Cultural Tapestry

Rebecca shares about the Asian Center's popular annual Harvest Moon Festival. Then Thuy Ho and her talented friends share about their Vietnamese dance group The Pink Ladies.

Learn about the book The Lives of Immigrants & Refugees, an anthology of personal essays from immigrant and refugee neighbors in Lincoln, Nebraska. Hear from editors Dr. Joy Castro and Dr. Emira Ibrahimpasic about their hopes for what this book will bring to Lincoln. Then, one of the authors, Amir Waly, shares his story including fleeing war-torn Iraq to find safety and build a future for his...

Thuy Ho, the Asian Center's Vietnamese Advocate, shares her inspiring journey. From losing her parents at the age of six and struggling to find her place to building home in Lincoln and becoming a respected leader in the local Vietnamese community, Thuy's story exemplifies resilience.

အတၢ်ပၥ်ဖျါထီၣ်လၢပှၤကညီတဝၢအဂီၢ် ဖိဖိဒီးလွဲလၢ အ့ၤရှၢၣ်ဆဲထၢၤအ လီၢ်ခၢၣ်သးပှၤကညီကရၢအတၢ်တဲ ဖျါထီၣ်ဘၣ်ဃးဒီးတၢ်ရဲၣ်တၢ်ကျဲၤ ဒီးတၢ်မၤစၢၤလၢအအိၣ်ဆူပှၤကညီ တဝၢအအိၣ်န့ၢ်လီၤ. ပတူၢ်လိၥ်မုၥ်ပှၤကိၤဂၤလၢကကနၣ်ဒီးရၤလီၤ,  ဒ်သိးဒီးတံးသကိးတဖၣ်ကသ့ၣ်ညါအါထီၣ်ဘၣ်ဃၤဒီးအ့ရှၢၣ်စဲထၢၤ,နုၥ်လီၤပၣ်ဃုၤမၤသကိးလၢပှၤတဝၢအကျါ,ဒီးသူၣ်ထီၣ်သကိးဟံၣ်လၢအဂ့ၤတပူၤဃီန့ၢ်တက့ၢ်.

Asian Center Karen staff, PoePoe and Lwe, share about the many programs and services available to support Karen immigrants in Lincoln.

Master Chef Nazim Khan shares about his journey from a humble, hardworking family in Bangladesh to a rising chef in New York City and choosing Lincoln as home.

Community leaders Christa Yoakum and Francisca Beltran share about Lincoln Welcoming Week and a few of the dozens of upcoming events in September celebrating Lincoln's cultural diversity.

Announcing "The Lives of Immigrants & Refugees: Tales of Migration, Hope, Grief, and Finding Home in Nebraska" an anthology of 31 first-person essays by immigrants who call Lincoln home. Editors Matt Bokovoy and Joy Castro discuss the origins of the book, its upcoming publication, and what it can mean for the community.

Asian Center staff members Rebecca and Xinxin share in Chinese about the programs and services offered to this valued cultural community in Lincoln.

7月23日，叶子和欣馨做客亚洲社区和文化中心在KZUM开辟的广播节目《文化拼盘》，用中文为大家介绍了亚洲中心为林肯社区移民难民提供的各类服务和文化活动。 欢迎大家收听转发，并更多朋友了解亚洲中心，参与社区，共建美好家园!

Asian Center Youth Program scholarship winner, Khalida, shares about her experiences as a Yazidi immigrant, as an American teenager, as a student eager to continue her education journey.

Guest Raya Al-Zuhair shares about her family's journey to U.S. citizenship.

The path to becoming a U.S. citizen is often long and complicated. Citizenship classes and legal expertise help to bridge that gap, empowering newcomers on their naturalization journey. On this Cultural Tapestry episode, partners from El Centro de las Americas and the Center for Legal Immigration Assistance share about citizenship classes and support for local immigrants on the path to citizenship...

Building success and finding belonging are uniquely difficult challenges for refugee and immigrant women. Khamisa Abdalla shares her insight and expertise in this multifaceted and rewarding work in Lincoln.

People connect across cultures through art and stories. On this episode of Cultural Tapestry, local artist and author Gina Wei shares about her journey, her work, and finding home in Lincoln.

Camp Culture is the Asian Center's annual week-long summer camp for elementary age kids, inviting campers to explore the cultures of local immigrant neighbors, as well as Native American culture. In this episode, we hear about the awesome impact of Camp Culture on campers, their families, and the community.

Lincoln has been welcoming Vietnamese immigrants for 50 years, and Vietnamese is the third most spoken language in Nebraska. We know that support for newcomers is essential for them to integrate into the community and achieve success. Asian Center Vietnamese Community Advocate Thuy Ho talks about the layered and holistic ways she provides this vital support to her cultural community.

When newcomers arrive in Lincoln, learning a new language and learning to navigate a new and complex health system is a huge challenge. The Asian Center's advocates step into that need with experience and expertise to help immigrant neighbors overcome barriers and begin to thrive.

Lanetta PoePoe Edison-Soe, the Asian Center's Health Education & Advocacy Program Manager and Karen Advocate Team Manager, shares her story of resilience and calling.

Ray Petersen, the Leader of the Asian Center Lion Dance & Martial Arts Team, shares about the history and cultural context of Lion Dance and the dedicated young performers in our community who bring this art form to life.

AAPI Heritage Month is a special time for many immigrants in Lincoln. In this episode, the Asian Center team shares about our annual AAPI Heritage Celebration which invites to entire community to celebrate the rich cultural diversity of our city through live performances across cultures, international food samples, cultural displays, and more!

The Asian Center's Youth Programs mentor and support immigrant students across eight LPS middle and high schools. Our Untold Migrant Stories program features the stories of immigrant youth using their voice through visual and performing arts and media. On this episode, a team of youth showcase a podcast they recorded as part of their Untold Migrant Stories project. Kaw Hser, a Karen refugee and ad...

Asian Center Youth Program participant Kaw Hser, a Karen refugee and advocate for his community, interviews his friends, Hai Blut and Augustine, about their experiences immigrating to the U.S. at a young age, acclimating to life in Lincoln, and their dreams for the future.

Cultural Centers of Lincoln partners share about a very special project that will be a resource for thousands of Lincolnites.

Guests D'Arcy Blosser and Rev. Thomas Dummermuth share about the 42nd Annual Lincoln Mayor's Interfaith Prayer Breakfast, celebrating our community's diverse faiths to connect through similarities while valuing differences.