Yearly Archives: 2021

• Bang’s Welcome

  By Bang Co, DC Programs Manager

  Photos & Media courtesy of Bang

  

  Youth Voice and Power: Responses to AAPI Discrimination

  By Rochielle Canare, MD Middle School Program Coordinator

  Photos & Media courtesy of AALEAD Staff and Youth

• Celebrating the Asian-American Experience

  By Kathy Jiang, VA HS Program Coordinator 

  Photos Courtesy of AALEAD Staff

  

  The Stereotypes We Face: A Reflection By DC’s Youth Program Assistants

  By Kaeli Patchen

  As Youth Program Assistants (YPAs), high school youth are responsible for assisting program coordinators with administrative tasks and program facilitation. In addition to participating in YELP! Programs with middle school youth, they also attend weekly intern meetings where

• A Word From Executive Director Akil Vohra

  

  To our youth, friends, families, and AALEAD supporters,

  By Maggie Chu, Maryland High School Program Coordinator

  Photos Courtesy of Maggie Chu
  

  With the rush of senior college applications dying down post winter break, the AALEAD high school team from Maryland, Virginia and DC went to work. Fo

• Youth Voices for Local Change

  By YLan Nguyen, Maryland Programs Manager

  Photos Courtesy of AALEAD, Google Maps

  AALEAD hosted focus groups for

• Be Seen, Be Heard: New Connections in Virginia’s Virtual Spring Programs

  By Hannah Casey, VA Middle School Program Coordinator

  Photos Courtesy of Hannah Casey

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• The Spirit of DC Programs

  By Natie Hara, DC High School Program Coordinator

  Photos Courtesy of AALEAD Youth

  By: Grace, Tony, Vy, Mylieni, and Kairi, Maryland Youth Council Members

  Photos Courtesy of Maryland Youth Council & MD Community Advocacy Intern

  This year, AALEAD youth continue to creatively hone their leadership skills during virtual programs. Maryland Youth Council leaders reflect on their experiences planning and facilitating MD Day for their program peer