Leadership and Advocacy Training (LAT)

Leadership and Advocacy Trainings

For the past thirteen years, SEARAC has held annual Leadership and Advocacy Trainings (LAT) in Washington, DC and regionally. These trainings provide a forum for Southeast Asian American community leaders to participate in three days of advocacy education, leadership strategizing, collaborative networking, and relationship building with decision makers on issues that are specific to the Southeast Asian American community. These trainings are open nation-wide to all members of the Southeast Asian American community and/or individuals currently working with the Southeast Asian American community.

SEARAC held two leadership and advocacy trainings in 2011, one in New Orleans, LA in May and the other in Washington, DC in July. Each training brought together dozens of community leaders who spent two intensive days focusing on specific policy issues and strategizing for an advocacy meeting. Participants then spent the last day visiting the offices of elected officials with their well-honed messages in the areas of health, education access, immigration, and aging.

Thank you for two incredible trainings in 2011! Please check back in January for information on 2012 trainings.

To view an agenda from the 2010 training, click here, then check out the videos below to hear what last year's participants had to say about the training. To view photos from the trainings, check out SEARAC's Picasa page.

Please contact Riamsalio Phetchareun at riamsalio@searac.org or (202) 667-4690 with any questions about the training.

View videos of participants from our 2010 trainings!

The Leadership and Advocacy Training is generously sponsored by: