We’re excited to announce that our friend and playwright David Johann Kim will be presenting two of his works, PANG SPA and TWO STOP, both set to take the stage in Los Angeles, California. Both plays showcase characters of mixed Korean heritage, and a special Hapa Night is scheduled for Friday, May 17th to celebrate […]
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“PANG SPA” and “TWO STOP” by David Johann Kim
Interview with John Beam (7/24/2023)
As the current Athletics Director and Head Football Coach at Laney College in Oakland, California, Coach John Beam’s remarkable coaching journey has featured a career spanning over 42 years and counting. Coach Beam’s impact on the football landscape is nothing short of extraordinary. From his early coaching days at Serra High (San Diego, CA) in […]
Orchestration (오케스트레이션) by Saundra Henderson Windom
We wanted to share a book we just learned about earlier this year that was published in 2021 by author Saundra Henderson Windom (née Chang Bang Sun) titled Orchestration (오케스트레이션). The war cost her everything, a mother, a father, and a country. Four-year-old Bang Sun found tied to a tree, is riddled with disease, malnutrition, […]
HAPA Day Proclamation in Los Angeles 5/19/2023
We wanted to share that our friends at HAPA Nation 1 helped create Los Angeles’s HAPA Day and the proclamation event will be in Los Angeles, California on Friday, May 19, 2023. May 19, 2023 10 AM – 12 PM Los Angeles City Council Chamber 200 North Spring Street Los Angeles, CA 90012 Councilmember John […]
AmerAsian: My Journey to Becoming Whole as a Mixed Korean-American by Kimberly McAfee
We wanted to share a recently released book by author Kimberly McAfee titled AmerAsian: My Journey to Becoming Whole as a Mixed Korean-American. AmerAsian, a chapbook-length poetry collection by Kimberly McAfee, takes the reader on a quest to find a balance and peace with being raised as an Asian-American. Follow the journey of a young […]