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Our blogs are original pieces contributed by our team, program advocates and podcast listeners. We invite you to share your personal journals, creative writing or artwork that sheds light on our diaspora stories and experiences. If you would like to contribute, please submit here.

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2 Years, 2 Weeks, 2 Hours

Jul 10

2 Years, 2 Weeks, 2 Hours

My parents spent most of their adulthood escaping terror, living under governmental oppression, and hanging on to their lives. There was no

Can we remember, reflect and not resent?

Tracey Nguyen Mang

Apr 30

Can we remember, reflect and not resent?

April 30: This time of year always triggers a lot of emotions in my family. Growing up, it was a day of visiting the Vietnam War memorial

Fish Sauce

Apr 3

Fish Sauce

My sister was proud, because her house didn’t smell like fish sauce. I lived with her so I did too, because we both knew, kids in school

A Letter from my Immigrant Dad

Feb 14

A Letter from my Immigrant Dad

There are days where I don’t miss my dad at all. But today, an X-ray machine brought me to uncontrollable tears, again. It was a fairly

From Saigon to Bataan to Ohio

Jan 10

From Saigon to Bataan to Ohio

My mother remembers her hunger in Bataan: that persistent gnawing under the rib cage, the deep breaths she sucked in that never felt like...

Cinnamon Spaghetti

Alison Hong Nguyen Lihalakha

Nov 22, 2022

Cinnamon Spaghetti

Thanksgiving is here, and every year on this holiday, I think back to my childhood when I saw on television and in magazines the incredible

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