News & Events

Stay up to date with Asian American LEAD! Hear from our staff members, check out our upcoming events, learn more about our work, and more.

Annual Dinner 2025

Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Time TBD
SAVE THE DATE! We have the date and location reserved for our 27th Annual Dinner! Mark your calendars, and stay tuned for more details on the event.

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Navigating Your Future: Looking Forward with AALEAD

We are excited to host "Navigating Your Future: Looking Forward with AALEAD"! Join us for a day of personal, career, and post-secondary school exploration.

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Blossoming: VA End-of-Year Celebration

Saturday, June 1
11:00 AM - 2:00PM
Join us in closing out the 2023-2024 Program Year with our AALEAD Virginia community. Here, we will celebrate all of our youth, staff, volunteers, partners, and friends.

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Brilliance & Bliss: DC End-of-Year Celebration

Friday, May 31
5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Join us in closing out the 2023-2024 Program Year with our AALEAD Washington, DC community. Here, we will celebrate all of our youth, staff, volunteers, partners, and friends.

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Our Year In Bloom: MD End-of-Year Celebration

Friday, May 17
5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Join us in closing out the 2023-2024 Program Year with our AALEAD Maryland community. Here, we will celebrate all of our youth, staff, volunteers, partners, and friends.

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Annual Dinner 2024

Thursday, May 16
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Join us for our annual fundraising dinner! All net proceeds will go towards supporting AALEAD’s mission and work, impacting over 400 youths in the DMV.

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Golf Tournament

Sunday, April 21
8:00 AM
Join us for our inaugural Golf Tournament! Your support will benefit underserved Asian American Pacific Islander youth in the DMV.

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Being: Celebrating International Women's Day

Thursday, March 7
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
We will be hosting our second International Women's Day celebration! This year's theme is "Being"—we invite you to join us as we celebrate who we are, just as we are.

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Gina Lee 9/17/24 Gina Lee 9/17/24

Reflections on AALEAD

To give you all a chance to get to know me a little bit better, I'd like to share a part of my story with you…

I immigrated from China when I was 7 years old. My language barrier made me stay back a grade, I had to attend first grade again even though I finished first grade in China. This is the reason why I am a year older than everyone else in my grade. Because of the age difference, many people thought I repeated a grade because I was stupid, but that was not the case.

Gina Lee 7/1/24 Gina Lee 7/1/24

Summer Intern Spotlight: Sarah Suleman

Hello! My name is Sarah Suleman and I am Asian American LEAD’s Summer 2024 Maryland Program Intern. I am a senior Public Policy student at the University of Maryland, College Park, graduating this Fall! In addition to studying Public Policy, I also have two minors in Asian American Studies and Nonprofit Leadership + Social Innovation. I am incredibly passionate about AALEAD’s work and am so grateful to have the opportunity to support their programs this summer.

Gina Lee 6/28/24 Gina Lee 6/28/24

Summer Intern Spotlight: Angel Yuan

Hi everyone! My name is Angel Yuan (she/her), and I am ecstatic to be working with AALEAD as a DC Summer Program Intern. Born and raised in Vancouver, Canada, I am currently a rising senior at Pomona College in Claremont, California, studying International Relations and French. This is my first time in the DMV, and I intend to make the most of it this summer with AALEAD.