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About the Collaborating Organizations:
Karen Organization of San Diego (KOSD)
Karen Organization of San Diego was founded by grassroots community organizing efforts. In 2008, Karen community leaders had meetings to find ways to support the Karen and other refugee families from Burma who had been struggling to adjust their lives upon their arrival in San Diego.
Asian Solidarity Collective (ASC)
Asian Solidarity Collective (ASC) is a grassroots movement and power-building organization in San Diego activating Asian American communities and moving them into action to create profound radical, sustainable and fundamental change in the world through organizing, community care and personal ecology. ASC’s work includes civic engagement & policy, political education, transformative leadership development, community building, and collective action.
Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans (PANA)
Founded, led, and staffed by refugees, they are uniquely situated to use relational organizing to bring community into a pathway of ongoing engagement and indigenous community leadership development. They fight to advance the full economic, social, & civic inclusion of refugees in the San Diego region, throughout California, and across the country. They envision a world where refugees are connected global leaders building trans-continental movement work to advance meaningful freedom for all.
Viet Vote
Our organization is a non-partisan, non-profit founded in 2019, dedicated to the empowerment of the Vietnamese community in San Diego through voting and civic engagement. We also aim to communicate information, resources, and program services to the Vietnamese community, such as vaccination appointments, renter and business relief programs, and community events.
Mingei International Museum
Mingei aims to inspire people to celebrate human creativity, as well as recognize, embrace, and cultivate their own creativity, in ways big or small through an inviting, fresh, sometimes surprising, and always engaging look at a diverse range of thoughtfully designed, carefully crafted and passionately made objects from around the world, often created by unknown artists and craftspeople for everyday use.
Media with Lucia
Media with Lucia is an Independent, Queer, Indigenous, & Latinx-owned small business. They specialize in audio, video, and social media content creation services for small businesses and non-profit organizations.