AT OCC Van T. Tran, Garden Grove's first elected Vietnamese-American official, will discuss his community goals and activities on Thursday, March 15, at Orange Coast College. Refreshments will be served.
Admission is free and the public is invited to attend.
Mr. Tran's appearance is sponsored by OCC's Academic Senate Multicultural Education Committee. An attorney, Tran was elected last November to serve on the Garden Grove City Council. He was only the second Vietnamese-American to be elected to public office in Orange County, and the first in Garden Grove. Mr. Tran received his B.A. degree in political science from UC Irvine, and earned a master's degree in public administration and a doctorate in law from Hamline University in Minnesota. Tran is founder of the Vietnamese-American Voters Coalition, a nonprofit organization that promotes voter education and awareness.