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Doua Thor
Executive Director
Phone: (202) 667-4690
Southeast Asia Resource Action Center
1628 16th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009
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Type of Asset Work
Policy advocate/policymaker
Area(s) of Expertise
Post-secondary education & training, Social Security & Social Insurance, Wealth Disparities, Workforce development/access to good jobs, Other
Specific Population Focus
Asian Americans, Immigrants
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Doua Thor is the Executive Director of Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC.) Ms. Thor has worked with national and grassroots Southeast Asian American organizations as well as other diverse refugee organizations for many years, formerly as a New Voices Fellow with Hmong National Development, Inc. (HND). Currently, she serves on the boards of Asian & Pacific Islander American Vote and of the Asian Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund (APIASF), and is a member of the Nielsen Media Research Asian Pacific American Advisory Council.
Ms. Thor is Hmong American. She and her family immigrated from Laos to Detroit, Michigan in 1979. They were one of hundreds of thousands of Hmong families who became refugees after supporting and fighting on the side of the United States during the Vietnam War. She holds a graduate degree from the University of Michigan's School of Social Work with a concentration in social policy and evaluation.
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