OUR BLOG POSTS
March Newsletter: Introducing Our Organizing Director, Vincent
Dear Community, Can you believe it is already March? 2023 We hope you have been able to manage the turbulence around us; we’ve been feeling it all too. Amidst this turbulence we believe that it is...
February Highlights: Processing the New Year, Upcoming Community Listening Session
Dear Community, *Content Warning: Mass shootings, police murders*Chúc Mừng Năm Mới and Happy Lunar New Year. We started this year with heavy hearts as we heard of mass shootings that occurred in...
VIETRISE IN THE MEDIA (SELECTED)
Bring Human Rights Home
Latino Rebels (09-09-20): Advocates Representing Various Refugee Groups Ask New ICE Director to “Bring Human Rights Home”
BBC News Tiếng Việt (08-31-20): Mỹ: Việc LS Tony Phạm làm giám đốc mới của ICE gây tranh cãi
OC Weekly (10-21-19): LITTLE SAIGON BECOMES HUB OF CROSS-CULTURAL PRO-SANCTUARY ACTIVISM
OC Weekly (07-23-19): VIETRISE MARCH DEMANDS OC VIETNAMESE LEADERS “BRING HUMAN RIGHTS HOME”
Voice of OC (07-22-19): La: We Were Also Told to “Go Back”, It’s time for Vietnamese-American Electeds to “Bring Human Rights Home”
Census
Spectrum News (04-21-20): Census Could Determine How Communities Respond to Next Pandemic
LA Times (03-04-20): Community organizations work to engage undercounted and underrepresented populations ahead of 2020 census
Người Việt (03-20-20): VNCCC họp báo về ảnh hưởng của 2020 Census đối với cộng đồng người Việt
LA Times (03-12-20): Little Saigon community meeting outlines importance of Vietnamese Americans taking part in census
Civic Engagement
Voice of OC (11-10-21): Garden Grove Officials’ Push to Skip Redistricting Altogether Jolts Alarm in City Spanning Little Saigon
Voice of OC (11-08-21): Some Early CA Redistricting Map Sketches Raise Concerns Little Saigon Could Be Split Up
Người Việt (03-20-20): VNCCC họp báo về ảnh hưởng của 2020 Census đối với cộng đồng người Việt
Spectrum News (04-21-20): Census Could Determine How Communities Respond to Next Pandemic
COVID-19
Voice of OC (03-06-22): Orange County Grapples With Wave of Hate Toward Asian Americans Over Coronavirus
Orange Juice Blog (03-16-20): First emergency COVID-19 letter to Board of Supervisors
Voice of OC (03-19-20): Gaps In Coronavirus Outreach to Non-English Speaking Families & Businesses
LAist (03-27-20): Understanding ‘Stay-At-Home’ When It’s Not In Your Language
LA Times (03-19-20): Community meeting held to shed light on racism stemming from coronavirus
Deportation Defense
Elections
Voice of OC (04-05-21): Santa Ana’s Vietnamese Residents Often Find Community in Other Cities, These Leaders Want to Change That
OC Register (03-07-21): Why did Vietnamese voters in Orange County swing toward Trump in 2020?
LA Times (03-04-20): Community organizations work to engage undercounted and underrepresented populations ahead of 2020 census
NBC News (10-29-18): Congressional battleground expands to historically conservative Little Saigon
VOA Tiếng Việt (10-22-18): Người Việt trẻ Quận Cam hướng về bầu cử, định hình tương lai chính trị
Feature
Người Việt (12-11-21): VietRISE độc hành trên con đường hoàn thiện lý tưởng kết nối cộng đồng
LA Times (10-18-19): O.C. Vietnamese American activists urge youth to speak up for their beliefs
Việt Báo (06-01-18): Diễn Đàn Bầu Cử: Người Trẻ Tìm Hiểu, Hội Thảo, Dấn Bước
Housing Justice
Người Việt (02-26-22): VietRISE đãi tiệc mừng luật ‘rent control’ của Santa Ana
Người Việt (10-25-22): Thị trưởng Santa Ana ký đạo luật ‘rent control,’ niềm vui lớn với cư dân
Đất Việt (03-28-20): Thành phố Westminster có thể ban hành lệnh cấm đuổi người thuê nhà
Immigration
LA Times (06-17-21): Santa Ana approves more funding for deportation defense fund
NBC News (03-29-21): Still reeling from Trump-era policies, groups demand Biden address deportation, refugees
LA Times (03-18-21): O.C. organizers urge Biden administration to stop deportation of Vietnamese refugees
NBC News (08-28-20): Tony Pham, new interim ICE director and Vietnamese refugee, draws criticism from Asian groups
Political Landscape
Voice of OC (06-05-20): Garden Grove Protest Displays Cross-Cultural and Racial Solidarity Years in the Making
Spectrum News (06-18-19): Garden Grove Lights Clock Tower With Rainbows for Pride Month
NBC News (12-20-18): In 2018, Vietnamese Americans found new political prominence
Redistricting
Voice of OC (11-10-21): Garden Grove Officials’ Push to Skip Redistricting Altogether Jolts Alarm in City Spanning Little Saigon
Voice of OC (11-08-21): Some Early CA Redistricting Map Sketches Raise Concerns Little Saigon Could Be Split Up
VISION Act
La Opinión (06-04-22): Maquinaria de deportación
The Yappie (05-18-22): Preventing ‘double punishment’: Inside the campaign to end California’s prison-to-deportation pipeline
RECENT PRESS RELEASES
PRESS RELEASE: California Resolution Calling on Congress to Abolish ICE Passes Committee, Heads to Assembly Floor Vote with Support from Civil Rights Advocates
For Immediate...
Vietnamese and Asian American Organizations Across the Country Denounce Upcoming March 15 Deportation Flight to Viet Nam, Say Deporting Refugees is Anti-Asian Violence
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 2021 Contact: Tracy La (tracy@vietrise.org) ORANGE COUNTY, CA; NEW YORK, NY; PHILADELPHIA, PA; SAN JOSE, CA; WASHINGTON, DC.; SEATTLE, WA - In the midst of...
PRESS RELEASE: Tony Pham Is Out. But Accountability Requires More Than Resignations
For Immediate ReleaseDecember 11, 2020 Contact:Viridiana Vidal, NDLON (vvidal@ndlon.org)Tracy La, VietRISE (tracy@vietrise.org) Tony Pham is Out. But Accountability Requires More Than...

OUR MISSION
VietRISE advances social justice and builds power with working-class Vietnamese and immigrant communities in Orange County. We build leadership and create systemic change through organizing, narrative change, cultural empowerment, and civic engagement.
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