Community Featured Devata Giving Circle Announces 2025 Honorees Join us March 29th for DGC's International Women's Day event.
Life Update Featured "Home Court" Documentary Premieres on PBS I worked on a really fun project toward the end of last year. The good folks from Indie Lens Pop-Up reached out about writing the engagement guide for "Home Court," a film about Ashley Chea, a high school (now in college) basketball player and daughter of Cambodian refugees.
Dance 401k Dance Company presents: Superhuman Choreographers Dance Competition I have been a member of 401k Dance Company since 2022. I thought the name was so funny. It's appropriate; this group is catered to Millennials aged 30+, with the exception of a few folks. Why any of us dance now might be different than when we were
"Karma" Choreography by Tessa Shanley If you read my February newsletter, you saw that I was dancing on my birthday. It was the shoot day for a performance workshop series. So on-brand for me. I went to an audition once on my birthday because I was in a new city and didn't really
Life Update February Life Updates What's New I Bossed Up and Bought a House! This was one of the hardest things I've done thus far. My family had to come here after living through the traumas of war and genocide and didn't have the easiest time resettling in the
Life Update June Life Updates What's New I Performed at DAM Oakland It has been a long time since I performed at an event like DAM (dance, art, and music) Oakland. The vibes were awesome! There were vendors, DJs, and a lot of dancing. A friend I met growing up at the Destiny
Dance Vibe.WithMe Choreography - Sade - "Is It A Crime" Vibe.WithMe's visual for Sade's "Is It A Crime". Shot summer 2022.
Dance Cecilia Wen Choreography - Floetry - "Say Yes" ℹ️Choreographer: Cecilia Wen of Move in Touch Film and Edit: Tessa Noelle Song: "Say Yes" - Floetry Happy birthday Aquarius friends! I just turned 35. Time is wild, right? Before I began this new trip around the sun, I spent some time looking through and reorganizing a
Life Update My Work is in OMCA! Y'all. So I got this email over the summer about a zine I contributed to being a part of the "Hella Feminist" exhibit at the Oakland Museum of California. At first, I thought, Oh, that's cool, and didn't think about it much
Community World Premiere of "In the Movement" by Lenora Lee Dance I, and others working around issues related to immigration, incarceration/detention, and deportation, were interviewed for this new project from Lenora Lee Dance.
Community Call to Action: #protectphoeun Calling on community! Plus, a poem that was inspired by a program in California's San Quentin State Prison.
Poetry Featured "Hiking With Ma" I hope everyone has been finding the time and creating the space to practice whatever healing you are needing at this moment because this collective energy is heavy. I wrote this poem in 2020, reflecting on the time we're in. Hikes and long walks are typical activities my
Members only Poetry National Poetry Month 2022 I wrote some stuff during National Poetry Month this year.
Community Workshop Opportunity - for SEA Transitional-Aged Youth Happy new year again! On April 14th, we entered a new year according to the traditional Theravada Buddhist lunisolar calendar. It is the year 2565, the year of the tiger, symbolic of strength, passion, and braveness. The concept of time is so interesting to me, especially when tying in racialization
Life Update Happy New Year! Moving Into 2022 I've been reflecting a lot on the recent years leading up to 2022. There have been a lot of changes and shifts leading up to this year. In 2016, I learned I was pregnant with Noreak and graduated from grad school. In 2017, I started doing some work
Poetry "SEA, Me" "Names are the first gift you give a child." That's what a friend's mother told her as we talked about her Igbo and my Khmai name. I have so many poems and journal entries about my name. It has been a journey to accept,
Life Update Welcome! It's live. My name is Rhummanee. At the risk of sounding repetitive, you can learn more about me and this site here. I'm excited to connect with folks a different way. I realized that while I like social media, I wanted something with more flexibility in
