1882 Foundation Talk Story: Elected American by Lily Qi

Join the 1882 Foundation for a Talk Story conversation with Lily Qi, Maryland State Delegate and author of Elected American: From Red China to Blue Maryland.

America has always been shaped by people who came here looking for a chance to belong, contribute, and lead. Lily Qi's story is one of them.

Qi grew up in Shanghai during the Cultural Revolution. She arrived in the United States on her own and, thirty years later, was elected to the Maryland House of Delegates. In this Talk Story conversation, they discuss her memoir Elected American: From Red China to Blue Maryland where she explores what her path says about our country: its promise, its contradictions, and its ongoing work of becoming a place where everyone belongs.

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