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Asians in Greater Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Chanmany Sysengchanh

Asians in Greater Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Chanmany Sysengchanh

Titles: Asians in Greater Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Chanmany Sysengchanh (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Chanmany Sysengchanh was born in 1983 in a refugee camp in Napo, Thailand. His parents were refugees from Laos. At the time of the interview he was working for Saint Cloud University as part of a pre-college program for minorities. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Early life and family; coming to Minnesota as an infant; his parents silence about their struggles in Laos and Thailand; living in a large Lao community in south Minneapolis from an early age; going to school, and not speaking English; excelling at school; struggling to identify as Lao or American; working for Saint Cloud State University and the importance of higher education; helping kids get into college; being a positive Asian role model in the school environment; his writing and poetry; being the first in his family to graduate high school; how tempting it was to sell drugs or steal; thinking college was out of his reach; Asians clubs and support groups; his influence on a younger generation of Lao kids; his hope for more Lao civil engagement in the community; being happy that he ended up in Minnesota.

Dates

  • 01/29/2012 (Creation)

Creation

Identifiers

  • Library Call Number: OH 144
  • Accession Number: AV2012.5.10

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

Quantity: 1 hour compact disc 50 pages transcripts

Format

  • Content Category: sound recordings
  • Content Category: text

Measurements

  • 00:55:31 running time

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Asians in Greater Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Chanmany Sysengchanh

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