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...Truong '89 likes to tell a story about a future vice chairman of ARCO Oil Company who, when taking a law exam, came upon a case he knew nothing about...
That, says Truong, a Vietnamese immigrant, is what people should always do--look for the fish. "Look for the deeper things," as he puts...
...president of the Phillips Brooks House Association (PBH), which leads dozens of social and community service projects, Truong has tried to do just that. He says in the past several years PBH has grown increasingly popular among students, alumni and with the administration, becoming a part of a new activism that has social service as its focus...
...activism is taking a direct and vigorous stance for what you believe about a controversial issue," says Truong, who has also organized Boston rallies to protest the Thai government's efforts to discourage Vietnamese refugees from seeking asylum in Thailand. Truong says the reason public service activities have been absorbed into the realm of activism is "because we've gotten more complex about how we think of things...
...term 'activism,' Truong says, has grown to include spending time as a Big Brother for an inner-city child, not just participating in divestment protests...