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SUMMARY:2022 Washington Leadership Program Session V: Educational Equity: Where do we stand?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This session will focus on educational disparities within the AANHPI community as well as the experiences of AANHPIs within the education system. Topics include the integration of AAPI history into school curriculum\, affirmative action\, the model minority myth\, as well as access to educational resources. \nNote: All WLP Sessions will be recorded live. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”Watch Our Recording Here” style=”flat” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly/2022-WLP5|title:2022%E2%80%99s%20WLP%20#5||” el_class=”.lblu-btn7″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nOpening Remarks\nShital C. Shah \nShital C. Shah serves as the Senior Advisor on Strategic Partnerships at the US Department of Education. Prior to joining the Office of the Secretary at the US Department of Education as Director of Strategic Partnerships\, Shital was the Director of Philanthropic Engagement at the American Federation of Teachers and also served on the 2020 Biden-Harris Transition Team for the US Department of Education. While at the AFT\, she cultivated and strengthened relationships with philanthropic and education industry partners to garner support for improving children’s well-being\, creating powerful learning\, building teacher capacity\, and fostering school and community collaboration. She has spent over a decade working in the field of community schools policy and practice\, providing strategic support and guidance to state and local affiliates related to policy\, advocacy and school and district implementation of approaches to the community school strategy and extended learning time.  During her time with the national Coalition for Community Schools\, as the Manager of Policy & Partnerships\, she lead partnership development as well as federal and state policy coordination. \n  \nModerator\nRebecca Lee \nRebecca Lee is Deputy Director of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans\, Native Hawaiians\, and Pacific Islanders. Rebecca was previously Communications Director for the Initiative under the Obama Administration. Prior to returning to the Initiative\, Rebecca was a small business owner consulting for AA and NHPI organizations. Rebecca has held public affairs roles at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. She was a 2012 Presidential Management Fellow (PMF) under the federal government’s premier leadership development program. Rebecca received her Master of Public Health from Columbia University and bachelor’s degree in Policy Analysis and Management from Cornell University\, where she led a diverse coalition to found the Asian & Asian American Center. She served as Chair of CAPAL in 2013 and is co-founder of anti-bullying nonprofit Act To Change. \n  \n  \n\nPanelists \n \nDr. Victor C. Thompson \nDr. Thompson was born in Long Beach\, California\, son of Victor and Desma Thompson of American Samoa. He is the Retired Director of the Division of Student Support Services for the Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE)\, and has 36 years of experience in education. He is a former high school Spanish Teacher\, and Principal. He is the Executive Director of the National Pacific Islander Education Network. He enjoys running\, surfing\, and playing the ukulele. He is married to the former Marie Gilpin of Greentown\, Pennsylvania and they have four children\, Ele\, Ema\, Andrew\, and Amelia Hope. All the members of his family have earned college degrees. \n  \n  \n  \n  \nBenetick Kabua Maddison \nBenetick Kabua Maddison is the Assistant Director and Project Specialist for Youth\, Climate\, and Nuclear Issues at the Marshallese Educational Initiative (MEI)\, a nonprofit based in Springdale that serves the Marshallese community\, raises awareness of Marshallese culture\, and facilitates intercultural dialogue to foster positive social change. Benetick has years of experience working with his peers and the public to promote educational attainment and educate about Marshallese traditional culture and history and issues affecting his people and homeland. Born in the Republic of the Marshall Islands (Aelōñ Kein Ad)\, a low-lying island nation in the North\, Central Pacific\, Benetick moved with his family to the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas in 2001. He is a graduate of Springdale High School (International Baccalaureate) and a student at NorthWest Arkansas Community College. \n  \n  \n  \nSolomon Chen \nSolomon Chen is the educational policy research associate for the Cato Institute’s Center for Educational Freedom. As someone who was home-schooled throughout K-12\, Solomon describes himself as a product of school choice and hopes all families enjoy the best educational opportunities for their students. Solomon is a former Falls Church Anglican Fellow and previously worked with the civic education program at the Philanthropy Roundtable as well as Weave: The Social Fabric Project at the Aspen Institute. Solomon holds a degree in political science from Biola University and was a member of Biola’s Torrey Honors Institute. \n  \n  \nDr. Kani Ilangovan \nDr. Kani Ilangovan (she/her) is the founder and a board member of Make Us Visible NJ. She is also a child\, adolescent and adult psychiatrist and mother. As a psychiatrist\, she sees the lifelong impact of racial trauma and the physical and mental toll on children and our communities. She is so thankful to the NJ legislature and Governor Murphy for signing the AAPI Curriculum Bill into law and establishing the DOE Commission on Asian American Heritage. Thousands of people collaborated to get the AAPI Curriculum bill and DOE Commission on Asian American Heritage passed. It was a massive mobilization effort and she is so grateful to the 60+ allied organizations who advocated for this cause. \n  \n  \n  \nRoby Chatterji \nRoby Chatterji is an Associate Director for K-12 Education at the Center for American Progress. He previously worked at Whiteboard Advisors; Washington Partners; and as an education policy fellow for the U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor\, where he worked on school infrastructure and teacher preparation policies. He also interned at the Alliance for Excellent Education and the Federal Communications Commission on issues of broadband equity and digital learning\, and started his career in education policy as a 5th grade teacher in Phoenix\, Arizona. Roby received his bachelor’s degree in political science and history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a Morehead-Cain scholar\, a master’s degree in elementary education from Arizona State University\, and a J.D. from the University of North Carolina. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.capal.org/site/event/2022-washington-leadership-program-session-v-educational-equity-where-do-we-stand/
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SUMMARY:2022 Washington Leadership Program Session IV: Public Health & COVID-19: Our Stories
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This session will discuss the current state of public health\, with a focus on the effects of COVID-19\, within the AANHPI community. Topics of discussion include disparities in access to healthcare\, variety of experiences and responses from the AANHPI community with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic\, and AANHPI data disaggregation in regards to public health. Key takeaways of the discussion will allow attendees to gain a broader understanding of how issues within public health\, especially pertaining to COVID-19\, wield disproportionate and varying effects within the AANHPI community. \nNote: All WLP Sessions will be recorded live. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”Watch Our Recording Here” style=”flat” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly/2022-WLP4|title:2022%E2%80%99s%20WLP%20#4||” el_class=”.lblu-btn7″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nModerator\nDr. Erwin Tan \nErwin J. Tan MD is a board certified internist and geriatrician and the AARP Director of Thought Leadership- Health. Erwin previously served as the director of Senior Corps at the Corporation for National and Community Service. From 2004 to 2010\, he served as an assistant professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine where he was an attending physician in the Division of Geriatric Medicine. He was also a co-investigator in the Baltimore Experience Corps Study. From 2003-2004\, Erwin was a White House Fellow serving as a Special Assistant to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Before coming to the Washington\, D.C. Metropolitan area\, Erwin was a faculty member at the University of California\, San Francisco School of Medicine\, where he served as Geriatric Medicine Fellow and a Primary Care Medicine Resident. Erwin was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Army Reserves. He received a bachelor’s from Brown University and graduated from New York University School of Medicine as a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha honor society. Erwin was born in Indonesia and is a naturalized citizen of the United States. \n  \nPanelists\nBarbara Wei \nBarbara Wei is an entrepreneur\, academic and public health professional. After spending 10 years as a corporate consultant\, she returned to school to earn her MPH at Harvard and found Aime (pronounced I-Me)\, a social enterprise dedicated to improving the success of Asian-American youth through social-emotional education. In addition\, she works on academic research related to Asian American leadership and health and homelessness with professors at Harvard and the University of Chicago. She is a CAPAL alumna and calls Montgomery County\, Maryland her hometown\, even though she lives in Chicago now. \n  \n  \n  \n  \nLeafa Taumopeau  \nLeafa Taumoepeau is a San Mateo County Retiree from Behavioral Health and Recovery Services. She is Executive Director of a community base organization known as Taulama for Tongans\, located in San Mateo. Leafa works with the Tongan Community as well as other Pacific Islanders in San Mateo County and neighboring counties. Their mission is to outreach\, educate and connect the diaspora to appropriate help\, by using expertise in culture and language. \n  \n  \n  \nJackie Leung  \nJackie Leung\, JD\, MS\, is the Executive Director of the statewide nonprofit\, the Micronesian Islander Community (MIC) and is an Assistant Professor at Linfield University. Jackie’s background is in public health advocacy\, policy\, and research. Her work includes working in perinatal healthcare\, Medicaid\, early childhood education\, healthcare access\, chronic diseases\, COVID-19 wrap around services\, and leadership pathways for community health workers. As a public health professional\, Jackie is aware of the time requirements and stress associated with pursuing a degree in higher education. She serves in several leadership positions including serving as a Salem City Councilor\, co-chair of the Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs\, and a traditional health worker representative on the Oregon Maternal Mortality & Morbidity Committee. In her free time\, Jackie enjoys spending time with her family and long scenic drives along the coast and through the agricultural landscapes that make Oregon the beauty it is today. \n  \n  \n  \n  \nVivian Huang  \nDr. Vivian Huang a dual board-certified physician and medical epidemiologist\, trained in Internal Medicine and Preventive Medicine/Public Health. Dr. Huang has extensive experience working in global health\, with assignments to war affected Syria (primary care) and Swaziland (MDR-TB/HIV) with Doctors without Borders and Sierra Leone (Ebola response) with Partners In Health. She has also worked with the Marshall Islands government to eliminate tuberculosis and leprosy there in 2019. In addition\, she has worked extensively with the NYC Health Department on the COVID-19 response and led COVID-19 contact tracing efforts. She is one of three public health leaders that established NYC’s COVID-19 contract tracing program in June 2020. Dr. Huang directed all adult immunization activities for the NYC Department of Health from 2016-2017. She supported Indian Health Service in the early stages of COVID-19 emergency response & preparedness and was the Chief of Diabetes with the Navajo Area Indian Health Service from 2017-2020. She has also served as the Hepatitis B Director at the Charles B. Wang Community Health Center in NYC from 2013-2015\, receiving several awards for her work in hepatitis B and community health. She currently serves as the Regional Medical Director with Dynavax Technologies\, which manufactures Heplisav\, the only adult 2-dose\, 1 month hepatitis B vaccine. Dr. Huang’s life-long passion is working with vulnerable\, at-risk populations and has strong interests in Asian American & Indigenous health inequities including diabetes\, hepatitis B\, tuberculosis and immunizations. As the APIC policy director\, she is passionate about elevating the Asian American voice in the realm of public health and strongly believes that being invisible is also a form of discrimination/racism and determined to dismantle this barrier. \nDr. Huang is a New Yorker at heart and now lives in Phoenix\, Arizona. In her spare time\, she enjoys the great outdoors\, including horseback riding\, hiking\, camping\, scuba diving\, skiing\, running\, yoga\, star gazing and viewing as many sunsets & sunrises as she can manage. She loves participating in fundraising races (anything from 5Ks to half marathons). She is also a passionate beginner bird watcher & ukuleleist.  \n  \nVincent Tam \nVincent Tam worked in NYC during the COVID-19 pandemic in city-run vaccination sites throughout the city\, primarily in Manhattan Chinatown. Employed in a variety of roles from translator\, outreach\, site lead\, etc. he is still at the forefront of working with the Asian community in combating the pandemic. \n  \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.capal.org/site/event/2022-washington-leadership-program-session-iv-public-health-covid-19-our-stories/
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SUMMARY:2022 Washington Leadership Program Session III: No Longer Your Sidekick: AANHPI Advocacy & Representation in the Media
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This session will address representation from the AANHPI community in the media\, as well as how activists and artists are using emerging media platforms as a means to spread awareness and create change. Topics of discussion include AANHPI narrative-building and storytelling in the media\, disparities within representation\, and avenues in which to advocate for one’s community. \nNote: All WLP Sessions will be recorded live. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”Watch Our Recording Here” style=”flat” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly/2022-WLP3|title:2022%E2%80%99s%20WLP%20#3||” el_class=”.lblu-btn7″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nModerator\nNeil Decenteceo \nThe proud son of Filipino immigrants\, Neil Decenteceo was born in New York City but raised in South Florida. He was a CAPAL Public Service Intern in 2017\, when he had his first public service experience working with the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service. Today\, he is a Foreign Service Officer in the U.S. Department of State and will be serving at his first post in Sydney\, Australia\, later this year. Neil previously served on the speechwriting team for Administrator Samantha Power at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). He was also a Communications Specialist in the USAID Bureau for Resilience and Food Security\, where he helped to tell the story of Feed the Future\, the U.S. Government’s initiative to end global hunger and poverty. Neil earned his master’s and bachelor’s degrees in political science at the University of Florida. \n  \n  \n  \nPanelists\nCurtis Chin \nA graduate of the creative writing program at the University of Michigan\, Curtis Chin has received awards from ABC/Disney Television\, New York Foundation for the Arts\, National Endowment for the Arts and more. Chin has screened his films\, Vincent Who? and Tested\, with over 600 entities in sixteen countries including the White House\, Amnesty International\, and the Government of Norway. A co-founder of the Asian American Writers’ Workshop\, his memoir\, “Everything I Learned\, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant” will be published by Little\, Brown in Fall 2023. He can be found at CurtisFromDetroit.com. @curtischin \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nTrisha Gray \nTrisha was born in Honolulu\, Hawaii with dreams of working in the entertainment industry! After attending Kamehameha Schools\, Trisha attended Chapman University and then began a magical career at The Walt Disney Company\, where she helped to manage the Disney Junior Educational Resource Group. It was in the preschool-friendly division of Disney Channels where Trisha championed social-emotional learning themes and diversity in children’s programming\, and helped bring many culturally inclusive storylines to life. Trisha also helped to champion diversity through tech while at Netflix\, as a Content Analyst for Kids and Family Content. It was becoming apparent that the tech wasn’t reflective of all of the new diverse content available to consumers\, so Trisha’s team in Editorial Creative worked to create more diverse collections on the Netflix homepages. Trisha is currently back at Disney Junior as a creative executive overseeing popular shows such as Mickey Mouse Funhouse and Rise Up Sing Out. \n  \n  \nMelissa Bisagni  \nMelissa Bisagni is a film curator\, consultant and festival programmer specializing in Indigenous and Asian American film. She is currently the Festival Director for the DC Asian Pacific American Film Festival. Melissa is also a member of the Four Quarters Collective along with Nzingha Kendall\, Joanna Raczynska and KJ Mohr and a contributing partner in the Asian American Pacific Islander Film Festival Organizers Collaborative. She served for 15 years as the Film and Video Program Manager at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian\, where she continues to work in Museum Learning and Programs. Melissa’s other passion\, education equity\, has given her the opportunity to work with other parents and community leaders advocating for children in the DC public school system through district-wide Head Start\, Kindred Communities and DC PAVE. \n  \n  \n  \nFrank Chi  \nFrom helping create the “Notorious RBG” phenomenon to his social justice short films which have gained over 50 million views on social media\, Frank’s work helps lead narratives around justice and inclusion in American life. His latest film\, the documentary short “38 at the Garden” about Jeremy Lin’s 2012 “Linsanity” run\, will premiere at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival in June. Frank began his career in politics and collaborated with partners like Senator Elizabeth Warren\, MoveOn\, Indivisible\, and Planned Parenthood to create some of the most impactul and creative content to come from progressive politics. He has been profiled in Communications Arts and NBC News\, and has written for The Washington Post and The Boston Globe. A native of New Haven\, CT\, Frank graduated from Bowdoin College. He lives in Brooklyn\, NY. \n  \n  \n  \nAmrita Kular \nAmrita Kular works directly on social strategy\, content marketing and media relations. Prior to joining SALDEF\, Amrita pursued a career in marketing for a variety of fields including cosmetic dermatology and undergraduate admissions. She has always had a passion for storytelling and building communities on social media platforms. \nAmrita graduated with a bachelor’s degree in English literature from the University of California\, Riverside. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.capal.org/site/event/2022-washington-leadership-program-session-iii-no-longer-your-sidekick-aanhpi-advocacy-representation-in-the-media/
