Don’t Buy Miss Saigon Coalition objects to 2017 Broadway Re-Staging of Miss Saigon and publishes and Organizing Toolkit FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE We of the Minnesota-based Don’t Buy Miss Saigon Coalition strongly object to the Broadway re-staging of Miss Saigon and the musical’s planned national tour. We are urging activists,…
Miss Saigon is back on Broadway and will invariably tour the U.S. soon. Download our DBMS toolkit HERE for a roadmap to organizing in your own community.
Members of Twin Cities API (Asian Pacific Islander) community meet with Joseph Haj and senior Guthrie Theater staff to engage in critical dialogue regarding SOUTH PACIFIC FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Minneapolis/St. Paul) – On Thursday, July 14, members of the Don’t Buy Miss Saigon Coalition…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: On April 22, 2015, the Don’t Buy Miss Saigon Coalition received a letter of apology from the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts regarding the Ordway’s history in relationship to the musical Miss Saigon. In this letter addressed to a Coalition…
by SARAH BELLAMY via TCG (As part of our Diversity & Inclusion blog salon, we’re hosting dialogue surrounding the recent production and protests of Miss Saigon at The Ordway. If you wish to share your thoughts on this or any other TCG Circle blog salon,…
by MAI NENG MOUA via Racialicious October 15, 2013 Don’t Buy Miss Saigon Coalition’s ‘Our Truth’ Tumblr project slide show was projected in front of the Ordway Theater during the protest of the opening night of Miss Saigon. October 8th, 2013. Photo by Bao Phi….
by THE AAP STAFF via Asian American Press October 13, 2013 ST. PAUL — The opening of Miss Saigon at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts on Oct. 8, 2013 was met with protests, support, and protests of the support. Several Asian community members…
(This statement was delivered to the organizers during the Don’t Buy Miss Saigon Unity Event at Rice Park on October 8, 2013): “ I’m sorry I can’t be with you in person tonight, but I want you to know I am with you in spirit….
by DANIEL HESS, PH.D via Asian American Press October 12, 2013 Brooklyn Center, Minn. “We do not fear censorship, for we have no wish to offend with improprieties or obscenities, but we do demand, as a right, the liberty to show the dark side of…
“ For the last two decades, Advancing Justice – AAJC has worked with partners from all communities across the United States to monitor and respond to negative portrayals of Asian Americans in the media. The showing of Miss Saigon perpetuates harmful stereotypes that hyper-sexualize Asian…
