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David Kang is an independent media director and producer, and creative consultant who has worked in Minneapolis, New York, and Seoul. He is currently the creator and CEO of Hana Media & Development – an independent media development and production firm with the mission of using media and communication strategies to that inspires and compels social change; and the founder and executive director of The DIAL (Data-driven Initiatives through Artists Leadership) – a group led by the creative sector to meaningfully partner the creative community with public institutions and stakeholders of public initiatives.
In 2015, the city of Minneapolis, with the help of 17 community organizations, continued its exploration and outreach for a North Minneapolis greenway, to help share information and collect feedback from community members. Continue Reading
“Does Frogtown need to be branded?” questions Tait Danielson Castillo, Executive Director of the District 7 Planning Council. He would first like to know the answer to this question before moving forward with the debate brewing over potential names such as World Cultural Heritage District or Little Mekong for parts of the 150-year-old neighborhood.
Frogtown, located just west of the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul, has been home to immigrant families since the middle of the 19th century and is currently home to many of the Twin Cities’ Southeast Asian residents. As of the 2000 census, the neighborhood is ethnically diverse: about 24 percent Whites, 38 percent Asian Americans, 22 percent African Americans, nine percent Latino, one percent American Indian, and five percent multiracial. Continue Reading