STRONG LIKE BAMBOO 3
Stories of Resilience from Across America

Laura Simms, weaving her personal story with an ancient Jewish folktale.
Johnny Moses, bringing humor looking back at the challenges he faced as a Native American.
Robert Kikuchi-Yngojo, starts his story with his grandfather apologizing to his 8 children the night before being shipped off to the internment camps.
Olga Loya, a story of resilience and resistance to claim who she is.
Asma Ghanem, a Palestinian refugee and how art saved her life.
Archy Jamjun, ok to be LGBTQ+, but racism in his own family?
Tureeda Mikell, fiery African American poetess will have you the edge of your seat shouting.
Nancy Wang brings fire and wisdom as the Emcee!

Strong Like Bamboo celebrates our humanity at a time when it is being challenged.

Join us! Be a part of coming together building bridges and experiencing our truths!

Eth-Noh-Tec

Eth-Noh-Tec, a kinetic Asian American storytelling non-profit, was founded in 1981 by Nancy Wang, actor, dancer and choreographer, and Robert Kikuchi-Yngojo, actor, musician and composer. Our mission is to build cultural bridges that celebrate diversity and create compassionate communities through the art of storytelling. ENT is an award winning non-profit and has performed around the world to standing ovations with their unique form of movement storytelling laced with gesture and musicality, including performances for the Clinton and Obama Inaugural Celebrations in DC. With both ancient Asian folktales and inspiring contemporary Asian American stories, Eth-Noh-Tec's artists are also authors and are presently archiving over 200 performance pieces.

Artist Biographies

Johnny Moses

Johnny Moses is a Tualip Native American master storyteller, oral historian, author, healer and spiritual leader. He is a living link with Pacific Northwest ancestral philosophy and cultural practices. He has regaled thousands and thousands with his stories and is fluent in 8 native languages and the traditional sign language, having learned stories since he was a child from his grandparents and tribal elders.

Tureeda Mikell

Tureeda Mikell is an Oakland native, Poet in Residence at MoAd, original Black Panther alum, Story Medicine Woman, Poet, Author and Educator. She has published 73 at-risk student anthologies from 5 Bay Area counties. She is an activist for holism and hell-bent on asserting life. She is Berkeley Poetry Festival’s 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award recipient.

Olga Loya

Olga Loya is a nationally known Latina storyteller, performance artist, keynote speaker and author. She is known for dramatically mixing Spanish and English in her telling. Her repertoire reveals the diversity and richness for collective culture in its commonality and individuality.

Asma Ghanem

Asma Ghanem is a Syrian-born Palestinian awarded artist best known for her short documentary film "Wall Piano" (2020). She was raised in a refugee camp with her family, able to attend the International Academy of Art Palestine and received her Master of Fine Arts from Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Toulouse in France.

Laura Sims

Laura Sims born Jewish in NYC, is an internationally acclaimed storyteller, writer and educator who advocates that engaged storytelling is compassionate action for personal and community transformation. She is a wizard with words that inspire and evoke inner musings that help to heal and understand who we are as complex human beings trying to make sense of our worlds.

Archy Jamun

Archy Jamun is a Chicago-based storyteller, writer, and curator of 'Outspoken LGBT Stories'. He is a 2-time Moth Grand Slam winner known for performances that are both humorous and biting, deep, revealing and touching. He lets his audiences become part of his many adventures within his Thai family and in his outside world.