{"id":318,"date":"2020-04-30T14:57:38","date_gmt":"2020-04-30T21:57:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/apisa\/?p=318"},"modified":"2021-05-03T15:55:43","modified_gmt":"2021-05-03T22:55:43","slug":"resilience-loung-ung","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/apisa\/2020\/04\/30\/resilience-loung-ung\/","title":{"rendered":"Loung Ung &#8211; RESILIENCE; HOW WE CAN BOUNCE BACK FASTER AND CLIMB HIGHER TOGETHER"},"content":{"rendered":" <p>Sponsored and Organized by APISA and BCAV<\/p>    <figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Loung Ung - Resilience - Bellevue College\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vDUB6CjsWgk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/div><figcaption>Unedited version of the lecture for Bellevue College<\/figcaption><\/figure>    <p><\/p>    <h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">LOUNG UNG is a Public Speaker, bestselling a<em>uthor, activist, and co-screenplay writer of a 2017 Netflix Original Movie directed by Angelina Jolie based on her memoir, First They Killed My Father, now streaming on Netflix in over 100 countries.&nbsp;<\/em><\/h3>    <p>Loung Ung was only 5 years old when the Khmer Rouge soldiers stormed into her native city of Phnom Penh. Four years later, in one of the bloodiest episodes of the 20th century, some two million Cambodians \u2013 out of a population of seven million \u2013 had died at the hands of the infamous Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge regime. Among the victims were both of Loung\u2019s parents, two sisters, and 20 other relatives. In 1980, Loung, her older brother Meng and his wife, escaped by boat to Thailand, where they spent five months in a refugee camp before relocating to the United States in Vermont.&nbsp;<\/p>    <div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"239\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/apisa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2020\/05\/LoungUng_bio-e1484540014944-239x300-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-403\" \/><\/figure><\/div>    <h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">RESILIENCE; HOW WE CAN BOUNCE BACK FASTER AND CLIMB HIGHER TOGETHER <\/h2>    <p>We know that in life, we all sometimes fall. Loung Ung confesses to having fallen many times (she tried out for her middle school cheerleading team and was not picked, all of her top college choices rejected her, and when her agent submitted her first book, First They Killed My Father, to twenty-five publishing houses, twenty-four sent back their regrets) and each time, she gets back up and never gives up. Using her personal narrative of life as a war child, a refugee, an activist and writer, Loung explores this theme and how it led to her understanding that being \u2018resilient\u2019 isn\u2019t something one accomplishes alone. That in fact, each time we fall, there are usually caring individuals \u2014 past, present, and future\u2014there to help us rise, bounce back faster, and climb higher in our work, life, and love.  <\/p>    <div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/apisa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2020\/05\/First-They-Killed-my-Father-Art-square.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/apisa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2020\/05\/First-They-Killed-my-Father-Art-square.png 350w, https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/apisa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2020\/05\/First-They-Killed-my-Father-Art-square-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/apisa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2020\/05\/First-They-Killed-my-Father-Art-square-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>    <h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">BOOKS\/FILM<\/h1>    <p><em>\u201c<\/em>Ung\u2019s memoir should serve as a reminder that some history is best not left just to historians, but to those left standing when the terror ends.\u201d<em>&nbsp;~ Booklist<\/em><\/p>    <div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.loungung.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-12-at-2.43.09-PM-1-300x221.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3695\" \/><\/figure><\/div>    <p>\u201c[Ung] tells her stories straightforwardly, vividly, and without any strenuous effort to explicate their importance, allowing the stories themselves to create their own impact.