Classes in Khmer literacy have been offered by many organizations since the early days of the community. The Sunday Khmer literacy class at Wat Khemara Buddhikaram was taught by Ms. Kiry Tham. (Photo circa 1990).
Venerable Dr. Kong Chhean teaching a Khmer language class to a group of young adults in 2001. Most members of the class were also members of C-HOPE, Cambodian Humanitarian Organization for Peace on Earth. Pictured from left to right are Socheata Has, Domnang Meas, Ponchivy Tan, Venerable Kong Chhean, Pok Khem, Sith Nip, Sompia Paigne, Kaneka Chim, and Oun Chhim.
In this photo, Cambodian youth members from Khmer Girls in Action gather in the Long Beach civic center to rally against California Proposition 227, which banned bilingual education in public schools. The proposition passed in 1998 but was later repealed by Proposition 58 in June 2016.
This picture was taken at the Philippine Refugee Processing Center near Morong Bataan, the final stop before permanent resettlement in a Western country. Some young men sculpted a replica of Angkor Wat as a cultural symbol of the endurance of Khmer culture.
