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Lao America’s 2017 Year in Review

Published by Saysomphorn Sisavatdy

What a year?! Perhaps propelled and fueled by covfefe, it really felt like the personal and the public occupied some blurred lines in 2017. This year showed us what happens when you throw enough water particles into a vat of hot oil the size of a planet. Is anyone left innocent and unshaken? To those that can make that claim…share that medication before it’s re-allocated to the rich! Take a look below and let us know what we might have missed! January After the US Presidential Election slammed to a close, one of our staffers at Little Laos on the Prairie felt it prudent to address the shocking results…and its massive implications. Not surprisingly, we weren’t the only ones shocked with the results. The Laotian Times also addressed the elections. On January 24, “A Great Place to Have a War: America in Laos and the Birth of a Military CIA” by Joshua Kurlantzick made its way to print. U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Southeast Asia W. Patrick Murphy visited the Lao PDR on Jan 16 and 17. He outlined several …

I am Lao America #BeLaod

Published by littlelaosontheprairie

Can you name ONE story in today’s mainstream media that’s from a Lao perspective? We’ll bet that’s unlikely. This is why Little Laos on the Prairie exists. Keep us alive so we can keep our community’s stories coming and our voices thriving. Join the #BeLaod movement on social media to drive visibility of Lao memories, identities, culture, and people. Let’s put ourselves on the map. Let’s define who we are.  Let’s #BeLaod. Follow the instructions below and you could win a BLaogger Swag Set (mix of the folllowing: t-shirt, journal, pen, coffee mug and/or limited edition books by Lao American authors). Just take these sabai (easy) steps: 1. Follow Little Laos on the Prairie on Facebook and Twitter.  2. Sketch a sign with the words, “I am Lao America. ‪#‎BeLaod‬” and snap a photo or video of it with anything and everything that is Laomerican to you. Be creative.  3. Tag us with hashtag #BeLaod and nominate one (or more) of your friends & family to do the same.  4. Be featured on social media and added to our #Belaod gallery, maybe win cool bLaogger swag, …