The Social X Change Project

10/10/2025

Tonight’s Qhia Dab Neeg Film Festival event by In Progress "On Screen, On Air: Hmong in Television," was such a beautiful reminder of how far we’ve come!

“This year’s festival celebrates 50 years of Hmong storytelling; five decades of filmmaking and community media that have carried our stories from refugee camps to homes here in Minnesota, and to screens around the world.”

Tonight’s conversation, moderated by Hlee Lee featured true trailblazers whose work has shaped how Hmong stories are seen and heard:

🎥 Senator Foung Hawj – Producer of Kev Koom Siab, the first Hmong television program in Minnesota
🎥 Mitch Lee & Yau Muas – 3HMONGTV | 3HBC
🎥 Zoua Vang – The first Hmong news anchor on mainstream TV

Listening to them share their journeys reminded me how deeply important it is that we tell our own stories, from OUR own lived experiences! Media is so freaking powerful, and we MUST continue to occupy space within it.

I’m humbled and deeply grateful to be in the same room as them and many others who have paved the way for us all. We owe so much to them who took risks and opened doors so we could have the freedom to create, express, and belong in this space.

Thank you to my loves Red Red and Yengyee Lor for going with me. What a night to remember!!! 🙏🏽❤️

10/05/2025

It's been one week since we wrapped up an amazing music project! Grateful to be one of the producers for .kayyy music video! 🎬💖

It was so fun working with 30+ insanely talented creatives from the director and his team ; to the other assistant producer .cih, to the set assistants, all hair and makeup artists, stylists, lighting, food, set designers, choreography by and dancers, models, and everyone behind the scenes making things work! Every single person hand chosen by Kalina brought so much passion and creativity.

Kalina not only wrote, produced and recorded her song but also organized choreography, and thought through every single detail from hair and makeup to outfits and the whole creative vision with all the right people. Her dedication and heart is inspiring!

So much love and appreciation to for hosting us and to everyone who made the day so fun. I cannot wait for you all to see the magic that was created! ✨



Photo credits: and and yours truly

08/22/2025

We’re EXCITED to share that, in addition to earning first place recognition from the Minnesota Association of Government Communicators for our DEI advancement in the community...our tv show also won Best of Category in “Best Podcast Series” from the National Association of County Information Officers!

So blessed to have our work be recognized within our first year of launching on both a state and national level! 🙏🏼 Huge gratitude to Ramsey County, Minnesota, our partner Mitch Lee of 3HmongTV 3HBC, and every single person who made this possible for our community.

Our goal is to expand into additional media platforms and multiple languages, ensuring we can reach and engage all communities!

08/04/2025

We won an award! 🏆🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

I’m honored to share that Ramsey County, Minnesota and 3HmongTV received the 2025 Northern Lights Award from the Minnesota Association of Government Communicators in the DEI category for our TV show “Nyob Zoo Ramsey County," which recognizes outstanding work in government communications.

Ramsey County launched its first-ever in-language Cultural and Community Media pilot program, partnering with 3HBC to help lessen communication gaps with our richly diverse communities.

Our first episode aired in October 2024, spotlighting the incredible work of our Hmong Navigators and Service Centers. In just the first six months, the series gained over 100,000 views across all broadcast platforms. Today, we’ve surpassed 200,000 total views! A true testament to the power of inclusive, culturally rooted media.

🙏🏽 Thank you to Ramsey County, Mitch Lee at 3HmongTV, and every single person who helped pave the way for community and cultural media. This award is for all of us!

07/03/2025

06/24/2025

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE being in community with these women. It meant the world to be able to host and moderate a Talkback for SIXPACK, a play by Katie Ka Vang that focused on community healing, cultural identity, intergenerational experiences, and complex relationships. The way each woman held space for one another, and the engagement of the audience formulated a conversation worth having in every room.

Thank you to playwright, Katie Ka Vang, guest panelist State Representative Kaohly Vang Her, and the cast Dorothy Vang, Ashley Horiuchi, Phasoua Vang, and Pagnia Xyooj for the depth, stories, perspectives, and brilliance you brought onto the stage. So many moments of learning for me, and I'm forever grateful to be sharing space with each of you.

Thank you to one of my most cherished friends, Dani Adele, for being my date to the show and always supporting and loving me. You're so important to me! 🙏🏾

Huge shout-out to Christina Baldwin, Isa Tejeda, Alison Ruth, Miranda Shunkwiler, and everyone else at The Jungle Theater for this partnership and collaboration. SIXPACK means so much to so many of us, and being able to experience it three times this month still brought me to tears and made me laugh out loud every time.

For those interested, don't snooze. You'll never get to see it again, and trust me...you won't regret it if you go. But you will if you don't! SIXPACK ends this week!!

🎟️ Tickets: https://www.jungletheater.org/sixpack

06/22/2025

Still feeling the warmth from today’s HAVEN Thriving Together: Women’s Wellness Workshop series.

I’m so grateful for this incredible community! These women showed up fully and held space for each other in such honest, beautiful, and powerful ways.

Deepest thanks to Pam Yang Lmft for guiding us through today’s self care session with so much wisdom and compassion. And to Acha Koo, thank you for closing our circle with your soul soothing healing anthem. It was the perfect way to end our time together!

To my dear friends who always show up, helping set the vibe, nourish the space, and pour love into every detail — Linda Xiong, Npauj Lis, and Chong Hawj, I appreciate you, and could not do this without you!

(Missing half of the beautiful women who left before I remembered to take this group photo).

Here’s to choosing ourselves, again and again and again!!! 🌿💫



Join The Social X Change HAVEN for our next workshop!

