mediocre Ones

  • Variety: What Can Hollywood Learn From #AsianAugust?

  • Huff Post: Designer Casts All Asian Models for NYFW Show.

  • New York Times: Beyond ‘Crazy Rich Asians’: Angie Wang wants to make a movie.

  • Glamour: Some Critics Say the Biracial Actors in “Crazy Rich Asians” Aren’t Asian Enough - But I Call Bullshit.

• #LaoFoodMovement

  • 5 Foods and Drinks You Have to Taste in Laos.

8.31.18 - 9.6.18

• Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC) releases statement on SB 895.

• Lao owned Sahtu Press’ Mommy Eats Fried Grasshoppers continues readings at bookstores joined by fellow Lao American BBoy Lancer!

• Do you have your tickets to the Premiere National Event, Lao Now 2018, yet?

• Wasau Daily Herald: Lee family's Wausau produce business born from gardening passion in Laos

• #LaosAngelesRoots

  • #LaosAngelesShine featuring powerhouse: Ova Saopeng

• Motherland News…

  • Laos’ hydropower ambitions threaten Mekong fishing villages.

  • Illegal Trafficking of Baby Elephants to China and Dubai for Tourism Through Laos

  • Flood Kills 6 In Northern Laos

  • Home Team Rescue Operation Video

• #RepresentationMatters

  • 14 Powerful Portraits Showing the Diversity of Asian-American Feminism

  • Jujubee on Her Sobriety and Potential Drag Race Comeback

  • Hollywood Reporter: ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Becomes Most Successful Rom-Com in 9 Years.

  • ET Online: 18 Rising Asian Americans Stars Expanding Representation in Hollywood (and Beyond)

  • Huffington Post: It’s A Cultural Moment For Asian Representation -- As Long As You’re Light Skinned

  • Hello Giggles: College Students Fake McDonald’s Ad for Asian Representation

• #LaoFoodMovement

  • Top 5 Lao Food Dishes You Must Try

8.24.18 - 8.30.18

• SB 895 News:

  • Los Angeles Times: Bill to require K-12 study of Vietnamese, Cambodian, and Hmong Experiences Wins in OC.  

  • Laos Angeles encourages everyone to write letters to our Senators about including Laos in the bill. (We missed the submission date, but will now create a plan to push for the inclusion of the history of Laos!)  

• #LaosAngelesRoots

  • Potluck #3 was a huge success!

  • Potluck #3 Video shot, edited, and scored by Andrew David Vilaythong!

• Motherland News…

  • Dutch visitor fell in love with Laos’ Luang Prabang, stayed and built a botanical garden.

  • Work Continues on Huge Projects Even Though Promised to Halt After Dam Collapse

• #RepresentationMatters

  • #LaosAngelesShine features Chanida Phaengdara Potter!

• #LaoFoodMovement

  • Chef Saengthong Douangdara takes the stage the the OC Night Market!

  • Greensboro Dining: Traditional Lao Cuisine at Vitality Bowls Coming Soon!

8.17.18 - 8.23.18

• ATTENTION: Next LADS Meeting is coming up!!

• For your viewing pleasure:

  • Lana Condor speaking on Asian American Representation

• Motherland News…

  • Ex Korean Baseball Statr Leads Laos to Victory

  • Update on the Dam and the UXO that has been moved by the floods..

  • Work Continues on Huge Projects Even Though Promised to Halt After Dam Collapse

• #RepresentationMatters

  • The Hollywood Reporter: Weekend Box Office: 'Crazy Rich Asians' Wins With $26.5M for $35M Five-Day Launch

  • Deadline: How ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Hooked A $35M+ #GoldOpen At The Box Office

  • NBC News: What Jenny Han Had to Say To Producers Who Tried to Whitewash their Netflix Movie

• #LaoFoodMovement

  • #LaosAngelesRoots Saengthong Douangdara will be cooking at the OC Night Market this weekend!

  • Chef Seng (creator of the #LaoFoodMovement) wants you know know “Lao Food is Good Food”

8.10.18 - 8.16.18

• For your viewing plesure:

  • Bboy Lancer of San Diego brings his poem “Me & Music” to life.

  • #LaosAngelesRoots celebrate Somlit’s birthday by Andrew David Vilaythong.

  • #LaosAngelesRoots celebrates the #GoldOpen of Crazy Rich Asians by Andrew David Vilaythong.

• Motherland News…

  • VOA News: Survivors Recount Horror Of Collapse

  • Free Malaysia Today: Laos: Of breathtaking waterfalls, bears, and butterflies.

• #RepresentationMatters

  • Time Magazine: How Crazy Rich Asians Is Going to Change Hollywood.

  • #LaosAngelesRoots heads to the premiere of Crazy Rich Asians with 45 members!

  • Forbes: Why I took My Daughter to See Crazy Rich Asians

  • New York Times: For Some Viewers, Crazy Rich Asians is Not Asian Enough

  • CNN: Why Crazy Rich Asians Is the Right Movie for this Movement

• #LaoFoodMovement

  • Wat Idaho is hosting a Summer BBQ Potluck in Boise on August 18th!