If you’ve been following the last five years of LLOTP, you know how important owning and sharing our narrative is. That’s why we need your help. Our mother organization, The SEAD Project (Southeast Asian Diaspora Development Project), is participating in Give to the Max Day, Minnesota’s annual day of giving to Minnesota-based nonprofit organization. The demand for accessible heritage education is overwhelming in our Southeast Asian communities. SEAD is growing and we want to expand in 2017. In addition to Lao, we want to offer Hmong, Khmer and Vietnamese language, history and heritage education to our communities in a streamlined, engaging and meaningful way. This also means expanding quality content coverage for our readership on LLOTP. If you care about the stories of Lao America, make a tax-deductible donation to help us reach our goal for next year by contributing here: https://www.givemn.org/organization/sead-project-20151109111634 Sure your generosity with the official hashtags on social media:#GTMD16 #PlanttheSEAD. Let’s make this happen! -Chanida Phaengdara Potter, editor@littlelaos.org