\u201d&nbsp;<strong>~ New York Times<br><\/strong><br><\/p>    <p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/First-They-Killed-Father-Remembers\/dp\/0060856262\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1457124158&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=first+they+killed+my+father\">FIRST THEY KILLED MY FATHER<br><\/a><\/em>Until the age of five, Loung Ung lived in Phnom Penh with her parents, six siblings and loved fried crickets, chicken fights, and open-air markets. When Pol Pot\u2019s Khmer Rouge army stormed into her city in April 1975, Ung\u2019s family was forced to flee their home and hide their previous life of privilege. Eventually, they dispersed in order to survive. Loung was trained as a child soldier in a work camp for orphans while her other siblings were sent to labor camps. Only after the Vietnamese defeated much of the Khmer Rouge, were Loung and her surviving siblings slowly reunited. Published in 2000,&nbsp;<em>First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers<\/em>&nbsp;was selected by the Asian\/Pacific American Librarians\u2019 Association for \u201cExcellence in Adult Non-fiction Literature.\u201d The book has been published in eleven languages and chosen widely for school and community reads. The book has also been adapted into a Netflix Original movie directed by Angelina Jolie to be release in 2017. &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/loungung.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/FTKMF-Teaching-Guide.pdf\">CLICK HERE TO READ FTKMF TEACHING GUIDE<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/bookdragonreviews.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/03\/10x10cambodiabookclubtoolkit_cobrand.pdf\">Book Club Toolkit &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.loungung.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/FTKMF-FILM-DISCUSSIONGUIDE.pdf\">FTKMF FILM-DISCUSSION&amp;GUIDE<\/a><\/p>    <div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/loungung.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/LuckyChild-pb-c-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"LuckyChild pb c\" class=\"wp-image-1405\" \/><\/figure><\/div>    <p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Lucky-Child-Daughter-Cambodia-Reunites\/dp\/0060733950\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1457124203&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=lucky+child\">LUCKY CHILD<br><\/a><\/em>In this lyrical sequel to her bestselling, critically acclaimed memoir&nbsp;<em>First They Killed My Father<\/em>, Loung Ung describes her school years in Vermont as a Cambodian refugee and, in alternating chapters, gives voice to her sister\u2019s experience as a genocide survivor left behind in rural Cambodia.<\/p>    <p><em>Lucky Child<\/em>&nbsp;chronicles Loung\u2019s struggles to uphold her family\u2019s honor though she was forced to leave them in order to survive. As much Loung\u2019s personal story as that of a war-torn family and nation,&nbsp;<em>Lucky Child<\/em>&nbsp;is a meditation on what might have been. This striking parallel of Loung\u2019s life in America with her sister Chou\u2019s life in postwar Cambodia highlights the harsh realities of chance and circumstances, both on a personal level for the Ung family and on a national level for all Cambodians.&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.harpercollins.com\/author\/authorExtra.aspx?authorID=13997&amp;isbn13=9780060733957&amp;displayType=readingGuide\">READING GUIDE FOR&nbsp;<em>LUCKY CHILD<\/em><\/a><\/p>    <div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/loungung.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Lulu-in-the-Sky-cover-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"Lulu in the Sky cover\" class=\"wp-image-1321\" \/><\/figure><\/div>    <p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Lulu-Sky-Daughter-Cambodia-Happiness\/dp\/0062091913\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1457124303&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=lulu+in+the+sky\">LULU IN THE SKY<br><\/a><\/em><em>Lulu in the Sky<\/em>, the last chapter in a life that began with her bestselling, critically acclaimed memoir&nbsp;<em>First They Killed My Father, reveals Loung\u2019s daily struggle to keep darkness and depression at bay while she attends college and falls in love with Mark, a Midwestern archetype of American optimism.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em><em>Lulu<\/em>&nbsp;is a story of Loung\u2019s tentative steps into love, activism, and marriage\u2014a journey that takes her back to Cambodia to reconnect with her mother\u2019s spirit and to a vocation that focuses on healing the landscape of her birth.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/loungung.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Lulu-Inspiration.pdf\">READ REVIEWS &amp; INSPIRATION FOR&nbsp;<em>LULU.<\/em><\/a><\/p>    <div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/loungung.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Cambodia-Cover.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/loungung.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Cambodia-Cover-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Cambodia Cover\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>    <p><strong>REVIEWS FOR FIRST THEY KILLED MY FATHER<\/strong><\/p>    <p>\u201cLoung has written an eloquent and powerful narrative as a young witness to the Khmer Rouge atrocities. This is an important story that will have a dramatic impact on today\u2019s readers and inform generations to come.