All Californians should access necessary health care regardless of their immigration status or where they were born.
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SEARAC Unites With California Partners to Celebrate Our Right to Heal
SEARAC joined our California-based advocacy and health services partners to host the third annual “The Right to Heal: Centering Mental Health Multi-Racial Equity in California.”
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“Everyday I woke up crying because I gave birth to him but couldn’t do anything about his medical bills. I cried every time I looked at the medical bills because I couldn’t afford them. I didn’t even want to take my son into the hospital if it was going to be that expensive.”
as featured in our video “A Mother’s Love”
“Before the Medicaid expansion, I was without health insurance for a long time and was only able to access the free health clinics in the East Bay to address this recurring stomach issue that I had. I would be in immense pain. With the Medicaid expansion, I have been able to see a doctor and receive regular check-ups regarding my illness. I know that having Medi-Cal has prolonged my lifespan.”
Southeast Asian Americans Speak Out to Protect the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid Expansion report
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Join @SEARAC and @seafnofficial for a virtual event celebrating the reintroduction of the Southeast Asian Deportation Relief Act #SEADRA. SEADRA is crucial to restoring humanity and compassion to our immigration system for impacted community members and would end Southeast Asian deportation as we know it. Join us Feb. 19 at 1pm ET/10am PT on Zoom or Facebook. Register at bit.ly/SEADRA2026event.
Feb 13
Thank you to our partners at @seafnofficial for their in-langue Know Your Rights videos, especially as Southeast Asian refugee and immigrant communities are being targeted by ICE. The videos are available in Hmong, Lao, Khmer, and Vietnamese and you can access them on SEAFN’s YouTube (@seafnofficial).
Feb 10
Believe in community leadership and collective power? Support SEARAC’s Leadership and Advocacy Training (LAT) by becoming a sponsor.
Sponsoring LAT means investing in people, movements, and long-term change. Join us in building the next generation of Southeast Asian American leaders. Learn more at bit.ly/2026LATsponsor
Feb 9
Over the past two years, Thuy Do, SEARAC Senior California Program Manager, has partnered with the @ocdehistory and community organizations to bring Southeast Asian American ethnic studies across California.
Thuy writes, “My experiences in these gatherings were emotional and healing, because I got to see, learn and connect with others to advance ethnic studies education through community voices.”
Read more about how community voices continue to shape the future of ethnic studies education in California at the link in our bio!
Feb 7
This is a final reminder that applications for SEARAC`s Leadership and Advocacy Training program are due Sunday, Feb. 8. SEARAC is excited to welcome our next cohort to the nation’s capital this July for our LAT program. Apply to LAT today at bit.ly/LAT2026app!
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