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• Kathy’s Welcome

  By Kathy Jiang, VA High School Program Coordinator

  Photos & Media courtesy of Kathy Jiang 

  I was born in a small city in China, and immigrated to the United States as a baby. I called the DMV home from then on (except for the brief

• Hannah’s Welcome

  By Hannah Casey, VA Middle School Program Coordinator

  Photo courtesy of Hannah Casey 

• The Day After

  By Natie Hara, DC High School Program Coordinator

  Photos and Media Courtesy of AALEAD Staff

  The following passage is a brief snapshot of Wedne

• Maggie’s Welcome

  

  AALEAD SUMMER UNWRITTEN 2020: The Successes of AALEAD’s First ALL VIRTUAL Program

  By Ari Pak, Programs Director Photos & Media courtesy of AALEAD Staff

  AALEAD is proud to share highlights from our first-ever 100% VIRTUAL Summer Unwritten Program: Elements of a (R)Evolution! This past summer, AA

• Virtual Platforms for Real Impacts: AALEAD Programs in 2020-2021

  By Ari Pak, Programs Director
  Photos & Media Courtesy of AALEAD Staff

  I am excited to welcome AALEAD youth, staff, and community members back to another program year. In the past seven months, so much has transpired in the world around

• Introducing AALEAD’s New Executive Director, Akil Vohra

  

  The Board of Directors of Asian American LEAD (AALEAD) is pleased to announce the appointment of Aki

• Asian American LEAD Stands in Solidarity with Black Lives

  AALEAD believes that it is our moral duty to speak truth to the racial injustices laid bare in our society today and to state unequivocally that Black lives matter. We grieve the deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, Dominique Clayton, Rayshard Brooks,and too many other Black lives at the hands of police violence, which is a fatal manifestation of the deeply rooted systemic racism that has been a part of America since its founding. We acknow

• New Ways of Making Change

  By Vi Bui, Mentoring & DC Programs Manager

  Dear AALEAD Community,

  It has truly been an amazing and transformative three years together.

  When I started working at AALEAD in 2017, to be honest, I was quite lost. However, I have really come to believe that yout

• COVID-19 Update

  AALEAD Message to Youth & Families on Coronavirus