Going Back - Gom Benn Scholarship Fund

Traci Huahn's debut book tells the story of Mamie Tape's fight to win access to California's public schools for Chinese Americans.

Board Member Writes Debut Children’s Book

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Post published:April 8, 2024
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Traci Huahn For many of us, the Covid lockdown in 2020 was a nightmare. For Gom Benn Scholarship Fund board member Traci Huahn, the pandemic was her chance to make a…

Listen to Linda Huang read her mother Fay Hing Lee's Toisan proverbs, sayings and rhymes.

Part 5: Fay Wong’s Proverbs

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Post published:January 23, 2024
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Fay Hing Lee Wong and her daughter Linda Huang Voy and Fay Wong with their children: Janlee, left, Ellen, Linda (front), Julie and Don. c. 1950s The following proverbs, colloquial…

The ancestral hall at Tung Hau Village in Shuibu Town in Taishan County contains the family tree records for Gom Benn Village.

The Book of Wongs

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Post published:January 21, 2024
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2006 edition of Taishan Wong genealogy book How far back can you trace your family tree? With the Wongs' family tree or genealogy book, you can find the names of…

See Yung Lee Wong, center, lived a long life, most of it in Gom Benn, top left, after marrying Sam Wong, giving birth to Poy and Voy, top right, whose family she'd join in Riverside. The background consists of her finely crafted paper cutouts. The cutouts are Copyright © 2024 L.W. Huang All Rights Reserved

My Ngin Ngin

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Post published:January 12, 2024
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This article was submitted by Linda Huang, daughter of Voy and Fay Wong.. See Yung Lee Wong 1881-1979 I don’t remember the pictures I used to draw for my Ngin…