More research, community outreach, language and access support, diverse providers, and funding are needed on SEAA health and mental health.
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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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Feb 21
SEARAC is hiring a strategic planning consultant! Help guide our 2027–2030 strategy and align our work with this political moment to serve and empower Southeast Asian American communities. Applications due Feb. 25. Learn more at searac.org/careers.
Feb 20
There’s still time to join @searac and @seafnofficial for tomorrow’s virtual event celebrating the forthcoming reintroduction of the Southeast Asian Deportation Relief Act #SEADRA. We need your help to build momentum for SEADRA in Congress and end Southeast Asian deportation as we know it. Join us Feb. 19 at 1pm ET/10am PT on Zoom or Facebook. Register at bit.ly/SEADRA2026event
Feb 18
SEARAC wishes you and your loved ones abundance this Lunar New Year. In the Year of the Horse, we honor the courage of Southeast Asian communities across the country. Even as our communities face intensified immigration enforcement and ongoing harm, we continue to center joy and collective care.
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Feb 17
Join @SEARAC and @seafnofficial for a virtual event celebrating the reintroduction of the Southeast Asian Deportation Relief Act #SEADRA. SEADRA is crucial to restoring humanity and compassion to our immigration system for impacted community members and would end Southeast Asian deportation as we know it. Join us Feb. 19 at 1pm ET/10am PT on Zoom or Facebook. Register at bit.ly/SEADRA2026event.
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