Policy Priority: Data Equity

SEARAC Press Release: Image of SEARAC community with Capitol building in the background

“Federal agencies will now gather more detailed data on race and ethnicity”

AsAm News In the News, Data Equity
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Southeast Asian Organizations Respond to Revisions to Federal Race and Ethnicity Data Collection and Reporting Standards

Significant right step but insufficient for Southeast Asian visibility Press Release, Data Equity
SEARAC Press Release: Image of SEARAC community with Capitol building in the background

AB 1726: A California Case Study on Disaggregating Public Health Data by Race and Ethnicity

California
This policy brief presents key challenges to implementing California Assembly Bill 1726, which passed in 2016 and requires the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) to break down broad demographic data it collects into more specific Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AA and NHPI) subgroups. Policy Brief, Data Equity
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SEARAC Policy Brief Highlights Opportunities, Challenges to Achieve Data Equity for AA and NHPI Communities in California

Case study focuses on AB 1726, a landmark data disaggregation law that is now being implemented Press Release, Data Equity
Members of the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum, Asian Health Services, Empowering Pacific Islander Communities, and Southeast Asia Resource Action Center.

Over 1,700 Individuals Call on Census Director to Classify the Hmong as Southeast Asian

Coalition requests meeting with US Census Bureau Director Robert L. Santos Press Release, Data Equity
SEARAC Press Release: Image of SEARAC community with Capitol building in the background
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Hmong textiles.

“All students count but some remain invisible”

AsAm News In the News, Data Equity
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SEARAC Urges More Inclusive Census Data

2020 dataset incompletely represents the diversity of SEAA communities Press Release, Data Equity
Pele at a rally.