Asian Refugees United (ARU) is a grassroots art and healing organization serving communities impacted by displacement. Established in 2016, ARU exists to improve the health and well-being of Asian immigrant and refugee communities by building voice, visibility and power. ARU is 100% staffed by first, 1.5 and second generation immigrant/refugee artist activists with deep connections to communities served.

ARU staff and project leaders use arts modalities that include traditional and contemporary music and movement, storytelling, cultural rituals and practices, visual art-making and media production to provide healing and leadership development opportunities for Asian refugee youth and adults. 

Asian Refugees United exists to improve the health and wellbeing of Asian immigrant and refugee communities by building voice, visibility and power. Our work centers the voices of the Vietnamese and Bhutanese refugee communities who fled persecution in their home country only to face new and shared struggles resettling in East Oakland, California and Greater Harrisburg Area, Pennsylvania.