Organizer: Vietnamese Boat People; Think!Chinatown
Type/Location: In Person / New York, NY
Description:
Join Vietnamese Boat People (VBP) at Think!Chinatown Studio for their 7th Annual Story Slam, an evening of live storytelling, community, and connection. This year’s Story Slam theme “Code-Switch” is about living between two languages—the mistranslations, the code-switching, the words that don't survive the crossing, and get lost or found somewhere in between.
This year, VBP invites five storytellers to share around the theme “Code-Switch.” Come celebrate our brave storytellers and leave inspired to keep telling your own stories too.
About the Organizers:
Vietnamese Boat People is a nonprofit organization based in Montclair NJ. Established in 2018, our mission is to amplify the stories of the Vietnamese diaspora community, educate and inspire, and foster meaningful connections. Through our award-winning podcast, innovative storytelling, digital archives, and community-driven programs, we provide accessible platforms for communities to engage with these narratives. Learn more at vietnameseboatpeople.org
Chinatown Arts Festival, presented by Think!Chinatown, celebrates the cultural richness of Manhattan’s Chinatown. We present Chinatown folk artists and emerging Asian American artists in dialogue with each other, so that we can bring generations together and connect with a wider arts audience.
Think!Chinatown 心目華埠 is a creative placekeeping non-profit here to create intergenerational spaces of art, joy, belonging and connection in Manhattan’s Chinatown. At the intersection of arts, storytelling and neighborhood engagement, T!C works to grow community agency in our own neighborhood’s built environment as well as the narrative of our own stories. T!C is the team behind Chinatown Nights (fka Chinatown Night Market), Chinatown Arts Festival, Chinatown Block Party, Chinatown Storytelling Festival. Our home is the Think!Chinatown Studio, at 1 Pike Street, where you can find exhibitions, cultural and food workshops, small performances and talks. Learn more at www.thinkchinatown.org.
Registration:
To attend the event in person, please register here.