Thai American Samakkee Coalition   

In 2013, the Samakkee Summit began as a conference in Washington, D.C., to gather Thai and Thai American community members and leaders from across the United States to address various social issues impacting the Thai and Thai American community at large and to highlight opportunity areas in community development and engagement, and immigration reform.

Since then, the Summits have been passed down to different local Thai and Thai American organizational hosts in different U.S. cities to highlight issues relevant to and resources specific to the Thai and Thai American communities in that particular locality. The Summits have received continuous support from the Royal Thai Embassy in Washington, D.C., as well as the regional Royal Thai Consulate-Generals in Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York City. Thai American organizations across the United States from Washington, D.C., to Seattle, to Chicago, to Los Angeles, to San Diego, to New York City have stepped up to host the Samakkee Summits leading up to this year’s summit back in Los Angeles and to the formation of a national non-profit organization in 2019.

The Thai American Samakkee Coalition (Samakkee) formed in 2019 and is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Its leadership is comprised of Thai and Thai American members from across the United States who come from a variety of backgrounds and professions.