Waves from Vietnam Four waves of migration from Vietnam to the United States took place beginning in 1975, when the Vietnam War ended. [Posted 04/30/07 - Austin American Statesman] The Vietnamese-American Community Recovers After Katrina I like inspirational stories.  We in the media don’t do enough of them.  So when I heard about the Vietnamese-Americans of New Orleans and how their remarkable recovery after Katrina lifted an entire community, I was intrigued. [Posted 04/12/07 - MSNBC] Freddie Mac Unveils Asian Homebuyer Program CreditSmart Asian to assist with credit and housing counseling. [Posted 03/08/07 - New America Media] Asians Flex Muscles in California Politics California’s 4.4 million Asians constitute the state’s second-largest ethnic minority group (after Latinos) and the largest Asian population in the country, but they have been underrepresented in elected office. [Posted 02/27/07 - NY Times] Korean Men Use Brokers to Find Brides in Vietnam More and more South Korean men are finding wives outside of South Korea, where a surplus of bachelors, a lack of marriageable Korean partners and the rising social status of women have combined to shrink the domestic market for the marriage-minded male. [Posted 02/22/07 - NY Times] More News... RELIEF EFFORTS - Vietnamese American Resources  Post-Katrina Congressional Briefing Contact FEMA (800) 621-FEMA (3362) Register online Listing of All Federal Help Resources - GovBenefits.gov (Vietnamese) ACTION ALERT/PRESS RELEASES Community Briefing on Post-Katrina Rebuilding and the Vietnamese American Community (PRWeb) [09/12/06] News in Vietnamese [8/31/06] FUNDING NEWS Help Raise Funds for NCVA State Farm National Youth Advisory Board More... JOB LISTINGS  (Internships/Scholarships) White House Internship Program AALEAD's Mentoring Opportunities More.... Vietnamese Americans in Hurricane-Impacted Gulf Areas: An Assessment of Housing Needs Organizations representing the Vietnamese community testify on the rebuilding efforts of the Vietnamese Americans in New Orleans. The Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus’ (CAPAC) Housing Task Force  outlines legislative opportunities for CAPAC in regards to post-Katrina housing policy. (Report) Freddie Mac's CreditSmart Asian Establishing and maintaining good credit is essential to building a sound financial future. CreditSmart Asian is a curriculum to help consumers understand, build and maintain better credit. (CreditSmart Asian) A Blueprint for Change: Diversity as a Civic Asset A look at how cities can prepare their leadership and infrastructure for their changing communities. (Blueprint for Change / National APIA Project Compendium) Training 20th Anniversary Convention "Securing Our Future Today" Vietnamese American Youth Leadership Conference (VAYLC) - "Modern Day Trail Blazers" June 21-24, 2006 September 13-17, 2006   Human Trafficking NCVA Policy Recommendations on Human Trafficking in Vietnam Trafficking in Persons Report 2005 Local Coalition Formed to Fight Human Trafficking Campaign to Rescue & Restore Victims of Human Trafficking Brochure - Victims of Trafficking in Persons & Forced Labor (Vietnamese) Education Vietnamese American Curriculum HR 333 - To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize grants for institutions of higher education serving Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders Human Rights U.S. Department of State - 2004 Human Rights Report (Vietnam) Human Rights Watch World Report 2005 Vietnam Listed as Country of Particular Concern by U.S. Department of State Vietnam: New Evidence of Torture Grant Writing Proposal Writing Short Course Grant Development Primer Nonprofit Branding Nonprofit Resources Immigration HR 2687 - Amerasian Naturalization Act of 2005 HR 2792 - To extend eligibility for refugee status of unmarried sons and daughters of certain Vietnamese refugees Other Resources Guide for New Immigrants A Guide to Naturalization (Vietnamese) Natural Resource Center - Best of the Best Online Health Information, Dept. of Health & Human Services Southeast Asian American Directory State and Local Drug Indicator Profiles Economic Development CreditSmart Asian Television and Radio Ads on Housing in Vietnamese - Ready for Broadcast HR 1461 - To reform the regulation of certain housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises 10/26/05 Letter to Members of the House of Representatives 10/25/05 Letter to House Speaker Dennis Hastert on Voting Rights Amendment 07/06/05 Letter to Senate Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs Committee and House Financial Services Committee

The default installation with the sample data is designed to demonstrate a variety of different techniques for formatting information and displaying content. It is a virtual sampler of some of the different tools and techniques made possible by the Mambo system. We have included at the top of most pages ::Explanatory Text:: which helps you understand how that particular page, section or category was created.

Since our goal is to show you ways to use the system, we have not optimized the settings for the most attractive appearance. Moreover, not every site will need the same options we have selected to show you in this sampler.

As a means of extending the examples we have given, here are some changes you might want to consider to help make your site more attractive:

• The "Top Menu" can be hidden (it's a bit redundant at present, given the choices included and how close they are to the Main Menu)
• The "Latest News"and "Popular" modules can be hidden to give the Home Page a cleaner, simpler look.
• Experiment with the Parameters controlling the Front Page Component to change the number of articles, columns or links that appear on the Home Page.
• Vary the number and types of modules included in the left and right columns and make the selections relevant to the content of the pages on which they appear.
• If you use the 800 x 600 version of the template, you may not want to use the "Table - Content Category" or "Table - Content Section" layout options, as the center column becomes very crowded.

If you wish to change the company logo space ("Water & Stone" - at the top of the template), it is very simple. The present header is an image. The easiest way to replace it is to overwrite the image file via FTP or by using the Media Manager (that is, upload a new file with the same name). If you do not wish to use an image for the company logo, then you will need to edit the template file directly. Changing the image at the top of the template (the wide picture) can be achieved in the same manner.

If you wish to change the colors of the template you will have to be able to use an image editing program to create new background images (which are tiled to give many of the effects on this template). Changing fonts and font colors is easier as they are all controlled by the CSS.

Note that the template files and the CSS include numerous comment tags that are intended to help make modifying the files faster and easier. The best way to learn how to create or edit Mambo templates is to open one up and experiment. Make copies of the original before you start and you won't have any serious problems.

Good Luck and Welcome to Mambo!

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