May Newsletter: VietRISE Response to Red-Baiting, HOME Act Revives Efforts to #StopICETransfers

by VietRISE | May 10, 2023 | immigrant rights, little saigon, newsletter

Dear Community, Happy May! This past April has been busy for our team. We launched our application to join our upcoming paid civic engagement program (more info below). Tin Nguyen, our Immigrant Justice Coordinator, headed to the state capitol to testify for and...

April Newsletter: Join Our CE Team, And Upcoming Resource Fairs & Legal Clinics

by VietRISE | Apr 7, 2023 | housing justice, immigrant rights, newsletter

Dear Community, Five years ago on April 26, 2018, I had the privilege and joy of unveiling our organization’s new name to a room full of community members in Santa Ana during our second listening session event. We had just mobilized hundreds of community members in...

September Highlights: Introducing Our Deputy Director, Indigo; VISION Act & Rent Control Updates

by VietRISE | Sep 20, 2022 | housing justice, newsletter, Santa Ana, VISION Act

Dear Community, We’re so excited to announce that Indigo is now our new Deputy Director! 🎉Indigo was most recently our Operations Coordinator and has been on staff with VietRISE for over two years. Before joining VietRISE as a staff member, Indigo was a grounding and...

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...