Posts Tagged ‘Laotian temple’
Around the Way: Laotian activist reflects on community and the future of civic engagement
As one of the first Laotian refugees to arrive in Richmond, Torm Normpraseurt reflects on two decades of community building and activism.
Read MoreFriends, family mourn Richmond woman killed in Oakland
Things were looking up for Rusamie Ashly Phongphoumy, who had long dreamed of a better life. On the night of Nov. 29, her boyfriend proposed to her. She accepted. The couple made plans for the future. But all that ended the next day, when she was killed in a West Oakland market, allegedly by a…
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