“I was born on a mountain. I tell my story to my daughter. I tell her write it down. I want her know how hard I work.” Iu Mien refugee, Folsom Farmers Market, April 2019 Last week, I joined a group of Laotian refugees on the west steps of Sacramento’s Capitol building. We were there […]
Iu Mien
Treasure Languages Event: Storytelling in two voices
“Each language is shining a little torch somewhere. These are treasures for the whole of humankind.” Nicholas Evans (Language Matters, PBS) I’d like to start this post with a shout out to language researchers Robyn Perry (University of California, Berkeley) and Steven Bird (University of Melbourne, Australia) for the incredible work they are doing through the Aikuma Project to preserve […]