by Quyen Dinh | Nov 14, 2016
This post originally appeared on the SEARAC blog. Today as we let the election results sink in, it may feel like hatred and oppression won. We have all witnessed the next President of the United States stoke fear about immigrants and Muslims, disrespect women and...
by Jenna McDavid | Oct 28, 2016
On Wednesday, October 26, I attended a webinar for the launch of the Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC)’s new report, “Automatic Injustice: A Report on Prosecutorial Discretion in the Southeast Asian American Community.” The Southeast Asian American (SEAA)...
by Diverse Elders | Oct 3, 2016
by Andy Pacificar. This post originally appeared on the SEARAC blog. I spent eighteen years in prison. I was incarcerated from 1990 until 2008. It was amazing to see all the changes in the world that happened in that amount of time. In the very beginning of my journey...
by Diverse Elders | Sep 7, 2016
This post originally appeared on the SEARAC blog. by Nkauj Iab Yang Like many Hmong parents, my parents, Soua Toua Yang and Song Vang, came to the United States as Hmong refugees. By the age of 13, my dad was a soldier of the Central Intelligence Agency’s Secret Army...
by Mari Quenemoen | May 10, 2016
This post originally appeared on Medium.com via the National Council of Asian Pacific Americans. As we enter into Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, we are just closing a season of celebration and remembrance for Southeast Asian American communities. Lao and...