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SUMMARY:2022 Washington Leadership Program Session II: Breaking Barriers: AANHPI Leaders in Public Service
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This session will focus on identity-building and navigating the workplace as an AANHPI\, particularly within the public sector. Topics of discussion include overcoming challenges related to representation\, microaggressions\, stereotypes\, and how to effectively advocate for oneself. Key takeaways include insight into leadership-building skills\, self-empowerment\, and professional development. \nNote: All WLP Sessions will be recorded live. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”Watch Our Recording Here” style=”flat” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly/2022-WLP2|title:2022%E2%80%99s%20WLP%20#2||” el_class=”.lblu-btn7″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nOpening Remarks\nRohini Kosoglu  \nRohini Kosoglu currently serves as Senior Advisor to Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris on the Biden-Harris Transition Team and previously served as Senior Advisor on the Biden-Harris Campaign. Before that\, she was a Spring 2020 resident fellow at the Institute of Politics at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Kosoglu has a dedicated career in public service and was the first South Asian American woman to serve as Chief of Staff in the United States Senate. She served as Vice-President Elect Harris’ Chief of Staff for her Senate office and later for her presidential campaign. Before that\, she was Policy Director for U.S. Senator Michael Bennet of Colorado\, where she oversaw economic\, health care and budget issues. She has negotiated several bipartisan bills into law and served as a senior health care advisor during the drafting and passage of the Affordable Care Act. She also previously served as a legislative aide to U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow of Michigan. Originally from New Jersey\, Kosoglu is a graduate of the University of Michigan and George Washington University and is a mother to three young children. \n  \n\nModerator\nKazouapa Lee  \nKaozouapa “Liz” Lee is a proud Hmong daughter of St. Paul’s Eastside. She has spent the last decade advocating  for issues like health equity\, bridging the economic achievement gap\, increasing affordable housing\, and re-investing in public transit. Kaozouapa works to bridge the gap between people and policies. She formerly served on CAPAL’s Board of Directors in 2016. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nPanelists\nNeriel David Ponce  \nNeriel is an anti-racism facilitator\, project & operations specialist\, and current Senior Manager with ProInspire. He brings with him over a decade of working with social impact organizations serving youth leaders\, grassroots organizers\, the im/migrant rights movement\, and racial justice. In 2013 he co-founded RAISE\, a pan-Asian undocumented youth-led collective\, leading workshops\, speaking on panels\, and coordinating covenings with other national undocumented\, immigrant\, youth-led organizations. Neriel’s facilitation experience encompasses political education and activism workshops with Chinatown Youth Initiatives (CYI) Summer Leadership Institute (SLI)\, co-directing the annual Immigrant Youth Empowerment Conference (IYECon)\, and managing operations and training educators with the Center for Racial Justice in Education. His immigration story has also been highlighted in The Huffington Post\, The Daily News\, NBC News Asian America\, The Progressive\, and the award-winning documentary: Why We Rise\, recipient of the 2014 Loni Ding Award for Social Justice at the CAAMFest Film Festival. Neriel earned his BA from CUNY Hunter College\, studying cultural anthropology and Asian American studies. In his free time he loves to explore new cities\, hike our national parks\, practice yoga\, drink coffee\, and edit food pictures. Neriel is committed to creating a world where we are rooted in community and each other\, and can all live a life honoring our full humanity. \n  \nJohn C. Yang \nJohn C. Yang is the president and executive director of Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC in Washington\, D.C.\, where he leads the organization’s mission to advance the civil and human rights of Asian Americans and to build and promote a fair and equitable society for all through policy advocacy\, education\, and litigation. He has served in leadership positions for the American Bar Association\, the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association\, and the National Council of Asian Pacific Americans\, among many others. Prior to Advancing Justice | AAJC\, John had served as a political appointee in the Obama Administration\, the Asia-Pacific Legal Director of a Fortune 200 company\, and as a partner at a large D.C.-based law firm. He also serves on the diversity council for several Fortune 500 U.S. companies. \n  \n  \n  \n  \nEugena Oh  \n\nEugena Oh is the President & CEO of the “I Have A Dream” Foundation\, and is responsible for leading the national movement to empower all youth to achieve their dreams through education and mentoring. She believes deeply in racial equity and is excited to be working with the passionate team\, volunteer leaders\, and Dreamers\, to create positive social change. \nAs the child of Korean immigrants who were first-generation college graduates\, and a first-generation American college graduate herself\, Oh understands that education – and in particular higher education – is key to achieving ones professional and personal dreams. \nSince joining “I Have A Dream” in 2011\, Oh has served in several roles including Chief Operating Officer\, Interim President & CEO\, Chief Governance Officer\, Legal Counsel\, and Director of Talent\, Administration\, and Special Projects. Prior to joining “I Have A Dream”\, Oh practiced commercial and products liability law\, and served in development\, strategy\, and operations roles within several non-profit organizations\, including Teach For America – New York City\, Rock The Vote\, and Washington State Court Appointed Special Advocates. \nOh’s personal honors include receiving the “Trailblazer” award from the Korean American Lawyers Association of Greater NY (2019)\, being named to New York Non-Profit Media’s inaugural class of 40 Under 40 Rising Stars (2015)\, and receiving the University of Pennsylvania’s Asian Alumni Association’s Outstanding Alumna Award (2008). She was born\, raised\, and currently resides in NY with her partner and young children. \n\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.capal.org/site/event/2022-washington-leadership-program-session-ii-breaking-barriers-aanhpi-leaders-in-public-service/
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SUMMARY:2022 Washington Leadership Program Session I: The AANHPI Diaspora: Immigration & Intergenerational Experiences
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This session will focus on the phenomenon of the AANHPI diaspora within the U.S. Topics will include effects of immigration\, intergenerational trauma\, and how our identity is shaped and informed by these experiences. Key takeaways of the discussion will allow for participants to gain a more comprehensive understanding of the myriad of intergenerational experiences within the AANHPI community\, and avenues in which to leverage one’s identity as a tool of empowerment. \nNote: All WLP Sessions will be recorded live. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”Watch Our Recording Here” style=”flat” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly/2022-WLP1|title:2022%E2%80%99s%20WLP%20#1||” el_class=”.lblu-btn7″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \n  \nOpening Remarks\nKrystal Ka’ai \nKrystal Ka‘ai is the Executive Director of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans\, Native Hawaiians\, and Pacific Islanders (WHIAANHPI) and the President’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans\, Native Hawaiians\, and Pacific Islanders. In this role\, she is responsible for advising the Biden administration on the coordination and implementation of federal programs and initiatives to advance equity\, justice\, and opportunity for Asian American\, Native Hawaiian\, and Pacific Islander (AA and NHPI) communities. Prior to joining WHIAANHPI\, Krystal worked on Capitol Hill for over a decade\, including serving as the Executive Director of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) for eight years. She previously held positions with the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs\, the State of Hawai‘i\, Office of Hawaiian Affairs\, and the National Japanese American Memorial Foundation. Krystal was born and raised in Hawai‘i and is the first Native Hawaiian to ever lead WHIAANHPI. \n\nRepresentative Judy Chu  \nJudy Chu was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in July 2009.  She represents the 27th Congressional District\, which includes Pasadena and the west San Gabriel Valley of southern California. Rep. Chu currently serves on the powerful House Ways and Means Committee and also serves on the House Small Business Committee. In 2009\, she became the first Chinese American woman elected to Congress in history.  \n\n\n\n\nModerator\nShyam R. Gadwal \nShyam R. Gadwal is the Vice-President of Programs at Asian and Pacific Islander American (APIA) Scholars. APIA Scholars is the nation’s largest non-profit organization devoted to creating opportunities that provide access to higher education and professional success of Asian and Pacific Islander American (APIA) students. Shyam comes to APIA Scholars having spent almost a decade at Teach For America (TFA) on teams leading teacher training and enterprise initiatives. He served on TFA National’s Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Advisory Committee supporting the leadership development of AANHPI staff and teachers. He has consulted and coached leaders around the world at organizations such as Teach For India\, Urban Teachers\, and Imaginable Futures. In his free time\, he enjoys practicing various types of yoga and riding his motorcycle with his childhood best friend. \n\n\n\n\nPanelists\nDale Asis \nDale Asis has dedicated over 25 years to social justice\, philanthropy\, and environmental issues. Currently\, he is the Little Village Environmental Justice Organization (LVEJO)\, a US nonprofit organization dedicated to environmental justice. Dale also is the founder and President of the Bayanihan Foundation Worldwide\, a US-registered public charity dedicated to promoting Filipino diaspora philanthropy worldwide. He also co-founded two coalitions: The Coalition of African\, Arab\, Asian\, European\, and Latino Immigrants of Illinois (CAAAELII) and the United Congress of Community and Religious Organizations (United Congress). He earned his Master of Arts Program in Social Sciences (MAPSS) degree at the University of Chicago and his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science degree at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is also an adjunct professor at Moraine Valley Community College in Palos Hills\, IL. \n  \n  \n  \nVanessa Tufaga \nTalofa lava and Malo lelei! Vanessa Tufaga (she/her/hers) received her B.A. in Political Science and International Studies at the University of Alaska Anchorage. She is honored to say she is a 2021 CAPAL S&I Alumni\, who completed an internship with Peace Corps’ Strategic Partnerships & Intergovernmental Affairs office and did her Community Action Project with Papa Ola Lokahi. She helped co-create Nesian Lounge and recently received certifications in Community Organizing\, Liberation Theory & Praxis\, Cultural Competency and Health Justice from Pacific Islander Community Association Washington (PICA-WA)’s Oceania Leadership Institute (OLI). Currently she holds the position of a Co-Treasurer and Board Member for the Pacific Community of Alaska (PCA) and a Member of the Data & Research Committee for the National Association of Pasifika Organization (NAOPO). Outside of community work\, she loves hanging with her family\, indulging in Tiktok and cycling on her off time. \n  \nDr. Jesi Lujan Bennett \nDr. Jesi Lujan Bennett is of Chamoru descent with familial ties to Dededo and Barrigada\, Guåhan (Guam). She is a faculty member in Pacific and Indigenous Studies at the University of Waikato in Aotearoa (New Zealand). Bennett studied at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and earned a PhD in American Studies and Museum Studies. Her areas of interest include Chamoru visual culture with a particular focus in the relationship between colonialism\, militarization\, migration\, and self-representation within the Mariana Islands and the Chamoru diaspora. Bennett’s research examines the outmigration of Chamorus and the way in which these diasporic communities articulate their indigeneity in new geographic and cultural contexts in light of significant political and social change in Micronesia. \nLi Zhou \nLi Zhou is a politics reporter at Vox focusing on Congress and the rise of Asian American political power. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.capal.org/site/event/2022-washington-leadership-program-session-i-the-aanhpi-diaspora-immigration-intergenerational-experiences/
CATEGORIES:front-display,Washington Leadership Program,Webinars
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SUMMARY:2022 Roundtable Series: U.S. Department of State
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The AANHPI Roundtable Series provides an opportunity for students and young professionals to learn from public service leaders in our community in an intimate and conversational setting for one hour. Each roundtable features public service leaders from one organization and accommodates 25-30 attendees. This year\, CAPAL is launching a series of monthly Roundtable discussions. These events will be held on a virtual platform. Registration is FREE for all attendees. \nThis session will feature the U.S. Department of State with Timothy R. Johnson. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”RSVP Today” style=”flat” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F3uCoSCv|title:CAPAL%E2%80%99s%20Roundtable%20U.S.%20Department%20Of%20State%20Registration||” el_class=”.lblu-btn7″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nSpeakers\n \nTim Johnson is a Foreign Service officer who joined the Department of State mid-career after 14 years in the private sector as an HR professional.  His overseas assignments include various consular and management positions in San Salvador\, Bogota\, Moscow\, Baghdad\, and N’Djamena.  Domestic assignments include positions with International Narcotics & Law Enforcement\, Overseas Buildings Operations\, European-International Affairs\, the Office of Foreign Missions\, and Global Talent Management.  \nTim earned his Bachelor’s degree at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he double majored in Criminal Justice and Political Science.  He also holds a Juris Doctor degree from the Duke University School of Law\, and a Master’s degree in Human Resource Management from the University of South Carolina.  His hobbies include international travel and collecting all matter of things related to travel. \nTim was excited to join Global Talent Management as a Recruiter since recruitment is one of his favorite HR functions.  He enjoys meeting and greeting people and telling them about where he works\, and looks forward to making a contribution towards securing the future of the Department of State. \n  \n  \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.capal.org/site/event/2022-roundtable-series-u-s-department-of-state/
CATEGORIES:front-display,Washington Leadership Program,Webinars
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SUMMARY:2022 Roundtable Series: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The AANHPI Roundtable Series provides an opportunity for students and young professionals to learn from public service leaders in our community in an intimate and conversational setting for one hour. Each roundtable features public service leaders from one organization and accommodates 25-30 attendees. This year\, CAPAL is launching a series of monthly Roundtable discussions. These events will be held on a virtual platform. Registration is FREE for all attendees. \nThis session will feature the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency with Patrick Yuen\, PhD. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”RSVP Today” style=”flat” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F3uj0tTC|title:CAPAL%E2%80%99s%20Roundtable%20National%20Geospatial-Intelligence%20Agency%20Registration||” el_class=”.lblu-btn7″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nSpeakers\nPatrick Yuen received a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison\, Master’s and\nDoctoral degrees from the University of Arizona. His major is electrical engineering with technical focus\non image processing and remote sensing. After graduation he worked for several commercial satellite\nimagery companies. He has now been working at National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) for five\nyears as an imagery scientist and a course manager at the NGA College. His other previous roles at NGA\nincluded acting as the co-lead of the outreach working group in the Asian Pacific American Council\n(APAC). He is now also an NGA ambassador to assist recruiters in outreach programs. \n  \n  \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.capal.org/site/event/2022-roundtable-series-national-geospatial-intelligence-agency/
