Cultural & International

Suburban inequality and anti-immigrant violence are rising. This talk focuses on Orange County’s Little Saigon and asks, How do suburban communities like Little Saigon resist displacement pressures? How do refugees enact placemaking and fight for immigrant justice in the suburbs? Highlighting the stories of everyday residents, this talk shares the stories of Vietnamese refugees and their children who are making a significant impact in their communities. The discussion will focus on Huynh’s new book Suburban Refugees: Class and Resistance in Little Saigon (University of California Press, 2025), and mutual aid for deported Vietnamese Americans through the Ba Lo Project.