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The cultural library is a political education hub. It begins to answer the question: What is the story of Southeast Asian Americans?
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Cau Kieu Collective: Vietnam and Palestine
The Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) established diplomatic ties with the Palestinian Liberation Front (PLO) in 1968, making it one of the first countries to do so.
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Recent Post
From Enemies to visual Partners: Vietnam, the U.S. and Agent Orange
Le Ke Son and Charles R. Bailey outline the moral reasoning for a full American response and present further steps the United States and Vietnam can each take in a joint humanitarian initiative to resolve the legacy of Agent Orange/dioxin in Vietnam.
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From Mountains to Skyscrapers: The Journey of the lu Mien
David Saechao tells the story of the Iu Mien, a transnational people currently residing in Southern China, Southeast Asia, and Western nations such as the United States and France.
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If I Had Two Lives
Follows a young girl from her childhood in a military camp in 1990s Vietnam, where her mother is in hiding as a political dissident, to her adulthood as a lonely and disillusioned immigrant in New York, where she must learn what it means to love and be loved, and to reconfigure home in the aftermath of ruins.
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Lady of the Realm
Set against the background of the Vietnam war and in its aftermath the rule by the Communist regime, in The Lady of the Realm, we follow Liên’s path across many decades that are punctuated by endless war and suffering.
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LGBTQ Glossary in Vietnamese
A glossary featuring Vietnamese and other languages to assist families in speaking about LGBTQ identities and issues. Learn more here.
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