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#GiveInMay Spotlight: The SEAD Project

BY MAI NGUYEN DO

Excerpt from The SEAD Project’s statement on the murder of George Floyd: “As an organization based in North Minneapolis working with our Southeast Asian diaspora, we know the historical trauma and social oppression that’s used as a divisive tool between our marginalized communities. We need self-reflection, course correction, and internal healing in order to understand how

#GiveInMay Spotlight: Alliance of Rhode Island Southeast Asians for Education (ARISE)

BY CHRIS PHAN, APIAVOTE

“ARISE has affected me extremely positively when it comes to my growth both work wise and internally. Through ARISE I have learned how to be more open minded, was taught that my voice holds as much power as anyone else, and recognized that my compassion and empathy for others is not a weakness.”

Symone Burrell, ARISE

Hmong Americans are up for grabs in the 2020 presidential election

BY YANG SAO XIONG

As Asian Americans gear up for what some anticipate will be one of the most consequential, most contentious presidential elections in U.S. history this November, it is important to consider which individuals within the Asian American electorate are most up for grabs.

Surprisingly, Hmong Americans are a group that stand out in terms of fitting this …