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Highlights the experiences of more than 200 respondents and focuses on Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander and Southeast Asian American youth. Learn more
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Lao Fresno Community Shares Mental Health Needs during Listening Session
In addition to sharing information on how to navigate and access available systems for emotional support, the event included cultural activities and performances, as well as a keynote speaker to initiate conversations about mental health.
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“Having mental illness’ translated to Khmer is ‘crazy’ or ‘psychotic,’ making those terms weigh very heavily when heard.”
The Cambodian Family
“The services at HCCBC are important, because I do not feel judged [here]. The recreational group that I attend is comfortable and like no other [support] group because the staff speaks my native language and respect who I am.”
Participant at Hmong Cultural Center of Butte County’s Zoosiab program
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Since 2018, SEARAC has convened the Southeast Asian American Collaborative, comprising 17 SEAA community-based organizations across California. Our latest blog post spotlighted Collaborative member @hipcalifornia.
Read more from HIP Director of Policy and Partnerships Kao Ye Thao, who offers her reflections on people power and what federal advocacy can look like. Link in bio.
Sep 3
Reposted from @npquarterly • Twelve percent of Asian American adults ages 25 and older have not finished high school.
(For Cambodian adults, the rate is 28 percent.)
When federal agencies Southeast Asian American communities only within an imprecise “Asian American” category, disparities like this are obscured.
In this piece, Quyên Đinh, executive director of the Southeast Asia Resource Action Center, explains why collecting and reporting data by ethnicity is a civil rights issue—and how Southeast Asian American leaders are fighting for it.
Data does not simply describe who lives here. It influences which disparities the government recognizes—and addresses.
✍🏽: Quyên Đinh of Southeast Asia Resource Action Center
🔗: Link in comments and bio under #WeTheCivic
#WeTheCivic #DataEquity #SEAAVoices
Sep 2
🚨🆕! APIAVote and AAPI Data, in collaboration with NCAPA, have produced the 2026 AAPI Voters Data and Narrative Toolkit ahead of this November’s elections. AAPI voters are the fastest-growing voter demographic with tremendous potential to impact the outcome in key races across the country. Outreach to these communities needs to be prioritized, and this toolkit is meant to help elevate that argument to news media, funders, campaigns, elected representatives, and other relevant stakeholders to better understand and engage AAPI communities! 🗳️📢
This toolkit provides a standardized, evidence-based, and field-tested set of facts and messaging resources for AAPI community organizers and advocates and will be updated as new data becomes available.
🔗 Explore today at the link in bio!
#MidtermElections #AAPIVoters #AAPIElectorate #VoterData
Aug 31
Have you already taken action to ensure AANHPI students are seen and supported?
SEARAC, NCAPA, and more than 50 organizations are calling on Congress to cosponsor the All Students Count Act. The bill would provide more detailed education data to help schools better understand student outcomes and direct resources where they are needed most.
Join us in urging your representative and senators to act. Take action at the link in our bio.
#AllStudentsCount #AANHPI #EducationEquity #DataEquity #BackToSchool
Aug 28
SEARAC and AAPI Data’s latest fact sheet, Southeast Asian American Deportations: Trends and Policy Implications, makes one thing clear: we must act now to keep our families together.
Southeast Asian American communities are being targeted at an alarming rate, with 42% of ALL Southeast Asian deportations since 1998 happening in just the last two fiscal years, including a more than 20x increase in deportations of our elders. People who have called the United States home for decades, many since childhood, are being sent to countries they no longer have connection to. We need policy solutions that ensure dignity for our communities and respect for human life. Read the fact sheet and our policy recommendations at the link in our bio or bit.ly/seadeportationtrends2026
@searac @aapidata
Aug 27
