Sarath Sarinay Suong (he/him) was born in Khao I Dang refugee camp after his family fled Cambodia’s civil war. They resettled in his hometown of Revere, Massachusetts where he learned about community organizing as a working class, queer refugee. Sarath attended Brown University in Rhode Island where he majored in Ethnic Studies with a specific focus on Southeast Asian resettlement, resilience, and resistance. He became a co-founder and former Executive Director of Providence Youth Student Movement (PrYSM), a community organization of Southeast Asian young people, queer and trans youth of color, and survivors of state violence organizing collectively against state violence.
Sarath is a founding Co-Chair of the Alliance of Rhode Island Southeast Asians for Education (ARISE), a local youth organization fighting for education justice. Sarath sits on the advisory board of the Immigrant Justice Network, a network of immigrant justice groups dedicated to thriving communities free from policing, deportation, and imprisonment. And he is the National Director of Southeast Asian Freedom Network (SEAFN), a movement family of Southeast Asian grassroots organizations founded to fight against detention and deportation. Sarath loves his family, friends, young people, and is the biggest X-Men geek you’d ever meet.
Sarath Sarinay Suong (he/him) was born in Khao I Dang refugee camp after his family fled Cambodia’s civil war. They resettled in his hometown of Revere, Massachusetts where he learned about community organizing as a working class queer refugee. Sarath is the National Director of Southeast Asian Freedom Network (SEAFN), a movement family of Southeast Asian grassroots organizations united to fight for abolition.
