Student Engagement and Education for Development and Success
(SEEDS)
2023 marks the sixth year of SEEDS (Student Engagement and Education for Development and Success), a summer youth program hosted by the Vietnamese American Roundtable to train and grow future community leaders who can address community issues through hands-on programming experience.
Youth from ages 14-24, from high school to college, will engage in curated community spaces, workshops, and planning sessions to learn about current issues impacting the local Vietnamese community, to identify significant issues that are resonant with their own experiences, and to configure sustainable solutions to these issues, such as racial subjugation and discrimination and anti-AAPI hate and violence.
Through the course of the summer-long program, participants under the guidance of professional mentors from VAR will develop potential solutions, equip themselves with and grow pertinent skill sets, as well as learn about strategies for effective advocacy.
At the conclusion of the program, participants will work collaboratively to share a community-engaged, issues-based project of choice at a public showcase open to all family, friends, and community members to attend. Our showcase this year is scheduled for Saturday, August 12th, 2023.
Additional Resources for Students:
** To help with transportation, VAR will be offering travel expenses and reimbursement to any student with financial need.
** Scholarships (10)of $100 are available to students who attend a majority of sessions.
** All program and lesson materials (textbooks, PDF articles) will be provided at no cost for participants. Registrants will receive exclusive Vietnamese American Roundtable and SEEDS merchandise -- available in limited supply.
** Registrations are strongly encouraged to reserve your space in the program! Drop-ins will be welcomed.
If you have questions, please contact us at SEEDS@varoundtable.org
2023 PROGRAM OVERVIEW** | Tentative Dates, Locations, and Topics
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Time: 10am-1pm
Location: Vietnamese American Cultural Center
Goals: Introduction and Welcome to the program, project-based learning objectives, issues brainstorming
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Time: 10am-1pm
Location: Viet Museum
Goals: Learn about and contextualize the history of refugees and immigrants in the United States. Equip students with tools to uncover their own personal histories
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Time: 10am-1pm
Location: Grand Century Mall, Vietnam Town Mall
Goals: Reflect on the history and formation of Asian American and Vietnamese American community building
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Time: 10am-1pm
Location: Vietnamese American Service Center
Goals: Considering our "origin stories," what are ways that we express ourselves through art, and how we advocate through expression to preserve traditions and values through storytelling and creativity
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Time: 10am-1pm
Location: Vietnamese American Service Center
Goals: What are the narratives that our food tell to the world? How do we understand the importance of sustainability through the lens of food and family recipes.
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Time: 10am-1pm
Location: Vietnamese American Service Center
Goals: Learn from Vietnamese American professionals about how to package and present yourself in the workplace and shape how to plan for life as a student/adult.
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Time: 10am-1pm
Location: Viet Museum
Goals: Explore anti-AAPI hate and its systemic root causes; consider what does allyship, action, and advocacy look like
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Time: 10am-2pm
Location: Vietnamese American Cultural Center
Goals: Each SEEDS participant will be invited to highlight their culminating project that centers on an issue in their local community. Open to the public, inclusive of the friends and family of the SEEDS students.
