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• MD Middle School and High School Youth Collaborate

  By Melor Suhaimi, MD Programs Manager Photos Courtesy of Melor Suhaimi On Saturday, March 14th, AALEAD's MD middle and high school Youth Council leaders came together to discuss and meet about future collaborative projects. Even though the school year is coming to an end, there are upcoming projects and events that our MD Youth Council leaders are planning for. With the first meeting of the year that included both AALEAD's MD middle and high school Youth Council leaders, the meeting kicked of

• Bancroft Bulletin: Celebrating Lunar New Year

  By Madeline Sumida, Elementary Program Teacher & Site Coordinator Photo Courtesy of AALEAD Student Through the end of February and early March, AALEAD students at Bancroft Elementary School celebrated and learned about the Lunar New Year by sharing their family traditions and exploring unfamiliar ways of welcoming the New Year! By comparing and contrasting the holiday in China, Korea, and Vietnam, students learned about the common origin of the spring festival as well a

• Fiesta Asia Dance Practice Underway

  By Melor Suhaimi, MD Programs Manager Photos Courtesy of AALEAD Staff This past Saturday, some of our youth from our MD, DC, and VA programs gathered at Joy of Motion Dance Center in Washington, D.C. to practice for the dance that AALEAD youth will perform at this year's Fiesta Asia.  The youth that attended Saturday's meeting are known as this year's "Fiesta Asia Lead Choreographers."  These youth have worked hard in the last few weeks to crea

• A Lovely Afternoon at DC Central Kitchen!

  By Ying C., AALEAD DC Student Photos courtesy of Shobana Modur, DC Middle and High School Program Coordinator AALEADers LOVE community service! From wrapping presents for our holiday parties to serving food for the less fortunate, our youth love giving back to their community.  When AALEADers had the day off from school, they jumped at the chance to volunteer at DC Central Kitchen.  Check out a blog post by one of our youth, Ying, below!

  On February 23rd, a couple of AA

• VAHS at Just World Festival

  By Shaima Ahmad, VA High School Coordinator Photos Courtesy of Shaima Ahmad The Just World Festival promotes multicultural understanding and encourages youth to be involved with important social causes and issues. AALEAD students from the Virginia High School Program had the opportunity to attend and be exhibitors at this awesome event. In preparation for the exhibit at the festival, our group spent several program hours engaging in discussion around youth power. Our students were introduced to

• Snow Date March 12 – Aspire to LEAD

  **UPDATED: March 10, 2015** Please plan to arrive early for parking as we plan to kick off promptly at 12 pm

• MD AALEADers Celebrate Lunar New Year

  By Keo Xiong, MD Middle School Program Coordinator Photos courtesy of AALEAD staff and youth Happy Lunar New Year and year of the sheep, according to the Chinese zodiac!

  

  DC AALEADers Discuss Education

  By Shobana Modur, DC Middle and High School Program Coordinator

  Photos courtesy of Surjeet Ahluwalia, Executive Director

  This past Wednesday, Ward 1 DC State Board of Education member, Laura Wilson Phelan, visited the DC AALEAD youth in Columbia Heights.  Since being sworn into office, Ms. Wilson Phelan has launched a 100-day listening tour to be informed about educational issues in the Ward 1 district.

  A few weeks into her listeni

• From the ED: Aspire to LEAD with AALEAD

  Despite this weather, February has been an energizing month for Asian American LEAD. As I’m sure you’ve all heard by now, we are so excited for our Aspire to LEAD lunch coming up NEXT WEEK!  Pulling together this powerful 1-hour program has truly been a team experience.  I hope you will be part of it, too!  Looking forward to seeing many of you there. This

• AALEAD at ECAASU 2015

  By Shaima Ahmad: VAHS Program Coordiantor Photos Courtesy of Shaima Ahmad This past weekend 9 AALEAD High School youth had the opportunity to attend the East Coast Asian American Student Union (ECAASU) Conference. This year, the conference was held at Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts. ECAASU brings together college students from across the East Coast and creates an environment for thoughtful dialogue and debate concerning important issues within the Asian American Pacific Islander co