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• AALEAD Unleash & Ignite Showcase

  By Ha Nguyen, Development & Communications Associate, YLan Nguyen, MD Programs Manager and Charles Kuo, former DC Programs Manager

  Photos courtesy of AALEAD Staff

  This past month, AALEAD hosted Summer Programs for over 90 Middle & High School Youth in DC and MD over the course of 5 weeks. AALEAD's Summer Programs allow youth to gain additional opportunities t

• Greetings from Roselyn!

  By: Roselyn Buensuceso, MD Middle School Program Coordinator
  Photos Courtesy of Roselyn Buensuceso and AALEAD Staff

  

  By: Charles Kuo, DC Programs Manager

  Photos courtesy of AALEAD Staff

  

• MD AALEADers Kick Off Summer Program

  By: Jamie Fleishman, MD Middle School Program Coordinator

  Photos courtesy of AALEAD Staff

  This July, Maryland programs celebrated the start of their Summer Program at Parkland Magnet Middle School in Rockville, Maryland. Summer program participants come from middle and high schools within Montgomery County, and have the opportunity to explore and understand the 2019

• MD Ignite Summer Orientation Camp Highlights

  By: YLan Nguyen, MD Programs Manager

  Photos courtesy of AALEAD Staff

  To kick off AALEAD Ignite Summer Program, Maryland Summer Youth Program Coordinators (SYPCs) embarked on a long-distance three-day camping trip at Denton Wesleyan Camp in Denton, MD. SYPCs play a key role in the AALEAD Summer Program by being the leaders for program participants as well as supportin

• MD AALEADers celebrated the end of the school year

  By: Jamie Fleishman, MD Middle School Program Coordinator

  Photos courtesy of AALEAD Staff

  Earlier this month, AALEADers from the Maryland Afterschool Programs came together to celebrate the end of their school year and all of their accomplishments! Youth and their families gathered in AALEAD's new Maryland office at the Nonprofit Village, and enjoyed food, games, and

• Ignite your Passions

  By: Aaron Orpilla, DC Middle and High School Program Coordinator

  Photos courtesy of AALEAD Staff

  On May 23rd, 2019, DC AALEAD programs held our first annual Ignite Showcase at Bancroft Elementary School. The Ignite Showcase is an opportunity for youth to present, what they’ve learned and experienced this past year and sharing it with the community.

  By: Pallavi Rudraraju, former VA Middle School Program Coordinator

  Photos courtesy of AALEAD Staff

  Hello everyone,
  

  There’s no easy way to say it: this is my final blog post.
  

  As I write this post, I feel overwhelmed. Overwhelmed with gratitude, fondness

• Our Stories: DC Elementary School Youth Council Podcast

  By: Saadia Ahmad, DC Elementary School Program Coordinator

  Photos courtesy of AALEAD Staff

  As a youth worker, you are always amazed by the brilliance, compassion, thoughtfulness, and kindheartedness of young people every single day, and the most recent project by our DC Elementary School Youth Council was nothing short of that.

  By: Neel Saxena, Executive Director

  Media courtesy of Comcast Newsmakers and Various Sources

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