Program areas at SEARAC
Education - Searac's save project focuses on domestic education policies and advocacy affecting Southeast asian students. While there is a focus on closing the achievement gap of Southeast asian american students, the save program also works on issues that affect all asian american and pacific islanders (aapi) and all communities of color. The save program combines capacity building, organizing, advocacy, and action-oriented research to connect the real experiences of Southeast asian ameican students to the conversations of other aapi organizations and civil rights organizations so that they can move policy at the local, state, and federal levels.
Immigration - through advocacy, community building and mobilization, leadership development, and communications work, Searac's immigration work focuses on dismantling the deportation pipeline for Southeast asian americans, particularly for those with past criminal conviction records to have the right to stay together with their families. Searac also fights to preserve our family based immigration system, immigration integration services, and support to other immigrant and refugee communities.
Health and aging - the goal of the health California program is to develop localized and statewide advocacy capacity to advance health policy changes that improve the health of Southeast asian americans in long beach, merced, south sacramento and statewide. The program integrates training and technical assistance to community based organizations, local advocacy, and state advocacy.
Other: general programs, California, leadership and advocacy training, and field