Yearly Archives: 2021

• Catherine’s Welcome

  By Catherine Han, MD MS Program Coordinator
  Photos & Media courtesy of Catherine

  Hi Everyone! 안녕! ​​?

  My name is Catherine Hyowon Han (한효원) (she/her/hers), the new Virginia Middle School Program Coordinator. Today, I will be taking

• Diana’s Welcome

  By Diana Tran, DC MS Program Coordinator
  Photos & Media courtesy of Diana

  

  Hello everyone! Xin chào các bạn! こんにちは、 皆さん。よろしくお願いします！My name

• Thanksgiving Cards: Writing for a Cause

  By Rochielle Canare, MD Middle School Program Coordinator
  Photos and Media courtesy of AALEAD Staff

  

• Keeping Up with DC AALEAD!

  By Natie Hara, DC High School Program Coordinator
  Photos Courtesy of AALEAD Staff, Youth, and Partners

  And we’re off!  Kicking off our fall programs, AALEAD has been hard at work facilitating hybrid programs and bringing youth and communities together.  Below is a summary of all of the programs and events DC AALEAD has hosted and has had the opportunity to attend.  Shine to all of the staff

• Safety with Sound Recap

  By: Bang Co, DC Programs Manager
  Photos courtesy of Bang Co

  Throughout the months of August and September, the AALEAD team worked diligently to prepare and distribute goodie bags filled with PPE and other safety tools. Some of these tools included a personal Birdie safety alarm, a safety palm card in different languages, and a whistle from the Yellow Whistle campaign (items depicted below). This in

• AALEAD Visits the Washington Spirit

  By Liana Shivers, VA Programs Manager
  Photos Courtesy of AALEAD Staff

  Do you remember your first in-person soccer game? The bright stadium lights, the green grassy field (is it real grass or fake grass - you wonder), the buzz of energy in the air right before the game kicks off? For a few AALEAD youth and staff, it was Sunday August 22nd when AALEAD was invited as a Game Day Partner to the Washington Spiri

• Join our DC 2021-2022 After-School Program

  Join us this school year for our HYBRID After-School Program!
  - HIGH SCHOOL (starting in late September 2021)
  - MIDDLE SCHOOL (starting in October-November 2021)
  - We will be operating virtually with in-person opportunities!

  WHY?
  We support low-income and underserved Asian Pacific American youth with educational empowerment, identity developm

• VA Summer Trip: The National Zoo!

  By Kathy Jiang, VA HS Program Coordinator
  
  Photos Courtesy of AALEAD Staff
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  VA Summer Programs wrapped up at the end of last month with our first field trip since pre-pandemic times: to the Smithsonian Zoo. It was a fun, if humid, day filled with animal friends and bonding.

  Safety with Sound Initiative: AAPI Resident Safety Giveaway

  COMMUNITY SAFETY TOOLS & AAPI RESIDENTS & SENIOR CITIZENS

  In light of the increasing anti-AAPI hate crimes, Asian American LEAD is working on a project to equip our community members against the violence towards AAPI senior citizens. Through our Safety with Sound initiative, AALEAD will distribute personal safety goodie bags and PPE (shown below).
  
  We believe that this is a grea

• DC AALEAD’s Summer Gratitude List

  By Natie Hara, DC High School Program Coordinator
  
  Photos Courtesy of AALEAD Youth and Staff
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  After enduring one of the most historic years, we prioritized mental wellness and coming together as a community this summer.  Titled CommUNITY: Stronger Together, we discussed our personal journeys with mental health and s