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We are excited to announce that our SEACA Youth Leaders are presenting art based on their interviews with local Chinatown residents and workers! “Who Makes Chinatown?” is a storytelling project designed to connect youth to the experiences of community members across Chinatown. After conducting interviews, the youth will weave common threads together through art and demonstrate how storytelling can be used as a tool for advocacy. Through this project, the youth are developing the leadership skills they need to be Youth Organizers and will apply the knowledge they’ve gained from the Chinatown community’s stories to organizing for change with SEACA. #chinatownla #seaca #youth

Communities like Chinatown, Solano Canyon, and Lincoln Heights have long endured environmental injustice. Racist covenants and red lining pushed communities of color into heavily contaminated areas that were once oil fields, refineries, rail yards, and other industrial sites. Later, our community was encircled up by the 101, 110, and 5 freeways, leading to some of the poorest air quality in the state. Since 2016, when the Buena Vista luxury development was first proposed, local residents have been raising alarms about the environmental and health effects of this project. The City’s environmental review process fails to account for heavy metal contamination even as they acknowledge the presence of past oil wells and underground storage tanks on the site. The developers, owners of @sanantoniowinery continue to dismiss our concerns and gaslight the community. To learn more about contamination on the site visit /developments/buena-vista-project As Youth Leaders we decided to take matters into our own hands! We partnered with Solano neighbors to canvas homes around the project site and collect soil samples to test for heavy metals and toxins. @metabolicstudio supported through lending us access to soil testing equipment. Preliminary results show alarmingly high levels of lead, but more samples are needed. The City and the developer need to take this issue seriously! Our low-income Asian and Latinx communities are tired of bearing the brunt of environmental injustice, while developers profit. Email [email protected] to join us in protecting communities from predatory developments Contact us to test your soil for heavy metals Join a community canvass Stay connected and learn more about how we fight bad developments If you’re a high school student, join SEACA’s youth programs! #nobuenavista #youthorganizing #environmentaljustice #publichealth #chinatownla

We’re 13 days out from our “Who Makes Chinatown?” gallery event @humanresourcesla on Wednesday, May 27th from 4-8 PM! Hear directly from our YLPs (aka the artists) why you should come :) We welcome families, siblings, high school students from @downtownmagnets and @lincolnhightigers , and community members to come support our Youth Leaders! Learn about the issues facing Chinatown and enjoy food, a photobooth, and a print table run by @shg1970 . Word has it we’ll raffle off free T-shirts… To RSVP, go to our Eventbrite in our Linktree. #seaca #chinatownla #youthart

Thank you to our friends @826la for hosting a storytelling workshop for our youth back in March! As a way to prepare for interviewing, we had some of our YLPs come in for a session on “The Truth is a Good Enough Story” led by Trevor and Julia. The youth warmed up with a writing exercise inspired by silly hats, and leaned into how to advocate through storytelling. Want to know what they wrote? Catch their writing and storytelling projects on Wednesday, May 27th at @humanresourcesla from 4-8 PM! Our community members, families, and high school youth are invited to take part in the art, food, and activities we have prepared, for FREE! Who’s excited?? 🙌🏽 #seaca #community #chinatownla

Show up for youth power this Friday 5/1! We’re going all out for our workers, for our immigrant families afraid of ICE’s terror on our communities. Our multicultural, multilingual working-class Chinatown residents are especially impacted by the rise of violence and economic instability. Join our SEACA youth in front of Cathay Manor (600 N Broadway) by the dragon gate at 4 PM to take our voices to City Hall! Share this with 5 folks you know who will be attending the larger protest earlier in the day and can march with us! #seaca #mayday

Thank you to @shg1970 and their artists Victor and James for teaching our youth about soft block printing! This was such a fun and unique experience that our YLPs will never forget. Can’t wait to collab again! 😁 You’ll be able to see some of these prints at our youth gallery at @humanresourcesla on Wednesday, May 26th from 4-8 PM! Community members, our SEACA families, and youth curious about our programs are invited. Our youth are from @downtownmagnets and @lincolnhightigers . Help us spread the word and share! 👾🎨🖌️ #seaca #youth #art #la

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SEACA youth organizers made new strides in furthering their skills and experiences when they outreached to Chinatown small businesses this spring. Youths spoke to eight Chinatown small businesses, connecting to workers and employers alike, to learn about their unique relationship to Chinatown. #chinatown #youthorganizer #youthleadership #youthdevelopment

For decades, SEACA’s been advocating for laundry and other community-serving retail that improve the lives of Chinatown seniors and families. Last month, Chinatown scored a small victory when the @thelaundrytruckla , in partnership with @cd1losangeles , started offering free laundry service twice a week near Alpine Park, providing a great resource for our community. To join SEACA's campaigns fighting for permanent resources and services that support our families and neighbors, message us directly. Get your laundry done for free Every Wednesday & Thursday 9-11am drop-off, 11-3pm pick-up Alpine Park, 817 Yale St 每個星期三和星期四免費洗衣服務 收衣時間: 上午9-11點 取衣時間: 上午11點到下午3點 Lavado de ropa gratuito todos los miércoles y jueves Dejar la ropa 9-11am, Recoger a las 11am-3pm #chinatownla #chinatown #alpinepark

This semester, our Youth Leaders have been working on their interviewing skills to complete their storytelling project. As part of the Youth Leadership Project, students are interviewing Chinatown residents and workers on their experiences, which will prepare them to become Youth Organizers next year! In addition to interviewing, our YLPs were also given the opportunity to learn more about their interpersonal relationships and their relationships with their own bodies. We’re immensely grateful to our community partners @nico__pang , @vibingcultural_leafs , and @ateammed for taking the time to prepare lessons and connect with the next generation of leaders! Would you like to see more of our YLP youth?

Last fall, SEACA worked with @leeaf.la , @ccedla , and Chinatown volunteers to help small businesses apply for the LA County’s Small Business Resiliency Fund @econoppla for small businesses and street vendors recovering from the impacts of immigration enforcement actions that started in June 2025. Chinatown’s small businesses and vendors bear the brunt of the economic effects of the ICE raids in LA. They also face unique barriers in applying for assistance due to language and tech barriers. Without SEACA’s targeted outreach and assistance, most would not have even known to apply. As ICE continues to terrorize our communities, we must work to protect our most vulnerable through community organizing, direct assistance, and economic support. You can help by supporting Chinatown mom-and-pop businesses: 📍California Kids - 800 N Broadway #111, Los Angeles, CA 90012 Walk through Saigon Plaza until you reach a short set of steps, and a ramp. California Kids is to the left of the steps. 📍Wishing Glory Gift Shop - 436 Gin Ling Wy, Los Angeles, CA 90012 Enter Chinatown Central Plaza from Broadway, and walk across the plaza. Wishing Glory is around the corner, to the right of the K.G. Louie sign. 📍China Arts & Gifts - 750 N Hill St, Los Angeles, CA 90012 And many others 🌻 #chinatownorganizing #chinatown #chinatownla #smallbusiness #resiliencyfund #immigrant