CATEGORIES:front-display,Washington Leadership Program,Webinars
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SUMMARY:2021 Washington Leadership Program Session VII: Our Voice\, Our Power: AANHPI Cross-Community Alignment
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This session will address topics surrounding where the AANHPI community aligns itself in terms of providing solidarity and building cross-community connections outside the AANHPI realm. Key topics will include AANHPI involvement and perspective of recent social movements and events\, repercussions of the complexity of the AANHPI community and how that translates to cross-community alignment\, and ways in which to move forward and build productive dialogue and bridges. \nNote: All WLP Sessions will be recorded live.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”Watch Our Recording Here” style=”flat” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F2021-WLP7|title:CAPAL%E2%80%99s%20Washington%20Leadership%20Program%20Series%20Session%20VII-%20Registration||” el_class=”.lblu-btn7″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nSpeakers\nDylan Rodríguez is a teacher\, writer\, and scholarly activist. He was named to the inaugural class of Freedom Scholars in 2020 and served as President of the American Studies Association (2020-2021).  He has worked as a Professor at the University of California\, Riverside since 2001\, and was the faculty-elected Chair of the UCR Division of the Academic Senate (2016-2020). Prior to his Senate leadership\, he was the Chair of the Department of Ethnic Studies (2009-2016). \nDylan’s work addresses the normalized proliferation of oppressive violence in everyday state\, cultural\, and social formations.  He conceptualizes abolitionist and other forms of movement as part of the historical\, collective genius of rebellion\, survival\, and radical futurity.  \nHe is the author of three books\, most recently White Reconstruction: Domestic Warfare and the Logic of Racial Genocide (Fordham University Press\, 2021)\, and is co-editor of Critical Ethnic Studies: A Reader (Duke University Press\, 2016).  Follow Dylan at Twitter (@dylanrodriguez)\, Instagram (dylanrodriguez73)\, and Facebook (www.facebook.com/dylanrodriguez73) \n  \nChhaya Chhoum co-founded Mekong NYC\, a community-based organization in the Bronx empowering the Cambodian and Vietnamese community through arts\, culture\, community organizing\, and advocacy. She is currently the Executive Director of Mekong NYC. Follow Chhaya at mekongnyc_@instagram\, facebook.com/MekongNYC @mekongnyc \n  \n  \n  \n  \nSky Wildcat\, Cherokee and Muscogee\, comes from Tahlequah\, OK. Sky is a graduate of Northeastern State University with a B.A. in geography and psychology and a M.S. in higher education. She is currently a student in the higher education PhD. program at the University of Arkansas. She is a former Remember the Removal bike rider and UNITY Earth Ambassador and 25 under 25 recipient. Sky dedicates her work to the Indigenous peoples of this land and currently works as a project coordinator for the University of Missouri and works on several projects\, including developing and administering an Indigenous Health Toolkit training for health providers to better treat Indigenous patients and assists in conducting research.  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nAmalia Chamorro leads education policy for UnidosUS (formerly National Council of La Raza)\, the nation’s largest Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization. Her work encompasses early childhood education\, K-12\, and higher education. In this role\, Amalia provides strategic direction and manages activities for the education policy team. Her work focuses on closing opportunity gaps and advancing equity for Latino students and English learners at both the federal and state levels (priority states include Arizona\, California\, Florida\, and Texas).  \nAt UnidosUS\, Ms. Chamorro is responsible for identifying promising education policy innovations\, conducting and publishing policy research\, and carrying out legislative advocacy. Amalia brings over 15 years of public policy and advocacy experience at the local\, state and federal levels. Prior to joining UnidosUS in 2018\, Amalia was Vice President of Public Policy at United Way Bay Area\, where she launched the organization’s policy and advocacy initiative to cut poverty. \nMs. Chamorro holds a Juris Doctor from Boston College and a bachelor’s degree in political science/international relations from UCLA. She serves on the board of Hispanic Lobbyists Association and is co-chair of the Hispanic Education Coalition.  Follow Amalia at @AmaliaChamorro @WeAreUnidosUS \n  \nPeniel Joseph holds a joint professorship appointment at the LBJ School of Public Affairs and the History Department in the College of Liberal Arts at The University of Texas at Austin. He is also the founding director of the LBJ School’s Center for the Study of Race and Democracy (CSRD). His career focus has been on “Black Power Studies\,” which encompasses interdisciplinary fields such as Africana studies\, law and society\, women’s and ethnic studies\, and political science. \nPrior to joining the UT faculty\, Dr. Joseph was a professor at Tufts University\, where he founded the school’s Center for the Study of Race and Democracy to promote engaged research and scholarship focused on the ways issues of race and democracy affect people’s lives. \nIn addition to being a frequent commentator on issues of race\, democracy and civil rights\, Dr. Joseph’s most recent book is The Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. He also wrote the award-winning books Waiting ‘Til the Midnight Hour: A Narrative History of Black Power in America and Dark Days\, Bright Nights: From Black Power to Barack Obama. His book Stokely: A Life has been called the definitive biography of Stokely Carmichael\, the man who popularized the phrase “black power.” Included among Joseph’s other book credits is the editing of The Black Power Movement: Rethinking the Civil Rights-Black Power Era and Neighborhood Rebels: Black Power at the Local Level. (UTexas.edu) \nModerator\nAerica Shimizu Banks is a tech policy expert and inclusion innovator. She is the founder of Shiso\, a consultancy that applies an intersectional equity lens to business development\, tech\, and policy challenges. She creates systems and frameworks to elevate and restore equity in our institutions. She was named a Forbes 30 Under 30 Social Entrepreneur and a Tech Titan by Washingtonian Magazine.  \nShe served on President Biden’s innovation policy committee; founded Pinterest’s DC office and led federal affairs; led diversity and equity initiatives on Google’s legal team and served as the Black small business liaison for the DC area; co-founded BEACON: The DC Women Founders Initiative; was a political appointee in the Obama Administration; and advanced environmental justice policies in Washington state. She holds an MSc in Environmental Policy from Oxford University and a BA in Environmental Studies and Public Affairs from Seattle University. To learn more about Aerica\, visit aerica.co. \n [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.capal.org/site/event/2021-washington-leadership-program-session-vii-our-voice-our-power-aanhpi-cross-community-alignment/
CATEGORIES:front-display,Washington Leadership Program,Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20210714T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20210714T193000
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SUMMARY:2021 Washington Leadership Program Session VI: What is your Experience with America?: Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This session will address the journey and experience of Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders in the U.S.\, acknowledging pivotal moments\, challenges\, and ongoing developments across generations\, cultures\, and communities. Key topics will include the effects of colonization\, generational trauma\, identity-building\, and methods of advocacy and empowerment in today’s landscape. \nNote: All WLP Sessions will be recorded live.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”Watch Our Recording Here” style=”flat” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F2021-WLP6|title:CAPAL%E2%80%99s%20Washington%20Leadership%20Program%20Series%20Session%20VI-%20Registration||” el_class=”.lblu-btn7″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nSpeakers\nMichelle Pedro is a Marshallese American that was born and raised in Orange County\, California. She has lived in Oregon for 7 years and moved to Springdale\, AR. Currently\, She is the Policy Director and Communications Specialist for the Arkansas Coalition of Marshallese (ACOM). When she is not working\, she loves to listen to people and their migration/voyage of life stories. She enjoys learning about different cultures and people. Michelle’s main purpose is to serve and love on people\, especially from the Marshallese community. Follow Michelle at Arkansas Coalition of Marshallese \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nAmelia Vakalutukali\, born in Fiji and migrated to the United States in 1998. Currently residing in Everett\, Washington and contracting as a Program Director for the PICA-WA (Pacific Islander Community of Washington) Western Washington Region. Graduated from Lynnwood High School class of 2001. Certified First Aid & CPR Instructor\, attended Everett Community College\, WA and then onto American River College\, CA. Academic endeavors include completing her Bachelors in Science and Nursing. Former Youth Director at Metro Church in Windsor\, CA. Married to Ro Vakalutukali for 10years in October 2021 and blessed with two wonderful boys Joseph and Samuel. Follow Amelia at Pacific Islander Community Association- www.picawa.org \n  \n  \n  \n  \nHe kupa no ka ʻāina kaulana ʻo Waialua. Maka Kasson-Fisher is a native Hawaiian leader and active community member of Oʻahu’s North Shore. He is a Program Specialist for the Hawaiian Cultural Affairs & Natural Resources division at the Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority. He is a member of the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs and the current President of the Waialua Hawaiian Civic Club. He is a cultural practitioner in hula\, lua (Hawaiian martial arts)\, and ho`oponopono (family conflict resolution). He graduated from the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo with degrees in Cultural Anthropology & Hawaiian Language and strives to ensure the preservation and perpetuation of ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi and culture. Ka ʻike a ka mākua he hei na ke keiki. Maka is married to Nāpua and together they have 2 young children. As parents they continue to share traditional knowledge and practices to the keiki (children) to ensure that their moʻokūʻauhau (genealogy) and kuleana (responsibilities) are passed on and protected. \n  \n  \n  \n  \nJavan Santos is a proud CHamoru and a CAPAL ’17 S&I alum. Born and raised in Guam\, he has been working in policy research work for six years\, since he was a youth leader in high school. Javan earned a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Guam\, where he furthered his understanding of the politics of a Pacific island and a U.S. territory. Javan has used his policy and research experience in a variety of projects\, most notable was his work as a research assistant in a project contracted by Guam’s Commission on Decolonization. There\, he contributed to an over 400 page long research report analyzing policy futures for a decolonized Guam. Today\, Javan continues his policy work in two ways. He is the policy manager for the Kennebunkport Climate Initiative\, where he works to mobilize youth for climate advocacy\, an issue that disproportionately harms Pacific islands. He is also an editor for the Yappie\, a youth-led newsletter\, where he writes articles analyzing policies affecting Pacific Islanders and the AAPI community. Follow Javan at @I_am_javan on IG @TheYappie on IG Also\, and subscribe to theyappie.com \n\n\nModerator\nRepresentative Patrick Pihana Branco is proud to serve as the State Representative for District 50 (Kailua and Kāneʻohe Bay). He is Vice Chair of the Water & Land Committee and is also a member of the Finance as well as the Corrections\, Military & Veterans Committees. Drawn to public service\, he joined the U.S. Foreign Service as a Diplomat in 2012\, serving tours in Colombia\, Pakistan\, the Office of the Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan\, the Secretary of State’s Operations Center\, and Venezuela. Rep. Branco is a fourth-generation Kailua resident. He is also a graduate of Kamehameha Schools\, Hawaiʻi Pacific University\, and Johns Hopkins University.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.capal.org/site/event/2021-washington-leadership-program-session-vi-what-is-your-experience-with-america-native-hawaiians-and-pacific-islanders/
CATEGORIES:front-display,Washington Leadership Program,Webinars
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SUMMARY:2021 Washington Leadership Program Session V: Environmental Racism & Inequality: How did we get here?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This session will focus on the uneven impact of environmental issues on communities across the U.S. Key topics of discussion will address the unequal effects of COVID-19\, raise questions about who gets access to basic resources (clean water and air)\, as well as the prevalence of food deserts across the country. Topics will also address how the AANHPI community specifically is affected by these phenomena. \nNote: All WLP Sessions will be recorded live.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”Watch Our Recording Here” style=”flat” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F2021-WLP5|title:CAPAL%E2%80%99s%20Washington%20Leadership%20Program%20Series%20Session%20V-%20Registration||” el_class=”.lblu-btn7″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nSpeakers\nDestiney Mack\, a 24-year-old Dallas\, Texas native\, climate organizer with the Sunrise Movement. A national campaign to advance a livable future and good jobs for all through a Green New Deal. A graduate of Salem College\, Destiney completed her B.A in Environmental Studies with a concentration on policy and advocacy. She is fascinated by the complexity of human and environmental interactions and works to combat the inequities of social and ecological degradation. Destiney focused her research on ecology\, sustainability\, conservation and\, most important to her\, environmental justice. At Sunrise Movement\, Destiney supports cultural transformation to help Sunrisers to see themselves as drivers of justice\, equity\, and anti-oppression. She works with partner organizations to design political education to strengthen Sunrise’s organizing towards our collective fight towards liberation. She enjoys using her communication and organizational skills to serve her family and local community by being an advocate against inequity. Along with her love for organizing\, she enjoys bike riding\, hiking\, and anything outdoors and hopes to get a dog this year. Follow Destiney at Instagram: _destineymack Twitter: desme_ Facebook: Destiney Mack \n  \n  \n  \nRozette De Castro is currently an International Government Relations Specialist at Ocean Conservancy\, a conservation nonprofit headquartered in Washington D.C. Her work focuses on community engagement around combating plastic pollution in Vietnam as well as strategic research\, planning and policy analysis for the organization’s International Government Relations team. Rozette holds a BA in Political Science from UC Berkeley and when not in front of her work laptop- she is out hiking or sitting at local coffee shops daydreaming of her next beach adventure. Follow Rozette at @zettedecastro (Twitter) \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nLealani Manuta was born and raised on Ramaytush Ohlone lands (aka San Francisco). After getting her B.A. in Community Studies at the University of CA\, Santa Cruz Lealani became an environmental educator with the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy\, a Bay Area regional and international solidarity community organizer. She is the founder of the Serve the Sounds podcast\, co-facilitator of the Migratory Story\, Urban Trail Blazers\, Voiceover and Point Reyes National Science Adventure programs at the Crissy Field Center. Lealani serves as the co-chair for FACES\, Filipino American Coalition for Environmental Solidarity and does communications work for OCA-Asian Pacific American Advocates in San Francisco. Her day job consists of amplifying untold and hidden hxstories of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area and San Francisco/Bay Area for youth and their families. She organizes within the seams and bridges of racial solidarity/equity\, Asian American & Pacific Islander legislative advocacy and environmental justice. Please contact her at lealanidm@gmail.com for environmental justice and environmental racism workshops and other speaking engagements.  Follow Lealani at @baylani_lealani \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n  \nLynette Pham currently works as the Regional Field Organizer at Planned Parenthood Votes Northwest and Hawaii. She has previously worked for the Alaska Democratic Party and Alaska Young Democrats and engaged in coordinating events and programs with the Alaska Youth for Environmental Action.   \n\n\n\nModerator\nVic Vong is Greenlining’s 2020-2021 Environmental Equity Fellow\, centering communities on the frontlines of climate change through proactive and targeted investments in social and built infrastructure. Vic is a sociologist and policy analyst hailing from Occupied Duwamish Land\, also called Seattle. Using their expertise on holistic community engagement\, Vic is currently advising the City of Santa Cruz on integrating equity into their 2030 Climate Action Plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Vic brings expertise in advancing environmental equity through grassroots organizing\, community-based organizations\, and federal agencies. During the COVID-19 crisis\, Vic experienced and witnessed how public health crises multiplied existing racial and social disparities. Vic’s other interests include making environmental justice memes\, seeing how plants and animals (including humans) change over time\, and smelling flowers. Follow Vic at Twitter @vongvic\, IG: vicsaffirmations \n  \n [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.capal.org/site/event/2021-washington-leadership-program-session-v-environmental-racism-inequality-how-did-we-get-here/
