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Inside Out and Back Again, a Novel by Thanhha Lai, Explores the Trauma of Assimilation
Reading multicultural children’s literature, whether in teaching to curriculum or reading at home, allows for a progressive approach for...
Rachel Egoian
Jan 6, 2018


Art as a Hobby, But it Better Not Be Your Career
Vietnamese parents are strict when it comes to education. They have good reasons to be strict when it comes to their kids. Many parents...
Jackie Huynh
Dec 12, 2017


Secrecy Behind PTSD Among Vietnamese Elders Affecting Second Generation
Trauma and its enduring legacy--a well-known but rarely admitted secret among many Vietnamese elders and immigrants. The fall of Saigon...
Jullianne Pham
Nov 28, 2017


Was She Wearing Underwear? Stand Up, Speak Up! #MeToo #MeTooButI’mABitch
This week, my Facebook is streaming with #metoos, a hashtag movement that sprang up in light of allegations against Hollywood producer...
Liza Chu
Nov 27, 2017


Learning Takes Time
We have discovered your brain learns by recording images and connecting them together to form patterns. So, if I am learning about a...
Steven R. Campbell
Nov 21, 2017


A Bestiary by Lily Hoang: Exploring Gender and Race Identity Through Fairy Tales
With intense and raw emotions, Lily Hoang transforms her work, A Bestiary, through the contemporary form of writing, using non-fictional...
Rachel Egoian
Nov 10, 2017


#MeToo – Sexual Harassment in the Vietnamese Community
I cherish many traditions from the Vietnamese culture which we brought to America, such as how we treat our elders and teachers. On the...
Trami Nguyen Cron
Oct 24, 2017


What About Vietnam and Typhoon Doksuri?
Typhoon Doksuri is one of many severe tropical cyclones that have taken plight in recent months, in both the Atlantic and Pacific...
Jullianne Pham
Oct 23, 2017


Watch Tấm Cám: The Untold Story
An action/fantasy and a retelling of an old Vietnamese folk tale, Tấm Cám: Chuyện Chưa Kể has finally made its way to U.S theaters having...
Carolyn Lê
Oct 23, 2017


Chopsticks Alley Talk Live - Money Talk, Kiva Crowdlending - Episode 18
Watch Chopsticks Alley Talks Live - Episode 18 Topic: Money Talk - Kiva Crowdlending Guest: Sarah Adeel - Kiva, Peninsula Lead Email:...
Chopsticks Alley Talk
Oct 4, 2017


How Our Brain Learns
At my fifty year high school reunion, I remember seeing Mickey, my dear friend walking up the stairs of the bleachers on the opposite...
Steven R. Campbell
Sep 19, 2017


Our Brain Believes What We Tell It
When Mary Knight walked into Dr. Monroe’s office back in 1932, she was bright and excited; her red hair neatly pinned in a bun. She had...
Steven R. Campbell
Sep 12, 2017


Last Night I Dreamed of Bac Ho, Evil Commie or Gentle Bac Ho? Ho Chi Minh - Part 2
Chopsticks Alley Podcast Episode 6 Last Night I Dreamed of Bac Ho, Evil Commie or Gentle Bac Ho? Ho Chi Minh - Part 2 Sponsor: Dr....

Chopsticks Alley
Sep 10, 2017


Thờ Mẫu: Vietnam’s Worship of Mother Goddess of Three Realms recognized by UNESCO World Heritage in
This story has been republished from VietnamEazy.com As a kid in Saigon I remember my grandmother taking me to watch Lên Đồng, or Spirit...
Trami Nguyen Cron
Sep 6, 2017


Self-Image: Change How You See Yourself
The scientific community pretty much agrees the human brain is the most complex structure in the known universe. In fact, the primary...
Steven R. Campbell
Sep 5, 2017


There Are More Smokers Among Non-English Speaking Vietnamese Men Than the General US Population.
Have you ever noticed when walking by Vietnamese coffee shops, restaurants or cafes, there is a distinct smell of cigarette smoke in the...
Jullianne Pham
Aug 30, 2017


The Reason Most of Our Resolutions Usually Don’t Work!
The explosion of computers in the past fifty years has made it very chic to equate the brain with the computer. It has become especially...
Steven R. Campbell
Aug 19, 2017


Who Was Ho Chi Minh? The Rise of Hồ Chí Minh - Part 1
Chopsticks Alley Podcast Episode 5 Who Was Ho Chi Minh? Part I: The Rise of Ho Chi Minh Sponsor: Dr. Jerrold Hiura Guests: Dr. Peter...

Chopsticks Alley
Aug 16, 2017


How Much Can Our Brains Grow, Change, and Learn?
The first step is to appreciate the capacity the brain has for learning new things, and frankly…that capacity is beyond our mankind’s...
Steven R. Campbell
Aug 11, 2017


Changing the Way We Think - Learn to Think Differently!
Whenever an enthusiastic speaker admonishes me to “Think differently!” at some convention or workshop, I found myself feeling a little...
Steven R. Campbell
Aug 11, 2017
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