“Art for Solidarity and Justice” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day

at Maret School, Washington DC

We invited Thu to be our middle school MLK Day speaker in January. She made powerful connections between her own story as an immigrant "artivist" and the compelling social justice messages of Martin Luther King Jr. She then visited our middle school art workshops to talk about making art in community with others. We appreciated Thu's comfort interacting with middle school students, depth of message, and gorgeous, inspiring work as an artist. 

—Lesley Younge, Maret Middle School

I was honored to be the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day speaker at Maret School in Washington, DC. I spoke about the connections between my own story as an immigrant "artivist" and the compelling social justice messages of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. I, then, visited middle school art workshops to talk about making art in community with others.