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Lao-Diaspora-of-the-Week: Sayon Syprasoueth

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This week, LLOTP continues our brief feature series, introducing you to the creatives and organizers of the Lao American Writers Summit 2016. Meet Sayon, a Lao Cambodian American who is curating the artist exhibitions during the summit. Who are you? Here’s my bio: Sayon Syprasoeuth, MFA is Lao-Nyaw, an American citizen who was born in Battambang,Cambodia. He works as a Program Coordinator for Living Arts Long Beach at UnitedCambodian Community Center. He is a visual artist who advances mixed-media across painting, sculpting, filming, and photographing; his art is representative ofexistential challenges, contradictory identities, and spiritual and metaphysicaldimensions of reality. He has been an art instructor at Long Beach City College andparticipates in various arts organizations, such as the Goethe Institute, ARENA 1,Orange County Contemporary Center for Art. His recent curating and exhibitingproject promoted GHOSTS, which focused on memory, generational impact ofviolence and genocide, and the aftermath of selected and suppressed memories thatare pathways into lived experiences.Sayon’s most recent published work has been featured on the cover of BOOM Journal magazine, Getting Religion, a USC publication (Getting Religion: …

I am Lao America #BeLaod

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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, …