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'Shared Suffering' Fora Highlight Trauma, History
(Photo: Teddy Yoshikami)
By Im Sothearith, VOA Khmer
12/24/2008
A "Shared Suffering, Shared Resilience" forum was held in Lowell, Mass., earlier this month, the second of ten such fora to be held targeting Cambodian-Americans, many of whom suffer from post-traumatic stress following experiences under the Khmer Rouge.
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12/24/2008
A "Shared Suffering, Shared Resilience" forum was held in Lowell, Mass., earlier this month, the second of ten such fora to be held targeting Cambodian-Americans, many of whom suffer from post-traumatic stress following experiences under the Khmer Rouge.
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Lowell Forum Aims for 'Healing' over Cambodia Genocide
By David Perry, Lowell Sun
12/11/2008
Leakhena Nou isn't interested in merely chronicling the effects of the Khmer Rouge genocide on the Cambodian people. Nou, an assistant professor of Sociology at California State University, Long Beach, says there's more at stake.
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12/11/2008
Leakhena Nou isn't interested in merely chronicling the effects of the Khmer Rouge genocide on the Cambodian people. Nou, an assistant professor of Sociology at California State University, Long Beach, says there's more at stake.
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Trauma Conference Set for Lowell
By Im Sothearith, VOA Khmer
12/10/2008
US-Cambodians will be give a chance to testify to their trauma under the Khmer Rouge and gain access to work by experts on the regime and Cambodian history during a daylong forum in Lowell, Mass., on Saturday.
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12/10/2008
US-Cambodians will be give a chance to testify to their trauma under the Khmer Rouge and gain access to work by experts on the regime and Cambodian history during a daylong forum in Lowell, Mass., on Saturday.
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US Cambodian Seeks to Unite Victims
By Taing Sarada, VOA Khmer
4/3/2008
Nou Leakhena founded the Applied Social Research Institute of Cambodia as a way to bring Cambodians together, to help them heal, and teach them to trust. Working with those traumatized by the brutality of Cambodia's wars, the Khmer Rouge or the current government, Nou Leakhena , who is Cambodian-American, is slowly building a community of understanding, healing, and, she hopes, justice.
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4/3/2008
Nou Leakhena founded the Applied Social Research Institute of Cambodia as a way to bring Cambodians together, to help them heal, and teach them to trust. Working with those traumatized by the brutality of Cambodia's wars, the Khmer Rouge or the current government, Nou Leakhena , who is Cambodian-American, is slowly building a community of understanding, healing, and, she hopes, justice.
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Cambodian refugees may testify in Calif.
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By Gillian Flaccus, USA Today
3/28/2008
As a child in Cambodia, Sara Pol-Lim lost her father, three brothers and a cousin to the Khmer Rouge and spent four years in a youth concentration camp.
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3/28/2008
As a child in Cambodia, Sara Pol-Lim lost her father, three brothers and a cousin to the Khmer Rouge and spent four years in a youth concentration camp.
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Genocide survivors recall their tragedies
By Elizabeth Cubbon and Bradley Zint, Daily 49er
2/13/2008
A panel of three genocide survivors gave testimonials on the violence they experienced, including their personal psychological impacts, in the University Student Union Ballroom Wednesday morning. As part of the final day of The President's Forum on International Human Rights, Holocaust survivor Lillian Black, Cambodian killing fields survivor Phansy Peang and Guatemalan survivor Mariana Francisco spoke to students and the public.
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2/13/2008
A panel of three genocide survivors gave testimonials on the violence they experienced, including their personal psychological impacts, in the University Student Union Ballroom Wednesday morning. As part of the final day of The President's Forum on International Human Rights, Holocaust survivor Lillian Black, Cambodian killing fields survivor Phansy Peang and Guatemalan survivor Mariana Francisco spoke to students and the public.
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Professor Watches Over Local Communty’s Health Issues
(Photo: Leakhena Nou)
By Richard Manly, Inside CSULB
Long Beach is home to the second-largest Cambodian community outside of Asia (after Paris), and a neighborhood along Anaheim Street is called “Little Phnom Penh.” Keeping an eye on that vibrant community’s health issues, which range from the scars of genocide to the sensitivity of health/social service providers, is CSULB’s Leakhena Nou.
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Long Beach is home to the second-largest Cambodian community outside of Asia (after Paris), and a neighborhood along Anaheim Street is called “Little Phnom Penh.” Keeping an eye on that vibrant community’s health issues, which range from the scars of genocide to the sensitivity of health/social service providers, is CSULB’s Leakhena Nou.
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