Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation

We are proud to announce the Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation as the beneficiary for the 2009-2010 CPP Campaign.

VAHF’s mission is to document, preserve and promote the heritage of the Vietnamese American community. Their work includes gathering the stories and experiences of the Vietnamese American community.

“The Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation celebrates and promotes our pride as Americans of Vietnamese descent. The Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation provides opportunities for Vietnamese American individuals or organizations to contribute to the betterment of the American society and Vietnamese American community through the understanding of our unique history and heritage” (www.vietnameseamerican.org).

uNAVSA will work with VAHF to support their “500 Oral History Project.”  The project encompasses collecting 500 personal stories of Vietnamese Americans, archiving it and publishing it as an anthology. “So that younger generations of Vietnamese here and in Vietnam, and the American public can hear our side of history, and for American teaching institutions to teach our history” (VAHF).

VAHF will share these stories by hosting seminars and providing exhibits of these stories at community centers and academic institutions throughout the country.  Copies of these published anthologies will be made available to the public to give students and educators and opportunity to hear our side of history and for American teaching institutions to teach our history.

For more information, please visit VAHF’s homepage and informational video.

Contact
CPP Directors
PhaLe Le — phale.le@unavsa.org
Lisa Nguyen — lisa.nguyen@unavsa.org