Southeast Asian Coalition

SEAC Village believes in collective liberation where all people are safe and cared for. We are a grassroots organization created for and by impacted communities in the South. Since 2012 our issues and organizing have existed at the intersection of Southeast Asian and Black working-class communities in North Carolina. 

 Why We Do This                                                              

Since 1975, Southeast Asian families have resettled in working-class Black communities across North Carolina and the United States. Though we experience certain harms in common, such as oppression and exploitation, both groups also experience specific harms that the other group does not. This can, and has caused, tension, conflict and rupture between communities. Black people’s experience of anti-Blackness is specific to Black people, and informs this group’s relationships to both white people and other non-Black people of color. At the same time, Asian communities have been pitted against other people of color and must challenge  the model minority myth that situates them in proximity to whiteness for doing “it” the right way; “it” being: immigration, education, criminality, wealth, professionalism and colorism. These markers of whiteness also cause intra-communal harm and stigma within the Asian diaspora.

Our work is to build understanding of each other’s experiences so that we can build solidarity between Black and Asian communities. We interrogate the overlapping harms both communities experience like: over-policing, incarceration, detention, deportation, and chronic economic exploitation. This harm is not experienced the same but stems from the same place: white supremacy, colonialism and capitalism. 

We do this work because solidarity is key to building our collective movement and addressing state violence. 

After more than a decade of organizing, we know that the persistent lack of basic resources in communities of color makes mutual aid, political education, and collective action essential for survival and systems change In the South - where movements are powerful but often underfunded. Therefore, we are committed to building strong, intersectional movements that can last.

As we have seen in major cities across the nation, including Charlotte, direct action, divestment and non-cooperation have been the most effective tactics in shifting power during the recent CBP operations. In 2026 we have the immense opportunity to harness the momentum, the knowledge and experience that we have gained over the past year fighting CBP to build a stronger united front against all forms of state violence and imperialism.  

 Our Approach

SEAC Village operates as a collective, worker-led, non-hierarchical organization rooted in shared leadership and accountability. With a small but committed staff and a growing base of members, we invest deeply in political education, skills training, and leadership development. Through both adult and youth organizing circles, civic engagement, rapid response, and collective action, we support our community to analyze power, respond to crisis, and create meaningful change. In 2026 our goals and strategy are to: build solidarity between Black and Southeast Asian communities through mutual aid and political education, stop the expansion of the deportation machine through community defense and blocking new detention centers, and mobilize all of our resources towards national collective action when the time comes.  In order to shift power, we must harness the momentum of this moment and take bold action.

In North Carolina we are building a strong, intersectional movement across the state but we are spread thin due to funding. We are seeking long term sustainable investment from folks who believe in transformative organizing and funding critical work in the South.