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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For our latest Workplace Wellness blog series, SEARAC Chief Operating Officer Katrina Dizon Mariategue writes about the ways SEARAC has prioritized the wellbeing of staff through sustainable workplace policies. In "Care in Practice," Katrina writes, " For any nonprofit leader looking for the solution to staff retention, it is simple: value people for their labor, and institute it in policy." Read her blog post at the link in our bio.
Mar 17
Thank you @officialcapac for hosting this event to highlight the devastating impacts of unjust detention and deportation on our communities. Quyen Đình, Executive Director of the Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC), shared, “Southeast Asian American communities have been dealing with ICE violence for decades, with more than 15,000 people living under deportation orders to Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam. Together, we must continue fighting against increased funding for DHS and instead advance progressive policies like the Southeast Asian Deportation Relief Act (SEADRA) to build an America that truly honors our full humanity.”
We call on Congress to keep families together and pass SEADRA. Take action at bit.ly/SEADRA2026.
Get @reshare_app • @officialcapac DHS is terrorizing AAPI communities, ripping apart families, and detaining and deporting people based on their accent or appearance.
CAPAC Chair @RepGraceMeng led a press conference with the Minnesota State Asian Pacific Caucus and community organizations to demand accountability from DHS.
Mar 13
Watch @seaajourneys_doc at a city near you! We have some upcoming screenings:
March 13, 2026
Full docuseries screening at Berkeley, CA
hosted by UC Berkeley’s Asian American Political Activation program (@calaapa)
March 15, 2026
Full docuseries screening at Art House Eugene Theater #2
included in DisOrient Asian American Film Festival of Oregon (@disorientfilm)
March 21, 2026
Screening of Between Us at Sie FilmCenter
included in Colorado Dragon Boat Film Festival (@codragonboat @thedenverfilm)
Keep track of upcoming screenings and purchase tickets at the link in our bio!
Mar 12
Our Workplace Wellness blog series continues this week with a personal reflection from SEARAC Operations Manager Phoebe Tran, who reconnected with loved ones during her sabbatical and returned to work with a renewed sense of what sustains her. In “A Season of Yes,” Phoebe writes about saying yes to connection and finding joy in everyday moments. Read her blog post at the link in our bio.
Mar 12
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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