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We are in solidarity for a Free Palestine and an end of the occupation and ceasefire. As Asian refugees of the diaspora, we don’t want people to be displaced from their homeland. We want no ethnic cleansing and no more war, genocide, and colonialism. Please consider making a tax-deductible donation through a trusted community partner, Middle East Children’s Alliance. Image by @worldofhazem.
Asian Refugees United (ARU)
Asian Refugees United (ARU)
is an art, healing, and social justice leadership center. Our mission is to cultivate and restore wholeness in communities impacted by displacement through embodied training programs, collective power-building, ancestral practices and connection to land.
Our core values:
Knowing our ancestral and diasporic lands and stories
Asian refugee healing and justice
Communication & care
Building community power & movement solidarity
Refugee Power Building Movement
Refugee Power Building Movement
by Tracy Nguyen, ARU Co-founder & Advisory Board Chair
California Programs
California Programs
Creative cultural hub dedicated to Queer and Trans Việt (QTViệt) liberation through ancestral practices, the arts, and intergenerational connection.
Multi-part project integrating body knowledge and art creation to hold space for deep reflection on wounds both suffered and inflicted through systemic oppression existing in Asian communities here and the homeland
This is a program for LGBTQIA+*-identifying Asian American/Pacific Islander youth and youth of color to engage in leadership development and mentorship for personal growth, collective action, social change, and substance-use prevention.
Pennsylvania Programs
Pennsylvania Programs
Led by experienced coaches, the program teaches not only soccer fundamentals but also promotes values like discipline, respect, and perseverance. Through fun and engaging practices, kids build confidence and fitness.
Our Education Program for juniors and seniors in the Nepali community was created to address the gaps many students face in their academic journeys.
Empowering our Nepali-Speaking Bhutanese community to vote
Broader Programming
Broader Programming
Leadership training program designed to build a network of vibrant Bhutanese refugee community leaders, organizers, artists, and activists by training emerging leaders to become agents of change.
Anti-deportation Campaign of our Nepali-Speaking Bhutanese Community
The Storytellers group, formerly known as the BABY (the Bay Area Bhutanese Youths) explored their community's history, ancestral land, identity, belonging, and home.
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