Intention

"We are a nation of immigrants", seems to be the key statement for today, hearing the words across the board throughout mass media, blogs, and on to college kids sharing a keg beer at your local house party. Very true and relevant during these times of upheaval, bringing significant change, we are inclined to remind ourselves of our roots, where we are coming from, and how we began building our great nation, to which we owe people of many races, ethnicities, and cultures apart from our own. The question is, how will we change.

One thing to be sure of, the societal tree, plant, flower (almost typed Bush, not a positive metaphor for today), or what have you, cannot thrive or grow without its roots. The last thing we can do is look down upon or avoid dealing with immigration, we must evolve in our process of.

That brings me to my main intention for this event, as I mentioned in the initial post, to raise money for the family you see above, Tang, Nga, Huan, and Ngan, who have just immigrated to America after a ten year process from the village of Loc Khan, central Vietnam, and my parents, who have taken them under their wing, providing jobs, food, and their home, based on the Vietnamese principal of nghia, stated in Neil L. Jamieson's book Understanding Vietnam, "Nghia implies duty, justice, and obligation. It includes the willingness to do what one must do to fulfill one's social obligations, to repay on...".