Viet Storytelling Festival: Celebrating 50 Years of the Diaspora and Our Oral Traditions
May 31 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Join us for an afternoon of storytelling events, featuring Viet language and culture. This is a free bilingual, intergenerational, community event with bilingual children’s storytimes, arts and crafts, a workshop for caregivers and preschool/kindergarten teachers, an oral history booth, and storytelling by older community members. There will also be a resource and book fair, and free snacks. Participate for a chance to win amazing raffle prizes, such as books about Chú Cuội, puzzles featuring the Viet zodiac, and more! All participants will receive goodie bags (while supplies last), and parents and caregivers who participate in the focus group will also receive gift cards. All ages are welcome to attend!
This event is made possible through the UCLA Center for Community Engagement’s Social Impact Collaborative Exploratory grant awarded to PI Thuy Vo Dang (Information Studies) and Co-PI Thu-Huong Nguyen-vo (Asian Languages and Cultures). It is the culminating event of a yearlong partnership between UCLA, Viet Storytime Club (VSC), the Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL), and the Asian Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA).
