The Asian Highway presents Storytellers in Action

• NYC introduces an Asian American Studies pilot program for K-12 schools: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/nyc-teach-asian-american-pacific-islander-history-1800-schools-rcna31247

Here are some resources to report hate crimes or to educate communities on the Asian American story:

https://www1.nyc.gov/site/cchr/community/stop-asian-hate.page

https://stopaapihate.org

• P-Mo is now the solo host of Storytellers in Action
• We'll have 10 episodes, focused on topics, such as the NBA in India, the Punjab Farmer Protests, hate crimes against Asian Americans and the NRI Economy
• All episodes will be produced in Austin, Texas.

• Colin is from Toronto, Canada but also spends time in Los Angeles
• He has also lived in Kuwait
• Colin's website is www.colinaguiar.com
• Some of Colin's projects include:
  • Flyerman
  • A Christmas Tail
  • Dipsticks
  • 2 Men & a Pig

• Jinee Lokaneeta just released her latest book, The Truth Machines. The book discusses policing, violence and scientific interrogations in India
• Sangay Mishra is the author of Desis Divided: The Political Lives of South Asian Americans.

• Tanny Jiraprapasuke and Jerry Raburn are the co-chairs of Thai Americans for Biden
• This election is the first time a major presidential candidate recognized and included Thai Americans as a part of the campaign
• Los Angeles has the largest Thai American population in the country
• Here is the link to the Thai Americans for Biden Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1678097495699890

• Laj P. Waghray creates her work through Red Crane Films, which can be found online at www.RedCraneFilms.org.
• Laj originally moved to the United States from India, when her husband earned a professional opportunity in The Bronx. They have since relocated to Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
• Laj's films include "On Hands!" and "Sleepovers."
• She shares her content on Instagram; search for "Red Crane Films."

1. Want to find Anisha on social media and the Interwebs? Here is how you spell her name: Anisha Adusumilli.
2. Anisha is from Toledo, Ohio and moved to Los Angeles when she was 18. She moved to LA to attend UCLA.
3. Anisha is trained in the piano.
4. Some of the shoes Anisha appeared in, either as a guest or in a leading role: BIFL, Lucifer, How I Met Your Mother, NCIS: Los Angeles.

Saurabh Kikani starred in a one-man show, Baccalaureate, in early 2020. The show is about Saurabh's brief time at Oxford, figuring out love and life.

He also produced the independent film, Miss India America, which starred Hannah Simone and Tia Sircar. The film was directed by Ravi Kapoor.

David Paul Francis is a television writer whose credits include Hemlock Grove, Krypton and American Gods. He also starred in The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo and episodes of Becker, Outsourced and Crossing Jordan.

The Grand Jury Indictment for the officers involved in the Breonna Taylor proved the system is broken. This is time, accordingly, to take the words "A More Perfect Union" seriously and take the necessary action to fix the broken system. Storytellers in Action host P-Mo gives a monologue about the need for change - and for all of us to come together.

• What does Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death mean for the 2020 Election?
• What does white privilege look like?
• What does defund the police look like?
• What is it like being a Person of Color in Hollywood?
• We also share anecdotes about racism and dealing with the police.

P-Mo and Debesh deep-dive with documentarian Sarita Khurana, who joined the Storytellers in Action team from Brooklyn. It was a non-linear conversation about telling South Asian stories, the life of senior citizens during Covid, challenging the elite power structures of Hollywood and U.S. experiencing its Third Reconstruction in the Era of Trump.