Luong Ung, survivor of Cambodia's killing fields and an activist for the elimination of land mines, presents a video and lecture program, "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" on Tuesday, March 1 at 4 p.m. in Sonoma State University's Evert B. Person Theater.
Ung presents the story of her childhood, relating both the horrors of the Khmer Rouge regime and the eventual triumph of herself and her family.
Her memoir, "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers," was a teenage diary that turned into an international bestseller and recipient of the 2001 Asian Pacific American Award for Literature.
She is also the national spokesperson of the Campaign for a Landmine Free World in work with US. Vietnam war veterans.
Admission in free for SSU students, $10 for SSU faculty and staff and $15 for general admission. Special seating and admission to the VIP reception following the talk can be purchased for $75. Tickets are available at the Sonoma Student Union front desk (707) 664-2382.
The Sonoma Student Union InterCultural Center, the School of Social Sciences, Associated Students, and Instructionally Related Activities are sponsoring the event in association with Asian-Pacific Islander and Women’s History Month. The program is also part of the Holocaust Lecture Series and is co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of the Holocaust and Genocide
To request an interview, contact CreativeWell, Inc. at (973) 783-7530. For more information on these or other ICC events please call (707) 664-2537, or visit www.sonoma.edu/ICC.
