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A gentle Heart

(Vietnamese) Sự đồng cảm không phải là dùng tiêu chuẩn của bản thân để đo lường hay đánh giá người khác. Nó không nằm ở câu hỏi “Tại sao bạn lại như vậy?”, mà ở câu hỏi “Tôi có thể giúp gì cho bạn?”

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Special Section

Featured pieces highlighting key events, milestones, or honored voices

Reflective Pieces

Thoughtful essays and meditations exploring identity, memory, and the deeper meaning behind lived experiences.

Memoirs

Personal narratives capturing the lived journeys of Vietnamese individuals—stories of migration, resilience, and renewal.

A Gentle Heart

Short writings centered on kindness, empathy, and the quiet strength of compassion within and beyond the community.

Video Stories

Short films and interviews that bring voices and memories to life through moving images and sound.

Photo Stories

Visual narratives told through photography—glimpses of daily life, history, and the quiet power of presence.

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History often reduces people to dates, statistics, and historical events. “I Was There” is a storytelling project that seeks to preserve the lives, memories, and voices of the people who witnessed and lived through them. Through individual stories, we honor history not only as a series of events, but as a collection of lived human experiences.

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