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Beyond Equity, Perspectives on Vietnamese Migration and Settlement in Orange County

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The definition of equity is contested in Orange County and in American society.  Across academia and business, government and philanthropy, many kinds of institutions and influencers lay claim to it – but they use the term in different contexts, with different meanings and motivations, and too often in isolation from the people and communities most impacted.

During a recent presentation hosted by OC Grantmakers, speakers Tracy La and Vincent Tran of VietRISE, Son Do of the Orange County Mobile Residents Coalition, and Thuy Vo Dang of UCLA, who co-authored A People’s Guide to Orange County, shared the history of how refugees from Southeast Asia “remade their lives through and against conditions of war and displacement,” eventually making Orange County “home to the largest population of resettled Vietnamese refugees.”  Just as importantly, they described narratives that have framed the Vietnamese immigrant experience, pointing out that “it was not until this recent decade that the stories told about our experiences were written by Vietnamese people.”

OC Grantmakers caught up with three of the presenters for a brief conversation about some of the issues they raised.  What follows is an abridged version of our conversation. It has also been edited for clarity and conciseness.

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