What we do at Viet Voices
voting is here! ☑️
🏙️ Lets do our part San Diego 🌆
voting is here! ☑️ 🏙️ Lets do our part San Diego 🌆
Visit our VOTING HUB page and find important information on Voting, Voting locations, Mail-Ballots, Candidates,
and much more!
Upcoming events
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AAPI Emerging Artist Fellowship
Announcing the selected artists for the 2026 AAPI Emerging Artist Fellowship —
Armaan Mumtaz @armaanmumtaz
Kelsey Boncato @celestial_kels
Lucy Mu Li @lucy_mu_li
X (studiox.art)
This year, we transform the classification of the “emerging” artist into the submerging…
Group show in July 2026 on Kumeyaay land. -
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GOTV June 2026
As the California June primary election approaches, we're looking for dedicated volunteers to help us build community power.
Volunteer opportunities include phonebanking and canvassing (door-to-door knocking). No experience necessary and virtual options available! -
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The Banana Leak Fellowship SPring 2026!
Introducing our newest AAPI organizers. the second batch of Banana Leaves Fellowship!
Wanna get to know them? (And you should ) Reach out to meet these amazing women. Introducing:
Ashley
Vivian
Dannie
Tracy
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volunteer with us!
Frustrated about the state of the world? Want to do something and make a difference?
In partnership with UCSD APSA, Viet Voices will be taking to the streets (and phones) to encourage community members in City Heights to vote in the upcoming special election. No experience needed, all are welcome!
Labubu wants YOU to sign up and build community power!
Phonebanking - bit.ly/VVGOTVphone
Canvassing - bit.ly/VVGOTVwalk
Past Events
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The whimsies Workshop
Everyone is Welcome!
All Media is Welcome!Optional: Bring a few selected works that represent you and creative direction. We love to hear about you and your art!
We meet monthly on the LAST SATURDAY of the month!
📆April 25th, 2026
⏰5pm-8pm
📍4660 El Cajon Blvd. #211A
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Civic Education: Environmental racism and economics
The fight for racial and economic justice cannot be removed from climate justice, learn more about the intersectional climate fight for Our Future!
📆April 23, 2026
⏰4pm - 6pm
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Viet Voices Spring community Mixer April 11th
Spring into April with Viet Voices! Come join us at Central Ave Park to hang out with community, eat, and dance to some live music with DJ Nymph!
📆April 11, 2026
⏰10 am - 1 pm
📍Central Avenue Mini Park
3642-3680 Central Ave, San Diego, CA 92105 -
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year of the horse: gather and give
📆 Thursday, January 29th
🕚 6pm - 8pm
📍Common Theory, 4805 Convoy St. San Diego 92111Join Viet Voices for Year of the Horse: Gather & Give — a community mixer + fundraiser to meet new faces and build coalition!
Jan 29, 6–8pm at Common Theory (Convoy). Tickets via the link/QR or comment “HORSE” for the link in your DM! -
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Community Mixer APril 30th
April 30th marks the end of the Vietnam War, a major historical event that continues to have rippling effects on the Vietnamese and Lao community.
Join us and a panel of local community members as we connect past to present and discuss what a healed future looks like.
📆Thursday, April 30th
⏰6pm - 8pm
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AAPI Emerging Artist Fellowship
Group exhibition in December 2025 on Kumeyaay land.
Announcing the selected artists for the Fall/Winter 2025 AAPI Emerging Artist Fellowship.
Jenn Ban @jenn.ban
Sebastian Loo @seblooloo
Rino Kodama @bread.kiln
Jon Chen @quantum_friend -
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AAPI Emerging Artist Fellowship
Announcing the selected artists for the Spring/Summer 2025 AAPI Emerging Artist Fellowship
Seh Reum Tom @_the_web_
C. Ryu @c.ryu_portal
Long Nguyen @makeupwithlong
haven luya @luyaentangled -
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The Banana Leaf Fellowship
The movement will get stronger with more badass AAPI organizers. Introducing our very first Banana Leaves Fellowship.
Wanna get to know them? (And you should ) Reach out to meet these amazing women. Introducing:
Khang
Nicole
Amy
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The land we carry
Saturday, July 26th
El Salon, 114 W Hall Ave, San Ysidro, CAA One-Day Performance Art Festival Honoring Lineage through Ritual
the land we carry meditates on the intersections of diasporic memory, queerness, and spiritual inheritance. Artists will express live and non-live performances through new media, photography, sculpture, and interdisciplinary methods.
Admission: Free with RSVP
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a new home from far away
📅 Saturday, April 28
⏰ 7:00 PM PT
📍 Old Town Theatre.
Twiggs St, San Diego 92111In the time when immigrants and refugees are being treated with violence, it is important to document our immigrant stories. Here is another one from the 5 volunteers that we worked with to share their stories at the event, "A New Home from Far Away"
Partnered with Write Out Loud.
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Civic Education: Surveillance
Monthly Event
⏰ 6:00–7:30 PM PT
📍 On ZoomJoin us for a powerful session on Civic Education: Surveillance
Learn how surveillance impacts our daily lives and the San Diego community.
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protect our community
📅 Saturday, October 4th
⏰ 11:00 AM PT
📍 City HeightsJoin us for Round 2 of our Business KYR Canvassing as we continue to outreach to our Vietnamese/Southeast Asian/Latino businesses to share Know-Your-Rights resources.
Join us for a couple of hours as we support our communities and provide them ways to protect themselves against ICE raids.
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Check out more of our past events!
- Standup Fight Back!
- NEW WAVE, Film Screening
- Liminal Space
- Đẹp
Click below to our past
Events Page!
US in Action
Viet Voices is dedicated to…
…building a resilient and thriving Vietnamese community in San Diego. Through grassroots community organizing, we seek to elevate the voice of the Vietnamese community to empower them to create a future of abundance for all. We focus on events, outreach, training, and civic engagement to strengthen the power of the Vietnamese people and advocate with our historically underserved community at every level of governance.
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