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What do folks predict - Locally? (efforts/impact)

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What do folks predict - Locally? (efforts/impact)

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What do we know - Lessons from the first presidency? 

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What do we know - Lessons from the first presidency? 

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Issue + role they see for themselves/org

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What structures do we need to build now/towards so we can be effective?

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What networks do we need to be a part of? What are the networks we may not already be a part of, but need to be? Who else do we need to be working with?

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What are the resources that we need to be effective? What role does philanthropy see themselves playing and what role do we need them to play?

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What are existing local efforts/allies to support our communities during this term?  

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What are existing local efforts/allies to support our communities during this term?  

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SEAFN is working on the deportation work

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SEAFN is working on the deportation work

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Chhaya Chhoum <chhaya@seafn.org>

5:40 AM (13 hours ago)

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Dear friends,

We hope you're doing well. We are on the cusp of 2025, which will represent the 50th year anniversary of the end of the War in Southeast Asia and a new Trump presidency. Five decades later, Southeast Asian refugees are still experiencing the residual impacts of war and genocide that took place in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. The legacy of war and trauma our communities have experienced and trying to heal from has only been exacerbated by the deportation crisis that has been taking place for over 20+ years. Time and time again, as our organizations have risen up to support Southeast Asian refugees who have been detained, at risk of deportation, and deported, they have all shared similar stories and experiences of resettlement to the United States as refugees and the challenges they encountered - lack of access to services and resources due to language barriers, being resettled in underresourced and divested neighborhoods, racial discrimination and violence, as well as the federal policies in the 1990s that began to funnel Southeast Asian community members into the prison-to-deportation pipeline.

With much urgency, we are demanding that President Biden and his administration be accountable to our most directly impacted community members by granting federal pardons to all Southeast Asian refugees before his term ends.

Join us on Monday - Dec. 9th @ 6:30pmEST as we launch our pardon week of action. This national call will discuss this political moment and to share resources.  You can sign up using this [Link to sign up] and show your support by signing onto this letter.

In solidarity,

Chhaya

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From Elaine also cause she can't be here

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From Elaine also cause she can't be here

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Hi all!  I wont be able to join tonight's AA leader huddle but I sent Lee this note: Hi Lee!Thanks for pulling the meeting together tonight. As I mentioned, I’m unavailable (hosting family) though I wanted to offer up a thought.I reviewed your agenda and I appreciate the ecosystem framework. As a systems nerd, I totally agree that that is the right approach. One key stakeholder group that should be part of the conversation sooner than later are those who are likely to be most adversely impacted by the new administration’s policies – undocumented immigrants, LGTBQ+, poor families. I’d strongly recommend two strategies – one) opportunities for listening and healing with the affected communities 2) sharing information with affected communities re: actions they can take now (for example, signing up for ARI’s citizenship clinic in Feb.). It may also be a good idea to co-host workshops and/or citizenship clinics. In 2016/2017, I worked with SacBHC and Sac Covered to conduct several naturalization clinics to help communities take advantage of the fee waiver. These are just a few examples, there are many others but wanted to lift these up as opportunities for action, if they’re helpful.In Community,
Elaine