About the Project
Children of Refugees is an oral history project that documents the voices of our community: American children of Vietnamese refugees. We created Children of Refugees as a way to add ourselves to the historical narrative. As much as our lives may be born of trauma and hardship, we want to highlight the joys of our community, tell our stories, and continue the storytelling of our families, whether or not they were shared with us.This project is led by Amy Vo and Jenn Ho, both professional archivists at academic institutions. We met in 2020 when we were part of a multi-panelist conference presentation. We stayed in touch and eventually decided to work on this project together, in service to current and future generations of our community.