The SEAD Project

ABOUT US The SEAD Project started with the vision of Chanida Phaengdara Potter and a group of Southeast Asian young professionals who wanted to not only connect with their roots and heritage, but to think bigger and beyond preservation. We’re starting a diaspora movement. To rethink and reimagine and reshape what’s possible in development and growth for a thriving community with a pivoted focus on empowering young professionals, women and youth. OUR MISSION Started in 2010, The SEAD Project (Southeast Asian Diaspora Development) is a social venture on a mission to be an accessible community hub that provides streamlined cross cultural workshops, exchanges and knowledge-sharing that navigates the global marketplace to achieve sustainable development for Southeast Asian locals and diaspora communities. Through safe and welcoming spaces, we hope to connect the disconnected and drive E-mpowerment to plant the seeds of hope and possibility locally and globally. Since 2015, SEAD is a legally recognized 501c3 nonprofit organization based in Minneapolis, Minnesota and Vientiane, Laos (Ban Phon Village, Phone Hong District). OUR VISION Empowering the disconnected Southeast Asian local + global diaspora communities. CONTACT | info@theseadproject.org