Showing 7 results for tag Refugees

50 Years After, Voices from a Diaspora: Allen Đức Lương

Allen Đức Lương fled Vietnam with his family in 1975 after the Fall of Saigon and ended up in Portland, where his family opened one of the first Vietnamese grocery stores in the city. Today he is the founder of the Vietnamese Cultural Arts Alliance and the guardian of an over one-hundred-year-old family temple at his art gallery in Tigard.

Beyond the Margins | November 14, 2025

Telling Our Story

May Saechao writes about how the Iu Mien community connects to history and traditions across time and distance.

Magazine | August 24, 2022

Finding a Voice as an Advocate for Others

Sosan Amiri and Rozzell Medina speak about power, justice, education, and community.

Beyond the Margins | June 10, 2022

What They Carried

The things four refugees brought with them when they came to Oregon. Story by Caitlin Dwyer, photos by Kim Oanh Nguyen

Magazine | April 5, 2017

Making Peace with Chaos

Author Zahir Janmohamed and photographer Tojo Andrianarivo profile student refugees living and thriving in Portland despite uncertainty.

Magazine | December 6, 2016

A Return Passage

Reporter Putsata Reang and photographer Kim Nguyen share their stories of leaving their home countries as refugees, meeting as students at the University of Oregon, and returning to Southeast Asia as journalists. A film produced by Dawn Jones for Oregon Humanities.

Beyond the Margins | August 5, 2015

Full Circle

Two journalists return to their native countries to help other journalists express dissent.

Magazine | April 7, 2015