“Am I a gentrifier?” I get asked this a lot. It’s a question laced with fear, guilt, anxiety, and maybe a bit of defensiveness.  It was also at the heart of a conversation I had recently [...]

As 2021 draws to a close we want to take a beat and celebrate everything we have been able to accomplish, acknowledge the hard work, and express appreciation for all our supporters, partners, [...]

SEACA started our planning journey over a decade ago… the City had released a new plan for Chinatown, Lincoln Heights, and Cypress Park called the Cornfield Arroyo-Seco Specific Plan or [...]

The Southeast Asian Community Alliance (SEACA) has been selected as a 2021 California Nonprofit of the Year by Assemblymember Wendy Carrillo.  For almost 20 years SEACA has served youth and [...]

For the past 2 years Mrs. Pham and her family have been fighting eviction from their home in Chinatown.  Mrs. Pham is 71 years old, and has lived with her daughter and 2 grandchildren in a [...]

To learn more, check out this LA Times article by Ada Tseng

With the onset of the pandemic, we were ordered to stay home & everything has drastically changed how we do things at SEACA. Because we are living in unprecedented times, no one told us how [...]

Lower-income communities notoriously lack greenspace due to a history of disinvestment. But the addition of greenspace can pave way for increased rent and displacement. Here’s a few [...]

Just like many of you, we at SEACA spent our weekend watching in horror as police throughout the country attacked Black Lives Matter protestors as well as journalists covering the marches. SEACA [...]