Healing Out Lao’d - Resilience and Joy in the Lao Diaspora: Reflecting on 50 Years Since the Laos Secret War

On the 50th anniversary at the end of the Secret War in Laos, the Fall of Saigon, and the rise of the Khmer Rouge regime, this powerful conversation hosted by the Los Angeles Public Library brings together Lao American community leader and healing practitioner Rita Phetmixay and writer, director, and producer Kulap Vilaysack. Together, they reflect on the ripple effects of war, loss, migration, and survival that have shaped their Lao American experiences–and how, in the midst of those legacies, Asian American and Pacific Islander joy continues to thrive.