An essential resource that addresses the unique experiences of trauma, healing, and mental health in Asian and Asian American communities.
Coauthors Soo Jin Lee and Linda Yoon are professional therapists who witnessed firsthand how mental health issues often went unaddressed not only in their own immigrant families, but in Asian and Asian American communities. Where I Belong shows us how the cycle of trauma can play out in our relationships, placing Asian American experiences front and center to help us process and heal from racial and intergenerational trauma.
This book validates our experiences and helps us understand how they fit into the broader context of our family history and the trauma experienced by previous generations. Lee and Yoon draw on their own stories, as well as those of a diverse segment of the Asian diaspora, to help us feel seen and connected to our wider community. They provide essential therapeutic tools, reflection questions, journal prompts, and grounding exercises to empower readers to identify their strengths and resilience across generations and to embrace the beauty and fullness of their own identity and culture.
Saigon has fallen, and two Vietnamese refugees meet in an Arkansas relocation camp before setting out on a rip-roaring road trip across America. Qui Nguyen tells the hilarious and only slightly not-true version of how his parents met and built a life for themselves in a new land.
Recorded before a live audience at the UCLA James Bridges Theater in February 2020.
Original Music by Shane Rettig
Director: Tim Dang
Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg
Will Dao as Nhan and Khue
Desiree Mee Jung as Huong, Translator and Redneck Biker
Greg Watanabe as Playwright, Bobby, Giai, Hippie Dude and Captain Chambers
Paul Yen as Quang
Jeena Yi as Tong, Thu, and American Girl
Associate Artistic Director: Anna Lyse Erikson
Recording Engineer and Sound Designer: Mark Holden.for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood
Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin
Foley Artist: Jeff Gardner
Production Manager: Erica R. Christensen
Mixing Engineer: Charles Carroll
Editor: Mitchell Lindskoog
