Speakers List

Phuong M. Do
Director of Training & Technical Assistance
Washington, DC
  • Refugee Resettlement
  • Refugee acculturation & Identity
  • Leadership & Organizational Development
Helly Lee
Director of Policy, SEARAC
Washington, DC
  • Immigration: Deportation, Material Support, Family Immigration
  • Advocacy Training
  • Civic Engagement
Eileen L. Morrison
Director of Development & Operations, SEARAC
  • Financial Management
  • Fundraising
  • Cambodia/Cambodian American Issues
Pang Houa Moua
Director of Communications, SEARAC
Washington, DC
  • Communications, Social Media
  • Immigration
  • Education
  • Southeast Asian American communities and experiences
  • Asian American women’s issues
Ivy Ngo
Aging Policy Advocate, SEARAC
Washington, DC
  • Social Security
  • Older Americans Act
  • SEA refugee history
Riamsalio (Kao) Phetchareun
Special Projects Coordinator, SEARAC
Washington, DC
  • Data collection
  • Census 
  • Economic Development
Kim Thuy Seelinger, JD
Board Member, SEARAC
San Francisco, CA
  • Refugee and Asylum Law
  • Gender Asylum, LGBT Asylum Issues
  • Health and Human Rights
  • Clinical Teaching Methodologies
  • Sexual Violence and International law
Monica Thammarath
Education Advocate, SEARAC
Washington, DC
  • Education: High school reform, Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISI) Program
  • Cross-Cultural Grassroots Organizing and Coalition Building
  • Youth Development and Youth Organizing
  • Advocacy Training
Doua Thor
Executive Director, SEARAC
Washington, DC
  • Refugees
  • Immigration
  • Leadership Building
  • Advocacy
  • Capacity building for nonprofits
  • Education
Jonathan Tran
California Policy Advocate, SEARAC
Sacramento, CA
  • California State Policy (State Budget, Health and Human Services, K-12 Education, Higher Education)
  • Health care
  • Aging/Elders
  • Advocacy Training/Strategies

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