Schedule

Schedule | Spotlights | Workshops

For reference purposes only! Information provided subject to change without notice. All events are limited to registered attendees only, except Saturday night showcase. All activities take place at Loft Literary Center, unless otherwise noted.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3

5 p.m.
REGISTRATION

THURSDAY, AUGUST 4

9 a.m. – 11 a.m.
REGISTRATION
BREAKFAST on your own

10:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
WELCOME/OVERVIEW

11 a.m. SHARP Buses leave Loft for Community Day Activities
11:15 a.m.
FONG LEE EDUCATIONAL EVENT at Perkins Hill Park
Featuring Michelle Myers and Emily Lawsin

12 p.m. – Buses to University Avenue
LUNCH on your own in small groups at local restaurants.

1 p.m.
SITE VISITS to local organizations. Visit the Center for Hmong Arts and Talent or find our about central corridor Light Rail activism

3 p.m. SHARP Buses to Metropolitan State University
3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
TEACH-IN at Metro State
REGISTRATION and snax provided by APIASummitMN

5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
COMMUNITY DAY OPEN MIC at Metro State
Featuring Christy NaMee Eriksen and Hilltribe
Emcees: Chilli Lor and Kevin Yang

7:30 p.m. SHARP Buses return to Loft

8 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
REGISTRATION
DINNER on your own

8 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
OPEN MIC continues at Loft Performance Hall

8 p.m. – 9 p.m.
YOUTH INTRO (for those 23 years old and younger)

After Sunset, approximately 8:30 p.m.
IFTAR DINNER with Joe Kadi, hosted by Mizna with food provided by Saffron. Open to those who identify as West, Southwest and Central Asian, including Arab or Middle Eastern, as well as South Asian, and/or Muslim. [NOTE: there is limited capacity, and pre-registration is required. please email lana@mizna.org to reserve 1 of 12 spots.]

FRIDAY, AUGUST 5

9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
REGISTRATION
BREAKFAST on your own

10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
PLENARY: Moving It Forward, Bringing It Back: Creative Activism in Our Communities
Opening Poet: Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai
Panelists: David Mura, Joe Kadi, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Jane Kim
Moderator: Juliana Hu Pegues

12 p.m. – 1 p.m.
LUNCH banh mi from Saigon Restaurant provided by APIASummitMN
ACTIVITIES:
Artist Talk with Lawson Fusao Inada
Youth Caucus (for those 23 years old and under)
DIY Caucuses

1:15 p.m. – 2: 45 p.m.
WORKSHOP SESSION 1

• Asian American Timeline Exercise: “This Is the History that We Share” (Emily Lawsin)
• Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and Inter-Country Adoption
• Reshaping Realities: An Arts & Activism Workshop and Performance (YaliniDream)
• Beau and You (Beau Sia)
• FILM SCREENING: Qhia Dab Neeg: Contemporary Hmong Storytelling through Film. Presented by Center for Hmong Arts and Talent (CHAT) and In Progress. Featuring the music video “This Green Earth” by youth from CHAT”s Art Saves Us program and short film selections from In Progress’s Qhia Dab Neeg Film Festival.

3:00 – 4:30 p.m.
WORKSHOP SESSION 2

• Avoiding the 501(c)(3) Community Plantation Trap: Keeping Our Values While Growing Our Groups (Parag Khandhar)
• Quick and Dirty Bookmaking: Off the Hook One-Page Books! (Anh-Hoa Nguyen) [NOTE: there is a $10 materials fee, and pre-registration is required. please email apiasummit2011@gmail.com to reserve 1 of 15 spots.]
• In the Global Arena Pt 1: Freedom of Expression Across the World (Patricia Nguyen and Hanalei Ramos)
• Heaven in the Rearview (Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai)
• Finding Voice: A Performance Workshop for Writers (Brenda Wong Aoki)
• FILM SCREENING: Intersections Between Poetry, Film & Activism. Presented by Mizna. Featuring: “SWIM” by Jen March and Peter Hogan; “1700% Project: Mistaken for Muslim” and “Documentation: Defacement of ‘1700% Project: Otherance’” by Masahiro Sugano and Anida Yoeu Ali; and “Why do you dance like a black boy?/Porque Bailas Como un Negrito?” by Robert Farid Karimi.

4:30 p.m.
GROUP PICTURE
DINNER on your own

7 p.m. – 10:30 p.m. SHARP
FAMILY SHOWCASE
Emcees: Sahra Vang Nguyen and Tou Saiko Lee
First Generation Artists: Joe Kadi and David Mura
DJ Nak spinning

10:30 pm.
AFTER PARTY featuring DJ Nak for registered attendees only
LATE DINNER from Pacific Islander Cuisine provided by APIASummitMN
Cash beer and wine minibar on your own

SATURDAY, AUGUST 6

9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
REGISTRATION
BREAKFAST coffee and bagels from Coffee Gallery provided by APIASummitMN

10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
PLENARY: Moving It Forward, Bringing It Back: Innovating the Word
Opening Poet: Regie Cabico
Panelists: Lawson Fusao Inada, Brenda Wong Aoki, Katie Leo, Tou SaiKo Lee
Moderator: Jasmine Kar Tang

12 p.m. – 1 p.m.
LUNCH on your own
DIY Caucuses

1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
WORKSHOP SESSION 3

• Moving from Spoken Word to Memoir, Fiction, and the Stage (David Mura)
• From Alter Egos to Archenemies: Building a Compassionate Perspective via Persona Poems (Sahra Vang Nguyen)
• “Power to the Poem”: Exploring Art as Activism (Michelle Myers)
• Youth Organizing: Creative Community Empowerment (Simi Kang and Laurine Chang)
• FILM SCREENING: “If” and “Open Season”: In Response to the Chai Vang Case
  Presented by filmmaker Mark Tang and poet Ed Bok Lee. Featuring the documentary “Open Season” by Mark Tang and Lu Lippold and the poetry/film collaboration “If” by Mark Tang and Ed Bok Lee.

3:00 – 4:30 p.m.
WORKSHOP SESSION 4

• Spoken-Word Education Strategy Sharing Session (Guante)
• In the Global Arena Pt 2: Revolutionary Art and Your Role as an Artist (Patricia Nguyen and Hanalei Ramos)
• Gender Identity, Creativity, and Justice: An Exploratory Workshop (Joe Kadi)
• taking back MY body: taking back OUR bodies (Come as you are) (Kurt Robert Kim Blomberg and Kinh T. Vu)
• FILM SCREENING: “Travel in Spirals”: Reconnecting Roots with Words
  The documentary “Travel in Spirals” will be presented by artist Tou SaiKo Lee.

4:30 p.m.
DINNER on your own

7 p.m. – 10 p.m. SHARP (tickets to general public 6:15 p.m.; doors at 6:30 p.m.)
PUBLIC SHOWCASE at MacPhail Center for Music
Emcees: YaliniDream and Robert Farid Karimi
First Generation Artists: Brenda Wong Aoki and Lawson Fusao Inada
House Band: SEXY JUSTICE BAND

10:05 p.m. Summit attendees return to the Loft for After Party

10:30 p.m.
AFTER PARTY featuring DJ Nak for Summit registered attendees and special guests of attendees only
RECEPTION from Sanouthith Catering provided by APIASummitMN
Cash beer and wine minibar on your own

SUNDAY, AUGUST 7

10 a.m.
BREAKFAST on your own

11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
FAMILY MEETING facilitated by Giles Li, Stevie Peace, and Linda Nguyen
Bids for Summit 2013

2 p.m. – 5 p.m.
PIZZA PARTY! provided by APIASummitMN