This project was created as Lao families faced detention, deportation, narrowing immigration pathways, and a halt to visa processing. For many, family separation isn’t abstract, it’s lived.
Creating this work became a way to insist on hope anyway.
Thanks @OSMediaRI for the opportunity to talk about The Heart of Wattayai!
'This is how we resist': Lao stories at the Museum of Work and Culture | Weekend 401 https://t.co/Ry3I9s9Kgi
The Heart of Wattayai by @vimalap is an exhibit of photographs and family keepsakes chronicling one family’s story of loss, resilience, and migration, from a village in Laos to the mill towns of Rhode Island.
https://t.co/hSh4RABQLn
Exclusive Woonsocket tour highlights:
🚉 Train station + Hachiko statue
🍺 Beer Lao at Lao Thai Kitchen
🏛️ Museum of Work & Culture (found myself)
🏙️ Main Street
Not pictured: my birthplace, wastewater treatment, mills, Blackstone River
#WoonsocketRocket#WoonsocketForever
I’m incredibly proud to be the daughter of immigrants. Proud to work every day to ensure that the lives they fought so hard are protected. Hearing my mom retell her story filled me with pride and sadness.
Thank you @FitzProv for this story https://t.co/5AF1C62gt2
RI angle: the lawyer representing a Palestinian activist arrested by ICE following his role in protests at @Columbia, is a @RWULaw grad https://t.co/sA8pXOtXIt
.@CotterforRI: "It feels like the national parties left the working class a long time ago. So I think we need to start at the bottom and work our way back up" [#3] https://t.co/LpgG2H5NxO
RI Citizens for Responsible Government— who ran an aggressive campaign against Question 1 (ConCon) — taking a victory lap.
Voters shot the question down 62.8% to 37.2% as of 9:30 PM. Margin could vary as mail ballots come in.
Hey RI voters, reminder from this proud abortion rights voter to get to the polls by 8 PM. All the freedoms we’ve fought for are on the line. Vote to protect our rights & defend democracy. #Wedecide our future! Vote for repro champs & REJECT question 1. https://t.co/k6sIrNJHde
It's Election Day! Are you ready? 🗳️✔️✨
Find EVERYTHING you need to vote in Rhode Island at https://t.co/Lu5DSmZMSv
#Vote#VoteRI#Vote2024#RejectQuestion1
@TedNesi Talked to a Republican voter who didn't know what Question 1 was and voted no, he said he always votes no up & down the ballot on referendum questions.
Recently, I had an opportunity to connect with Telemundo and advise our Latino Community to vote NO on Question #1 in this year’s General Election. 🧵
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Opposition to Question 1 on Tuesday’s ballot, which asks whether Rhode Island should hold a constitutional convention, has grown in the run-up to Election Day, a new University of New Hampshire poll found.
https://t.co/sbcOzR88DC
Looks like opponents of RI's Question 1 (the constitutional convention) are breaking through with their message
SEPTEMBER
39% yes
28% no
33% unsure
NOVEMBER
34% yes
47% no
18% unsure https://t.co/Mqwdc8ebGw
Looks like opponents of RI's Question 1 (the constitutional convention) are breaking through with their message
SEPTEMBER
39% yes
28% no
33% unsure
NOVEMBER
34% yes
47% no
18% unsure https://t.co/Mqwdc8ebGw