Hai Bui is the Founder of We the People Organize, a Houston-based public accountability project that helps people understand power, expose its abuse, and organize for justice.

Born in Saigon, Vietnam, Hai came to the United States as a refugee in 1975. His family rebuilt their lives in America, an experience that shaped his lifelong belief in democracy, civil rights, and the responsibility of ordinary people to stand up when institutions fail.

Hai’s public service began at Tulane University, where he founded the Campus Organization of AIDS Prevention, one of the early student-led HIV/AIDS education efforts in the region. After decades in business and community life, he returned to public advocacy with a focus on government accountability, police transparency, immigrant rights, and constitutional protections.

Through We the People Organize, Hai has helped shine public attention on issues including the Harding Street raid, Houston police accountability, ICE-related detention concerns, public safety transparency, and the need for local government to answer to the people it serves.

Hai believes democracy is not something we watch from the sidelines. It is something we practice together.

His work is guided by a simple mission:

Helping people turn injustice into organized action.