by Gina Le. This article originally appeared on the SEARAC blog. I am privileged to have been born and raised in Little Sài Gòn, the ethnic enclave that Vietnamese refugees carved out of the heart of Orange County, California, and transformed into one of the largest...
Rural Communities Step Up to Help Their Hospitals
by Diane Eastabrook. This article originally appeared on Next Avenue. In the DC Comics town of Metropolis, the townsfolk had Superman to protect them from villains like Lex Luthor, Brainiac and Darkseid. But in real-life Metropolis, Ill. (pop. 6,133), there is no...
NICOA SCSEP Success Story: Diane Martinez
This article originally appeared on the NICOA blog. Diane Martinez is the picture of a resilient elder whose journey and difficulties led to success. As a member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, traditions are especially important to her. She attends the Weoguf-kee...
SEARAC Launches 2020 Presidential Election Voter Education Guide
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...
The Case for Racial Equity in Aging Has Never Been Stronger
by Robert Espinoza and Jean Accius. This article originally appeared on the blog of the American Society on Aging. In early April, as the COVID-19 crisis spread across the world, two notable developments took hold. First, the United States became the pandemic’s...
Elder Mental Health in the Time of COVID-19
by Dr. Octavio N. Martinez, Jr., Executive Director, Hogg Foundation for Mental Health. This article originally appeared on the NHCOA blog. Para leer en español, haga clic aquí. COVID-19 is caused by something so small we cannot even see it, a virus known as...