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SUMMARY:2021 Washington Leadership Program Session IV: Google Knows Me Better Than Me: AANHPI Data & Privacy
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This session will discuss current data and privacy laws of users\, particularly with online platforms such as social media\, search engines\, news sites\, etc. Key topics of discussion include the effects of data collection and tracking\, boundaries surrounding online privacy\, targeted ads and disinformation\, effects of increased targeting on user behavior\, and the ethics of data ownership. \nNote: All WLP Sessions will be recorded live.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”Watch Our Recording Here” style=”flat” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F2021-WLP4|title:CAPAL%E2%80%99s%20Washington%20Leadership%20Program%20Series%20Session%20IV-%20Registration||” el_class=”.lblu-btn7″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nSpeakers\nTejas N. Narechania is the Robert and Nanci Corson Assistant Professor of Law at the University of California\, Berkeley\, School of Law\, where he writes about (and teaches courses on) telecommunications regulation and intellectual property\, among other subjects.  He is also a Faculty Co-Director of the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology. \nBefore joining Berkeley Law\, Professor Narechania clerked for Justice Stephen G. Breyer of the Supreme Court of the United States (2015–2016) and for Judge Diane P. Wood of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (2011–2012). He has advised the Federal Communications Commission on network neutrality matters\, where he served as Special Counsel (2012–2013). He has a J.D. from Columbia Law School\, where he received the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Prize and was the Executive Notes Editor of the Columbia Law Review. He also has a B.S. (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science) and a B.A. (Political Science) from the University of California\, Berkeley. \nProfessor Narechania’s research projects have appeared in the Columbia Law Review\, the Georgetown Law Journal\, the Michigan Law Review\, the Stanford Law Review Online\, and the Washington Law Review\, among other outlets. His projects have been cited and discussed by the White House\, in the work of the Supreme Court and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit\, as well as in the New York Times and the Washington Post\, among other venues. Follow Tejas at Twitter: @tnarecha \nK.J. Bagchi is a veteran of Capitol Hill and public interest organizations\, having served most recently as Senior Policy Counsel at New America’s Open Technology Institute. He was previously the tech policy attorney for the civil rights organization Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC and legislative counsel for former Rep. Mike Honda (D-CA). He led AAPI  & small business engagement at the DNC and held development positions at the AAPI Victory Fund and Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. He graduated from UC Davis and received his law degree from Seattle University School of Law. \n  \n  \nTazin Khan is the founder and CEO of Cyber Collective\,  illuminating the intersection of tech\, ethics and democracy through style\, humor and authenticity. Her specialty lies in compliance\, product architecture mapping and risk analysis. When Khan isn’t consulting into fortune 500 enterprise clients\, her efforts are focused in educating the public about data security and privacy. Khan activates all parts of her identity to present thoughtful\, and hilariously engaging social media content to connect with her audience and induce social and individual behavioral change.  Beyond the practical information she shares around security and data privacy\, Khan started Cyber Collective\, a community-centered research organization that hosts works to understand the ways data and privacy impact consumers. (Linkedin) \n\nModerator\nEmily Chi is the Assistant Director of Telecommunications\, Technology\, and Media at Asian Americans Advancing Justice-AAJC\, where she is responsible  for developing and providing public policy research\, strategies\, analysis\, and education on telecommunications\, technology\, and media diversity. Prior to joining Advancing Justice- AAJC\, Emily worked as a researcher on various projects at the Harvard Kennedy School\, including Product & Society at the Shorenstein Center on Media\, Politics and Public Policy and the Technology and Public Purpose (TAPP) Project at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.  Emily received her B.A. in Legal Studies and Political Economy from the University of California\, Berkeley. She received her MPP at the Harvard Kennedy School\, where she served as Co-Chair of the Asian American Pacific Islander Caucus and contributed to the Asian American Policy Review. (AAJC) [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.capal.org/site/event/2021-washington-leadership-program-session-iv-google-knows-me-better-than-me-aanhpi-data-privacy/
CATEGORIES:front-display,Washington Leadership Program,Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20210623T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20210623T193000
DTSTAMP:20260817T180953
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SUMMARY:2021 Washington Leadership Program Session III: Self Care is Community Care: AANHPI Mental Health & COVID-19
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This session will address the effects of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on the AANHPI community in terms of mental health and wellness. Key topics of discussion will include overcoming barriers to access to resources\, addressing the mental health stigma in the AANHPI community\, and discussing ways in which to cope and support others. \nNote: All WLP Sessions will be recorded live.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”Watch Our Recording Here” style=”flat” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DC_8L_AywFyU|title:CAPAL%E2%80%99s%20Washington%20Leadership%20Program%20Series%20Session%20III-%20Registration||” el_class=”.lblu-btn7″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nSpeakers\nKrystle Canare is a strong advocate for mental health and addressing disparities experienced by underserved and under-represented communities. Krystle is currently a full-time Program Specialist for Georgetown University’s Center for Child and Human Development where she coordinates the day-to-day operations of the Center of Excellence for Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation. Prior to working at Georgetown\, Krystle worked as a senior project coordinator for the National Council for Behavioral Health and consultant for the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration. Krystle has served as an Ambassador for the White House Initiative on Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders during the Obama Administration\, Steering Committee Member for the National Network to Eliminate Disparities in Behavioral Health\, and currently serves as the Vice President of the Asian Mental Health Collective and is a Health Equity Ambassador for the American Psychological Association. Krystle’s mental health advocacy and non-profit leadership expands to the Filipino American community as COVID-19 Task Force Fellowship Director for the Filipino Young Leaders Program (FYLPRO)\, Advisor to the Filipino Intercollegiate Networking Dialogue\, Inc’s (FIND\, Inc) Alumni Network\, and Coach for the National Federation of Filipino American Association’s Empowering Pilipino Youth through Collaboration (NaFFAA EPYC) program. She is the former Region Chair for NaFFAA’s Capital Region and President of the Philippine American Foundation for Charities\, Inc. Raised in the Washington D.C metropolitan area\, Krystle graduated from the University of Maryland\, College Park with a B.S in Neurobiology & Physiology. Krystle attributes her passion for community building to the university’s Filipino American History & Biography course\, Multicultural Involvement & Community Advocacy Office\, and the Filipino Cultural Association. Follow Krystle at: @krystle_can (Twitter)\, @krys.dc (IG)\, @asianmhc\, @iecmhc\, @fylpro \n  \n \nDJ Ida is the Executive Director of the National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Association. She has a doctorate in clinical psychology and has worked with the AANHPI communities for over 40 years at the local and national levels with the primary focus on improving the qulaity of services and broadening the definition of mental health to take a more public health approach. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nAngela Edward is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. She is an activist and a Micronesian American daughter with powerful experience serving persons from marginalized communities. Angela holds a Master of Social Work from Missouri State University. In the past decade\, she has worked with families facing homelessness\, young people\, community elders\, persons diagnosed with comorbidities\, individuals impacted by mental illness\, and with Asian American & Pacific Islander community members. Angela has served hundreds of women\, youth\, families and community members through direct services and advocacy in the state of Michigan over the past two years. She is dedicated to honoring her ancestors through community healing\, civic engagement\, youth advocacy and empowerment\, and community organization with and for the Micronesian community. Follow Angela at www.angelaedward.com \n  \n  \n  \n  \nJennifer J. Chang (she/her) is a Ph.D. Candidate in counseling psychology at Teachers College\, Columbia University\, completing her doctoral dissertation study about Asian American activists and their experiences of racial\, ethnic\, and activist identity development. She holds a B.A. in psychology from Bryn Mawr College and M.S.Ed. in mental health counseling from CUNY Queens College. Jennifer wears many hats as a therapist\, researcher\, scholar\, activist\, organizational consultant\, facilitator\, mentor\, friend\, daughter\, sister\, and proud Auntie. Her work as a researcher and clinician focuses on multicultural issues and the co-development of intersectional identities\, with a specialty in Asian American psychology. With over 20 years of non-profit and community experience\, Jennifer is a skilled youth educator and non-profit trainer with expertise in leadership development\, managing group/team dynamics\, destigmatizing mental health\, utilizing mindfulness for social justice\, and addressing issues related to diversity\, inclusion\, and equity (racial microaggressions\, LGBTQIA+ inclusion\, etc.). As a consultant\, her mission is to empower individuals and teams to manage diverse organizations with more mindful (co-)leadership and also facilitate difficult dialogues with more confidence and cultural competence. Her guiding motto in this work is: “Leadership comes in all shapes and sizes.” \n  \n  \n Anjana Sreedhar has a Masters in Public Administration from NYU. She has worked with Advisory Board\, a healthcare research and consulting firm\, and is an activist promoting anti-racism. She comes into the healthcare space with a keen understanding of the dynamics of power and policy and how they affect quality of life for Americans. While working as an administrative fellow at NYU Langone Health in New York City\, she wrote an impactful account of the intersection of health policy\, social justice\, and history in Health Care of a Thousand Slights\, Connecting Legacy to Access to Healthcare. \n  \n\n\nModerator\nMatthew J. Miller\, Ph.D. (he/him) is Professor and Co-Graduate Program Director of the counseling programs at Loyola University Chicago where he currently holds the Fr. Walter P. Krolikowski\, SJ Endowed Research Professorship. He directs the Race\, Culture\, and Health Equity Lab\, is an Associate Editor for the Journal of Counseling Psychology\, and is a former Member of the Board of Directors for the Asian American Psychological Association. His research program (a) examines ways in which racism and cultural experiences relate to mental health in AAPI populations and in other diverse communities\, (b) evaluates the measurement of racial and cultural constructs\, and (c) tests evidence-based culturally responsive mental health interventions. He is also a filmmaker and the creator of SPOKENproject\, where he produces documentary style mental health films in order to share mental health information and resources with communities in an accessible way. He is currently developing and testing a first-person narrative documentary style video intervention designed to increase one’s ability to cope with racism experiences and reduce racism-related stress. Follow Matthew at Twitter: @mmille27; @SPOKEN_project[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.capal.org/site/event/2021-washington-leadership-program-session-iii-self-care-is-community-care-aanhpi-mental-health-covid-19/
CATEGORIES:front-display,Washington Leadership Program,Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20210616T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20210616T193000
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SUMMARY:2021 Washington Leadership Program Session II: From “Niche Demographic” to Defining Swing Voters
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This session will focus on the role of the AANHPI community in the 2020 election\, particularly as a voter bloc in swing states/counties. Key topics of discussion include: AANHPI voter participation (both historically and currently)\, AANHPI voter engagement and mobilization\, as well as the growing power/voice of the AANHPI community in politics. Key takeaways can include avenues in which to get involved in elections and grassroots organizing as well as public service. \nNote: All WLP Sessions will be recorded live.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”Watch Our Recording Here” style=”flat” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F2021-WLP2|title:CAPAL%E2%80%99s%20Washington%20Leadership%20Program%20Series%20Session%20II-%20Registration||” el_class=”.lblu-btn7″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nSpeakers\nChantale Wong had a long and distinguished career in public service.  During that period\, Chantale was a participant in some of the most significant events in our US history. Having spent the majority of her professional career in public service and in locations around the world representing the United States in key positions\, she regrets at not having captured those moments of significance.  She retired after 23 years and has begun a new journey as a photographer.   \nHer work has included photography in several continents.  Several of her photos were selected for the “UnPresidented: Inauguration of Donald J. Trump and the People’s Response” photobook that documented the 3 days surrounding the Trump Inauguration\, with one of her images landing the cover of the photo book.  She has also produced many landscape images that captures the essence of time and place.  Her portrait work captures the souls of the subjects – chronicling urban blight in East Baltimore or photographing crew teams on the Anacostia early in the morning and at Hanover Bridge in Baltimore.  Her travels to Cuba\, India and Nepal and the epic trip on the Trans Siberia Railway have produced stunning images of cultures remote and afar.  The current focus of her photography journey has brought her to photo journalism documenting events of our communities.  Since 2017\, she has chronicled the annual Civil Rights pilgrimage to Selma\, Montgomery and Birmingham with Congressman John Lewis – earning her the role of being the official photographer and videographer for other civil rights pilgrimages of the Faith and Politics Institute.   \nShe is a board member of several non-profit organizations including Focus on the Story – an organization dedicated to supporting and encouraging photographers of diverse backgrounds to explore the power of visual storytelling to spark social change. \nChantale is the founder of CAPAL and chair of CAPAL’s Advisory Council.  She has volunteered in every Presidential campaign since President Bill Clinton and many congressional\, state and local races.  