Seattle Exhibition on Cambodian Deportations

From Jay Stansell and Many Uch, et al:

The Wing Luke Asian American Museum in Seattle, Washington is creating an exhibition about the impacts of deportation to immigrant and refugee communities.  The exhibition opens on February 6, 2009 and runs through October 18, 2009. The exhibition will highlight the experiences of Cambodian refugees deported to Cambodia and the effects on their families, but the fundamental goal is to make the connection among people from all nationalities and their families who have been affected by U.S. laws on deportation.  We are looking for materials to use in this exhibition, preferably with items identified by November 15, 2008.

Part of the exhibition will include a running video screen of pictures of people who have been deported from the U.S. and their families.  We are looking for previously published photos that can be loaned or shared for this use.  We hope to have photos of people of all nationalities, ages, gender, etc. in order to emphasize the universal impacts of deportation policies.

We are also looking for family stories of Cambodians affected by deportation.  We can use previously published work, or we can do new oral histories with families that are willing to tell their stories.

Items would be on loan to the Museum; we can either scan photos and documents to reproduce in the exhibition or return the materials at the end of the exhibition.  We also hope to have the exhibition travel to other cities at the end of its time in Seattle in October 2009.  If you have materials, ideas, or might be willing to host this exhibition, please contact Cassie Chinn at cchinn@wingluke.org<mailto:cchinn@wingluke.org>.

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