\u201d ~ DITH PRAN, whose wartime life was portrayed in the award-winning film The Killing Fields<\/p>    <p>\u201cThis book left me gasping for air. Loung Ung plunges her readers into a Kafkaesque world\u2014her childhood robbed by Pol Pot\u2019s Khmer Rouge\u2014and forces them to experience the mass murder, starvation, and disease that claimed half her beloved family. In the end, the horror of the Cambodian genocide is matched only by the author\u2019s indomitable spirit.\u201d ~ IRIS CHANG, author of<em>&nbsp;The Rape of Nanking<\/em><\/p>    <p>\u201cThis is a story of the triumph of a child\u2019s indomitable spirit over the tyranny of the Khmer Rouge; over a culture where children are trained to become killing machines.&nbsp;Despite the heartache, I could not put the book down until I reached the end.\u201d ~ QUEEN NOOR of Jordan, founder, Women and Development Project<\/p>    <p>\u201cSkillfully constructed, this account also stands as an eyewitness history of the period, because as a child Ung was so aware of her surrounding, and because as an adult writer she adds details to clarify the family\u2019s moves and separations\u2026. This powerful account is a triumph.\u201d ~ Publishers Weekly<\/p>    <p><strong>REVIEWS FOR LUCKY CHILD<\/strong><\/p>    <p>\u201cUng is a masterful storyteller whose fresh clear prose shimmers with light and sorrow. Her stories are of the heroism and resilience of ordinary people beset by extraordinary tragedies.\u201d ~ MARY PHIPER, author of&nbsp;<em>Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls<\/em><\/p>    <p>\u201cAs piercing and poignant as its title,&nbsp;<em>Lucky Child<\/em>&nbsp;is the remarkable account of two sisters divided by history and driven by tragedy. It is we who are lucky that Loung Ung is such a gifted writer, and that she has chosen to share her story.\u201d ~ RICHARD NORTH PATTERSON, author of&nbsp;<em>No Safe Place<\/em><\/p>    <p>\u201c<em>Lucky Child<\/em>&nbsp;is a tender, searing journey of two sisters, two worlds, two destinies.&nbsp; It&nbsp;is about the long-term consequences of war\u2014how it changes everything, annihilates, uproots, and separate families.&nbsp; And it is about how human triumph\u2014building live wherever they land and finding their way back to each other.\u201d ~ EVE ENSLER, author of&nbsp;<em>The Vagina Monologues<\/em><\/p>    <p>\u201cThis is a strong story, simply told. Ung helps us understand what happens when a family is torn apart by politics, adversity, and war.&nbsp; Change the names of the characters, give them another country of origin, and this story of dislocation becomes a tragedy millions of immigrants have lived through but seldom talk about\u2026. Ung\u2019s story is a compelling and inspirational one that touches universal chords. Americans would do well to read it, no matter where they were born.\u201d ~ Washington Post Book World<\/p>    <p>\u201cUng brings third and first world disparities into discomforting focus and gracefully dramatizes the metaphorical joining together of her haunted past and her current identity as a privileged Cambodian American. When the narrative fuse at the sisters\u2019 long-awaited reunion, their clasping of hands throws wide the floodgates of tamped-down memories \u2013 a cathartic release that readers will tearfully, gratefully share. ~ Booklist (starred review)<\/p>    <p>\u201cVivid prose\u2026. Ung imparts freshness to a fairly familiar immigrant\u2019s tale\u2026. A moving story of transition, transformation, and reunion.\u201d ~ Kirkus Review<\/p>    <p>All information and images were extracted from the following website:  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.loungung.com\/\">https:\/\/www.loungung.com\/<\/a> <\/p> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sponsored and Organized by APISA and BCAV LOUNG UNG is a Public Speaker, bestselling author, activist, and co-screenplay writer of a 2017 Netflix Original Movie directed by Angelina Jolie based on her memoir, First They Killed My Father, now streaming on Netflix in over 100 countries.&nbsp; Loung Ung was only 5 years old when the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":586,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/apisa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/apisa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/apisa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/apisa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/586"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/apisa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=318"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/apisa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":628,"href":"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/apisa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318\/revisions\/628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/apisa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/apisa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/apisa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}