Presentation to Writers Group, Lake Havasu City, Az.
A presentation about Chinese Laundries and a tutorial on Publish on Demand and authoring software. The engagement was largely due to the efforts by one of the contributors to Chinese Laundries, Lucy Leonard, who wrote about her family laundry experiences in Hawthorne, Ca. Whereas most of my audiences have consisted of older Chinese, the Writers Group was mostly "lo-fan" or caucasian, which presented a nice challenge. Fortunately, the event was well-received and the audience felt enriched in learning many aspects of American history of which they had no prior exposure.
Desert Jade
Asian American Studies, Arizona State University