In Grey’s Anatomy Season 22, Episode 2, “We Built This City,” viewers witnessed a powerful and long-overdue moment of Cambodian American representation on primetime television. The episode featured Sok Tep, a Cambodian refugee, and his daughter Sithea—characters whose story reflects the enduring legacy of the Khmer Rouge genocide and the intergenerational trauma that continues to shape many Cambodian families today.

Hundreds and hundreds of Cambodian community members and people of all backgrounds joined us for our second public Khmer New Year festival in Westbrook, Maine. In the open Riverbank Park grounds, on the banks of the Presumpscot River, Mainers gathered to experience what is becoming one of Maine’s largest cultural events.