Resources and Toolkits
SEARAC focuses on issues that uniquely impact Southeast Asian American families related to education, immigration, health, and aging. We advocate both at the national level and in California for responsive, progressive policies to uplift our communities. Our reports and toolkits contain important narratives and statistical data about our communities in the following topics:
Immigration: READ MORE
Education: READ MORE
Health and aging: READ MORE
California-specific: READ MORE
General Resources
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The Southeast Asian American Equity Agenda is a roadmap created through a community-driven process and aimed at advancing Southeast Asian American (SEAA) equity and empowerment. Gathering the voices of more than 30 SEAA-led and -serving organizations across the country, this transformative agenda outlines key priorities and policy recommendations to create a more just and inclusive society for all, including our refugee and immigrant communities. |
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Southeast Asian American Journeys: A National Snapshot of our Communities highlights socioeconomic, housing, immigration, health, and education trends within the Southeast Asian American (SEAA) community in the United States. Meant as a resource for policymakers, funders, community-based organizations, organizers, and the general public, the report captures key disaggregated data for SEAA refugee communities who fled the trauma of war and violence following the Vietnam War, Khmer Rouge genocide, and bombings in Laos to seek haven in the United States 45 years ago. |
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Revealing the Asian American Pacific Islander Boys and Men of Color Field: Living in the Intersections and Invisibility of Race and Gender is a field analysis representing the culmination of interviews with 25 organizations serving diverse populations in 11 states across the country. report that provides a glimpse into the field of organizations and leaders who are addressing the unique and pressing challenges that Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) boys and men of color must navigate. |
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Our 2020 presidential election voter education guide, targeted primarily to Southeast Asian American voters, includes responses from all candidates running for president as of mid-March 2020: Donald Trump (R), Joe Biden (D), and Bernie Sanders (D). SEARAC asked all three of these presidential campaigns about their stances on key issues that impact the SEAAs. |
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SEARAC stands in solidarity with the Black community in honoring this important history and to fight in defense of Black lives. Inspired by the important work Southeast Asian American, Asian American, and Pacific Islander leaders are spearheading to move our communities in support of Black leadership, our Solidarity Resource Hub highlights their impactful work and ways we can all get involved. |
Immigration

Protecting Southeast Asian Immigrant Families: Public Charge Campaign Toolkit

Southeast Asian American Solidarity Toolkit: A Guide to Resisting Detentions and Deportations from the #ReleaseMN8 Campaign

Dreams Detained, in her Words: The effects of detention and deportation on Southeast Asian American women and families

Getting Pro-Bono Legal Help

Resource Guide for Southeast Asian Americans Facing Criminal Deportation

The Devastating Impact of Deportation on Southeast Asian Americans

SEARAC Media Messaging Guide on Southeast Asian American Criminal Deportation

How Family-Based Immigration Benefits Southeast Asian Americans—Standing Up for Families and Our Rights

Southeast Asian Americans and the School-to-Prison-to-Deportation Pipeline

Southeast Asian Americans and Deportation Policy
Education

Recommendations for Data Disaggregation Policy Advocacy and Implementation

“Everyone Deserves to be Seen:” IHEP and SEARAC Release Recommendations for Improved Federal Data on AAPI Communities

Can You See Me? School Culture and Climate for California’s AAPI Youth

Data Disaggregation General Factsheet

Data Disaggregation Versus Affirmative Action

Increase Access to Higher Education – Why Are Southeast Asians Not Going to College?

English Language Learners & Southeast Asian American Communities

Overview of Southeast Asian Educational Challenges: Why Are Southeast Asian American Students Falling Behind?

Moving Beyond the Asian Check Box

Data Disaggregation – Opportunities and Challenges
Health and Aging

Voices Unheard: Uncovering the Mental Health Impact of COVID-19 on Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander and Southeast Asian American Youth

Medi-Cal’s Health4All Older Adults Fact Sheets

A Right to Heal: Mental Health in Diverse Communities

Securing Our Future: Advancing Economic Security for Diverse Elders

Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States Aged 55 Years and Older

Southeast Asian American Elders #TellACL

Aging with Health and Dignity: Diverse Elders Speak Up

Action for Health Justice Health Enrollment Glossary

California Cancer Facts & Figures 2016

National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in Health Care

The Impact of the Affordable Care Act on Asian Indian, Chinese, Filipino, Korean, Pakistani, & Vietnamese Americans

Southeast Asian Americans Speak Out to Protect the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid Expansion

Southeast Asian Americans Speak Out to Protect Affordable Health Care Webinar on February 21
California

Voices Unheard: Uncovering the Mental Health Impact of COVID-19 on Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander and Southeast Asian American Youth

A Right To Heal: Mental Health in Diverse Communities (September 2022)

Medi-Cal’s Health4All Older Adults Fact Sheets

A Right to Heal: Mental Health in Diverse Communities

The Right to Heal: Southeast Asian American Mental Health in California

California Asian American & Pacific Islander Youth Report Executive Summary

Covering All of California: Voices from Southeast Asian American Communities from the First Year of Covered California
