Sonoma County Office of Education

• The mission of the Sonoma County Office of Education (SCOE) is to foster student success through service to students, schools, and the community. SCOE is a partner to the county's 40 districts, providing services and oversight that help them serve roughly 66,500 students.

Bao Nguyễn

• Bao Nguyễn, Former Mayor of Garden Grove
  Bao Nguyễn, the former mayor of Garden Grove, California, is known for his dedication to community engagement and social justice initiatives. He made history as the first Vietnamese American mayor of the city, advocating for immigrant rights and affordable housing during his tenure. Nguyễn's leadership style is marked by inclusivity and grassroots activism, reflecting his commitment to serving diverse populations.

Vietnamese Heritage Museum

• The Vietnamese Heritage Museum (VHM) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to the preservation and exhibition of our Vietnamese refugees' heritage. VHM collects and shares the testimonies and artifacts that tell the stories of the Vietnamese refugees. We wish to preserve this heritage for present and future generations to reflect upon.

The Asian American Education Project

• The Asian American Education Project creates and provides curriculum and professional development for K-12 schools in order to offer a more comprehensive and accurate look at APIDA history. By showcasing the struggles and triumphs of Asian Americans over the course of two centuries, our lesson plans amplify the importance and voices of this growing, integral segment of the U.S. population in building the country into what it is today and can become tomorrow, together as Americans. It is important for all Americans, young and old, to join in on this learning experience.

Vietnamese American Arts and Letters Association

• The Vietnamese American Arts and Letters Association (VAALA) was founded in 1991 by a group of Vietnamese American journalists, artists, and friends to fill a void and provide a space for artists to express themselves as a newly resettled immigrant community. VAALA's mission is to connect and enrich communities through Vietnamese art and culture. Over the years, VAALA has collaborated with diverse community partners to organize numerous cultural events to connect and enrich communities. These events have included art exhibitions, book signings, music recitals, plays, and annual events such as the Viet Film Fest, Viet Book Fest, and Yellow Submarine Rising, Currents within Asian American Art.

Erika Saito

• L. Erika Saito, Ph.D., Director of Strategic Partnerships in PK-14 Education at University Massachusetts Global
  Dr. Saito is a California credentialed teacher with over 20 years of experience in various roles within K-12 public and private schools and teacher preparation programs. Her research and publications center on disaggregated Asian American history, communities, ethnic identity, social and emotional learning, international students, and multilingual learners.

International Children Assistance Network

• ICAN is a (501)(c)(3) non-profit organization founded in 2000 with the goal of engaging families to help children become successful and caring leaders in society. Our programs aim to help provide parents with the confidence and skills to be their own advocates. Founded in 2000 by three Vietnamese refugees, ICAN's mission from the start has always been to raise the next generation of caring, strong leaders.

California History Social Science Project

• The California History-Social Science Project maintains that all of California's students deserve high-quality history-social science, and ethnic studies instruction that equips them to discern fact from fiction and understand how the past matters to the present. We are dedicated to providing the highest quality history instruction, with a special focus on meeting the needs of English learners, native speakers with low literacy, and students from economically disadvantaged communities. Our approach to instruction integrates content, disciplinary understanding, and explicit support for English language proficiency, framed in an inquiry model of historical investigation.

Julie Vo

• Julie Vo, Chief of Staff at OC Action
  Julie currently serves as Chief of Staff at OC Action, an AAPI-Latinx-Labor-Environmental Justice Alliance committed to the long-term progressive transformation of Orange County through increased quality, scale and effectiveness of community organizing and integrated voter engagement in low-income communities of color. Previously, she served as Policy Director with the Orange County Asian & Pacific Islander Community Alliance (OCAPICA) and serves as a Board Member of the Vietnamese American Arts & Letters Association (VAALA) and as Advisory Board Member for Orange County Environmental Justice and the California Healthy Nail Salon Collaborative. Julie has twenty years of experience in nonprofit development and fundraising, youth development, and community arts.

Union of North American Vietnamese Student Organizations

• The Union of North American Vietnamese Student Associations is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, non-partisan, community-based organization. UNAVSA is dedicated to cultivating the next generation of leaders who will serve as stewards of the Vietnamese community.

