CARE at the UNITE Summit

unite-programThe CARE team will lead a forum with aims to empower Vietnamese community forum participants to learn about and develop an education change agenda, in a culturally appropriate venue, that will support the academic success of Southeast Asian American and Asian American students.

VFA 4th Annual Dinner

Some of the Youth Action Team representing the CARE project at the annual dinner.

May 18, 2012 Community Planning Meeting

Featured in local newspaper Nguoi Viet Ngay Nay, Amy Van and Michelle Tran leads a discussion on the 10 year vision and strategy plans for the civic engagement topic.  http://www.nguoivietnn.com/bantincongdong.html

Community Meeting

The Youth Action Team will reveal their proposed action plan for the Vietnamese community based on your ideas from the past two years. 

Crafting a Vietnamese Community Action Plan

Vivian Dao and Khoi Nguyen facilitates a discussion around safety in the Vietnamese Community. The discussion focuses on strategy and planning steps in order to meet the needs found in phase 1 of the CARE project.

On February 25, 2012, a total of 70 Vietnamese Community members contributed their ideas of how their visions regarding topics such as health care, education, and community safety can be implemented.

The next stage now is for the Youth Action Team to synthesize the data and craft a vision and strategy plan that highlights all the input we received from the interviews and focus group discussions.

Vietnamese Community Planning Meeting

CARE Community Planning (vietnamese)

Vietnamese Community Planning Meeting

Your ideas of how we can turn our surrounding needs on issues of jobs, housing, safety and many other topics into a community action plan will greatly help us create a community plan to present to the City of Seattle, City Council, and the Mayor’s Office.

Come join the Vietnamese Friendship Association on February 25th to explore implementation of the topics you are interested in.  Click on the links above for further logistical information.

MIXING IT UP!

The Youth Action Team alongside other programs of the VFA met over the holiday season at the Lee House for some quality "mingle bells" and an ice cream social.

Phase Two Kick-Off!

“On December 2, 2011, over 100 youth, community members and City of Seattle Officials gathered to discuss findings from the Community Action Research and Empowerment (CARE) Project—which explores issues, challenges, and opportunities within the Vietnamese community of Seattle.”

http://vfaseattle.org/2011/12/06/care-community-gathering-a-success/

Next, the youth team will begin working with community members to draft a strategic action plan that can address issues identified from the research, and will be presented next Spring.

Halloween Fun

While in intense training, the Youth Action Team decides to dress up for Halloween while they work hard to plan the kick-off event for phase 2 of the Vietnamese Community Empowerment Project.

VFA CARE Community Gathering – english

VFA CARE Community Gathering – vietnamese