#MinneAsianStories

MinneAsianStories 2023-2024: Solidarity and Pride

To celebrate CAAL’s 10-year anniversary, in 2023 we began highlighting another round of Asian Minnesotans who call our state home! This season, storytellers were asked to reflect on the following questions: How has community building evolved over the last ten years? How have you found solidarity and pride in your Asian Minnesotan identity? Join us as we hear from storytellers throughout 2023 and into 2024.

Every story matters.

While CAAL’s main strategies include data and policy work, we know that numbers and reports can miss the mark on capturing the whole story and connecting people in deeper ways. So, in 2018 CAAL launched #MinneAsiaStories. 
 
#MinneAsianStories is our storytelling campaign to uplift the rich and diverse stories within our Asian Minnesotan communities.  


We honor the long legacy of storytelling and oral traditions in Asian cultures.  
We recognize that our policy and advocacy work must be informed just as much by the voices and stories of community members as it is by research and data. 
 
We hope this campaign brings us closer to a world where Asian Minnesotans challenges and successes are part of everyday media coverage, where we influence the headlines written about us, and where policy discussions are intrinsically community centered. 


#MinneAsianStories Current Season 
This season, storytellers were asked to reflect on the following questions: How has community building evolved over the last ten years? How have you found solidarity and pride in your Asian Minnesotan identity? 

Join us for 2023 & 2024 #MinneAsianStories on Solidarity and Pride

#MinneAsianStories Podcast!

Listen to our two seasons of the MinneAsianStories podcast, hosted by Julia Gay!

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Listen on Spotify

All episodes of Season 1 and Season 2 now available!

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Listen on Apple Podcasts

All episodes of Season 1 and Season 2 now available!

#MinneAsianStories Series

Read stories from earlier seasons below.

Beyond the Myths & Monolith

2021

Power of Me

2020

This is Home

2019

Hello Neighbor

2018