12.22.2010: We Cordially Wish You a Very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

12.15.2010: BPSOS welcomes settlement agreements by the Justice Department and the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission on race discrimination complaints against Philadelphia School District. 

• Read Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission's press release
• Read CNN front-page cover article: Racial violence spurred Asian students to take a stand

12.08.2010: CNN program on human trafficking in America, featuring one of our cases.

11.15-16: BPSOS and Fisherfolks Associations From Alabama, Mississippi, and Texas met with Ken Feinberg, Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, FEMA, and other federal agencies. 

• Press release
• Photos of meeting with Labor Secretary Hilda Solis
• Phái đoàn ngư dân VN vùng Vịnh Mexico đến Washington DC (VOA)

10.10.2010: BPSOS-Orange County Gala Luncheon

• BPSOS-Orange County kỷ niệm 30 năm hoạt động (Người Việt)
• Ủy Ban Cứu Người Vượt Biển: Kỷ Niệm 30 Năm Hoạt Ðộng (Phụ Nữ Cali)
• BPSOS gây quỹ $10,000 kỷ niệm 30 năm thành lập

10.09.2010: Luật sư Nguyễn Tâm tường trình từ Bangkok: Số phận Giáo dân Cồn Dầu tỵ nạn tại Bangkok ra sao? (Vietnam TV)

9.29.2010: "Made in Asia" Outreach and Fundraising Event in Houston, Texas.

Photo: RFA

Từ Trái qua phải: TS Nguyễn Đình Thắng, Luật Sư Võ An Phong (người thông dịch lời cô Phương Anh ra tiếng Anh), Ông Riyad Abu - Tabu, người Jordan, cô Vũ Phương Anh, cô Tina Hồ (trưởng ban tổ chức buổi họp mặt và thiện nguyện viên CAMSA-Houston Champions Team) 

• Buổi Họp Mặt của Liên Minh Bài Trừ Nô Lệ Mới Ở Á Châu (CAMSA) tại Houston (RFA)
• Liên Minh Bài Trừ Nô Lệ Mới Ở Á Châu - CAMSA - họp mặt tại Houston (VOA)

• Event photos on Facebook

9.20 - 9.22: BPSOS Holds Oil Spill Community Clinics in Biloxi, Mississippi (9/20), Bayou La Batre, Alabama (9/21), and Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana (9/22).

9.03.2010: BPSOS Welcomes Justice Department’s Finding of Merit in Asian Students’ Complaints of Racial Violence at South Philadelphia High School

• Feds find merit in Asians’ South Philly High complaints (Philadelphia Inquirer)

8.27.2010: Gulf Coast Oil Disaster Response Updates

8.12.2010: Gulf Coast Oil Disaster Response Updates

• View videos of BPSOS Food Drive in Bayou La Batre, Alabama: English | Vietnamese

7.29.2010: BPSOS Launches "Save Con Dau" campaign. 

• Summary of events
• Support the campaign by sending a petition letter to your U.S. Representative. See sample petition letter here.
• Congressman Chris Smith introduces H. Res. 1572, condemning and deploring the violence, threats, fines, and harassment faced by the villagers of Con Dau, Da Nang. 

7.20.2010: Gulf Coast Oil Disaster Response Updates

7.19.2010: BPSOS distributes another 13,000 lbs of food in Alabama. A total of 36,000 lbs of food has been distributed in the past 4 weeks.

WKRG.com News

7.18.2010: Human trafficking victim turned activist Ms. Vu Phuong Anh arrived in Houston

• Read her story on RFA in Vietnamese

7.13.2010: BPSOS addresses the Oil Spill Commission on the struggle of Vietnamese American communities in the Gulf

• Watch panel discussion on CSPAN

6.30.2010: BPSOS and NAVASA Sign MOU To Merge Operations in Gulf Coast.

6.24.2010: BPSOS strengthens assistance, relief, and development efforts in the Gulf Coast. 

6.23.2010: BPSOS joins coalition of bar associations and community organizations to hold legal clinics in New Orleans, Biloxi, and Bayou La Batre.

6.15.2010: Vietnam Downgraded to "Tier 2 Watch List" in US State Department Trafficking in Persons Report.

• Hoa Kỳ Lên Tiếng Về Buôn Người Ở VN
• Việt Nam Cần Chứng Minh Thiện Chí
• Đài Loan Tích Cực Chống Buôn Người, Lên Hạng 1

6.14.2010, Gulf Coast: BPSOS Provides Direct Services, Community Education, and Legal Assistance to Oil Spill Victims.

6.08.2010, Falls Church, VA: Dr. Nguyen Dinh Thang Receives OCA's Outstanding Citizen Achievement Award.

