by VietRISE | Oct 11, 2022 | civic engagement, newsletter, youth
Dear Community, Chúc mừng ngày Tết Trung Thu! This year’s Mid-Autumn harvest was accompanied by monumental growth at VietRISE. Please give your warmest welcome to the members of our inaugural Advisory Board: Linda Trinh Võ, Ph.D., Vy Nguyễn, Jacqueline Đan, and Andrew...
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...
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...
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...
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...
by VietRISE | May 16, 2022 | newsletter, youth
Dear Community, This past month, we celebrated the conclusion of the Lên Tiếng | Tiến Tới youth program, brought our vision for a multi-racial united front for immigrant and human rights to the Chapman University Ethnic Studies Summit, and more. While we hold close...
