An annual Asian heritage festival, hosted by Mississippi youth, is now extending into an ongoing effort to support fishing families impacted by the BP oil disaster.
In October, the Vietnamese youth group Gulf Coast REACH hosted the 4th Annual Mid-Autumn Moon Festival in downtown Biloxi, Mississippi. The festival was intended to be a “Day of Respite and Spirit” for those affected by the oil disaster.
With the DREAM Act now stopped by the Senate, the Vietnamese American Young Leaders Association of New Orleans (VAYLA-NO) continues to hope that undocumented young people across the nation will get the opportunity to become American citizens.
Finding himself working as both a teacher and translator in a Heating, Ventilating and Air-conditioning Installation and Repair (HVAC) program was a surprise for Duc Nguyen. An experienced HVAC professional, he said, “I have always been a very hands-on type, and I never really liked the classroom. I have learned to appreciate the importance of the time spent there since teaching this class.”
Bayou La Batre, Alabama - Like so many on the Gulf Coast, Ana Chau is dealing with two disasters.
This time last year, she and her husband made their living shucking oysters. Now they are out of work, their industry crippled indefinitely by the millions of gallons of crude oil and toxic dispersant dumped into the Gulf of Mexico by BP.
August 4, 2010 - School was going to start in two weeks. My parents were still out of work. My mom was trying to find a job. Almost every day, she would come to me and asked, “Jennifer, bay gio, me con lam gi, me lam gi duc? (Jennifer, now what am I to do, what can I do?)”
An annual Asian heritage festival, hosted by Mississippi youth, is now extending into an ongoing effort to support fishing families impacted by the BP oil disaster. 
With the DREAM Act now stopped by the Senate, the Vietnamese American Young Leaders Association of New Orleans (
Finding himself working as both a teacher and translator in a Heating, Ventilating and Air-conditioning Installation and Repair (HVAC) program was a surprise for Duc Nguyen. An experienced HVAC professional, he said, “I have always been a very hands-on type, and I never really liked the classroom. I have learned to appreciate the importance of the time spent there since teaching this class.”
Bayou La Batre, Alabama - Like so many on the Gulf Coast, Ana Chau is dealing with two disasters.
