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The San Diego World Affairs Council and National University present the Distinguished Speaker Series Le Ly Hayslip in conversation with Professor Gregory Daddis Presenting:"Beyond the American Lens: The Legacy of War, Transgenerational Trauma, Reconciliation, and Healing" San Diego World Affairs Council is pleased to partner with National University to engage the public on this timely topic, as it coincides with the 50th anniversary of the U.S. withdrawal from Vietnam. This program will be structured as a guided conversation between Daddis and Hayslip, including ample time for participant questions and answers. About Le Ly Hayslip | Le Ly is an internationally known Vietnamese-American author, philanthropist, peace activist, and speaker. She grew up in Ky La (now known as Xa Hoa Quy), Vietnam during the American-Vietnam War. She wrote two best-selling memoirs—When Heaven and Earth Changed Places and Child of War, Woman of Peace, based on her painful and ultimately triumphant journey from a traumatizing childhood in war-ravaged Vietnam to her new life in America. Having grown up in Central Vietnam as a woman, Le Ly shares a perspective that is unique when it comes to the Vietnam War. She received raving reviews for both books, including from The New York Times and The Washington Post. When Heaven and Earth Changed Places was included in the 1990 edition of Reader’s Digest’s Today’s Best Nonfiction. Her memoirs, having been published in 17 different languages throughout the world, are now used in several universities as course material to study women in history, the American/Vietnam War, and other topics. In 1993, the books were adapted into the film “Heaven & Earth,” directed by the award-winning director Oliver Stone and starring Hiep Thi Le and Tommy Lee Jones. Le Ly’s life as a humanitarian began after she arrived in the US in 1970 and became a US citizen, but returned to her native Vietnam in 1986. Her shock from the devastation, poverty, and illness left by the war became the impetus for her two philanthropic organizations, East Meets West Foundation and Global Village Foundation. Both organizations dedicate their efforts to humanitarian relief, education, and development to help rebuild Vietnam through providing basic needs (shelter, clean water, medical facilities, education), establishing revolving loan programs, and finding homes for several hundreds of orphaned children. Hayslip continues to lead groups and delegations in cultural and anthropological studies in her home village. About Professor Gregory Daddis | Gregory is the Director of the Center for War and Society and the USS Midway Chair in Modern U.S. Military History. Originally from the Garden State of New Jersey, he holds a bachelor of science degree from the United States Military Academy at West Point, a master’s degree from Villanova University, and a Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. After graduating from West Point, he served for 26 years in the U.S. Army, retiring as a colonel. He is a veteran of both Operations Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom and his military awards include the Bronze Star, the Legion of Merit, and the Meritorious Service Medals. His final assignment in the army was as the Chief of the American History Division in the Department of History at the United States Military Academy. Daddis specializes in Cold War history with an emphasis on the American war in Vietnam. He has authored five books, including his most recent with Cambridge University Press, Pulp Vietnam: War and Gender in Cold War Men's Adventure Magazines (2020). Daddis also has published a trilogy on the American war in Vietnam with Oxford University Press: Withdrawal: Reassessing America’s Final Years in Vietnam (2017), Westmoreland’s War: Reassessing American Strategy in Vietnam (2014) and No Sure Victory: Measuring U.S. Army Effectiveness and Progress in the Vietnam War (2011). Additionally, he has published scholarly articles in some of his field’s leading journals, to include The Journal of Cold War Studies, The Journal of Military History, and The Journal of Strategic Studies.

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From the organizers: Join us for an unforgettable evening of Rondalla and Kulintang music of the Philippines at the Mingei International Museum in Balboa Park, San Diego, CA. Experience the rich melodies and rhythms of these traditional Filipino musical ensembles, featuring a unique blend of string and percussion instruments. Immerse yourself in the vibrant sounds and cultural heritage of the Philippines. Don't miss this one-of-a-kind event! For the first time, on October 28, 2023, Saturday, at 6:00 pm, the Samahan Filipino American Performing Arts & Education Center (dba Samahan Arts) holds at the Mingei International Museum a music concert entitled “Struck & Plucked - An Evening of Rondalla and Kulintang Music of the Philippines.” The concert is offered as the “finale” to the celebrations of the Filipino American History month. The Filipinos’ traditional string and indigenous “gong” music will be presented with a few cultural dances in an intimate setting of the La Atalaya Theatre of the museum. Featured are the “home-grown” Rondalla and Kulintang musicians led by Samahan Arts’ Music Director and Ethnomusicologist, Dr. Bernard Ellorin. This music concert is funded in part by the Dr. Lolita Diñoso Carter Endowment through the San Diego Foundation, the California Arts Council and donations of generous patrons. Limited number of admission tickets at $25 each may be obtained at https://SamahanArts.org. Discounted student ticket at $15 each may be made available to student groups. For information: admin@samahanarts.org. About the music: The Philippine rondalla is of Iberian origin composed of string instruments such as the banduria, laud, octavina, guitara and bajo. The rondalla typically plays nostalgic folk and contemporary pieces by Filipino composers. On special occasions, it accompanies both European and Latin American influenced dances. The Samahan Rondalla started in 1982 under the tutelage of the late Bayani De Leon, well known Filipino Ethnomusicologist. Samahan Arts’ dynamic outreach activities and educational program have been instrumental in maintaining its “staying power.” In the ‘90s, Music Coordinator, Dr. Juanita Caccam patiently taught Ellorin how to play the banduria, getting him eventually interested in pursuing a degree in Ethnomusicology. Since 1992, Ellorin has been the principal banduria player of the Samahan Rondalla, and is currently the ensemble’s lead. As an undergraduate student at UCLA, he attended extended Rondalla studies with Tagumpay De Leon, NEA National Heritage Fellow in 2021 and the director of the UC Riverside Gluck Rondalla Ensemble. Tagumpay and Bayani are sons of Felipe De Leon, also a famous Filipino composer and a National Artist for Music of the Philippines. Dr. Caccam and Frederick Embalsado, Rondalla Director, ardently nurtured musicians, such as, Mitchell Almoite, Alex Alcantara and Taryn Chiong, who are currently active Samahan Rondalla musicians, with Rogelle Zamora and Ellorin. Kulintang is an ancient instrumental form of music played on a row of horizontally laid bossed gongs that function melodically, accompanied by large, suspended gongs and drums. It is the customary music of the indigenous Muslim societies in Mindanao Island, Philippines, for rituals, ceremonies, weddings and other social occasions. Samahan Arts’ Kulintang Ensemble plays traditional music of the Maguindanaos, Maranaos, the Sama and Tausug people. In 1996, Ellorin was designated as the ensemble director after mastering a number of Kulintang pieces taught by the late Maguindanao Kulintang Master Danongan Sibay Kalanduyan, NEA National Heritage Fellow, 1996. The ensemble, originally made up of Master Kalanduyan’s students in San Diego, adapted the name Pakaraguian Kulintang Ensemble, when it merged with the ensemble that was co-founded by Ellorin with his colleagues in UCLA in 2003. Playing with the ensemble is Master Kalanduyan’s granddaughter, Kimberly Kalanduyan Villanueva, who was Ellorin’s apprentice in 2019 with the Apprenticeship Program of the Alliance for California Traditional Arts (ACTA). The 2021 ACTA apprentice of Ellorin for Sama kulintang music, Rogelle Zamora also plays with the ensemble. Janet Asuncion, Michelle Camaya, and Mitchell Almoite are also dedicated musicians of the ensemble who study the music intensely with Pakaraguian.

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