Asian Economic Development Association

Our Youth Arts & Environmental Leadership Group explored how colonialism has shaped the global distribution of plants. Guided by artist Sophie Wang, the youth learned printmaking techniques and created their own botanical-themed prints inspired by these ideas. 🌿🎨

Sophie Wang (or Shuf, she/her) is a researcher, educator, artist, and zine maker currently based in the Twin Cities. She makes zines, comics, and other forms of art that bring a critical power lens to science, technology, epistemology, and knowledge-making, as well as other themes like labor history, immigration, and liberatory celebration. You can learn more about Sophie here https://www.wangshuf.com/

Wishing everyone a new year filled with good health, happiness, and peace. 🪷

✨ สุขสันต์วันสงกรานต์ & Happy Lao New Year! ✨

At XIA Books & Café, we love celebrating the rich cultures and traditions of our AAPI community. Today we’re honoring the Songkran and Lao New Year! This is a time for fresh starts, cleansing, gratitude, and connection with family and friends. 💧🌼

We’re proud to highlight AAPI holidays and stories year-round through the books we carry, the artists we feature, and the community we create in our space.

📚 Stop by XIA Books & Café to:
• Discover books by Thai, Lao, and other AAPI authors
• Enjoy a cozy drink while you read
• Celebrate the beauty and diversity of our community

Wishing everyone a new year filled with good health, happiness, and peace. 🪷

We want to wish our Marketing & Arts Associate, Ngan, a very belated Happy Birthday. A little about her - she is an artist and now a rising writer! She has a Kickstarter happening now if you want to pledge to helping her publish her first book. You can also pre-order her book with your pledge. She is so cool. We hope she'll remember us when she is famous.

Way to go Ngan!! And happy birthday. 🎂 🥳

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nganelichuynh/when-were-under-the-same-roof/