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Model Curricula on Vietnamese, Cambodian, andย Hmong Experiences Now Available
Sacramento, CA โ SEARAC is thrilled to announce that the website on the California Department of Educationโs ethnic studies model curricula on Cambodian American Studies, Hmong History and…
Learn more“Iโm constantly telling people about our history, or some of the struggles we are going through, because they donโt get to learn about it. [Teachers] donโt teach it in school. I have to educate people about us, and thatโs 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 donโt 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.”
SEARAC intern
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Read SEARAC`s report and the full story from @asamnews at the link in our bio!
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Friday 8/28 at 8:30 p.m.
Saturday 8/29 at 8:30 p.m.
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Learn more about SEADRA at the link in our bio!
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LAT is made possible through support from our funders and donors! Join our movement to build a pipeline of leaders. Learn more at the link in our bio or visit bit.ly/givetosearac
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