{"id":9,"date":"2018-11-13T01:03:02","date_gmt":"2018-11-13T01:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/se-asiacenter.org\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2023-08-16T15:56:34","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T15:56:34","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/se-asiacenter.org\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The South-East Asia Center (SEAC) is a community-based, educational and social service organization building bridges of understanding and cooperation amongst peoples of Old and New World cultures.<\/p>\n

The organization serves some of the most culturally diverse immigrant neighborhoods in the United States, with over one hundred different languages spoken by residents within its service area.<\/p>\n

SEAC\u2019s roughly 50 staff and some 100 volunteers provide cultural, emotional, and educational aid and social services to thousands of individuals each year.<\/p>\n

SEAC & Bridge International School Administration<\/h2>\n

San O, MSW<\/strong>
\nMSW \u2013 Social Work \u2013 University of Chicago
\nBA \u2013 Anthropology \u2013 Columbia University
\nBA \u2013 English Lit & Linguistics \u2013 Saigon University<\/p>\n

Peter Porr,<\/strong>\u00a0President, Executive Director Emeritus
\nDoctoral Post Graduate \u2013 Politics of Education \u2013 University of Chicago
\nMA \u2013 Sociology of Education \u2013 New York University
\nBA \u2013 Education \u2013 Michigan State University<\/p>\n

Anelyn Jablo, Ph.D<\/strong>
\nIllinois B.O.E. Principal Certification
\nPh.D. \u2013 Education \u2013 National Louis University
\nMA \u2013 Education \u2013 National Louis University
\nBA \u2013 Education \u2013 Harris Memorial College in the Philippines<\/p>\n

Run-Hao Hu<\/strong>
\nDCFS Childcare Director Certification
\n35 Years Professional Childcare Experience<\/p>\n

Our Staff Languages\u00a0<\/strong>
\nSouth-East Asia Center (SEAC) specializes in building inter-ethnic bridges. We routinely serve peoples from China, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia & the Philippines, as well as neighboring South Asia, West Asia, and immigrants from Eastern Europe, the Caribbean, Africa, and Latin America as well as native-born Americans of all ancestries.<\/p>\n

South-East Asia Center promotes mutual understanding and cooperation and emphasizes commonalities rather than differences.<\/p>\n

Languages Spoken by Staff<\/strong><\/p>\n

We typically have more than 25 languages represented by staff members, enabling us to assist a wide variety of individuals.<\/p>\n

Some of the languages our staff speak include those listed below (for a more comprehensive and up-to-date list see our contact page<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

Amharic<\/p>\n

Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarin, Toishanese)<\/p>\n

French<\/p>\n

Hindi, Bengali, Urdu<\/p>\n

Malay<\/p>\n

Spanish<\/p>\n

Tagalog<\/p>\n

Vietnamese<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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