"A Hmong American woman who has lived in the Milwaukee area since she was 8 months old was deported last week to Laos, a country she has never visited, and says she is stranded in a rooming house surrounded by military guards."
There’s no better way to broaden horizons and celebrate diversity than through the power of stories. Happy reading!
Multnomah County Library: Indigenous Voices for High Schoolers
Explore compelling fiction and nonfiction from Native American, First Nations, and Indigenous authors. Perfect for high schoolers! 
https://multcolib.bibliocommons.com/list/share/135258471_multcolib_teens/1941270819_indigenous_voices_for_high_schoolers_from_multcolib_teens
Multnomah County Library: AANHPI Books for Teens
Celebrate Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander heritage with this thoughtfully curated list featuring fictional characters and memoirs. https://multcolib.bibliocommons.com/list/share/135258471_multcolib_teens/2093361930_asian_americans,_native_hawaiians_and_pacific_islanders_from_multcolib_teens
Multnomah County Library: Recent Titles by Indigenous Authors
A fantastic, regularly updated selection of fiction and nonfiction from Native American, First Nations, Alaska Native, and Indigenous authors for all ages. https://multcolib.bibliocommons.com/list/share/215231105_multcolib_alisonk/1743164189_recent_titles_by_native_american,_first_nations,_alaska_natives_and_indigenous_authors,_from_multcolib
Looking for even more amazing books for teens? I’ve been exploring some incredible lists and wanted to share these gems with you:
Seattle Public Library: Native American Fiction
This list honors the rich histories, cultures, and contributions of Indigenous peoples with fiction and nonfiction recommendations. Annotations provided by NoveList and more. https://www.spl.org/books-and-media/books-and-ebooks/staff-picks/native-american-fiction-x11988?page=1
"These incidents reflect a dangerous trend in national politics: the growth of an organized Chinese American far right pushing for exclusionary policies around housing and increased policing in the name of 'public safety,' which both the Democratic and Republican politicians are keen to support. And these communities are not just protesting—they’re also voting."
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/rise-of-the-chinese-american-far-right/
She added of her involvement in queer filmmaker Andrew Ahn's remake, "The thing that really excited me about it was I got to play a person that I felt like I knew. I don’t feel like I’m acting at all in this movie."
"I’m here doing this amazing movie with these amazing people," said Tran. "I’ve never been in a queer space before. I’ve never truly felt this accepted before.”
"A 71-year-old man has been hospitalized for more than 2½ weeks with a brain bleed and a neck fracture after an Oklahoma City police officer threw him to the ground headfirst, according to police, a community advocate and body-camera footage released last week."
"Unlike my mom, most LEP voters do not have a team of five eager daughters, a friend who is a voting rights expert, and a dial-by-phone interpreter who can help them vote from start to finish. And if policymakers invested in more policies that support and facilitate the civic engagement of immigrant communities, LEP voters wouldn’t need such a team in the first place."
"Since 2000, breast cancer incidence among Asian American and Pacific Islander women under 50 years old has increased by 50%, more than 2% every year since 2012, according to a new report from the American Cancer Society.
Asian American and Pacific Islander women in this age cohort had the second-lowest rate of breast cancer among all racial groups in 2000. They now have the highest rate alongside white women, about 86 per 100,000."
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/asian-american-women-breast-cancer-rcna175273
"In 2023, nearly a third of high school students across the U.S. said they'd experienced racism in school...Students of color reported they'd had two to three times more racist experiences than white students who said they'd had.
These experiences resulted in students having more mental health issues and a greater risk of suicide and substance use than students who'd never had them."
"But that support for Democrats has since faltered, unraveled by an uncertain economy, inflation and high cost of living. It’s a major red flag for Vice President Kamala Harris, who will need every vote she can scrape together to win Georgia, a state President Joe Biden won by less than 12,000 votes in 2020. "
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/10/07/korean-asian-americans-georgia-economy-00182370
"According to Statistics Canada, in 2021, one in four Canadians had at least one mother tongue other than English or French. Many people grow up with their family’s heritage languages — like Mandarin, Punjabi, Spanish or Arabic — as part of their family’s cultural heritage.
Why is it, though, that some families manage to successfully pass their heritage language onto the next generation while other families struggle to do so?"
“"It’s such a blessing to have everyone excited about a fruit shop. I didn’t think I would survive because there’s so much competition,' says Nguyen, noting the ample number of grocery stores in the area. Initially, she questioned whether she could keep up, but focusing solely on fruit has set her apart. It’s allowed Nguyen to become an expert in her trade..."
"Asian Americans are less likely than White adults to have or die of heart disease, according to the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health. But researchers in the Circulation article note that cardiovascular health can vary widely between subgroups of Asian Americans, and warn that combining different subgroups of people into a single 'Asian' category could mask important differences."
Hello, I am interested in #MedEd, #primarycare, and #publichealth. By day, I teach medical students health systems science, take care of uninsured patients, and currently study Vietnamese Americans and COVID-19. By night, I volunteer with Doctors for America and progressive Vietnamese American organization PIVOT. Always down for chatter about K-pop and K-dramas.
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