This project was a collaboration of the Pacific Islander Health Partnership, Juliet McMullin, Associate Professor of Cultural and Medical Anthropology at UC Riverside, and Christen Hepuakoa Marquez of Paradocs Films, Watch more community stories from Southern California’s diverse Pacific Islander community here: www.vimeo.com/album/2207829
READ MORE »Requiem for Chewy
My wife, Cher, called me yesterday morning in tears after witnessing a puppy killed by a speeding driver. She then relayed her experience of how an unexpected group of strangers came together to care for the dog and bring a degree of comfort to a grieving family. Stories help us make […]
READ MORE »What the American Flag Means to Me
Our nation sacrificed and rallied to support all war efforts at home and abroad.
READ MORE »The Headlee Amendment
Through all their activities together, Dick tried to work the political arm to help the common people and not let government over tax them.
READ MORE »I Am Not My Leg
We met because of a mutual need, hers to receive care, mine to give. Doris was about to lose her life due to complications from diabetes. At 82 years old, her choice was her leg or her life. For her, it seemed a no-brainer. She chose life. Doris faced surgery […]
READ MORE »Visiting Montgomery, Alabama, March 2013
In 1955, news of the Montgomery bus boycott came into the local headlines. I was a 20-year-old college student, far from the South. I remember thinking how it wasn’t fair the way those “Negroes” were being treated…
READ MORE »Telling Myself a New Story
On September 12, 2001, the day after the infamous 9/11, I came to the reality of the personal hell I had created. The falling of the Twin Towers in New York City and the close of the stock market helped me awaken to the realization that I was going to […]
READ MORE »Paul and My Vision of Pre-Earth Life
I was privileged to have a brief vision of my son, Paul, and myself that happened in the pre-mortal realm before we came to earth. In order to understand this experience, you need to know a little about us. My son, Paul, was born in 1978 with severe cerebral palsy. […]
READ MORE »The Candy Red Scooter
When I was born, my legs were up by my neck. I was two weeks old when my parents brought me to the Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah. After many hours with the doctor, doing examinations and taking x-rays, there were so many things wrong that he […]
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