06.19.20 - 07.02.20

A Love Letter to the Hmong and Lao Communities

Pledge of Solidarity with the Black Community by Asian American and Pacific Islander Media and Entertainment Organizations

Letters for Black Lives: Translated in Lao and Hmong

Resources to help support Black Lives

• #LaosAngelesRoots

  • Laos Angeles Shine featuring Amery Ken Thao & Scott Sayasithsena!

• #Representation + #LaotianDiaspora

  • Laotian Diaspora Spotify Playlist! 

• Motherland News…

  • Thousands of Jobless Lao Workers Return Home From Thailand in Last Two Months (Radio Free Asia)

  • Damning Link between a Bangkok Mall and Injustice in Laos (Southern China Morning Post)

  • Laos: Govt closely monitoring self-quarantine of people entering country (The Star Online)

  • Laos facing new problem after it reports 33 new cases of dengue fever (The Star Online)

• #LaoFoodMovement

  • Honoring its original intention of serving ‘food to heal’ from Lao heritage recipes, Thai House Co. & Sushi evolves essentially (Aspen Times)

  • EXCLUSIVE: Lao restaurant opens in Kenwood (Cincinnati Business Courier)

06.12.20 - 06.18.20

A Love Letter to the Hmong and Lao Communities

Pledge of Solidarity with the Black Community by Asian American and Pacific Islander Media and Entertainment Organizations

Letters for Black Lives: Translated in Lao and Hmong

Resources to help support Black Lives

• #LaosAngelesRoots

  • Laos Angeles Shine featuring Victoria Phosykeo!

• #Representation + #LaotianDiaspora

  • Tou Thao’s role in George Floyd killing has Sacramentans discussing Hmong-black relations (Sacramento Bee)

  • 75 ways Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders are speaking out for Black lives (NBC News)

  • Hmong businesses hurt by coronavirus now also dealing with riot damage, racism (Twin Cities Pioneer Press)

  • Declassified: An Interview with Jessica Pearce Rotondi (LA Review of Books)

• Motherland News…

  • Laos’ Ministry of Health and WHO support cleaning and disinfection training as restrictions lift (World Health Organization)

  • Lao Shoppers Hard Hit by Doubled Prices of Essential Foods (Armenian Reporter)

06.05.20 - 06.11.20

A Love Letter to the Hmong and Lao Communities

Pledge of Solidarity with the Black Community by Asian American and Pacific Islander Media and Entertainment Organizations

Letters for Black Lives: Translated in Lao and Hmong

Resources to help support Black Lives

• #LaoFoodMovement

  • The restaurant bringing 'Lao bánh mì' to Melbourne (SBS Australia)

  • Thum, serving Lao fare, joins Crossroads Collective on the east side (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

  • Good to Go: Saap Lao Kitchen's Kit Is Worth the Drive for Pickup (Dallas Observer)

05.29.20 - 06.04.20

Resources to help support Black Lives

Wife of officer charged with murder of George Floyd announces she's divorcing him (NBC News)

• #Representation + #LaotianDiaspora

  • They Fled Asia as Refugees. Now They Are Caught in the Middle of Minneapolis. (NY Times)

  • Book World: Summer escapes: Five new thrillers and mystery novels offer welcome distraction (Telegraph)

• Motherland News…

  • Three Covid-19 Patients Remain in Hospital in Laos (Laotian Times)

  • Laos - No problems with Covid -19, but grapples with rising dengue fever problems (The Star)

  • Nikon cuts jobs in Thailand and Laos with camera sales slumping (Nikkei Asian Review)

  • Survivors of 2018 Dam Collapse in Laos Begin Receiving Compensation (Radio Free Asia)

05.22.20 - 05.28.20

• #LaosAngelesRoots

  • Laos Angeles Shine featuring David Luangpraseuth!

• #Representation + #LaotianDiaspora

  • APAHM and The Erasure of Laotian America (Little Laos on the Prairie)

  • Portrait of a Pandemic: Lao artist mourns sense of community during coronavirus (Philadelphia Inquirer)

• Motherland News…

  • Laos begins to reopen as #Coronavirus lockdown eased (EU Reporter)

  • Thai researcher eyes affordable, accessible coronavirus vaccine for SE Asia (Reuters)

  • After Record Drug Bust, Questions of Opioid Crisis Creeping into Asia (VOA News)