06/09/2025

We've had a few questions about our upcoming HAVEN Workshop #3: "Recharge. Refuel. Reconnect. A Guide to Self & Soul Care" w/ Pam Yang, LMFT, so we're going LIVE to answer them all!

Join us for a quick convo where you'll get to:
✨ Meet your hosts
✨ Learn what HAVEN is all about
✨ Ask any questions you have before the workshop

We can’t wait to connect with you! See you tomorrow night! 💫


Event Name:
Self & Soul Care: Why It Matters! Live Talk + Q&A

Event Link: https://www.facebook.com/share/19YZHHVk7w/

Host: Sheng Elizabeth Lor of The Social X Change HAVEN
Date & Time: Monday, June 9, 2025 at 6:00pm
Location: Virtual Live via Facebook

Description:
Join us LIVE for a special conversation on self and soul care — and why it’s so necessary for women. This live Q&A is part of the HAVEN Wellness Series and is your inside look at our upcoming workshop (in-person happening Saturday, June 21 at 1pm!)
Featuring:

💫 Sheng Elizabeth Lor – Host & Founder
💫 Pam Yang Lmft – Licensed Therapist & Workshop Curator
💫 Acha Koo – Musical Artist

We’ll talk about:
✨ What soul care means to us
✨ What you can expect from the upcoming HAVEN workshop
✨ Live Q&A from Pam & Acha
Whether you’re joining the workshop or just want to listen in, come as you are — bring your questions, curiosity, and join in on the conversation!
🎟 Interested in the upcoming event? Purchase your ticket now and bring a friend! Join us in person for the official HAVEN Workshop happening on Saturday, June 21 at 1PM.

To attend:
Make sure you're a member of The Social X Change HAVEN private Facebook group. Send payment via Venmo to to reserve your seat!

✨ Space is limited — don’t wait!

Let’s reclaim our wellness, together.

06/08/2025

Seeing this deeply emotional, hilariously honest, and powerfully relatable show for the second time this weekend reaffirmed just how important community, generational resilience, cultural identity, and the strength of Hmong women truly are. The entire cast of phenomenal actresses completely blew us away!

We couldn’t stop reflecting and talking about how deeply we connected with the story and its characters. It had us laughing one moment and in tears the next!

Endless thanks to The Jungle Theater and Katie Ka Vang for the honor of being a small part of this unforgettable experience!

🎟️ Tickets are still available: https://www.jungletheater.org/sixpack

06/06/2025

🌿 So excited for our June Workshop! 🌿

The Social X Change HAVEN's Thriving Together is a monthly Women’s Wellness Workshop series! 🐚👙🌿

✨Members have access to exclusively curated workshops
✨ Every workshop will include a different licensed practitioner, therapist, or healer.
✨ Every session will cover a different theme or topic.
✨ Every experience is uniquely curated and exclusive to HAVEN members only.
Workshop #3: "Recharge. Refuel. Reconnect. A Guide to Self and Soul Care" w/ Pam Yang Lmft, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and founder of Transformation Counseling and Training. She provides culturally responsive therapy for individuals, couples, and families with anxiety, depression, grief and trauma. She also has a podcast His Purpose Prevails where she blends faith and mental health covering themes such as divorce, grief, emotional healing, and self-worth.

"I'm excited to share how self-care is a vital component and task in resiliency. We all have struggled and sometimes, felt like we had no way out or didn't know what to do. But we overcame. Through our struggles, we have gained strength, clarity, and grit. We got knocked down, and got back up again, 7..8...or 100 times. We took care of ourselves when no one else would. We had no other choice but to press on, while frequently taking care of others.

Self-care is not limited to caring for ourselves physically, but also psychologically, spiritually, emotionally, personally, and professionally. Self-care is often used to address and reduce stress, however, it is also a great tool to prevent burnout and stress. I hope you will join me in finding new ways to take care of yourself, through self-care, and build on the resiliency already within you!"

Ticket includes:
✨ 3-hour workshop
✨ All materials
✨ Food & Drinks
✨ Private and live performance by Acha Koo
✨ Pool After-party
Are you ready to have a day all about YOU? 🐚 Message or join the group for more information!

06/06/2025

Hope to see you there! 🙏🏾

Tickets:
https://www.jungletheater.org/sixpack

🌟SUNDAY TALKBACK HIGHLIGHT🌟 This Sunday's post-show talkback will feature Sheng Elizabeth Lor, Hmong American cultural media producer, community organizer, and founder of The Social X Change Project. These talkbacks help audiences dive deeper into the themes of our productions with informal conversations with community professionals and artists.

Learn more about our special guest panelist below and get your tickets for Sunday's performance at jungletheater.org.

ABOUT OUR PANELIST: Sheng Elizabeth Lor is a Hmong American cultural media producer, community organizer, and founder of The Social X Change Project—a platform that uses conversation, creativity, and connection to help communities heal, grow, and thrive.

With a background in psychology, sociology, and mental health counseling, Sheng spent nearly a decade working in social work and social services before shifting her focus to community impact through media and social justice advocacy.

She is currently the community media specialist and producer of Nyob Zoo Ramsey County, the county’s first in-language cultural TV program serving Hmong residents, with plans to expand into other languages. Access to news, information, and resources is power.

Through The Social X Change Project, Sheng leads initiatives that uplift artists, changemakers, and women. In the past few years, she has focused on expanding The Social X Change Project to different areas such as NETWORK, CREATIVES, WOMEN, and more recently HAVEN, a wellness group for women that meets monthly with licensed therapists to grow, heal, and have fun together.

She is also the co-founder of HmongFest in Eau Claire and has radically advocated for preserving Hmong history and language in school districts in Wisconsin. Sheng believes in healing intergenerational trauma and building stronger communities—through love, community building, and telling stories that set us free.

05/21/2025

It's a wrap! 🎥