by Diverse Elders | Jul 16, 2019
After the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War in 1975, many Vietnamese people fled their war-torn country for the United States in search for a better life. Thousands of Vietnamese adults, children, and families crammed onto boats and traveled to the United...
by Diverse Elders | Jul 2, 2019
by Christine Nguyen, MD. This story originally aired on KALW Public Radio. It was August 24, 2017, one day before Hurricane Harvey, a category 4 hurricane, hit Houston and dumped more water than any storm ever recorded in United States history. In just a few...
by Diverse Elders | Jun 27, 2019
For the last 20 years, the Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC) has been mentoring advocates from Southeast Asian American (SEAA) and ally communities. Through SEARAC’s Leadership and Advocacy Training (LAT) program, SEAA members and allies participate in...
by Elaine Sanchez Wilson | Jun 14, 2019
Born in Santa Ana, CA, to two Muslim refugee survivors of the Cambodian genocide, Hatefas Yop wasn’t aware of her family’s use of public services when she was a young girl. After all, her peers in her elementary school all hailed from the local neighborhood, where...
by Diverse Elders | May 22, 2019
by Quynh Chi Nguyen. This article originally appeared on Community Catalyst’s Health Policy Hub blog. Every year on April 30, many Vietnamese living across the globe commemorate what they term the end of the Vietnamese war (also known as the American war in...
