Here are some things to think about:
Who is in your own gallery of valued cultural treasures?
From who have you learned? (And what?)
What do you value and want to pass on?
Where have you taken a stand?
Questions to ask:
- Can you tell us about where and how you grew up?
- How did you became an artist or activist?
- What are the most important things you have learned in your life?
- What were some of the challenges you have faced?
- What words of wisdom, or important lessons, do you want to pass on?
- Who were your most important teachers or influences?
- When did you take a stand?
- Tell us the story of a song, story, dance or event/time that you will never forget, or that is important to you.
Artists, Activists, & Elders
Born: Norwich, New York
Known for: Being a founder of Asian Americans United; being a founder, principal and CEO of the Folk Arts–Cultural Treasures Charter School in Chinatown; developing Asian Pacific American Studies curriculum for the School District of Philadelphia; co-writing books including In My Heart I am a Dancer and Walking on Solid Ground (with the Philadelphia Folklore Project) and Resistance in Paradise: Rethinking 100 Years of US Involvement in the Caribbean and the Pacific.
Favorite culture tool: Education, Music