New to CASP? We Got You!
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 [...]
DTLA Communities Demand More Affordable Housing, Here’s How We Build It in Chinatown
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 [...]
“A Grassroots Chinatown Group Looks Out For Its Seniors”
Thank you to LAist for reporting on our efforts to support at risk seniors and residents in Chinatown & Lincoln Heights! With our ongoing work to provide to our community members in these [...]
Why We Are Shifting Into a Pandemic Relief Organization
SEACA was originally founded 18 years ago to train low-income southeast Asian youth to become leaders and organizers for racial and economic justice and over the years we’ve grown and shifted to [...]
A New Web of Connection
The month of September is not only a time for Earth, Wind, and Fire fans to play their song fanatically, but it also is a time when a new batch of cohorts are invited to the SEACA open house. [...]
May 1st International Workers Day with SEACA Youth
“The Students and Workers! United! Will never be defeated!,” chanted the youth on the streets. Every May 1st around the world is the widely celebrated International Worker’s Day. SEACA youth [...]
LA Times Calls SEACA’s work “A Model for LA”
SEACA’s work on the Cornfield Arroyo Seco Specific Plan (CASP) was recently called “A model for LA” in an LA Times Op-ed on the affordable housing crisis in Los Angeles. This is the second time [...]
SEACA is the Advocate of the Year!
Last week SEACA and Public Counsel were presented with the Advocate of the Year Award at the Southern California Association of Non-Profit Housing (SCANPH) annual conference. In front an audience [...]
Talking in Chinese
One of the beautiful things about a SEACA meeting is that you’ll often hear people speaking in several languages. And yet, outside of our offices, many of our members feel embarrassed to speak. [...]