Re-Rooting in Resilience
Refugees quickly realized the hollowness of American promises. Despite the negligence of the government to provide for the adequate transition of the Southeast Asian refugees, refugees built out their own support systems and institutions to serve their needs and still have joy and dignity.
Faith based institutions such as churches and temples played critical roles in the building of Southeast refugee support systems. Important institutions include St. Francis De Sales, St. Thomas Aquinas, St Helena, Chua Bo De Temple, North Philly Laos Temple, 6th St Cambodian Temple, and many more.
Other important community outlets include newsletters in Southeast Asian languages, radio stations, cultural Boy Scouts clubs, and more. Resilience also included the secondary migration of leaving Philadelphia to rejoin communities in the Midwest. The Hmong, who experienced the harshest spiritual, physical, and emotional violence and turmoil, resettled in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Resilient Roots Farm Video
Resilient Roots in East Camden was started as an intergenerational project between Vietnamese elder refugees and multi-ethnic youth in 2012 of VietLead. In this film, voices from the Resilient Roots family, community members, students, elders capture their history of Camden and give testimony to the importance of community control of land and schools.
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Interview with Grower Pham Ha
Interview with Grower Sandy Trinh
Interview with Grower Ta Thong
Interview with Home Cook Loan Nguyen
Interview with Home Cook Ahmed jamil Nor Farida
Le Quynh Role on the role of Religious Institutions
Le Quynh speaks about the important role of churches and temples to serve the needs of Philadelphia’s Southeast Asian refugees
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Refugees quickly realized the hollowness of American promises. Despite the negligence of the government to provide for the adequate transition of the Southeast Asian refugees, refugees built out their own support systems and institutions to serve….
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