Organizations Filed Purposes:
THE SEAD PROJECT(SOUTHEAST ASIAN DIASPORA) IS A COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION ON A MISSION TO BE AN ACCESSIBLE CREATIVE HUB THAT PROVIDES STREAMLINED WORKSHOPS AND TOOLS TO ENGAGE AND SHARE KNOWLEDGE IN KHMER, HMONG, LAO, VIETNAMESE, AND OTHER SOUTHEAST ASIAN DIASPORA COMMUNITIES.
SEA CHANGE LAB IS A COHORT-BASED PROGRAM AIMED AT GROWING SOCIAL EMPOWERMENT AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT THROUGH CREATIVE STORYTELLING IN YOUNG PEOPLE WITH HERITAGE ROOTS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA (BURMESE, CAMBODIAN, HMONG, KARENNI, LAO, VIETNAMESE, ETC); SPECIFICALLY YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS AGES 18-25. WE CENTER, SUPPORT AND GUIDE OUR YOUNG PEOPLES EXPERIENCES USING AN INTERDISCIPLINARY CROSS-CULTURAL, CROSS-GENERATIONAL APPROACH THROUGH ARTS ADVOCACY (E.G. WRITING, THEATER, MUSIC AND DANCE). THE 20-PERSON PEER TO PEER MENTORSHIP PROGRAM PAIRS CHANGEMAKERS AS THEY WORK COLLECTIVELY AND COLLABORATIVELY TO CREATE PROJECTS THAT WILL ENGAGE COMMUNITIES ON ISSUES THAT IMPACT OUR SOUTHEAST ASIAN COMMUNITIES. # OF PARTICIPANTS: 20 BETWEEN JULY 2019 - JUNE 2020, # OF FACILITATORS: 10, PROJECTS: 20 IN DIGITAL LIBRARY.
PLANTING SEADS: NARRATIVE STORYTELLING PROGRAM GATHERS AND AMPLIFIES STORIES AND SPACE FOR SOUTHEAST ASIAN NARRATIVES TO THRIVE, MOBILIZE AND HEAL THROUGH CONVERSATIONS, DIGITAL AND PRINT PUBLICATIONS, AND STORYTELLING TOOLS AND HAS MULTIPLE PROJECTS UNDER ITS PROGRAM. SOUTHEAST ASIAN DIASPORA STORYTELLERS (SEADS) IS A COLLABORATIVE COLLECTIVE OF DIVERSE STORYTELLERS TO RECLAIM, HONOR AND AMPLIFY LIVED EXPERIENCES OF VETERANS, MOTHERS, ACTIVISTS, SCHOLARS AND OTHER HISTORICALLY INVISIBLE NARRATIVES OF THE HMONG, KHMER, LAO, AND VIETNAMESE DIASPORA. THROUGH CRITICAL CONVERSATIONS AND ETHNOGRAPHIC STORYTELLING, SEADS HOLDS SPACE AND PUBLISHED MULTIPLE COLLECTIONS. SEAD ALSO PIVOTED TO ADDRESS THE HEALTH AND RACIAL PANDEMICS BY PROVIDING IN-LANGUAGE TRANSLATION AND DESIGNED MESSAGING CAMPAIGNS TO MOBILIZE COMMUNITIES. # OF PARTICIPANTS: 3,000 BETWEEN JULY 2019 - JUNE 2020; # OF ARTISTS, HEALERS, STORYTELLERS: 30, PUBLICATIONS: 10.
SEA ROOTS: SOUTHEAST ASIAN HERITAGES & LANGUAGES PROGRAM TEACHES LANGUAGE AND CULTURAL LITERACY WORKSHOPS IN HMONG, KHMER, LAO AND VIETNAMESE. INCLUDES WORKSHOPS IN SOUTHEAST ASIAN LANGUAGES: 8-WEEKS LANGUAGE LITERACY INTENSIVES FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO LEARN AN INTRODUCTION AND FOUNDATIONS IN READING, WRITING, SPEAKING. CONTENT IS INTEGRATED WITH A SNAPSHOT IN TOPICS SUCH AS HISTORY, SOCIAL ISSUES, CULTURE AND OTHER CURRENT THEMES. CLASSES ARE ONCE PER WEEK, FOR EIGHT WEEKS AND OFFERED IN SPRING AND FALL. POP-UP CULTURAL WORKSHOPS INCLUDES THEME-BASED TOPICS IN HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, CLASSICS, LITERATURE, ART, FOOD AND SOCIAL ISSUES LED BY KNOWLEDGE EXPERTS. # OF PARTICIPANTS: 200 BETWEEN JULY 2019 - JUNE 2020, # OF TEACHERS: 4 LEAD TEACHERS, 4 CO-TEACHERS, 5 FACILITATORS & SPEAKERS.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Chanida Phaengdara Potter | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 40 | $50,417 |
| Annie Aryavong | FORMER BOARD CHAIR | 1 | $0 |
| Maishia Yang | BOARD MEMBER | 1.4 | $0 |
| Chann Kong | BOARD CHAIR | 1.4 | $0 |
| Chau Espenson | BOARD MEMBER | 0.9 | $0 |
| Saroeun Earm | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Casey Skeide | BOARD SECRETARY | 0.9 | $0 |
| Joy Nguyen | TREASURER | 1 | $0 |
| Michael Sasorith | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
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