The SEAD Project

The SEAD Project Growing social empowerment ecosystems for our Southeast Asian diaspora community

Started in 2010, The SEAD Project (Southeast Asian Diaspora Development) is a creative social organization on a mission to be an accessible community hub that provides streamlined pop-up workshops on language learning, storytelling, cultural exchanges and knowledge-sharing for Southeast Asian diaspora communities. Through safe and welcoming spaces, we hope to connect the disconnected and drive empowerment to plant the seeds of hope and possibility, locally and globally.

✨ Last, but not least! Here are the rest of our Mekong Journeys storytellers for you to meet! ✨Today, we're highlighting...
06/11/2026

✨ Last, but not least! Here are the rest of our Mekong Journeys storytellers for you to meet! ✨

Today, we're highlighting Sotheary Duong, Nicollazzi Xiong, Mee Vang from our Mekong Journeys: Raising New Villages digital storytelling archive.

Join us in celebrating the launch of Mekong Journeys: Raising New Villages and all 10 of our storytellers. Registration is required for catering.

📅 Saturday, June 13, 2026
⏰ 2-4 PM
📍825 Arts | 825 University Ave W, St Paul, MN
🔗 theseadproject.org/mekongjourneys

We're also looking for volunteers to help us properly honor these stories at our launch event. https://forms.gle/aph4rfH5m3o1PXHa8

✨ Here are a few more of our Mekong Journeys storytellers for you to meet! ✨Today, we're highlighting our entrepreneurs ...
06/11/2026

✨ Here are a few more of our Mekong Journeys storytellers for you to meet! ✨

Today, we're highlighting our entrepreneurs Sina War, Rasmi Syonesa, and Martino Nguyen from our Mekong Journeys: Raising New Villages digital storytelling archive.

Join us in celebrating the launch of Mekong Journeys: Raising New Villages. Registration is required.

📅 Saturday, June 13, 2026
⏰ 2-4 PM
📍825 Arts | 825 University Ave W, St Paul, MN
🔗 Registration link in the bio

We're also looking for volunteers to help us properly honor these stories at our launch event. More info in the bio 🔗

We are excited to announce the launch of Mekong Journeys: Raising New Villages, a living digital archive preserving the ...
06/09/2026

We are excited to announce the launch of Mekong Journeys: Raising New Villages, a living digital archive preserving the stories, memories, and histories of Southeast Asian communities.

Through oral histories, storytelling, and art, this project honors 50 years of resilience, migration, rebuilding, and community care. Together, we celebrate the stories that shaped our communities and ensure future generations can continue carrying them forward.

Join us for the launch event:

📍 825 Arts @ 825 University Ave W, St Paul, MN 55104
📅 June 13, 2026
⏰ 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
🔗 theseadproject.org/mekongjourneys

✨ Meet a few of our Mekong Journeys storytellers for you to meet! ✨Today, we're highlighting our creatives Phuoc Thi Min...
06/09/2026

✨ Meet a few of our Mekong Journeys storytellers for you to meet! ✨

Today, we're highlighting our creatives Phuoc Thi Minh Tran, Somchay Souvankham, Jenny Tam, and Dahlia Ly. They are 4 out of the 10 storytellers in our Mekong Journeys: Raising New Villages digital storytelling archive.

Join us in celebrating the launch of Mekong Journeys: Raising New Villages. Registration is required.

📅 Saturday, June 13, 2026
⏰ 2-4 PM
📍825 Arts | 825 University Ave W, St Paul, MN
🔗 Registration link in the bio

We're also looking for volunteers to help us properly honor these stories at our launch event. More info in the bio 🔗

We’re looking for volunteers for our upcoming exhibition on June 13th.Mekong Journeys: Raising New Villages is a living ...
05/30/2026

We’re looking for volunteers for our upcoming exhibition on June 13th.

