SEAAs’ refugee history, their invisibility in education data and policy, and systemic racism create barriers to our students’ educational success. Our government must address the disparities that SEAA students experience and invest in their futures.
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SEARAC Responds to President’s FY2025 Budget Proposal
WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, the Biden administration released the Fiscal Year 2025 President’s Budget. The annual budget proposal details the President’s priorities for the upcoming fiscal year and, though non-binding, provides…
Learn more“My commitment to educational advocacy is shaped by my personal experience as a low-income, immigrant Southeast Asian student in the U.S public school system and my professional experiences as a teacher and youth facilitator. As a high school student, I experienced firsthand a lack of a culturally inclusive education and witnessed an unequal distribution of resources between my high school and the wealthier, predominantly white high school just across the bridge. Yet, I did not have the language to name what I was experiencing.”
SEARAC LAT 2019 participant
We need to be actively thinking about creative spaces and after-school programs that encourage participation from refugee parents in preparing their children for college. More importantly, we need to address language access. Without the ability to read documents or understand robocalls, parents are further barred from being informed on their child’s educational attainment and success.”
Cambodian Mutual Assistance Association of Greater Lowell
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SEARAC is thrilled to share our 2024 annual report with our community members, partners, funders, and allies. This report uplifts all that we achieved together in 2024, including our advocacy work in education, health, and immigration at the national and California state levels, as well as our leadership development and coalition-building efforts. Read the report at the link in our bio!
Thank you to designer @anmadethis for presenting this report so beautifully 💙
And if you’re inspired after reading about our accomplishments in 2024, join our movement with a donation so that we can keep fighting in the years ahead. We can’t do it without you. Donate today: bit.ly/donatetosearac
Aug 6
Join @hopefulencounter for their upcoming screening of "Southeast Asian American Journeys" on Aug. 11 from 6-9pm PT at 3253 E Shields Ave. Fresno, CA. Three episodes from the docuseries produced by @searac and @caamedia will be screened!
Jul 31
Southeast Asian American stories deserve space to be explored, uplifted, and celebrated. "Southeast Asian American Journeys," a powerful docuseries produced in association with the @caamedia, offers a look into the unique experiences of Southeast Asian communities across the United States. SEARAC celebrates @joualeelens, the director of one of the episodes called "Teb Chaw (Land)," for their recent screening at Walker Art Center`s Hmong Filmmaker Showcase and TCFF MNmicro Film Fest.
Stay tuned for updates on future screenings of "Southeast Asian American Journeys" and if you are interested in partner screenings, learn more at the link in our bio.
Jul 30
Recent reporting from @cnn spotlights the impact of the Trump Administration`s cruel immigration policies on Southeast Asian Americans, many of whom arrived in the United States as refugees fleeing war, violence, and persecution. Ma Yang, a Hmong American woman, has been torn apart from her loved ones, displaced from her home in Milwaukee, and sent to a country she has never even been to. Quyen Dinh, SEARAC Executive Director, shared, “Our communities lost our entire homelands and livelihoods because of the destruction of our home countries, because of US decisions and US hands and US forces. When you accept a refugee, it is for the duration and the lifetime of the harm that you have done and have created.”
Read the full article at the link in our bio.
Jul 28
“Communities should never have to choose between being visible and being safe.” – Quyên Đinh, SEARAC Executive Director
Health care is a human right, and handing over personal data to ICE puts everyone’s access to care at risk. All communities, including Southeast Asian American communities, must be able to seek and receive health care free from fear of potential detention and deportation—and with the confidence that their private data is protected.
Jul 23
