by Elaine Sanchez Wilson | May 13, 2020
Last month, SEARAC proudly launched a voter education guide for the 2020 presidential election. The resource, targeted primarily to Southeast Asian American voters, includes responses from all candidates currently still running for president: Donald Trump (R), Joe...
by Elaine Sanchez Wilson | Apr 7, 2020
*NOTE FOR ETHNIC MEDIA* The below press release is available translated in Khmer and Vietnamese This month marks the 45th anniversary of the Southeast Asian American community’s refugee experience, when the first wave of SEAAs were resettled in the United States...
by Elaine Sanchez Wilson | Mar 11, 2020
The daughter of Cambodian refugees, Jennifer Tang grew up with her family of five in a small apartment in Chinatown, where gang violence was not uncommon, and poverty was evident. “And yet, I always had a sense of hope because I could see what world was possible...
by Elaine Sanchez Wilson | Feb 4, 2020
According to the 2010 Census, I probably don’t count. I say *probably* because I never received a census questionnaire, and it never occurred to me at the time that the decennial census was even taking place. I lived in a community where more than 80 percent of...
by Elaine Sanchez Wilson | Dec 17, 2019
Asian Americans Advancing Justice and Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC) applaud the introduction of the New Way Forward Act by U.S. House Reps. Jesus “Chuy” Garcia, Pramila Jayapal, Karen Bass, and Ayanna Pressley. The New Way Forward Act advances the...