Mekong Journeys: Raising New Villages is a living digital archive preserving the stories, memories, and histories of Southeast Asian communities, and we're hosting a celebration! If you are interested in volunteering for the event, please fill out this form. Link in the bio! 🔗

📅 DATE: Saturday, June 13, 2026
⏰ SHIFT TIME: 11:00 am – 6:30 pm (7.5 hours)
📍 LOCATION: 825 Arts - 825 University Ave W, St Paul, MN 55104

Come for a Pho-nomenal Time! 🍜Start your summer even hotter with some pho, drinks and karaoke at out Phoraiser this Satu...
05/29/2026

Come for a Pho-nomenal Time! 🍜

Start your summer even hotter with some pho, drinks and karaoke at out Phoraiser this Saturday.

📅 Saturday, May 30, 2026
⏰ 11 AM - 5 PM
📍 Puzzles Bar Restaurant & Banquet

Need a ticket? Tickets will be on sale until the end of the event. bit.ly/seausbloom26

For nearly 15 years, The SEAD Project has been planting seeds for Southeast Asian diaspora cultural bearers, storyteller...
05/23/2026

For nearly 15 years, The SEAD Project has been planting seeds for Southeast Asian diaspora cultural bearers, storytellers, artists, and language learners. Through community organizing, critical language preservation, and storytelling, we’ve worked to ensure our histories and voices continue to bloom across generations.

Like many grassroots arts and cultural organizations, SEAD is currently facing significant funding challenges. Sustaining this work is becoming increasingly difficult amid rising costs and shifting funding landscapes. This is a critical moment for our organization and the communities we serve.

This AAPI Heritage Month, we’re asking our community to show up and grow with us. We need your support to continue our work. Help us ensure our journeys are celebrated, preserved, and heard for generations to come.

Let’s eat, sing, play, connect, and keep these stories blooming together.

JOIN US!

📅 Date: May 30, 2026

📍 Location: Puzzles Bar Restaurant and Banquet, North Saint Paul, MN (Proudly Hmong-owned!)

🎟️ Get Your Tickets: Link in the Bio

Today is the last day to register!The SEAD Project is offering an 8-week, online Level 1 Lao Language workshop to help f...
05/08/2026

Today is the last day to register!

The SEAD Project is offering an 8-week, online Level 1 Lao Language workshop to help folks rebuild their life in a way that honors our lived experiences through cultural and language justice and survival.

This set of workshops will introduce you to the Lao writing system, teach basic terms and phrases, and share understandings of Lao culture.

This workshop is reserved for community members at risk of deportation. We are also extending the invitation to their family members who will potentially need to navigate things overseas to help their families also.

The class will meet every Tuesday at 6-9 PM, starting May 12, 2026 through July 7, 2026.

Registration closes tonight, May 8!

bit.ly/laolevel1! (Link in the bio)

Let’s eat, karaoke, play games, connect, and keep these stories blooming!Come for a Pho-nomenal Time and stay to support...
05/07/2026

Let’s eat, karaoke, play games, connect, and keep these stories blooming!

Come for a Pho-nomenal Time and stay to support our growth in cultural organizing, critical language, and the powerful storytelling that defines our community. Your contribution helps us lift and enrich the narratives of Minnesota’s SEA Diaspora, ensuring our diverse journeys are celebrated and heard.

📅 Date: May 30, 2026

📍 Location: Puzzles Bar Restaurant and Banquet, North Saint Paul, MN (Proudly Hmong-owned!)

🎟️ Get Your Tickets: theseadproject.org/seausbloom

Registration closes this Friday, May 8! bit.ly/laolevel1The SEAD Project is offering a virtual, 8-week Level 1 Lao Langu...
05/04/2026

Registration closes this Friday, May 8! bit.ly/laolevel1

The SEAD Project is offering a virtual, 8-week Level 1 Lao Language workshop to community members under direct threat of deportation. This set of workshops will introduce you to the Lao writing system, teach basic terms and phrases, and share understandings of Lao culture.

The class will meet every Tuesday at 6-9 PM, starting May 12, 2026 through July 7, 2026

This workshop is reserved for community members at risk of deportation. Space is limited so we will need to verify each student's ability to attend classes.

If you are a community member who does not meet this criteria, please consider registering for the general Level 1 language series offered this fall (Registration opens this summer).

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1624 Harmon Place Ste 305
Minneapolis, MN
55403

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5:30pm
Tuesday 9am - 5:30pm
Wednesday 9am - 5:30pm
Thursday 9am - 5:30pm

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