• VOA: Người Việt đầu tiên tại Mỹ nhận Giải Thành tựu Công dân Xuất sắc

05.26.2010, Houston, TX: BPSOS-Southeast Texas Successfully Helped Farmer Family Devastated by Hurricane Ike Rebuild Their Lives

05.24.2010, Springfield, MA: Celebrating AAPI Heritage Month, Springfield City Government Raised the Vietnamese Heritage and Freedom Flag

05.21.2010, Arlington, VA: CAMSA House Party Fundraiser with Kieu Chinh and Ambassador Joseph Rees

• Read Vietnamese-language article on MachSong.org

05.18.2010, Washington, DC: BPSOS Hosted "In Pursuit of Liberty" Congressional Reception and Awards Ceremony at Capitol Visitor Center

05.14.2010, Washington, DC: BPSOS Executive Director discusses community development at Smithsonian Panel "Exit Saigon, Enter Little Saigon: The Vietnamese Diaspora".

• Watch the discussion to be webcast LIVE at 6:30pm!

05.03.2010: BPSOS Launches Gulf Coast Oil Spill Community Assistance Project

• PRI story about lack of language access for Vietnamese fishermen in the Gulf Coast (PRI)
• Congressman Cao Gets Translators for Non-English-Speaking Victims of BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill 
• Ngư dân Louisiana cẩn thận khi hợp tác với công ty làm đổ dầu (VOA)
• Ngư dân Việt và hãng dầu (BBC)

 04.30.2010, Honolulu, Hawaii:  BPSOS Joins Hawaii Vietnamese Community at April 30 Commemoration

• Vietnamese Community Marks 35-Year Anniversary of the Fall of Saigon (ABC/KITV)

04.23.2010, Houston, Texas: 30/35 Fundraiser "30 Years of Service, 35 Years of Triumph"

04.05.2010, California: BPSOS' work featured in a prominent political asylum case.

• Read articles in Vietnamese on Nguoi Viet

03.30.2010, Florida: Dr. Nguyen Dinh Thang spoke about human trafficking and the work of CAMSA at University of Florida School of Law.

03.24.2010, Washington, DC: BPSOS' work on human trafficking continued to provide substantive data and insights at the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission's hearing on "Human trafficking: National and International Implications."

Below are a few notable quotes:

• Congressman Chris Smith: “The evidence is absolutely compelling in the area of labor trafficking.  According to Boat People S.O.S., since 2001, Vietnam has officially exported 700,000 Vietnamese nationals, and many more unofficially.  80,000 more exported each year.  Many cases of labor trafficking have been featured in the past and present TIP reports, but unfortunately, the designation – Tier 3, has eluded them. The time has come to quit playing games.  Put them on Tier 3.”
• Smith:  In regards to the Daewoosa Case (the largest human trafficking case prosecuted by the US government):  “They [the Vietnamese government] have, in our face, just said, “We don’t care.” 
• Smith: In regards to religious freedom: “And there’s been a backslide in Vietnam on all kinds of issues… They have abused people of all faiths, from the Buddhists, the Christians and to other faiths.  This country is in serious, serious decline when it comes to human rights.”

View video clip of the hearing:

 03.23.2010, Washington, DC: Dr. Nguyen Dinh Thang, BPSOS Executive Director, testified before the Tom Lantos Congressional Human Rights Commission on human trafficking in Vietnam. 

• Bipartisan Letter from 10 US Senators calling for designation of Vietnam as a CPC
• Congressman Joseph Cao's statement
• Event photos

03.22.2010, Washington, DC: BPSOS joined Congressman Cao, faith-based organizations, religious leaders and human rights NGOs at a congressional briefing on Vietnam human rights.

03.18.2010, Bayou La Batre, Alabama: BPSOS-Gulf Coast will provide capacity building grants and training to local community organizations in South Mobile County, Alabama. Applications are due on April 14. 

• Instructions to view and download the application: Click here to open the "NEST" RFP. Once it opens, click on BPSOSGC RFP and then "Save As" button.  Once the window opens, you can either read the RFP by clicking "View" or save it to you computer by clicking "Save".   

02.17.2010, Atlanta, GA: BPSOS-Atlanta won $15,000 grant to conduct research on Hepatitis B

02.03.2010, Falls Church, VA: BPSOS Unveils New Mission for Its 4th Decade.

01.25/26, Washington DC: BPSOS National Managers Conference

01.23.2010, Westminster, CA: BPSOS-Orange County starts providing free 2009 tax-filing assistance to qualified community members on January 29. 

01.06.2010, Philadelphia, PA: BPSOS testified at Human Relations Commission's hearing on racial violence in Philadelphia public schools.

Activity Summaries: 2010 | 2009 

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