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DESCRIPTION:Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sympathizer Viet Thanh Nguyen called 
 on 17 fellow refugee writers from across the globe to shed light on their 
 experiences. The result is The Displaced, a powerful dispatch from the 
 individual lives behind current headlines, with proceeds to support the 
 International Rescue Committee. Join authors Viet Thanh Nguyen, Joseph 
 Azam, Meron Hadero, and Somdeng Danny Thongsee for a reading and panel 
 discussion. Hosted by Michael Tran.\n\nToday the world faces an enormous 
 refugee crisis: 68.5 million people fleeing persecution and conflict from 
 Myanmar to South Sudan and Syria, a staggering figure more substantial than 
 the flight of Jewish and other Europeans during World War II and beyond 
 anything the world has seen in this generation.  As this crisis mounts, 
 today’s U.S. anti-immigrant policies have particularly impacted refugees 
 from Southeast Asian, Muslim, and Latin American countries. New threats of 
 U.S. deportations have risen.  Since early October, U.S. Immigration 
 Customs Enforcement has rounded up over a hundred Cambodian refugees with 
 deportation orders, making these the largest raids ever to target the 
 Cambodian community. Nearly 2,000 Cambodian refugees are at risk of being 
 unlawfully arrested. It is through presenting the powerful testimony of 
 individuals experiencing refugee life that OACC strives to help shed more 
 light on the challenges facing vulnerable communities living among 
 us.\n\nThis program is co-sponsored by Oakland Asian Cultural Center, 
 Eastwind Books Multicultural Services, Asian Health Services, Asian 
 Prisoners Support Committee, and Southeast Asian Resource and Action 
 Center.\n\nFree, RSVP online: 
 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/panel-with-author-viet-thanh-nguyen-tickets-58341543126\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/03/07/18821754.php
SUMMARY:Panel with Viet Thanh Nguyen, Author of “The Displaced: Refugee Writers on Refugee Lives”
LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center Auditorium\n388 9th St., Ste 290\nOakland, CA 
 94607
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/03/07/18821754.php
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