Resources

• Advanced Study of Khmer (ASK) — Summer abroad program in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. 
• American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) 
• American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF) 
• Annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival — General information on the festival. 
• Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund (APIASF) — The nation's largest nonprofit organization that provides scholarships to Asian and Pacific Islander Americans with financial need. 
• Asian & Pacific Islander American Vote (APIAVote) 
• Asian American and Pacific Islander Initiative (AAPI) 
• Asian American Institute (AAI) 
• Asian American Justice Center (AAJC) — Formerly the The National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium (NAPALC) 
• Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) 
• Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy (AAPIP) 
• Asian Community Online Network (ACON) — An organization that aims to bring together Asian American and Pacific Islander non-profit organizations and concerned individuals to share news and information about the community. 
• Asian Law Caucus (ALC) 
• Asian Pacific American Bar Association Educational Fund (APABA-EF) 
• Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS) 
• Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA) 
• Asian Pacific American Legal Center of Southern California (APALC) 
• Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center (APALRC) 
• Asian Pacific American Women's Leadership Institute (APAWLI) 
• Asian Pacific Self-Development and Residential Association (APSARA) — A membership organization of resident households at the Park Village apartment complex, home to over 200 Cambodian refugee families, in Stockton, CA. Its mission is to provide leadership for the residents by collaborating with the larger community to provide a safe, positive environment that promotes economic independence. 
• Asian-Nation — This site aims to provide Asian American and non-Asian communities with fun, provocative, and useful information about the Asian American community, concisely but comprehensively. Asian-Nation combines in-depth research, a few statistics, and a casual style to produce something that everyone can learn from and use. 
• Asian/Pacific Islander Youth Violence Prevention Center — The Asian/Pacific Islander Youth Violence Prevention Center (API Center) is a collaboration between the University of Hawai'i (UH) and the National Council on Crime and Delinquency (NCCD). The ultimate goal of the API Center is to prevent and reduce youth violence among the API population to position communities to become proactive in creating a safe and healthy environment for themselves. 
• Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations (AAPCHO) 
• California Health Advocates (Medicare: Policy, Advocacy & Education) — Website provides accurate, unbiased, user-friendly information Website providing accurate, unbiased, user-friendly information about about Medicare benefits for people who live in California and offers resources for professionals working directly with California's Medicare beneficiaries. 
• Cambodian American Resource Agency (CARA) 
• Cambodian Association of Greater Philadelphia Inc.  
• Cambodian Association of Illinois (CAI) 
• Cambodian Community Development, Inc. (CCDI) 
• Campaign for High School Equity (CHSE) — SEARAC is a proud member of The Campaign for High School Equity. CHSE is a diverse coalition of national organizations representing communities of color that believe high schools should have the capacity and motivation to prepare every student for graduation, college, work, and life. The CHSE’s mission is to ensure that high schools prepare every student for graduation, college, work, and life. The CHSE represents Americans of all racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds, united under the mission of raising every U.S. high school to the high level of excellence that all of the country’s youth deserve and upon which the nation’s future depends. 
• Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) 
• Center for Applied Linguistics — Information on ESL and bilingual education. 
• Center for Khmer Studies (CKS) — Mission is to promote research, teaching and public service in the social sciences, arts and humanities as they relate to Cambodia. While promoting scholarly interest in the region, CKS also aims to connect Cambodian scholars, students and artists with their international colleagues for the purpose of fostering understanding of Cambodia and Southeast Asia. 
• Center for Lobbying in the Public Interest (CIPL) — Works with nonprofit organizations and networks around the country to encourage their active engagement in effective lobbying. 
• Coalition of African, Arab, Asian, European, and Latino Immigrants of Illinois (CAAAELII) 
• College Board — The College Board is a not-for-profit membership association whose mission is to connect students to college success and opportunity through major programs and services in college admissions, guidance, assessment, financial aid, enrollment, and teaching and learning. 
• Detention Watch Network (DWN) — A national coalition of organizations and individuals working to educate the public and policy makers about the U.S. immigration detention and deportation system and advocate for humane reform. 
• Fresno Center for New Americans (FCNA) — Serves the Southeast Asian community in Fresno County, California. 
• Fresno Interdenominational Refugee Ministries, Inc. (FIRM) 
• Gates Millennium Scholars (GMS) Program — Funded by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, GMS's goal is to promote academic excellence and to provide an opportunity for outstanding minority students with significant financial need to reach their highest potential. 
• Grants.gov — Managed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, this site is a source to find and apply for federal government grants.  
• Healthfinder® — A source of reliable health information. 
