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This past week, AMA was kindly invited to “The Name Jar,” a play running until April 14, 2024, at the Stages Theatre Company, and the “Lion King” at the Orpheum. The “The Name Jar,” performance was enjoyable and easy to follow, with great use of sound effects. The details in the story, acting, costumes, and […]

Asian Media Access has been helping the Frogtown/Rondo neighborhoods to improve the Sears Site Connectivity. Enhancing Urban Connectivity as Ways Encouraging Physical Activities Street connectivity, as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Active Communities Tool Assessment Modules, is integral to urban planning, influencing transportation, accessibility, and public health. A well-connected network, characterized

by Ange Hwang, Asian Media Access Preface: The METRO Blue Line Extension light rail transit project will extend the existing Blue Line Northwest from Target Field Station to Brooklyn Park and connect communities along the way.  But this is an effort 20 years in the making, a major infrastructure change with very limited involvement from

Children’s Theatre Company’s wildly creative version of Lewis Carroll’s Timeless Classic – Alice in Wonderland Returns for the First Time in Over a Decade February 13-March 31, 2024 This past week, AMA was kindly invited to a fresh rendition of Alice in Wonderland, which will run until March 31, 2024 at the Children’s Theatre Company.

When we first reached out to the Brooklyn Center Community School (BCCS) about working with the students from the school in earlier Dec. 2023, they were very welcoming and open to the opportunity. We now work with their mostly high school aged students at two days per week, and have developed two topic tracks with

Minnesota residents who make under 80,000 AGI (Adjusted Gross Income) will be eligible for the North Star Promise (NSP) Scholarship “last dollar” program. Starting Fall of 2024, the Scholarship will cover the rest of the remaining balance of tuition and fees after other scholarships, grants, stipends, and tuition waivers deductions for new and returning students.

by Janie Ye, Wayzata High School Hate towards the Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) community is a notable problem in society. During the COVID-19 pandemic, increased violence and discrimination towards the AAPI community revealed the severity of the prejudice against Asian Americans in the United States. Even after the pandemic, Asian Americans faced (and still

Led by Asian Media Access (AMA), collaborated with Multi Cultural Community Alliance (MCCA), Project SUPPORT is a cross-cultural, cross-generational, and cross-sectoral initiative, aims to improve health, prevent chronic disease, and reduce health disparities among Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOCs) who face the highest risk, and bear the highest burden of chronic disease, named:

This year Lunar New Year is on February 10, 2024, which will mark the Year of the Wood Dragon. This unique combination is anticipated to bring excitement and noteworthy developments. Chinese Astrology is the theory of Yin-Yang along with Five Elements, which are Metal, Water, Wood, Fire and Earth. All 12 zodiac animals match with

A Fall 2023 wellness week was held at the Hmong College Prep Academy for 9th grade students. The wellness week is centered around teaching youth important topics to inform and empower them to make positive and healthy choices. This is in hopes of influencing their future and their community’s quality of life and well-being. This