Voice of women of colorApr 13, 20223 min readMonterey Peninsula Asian-Americans are experiencing apprehensionBy Dennis L. Taylor, Monterey Herald MONTEREY — The fear, anger and sadness Asian-Americans on the Monterey Peninsula are experiencing...
Voice of women of colorApr 29, 20212 min readRally held in U.S. Monterey to protest against anti-Asian hate crimesBy Lotus Chen for Xinhua SAN FRANCISCO, April 26 (Xinhua) --Grateful to all who joined us at Colton Hall to stand in solidarity with our...
Voice of women of colorAug 29, 202011 min readBarack Obama Talks with Gates on Storytelling for Policies, Building Multilateral InstitutionsThe dialogue took place in 2015, but many issues and insights they talk about can be applied to the current world. I have transcribed it....
Voice of women of colorAug 23, 20203 min readWhat Black Lives Matters Movement Can Teach Us About Building Inclusive Communities and HomelessnessBy Lotus Chen, Editor: Charles Montesa On May 25th 2020 the murder of George Floyd poured fuel over the flames ignited by the global...
Voice of women of colorJul 8, 20204 min readHow to Fight Against Social and Criminal Injustice in Monterey County Amid the PandemicBy Lotus Chen A Rally and March in the City of Seaside,Monterey on Juneteenth(June 19th,2020) The world appears to be chaotic with the...
Voice of women of colorMay 8, 202013 min readWhy do Chinese still Consume Wildlife and Why Shouldn't We Blame Bats for COVID-19?After reading the excerpts on wildlife in China from When A Billion Chinese Jump How China Will Save Mankind -- Or Destroy It by Jonathan...
Voice of women of colorApr 29, 20205 min readReflections and Personal Stories on Housing Issue in Monterey and BeijingBy Lotus Chen I woke up in the morning with the reflection on the good news I got yesterday on the housing issue. I have worked on the...
Voice of women of colorApr 27, 20209 min readNo One Cares About KashmirBy Lotus Xuelian Chen The Oriental Morning Post, 03/09/2013 [The Interviewee] Basharat Peer, (born 1977) is a Kashmiri journalist and...
Voice of women of colorApr 9, 20203 min readMy Short but Unforgettable Life in IndiaBy Lotus Chen Indian British writer V.S Naipaul said, too many books written by westerners are full of prejudice against India which is...
Voice of women of colorApr 6, 20206 min read[Film Review] The Myth of the “Ideal Man” in an American Marriage StoryBy Lotus Chen Marriage Story (2019) is directed by American filmmaker Noah Baumbach, who is married to the excellent director Greta...
Voice of women of colorMar 18, 20205 min read[Shared]Students from China worry from afar| FEATURED Story and photos by Joe Livernois My classmate Kelly and I was interviewed by Joe Livernois,a seniro journatlist for the...
Voice of women of colorMar 1, 20204 min readWhy Am I Interested in China’s Sustainable Development Challenges?As a former journalist and a social changer who wants to make the world better and more sustainable, I am always interested in...
Voice of women of colorJan 14, 20203 min readGender Inequality in a Small Town in China and a Woman’s Dream to Become a WriterLotus Chen Sometimes, I have strange thoughts, for example that people who don't have a nice and loving family tend to like traveling....
Voice of women of colorJan 8, 20206 min read[Interview] Up and Coming Vietnamese Filmmaker Ha Kin Muses on Her JourneyLotus Chen It is difficult to accurately pin down Ha Kin as she wears so many different hats—a filmmaker, blogger, writer, singer and...
Voice of women of colorDec 15, 20191 min readGraphics Can Transmit Data With Incredible Efficiency and BeautyAs a “visual” person who has a fast-visual memory and good aesthetic sense and an advocate of communication for social change, I am very...
Voice of women of colorDec 5, 20193 min readLet LGBTQI’s voices be heard, their ideas implementedMaking Hanoi a LGBTQI friendly city – a clear vision for Tho, member of Hanoi Queer and the group leader of the youth-led data collection...
Voice of women of colorNov 28, 20195 min readOne of Vietnam's leading filmmakers Nguyen Hoang Diep discusses her artBy Lotus Chen Nguyen Hoang Diep is a Vietnamese independent film director who has won significant international recognition and awards...
Voice of women of colorNov 9, 20194 min readCross-Cultural Perspectives on Digital PrivacyBy Lotus Xuelian Chen @ MIIS DLINQ On Oct 25th 2019, DLINQ at MIIS team and I went to visit the “Glass Room” exhibition on digital...
Voice of women of colorOct 21, 20193 min readMy Cross-cultural Experience at MIIS as a Chinese StudentWhich one of your identity/ identities would you add in the blank space? Chinese student, international student, a foreigner, an...
Voice of women of colorOct 11, 20193 min readProstitutes Vs Schoolgirls:Women in war are eternal victimsBy Lotus Chen (The picture above depicts a scence in the film "The Flowers of War") In my opinion, women at war are victims and fighters....