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• MD Middle School Youth Council Leads the Way!

  By Sevin H., Thanh N., and Sophia Y., MD Middle School Youth Council Members Photos Courtesy of Thanh N. and Sophia Y., MD Middle School Youth Council Members The MD Middle School Youth Council held its first meeting on Saturday, November 22nd. Thirteen youth from 5 different middle schools attended the meeting. These students became Youth Council Leaders through ways of voting, applications, and writing essays. At this meeting, we met the other Youth Council Leaders and played an icebreaker a

• Message from the Executive Director

  Asian American LEAD’s vision statement that we created this summer is: Asian American LEAD envisions a United States in which low-income and underserved Asian Pacific American youth, and youth of all backgrounds, are equipped with the tools and opportunities to define themselves and their own futures. Today, I am reflecting on how far away from this vision we are. Today, the United States is not a place where ALL youth are provided the physical and emotional safety they need to be able “t

• AALEAD Loiederman Leaders Made Not Born!

  By Antwoine Johnson, MD Middle School Program Coordinator Photos Courtesy of Melor Suhaimi, MD Programs Manager

  "The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born - that there is a genetic factor to leadership. That’s nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born. "

  — Warren Bennis

  This has been AALEAD Loiederman Middle School's anthem since the school y

• AALEADers Exploring College!

  By: Shaima Ahmad, VA High School Program Coordinator Photos Courtesy of Shaima Ahmad, AALEAD Staff This past Saturday, 6 high school students from our Virginia and DC programs attended a college admissions workshop. The workshop was organized collaboratively by the Montgomery County Muslim Foundation and the USPAK Foundation. After a warm welcome, we had lunch and the opportunity to network with the large group of attendees. Shortly thereafter, the program began with introductions and welcomes

• AALEAD is FUELing the Legacy!

  By Antwoine Johnson, MD Middle School Program Coordinator Photos courtesy of AALEAD Staff

  “As you move forward and plan your day, figure out what issues are important to you and what fuels your fire.”

  - Christine Chen, Executive Director of APIAVote

  These were the words of the first keynote speaker of this year's FUEL Conference, as she encouraged everyone to make the most of the conference and

• Thomson Tales: Thanking our Veterans

  By Charles Kuo, DC Elementary School Program Site Coordinator & Parent Outreach Coordinator Photos Courtesy of AALEAD Staff AALEAD introduces “Thomson Tales”! In this blog series, you will be enlightened with the latest happenings at our DC Elementary School Program at Thomson Elementary School. Now take a deep breath… and prepare to be amazed!

• Halloween Celebrations with MD AALEAD

  By Ari Pak, MD High School Program Coordinator Photos courtesy of AALEAD Staff What's better than free candy?  Spending Halloween with MD AALEADers, trick-or-treating for that candy together, and finishing the night off with a movie! The night started out w

• Holiday Park Senior Center Halloween Event!

  By Melor Suhaimi, MD Programs Manager Photos courtesy of Melor Suhaimi Halloween is tomorrow, but MD Middle School AALEADers enjoyed a taste of Halloween last night!  Thirteen MD Middle School youth volunteered at Wheaton, MD's Holiday Park Senior Center for their first annual Halloween dance. The Halloween dance was open to the Senior Center patrons, who regularly attend the Center for recreational activities and meetings.  Our AALEADers were asked to dress in their (not-so-scary!) Hallowee

• Message from the Executive Director: Highlights from FY14 and a Great Start to FY15!

  As some of you have already seen on social media, we put together a document sharing some of our exciting highlights from Fiscal Year 2014.  It was quite a year!  From community recognition to expansion of our programs and improved performance management, last year was full of growth for AALEAD as an organization and for AALEAD youth. As this month began FY2015, we are excited to see our youths’ enthusias

• Montgomery County Service Day

  By Melor Suhaimi, MD Programs Manager Photos Courtesy of AALEAD Staff During the week of October 18th through October 26th, Montgomery County, MD celebrated Community Service Week and MD Middle and High School AALEADers took part in the celebration this past Saturday on October 25th. Three of our High School youth attended Glen Echo Park's annual Fall Frolic event.  The Fall Frolic event is a Halloween-themed family event where pa