In May, WHRO Public Media, in partnership with the Vietnamese Boat People podcast, held a virtual story slam. Artists, activists and Vietmamese-Americans celebrated, through story and song, the uniqueness of their culture and the epic journeys many took to arrive on U.S. soil.

Participants were asked to share their Vietnamese-American experience, ranging in topics like growing up in a Vietnamese household to how certain dishes were an important part of their youth, or how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted their experience as a Vietnamese-American.

Watch these funny, sad and compelling stories and performances.

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During the My Viet Story Slam, WHRO screened clips from Asian Americans, focusing on the Vietnamese-American experience. Asian Americans is a five-hour PBS film series that delivers a bold, fresh perspective on a history that matters today, more than ever. As America becomes more diverse, and more divided while facing unimaginable challenges, how do we move forward together? Told through intimate personal stories, the series will cast a new lens on U.S. history and the ongoing role that Asian Americans have played.

Major funding for Asian Americans is provided by Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB); Public Broadcasting Service (PBS); Wallace H. Coulter Foundation; Ford Foundation/JustFilms; National Endowment for the Humanities; The Freeman Foundation; The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations; Carnegie Corporation of New York; Kay Family Foundation; Long Family Foundation; Spring Wang; and California Humanities.

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