Cambodian Community Day
Fun. Exciting. Informational.
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Come and Join Us
For Another year of Fun
Sunday August 19th
12:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Ben Brenman Park
Alexandria, VAMembership Application
If you wish to become a member, click here to apply.
Volunteer Needed
CCD is operated on a volunteer basis. If you think you can help, click here.
Contact us
Ben Bao: (571) 276-9630
Sophia Tep: (703) 966-9590
Lowell Cole: (703) 620-3074
Email: ccdinfo@cambodiancommunityday.org
Welcome to CCD
Welcome to the Cambodian Community Day (CCD) website. We appreciate your visit. The CCD seeks to integrate the Cambodian culture into American society. CCD is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. All donations are tax-deductible to the extent of the laws.
CCD Festival of 2013
What We Do?
The purpose of celebrating the Cambodian Community Day is to bring Cambodian and American families/communities together to recognize Khmer achievements, to raise the awareness of Khmer culture, and to strengthen Khmer voice in America and in the world. We believe that Cambodian heritages are abundant, but few people in the world know about them. We seek to erase world's bad perception that Cambodia is a killing fields...
Culture and Heritage News
- Cambodia's Cultural Crown Jewel... Read More
- Cambodia makes its own cars... Read More
- New York's Met museum to return two... Read More
- Royal Ballet of Cambodia at Brooklyn... Read More
- Angkor was a city ahead of its time... Read More
- Climate Helped Bring Angkor to Its Knees... Read More
- After rising to sublime heights, the sacred... Read More
- Bodies of Evidence in Southeast Asia... Read More
- Ancient Khmer Families Discovered... Read More
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President Message
Dear friends and families,
On behalf of Cambodian Community Day (CCD) Board of Directors, members and volunteers, I would like to wish you a Happy Khmer New Year, Buddhist Era 2557, the Year of Snake. May you have success, prosperity, good health in the year to come.
You Can Help
Cambodian Community Day is a 501(c)(3) organization. Your donation is tax-deductible to the extent of the laws. We believe our mission is a noble cause. Please help us achieve our goal. Your online donation via PayPal is secured.
Communities
CCD Trough Len - by Isaac D. Pacheco (click on picture)
VOA News Coverage - CCD 2012 (click on pictures)
Other News:
Voice of America/Khmer: Dr Chanthourn Thuy
A Khmer Archaeologist visited USA in July 2012 to present his research finding about ancient iron smelter in Cambodia to Cambodian-American communities. One of his stop was Washington, DC Metro area. Click on picture to watch the VOA News coverage during his presentation in Annandale VA.
Voice of America Interviewed Ms Sophia Tep, CCD Vice-President
Click the picture to read and play the video.
Sam Relief Dec 2012 Newsletter
Sam Relief was very busy in early April of 2012 and has delivered another 10 tons of rice to Angkor Children Hospital at Siem Reap.
Women's Health Study: http://mapa.nur.utexas.edu
Replica of Angkor Wat
We have bought a replica of Angkor Wat (picture shown above). It is a sculpture made out from stone, by a sculptor in Pursat province, Cambodia. It is 1.3 meter long, 1.1 meter wide and .35 meter high. It took more than 2 months to complete the sculpture. Click the picture to enlarge.
Phare Ponleu Selpak
Phare Ponleu Selpak (website: www.phareps.org) is a Cambodian association providing artistic activities to children and adults around the Battambang vicinity. The artistic fields are: performing arts (circus, theater, dancing, music), visual arts (cartoon animation, painting contemporary, illustration and graphic design) and social actions (governmental school pre-school through high school, child care center, and transitional youth house). Learn more ...
Indigenous People
Ratanakiri Tribe
The traditional cloth making method and other crafts have been abandoned by indigenous people because of modern life style and industrial technology. CANDO Craft Center, just like CCD, like to preserve their culture and tradition. Please help support them by buying their product. 56% of sale proceed will go to the maker, meaning the indigenous people. They are the people who have a self-reliance life style. For more information, click this link: www.elevyn.com/shop/cando.
Our social profiles
Talented Cambodians
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Master Ngek Chum
Classical Dances Instructor, Musician
Ngek Chum Profile -
Savy Ouch
Chapei (two-string guitar) Player/Singer
Savy Ouch Profile -
Chanthourn Thuy
Archaeologist
Chanthourn Thuy Profile
Recent activity
Khmer Culture Related News
Recent News
- News Chankea's Trip to space camp
Montgomery Blair High School student Chankea Omkar, 17, was one of 254 teens in the world to receive a scholarship to attend a Honeywell Leadership Challenge Academy (HLCA) program.
March 16, 2012
- Rss feed Under construction
Coming soon.
March 2012
- News archive Cambodian classics re-emerge
- Angkor Wat was a city ahead...
- Medieval Angkor - a moral tale...
- The lost tribe of Cambodia
- Paleo environmental history...
- Ten Cool Archaeological Sites
- Cambodia remains last vulture...
- New Cambodia Art Planned...
- Possible new explanation...
- Various Articles from CNN
- Cambodia Says It Seeks...
Servies
Worldwide Perspectives
CCD Nurtures friendship building and community networking and unifies all people of all walks of life.