Kevin Gee:now teaching English in Guangzhou: I joined the In Search of Roots program to seek out a stronger understanding of my family historyit is a history that I had feared future generations of my family would forget. I now realize that the work I have started through Roots is just a beginning. The search for my family history and identity as a Chinese American is a continual process.
Candace chin:In search of Roots program is phenomenal. As a result of participating. I now understand the beginnings of my identity in the United States and moreover I am only starting to realize how culturally, ancestrally, spiritually, and individually rooted I am in China.
Stacey Woo: The Roots program was a once-in-a-lifetime experience. I'll never forget our time in which my great-great grandfather lived five generations ago. Through the program, I began a journey to reconnect my family history and Chinese heritage, and in doing so, learn more about my own identity.
Susan Brim: Paying my respects to my great grandfather at his grave was one of the most moving experiences of my life. I feel content now, like I have fulfilled some promise that I didn't even know I had made.
Lumsden Quan: Just when I thought I was a tiny flower, someone picked me, I then realized I was a tree with long roots.
Eric Joe: Roots has given me a deeper appreciation for the strength vision, and perseverance of my ancestors to know America held the promise of a better life for their future generations. Their tremendous courage and sacrifices have given me every opportunity I have today.
Oscar Gee: I begin to understand what the Chinese means in Chinese American a little more. Bringing it back to the roots allows for my present being to influence my future ones.
Korey Lee: My identity is defined by my being both Chinese and American. The roots program brought me to realizations and discoveries about myself and reinforced my pride in being Chinese American. The journey to China helped me realize and discover more of my identity, what I was, what I am, and what I will be. The road of self-discovery is a lifetime experience and Roots was the first mile.
Robert Mar: traveling throughout southern China, seeing the lifestyles of the people who live there, and visiting the birthplaces of my parents allowed me to see the origin of my Chinese ethnicity in the context of China, as it used to be when my ancestors lived there, and in the way China exists today, moving toward modernization and becoming a member of the global community.
Wilson Woo: Roots program is awesome. The program gives an opportunity to view the world in one' s own eye. What I was looking for from the program was not only my identity, but meaning in lifeĦhow my family ties affect my life. True meaning is to feel alive in one,s life.
Roland Ng: Although I have never visited this land before, upon seeing an elementary school picture of myself in my great-grandmother,s village. I knew my Roots journey had brought me home.
Irix Chin: The Roots learning curve is exponential. I learned more about myself and the world during my three weeks in China than I learned during a year spent at home.
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