Resources and Toolkits
SEARAC focuses on issues that uniquely impact Southeast Asian American families related to education, immigration, health, and aging. We advocate both at the national level and in California for responsive, progressive policies to uplift our communities. Our reports and toolkits contain important narratives and statistical data about our communities in the following topics:
Immigration: READ MORE
Education: READ MORE
Health and aging: READ MORE
California-specific: READ MORE
General Resources
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The Southeast Asian American Equity Agenda is a roadmap created through a community-driven process and aimed at advancing Southeast Asian American (SEAA) equity and empowerment. Gathering the voices of more than 30 SEAA-led and -serving organizations across the country, this transformative agenda outlines key priorities and policy recommendations to create a more just and inclusive society for all, including our refugee and immigrant communities. |
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Southeast Asian American Journeys: A National Snapshot of our Communities highlights socioeconomic, housing, immigration, health, and education trends within the Southeast Asian American (SEAA) community in the United States. Meant as a resource for policymakers, funders, community-based organizations, organizers, and the general public, the report captures key disaggregated data for SEAA refugee communities who fled the trauma of war and violence following the Vietnam War, Khmer Rouge genocide, and bombings in Laos to seek haven in the United States 45 years ago. |
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Revealing the Asian American Pacific Islander Boys and Men of Color Field: Living in the Intersections and Invisibility of Race and Gender is a field analysis representing the culmination of interviews with 25 organizations serving diverse populations in 11 states across the country. report that provides a glimpse into the field of organizations and leaders who are addressing the unique and pressing challenges that Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) boys and men of color must navigate. |
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SEARAC stands in solidarity with the Black community in honoring this important history and to fight in defense of Black lives. Inspired by the important work Southeast Asian American, Asian American, and Pacific Islander leaders are spearheading to move our communities in support of Black leadership, our Solidarity Resource Hub highlights their impactful work and ways we can all get involved. |
Immigration
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Protecting Southeast Asian Immigrant Families: Public Charge Campaign Toolkit
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Southeast Asian American Solidarity Toolkit: A Guide to Resisting Detentions and Deportations from the #ReleaseMN8 Campaign
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Dreams Detained, in her Words: The effects of detention and deportation on Southeast Asian American women and families
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Getting Pro-Bono Legal Help
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Resource Guide for Southeast Asian Americans Facing Criminal Deportation
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The Devastating Impact of Deportation on Southeast Asian Americans
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SEARAC Media Messaging Guide on Southeast Asian American Criminal Deportation
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How Family-Based Immigration Benefits Southeast Asian Americans—Standing Up for Families and Our Rights
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Southeast Asian Americans and the School-to-Prison-to-Deportation Pipeline
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Southeast Asian Americans and Deportation Policy
Education
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Recommendations for Data Disaggregation Policy Advocacy and Implementation
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“Everyone Deserves to be Seen:” IHEP and SEARAC Release Recommendations for Improved Federal Data on AAPI Communities
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Can You See Me? School Culture and Climate for California’s AAPI Youth
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Data Disaggregation General Factsheet
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Data Disaggregation Versus Affirmative Action
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Increase Access to Higher Education – Why Are Southeast Asians Not Going to College?
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English Language Learners & Southeast Asian American Communities
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Overview of Southeast Asian Educational Challenges: Why Are Southeast Asian American Students Falling Behind?
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Moving Beyond the Asian Check Box
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Data Disaggregation – Opportunities and Challenges
Health and Aging
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Voices Unheard: Uncovering the Mental Health Impact of COVID-19 on Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander and Southeast Asian American Youth
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Medi-Cal’s Health4All Older Adults Fact Sheets
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A Right to Heal: Mental Health in Diverse Communities
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Securing Our Future: Advancing Economic Security for Diverse Elders
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Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States Aged 55 Years and Older
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Southeast Asian American Elders #TellACL
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Aging with Health and Dignity: Diverse Elders Speak Up
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Action for Health Justice Health Enrollment Glossary
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California Cancer Facts & Figures 2016
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National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in Health Care
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The Impact of the Affordable Care Act on Asian Indian, Chinese, Filipino, Korean, Pakistani, & Vietnamese Americans
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Southeast Asian Americans Speak Out to Protect the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid Expansion
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Southeast Asian Americans Speak Out to Protect Affordable Health Care Webinar on February 21
California
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SEARAC and EPIC Release Fact Sheets on Southeast Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Youth Mental Health Research
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Voices Unheard: Uncovering the Mental Health Impact of COVID-19 on Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander and Southeast Asian American Youth
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A Right To Heal: Mental Health in Diverse Communities (September 2022)
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Medi-Cal’s Health4All Older Adults Fact Sheets
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A Right to Heal: Mental Health in Diverse Communities
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The Right to Heal: Southeast Asian American Mental Health in California
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California Asian American & Pacific Islander Youth Report Executive Summary
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Covering All of California: Voices from Southeast Asian American Communities from the First Year of Covered California
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