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‘Where is our dad?’ – Decades after a non-violent conviction, an Oklahoma farmer faces deportation
‘Where is our dad?’ – Decades after a non-violent conviction, an Oklahoma farmer faces deportation
Van Vu and thousands of other Southeast Asian immigrants have been confined to ICE detention over non-violent convictions that are decades old. Families are left torn apart.
March 2026 News in Review
March 2026 News in Review
SEAA Journeys Docuseries Screening
SEAA Journeys Docuseries Screening
Workplace Wellness Series
Active Resistance as a Form of Care
Active Resistance as a Form of Care
Six years ago, I began my role as the Director of California at SEARAC. We were still learning about COVID-19, finding our communities at risk of rising hate and violence, and adjusting to the new normal of a pandemic. Prior to this, I spent most of my career working in nonprofits and regularly worked 60 […]
Care in Practice: How 10 Years of Sustainable Workplace Policies Makes All the Difference - SEARAC
Care in Practice: How 10 Years of Sustainable Workplace Policies Makes All the Difference - SEARAC
As I approach my 11-year work anniversary at SEARAC, I find myself reflecting on a journey that began in April 2015 when I joined the organization as its newest immigration policy manager. Since then, I’ve gotten married, had two kids, and survived being a working parent during a pandemic—all the while seeing the political ups […]
Blog Post: A Season of Yes
Blog Post: A Season of Yes
Rewind back to 2020: I’d recently graduated, accepted a new job at SEARAC, moved into my first apartment in a new city, and the world had just shut down. Holding both the excitement for my personal milestones alongside the worry for my loved ones and our communities was a disorienting experience, to say the least. […]
Blog Post: Five Years of Revolutionary Community Care
Blog Post: Five Years of Revolutionary Community Care
One lunar cycle is marked by 12 years, and this year of the fire horse is my 12th year as executive director, and five years since the shift to our four-day work week. When we first made the decision in 2021, I had also just become a mom, and in doing so, became the first […]
Rising Up: The Southeast Asian American Educational Journey - SEARAC
Rising Up: The Southeast Asian American Educational Journey - SEARAC
Fifty years after Southeast Asian American families arrived in the United States as refugees from war and genocide, a new generation of youth is coming of age in our schools and colleges. This report looks at how far our communities have come, and what still stands in the way.
SEADRA 2026 Actions
SEADRA Individual Endorsement
SEADRA Individual Endorsement
Today we have an opportunity to pass a bill - The SEADRA Bill - that would end Southeast Asian deportation as we know it. It is being introduced by Representative Judy Chu in February 2026 ** Learn more and add your name to support the SEADRA Bill today! **
Send a letter to your Representative
Send a letter to your Representative
Join SEAFN and SEARAC to demand the end of Southeast Asian today by passing the The Southeast Asian Relief and Responsibility Act (SEADRA) Bill. At a time when refugee and immigrant communities are...
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The 2026 Southeast Asian Deportation Relief Act (SEADRA) TAG US! Facebook: @SEARAC @SEAfreedomnetwork Instagram: @SEARAC @seafnofficial BlueSky: @searac.bsky.social SOCIAL MEDIA GRAPHICS Download all graphics here. The graphics include: SEADRA 1 pager SEADRA multi-pager (to be posted as ...
Recording of 2026 SEADRA Event
Recording of 2026 SEADRA Event
Work with SEARAC: Strategic Planning Consultant
Work with SEARAC: Strategic Planning Consultant
Join a passionate team dedicated to building power with diverse communities from Southeast Asia.
SEARAC, CAAL, HAP/HND, and MN8 Respond to ICE’s Violence and Escalation of Attacks Against Southeast Asians in Minnesota - SEARAC
SEARAC, CAAL, HAP/HND, and MN8 Respond to ICE’s Violence and Escalation of Attacks Against Southeast Asians in Minnesota - SEARAC
Washington, DC — In the aftermath of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) murder of Renee Good in Minneapolis, MN, the federal agency has significantly increased its activity in the Twin Cities, including rampant racial profiling, blatant disregard for the law, and staggering escalation of violence against protestors and the general public, including door-to-door harassment, workplace […]
Building Ethnic Studies Through Community, Story, and Solidarity - SEARAC
Building Ethnic Studies Through Community, Story, and Solidarity - SEARAC
Over the last two years, I have had the privilege to work with the Orange County Department of Education (OCDE) staff to travel across California and present alongside our Southeast Asian American Collaborative partners and filmmakers from our Southeast Asian American Journeys docuseries, which commemorates 50 years of Southeast Asian refugee resettlement. Together, we highlighted […]
Rhode Island’s Lao community left reeling after deportations
Rhode Island’s Lao community left reeling after deportations
To someone passing by the East Providence banquet hall one Sunday in October, it may have looked like a birthday or engagement party. There were balloons, a DJ playing uptempo music, a line of people waiting with plates at the buffet. A table was piled with boxes and wrapped gifts, including Nike sneakers, restaurant gift […]
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DONATE TO SEARAC
SEARAC is a national civil rights organization that builds power with diverse communities from Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam to create a socially just and equitable society. As representatives of the largest refugee community ever resettled in the United States, SEARAC stands together with other refugee communities, communities of color, and social justice movements in pursuit of social equity.
Our Roots, Our Power Blog: The Graduation Stole I Wear, The Story I Continue
Our Roots, Our Power Blog: The Graduation Stole I Wear, The Story I Continue
Our Roots, Our Power Blog: Return to Xayaboury
Our Roots, Our Power Blog: Return to Xayaboury
Our Roots, Our Power Blog: Beyond Survival
Our Roots, Our Power Blog: Beyond Survival
By Tina Phousouvanh Hanson, LMFT Silent Burdens: Unseen Strength For five decades, beginning with the arrival of the first Lao refugees in 1975, our families have embodied perseverance and dedication to rebuilding life in a new country. All the while, they carried the invisible weight of force
Our Roots, Our Power Blog: Community is Resistance
Our Roots, Our Power Blog: Community is Resistance
SEARAC Commemorates 50 Years of Southeast Asian American Resettlement with Historic National Resolution - SEARAC
SEARAC Commemorates 50 Years of Southeast Asian American Resettlement with Historic National Resolution - SEARAC
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