Follow Chantale at chantalew (Twitter)\, chantale1 (IG) \n  \nGrace Choi is the Director of Policy in the New York City Mayor’s Office. Recently\, she served as the Constituency Director for Asian American & Pacific Islander Outreach for the Stacey Abrams for Governor Campaign. Previously\, she was the Associate Director for Global Gender Policy and Advocacy at Save the Children. She served in President Obama’s Administration as Policy Advisor in the Secretary of State’s Office on Global Women’s Issues and as Staff Assistant in the White House Liaison’s Office at the U.S. Department of State. \nPrior to her political appointment at the Department of State\, Grace worked for the Council of Korean Americans (CKA)\, the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) in Congresswoman Judy Chu’s office\, the Presidential Inauguration Committee\, President Obama’s 2012 Presidential Campaign\, the U.S. Committee for Human Rights in North Korea\, and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Refugee Affairs Division. \nShe is a Council on Foreign Relations Term Member\, is a Council of Korean Americans Member\, was a Member of the White House National Security Leadership Workshop\, and served on the Conference on Asian Pacific American Leadership Board of Directors as Vice Chair for Programs. She holds a Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School at Tufts University and a Bachelor of Arts from Boston College. Follow Grace at Twitter: @choigrr and Instagram: @choigr \n  \nLinh Nguyen has extensive political campaign experience\, specializing in outreach strategies to young voters\, Asian-Pacific Islanders\, and communities of color\, while working for a number of candidates across the country. She spent the 2020 presidential year with Sen. Cory Booker as his Director of Coalitions and was the Political Director for #TheNew campaign: a creative collaboration between RUN AAPI and Meena Harris’s Phenomenal Woman. She later joined the Democratic Party of Georgia as their AAPI Coalition Director\, overseeing engagement with the Asian-Pacific communities during the Georgia runoff elections. Linh rounded out the election cycle with the Presidential Inaugural Committee’s Office of Public Engagement to welcome in the Biden-Harris administration. She consulted in creative programming and partnerships. Currently\, Linh consults on API engagement in disaster relief and public health emergencies with Gov. Newsom’s Office of Emergency Services and is the Executive Director of RUN AAPI. Follow Linh at @L4nguyen @runaapi on IG and Twitter  \n  \nA graduate of Georgia State University in Economics\, Vyanti Joseph is a long-time community organizer and advocate for immigrant and human rights in Georgia. She had a professional career in Business Intelligence and Program Management before moving into social advocacy spaces in the last couple years. In 2020\, Vyanti recently joined the Asian American Advocacy Funs as their Organizing Director. Previously\, she served on the GA AAPI Advisory Council for Biden Harris and was the first AAPI Director hired in the 2020 GA election cycle\, working on Senator Warnock’s campaign in the primary and the runoff. She is also co-founder of the GA chapter of They See Blue\, a national organization that helped propel historic winning margins in the South Asian voter turnout\, as well as No Safe Seats\, a progressive organization mobilizing women in Metro Atlanta. Vyanti has dedicated many volunteer hours to organizing relief for refugees\, the unsheltered\, food-insecure communities\, and gender violence victims. Her Indo Caribbean roots\, friendly nature\, and love for relationship building across organizations have propelled her work in helping marginalized communities. Follow Vyanti at @vyantijoseph @asianaf \n  \nModerator\nChristine Chen is a co-Founder and Executive Director of Asian Pacific Islander American Vote (APIAVote)\, one of the most trusted national\, nonpartisan organizations. APIAVote’s mission is to work with local and state community based organizations (CBOs) to mobilize Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities in electoral and civic engagement. Since 2007\, APIAVote has been building power in AAPI communities by investing in their capacity and infrastructure to mobilize voters. This investment\, as well as\, proactively training and resourcing community leaders across the country\, paid off in the 2020 election cycle and Census. Under Chen’s leadership\, APIAVote strengthened and expanded APIAVote’s partners into 28 states and made two historical milestones; attracted\, then candidate Joe Biden to speak directly to the AAPI electorate\, a  first in history for a Presidential nominee\, and second\, contributed to the groundwork that led to the highest AAPI voter turnout in history. \nChen has been a champion for the empowerment of AAPI communities from the start of her career. Moving to Washington\, DC\, from Ohio\, she took on organizing and leadership roles at the Organization of Chinese Americans (OCA)\, and started a consulting firm\, Strategic Alliances USA which was built on her broad and deep pool of relationships and skills in the AAPI community and in government. Chen’s firm included clients such as the Linsanity documentary\, Comcast\, and USDA to coordinate their outreach to Hmong farmers in Arkansas. \nWhile serving as Executive Director of OCA National from 2001 to 2006\, Chen served as a member of the executive committee of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights\, founding member of APIA Scholars\, and served on numerous boards including the National Council of Asian Pacific Americans and Demos Board of Trustees. She currently serves on the Kennedy Center Community Advisory Board and the Center for Asian American Media.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.capal.org/site/event/2021-washington-leadership-program-session-ii-from-niche-demographic-to-defining-swing-voters/
CATEGORIES:front-display,Washington Leadership Program,Webinars
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SUMMARY:2021 Washington Leadership Program Session I: Deconstructing “AANHPI”: Disparities & Inequalities within the AANHPI Community
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This session will focus on the complexities and disparities that exist within the AANHPI community. Key topics will include perceptions and implications around the term “AANHPI”\, varied AANHPI experiences\, identity-building\, and ways in which to encourage and build greater bonding and sense of community among AANHPIs. \nNote: All WLP Sessions will be recorded live.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”Watch Our Recording Here” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DSpc0c9tQ7rc|title:CAPAL%E2%80%99s%20Washington%20Leadership%20Program%20Series%20Session%20I-%20Registration||” el_class=”.lblu-btn7″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nSpeakers\nKham S. Moua (he/him/his) is SEARAC’s Director of National Policy and spearheads their national policy portfolio through policy and political analysis\, community engagement\, and legislative and regulatory advocacy. Prior to SEARAC\, Kham was the Associate Director of Policy and Advocacy at OCA – Asian Pacific American Advocates. While there\, he helped found the AAPI Technology and Telecommunications Table\, the only national coalition focused on those issues from an AAPI framework. Before OCA\, he worked on state and local advocacy at Hmong National Development and Hmong American Partnership. Kham is also previously served as a board member for the National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance (NQAPIA). Kham is a Hmong American born in a Thai refugee camp and has spent over a decade community building\, organizing\, advocating\, and lobbying on a wide range of issues\, ranging from immigration to education reform. Follow Kham at @searac \n  \n  \n \n  \nSina Uipi (she/her) is the Policy Associate for Empowering Pacific Islander Communities (EPIC) who leads its national advocacy and policy work. EPIC is a national Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) organization that is pro-Black\, pro-Indigenous\, and pro-LGBTQ\, based in Tongva Territory (Los Angeles\, CA). As the DC-based staff\, she is housed at the National Council of Asian Pacific Americans (NCAPA)\, a coalition of 37 national Asian American\, Native Hawaiian\, and Pacific Islander organizations. In her current role\, she advocates for Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders in issues such as health\, education\, immigration\, civil rights\, and housing and economic justice. In addition\, she ensures messaging through NCAPA’s civic engagement committee and communications group caters specifically to the NHPI community. She also supports in managing NCAPA’s health policy committee. Follow Sina at IG: @empoweredpi Facebook: Elevate Your Voice Twitter: @empoweredpi \n  \n  \nKiran Kaur Gill is the Executive Director at the Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund. Kiran is an accomplished professional with exemplary executive experience\, she was the former president and CEO of PARS Environmental\, Inc.\, a full-service environmental consulting firm based in Robbinsville\, New Jersey. Additionally\, Kiran has been a long-time advisor and volunteer for SALDEF\, playing a critical role in the expansion of our Law Enforcement Partnership Program and the expansion of our SikhLEAD Internship to New Jersey. \n  \n  \n  \nModerator \nSeema Agnani (she/hers) serves as Executive Director of the National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development (National CAPACD – pronounced “capacity”)\, a coalition of 100 community-based organizations that advocate for and organize in low-income Asian American and Pacific Islander communities towards a vision of economic and social justice for all. She has more than 25 years of experience in community development\, capacity building\, and immigrant rights. She was a founder and Executive Director of Chhaya CDC working in the South Asian community of New York City\, leading the organization during the great recession and the aftermath of the attacks of 9/11. She coordinated the Fund for New Citizens at The New York Community Trust\, a donor collaborative focused on immigrant rights in New York City. Seema is originally from the Chicago area where her parents emigrated to from India.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.capal.org/site/event/2021-washington-leadership-program-session-i-deconstructing-aanhpi-disparities-inequalities-within-the-aanhpi-community/
CATEGORIES:front-display,Washington Leadership Program,Webinars
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DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20200722T200000
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SUMMARY:2020 Washington Leadership Program Session V: Be the Change: Energy & Sustainability
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This session will focus on energy and environmental challenges and will highlight impacts\, mitigation strategies\, and the transition towards a more sustainable future from an AANHPI perspective. Key topics of discussion include international\, national and local efforts to combat climate change\, as well as steps that we can take as individuals to address this global issue. \nSpeakers\nDestiney Mack\, a 23 year old Dallas\,Texas native\, climate organizer with the Sunrise Movement\, a national campaign to advance economic\, racial\, and gender equality through the creation of millions of new jobs and a Green New Deal. A recent graduate of Salem College\, Destiney completed her B.A in Environmental Studies with a concentration on policy and advocacy. As a Trainer with the Sunrise Movement\, Destiney balances coordination between grassroots environmental justice organizations and youth climate “hubs.” Her work includes designing curriculum for new organizers in developing strong leadership skills. She is fascinated by the complexity of human and environmental interactions and works to combat the inequities of social and ecological degradation. Throughout college\, Destiney focused her research on ecology\, sustainability\, conservation and most important to her environmental justice . She enjoys using her communication and organizational skills\, combined with her studies\, towards being a voice in the youth climate movement and an agent of environmental justice. Along with her love for organizing she enjoys bike riding\, hiking and anything outdoors.  \n  \n  \n  \nNina Lobo is the Mid-Atlantic Policy Associate at Coalition for Community Solar Access (CCSA). She enjoys developing community-based solutions focused on climate resilience and environmental stewardship\, using her civil engineering degree as a foundation. She has 3+ years of project development and research experience in emerging clean energy markets. Her work has primarily been in community solar and is growing to include green stormwater infrastructure for community organizations in the Washington\, DC area. Nina draws motivation from her international roots and a deep love of nature\, community\, and harmony. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nRuchira Shah has a decade of experience working in the climate and energy sphere in a number of different capacities. Currently\, she is Director of Product at Geli\, a startup focused on optimizing energy storage assets. Prior to arriving at Geli\, she has worked at Tesla\, SolarCity\, SunLink\, and the Breakthrough Institute. Ruchira has an MSc in Social Policy from the London School of Economics. In a previous life\, she was a struggling actor in Los Angeles. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nSusan Jin Davis\, Chief Sustainability Officer\, has more than 25 years of experience in the communications\, media\, and technology industry. In her current position\, Ms. Jin Davis is responsible for identifying sustainable strategies and priorities and for implementing the Company’s Sustainability Program across all of Comcast NBCU business units and functions. Prior to her current role\, Ms. Jin Davis was Senior Vice President of Operations Compliance and was responsible for implementing product policies\, operationalizing regulatory and legal requirements\, reducing costs to the cable business\, and managing business compliance. In 2011\, Ms. Jin Davis negotiated a historic Memorandum of Understanding between Comcast and the Asian American community as part of the Company’s merger with NBCUniversal that creates ground-breaking commitments in the areas of programming\, supplier and employment diversity\, and community investment. She serves on Comcast’s Internal Diversity Council and is a Company liaison to the Comcast and NBCUniversal Joint Diversity Council. She is an executive sponsor of Asian Pacific Americans at Comcast\, a Company employee resource group. Ms. Jin Davis was also responsible for launching Comcast’s Internet Essentials Program in 2011. With Internet Essentials\, Comcast has connected more than 2 million U.S. households\, serving approximately 8 million people\, to high-speed Internet at home. Ms. Jin Davis has also been integrally involved in the Company’s approach to digital literacy\, providing resources to customers on safe Internet use with particular emphasis on helping families understand the Internet and teaching children how to responsibly use Comcast’s services. She created and led the Company’s On-Line Safety Advisory Council\, an external body of leaders in the area of on-line safety. Ms. Jin Davis was recently recognized by Forbes as one of “Five Women of Color Who Should Be On Your Radar Screen.” She has completed the Women in Cable Telecommunications Senior Executive Summit at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business\, the Women’s Executive Leadership Program at the Wharton School of Business\, and CTAM’s Executive Management Program at the Harvard Business School. She received the 2010 Paragon Award of the National Association of Multi-Ethnicity in Cable and was a fellow in the Betsy Magness Leadership Institute of the Women in Cable Telecommunications. She has been named one of the “Most Powerful Women in Cable” by CableFAX and one of the “Top 50 Most Influential Minorities in Cable” by CableWorld for many years. Ms. Jin Davis is actively involved in Comcast’s diversity efforts\, particularly as it relates to the Company’s relationship with the Asian American community. She serves as the Chair of the Board of the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies and is a director on the Boards of the Asian Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund\, the Asian/Pacific Islander American Chamber of Commerce & Entrepreneurship\, and the Juvenile Law Center. Ms. Jin Davis also serves on the Board of Trustees of Bryn Mawr College. She lives in Kennett Square\, PA with her daughter\, Sophia. \n  \nModerator\nDakota Pekerti is an Energy Analytics Engineer at Growing Energy Labs Inc. (GELI)\, a San-Francisco based tech startup where he works to develop renewable energy storage projects by navigating the complex regulatory and economic relationships between renewable energy generation and storage necessary for decarbonizing the energy grid. Dakota is also currently a Fulbright Student Fellow for 2019-2020 and slated to travel to Indonesia in April 2020 to do research on sustainable logistics optimization. Prior\, Dakota was a rotational associate at Optoro\, a Washington D.C. based tech startup that develops software to help large retailers route and manage their returned inventory\, keeping it out of landfills. At Optoro\, Dakota has filled a variety of roles across different departments including product management\, quality engineering\, solutions consulting\, financial forecasting\, account management\, and product marketing. Dakota is also part of Optoro’s Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) committee\, helping to lead company-wide speaker series\, unconscious bias trainings\, and affinity group events. Dakota graduated from Swarthmore College with a BS in Engineering and a minor in Environmental Studies. While at Swarthmore\, Dakota represented Swarthmore at a number of sustainability-oriented events and competitions such as the COP21 in Paris\, 2016 PA Power Dialogue\, Columbia Economics Review Environmental Policy Competition\, and more. In his spare time Dakota enjoys learning new languages\, mixing music for house parties\, travelling\, practicing capoeira and kendo\, and experimenting with new spices in the kitchen.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”Watch Recording Here!” color=”primary” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D6-lRdos5wlQ|||”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.capal.org/site/event/2020wlp5/
CATEGORIES:front-display,Washington Leadership Program,Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20200708T180000
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SUMMARY:2020 Washington Leadership Program Session IV: Hidden Faces of Immigration
