Now and then

Check out Nakita Vang's "digital poetry piece on [her] Hmong-American journey juggling life and identity between two worlds". 

Have you wondered how the Hmong people got involved in the Vietnam War? This video is an introduction to General Vang Pao, and how his decisions affected generations of Hmong.

Niam Song Leng Xiong explains the importance of Hmong stories embroidered into traditional paj ntaub.

How You see me ~ aapi edition

growing up as an asian american today

Learn about one of the most ruthless and effective leaders of all time. Genghis Khan's reign of terror resulted in the deaths of 40 MILLION people almost 800 years ago! He also was a complete visionary in many of the society's developments. Go figure!

On August 6, 1945 the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Almost 200,000 innocent people were murdered.

(In comparison, Chico has about 100,000 people.)

During World war II, more than 120,000 American citizens of Japanese descent were falsely identified as a threat to the US and forced into "camps", some of which were located in Northern California. Most of them lost everything.

Starting in the mid 1800's, Chinese immigrants (among others) began to build the Transcontinental Railroad. 20,000 Chinese built almost 2,000 miles of railroad through rugged country between Iowa and San Francisco.

Although it only lasted 3 years, this devastating war took at least 2.5 million lives.

Korea has never healed from this separation; the division still exists which split it into the countries of North and South Korea.

More than 3 million people were killed during this war. It disrupted the lives of so many in Asia and America. The effects of this war are still being felt today. It was very complicated, but this video can be your launching point.

The Great Wall of China coils like a dragon over 13,000 miles! (That would be like driving from Chico to LA and back 13 times!!!) Parts of the Great Wall are still being rediscovered today!

This story has so much going on: Layers upon layers of difficulties and perseverance! WWII nearly tore this divided family apart. Learn how they faced their challenges.

Learn about the most awarded military infantry in history! Japanese-Americans fought on the Western Front during WWII, even while their families were placed in camps in the U.S.