EXHIBITS
ENGL 6750, Summer 2015: Voices: Karen Refugees in Cache Valley, Utah: Hopes and Dreams for the Future

Kyaw Eh:
"Okay, so in the future my dreams are maybe one day I would like to go back to my country. I would like to help the people who need help."

Snay Tun:
"After I have finished college, I'm not really sure what to do yet. But I thought if I get my degree, I might plan to go to back to Thailand."
"I can speak better than I used to before. So, yeah. I'm proud of that, so I can like help my family and my brother who need my help later on."

Aye Win:
"My dad is still in Burma. And I want to go back. I just don’t have the money to go back yet. So, yeah. One day."

Eh Htoo:
"Of course I want to go back home: all my family is back there, I want to go back home; but before I can go back I need to make sure that, Karen state is safe and has protection. Right now that is not the case, so what I’m doing is I’m working, if I have a lot of money then I will send some to my family each month."
"So as long as there isn’t any war – as long as there isn’t any fighting then yeah, I don’t mind living in Logan."

Tun Lay:
"For me, my family, my children, my family, my wife – for my family – I don’t have any dreams for us, but I do believe in God and I pray for us (for me and for my family) you know, to be healthy, to stay happy."

Pyo Nwe:
"Yeah, like I said, I grew up as a refugee, and I wanted to go back to school but I couldn’t. But now I’m here in United States. I want to give my children the opportunity to go to school here, graduate, have a better education here. After then, I would like them to go back to Burma and help out other people, to tell them what they learned; to give back to the people in Burma."
"For me, I want to help my people, but I can’t. I know I can’t. But for my children, yeah, sure they can one day."