Journal
My Vietnamese (American) Family Stories
A Heritage Journal for the Stories Carried Out of Vietnam and Built in America
Your family left with what they could carry. This journal helps you record what that was.
For the Someone from a Vietnamese or Vietnamese American family who wants to preserve the stories carried out of Vietnam and built across generations in America.
The Name It First Experience
Vietnamese American families carry a history that is rarely fully named — of war, of departure, of the years after. Of the things that were rebuilt. The names of places in Vietnam that some family members have never seen. The stories that were sometimes too hard to tell. This journal is built to hold all of it. The names, the places, the food, the silence, and the things you are still piecing together. My Vietnamese (American) Family Stories is a record of where your family came from — on your terms.
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Sample questions
- What did your family carry out of Vietnam that you want to make sure the next generation knows?
- What story about your family's journey has never been fully written down?
- What name, recipe, or piece of wisdom do you want to preserve?
Research basis
Phinney (ethnic identity development) / Berry (acculturation framework) / Zhou & Bankston (Vietnamese American adaptation) / Kibria (Vietnamese American family and identity) / Hall (cultural identity theory)
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