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Model Curricula on Vietnamese, Cambodian, and Hmong Experiences Now Available
Sacramento, CA – SEARAC is thrilled to announce that the website on the California Department of Education’s ethnic studies model curricula on Cambodian American Studies, Hmong History and…
Learn more“I’m constantly telling people about our history, or some of the struggles we are going through, because they don’t get to learn about it. [Teachers] don’t teach it in school. I have to educate people about us, and that’s hard.”
From our “Can You See Me” report
“Next year, it will be 50 years since our Hmong families left their homeland to escape war and come to America, and yet many people still don’t know why we are here and who we are.”
AAPI Coalition of Wisconsin
“Recognizing the Laotian refugee experience in our schools not only provides Southeast Asian American youth with the visibility, acknowledgment, and celebration they deserve but also enriches the education of all students by deepening their understanding around a subject that is historically overlooked.”
Laotian American National Alliance
“Ethnic studies is particularly important for Asian Americans because the racialization of Asian Americans is deeply haunted by American and European military intervention and imperialism in Asia and the foundations of settler-colonialism and anti-Blackness in the United States.”
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Over 150 of you have taken action. Your comments showed the Census Bureau why detailed race and ethnic data collection in Census data is important to Southeast Asian Americans. Because of you, the Census Bureau extended the comment deadline from Oct. 13 to Nov. 2.
But we need to do more.
We’re mobilizing 500 people to submit comments to the US Census Bureau to send the Trump Administration a loud, clear message it cannot ignore: reject the proposal to remove questions about race, ethnicity, and sexual orientation from the 2030 Census.
Southeast Asian Americans have fought for decades to be recognized in federal data. We cannot allow that progress to be rolled back, and we will continue to fight.
Help us reach 500 comments by submitting your comment by Nov. 2 and encouraging five other people to do the same. Link in bio.
Oct 5
We close out #AANAPISI week with a reflection from our Summer 2026 Policy Intern and UCLA alumnus Benjamin Lee, whom SEARAC hosted through a partnership with @ocanational`s Internship Program. In his blog post, Benjamin looks back on a transformative summer of empowerment. “I realized that if I spoke up about the injustices I faced, my story could help bring other Hmong students out of the shadows,” he writes. “I saw that advocacy wasn’t something reserved for elected officials or policy experts; it began with vulnerability, with people willing to share their lived experiences.” Read Benjamin`s full post at the link in our bio.
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Oct 2
Get @reshare_app • @daylaborernetwork BREAKING: We are outraged by Governor Newsom’s veto of the No Side Jobs for ICE Act, AB 1537 by Asm Isaac Bryan.
This veto leaves Californians completely in the dark.
How many officers are secretly moonlighting for ICE?
We must uncover the truth!
We are so grateful to Asm. Isaac Bryan @ib2_real and his amazing team, to the 17 local electeds, and 93 orgs that backed this bill.
Read the full statement at the link in our bio.
Oct 1
Chicago, check out a FREE screening of the five-part Southeast Asian American Journeys docuseries TOMORROW, Oct. 1, at 6 pm local time. Event host @faaimchicago will be presenting it as part of a collection of short films from the diverse range of underrepresented voices from the SEA diaspora. @seaajourneys_doc series producer and director Quyên Nguyễn-Lê will be in attendance for a post-screening audience Q&A, alongside Pader Xiong, director of Home-land: Hmong American Women. RSVP at: https://www.faaim.org/first-thursdays-seaaj and check out more screenings near you at the link in our bio.
Sep 30
We’re proud to launch Weaving Wellness: Intergenerational Insights from Southeast Asian American Communities.
Drawing on the experiences of more than 150 SEAAs, this new report shows that wellness is communal, rooted in connection, and shaped by cultural traditions across generations. It also highlights the vital role of SEAA-serving organizations in addressing isolation and strengthening intergenerational wellbeing.
Explore the findings and recommendations at the link in our bio.
Sep 29