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This session will focus on the major immigration issues and challenges we face today and will highlight prominent AANHPIs in policy making and public service within this subject matter. Key topics of discussion include issues such as sanctuary cities\, undocumented migration\, family sponsorship\, work visas\, refugees\, and comprehensive immigration reform. \nSpeakers\nGlenn D. Magpantay\, Esq. is a 30-year veteran of the LGBTQ rights movement. He is currently the Executive Director of the National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance (NQAPIA)\, a national federation of Asian American\, South Asian\, Southeast Asian\, and Pacific Islander lesbian\, gay\, bisexual\, and transgender organizations. He received the Walter & Evelyn Haas\, Jr. Fund’s award for Outstanding LGBTQ Leadership for Immigrants’ Rights in 2017. He was named as one of INSTINCT MAGAZINE’S “25 Leading Men of 2004. He organized the first ever LGBT testimony before The White House Initiative on Asian Americans & Pacific Islander in 2000. He spoke at the National March on Washington for Lesbian\, Gay\, and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation in 1993. Before NQAPIA\, Glenn was a nationally recognized civil rights attorney at the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF)\, where he practiced voting rights law. He has published several scholarly articles and has been quoted in The New York Times\, Washington Post\, USA Today\, Associated Press\, MSNBC-TV\, NBC Asian America\, and The Advocate. Glenn chairs the LGBT Committee of the Asian American Bar Association. He inspire new minds as a Professor of Asian American Studies at Hunter College/ CUNY and Columbia University. Glenn attended the State University of New York (SUNY) at Stony Brook on Long Island\, and as a beneficiary of affirmative action\, graduated cum laude from the New England School of Law\, in Boston. \n  \n  \nJacinta Ma is the Vice President of Policy and Advocacy at the National Immigration Forum (Forum). She spearheads the development and implementation of the Forum’s policy priorities. She has more than 20 years of experience in law\, policy\, and civil rights. Before joining the Forum in 2014\, she was the Deputy Director at Asian Americans Advancing Justice in Washington\, DC where she oversaw a team of lawyers and other professionals working on civil rights issues that affected the Asian American community. She has a wide-range of experience as a civil rights attorney on issues as diverse as employment discrimination to transportation equity to litigating bias-motivated threats or intimidation cases. She also serves on the Board of Directors for the Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center. Originally from southern California\, Jacinta earned her J.D. from New York University School of Law and her B.A. from the University of California\, Berkeley. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nQuyen Dinh is the Executive Director of the Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC). Originally formed in 1979\, SEARAC was founded by a group of American humanitarians as a direct response to the refugee crises arising throughout Southeast Asia as a result of U.S. military actions. Today\, SEARAC represents the largest refugee community ever resettled in America as a civil rights organization and works to empower Cambodian\, Laotian\, and Vietnamese American communities to create a socially just and equitable society through policy advocacy\, advocacy capacity building\, community engagement\, and mobilization. As Executive Director\, Quyen has advocated for Southeast Asian Americans on key civil rights issues including education\, immigration\, criminal justice\, health\, and aging.  Quyen has spoken widely about Southeast Asian American communities and has appeared in American Radio Works\, NBC\, Public Radio International\, and Voice of America. Under Quyen’s leadership\, SEARAC has authored national legislation and passed California legislation calling for transparent\, disaggregated data for the Asian American community. Quyen has also extended SEARAC’s coalition presence and leadership in other civil rights and social justice movements through her leadership roles with the National Council of Asian Pacific Americans (NCAPA)\, Detention Watch Network (DWN)\, the Diverse Elders Coalition (DEC)\, RISE for Boys and Men of Color\, and Allies for Reaching Community Health Equity (ARCHE) Action Collaborative. Prior to SEARAC\, she built lasting infrastructure for the International Children Assistance Network (ICAN) in San Jose\, California serving Vietnamese immigrant parents\, grandparents\, and youth.  Born to Vietnamese refugees\, Quyen identifies as a second-generation Vietnamese American.  She holds a Masters of Public Policy from the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs\, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of California\, Berkeley.  Quyen was born in New Orleans\, LA\, and grew up in Orange County\, CA and San Jose\, CA.  She currently resides with her husband in Washington\, DC. \n  \nLakshmi Sridaran currently serves as the Executive Director of South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT). From 2014 to 2019\, she was SAALT’s Director of National Policy and Advocacy where she led the organization’s external engagement and developed SAALT’s policy and legislative agenda\, which primarily focuses on immigration\, racial profiling\, and combating hate violence. Prior to that she served as the Policy Director for The Praxis Project\, a Washington D.C. based national movement support organization focused on health justice in communities of color. Before moving to D.C.\, Lakshmi completed six years of work in New Orleans\, Louisiana immediately following Hurricane Katrina\, working in Black-led organizations to help improve federal contracting opportunities for Black and women-owned businesses; institute participatory budgeting to expose inequitable distribution of federal recovery dollars; and preserve public schools and infrastructure from rapid privatization. Lakshmi is grounded in her early organizing experiences\, which include fighting for living wages for campus workers; working to reverse Prop 209\, which banned affirmative action in California; helping ensure land retention for Black farmers in her home state of Georgia; and conducting voter outreach in Haitian and Latinx communities in Miami leading up to the 2004 presidential election. Since 2009\, Lakshmi has served on the Board of the Southern Initiative of the Algebra Project\, originally founded in Mississippi in the 1980’s to use mathematics as an organizing tool to ensure quality education for every child. She holds a Masters degree in City Planning from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a B.A. in Ethnic Studies from The University of California\, Berkeley. \n\nModerator\nShyam Gadwal (he/him/his) is the Vice-President of Programs at Asian Pacific Islander American (APIA) Scholars joining the organization in January 2020.  APIA Scholars is the nation’s largest non-profit provider of college scholarships for low-income\, first-generation Asian and Pacific Islander American (APIA) students. Shyam comes to APIA Scholars having spent ten years at Teach For America (TFA)\, most recently as the Chief of Staff for the Baltimore office along with positions on TFA’s National teams. In addition\, he served on TFA National’s Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Advisory Committee supporting the recruitment of AANHPI teachers and the leadership development of AANHPI staff.  Shyam joined Teach For America as a high school science teacher in Houston\, Texas in 2006 as an Amgen Fellow. In 2010\, Shyam co-founded MERIT Health Leadership Academy\, a comprehensive academic program supporting Baltimore high school students aspiring to be health professionals.  Together with public and private partnerships MERIT encourages a supportive college persistence culture and access to paid health-based internships.  He currently serves on the organization’s Board or Directors. Shyam graduated from University of Maryland\, Baltimore County (UMBC) as a Meyerhoff and MARC Scholar with a degree in Biology.  In his free time he enjoys cooking Indian fusion dishes and practicing various types of yoga. \n  \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”Watch Recording Here!” color=”primary” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DKLj-Lrm83yE%26t%3D3689s|||”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.capal.org/site/event/2020wlp4/
CATEGORIES:front-display,Washington Leadership Program,Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20200624T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20200624T200000
DTSTAMP:20260817T180953
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SUMMARY:2020 Washington Leadership Program Session III: AANHPI Womxn in Public Service: Overcoming Challenges in the Workplace
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This session will connect participants with AANHPI women leaders\, giving voice to their professional experiences as minorities in public service. This session focuses on the challenges faced by AANHPI womxn in public service and the workplace. Key topics of discussion include gender pay disparity\, experiences of discrimination or alienation in the workplace\, and the impact of the #metoo movement on AANHPI womxn in public service. \nSpeakers\nSandy Hoa Dang\, is a social entrepreneur\, education expert\, leadership trainer\, and management consultant. Her passion is to develop and mentor young people to obtain quality education and to maximize their leadership potential to benefit society. In 2011\, Ms. Dang was appointed by President Barack Obama to serve on the board of Vietnam Education Foundation (VEF)\, an independent U.S. Government agency with a mission to strengthen bilateral relations between United States and Vietnam through education exchanges. From 2014 to 2018\, she served as the Executive Director of VEF. During her tenure\, Ms. Dang initiated a leadership development program that includes Public Narrative and Adaptive Leadership for VEF Fellows who are scientists\, engineers\, and policy makers. She trained over 120 VEF Fellows in Public Narrative and Adaptive Leadership. She is the Co-founder and Principal of 11plus Philanthropy\, a consulting company that provides leadership training\, capacity building\, and strategic planning to individual donors\, foundations\, and nonprofit organizations. Born in Hanoi\, Ms. Dang left Vietnam when she was ten years old. After living in rural China and Hong Kong refugee camps for 3 years\, Sandy with her family resettled in the United States at the age of thirteen. Because of her personal experience\, Sandy has made it her mission to create educational opportunities for children and youths. For more than a decade\, she served as Founder and Executive Director of Asian American Leadership\, Empowerment\, and Development (AALEAD)\, an organization that provided education to immigrant and refugee children. During her decade long tenure\, she helped thousands of students to obtain academic achievement. Ms. Dang has received numerous awards for her outstanding public leadership\, including being named Washingtonian of the Year in 2001. She also serves on the Advisory Board of the Association of Vietnamese Scientists and Experts Global (AVSE) Education Summit. In addition\, she also serves on the Community Advisory Board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Art and Community Advisory Board of WETA\, and a Board Member of the Center of Asian Pacific American Women Leadership. Ms. Dang earned a Bachelor’s degree from Duke University\, Masters in Social Work from Catholic University of America and a Master’s in Public Administration from Harvard Kennedy School. She is also fluent in Cantonese and Vietnamese. \n  \n\nSue Ann Hong joined the Center for Asian Pacific American Women (CAPAW) May 2018 as the interim Executive Director. As of January 2020\, she is the President & CEO. Her career was with State Farm Insurance Companies for over 28 years\, including Data Processing\, Diversity & Inclusion\, Corporate Business & Technology Portfolio Management and P&C Auto Claims. She’s led up to 600 employees in multiple locations\, managed 1000 contract employees and supported customers and State Farm agents in 23 states.  She’s worked in various locations\, including MI\, IL\, NY and GA. She infuses the philosophy of building trusting relationships\, collaborating and bringing people together to achieve common goals. A 2002 Asian Pacific American Leadership Institute (APAWLI) Fellow\, she continues her journey as a Whole Person Leader in her belief it’s the journey versus the destination. Her goal is to support CAPAW’s vision to build Whole Person Leaders one person at a time. Sue Ann graduated from the University of Kansas with a BSB in Business Management and earned a MBA from Western Michigan University. She is also a certified Life Coach (CLC). She currently resides in Atlanta\, GA. \n  \n  \n  \nSheri Daniels has been leading Papa Ola Lōkahi\, the Native Hawaiian Health Board since 2016. Papa Ola Lōkahi (POL) is the organization charged by the United States Congress with administrative oversight of the Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Act [Public Law 102-396]. In this role\, she leads efforts to improve the overall health and well-being of Native Hawaiians and their families\, through strategic partnerships\, programs and public policy. Born\, raised\, and currently residing on Maui\, she has over two decades of experience in social service programs along with years of supervisory experience\, including both government and non-profit management. It is through these capacities that Dr. Daniels has worked closely with Hawai‘i’s unique and diverse population to overcome inequities. Sheri is actively involved in various community and civic organizations locally\, nationally and internationally. She was recently added to the International Indigenous Council for Healing Our Spirit Worldwide in 2018. In 2019\, Dr. Daniels was added to both the Advisory Council on Minority Health (Office on Minority Health) and the Department of Health’s Tobacco Prevention & Control Advisory Board. A graduate of Kamehameha Schools Kapālama\, Dr. Daniels received her bachelor’s in family resources from the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. She carries a master’s in counseling psychology from Chaminade University of Honolulu\, in addition to a doctorate from Argosy University\, and currently holds several license certifications. She is married with 4 children who are students in the Kula Kaiapuni (Hawaiian language immersion) program. \n  \nBen de Guzman is the Director of the Mayor’s Office on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs (MOAPIA). He has been a leading voice at the local and national level on issues of racial equity\, immigrants’ rights\, veterans affairs\, and LGBT justice for twenty years. He comes to MOAPIA from the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs\, where he served as the  Community Outreach Specialist. During his tenure there\, he helped execute two major first time events for the Office- the “District of Pride” LGBTQ cultural performance event and the 32nd Annual 17th Street High Heel Race\, presented by the Mayor’s Office as lead organizer. He also served as both the Public Information Officer and the Americans with Disabilities Act Compliance Officer for the agency. As an advocate for equity and recognition for Filipino veterans of World War II\, he played a key role in two of the most significant legislative victories on behalf of these soldiers. He led communications\, outreach\, and political strategies for the Filipino Veterans Recognition and Education Project that led to the passage of the Filipino Veterans of WWII Congressional Gold Medal Act in 2016. He also served as the National Coordinator for the National Alliance for Filipino Veterans Equity\, where he organized a national legislative campaign that created the Filipino Veterans Equity Compensation Fund in 2009. For almost ten years\, he was principal staff at the National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance (NQAPIA)\, where he managed the policy and programmatic work for NQAPIA and its federation of 40 Asian American\, South Asian\, Southeast Asian\, and Pacific Islander LGBT groups around the country. As the public face of the organization\, he spearheaded efforts to promote both national LGBT campaigns around comprehensive immigration reform and a national LGBT Pride Month campaign from Asian American/ Pacific Islander advocacy organizations. His work in Asian American and Pacific Islander communities has spanned across the age spectrum. As a trainer for OCA: Asian Pacific American Advocates APIAU Leadership 101 program\, he has trained over 1\,000 youth and college students. As the National Managing Coordinator for the Diverse Elders Coalition\, he led a national program to coordinate cross-sectoral work to bring together elders of color\, LGBT elders\, and Native American/ Indian American elders to engage the 2015 White House Conference on Aging. He has authored articles and op-eds that have appeared in mainstream and special interest media\, anthologies\, and academic publications\,including the Encyclopedia of Asian American Issues Today. In 2015\, he received a Community Service Award from Washington DC Mayor Muriel Bowser\, and is pleased to come to MOAPIA and help recognize exciting new leaders moving forward. Ben is the son of Filipino immigrants and was born and raised in New Jersey. He first moved to the District in 1997 and is a proud resident of Ward 1. \nModerator\nSamantha Chiu is a lead scientist in Washington\, D.C. specializing in quantitative survey research and data collection in hard-to-reach populations. She has designed and managed fieldwork operations in post-conflict\, crisis\, and war zones around the world. More recently\, she has worked in Afghanistan\, Bangladesh\, China\, Haiti\, Indonesia\, and Malaysia.  Samantha currently consults with Booz Allen Hamilton for the Department of Defense. Samantha’s past clients include USAID\, Counterpart International\, World Bank\, U.S. State Department\, and Facebook. In a pro-bono capacity\, Samantha is the Head of Research for Witness Change and the past-Chair of Business for Statistics Without Borders.  As a PhD student\, differential privacy and attitudes towards data privacy preserving mechanisms with University of Maryland\, Berkeley Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing\, and the US Census Bureau. Samantha is a subject matter expert on the gender gap; original projects include: The Gender Research Initiative\, Women in Muslim Countries Project\, Coding with Girls\, Women Who Code — Accra\, Ghana\, and an impact program with Women in Statistics and Data Science. She has managed and trained international and domestic field teams to collect national-level data where non-prior exists; with special attention to quality control and sampling validity. Samantha believes in the power of data to strengthen the voices of at-risk communities. \n  \n  \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”Watch Recording Here!” color=”primary” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DLMMQ1qgy1bE%26t%3D2s|||”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.capal.org/site/event/2020wlp3/
CATEGORIES:front-display,Washington Leadership Program,Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20200617T180000
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DTSTAMP:20260817T180953
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SUMMARY:*EVENT POSTPONED* 2020 Washington Leadership Program Session II: Democracy 2020: Making It Work
