Jie Ming Mandarin Immersion Academy and Phalen Lake Hmong Studies will receive over 70 diverse books on Tuesday, March 7.
ST PAUL, Minn. — Editors note: The video above first aired on Jan. 20, 2022.
On Tuesday, two St. Paul schools are set to receive some very special books from a very important organization.
The Very Asian Foundation announced that on March 7 these Twin Cities-area schools will receive a total of over 70 books by Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (AANHPI) authors.
The distribution will take place Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. at Jie Ming Mandarin Immersion Academy and at 1:30 p.m. at Phalen Lake Hmong Studies. Both schools are participating in this partnership through The May Brook Project. The project works to aid “schools and libraries build Asian American youth literature” for readers and to provide funding for libraries in need, according to a press release.
Former KARE 11 anchor Gia Vang and Michelle Li, a St. Louis-based anchor at NBC affiliate KSDK, are co-founders of The Very Asian Foundation. Both journalists will be present to deliver the books along with The Very Asian Foundation’s executive director Soogi Hong.
“I have 15 nieces and nephews and I am also now a great aunt and I realize that libraries are an important gathering space for schools,” said Vang, in a statement. “I want my family to grow up knowing that they can not only see their stories reflected in these books but begin to imagine a brighter future because of it.”
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