Empowering Southeast Asian American communities throughout California
WHO WE ARE.
The SEAA Collaborative is made up of 15 Southeast Asian American-serving organizations across California. Our coalition collaborates and coordinates to ensure a collective SEAA voice on local and statewide advocacy toward education, health, and immigrant and refugee rights for all SEAA communities.
OUR PURPOSE.
We support and advance the following for SEAA communities in CA:
Increasing education attainment,
Advancing health equity through expanding access to affordable and quality health care,
Expanding pathways to citizenship and ending deportation, and
Increasing visibility of all SEAA narratives through data equity.
Partner Spotlight:
AYPAL: Building API Community Power
In February, SEARAC held the fourth Leadership, Empowerment, and Advocacy Fellowship (LEAF) convening in Washington, DC. 35 community leaders dedicated to advocating for aging, education, health, and immigration policy change for Southeast Asian American (SEAA) communities across the country gathered to share ideas, processes, and plans. SEAA Collaborative partners from California came together to align the coalition’s vision and strategy by refining state advocacy priorities and opportunities with a special focus on the upcoming 50th anniversary of SEAA refugee resettlement in the United States. Throughout the convening, leaders held space to learn, deepen relationships, and to support each other in their advocacy efforts. We extend our gratitude and thank our sponsors: AARP, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, and ECMC Foundation.
Photo courtesy of Minh Pham.
“It was really grounding and special to be in a dedicated space with fellow leaders whom I have learned from and who are doing the community work. It is important that we create spaces where we can talk about our SEAA community, issues impacting us, and our milestones. We must continue to be intentional about our identities and their unique importance. I plan to bring in our SEA program staff to this space and use this opportunity to build a bridge between local community work and national efforts for SEAA people. I am interested and excited about collaborating around the 50th anniversary of the SEAA community.”
Recent Win:
USAging Grant Project
Congratulations to the Vietnamese American Roundtable, the Fresno Center, the Cambodian Family, and Iu Mien Community Services for being awarded as subgrantees for the USAging Grant! The USAging’s Aging and Disability Vaccination Collaborative (ADVC) distributes funding to organizations across the aging and disability networks to support an array of vaccination education and promotion activities, including community vaccine clinics, in-home vaccinations, transportation to vaccination sites, and outreach and education for older adults and people with disabilities.
This is a huge win for our SEAA aging and disabled community as the grant would help support vaccine clinics across California targeting SEAAs and provide translation services and educational materials in SEA languages. For more information on upcoming vaccine clinics, click here.