Yearly Archives: 2018

• Stress Less Week at Poe Middle School

  By Pallavi Rudraraju, VA Middle School Program Coordinator Photos courtesy of Ha Nguyen You may not know it, but May, in addition to being APAHM - Asian Pacific American Heritage Month - is also Mental Health Awareness Month. Thanks to the support of 

  It Takes a Circus To Raise a Child

  By: Vi Bui, Youth Mentoring & Volunteer Programs Coordinator Photos courtesy of AALEAD Staff After a week of rainstorms around DC, the Mentoring Programs end of the year barbecue scheduled for this past Saturday had to be canceled. To our luck, we had the chance through charity Tickets For Kids to attend Cirque du Soleil Luzia at Tysons II instead! Although it was last minute change and at a different time than our original planned group even

• A Journey in Snapshots: AALEAD Youth Take On Philadelphia and Baltimore

  By: Ari Pak, MD Programs Manager Photos courtesy of AALEAD staff   QUIZ: What does the “E” in AALEAD stand for? No cheating! (scroll down for answer!)

  An Internship Reflection: Growing Together with Our Youth

  By: Kenny Lam, DC Elementary School Program Intern Photos Courtesy of AALEAD Staff Over the duration of my internship I learned how to interact with elementary-aged children in the school environment, in addition to working with AALEAD staff to create age-appropriate lesson plans. My experience with AALEAD has taught me that youth development is not a one-way conversation in which we pour knowledge into children’s brains, but rather a two-way conversation that allows both the youth and t

• Celebrate Our Stories, Our History

  By Neel Saxena, AALEAD Executive Director Photos Courtesy of Various Sources   Every May, the Asian Pacific American (APA) community gears up for

• Letters Of Care

  By Saadia Ahmad, DC Elementary School Program Coordinator Photos courtesy of AALEAD Staff

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• When Youth Facilitated Their Own Workshops

  By Shaima Ahmad, Virginia Programs Manager Photos courtesy of AALEAD Staff   Over the past few weeks, our youth at Annandale High School have worked hard to research, prepare, and facilitate workshops for their peers. Youth are given the opportunity to generate ideas for topics that they find interesting. This year we covered a variety of topics such as:   <

• Aspire to LEAD 2018: Rooted in our past, creating our future

  By Ha Nguyen, Development and Communications Associate
  Photos and Videos Courtesy of AALEAD staff

   

  On April 6, 2018, we hosted our annual breakfast fundraiser Aspire to LEAD at the Top of the Town conference facility. This annual event is an opportunity for the AALEAD Board Members and Staff to gather with our community members and share with them the stories of our AALEAD youth.

   

  Maryland Social Event

  By Shanice Lo, Maryland Middle School Program Coordinator Photos Courtesy of Mecca McPherson   On March 30th, during the Maryland School Spring Break. AALEAD High School and Middle School Youth are invited to attend the MD Bowling Party. This event is a reward for youth who have had excellent attendance of 80% or better at AALEAD programs. We appreciate youth continually coming to programs and sharing their stories and experience with us.

• Joint Program with Promising Futures – experience and what youth learned

  By Stephanie Lim, DC Middle & High School Program Coordinator Photos Courtesy of Stephanie Lim   What happens when two youth-serving organizations come together? Recently, a group of AALEAD’s DC Middle & High School youth had an opportunity to lead a joint program with youth from P