SEARAC

• SEARAC is a national civil rights organization that builds power with diverse communities from Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam to create a socially just and equitable society. As representatives of the largest refugee community ever resettled in the United States, SEARAC stands together with other refugee communities, communities of color, and social justice movements in pursuit of social equity. .

San Diego County Office of Education

• The San Diego County Office of Education (SDCOE) serves the region's most vulnerable students, and supports school leaders, teachers, and students across the county. We support about 780​ schools and nearly 500,000 students, including the children we educate each year through our Juvenile Court and Community Schools. SDCOE provides a variety of services for the 42 school districts, 129 charter schools, and five community college districts in the county.

Los Angeles County Office of Education

• LACOE is the largest regional education agency in the country and provides a range of services and programs to support Los Angeles County's 80 school districts.

Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC)

• SEARAC is a national civil rights organization that builds power with diverse communities from Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam to create a socially just and equitable society. As representatives of the largest refugee community ever resettled in the United States, SEARAC stands together with other refugee communities, communities of color, and social justice movements in pursuit of social equity.

Nor Cal UVSA

• NorCal UVSA is a youth non-profit, non-partisan, community-based organization dedicated to empowering young minds and fostering leadership skills that will shape a brighter future for all, guided by the values, culture, and community of the Vietnamese and Vietnamese-American youth. Additionally, the organization strives to organize socially and civically as well as empowering the next generation of Vietnamese leaders in Northern California. The vision of NorCal UVSA is to create a community composed of college students and young professionals that represents a unified and respected voice in the broader Vietnamese and Vietnamese-American communities.

Sonoma County Office of Education

• The mission of the Sonoma County Office of Education (SCOE) is to foster student success through service to students, schools, and the community. SCOE is a partner to the county’s 40 districts, providing services and oversight that help them serve roughly 66,500 students.

Vietnamese American Roundtable

• The Vietnamese American Roundtable (VAR) envisions a strong and unified Vietnamese American community that works towards improving our quality of life. To this end, VAR focuses our mission to organize, advocate, and educate our community. We accomplish this through mobilization, advocacy, and education – mobilization through events and coalition building, advocacy through empowering and strategy, and education through panels, workshops and cultural events.

AYPAL: Building API Community Power

• Founded in 1998, AYPAL is a leadership development, community organizing, and coalition building organization that seeks to create healthy, safe, and thriving communities. AYPAL's mission is to empower Oakland's low-income Asian & Pacific Islander immigrant and refugee families to be leaders for school reform and neighborhood change.

San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools

• The mission of the San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools (SBCSS) is to transform lives through education. Working in collaboration with school districts, families, community partners and other agencies, SBCSS provides leadership, advocacy and services to ensure equitable, innovative and inspiring educational practices. This endeavor is essential to the quality of life and economic vitality of our communities.

Santa Clara County Office of Education (SCCOE)

• Working collaboratively with school and community partners, the Santa Clara County Office of Education (SCCOE) is a regional service agency that provides instructional, business, and technology services to the 31 school districts of Santa Clara County. The County Office of Education directly serves students through special education programs, alternative schools, Head Start and State Preschool programs, migrant education, and Opportunity Youth Academy. SCCOE is committed to serving, inspiring, and promoting student and public school success.

VietROC

• Viet Rainbow of Orange County (VROC) strives to create a world where everyone has the resources and agency to thrive with dignity. VROC is a grassroots organization based in Orange County, California that builds community and mobilizes intergenerationally. We are grounded in values of equity, healing, joy, and social justice. We primarily work with LGBTQ+ Vietnamese Americans and their loved ones through research, education, and advocacy, while also strengthening collective power alongside other communities working towards liberation.

San Mateo County Office of Education

• The San Mateo County Office of Education (SMCOE) supports local school districts in San Mateo County by providing services that can be done more efficiently and economically at the county level. These include implementing new standards, staff development and training programs, and instructional procedures; designing business and personnel systems; and performing many other services to meet the changing needs of local school districts. The County Office also provides a wide range of instructional programs, including special and career and technical education, and instruction in juvenile detention facilities.