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NW ASIAN WEEKLY • 10/07/25
Why would a Tacoma City Council candidate bring his campaign to Seattle? For Silong Chhun, it’s about mobilizing regional support—and building solidarity across community lines. On Oct. 5, State Rep. My-Linh Thai co-hosted a fundraiser for Chhun at Mam’s Books in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District, drawing supporters from across King and Pierce counties.
Thai urged Seattle-area residents to back Chhun’s campaign, especially refugee and immigrant communities.
“We believe that we could have people here in King County to support his campaign. It’s very important bringing all of the refugees in. I mean, we have the numbers.”
HUMANS OF PUBLIC SERVICE • 08/10/2025
Being a refugee, a brown person who’s part of a marginalized community—just existing is political. I don’t feel like I have a choice not to be engaged.
Read more: https://www.humansofpublicservice.org/story/silong-chhun
KBTC/PBS Profiles • 4/25/2025
In the early 2000s, three East Tacoma cousins formed the Asian American hip-hop group, The 2nd Language. More than 20 years later, two surviving members reflect on the group’s improbable success and enduring legacy as musical trailblazers.
Move to Tacoma Podcast • 4/25/2025
Silong Chhun moved to Tacoma as a two-year-old Cambodian refugee. In this interview on the Move to Tacoma Podcast Silong recounts his upbringing on the Eastside. Tacoma's Eastside is a place of deep community and cultural richness. He shares memories of growing up in low-income housing, where families relied on each other for support, and highlights the role of places like Tacoma Community House in helping refugees adapt.
Despite challenges, Silong emphasizes the strong sense of belonging and the vibrant mix of immigrant-owned businesses, food spots, and community gatherings that define the area.
Read more: https://movetotacoma.com/podcasts/growing-up-in-tacomas-eastside-neighborhood-with-silong-chhun/
Southeast Asian Comedy Collective • Cityline • 07/25/25
Silong joins Tacoma's Cityline to discuss the SEA Comedy Collective.
On the corner of Argyle & Glenwood • 2020
As a young graduate student in photography in the early 1990s, Stuart Isett found himself on the corners of Argyle and Glenwood streets in Chicago, photographing Cambodian refugees who had settled on the city’s north side near his apartment. Isett entered a world which would define his practice, spending much of the next 25 years working in South East Asia, often returning to work on issues affecting the Cambodian diaspora.
Nearly 30 years later, in collaboration with Cambodian-American activist Silong Chhun and Pete Pin, a Cambodian-American photographer, Isett revisited the Chicago work. Together they re-sequenced and contextualised the series. Chhun and Pin would have been the young boys in the back of the room in many of Isett’s images, watching their older siblings who were Isett’s main focus, as they struggled to adapt to life in America while burdened with the trauma of war and genocide.
Sequenced by Pin, with words from Chhun, this book explores the complexities of the early diaspora, not only the streets but also the tender moments of a community in transition, held together by family (“krousar”) and tradition.
artTown - Lincoln Business District Art • 02/28/2018
Powered by South Sound Together, The Grand Cinema and Film In Tacoma announced the Film 253 Grants: a program that supports Pierce-County based film and media makers by investing in their creative vision, their contributions to the vibrancy and diversity of our community, and their ability to create job opportunities.
Silong Chhun brings light to Cambodia’s dark history through creative design and education • International Examiner • 02/22/2018
Awareness by design – this concept fuels Silong Chhun, the Tacoma-based man behind Red Scarf Revolution, a clothing brand and platform that uses creative design as a conduit for education. Started in 2013, he was inspired to create shirts for himself and friends who lacked items they could wear that was representative of their Cambodian culture. Born at the tail end of the Khmer Rouge, he and his family immigrated to Tacoma’s Eastside, where he grew up seeing jackets that had “Brazil” or “USA” emblazoned on them. Initially, he just wanted a way to showcase his pride and love for Cambodia, but as the brand grew, it manifested into a larger platform where Chhun could raise awareness of Cambodia’s dark history of the Khmer Rouge and its regime.
Tacoma Daily Index • National Day of Remembrance Candlelight vigil honoring the lives lost in the Cambodian Genocide • April 17, 2017
April 17, 2017 is the 42nd anniversary of the Khmer Rouge’s 1975 march into the city of Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia. They evacuated the entire city, forcing people into labor camps and executing former government officials, doctors, artists, scholars and others.
About a month ago, I visited the Gallery for the first time, to see Scars & Stripes, an impactful exhibit that explores the cultural contributions of Cambodian Americans impacted by war, genocide, resettlement, and deportation efforts that continue to this day.
The Design School Podcast
On this episode, we interview Silong Chhun, a Communications Associate for the Tacoma Community House, and founder of the Red Scarf Revolution. Silong shares how his early upbringing in Cambodia has impacted his work, and about the importance of identity, persistence, and design as a center point for community, advocacy and activism.
Listen here: https://www.thisisdesign.school/silong-chhun/
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