{"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":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/se-asiacenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/cropped-Ainslie-SEAC-Sign-e1616183991647.jpg?resize=780%2C448&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"780\" height=\"448\" \/><\/p>\n<p>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<p>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<p>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<h2>SEAC &amp; Bridge International School Administration<\/h2>\n<p><strong>San O, MSW<\/strong><br \/>\nMSW \u2013 Social Work \u2013 University of Chicago<br \/>\nBA \u2013 Anthropology \u2013 Columbia University<br \/>\nBA \u2013 English Lit &amp; Linguistics \u2013 Saigon University<\/p>\n<p><strong>Peter Porr,<\/strong>\u00a0President, Executive Director Emeritus<br \/>\nDoctoral Post Graduate \u2013 Politics of Education \u2013 University of Chicago<br \/>\nMA \u2013 Sociology of Education \u2013 New York University<br \/>\nBA \u2013 Education \u2013 Michigan State University<\/p>\n<p><strong>Anelyn Jablo, Ph.D<\/strong><br \/>\nIllinois B.O.E. Principal Certification<br \/>\nPh.D. \u2013 Education \u2013 National Louis University<br \/>\nMA \u2013 Education \u2013 National Louis University<br \/>\nBA \u2013 Education \u2013 Harris Memorial College in the Philippines<\/p>\n<p><strong>Run-Hao Hu<\/strong><br \/>\nDCFS Childcare Director Certification<br \/>\n35 Years Professional Childcare Experience<\/p>\n<p><strong>Our Staff Languages\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nSouth-East Asia Center (SEAC) specializes in building inter-ethnic bridges. We routinely serve peoples from China, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia &amp; 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<p>South-East Asia Center promotes mutual understanding and cooperation and emphasizes commonalities rather than differences.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Languages Spoken by Staff<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We typically have more than 25 languages represented by staff members, enabling us to assist a wide variety of individuals.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the languages our staff speak include those listed below (for a more comprehensive and up-to-date list see our <a title=\"Contact\" href=\"https:\/\/se-asiacenter.org\/index.php\/contact\/\">contact page<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>Amharic<\/p>\n<p>Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarin, Toishanese)<\/p>\n<p>French<\/p>\n<p>Hindi, Bengali, Urdu<\/p>\n<p>Malay<\/p>\n<p>Spanish<\/p>\n<p>Tagalog<\/p>\n<p>Vietnamese<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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