Diverse Perspectives
Petitioning the Pacific Grove Feast of Lanterns Festival: An Interview with Kathy Biala
In January 2022, organizers in Coalition for Asian Justice began a petition to ask the Pacific Grove City Council to deny the request to revive the Feast of Lanterns Festival.
June 2, 2022Behind the Scenes of “The Monterey Welcome”
In Fall of 2021, Chrissy Yee Lau taught a class, The Japanese American Internment Camps, that focused on podcasting as an avenue for telling stories.
June 2, 2022Though I Be Crushed: The Wartime Experiences of a Buddhist Minister
Some of our most treasured narratives are from family historians who collect photographs and write about their immigrant families.
June 2, 2022At the Intersection of Worker Rights & Caste Equity: A Way Forward
Caste, in the South Asian context, is an ancient form of social organization which has its origins in the Indian Sub-continent.
May 17, 2022The History of the Vietnamese Communities in Monterey County since the early 1980s
After the collapse of the South Vietnamese Government on 30 April 1975, Southern Vietnamese people began to escape Vietnam by boat or by crossing the neighboring countries’ borders to find freedom.
May 17, 2022An Interview with Ms. MT
In March 2022, Angie Tran had two phone conversations with a 74-year old Vietnamese woman who was a peasant in Vietnam and became an immigrant in the U.S. in 2014.
May 17, 2022