Dreaming boldly, for generations past, present, and future

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SEARAC is a national civil rights organization that builds power with diverse communities from Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam to create a just society.
1979

The year SEARAC was founded, in response to the largest mass resettlement of refugees in US history

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1 million

The rough estimate of SEAAs living in CA, a number representing 1/3 of the total population of SEAAs in the United States

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Spotlight

As a proud member of the Diverse Elders Coalition, SEARAC is thrilled to announce that our coalition's Caring for Those Who Care curriculum is now hosted on the SAGECare platform. The platform gives healthcare, social service, and aging professional practical tools to better support diverse family caregivers and older adults.

This updated curriculum builds on the DEC’s 2019 national caregiving research with more than 1000 caregivers across six diverse communities and is strengthened by updated evidence from the DEC’s 2025 literature review. Together, with SAGECare, this research base connects lived experience to actionable best practices providers can use in real care settings.

The curriculum centers caregivers from: African American and Black; American Indian and Alaska Native; Chinese American and Korean American; Hispanic/Latino; LGBTQ+; and Southeast Asian American communities, with expanded content that reflects the realities of LGBTQ+ caregivers of color and the direct care workforce.

Request a training : info@sagecare.org

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Today, SEARAC proudly launches Rising Up, a new report on the state of education for Southeast Asian American students. Key findings show that while progress is real, federal threats put hard-won gains at risk. 

For 50 years, we have fought to be seen in schools; now is the time to protect that progress.

Read the report at the link in our bio.

Cover photo courtesy of ARISE, Ngan Nguyen, and her brother, Kelvin Khiem Nguyen.

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SEARAC's February newsletter is now live! Check out national and California policy updates from the SEARAC team: searac.org/news/2026-news-in-review/

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