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This session will discuss the critical importance of civic engagement to the AANHPI community\, the challenges and barriers to greater civic engagement\, and the different ways that members of our community can become involved in our democracy. Key topics of discussion are the power of voting and the importance of the 2020 census\, as well as other avenues of civic engagement including a career in public service. \nSpeakers\nTina Wei Smith was appointed as the eighth Executive Director of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (WHIAAPI) on December 9\, 2019. In this capacity\, Ms. Smith is responsible for directing the efforts of the Initiative and of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs)\, including overseeing an Interagency Working Group. She is also responsible for advising federal agency leadership on the implementation and coordination of federal programs as they relate to AAPIs across the federal government. The Initiative\, which is co-chaired by Secretary of Commerce Wilbur L. Ross and Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao\, works to broaden Asian American and Pacific Islander access to economic resources and opportunities and thus empower AAPIs to improve the quality of their lives\, raise the standard of living of their families and communities\, and more fully participate in our economy. Prior to joining the Initiative\, Ms. Smith spent over 5 years at Asbury University as the first director of the Global Engagement Office. In this role\, Ms. Smith created new international education initiatives and curriculum to increase cross-cultural understanding and prepare students for an increasingly global economy. Ms. Smith previously worked at The Heritage Foundation in the Office of Distinguished Fellow\, Elaine L. Chao. She previously served at the U.S. Department of Labor in the Office of the Secretary and the Office of Public Liaison. She also served in the U.S. House of Representatives and staffed Congressman Rodney P. Frelinghuysen (NJ-11). Ms. Smith immigrated to the United States with her parents at a very young age\, and she acquired her U.S. citizenship in high school. Despite her family’s humble beginnings and the challenges of being newcomers\, she witnessed first-hand how she and her family have been blessed by the many opportunities here in America. As a result\, Ms. Smith has committed herself to public service and giving back to help others access opportunities to improve their lives and their future. Ms. Smith is a 2015 Fulbright grant recipient\, where she spent time supporting international education and bridging partnerships between universities. Ms. Smith is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (B.A.) and the University of Michigan (Master of Public Policy and M.A. in Higher Education). Ms. Smith and her husband\, Kevin\, call Kentucky home and they are proud parents to three young children. \n  \n  \nChristine Chen\, the founding executive director from 2006-2008 returned to APIAVote in January 2011 to serve as its current Executive Director.  During her tenure she had strengthened and expanded APIAVote’s partners into 28 states.  APIAVote’s research and polling of Asian American voters and their regional trainings and field programs have strengthened the local grassroots programs in reaching and mobilizing Asian American and Pacific Islander voters. More recently\, APIAVote has launched extensive initiatives to have a full and complete count of the Asian and Pacific Islander community in the 2020 Census. Through all these efforts\, APIAVote has played a key role in elevating the Asian American and Pacific Islander electorate to an unprecedented national level in recent years. In addition Chen serves as President of Strategic Alliances USA\, a consulting firm specializing in coalition building\, institutional development\, and partnerships among the corporate sector\, government agencies\, and the nonprofit and public sector. Chen is well-known by activists across the county. Her track record in building coalitions and working at the grassroots and national levels established her as one of the strongest voices in the APIA community. She has more than two decades of experience in organizing and advocating on issues such as immigration\, hate crimes\, affirmative action\, census\, racial profiling\, voting rights\, election reform\, and various derogatory and racist media incidents. Profiled by Newsweek magazine in 2001 as one of 15 women who will shape America’s new century\, Chen served from 2001 to 2005 as national executive director of the Organization of Chinese Americans (OCA)\, one of the leading APIA civil rights organizations in the country.  Chen currently serves on the Steering Committee for National Voter Registration Day\, Kennedy Center Community Advisory Board and the board for the Center for Asian American Media \n  \nSteven L Herman is the White House Bureau Chief for the Voice of America. During the Trump administration\, he has been a regular participant in the White House media pooling system\, questioning the president in the Oval Office\, on Air Force One\, in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room and at overseas news conferences. Steve has traveled with the president to more than a dozen states and 16 countries. The veteran journalist spent more than a quarter of a century in Asia\, including years of reporting from Tokyo and subsequently as a VOA correspondent and bureau chief in India\, South Korea and Thailand. He also served in 2016 as VOA’s Senior Diplomatic Correspondent\, based at the State Department. Among the major news stories Steve has covered on scene over the decades include the MGM Grand Hotel fire (1980)\, Squeaky Fromme’s prison escape (1987)\, the Kobe Earthquake (1995)\, the Tokyo subway sarin attack (1995)\, the handover of Hong Kong (1997)\, the end of the Sri Lanka civil war (2009)\, the Fukushima nuclear disaster (2011)\, Typhoon Haiyan (2013)\, the Erawan Shrine bombing (2015) and the Gorkha earthquake (2015).  Steve has reported from dozens of other countries and territories\, including Afghanistan\, Argentina\, Bangladesh\, Bhutan\, Burma\, Cambodia\, China\, Colombia\, England\, Fiji\, Finland\, the Gaza Strip\, Guam\, Israel\, Kashmir\, Kyrgyzstan\, Macau\, Mexico\, Morocco\, North Korea\, New Zealand\, Oman\, Pakistan\, Peru\, Saipan\, Saudi Arabia\, Switzerland\, Taiwan\, Ukraine and Vietnam. \n  \n  \n  \nVivian Chang (she/her/hers) is the Civic Engagement Manager at the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA)\, overseeing efforts on Census 2020\, civic engagement\, citizenship\, and political work. Her role builds on her leadership of APALA’s field program in Nevada\, coordinating and mobilizing AAPI communities for record voter turnout. She previously worked in federal science policy\, as well as served two years as an AmeriCorps VISTA in Philadelphia\, Pa.\, and Moline\, Ill. She is dedicated to advancing social and economic justice informed by the collective power of communities\, and to improving physical environments. Throughout her time at Carnegie Mellon (undergrad) and Princeton University (MPA)\, she dedicated time to cultivating AAPI community and building solidarity across communities of color. Vivian is a native of Columbus\, Ohio\, sprouting from dual Taiwanese and Buckeye traditions. \n  \n  \n  \nModerator \nNamrata Mujumdar is a startup leader on a mission to empower the average citizen in the political process. Having spent years working at the highest levels of government on Capitol Hill\, for the Obama Administration as a political appointee at the U.S. Department of the Treasury\, as an advisor to the former Governor of Ohio\, and raising money for the DSCC\, she understands how citizens can make an impact through collective action. She’s co-founded FUND:THIS\, a platform that empowers young citizens and newly engaged donors to raise for and donate to candidates and organizations solving problems they care about. The platform uses a Generation Z-focused user experience to help any citizen with the passion for a solution to leverage the power of collective action. 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URL:https://www.capal.org/site/postponing-washington-leadership-program-democracy-2020-making-it-work-june-18-2020/#new_tab
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20200610T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20200610T200000
DTSTAMP:20260817T180953
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SUMMARY:2020 Washington Leadership Program Session I: COVID-19 Present and Aftermath for Asian America
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This session will focus on providing space for education and comfort for the after effects of COVID-19. Key topics of discussion includes mental health\, physical health\, and building strength by learning tactics to descalate or resolves potential conflicts created by xenophobia in our everyday lives.  \nSpeakers\nAs the founder and CEO of Novelly\, Anna Gabriella Casalme is dedicated to creating a genuinely youth-driven civic engagement experience. Anna is the proud daughter of Filipino immigrants and she brings over 5 years of experience at the intersection of child health and well-being\, design thinking\, and technology. She has previously worked at AltaMed Health Services\, the California Planned Parenthood Education Fund\, and the School-Based Health Alliance. She completed her MSc in Childhood Studies from the University of Edinburgh\, where she was a Rotary Maternal and Child Health Scholar and a Saltire Scholar. She received her B.A. in Human Biology and interdisciplinary honors in Education from Stanford University. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nBruce Leal is a DC Commissioner appointed by Mayor Muriel Bowser to the Commission on Asian & Pacific Islander Affairs. Bruce leads the Commission’s Pacific Islander Task Force and serves on the National Pacific Islander COVID-19 Response Team. He has worked on federal and state education policy\, immigration\, and housing issues for state and federal elected officials. Prior to his appointment in 2018\, Bruce was a Legislative Fellow for the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies\, serving in the Office of Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI). He studied Psychology and Philosophy at the George Washington University and received a Master’s in Education Policy from Johns Hopkins University. Bruce is a former special educator\, DC slam poet\, and political strategist. He currently ​works on strategic initiatives to advance racial equity at the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments. \n  \n  \n  \n\nJill Yu\, Managing Director & Co-Founder of “Act to Change.” In 2015\, Jill served as an Advisor at the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. She worked on critical initiatives including “Act to Change”\, promoting enrollment for healthcare\, organizing the philanthropic and public and private partnership event at the White House\, and working with senior federal agency executives in how their agency can better serve Asian American populations. Jill came to federal service as a Presidential Management Fellow. Prior to federal service\, Jill was a Staff Attorney for the American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law\, and worked on the cross-section of foster youth and education as well as policy issues impacting vulnerable youth. Jill is an active member of the National Filipino American Lawyers Association. Jill also founded and served as the inaugural President of the Filipino American Lawyers Association of Washington\, DC\, an affiliate of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nRahul Kulkarni is the CEO of Sukhi. He has a background in employee wellness\, mindfulness\, public health\, and mental health. He’s also a former McKinsey consultant\, worked in international development (UN World Food Program in Ecuador\, USAID in Uganda)\, and spent 6 months conducting group therapy sessions in Boston at a North Suffolk mental health clinic. \nHe studied clinical psychology at Tufts Medical\, abnormal psychology at Cornell\, and received an MBA from MIT. He completed 10 days of silence and meditation training at a Buddhist Ashram in India\, and recently led corporate mindfulness workshops for teams at The World Bank\, Lyft\, and Verizon. \n  \n  \n  \n  \nModerator\nMs. Denise Lew is a retired Air Force Colonel currently employed as a health care consultant with Deloitte Consulting LLP. She has a B.A. in Health Arts and Sciences from the University of California at Berkeley and a Masters of Public Administration with an emphasis in Health Administration from California State University\, East Bay. She is a board-certified healthcare executive\, a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives\, and has over nine years of experience with Deloitte and 26 years of prior active duty Air Force experience in healthcare administration. \nIn the Air Force\, Denise served in C-suite equivalent roles in military hospitals and clinics as well as executive positions in DoD regional and Air Force headquarters offices\, supporting DoD policy implementation for healthcare delivery\, human resources\, strategic planning\, quality management\, patient safety\, customer service\, recruitment and retention\, career paths and succession planning\, and leadership development. In her role with Deloitte\, she serves as a subject matter expert for the Military Healthcare System (MHS)\, specializing in the TRICARE health plan benefit and Military Treatment Facility (MTF) operations. \nDenise is also actively involved in mentoring Asian practitioners in her firm\, as well as volunteering as  mentor for CAPAL’s summer internship and fellowship programs\, for young healthcare executives in ACHE\, and for transitioning veterans in AcademyWomen’s eMentor program. She is past chair of the Asian Healthcare Leaders Forum committee of ACHE\, and is a member of Ascend and the Asian American Government Executives Network (AAGEN).[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”Watch Recording Here!” color=”primary” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DuV5pOpuFgEI%26t%3D1s|||”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.capal.org/site/event/2020wlp1/
CATEGORIES:front-display,Washington Leadership Program,Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190724T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190724T200000
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SUMMARY:2019 Washington Leadership Program Session VI: What's in a Name? Labels as Political Identity
DESCRIPTION:This session will focus on how United States immigration and naturalization law has shaped the myriad communities under the AANHPI umbrella\, from the territories to the continental US. Participants will interrogate how labels are applied to AANHPI minority identities\, whether surrounding refugee or national or legal status\, and how different communities are impacted by policies with respect to those labels. Registration for the event will begin at 5:30pm with our program following promptly at 6:00pm. All WLP sessions are free to the public\, but seating is limited. Please register online to reserve your seat. Dinner will be provided.   \nSpeakers\n  \n \nVimala Phongsavanh currently serves as the Director of Programs and Community Engagement at the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS).\nPrior to joining APAICS\, Vimala served as the Policy Director at the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (NAPAWF) where she worked to build power for Asian American and Pacific Islander women and girls through leading the organization’s reproductive justice agenda.\nBefore moving to Washington\, DC in 2017\, she led advocacy efforts at Common Cause Rhode Island and led successful campaigns in democracy including the passage of legislation such as automatic voter registration\, online voter registration\, post-election audits\, and ethics reform. She worked as a lobbyist to pass state legislation for the disaggregation of Southeast Asian student data.\nAdditionally\, she served as the Director of Programs at the Center for Southeast Asians where she led the organization’s strategic direction\, vision\, and program management.\nIn 2009\, Vimala ran for local office in her hometown for a seat on the Woonsocket School Committee and became the first Lao American elected to a school board in the country\, and the first Asian American elected to office in the city. Vimala served on the committee for two terms and as the committee’s Chairwoman.\nVimala was born\, raised and educated in Rhode Island\, and currently lives in Arlington\, Virginia. She has a BS from Providence College\, and an MPA from the University of Rhode Island. \n  \n \nNeil G. Ruiz\, Ph.D. is associate director of global migration and demography at the Pew Research Center. He studies the international movement of people across borders\, high-skilled immigration to the U.S. and around the world\, demographic analysis of Asian Americans\, and comparative legal immigration systems. Prior to joining the Center\, Ruiz was the executive director of the Center for Law\, Economics & Finance at George Washington University\, and he has also worked as a migration and economic development expert at the Brookings Institution\, the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank. He is a political economist with a doctorate degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology\, a master’s degree from Oxford University\, and a bachelor’s degree from the University of California\, Berkeley. Ruiz regularly speaks about U.S. immigration and international migration research with major print and broadcast media. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nJanelle Wong is Professor of American Studies at the University of Maryland and a core faculty member in its Asian American Studies Program.  She received her PhD in 2001 from the Department of Political Science at Yale University. Wong is the author of Immigrants\, Evangelicals\, and Politics in an Era of Demographic Change (2018\, Russell Sage Press)\, Democracy’s Promise: Immigrants and American Civic Institutions(2006\, University of Michigan Press) and co-author of two books on Asian American politics. The most recent is Asian American Political Participation: Emerging Constituents and their Political Identities (2011\, Russell Sage Foundation)\, based on the first national\, multilingual\, multiethnic survey of Asian Americans. She was a Co-Principal Investigator on the 2016 National Asian American Survey\, a nation-wide survey of Asian American political and social attitudes. Wong is a research fellow at AAPI Data and a public fellow at PRRI (Public Religion Research Institute).  Wong is also the co-founder of Chinese American Progressive Action\, a project dedicated to amplifying progressive Chinese American perspectives related to racial justice (follow at @actioncapa) \n  \nModerators\nPriscilla Baek \nRegister\n**If you are unable to attend\, please notify us 24hr in advance to open your spot for another person** \n \nWe encourage you to join our mailing list\, like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter for the latest updates. \n\nMore About The Washington Leadership Program\nThe Washington Leadership Program (WLP) provides a space for young AANHPI students interning in Washington\, D.C. to come together\, build community\, and explore their heritage within the context of public service. Through six sessions over the summer\, WLP introduces students to AANHPI public service leaders who can inform and inspire students’ own civic engagement. \nThe Conference on Asian Pacific American Leadership (CAPAL) seeks to empower Asian American\, Native Hawaiian\, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) youth by increasing access to public service opportunities and building a strong AANHPI public service pipeline. We envisions a future with equitable AANHPI representation throughout all levels of government and public service. \n\nBy registering for CAPAL’s Washington Leadership Program\, you give permission to be recorded or photographed during the session. Food provided at this event may contain nuts\, dairy\, gluten\, and other allergens. Vegetarian options will be available.
