Creative Catalyst:
2020 Storytelling

In the spring of 2020, the AAPI Civic Engagement Fund supported five grantees to develop projects designed to promote diverse AAPI stories and raise community consciousness. See below for our featured project:

Screenshot of Zine "Richmond Is Home: Preventing a second displacement of Laotian Americans" - drawings of plants and authors names, Brandy Khansouvong, Sary Tatpaporn, Sasha Graham and Evan Bissell
Cover of zine, Richmond is Home
Drawing of temple
Inside cover of zine, Richmond is Home

Asian Pacific Environmental Network

Richmond is Home

This zine by Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN) tells the story of home and displacement, featuring portraits and stories of Laotian residents in Richmond, California.