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2023 8th BAAFN Essay Award Ceremony 
at the Coolidge Corner Theatre 
with Special Guests
 Grace Talusan, Vincent Po and Karen Tran

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Poster designed by Hsiu-Lan Chang

Celebrating Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month 
in an Award Ceremony on 
May 20th, 2023
at the Coolidge Corner Theatre

Scroll down to view the: 

• judges of the essays
• sponsors for the essay contest
• award winners  
• guest speakers
• entire recording of the ceremony filmed at the Coolidge Corner Theatre by Brookline Interactive Group

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2023 BAAFN Essay Judges and Sponsors

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• ​     2023 BAAFN Essay panel of judges -  
•      * Christian Angelos
•      * John Hodgman
•      * Susan Park - Children's author 
  
•      * Caitlin Starr - Assistant Director, Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Community Relations
  
•      * Aba Taylor - Executive Director, Brookline Community Foundation
  

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Graphic by Hsiu-Lan Chang

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2023 BAAFN Essay Contest Winners

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Congratulations to the award winners!
Click on each picture below to access the link to the awardee's essay and view the recording of the reading at the Coolidge Corner Theatre .

Kalina Brookfield - 2023 BAAFN Award

Soomin Lee - 2023 BAAFN Award

John Watson - 2023 Creativity Award

Tina Li - 2023 Content Award

Lila Yoon- 2023 - Emerging Writer Award

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Featured Speakers  

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Grace Talusan - author of The Body Papers - Click image to view Grace's speech

Vincent Po - Photographer and Chronicler - Click image to view Vincent's speech

Karen Tran - TinyFeltedJoy - Click image to view Karen's speech

 

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Recording of BAAFN's 8th Annual Asian American Essay Contest

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Graphic design by Hsiu-Lan Chang

Click on the image above to view the entire recording of the Award ceremony at the Coolidge Corner Theatre

​Thank you to BIG (Brookline Interactive Group) for recording BAAFN's 8th Annual Asian American Essay contest at the Coolidge Corner Theatre, held on Saturday, May 20th, 2023.
 

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