by Elaine Sanchez Wilson | Sep 12, 2019
In just under a month, members the Southeast Asian American community from across the country will be coming together in Sacramento for a powerful convening set to inspire, connect, innovate, and activate. Southeast Asia Resource Action Center’s second biennial Moving...
by Elaine Sanchez Wilson | Sep 4, 2019
The Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC) recently launched its first set of census factsheets to bolster education and civic participation among Southeast Asian Americans (SEAAs) in 2020. These resources, which will be translated in-language, target the...
by Elaine Sanchez Wilson | Jul 31, 2019
This post originally appeared on the SEARAC blog. Health is a human right, and that is why we believe that a patient’s health should come first. The Trump Administration has introduced a new proposed rule that would radically reinterpret civil rights protections under...
by Elaine Sanchez Wilson | Jun 14, 2019
Born in Santa Ana, CA, to two Muslim refugee survivors of the Cambodian genocide, Hatefas Yop wasn’t aware of her family’s use of public services when she was a young girl. After all, her peers in her elementary school all hailed from the local neighborhood, where...
by Elaine Sanchez Wilson | May 6, 2019
My memories from childhood are extremely hazy. Most of what I can recall are fleeting feelings: the bliss in skipping around my Kindergarten classroom as I sang about the days of the week, the joy in jumping up and down on my parents’ bed as I watched “David the...
