by Kim Benjamin | Jul 31, 2023 | Home Page Slider, Nation/World
An Idyllic Childhood And A Painful Awakening By Renee Westmoreland Not long before my seventh birthday, in August 1970, my family moved to Laos. My dad worked for the government, and we had just spent two years on the island of Cyprus. The country was a...
by Kim Benjamin | Jul 12, 2023 | Home Page Slider, Nation/World
Why National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month Is Important By Taylor Harling We observe National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month each July to bring awareness to the unique struggles that racial and ethnic minority communities face regarding...
by Kim Benjamin | Jul 4, 2023 | Home Page Slider, Nation/World
Meet LAOSD From the desk of the Founders of Lao Americans Organization of San Diego (LAOSD), Pida Kongphoutone and Bobbie Oudinarath LAOSD was co-founded by Pida Kongphoutone and Bobbie Oudinarath in September 2018. It is a grass roots, community based,...
by Kim Benjamin | Jul 4, 2023 | Home Page Slider, Nation/World
Laos, 50 Years Later By Chris Phommasathit, CEO, Addison Wallace Inc. Board Member, Legacies of War It was a dark and eerily quiet boat ride under the cover of darkness when my mother, father, older brother and I escaped Laos in 1978 after the American Secret...
by Kim Benjamin | Jun 7, 2023 | Home Page Slider, Nation/World
The Invisibility Of Asians In America By Sunita Sohrabji, Article Courtesy Ethnic Media Services Four out of five Asian Americans feel as though they don’t belong in the U.S., and more than half say they feel unsafe on the streets. The Asian American community...
by Kim Benjamin | May 23, 2023 | Home Page Slider, Nation/World
Breaking Ground: From Landmines To Grapevines From the desk of Heidi Kühn, CEO, Roots of Peace “What I wish to convey is that we, as humans, are capable of doing great good in this world. If your cause is just and your determination strong, you can achieve...