• Hmong American Partnership (HAP) 
• Hmong Cultural and Resource Center — The Hmong Cultural Center is a community organization dedicated to providing services along with the latest information related to the cultural heritage of the Hmong people worldwide. Its mission is to promote the personal development of children, youth, and adults through Hmong cultural education while providing resources that enhance cross-cultural understanding between Hmong and Non-Hmong people. 
• Hmong National Development, Inc. (HND) — HND works with local and national organizations, public and private entities, and individuals to promote educational opportunities, to increase community capacity, and to develop resources for the well-being, growth, and full participation of Hmong in society. 
• Hmong Studies Internet Resource Center  
• Hmong Women's Heritage Association (HWHA) 
• Hmongnet  
• Hnub Tshiab: Hmong Women Achieving Together  
• Human Trafficking Site (ACF/HHS) 
• Indochina Document — A photo exhibit on Southeast Asians and Southeast Asian Americans. In search box, type in "Indochina". 
• InterAction — The American Council for Voluntary International Action 
• Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) 
• Khmer Girls in Action (KGA) — Located in Long Beach, California, KGA's mission is to contribute to the movement for social, economic, and political justice by building a strong, progressive, and sustainable community institution led by young Southeast Asian women and girls. 
• Khmer Legacies — Capturing stories of the Cambodian genocide. 
• KhmerConnection.com — A website providing Khmer-oriented content with the goal of bringing together the Cambodian community as well as the Asian population. Its mission is to help Cambodians connect to each other and build a strong Khmer community. 
• Kurdish Human Rights Watch (KHRW) 
• Lao Assistance Center of MN (LACM) 
• Laotian American National Alliance (LANA) — A 501 (c)(3) non-profit, LANA is the premier resource and advocacy national non-profit organization in the United States, advocating for the social, economic and educational advancement of Laotian Americans. 
• Laotian Organizing Project (LOP) — An environmental justice project of the Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN). 
• LawHelp — Helps low and moderate income people find free legal aid programs in their communities, and answers to questions about their legal rights. 
• Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics (LEAP) 
• Legacies of War — This organization was founded in 2004 to educate and advocate for the removal of unexploded bombs in Laos, to provide space for healing the wounds of war and to create greater hope for a future of peace. Using art, culture, education, community organizing and dialogue it aims to bring people together and create healing and transformation out of the wreckage of war. 
• Legal Services Corporation (LSC) — Created by the U.S. Congress in 1974 to promote equal access to justice and to provide high-quality civil legal assistance to low-income Americans. LSC is the main source of funding for civil legal aid in the United States. 
• Mekong Network — Site with information on Southeast Asia with a focus on Cambodia. 
• Model Minority — Articles and commentaries to educate and inspire movement toward Asian American empowerment. 
• Montagnard Human Rights Organization (MHRO) 
• Mosaica: The Center for Nonprofit Development and Pluralism — Provides tools to nonprofits to build just, inclusive, and thriving communities and societies. 
• Nansen Refugee Award — The Award, consisting of a medal and a US$100,000 monetary prize, is given out yearly to a person or group for outstanding services in supporting refugee causes. 
• National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) — National association of Asian Pacific American (APA) attorneys, judges, law professors, and law students. 
• National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum (NAPAWF) — The only national, multi-issue Asian Pacific American women's organization in the country. 
• National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development (National CAPACD) 
• National Congress of Vietnamese Americans (NCVA) 
• National Council of State Legislators (NCSL) 
• National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC) 
• National Federation of Filipino American Associations (NaFFAA) 
• National Immigration Forum (NIF) 
• National Immigration Law Center  
• National Immigration Project — Directory of immigration attorneys. Only members of the project who have paid to be listed on this directory are so listed. 
• National Institute for Literacy  
• National Korean American Service & Education Consortium (NAKASEC) 
• Newcomer Community Service Center (NCSC) 
• Nha Magazine — Bilingual lifestyle, culture, and identity magazine focusing on Vietnamese Americans. 
• Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) 
• Organization of Chinese Americans (OCA) — Founded in 1973 as the Organization of Chinese Americans, OCA is a national organization dedicated to advancing the social, political, and economic well-being of Asian Pacific Americans in the United States. 
• Pact — Their mission is to help build strong communities globally that provide people with an opportunity to earn a dignified living, raise healthy families, and participate in democratic life. Pact achieves this by strengthening the capacity of grassroots organizations, coalitions and networks and by forging linkages among government, business and the citizen sectors to achieve social, economic and environmental justice. 
• Program for International Studies in Asia (PISA) — This program aims to build a community of scholars, officials, policy analysts, and informed citizens who can conduct an informed dialogue on the central issues affecting the Asia-Pacific region, and who can participate constructively in the region's emerging regimes such as APEC, PECC, the ASIAN Regional Forum, and CSCAP.  
