Monthly Archives: December 2014

• Food for Thought: Turning Passions into Careers

  By Keo Xiong, MD Middle School Program Coordinator Photos Courtesy of Keo Xiong, MD Middle School Program Coordinator AALEADers love food. They love to eat food. They love talk about food. They love to cook food. They love to create new food dishes. In AALEAD, we spend a lot of time learning about different cultures and peoples through the foods they eat as well. This week, AALEAD youth at Argyle and Parkland Magnet Middle Schools participated in a career workshop to learn how they can turn the

• Another Addition! Welcome, Shobana!

  Hello, everyone!  My name is Shobana and I have just joined the team at Asian American LEAD as the new DC Middle and High School Programs Coordinator.  I am very excited to be a part of AALEAD and to meet all of my youth! I graduated from the

• MD Middle School Youth Council Leads the Way!

  By Sevin H., Thanh N., and Sophia Y., MD Middle School Youth Council Members Photos Courtesy of Thanh N. and Sophia Y., MD Middle School Youth Council Members The MD Middle School Youth Council held its first meeting on Saturday, November 22nd. Thirteen youth from 5 different middle schools attended the meeting. These students became Youth Council Leaders through ways of voting, applications, and writing essays. At this meeting, we met the other Youth Council Leaders and played an icebreaker a