August Highlights: VietRISE’s Youth Organizing Coordinator, Allison, Receives TCE Voices for Change Award, & More Little Saigon News

by VietRISE | Aug 17, 2022 | newsletter, VISION Act, Westminster

Dear Community, We are so excited to share that Allison Võ, our Youth Organizing Coordinator, was awarded the 2022 Voices for Change Award by The California Endowment for the Southern California region! One young person per region is awarded the Voices for Change...

Press Release: Nineteen Orange County Elected Officials Call on State Senators to Support the VISION Act

by VietRISE | Aug 16, 2022 | immigrant rights, press release, VISION Act

For Immediate ReleaseLink to PDF VersionTuesday, August 16th, 2022 Contact: Carlos Perea, (714) 605-6666 | carlos@harborinstituteoc.orgNiki Nguyen, (714) 589-5496 | niki@vietrise.org  Nineteen Orange County Elected Officials Call on State Senators to Support the...

July Highlights: 4,000 Little Saigon Homes Canvassed; Youth Zine Is Live!

by VietRISE | Jul 18, 2022 | campaigns, civic engagement, newsletter, VISION Act

Dear Community, In June, our civic engagement team knocked on over 4,000 doors and spoke face-to-face with 1,000 residents in Little Saigon to encourage them to vote in the recent primary election. Our team consisted of young Vietnamese people who call Orange County...

June Highlights: Little Saigon Votes in the Primary Election & Rallies for Immigrant Justice

by VietRISE | Jun 13, 2022 | immigrant rights, newsletter, VISION Act

Dear Community, This past month has been extremely difficult locally, nationally, and internationally. At VietRISE we recognize that these events are not isolated but systemic, and we all deserve better, especially the people and communities that have been targeted by...

Media Advisory: In the Heart of Little Saigon, Residents Rally Against Transfers to ICE Custody

by VietRISE | Jun 2, 2022 | immigrant rights, media-advisory, VISION Act, Westminster

PRESS ADVISORY – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, June 1, 2022Contact: Niki Nguyễn, Communications Organizer, media@vietrise.org In the Heart of Little Saigon, Residents to Rally Against Transfers to ICE Custody Groups, residents call on Orange County state...

April Highlights: VISION Act in Little Saigon, New Civic Engagement Team, & More!

by VietRISE | Apr 18, 2022 | civic engagement, immigrant rights, newsletter, VISION Act

Dear Community, This past month, we were able to host our second PPE and know your rights resources solidarity distribution for Little Saigon residents, celebrate our friend An Nguyen’s two-year freedom anniversary from ICE detention with a digital day of action to...