• Providence Youth Student Movement (PrYSM) — A Southeast Asian youth-led nonprofit organization in Providence, Rhode Island with a vision to end all forms of violence, whether they come from the self, the community, or from institutions and systems. 
• Public Health Information in Vietnamese — The King County (Washington State) website has information in Vietnamese on various Public Health related issues.  
• Radio Free Asia (RFA) — Is a multi-language site. 
• Rainier Scholars — Rainier Scholars is an academic initiative that focuses on preparing talented young students of color for long-term success and college graduation by placing students in rigorous, public school academic programs and independent schools at an early age. Rainier Scholarsthen provides support services for the children and their families over the next ten years in order to better ensure sustained academic and social success. 
• Rajana Society — Society dedicated to the promotion and advancement of Khmer arts and entertainment 
• Refugee Council USA (RCUSA) — A coalition of U.S. nongovernmental organizations focused on refugee protection. 
• Refugees International (RI) 
• SEAsite — A project that provides language instruction and other cultural, political, and social information about Southeast Asia. 
• sian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN) 
• Sigma Omicron Pi Sorority — A student organization whose objectives are to promote life-long friendships, unity, leadership training, and community service while fostering and encouraging Asian-American awareness. 
• Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program (APAP) — Provides all Asian Pacific American (APA) activities at the Smithsonian, while also serving as the Smithsonian's liaison to APA communities. 
• Southeast Asia Community Resource Center (SEACRC) 
• The Asia Program of the Woodrow Wilson International Center of Studies — The Asia Program provides a forum for bringing historical depth and contemporary understanding of Asia to the nation's capital. It seeks to furnish an intellectual link between the world of learning and the world of public affairs, specifically on issues relating to Asia by organizing seminars, workshops, briefings, and conferences featuring prominent Asia scholars and policymakers with hands-on experience in shaping Asia policy. 
• The Cambodia Information Center (CIC) 
• The Child Welfare League of America (CWLA) 
• The Hudson Institute — An institute providing information and applied research on a variety of policy issues. 
• The Hunger Site — A site that enables people to make free donations to starving people, just for looking at advertisements. 
• The National Alliance of Vietnamese American Service Agencies (NAVASA) 
• The National Association for the Education and Advancement of Cambodian, Laotian, and Vietnamese Americans (NAFEA) 
• The National Commission on Asian American and Pacific Islander Research in Education (CARE) — CARE identifies and examines key issues affecting Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) access and success in higher education in the United States. The project is a collaboration between the Steinhardt Institute for Higher Education Policy and the Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU, and the College Board. The project is primarily informed by a national commission, consisting of K-12 and higher education professionals, policy-makers and public officials, researchers, and leaders of advocacy organizations.  
• The Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute (SEASSI) — A cooperative of Southeast Asian Studies programs and centers at 15 universities. SEASSI teaches summer language courses in Burmese, Filipino, Hmong, Indonesian, Javanese, Khmer, Lao, Thai, and Vietnamese. 
• U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) 
• UCIrvine Libraries — University of California, Irvine's Library's Southeast Asian resources. 
• United Cambodian Association of Minnesota (UCAM) 
• US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) 
• USA for UNHCR  
• USAJobs — Link to the U.S. Government's central website for Federal Job Opportunities. Containing more than 14,000 jobs, this site is updated daily and is searchable by geographic location and occupation. A resume builder is also available on the site, and some jobs can be applied for on-line. 
• USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Factsheets and information in Vietnamese. 
• USDA Program Advisory Summer Food Service Program  
• USDA Summer Food Service Program  
• Vietnamese American Community Center of the East Bay (VACCEB) 
• Vietnamese American Young Leaders Association of New Orleans (VAYLA-NO) — A youth-led, youth organizing and development, community-based organization in New Orleans dedicated to the empowerment of Vietnamese American and underrepresented youth through services, cultural enrichment, and social change. 
• Vietnamese Association of Illinois (VAI) 
• Vietnamese Studies Internet Resource Center — This site is intended as a comprehensive information center for those students, scholars, and community members interested in Vietnamese culture and history as well as the adaptation of the Vietnamese diaspora across the world. The site features a library of on-line research papers, extensive bibliographies of Vietnamese-related articles and books, comprehensive census data, an on-line Vietnamese Studies bookstore and a list of related links. 
• Watt Khmer: San Jose Cambodian Buddist Society  
• YouthBuild U.S.A. — This organization aims to unleash the intelligence and positive energy of low-income young people to help them rebuild their communities and their lives.