Wong Fu, FMTM, A Song For Ourselves

* Last but not least, the mixtape from A Song For Ourselves, Tad Nakamura's new short film about Chris Iijima, is available to download for free. The late Iijima was a cultural worker and is best known for being a part of the Asian American Movement band, Yellow Pearl/A Grain of Sand. The mixtape includes mixes of Yellow Pearl songs with our current cultural workers, namely Blue Scholars, Kiwi and Bambu. Also, be sure to check out the film's opening in L.A. on February 28. !

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Momo Chang

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Momo Chang is the Content Manager at the Center for Asian American Media, and freelances for magazines, online publications, and weeklies. Her writings focus on Asian American communities, communities of color, and youth culture. She is a former staff writer at the Oakland Tribune. Her stories range from uncovering working conditions in nail salons, to stories about “invisible minorities” like Tongan youth and Iu Mien farmers. She has freelances The New York Times, WIRED, and East Bay Express, among other publications.