Articles and Quotes about connected Education consulting llc
Sam Ouk - Connecting Education is "Families, Schools, and Community Together!"
"Understanding where you came from and who you are and how that plays a role in the decisions you make is very important." - Sam Ouk, 2020
Minnesota Humanities Center Cambodian Minnesotan Stories
Educating Minnesota's Next Generation
“My teachers empowered me. I wasn’t alone as I navigated the two worlds of the refugee and American student experience.” - Sam Ouk, 2017
https://www.mcknight.org/news-ideas/educating-minnesotas-next-generation/
Ed Talks: When do you stop being a refugee?
"A refugee's life is like a broken puzzle. Sometimes the missing pieces means more than the ones that are there." - Sam Ouk, 2017
Living the stories of refugees
“I think it really puts us in their shoes, as well as we can be.” - Marissa Brown, participant 2023.
“I think he made me feel the story a little bit more, It would be shocking to live through something like that.” - Rene Martinez, participant 2023.
https://www.marshallindependent.com/news/local-news/2023/02/living-the-stories-of-refugees/
Born out of the Killing Fields and left without a nation
"The only definition I knew to characterize me properly was that I was a refugee. I was a child growing up without a nation. And this struggle to belong just somewhere played a big part in the lives of myself and the people around me." Sambath Ouk, 2018
https://caalmn.org/2018/05/02/born-out-of-the-killing-fields-and-left-without-a-nation/
'The Killing Fields' more than history for one Faribault teacher
"If the traditional population knew what the newcomers have gone through it will make a huge difference." - Peter vanSluis, Faribault City Council Member, 2014