
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
In Connecticut, the Asian American and Pacific Islander community is vast and varied, with more than 170,000 AAPI people in the state.
And with a diversity of AAPI cultures, there is also a diversity of New Year traditions and celebrations that span across months. We’re just days away from the Laotian New Year and Thai New Year, as well as a Khmer New Year event hosted by the Cambodian Buddhist Society of Connecticut in Bristol.
This hour, we’ll discuss the diversity of Lunar New Year celebrations where we live, and unpack some of the debate around terminology.
GUESTS:
Quan Tran: Co-chair, Asian Pacific American Coalition of Connecticut; Senior Lecturer on Race, Ethnicity and Migration, Yale University
Sounthaly Thammavong: Board Member, Asian Pacific American Coalition of Connecticut
Mike Keo: Senior Communication Officer, Hartford Foundation for Public Giving; Founder, #IAMNOTAVIRUS
Connecticut Public intern Sajina Shrestha contributed to this report.
Support the show: http://wnpr.org/donate
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
4.2
5252 ratings
In Connecticut, the Asian American and Pacific Islander community is vast and varied, with more than 170,000 AAPI people in the state.
And with a diversity of AAPI cultures, there is also a diversity of New Year traditions and celebrations that span across months. We’re just days away from the Laotian New Year and Thai New Year, as well as a Khmer New Year event hosted by the Cambodian Buddhist Society of Connecticut in Bristol.
This hour, we’ll discuss the diversity of Lunar New Year celebrations where we live, and unpack some of the debate around terminology.
GUESTS:
Quan Tran: Co-chair, Asian Pacific American Coalition of Connecticut; Senior Lecturer on Race, Ethnicity and Migration, Yale University
Sounthaly Thammavong: Board Member, Asian Pacific American Coalition of Connecticut
Mike Keo: Senior Communication Officer, Hartford Foundation for Public Giving; Founder, #IAMNOTAVIRUS
Connecticut Public intern Sajina Shrestha contributed to this report.
Support the show: http://wnpr.org/donate
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
9,166 Listeners
1,550 Listeners
3,857 Listeners
10,416 Listeners
38,189 Listeners
6,293 Listeners
205 Listeners
43,483 Listeners
6,670 Listeners
57 Listeners
14,548 Listeners
44 Listeners
13 Listeners
32,390 Listeners
3 Listeners
18 Listeners
2 Listeners
0 Listeners
78 Listeners
29 Listeners
24 Listeners
15,335 Listeners
0 Listeners
0 Listeners
0 Listeners
0 Listeners
0 Listeners
3,364 Listeners
5,327 Listeners
9 Listeners
0 Listeners
20 Listeners
44 Listeners