On Saturday, August 6th, MediaRites held an event at IRCO to celebrate the completion of ‘Refugee Dreams Revisited.’ It was an art show, music performance, craft workshop, and luncheon all in one. Over 150 people from many ethnic backgrounds attended.

Southeast Asian music and dance performances included:

Daran Kravanh (Cambodian)
Moua Boua Xou (Hmong)
Bounsou Vongdeuane (Laos)
Laotian youth dance group directed by Vilay Chanthavong
Thuhuoung Pham & David Dahl (Vietnamese)

Our community partners: The Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon (APANO),
the Asian Family Center, the Cambodian American Community of Oregon (CACO) and the
IUMIEN Association of Oregon and Immigrant and Refugee Community of Oregon.

Funded by the Regional Arts and Culture Council, the Oregon Arts Commission, the Collins Foundation,
the Templeton Foundation, the Autzen Foundation, and the Multnomah County Cultural Coalition