By: Ari Pak, Programs Co-Director
Photos courtesy of AALEAD staff
Did you know that 1 in 5 youth ages 13-18 has a serious mental illness (National Alliance for Mental Illness)? According to the #HashtagActivism in the VA Programs
By Pallavi Rudraraju, VA Middle School Program Coordinator
Photos courtesy by Pallavi Rudraraju
This week, AALEAD youth in Fairfax County learned about Hashtag Activism, a form of Digital Organizing.
By Neel Saxena, Executive Director
Photos from various sources
By Neel Saxena, Executive Director
Photos Courtesy of Freidricka Camille, College and Career Mentoring Program Coordinator
AALEAD’s approach to out-of-school time p
By Neel Saxena, Executive Director
Photo courtesy of Taquiena Boston
On Thursday, October 18, 2019, Asian American LEAD (AALEAD) connected with the Consumer Health Foundation (CHF) to help celebrate their 20th Anniversary with a tour of DC’s Chinatown and share #ThisFireBurnin inside youth whose history has been erased and ignored. CHF advocates for racial eq
By Aaron Orpilla, DC Middle & High School Program Coordinator; and Iftakhar Alam, Communications Intern
Photo Courtesy of Aaron Orpilla
By Stephanie Lim, former DC Middle & High School Program Coordinator
Photos Courtesy of Stephanie Lim and AALEAD Staff
At the time of writing, it is the Monday of my last week at Asian American LEAD. I have cleaned out most of my desk and organized it for the next coordinator. I have packed most of the notes and cards I’ve received from youth, former i
By Vi Bui, Youth Mentoring & Volunteer Programs Coordinator; Freidricka Camille, College & Career Mentoring Programs Coordinator; and Ha Nguyen, Development & Communications Associate
Photos courtesy of AALEAD Staff
Founded in 1998, AALEAD initially served the large Vietnamese refugee community in the Columbia Heights area of Washington DC. As the dem
By: Pallavi Rudrataju, VA Middle School Program Coordinator; and Ha Nguyen, Development & Communications Associate
Photo Courtesy of AALEAD Staff
The Back to School season is finally upon us. Here at AALEAD, this is the time where our program staff work even more diligently together to kick off the AALEAD's After School and Mentoring Programs for the new
By Sharon Rajadurai, VA Summer Program Intern; Alani Fujii, MD Summer Program Intern; and Ha Nguyen, Development & Communications Associate
Photos Courtesy of AALEAD Staff
On August 2nd, the 2018 AALEAD Origins Summer Program officially concluded after serving over 100 youth grades 6 to 12 across the DC metropolitan area in Montgomery County