CARE Retreat-Phase 2

a new group of Youth Action Team members convened in Snoqualmie for a two-day retreat to get to know each and discuss the relevance and need for the CARE project.

Congratulations and welcome to the Vietnamese Friendship Association’s CARE project Phase 2.  In Phase 1, a community assessment report was done, and now in Phase 2 with the help of the new Youth Action Team we’ll focus on developing a strategic community action plan and to further build constituency so that the plan can be successfully implemented in Phase III.

Members:

• Vivian Dao: Sophomore, Psychology, University of Washington
• Anh Doan: Graduate, Finance,  Seattle University
• Chi Hoang: Senior, Sociology, University of Washington
• Trang Le: Senior, Biochemistry, University of Washington
• Khoi Nguyen: Junior, Bioengineering, University of Washington
• Minh Nguyen: Freshman, University of Washington
• Ton Nguyen: Senior, Biology, University of Washington
• Francis Tran: Freshman, Applied Mathematics, Seattle University
• Michelle Tran: Junior, University of Washington
• Amy Van: Senior, International Studies, University of Washington
• Tony Vo: Junior, Public Health, University of Washington

Facilitators:

• James Hong
• Trang Tu

The Final CARE Report

After analyzing and synthesizing the data gathered from the various focus groups, interviews, and surveys we have developed a report to accurately display what the community concerns, issues, and comments were.  The link below is the document that you can access and view to see what we found in the Vietnamese Community.

http://www.capaa.wa.gov/documents/vfa-care-report-final-2-14-11.pdf

Recap of Phase 1

The overall process of Phase 1 took approximately 1 year from Fall 2009-Fall 2010.

Thank you to all the support we have received and for offering your generous time to participate in our many forums, interviews, surveys, or focus groups.  Please watch this video to get a glimpse of what was achieved.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=qYiv5UZRRNk

CARE Project Celebration

 

After a years worth of trainings, meetings, retreats, intense community forums, data crunching, surveying, and interviewing, the CARE project has finish phase one in gathering and synthesizing the data that has been collected.

 

Come Hear our Findings and Celebrate the Success of the CARE Project!

CARE presentation flier – Vietnamese v.2[1]

CARE presentation flier – English[1]

A First for the Vietnamese Community

These nine youths participated in a year’s worth of trainings, workshops, and retreats to give back to their Vietnamese community.  Come join them on Oct. 22nd to find out what their data shows as the greatest needs and concerns for the Vietnamese people are. 

(Top) Paul Le, Verlinda Vu, Nghia Nguyen (Middle) Tony Vo, Cuong Nguyen, Rosa Nguyen (Bottom) Vivian Dao, Tanner Phan, and Ton Nguyen

Crunching DATA

 

With 360 surveys done, 85 interviews, and a total of 17 focus groups conducted, the Youth Action Team alongside the Advisory Committee had to synthesize and crunch this information into the priorities most mentioned and separate them into categories they fell under. With a lot of hard work, and dedication this task was accomplished.  The findings were very shocking, but what was most interesting to note were the similar opinions many people had.  A final polishing of how this data will be presented is currently being finalize and the results will be open to the public shortly to read.

SURVEYMONKEY

www.surveymonkey.com/s/XQMGCDH

Above is the link to the survey that the Youth Action Team and Advisory Committee has created.  It will ask questions about safety, healthcare, education, and many others.  We hope you will take your time out to take this survey as it will tell us the specific needs of a certain demographic group.  The YAT team will also be conducting on foot surveys with both an English and Vietnamese version, combine they plan to reach a goal of 500 completed surveys!

Focus Groups: DONE!

Above: The EASE students at the Vietnamese Friendship Association is participating in a focus group led by three members of the Youth Action Team

 In the beginning of the CARE (Community Action Research and Empowerment) Project, the Youth Action Team set out to conduct 10 focus groups with unique demographics.  This includes seniors, youths, different religious affiliations, professionals, and many others.  After gathering all the inputs of these various groups, the YAT team will now, “crunch the data” prioritizing what is needed the most, but also considering everything else!  Now all that awaits are results from interviews and surveys that will be collaborated with the focus group results to get the most accurate portrayal of the ideal Vietnamese Community 10 years from now.

Community Forum #2

Members of the Vietnamese Community gathered on June 26th to share ideas of what they envision ten years from now, for our community.  The many people that showed up were able to draw as a group the future they had in mind, and together they shared ideas and drew it to images on paper, representing their ideal community.  Thank you to everyone that showed up and by the end of September your valuable inputs as well as many others from the interviews, focus groups, and surveys being conducted is greatly appreciated, and well be reflected in the 3-5 year plan that the YAT (Youth Action Team) will create.