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Showing Up (VF on panel for Asian American Women Leaders)
On April 30th, 2012, VIET Fellows Vi Nguyen participated in a panel discussion of Asian American Women Leaders to share her experience. She captures her thoughts in the blog journal below. As I plopped myself onto the airplane seat and looked out the window of the Boston airport, I thought of Vietnam. I had just […]
Your Help Needed in Shaping Agent Orange Clean Up and Support in Vietnam
To all the communities that share our concern for Agent Orange issues, social justice, and disability rights: Today there exist a wonderful opportunity to shape the humanitarian effort that is needed to remediate the dioxin tainted hotspots in Vietnam and support the Vietnamese population impacted by Agent Orange and dioxin. USAID is asking for the […]
VIET Fellows San Jose Potluck
On Saturday April 7th, VIET Fellows program held a potluck in San Jose to bring together our fellows and the dearest part of their communities– family and friends. Together we all shared introductions, stories, and food. Thank you once again to everyone that came out to make the afternoon so memorable. Below is a video […]
VIET Fellows at Listening to the Silence Conference
This is the second year the VIET Fellows program has participated in the Listening to the Silence Conference at Stanford. On February 18th 2012, Dat Pham, Janet Chu, and myself were able to share our work and understanding of Agent Orange and dioxin to Stanford students. Along with many other representatives from the API community, […]
VIET Fellows at Disability Rights Symposium
VIET Fellows’ Ly Ngo spoke at Disability Rights Symposium on March 22nd, 2012. Ly, an Involvement track Fellow, returned to the United States in December after spending the last half of 2011 in Vietnam. Ly collaborated with Thanh Tam School in Da Nang City. Ly spoke at the Disability Rights Symposium about her observations of […]
VIET Fellows Gathering at Agent Orange and Addressing the Legacy of War in Vietnam Conference.
The VIET Fellows convened this passed weekend to observe and participate in the Agent Orange and Addressing the Legacy of War in Vietnam Conference. This was the first time that many of the 2010 fellows have been able to reunite, and also the first time both cohorts were able to meet. Together, as almost a […]
Nui and Long – Mountain of Hope
Incomprehensible, inhumane, injustice. Those were some of the words that popped into my head as I listened to Thay Chau describing the conditions of St. Francis Shelter and the cold shoulder that the world has shown for these beautiful and loving children. Orphaned, disabled, disease-stricken – these are the shared conditions of the children. The […]
VIET Fellow Janet Chu presents at Stanford University (2010)
On Saturday, January 22, 2011, VIET Fellow Janet Chu and VIET Fellow Program Manager Kelvin Vuong presented to a group of 30 individuals at the Listen to the Silence Conference at Stanford University. Janet shared with the group her rationale for wanting to connect to her cultural heritage and explore the environmental and health issues […]
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