URL:https://www.capal.org/site/event/2019-washington-leadership-program-session-6/
LOCATION:DC\, United States
CATEGORIES:front-display,Washington Leadership Program
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190717T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190717T200000
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SUMMARY:2019 Washington Leadership Program Session V: Empowering AANHPI Womxn
DESCRIPTION:This session will connect participants with AANHPI women leaders giving voice to their professional experiences as minorities in public service. This session focuses on navigating career paths and the workplace as AANHPI women\, and the importance of supporting women of all backgrounds in the push for equitable representation in leadership. Registration for the event will begin at 5:30pm with our program following promptly at 6:00pm. All WLP sessions are free to the public\, but seating is limited. Please register online to reserve your seat. Dinner will be provided.   \nSpeakers\nBianca Humady Rey was born and raised in the Philippines. She moved to the United States in the fall of 1998\, and began working in the healthcare field in 1999. She is currently an Equity\, Inclusion and Diversity Specialist at Kaiser Permanente Mid-Atlantic States (KPMAS) Region.  Bianca is also one of the National Co-Chair of Kaiser Permanente’s KP Pride Business Resource Group. \nBianca’s passions include a devotion to the normalizing and visibility of the Transgender Communities Nationally and Internationally. She has volunteered as Executive Producer for Capital Pride Alliance and Capital Trans Pride for more than three years.  She is currently the Chair of Capital Trans Pride (https://www.capitalpride.org/team_members/bianca-humady-rey/) .  Bianca has also worked with Equality Virginia’s Transgender Advocacy Speakers Bureau (TASB) Program as a Speaker/Facilitator for three years\, with focused on conversations about own life stories\, while providing a forum for participants to engage in a question-and-answer dialogue. One story at a time\, helping to build understanding and support for Transgender community. \n  \n  \nAnna Chu\, Vice President for Strategy and Policy\, shapes NWLC’s cross-cutting advocacy and policy work and leads federal and state government relations strategy. Prior to joining NWLC\, Ms. Chu served as the Vice President of Policy and Research at the Center for American Progress (CAP) Action Fund\, leading its economic justice advocacy work\, and was previously the Director of CAP’s Middle Out Economic Program. She has also served as the Policy Director for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and spent time on Capitol Hill as Policy Advisor for the House Democratic Caucus. After attending the University of Southern California Law School\, she began her career as a law clerk to former Chief Judge Jane A. Restani in her sittings before the U.S. Court of International Trade and in six different federal appellate courts\, and then spent time as an attorney at Paul Hastings\, Janofsky & Walker LLP. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nJane Liu is the Legal Director of the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum\, a national multi-issue organization that advocates and organizes to build the collective power of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) women and girls.  NAPAWF engages its work with an intersectional\, reproductive justice framework\, working to ensure that different aspects of the identity of AAPI women and girls\, such as ethnicity\, immigration status\, education\, sexual orientation\, gender identity and access to health care are considered in tandem when addressing their social\, economic and health needs. As Legal Director\, Jane leads NAPAWF’s legal advocacy and litigation strategies in the areas of reproductive rights and health\, immigrant rights\, and economic justice.   \nPrior to joining NAPAWF\, Jane was a Partner at Terris\, Pravlik & Millian\, LLP\, a public interest law firm in Washington\, D.C.\, where she litigated civil rights and employment cases. Her work included litigating class actions on behalf of Medicaid recipients seeking to enforce their rights under the Constitution and federal Medicaid law\, as well as a class action on behalf of children with disabilities seeking to enforce their rights under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. She also represented children enrolled in Medicaid\, primarily children with special needs\, at administrative hearings to challenge denials of Medicaid benefits. Jane began her career as a public defender\, representing indigent defendants charged with serious felonies in the Dorchester area of Boston.  \nDuring her career\, Jane has litigated numerous federal appeals and argued before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and graduated magna cum laude with an A.B. in Sociology from Princeton University. \n  \nKrystal Ka’ai is the executive director of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC)\, a bicameral organization composed of 73 Members of Congress who advocate on behalf of the Asian American and Pacific Islander community at the federal level. In this role\, she manages the caucus’ internal legislative and policy agenda and facilitates its external communication and outreach with federal government agencies\, external stakeholders\, and various Asian American\, Native Hawaiian\, and Pacific Islander community based organizations. She has served as CAPAC’s executive director since 2013 and is the first Native Hawaiian to serve in this role. Prior to joining CAPAC\, Krystal held positions with the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs; the State of Hawaii\, Office of Hawaiian Affairs; and the National Japanese American Memorial Foundation. Born and raised in Hawaii\, she graduated from Lehigh University with honors with a B.A. in Political Science. \n  \nModerators\n  \n \nMini Timmaraju has over 20 years of professional experience leading federal\, state and local campaigns\, as well as advocacy efforts for non-profit organizations. She has an extensive background on gender issues and community outreach strategies. She currently serves as an Executive Director on the Diversity and Inclusion team for Comcast NBCUniversal\, based out of their corporate headquarters in Philadelphia. She was previously on the External Affairs team where she served as a liaison between Comcast and external stakeholders including advocacy organizations\, political organizations\, and public policy groups.\nPrior to joining Comcast\, she served as Hillary for America’s National Women’s Vote Director\, leading the historic campaign’s planning and implementation of its strategy to maximize women’s participation in the election. This involved engaging with a variety of stakeholders—Members of Congress\, donors\, advocacy groups\, volunteers\, and the media— to mobilize grassroots support. \nPreviously\, Mini was the National Director of the National Council of Asian Pacific Americans\, where she managed legislative\, advocacy and communications strategy for a coalition of 34 Asian Pacific American organizations. Mini has also served as the Chief of Staff to Congressman Ami Bera M.D. (D\, CA-7)). Her other professional experience includes various roles with Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA)\, including Director of PPFA’s Office of the President.\nDuring her early career\, Mini held a number of leadership positions in state and local political organizations in South Carolina\, Oklahoma\, Tennessee\, New Hampshire\, Texas and New Delhi\, India. \nMini received her bachelor’s degree from the University of California-Berkeley and completed her J.D. at the University of Houston Law Center where she was the recipient of the Joan Garfinkle Glantz award for outstanding work in the field of civil rights and the Class of 1999 Distinguished Service Award. She resides in Philadelphia with her husband and two children. \n  \nRegister\n**If you are unable to attend\, please notify us 24hr in advance to open your spot for another person** \n \nWe encourage you to join our mailing list\, like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter for the latest updates. \n\nMore About The Washington Leadership Program\nThe Washington Leadership Program (WLP) provides a space for young AANHPI students interning in Washington\, D.C. to come together\, build community\, and explore their heritage within the context of public service. Through six sessions over the summer\, WLP introduces students to AANHPI public service leaders who can inform and inspire students’ own civic engagement. \nThe Conference on Asian Pacific American Leadership (CAPAL) seeks to empower Asian American\, Native Hawaiian\, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) youth by increasing access to public service opportunities and building a strong AANHPI public service pipeline. We envisions a future with equitable AANHPI representation throughout all levels of government and public service. \n\nBy registering for CAPAL’s Washington Leadership Program\, you give permission to be recorded or photographed during the session. Food provided at this event may contain nuts\, dairy\, gluten\, and other allergens. Vegetarian options will be available.
URL:https://www.capal.org/site/event/2019-washington-leadership-program-session-5/
LOCATION:Rayburn House Office Building\, 45 Independence Ave SW\, #235\, Washington\, DC\, 20515\, United States
CATEGORIES:front-display,Washington Leadership Program
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190626T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190626T200000
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SUMMARY:2019 Washington Leadership Program Session III: Disaggregating on the Job - Equity in the Workplace
DESCRIPTION:This session will break down what diversity truly looks like in the workplace\, both within and outside of AANHPI community.  Participants will hear from panelists who can speak to the importance of thinking critically about how Diversity & Inclusion data are represented\, and the impact on workplace culture. Registration for the event will begin at 5:30pm with our program following promptly at 6:00pm. All WLP sessions are free to the public\, but seating is limited. Please register online to reserve your seat. Dinner will be provided.   \nSpeakers\nFor over 10 years\, Akil Vohra has worked to improve equity and access for some of our nation’s most marginalized communities. As the former Director of Strategic Initiatives at the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (WHIAAPI)\, Akil lead the team that guided federal government policy on a range of substantive areas including education\, data\, civil rights\, bullying and harassment\, workforce diversity\, religion\, language access\, and My Brother’s Keeper. Akil also served as the principal liaison to the President’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and has developed strong partnerships with community based organizations\, businesses\, nonprofit organizations\, and trade associations to advance this work. He previously led the Muslim Charity Works campaign at Muslim Advocates aimed at strengthening the Muslim nonprofit sector\, and worked to amend terrorism financing laws through the USA Patriot Act. Akil is a graduate from the University of California\, Irvine\, and the George Washington University Law School where he was the recipient of the Michael Dean Cooley Award. \n \n \n \n  \nJenny R. Yang served as a Commissioner and Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from 2013 to 2018. Under her leadership\, the Commission redoubled its efforts to tackle systemic barriers to opportunity\, including launching a Select Task Force on the Study of Harassment in the Workplace and advancing equal pay through the collection of pay data. \nCurrently\, as a Senior Policy Fellow at the Urban Institute\, she has launched an Initiative on Employment Equity\, to apply evidenced-based practices to advance diversity\, equity and inclusion at work. In addition\, she is studying the impact of structural and technological changes in the workplace on equality of opportunity for all workers. In addition\, as a Partner with Working Ideal\, she is assisting a wide range of employers to implement practices that shift cultural norms and promote behaviors that advance diversity\, inclusion and equity. \nPrior to joining the EEOC\, Ms. Yang spent a decade representing workers nationwide as a partner at Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC. Before that she served as a Senior Trial Attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice\, Civil Rights Division\, Employment Litigation Section. Ms. Yang clerked on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. A graduate of Cornell University\, she earned a B.A.\, with distinction\, in Government and a J.D.\, cum laude\, from New York University School of Law\, where she served as an editor of the Law Review and a Root-Tilden Public Interest Scholar. \n  \nJohn Kim is the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s inaugural chief administrative officer. In this role\, he oversees all administrative and operational functions at the Foundation.  \nKim previously served as Casey’s chief of staff and vice president. As chief of staff — a position he held since 2012 — Kim was responsible for fostering relationships and engagement between the Foundation’s Board of Trustees and its Senior Leadership Team\, and leading the Foundation’s Office of the President In 2015\, Kim assumed a second role — vice president — and assumed leadership of human resources and organizational development. Kim’s career at Casey dates back to 2002\, when he joined the Foundation as a program associate for what is now called the Child Welfare Strategy Group. In this role\, Kim worked with states and jurisdictions to reform child welfare and juvenile justice systems and reduce the number of young people placed in institutional settings. In 2005\, Kim transitioned to director of grants management\, where he oversaw the Foundation’s distribution of funds to more than 600 grantees annually while also overhauling of the organization’s grant-making process. In 2010\, he left the Foundation to serve as director of strategic initiatives for the federal Corporation for National and Community Service in Washington\, D.C.  \n“Having exposure to both the administrative and programmatic sides of the Foundation helps me to assist the president in moving the Foundation’s agenda forward\, because the internal infrastructure has to be strong for the programmatic side to work well\,” Kim says.  \nKim earned his law degree from the University of Baltimore while working at Casey. He holds master’s degree in international affairs from Georgetown University and a bachelor’s degree in public policy from the University of Chicago.  \nGrowing up in a Korean-immigrant family that worked in retail in the South Side of Chicago\, Kim noticed at an early age that “there were vast disparities in the opportunities people had depending on where they grew up in the city.” Working at Casey has taught him that “if you are actively engaged in finding the right solutions\, have the right resources and point of view about what it takes to bring about change\, you can actually improve lives.”  \n  \nModerators\nCIA Executive  \nRegister\n**If you are unable to attend\, please notify us 24hr in advance to open your spot for another person** \n \nWe encourage you to join our mailing list\, like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter for the latest updates. \n\nMore About The Washington Leadership Program\nThe Washington Leadership Program (WLP) provides a space for young AANHPI students interning in Washington\, D.C. to come together\, build community\, and explore their heritage within the context of public service. Through six sessions over the summer\, WLP introduces students to AANHPI public service leaders who can inform and inspire students’ own civic engagement. \nThe Conference on Asian Pacific American Leadership (CAPAL) seeks to empower Asian American\, Native Hawaiian\, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) youth by increasing access to public service opportunities and building a strong AANHPI public service pipeline. We envisions a future with equitable AANHPI representation throughout all levels of government and public service. \n\nBy registering for CAPAL’s Washington Leadership Program\, you give permission to be recorded or photographed during the session. Food provided at this event may contain nuts\, dairy\, gluten\, and other allergens. Vegetarian options will be available.
URL:https://www.capal.org/site/event/2019-washington-leadership-program-session-3/
LOCATION:US Capitol House Visitor Center\, First St SE\, #201AB\, Washington\, DC\, 20004\, United States
CATEGORIES:front-display,Washington Leadership Program
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SUMMARY:2019 Washington Leadership Program Session II: Knowledge is Access is Power
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This session will examine the impact of access\, or lack thereof\, to educational resources for various groups within the AANHPI community. Attendees will have the opportunity hear from AANHPI educators and advocates on how to address inequities regarding education policy and organizing\, and learn about the power they carry in movement building. Registration for the event will begin at 5:30pm with our program following promptly at 6:00pm. All WLP sessions are free to the public\, but seating is limited. Please register online to reserve your seat. Dinner will be provided.   \nSpeakers\nDave Nguyen attended the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University from 1985-1990\, and earned his Master’s Degree from Johns Hopkins University. He is the founder of AASuccess (www.aasuccess.org)\, a nonprofit organization dedicated to developing life skills for underserved youth. As the recipient of The Exceptional Career Award signed by the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property\, Dave has been honored with outstanding leadership awards for 17 consecutive years.  \nCurrently\, Dave works at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) as a supervisor and project lead on numerous initiatives focusing on intellectual property\, management\, and technology innovation. His most recent assignments includes: \nSupervising the hiring\, training\, and patent examination process directed to personalized medicine and pharmacogenetics as a member of the Biotechnology & Organics Technology Center’s Management Team. \nWorking as one of six members of St. 26 Legal and Business Negotiation Team representing the United States Patent & Trademark Agency since 2011 to create a new international legal and uniform business standard for inventors’ genetic data submission\, whereby all technology and legal negotiations are targeted for finalization by 2022 with the European Patent Office\, the Japanese Patent Office\, and the World Intellectual Property Organization. \nAs a teenager\, Dave first immigrated to Virginia in the summer of 1982 under the guidance and sponsorship of Dr. Quan Nguyen’s family. After becoming a husband and father of two children\, Lan and Liem\, Dave elected to follow his passion in both education and philanthropy. Well-versed in all aspects of life skills\, leadership\, and management activities at both upper and mid-level leadership positions\, Dave has been instrumental in creating successful innovative products for well-established companies and organizations including the United States & Patent Trademark Office (www.uspto.gov)\, BCLC Global Inc. (www.bclcglobal.com)\, AASuccess (www.aasuccess.org)\, and the Center for AASuccess (www.thecenterforsuccess.org). Currently\, Dave serves as the Co-Chair and President for the Center for Asian American Success\, a business enterprise of a diverse network of existing businesses including banking\, land development\, education\, immigration\, wealth & investment\, wineries\, import and export services. \n  \n\n\n\nKatrina Sun Breese is the Vice President of Development and Programs at APIA Scholars\, the nation’s largest organization dedicated to supporting APIA student access to higher education and resources that cultivate their academic\, personal and professional success. She leads the strategy and execution of the organization’s growth activities\, partnerships and Scholar programming. Katrina is a nonprofit leader with over 10 years of experience at organizations embarking on major growth\, re-branding and/or capacity-building efforts. Her areas of interest and expertise are in Education and Healthcare – two industries that have an incredible impact on human lives but are not equally accessible to all. \nKatrina comes to APIA Scholars most recently from PDK International\, an organization supporting educators and school leaders throughout the arc of their career. There she led the organization’s comprehensive fundraising activities and directed the PDK Educational Foundation’s scholarship program for current and aspiring educators. The organization\, amidst a re-branding and turn-around phase\, experienced major infrastructure and programmatic growth. Katrina rebuilt a fundraising department that had been largely dormant for years and oversaw PDK’s first private foundation grants.  \nKatrina’s nonprofit leadership experience also includes a position as Director of Leadership Giving at the Inova Health Foundation where she led fundraising for their Women’s and Children’s hospitals\, Transplant Center and Departments of Neuroscience and Surgery.  Additionally at The George Washington University Medical Center she helped launch their grateful patient fundraising initiative and led fundraising for the GW Cancer Center.  \nAn avid traveler\, Katrina grew up living all over the world and across the US including South Korea\, Pakistan\, Bolivia\, Texas\, Mississippi\, California\, Connecticut\, DC and Virginia. She and her husband Adam currently reside in South Riding\, Virginia and are proud parents of their two children. \n  \nNeel Saxena is the Executive Director at Asian American LEAD\, his work supports at-risk youth\, creating positive\, safe\, and supportive spaces where young people are supported in their academic development and social and emotional well-being. He has a 17 year track record of direct service\, advocacy\, management\, and commitment to working with overlooked populations. Prior to AALEAD\, he developed a Language Access and Grant Program distributing over $1.25 million in direct service and capacity building grants with the District of Columbia’s Mayor’s Office on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs (OAPIA). His language access work was recognized by the Migration Policy Institute for his efforts on translation quality control. In 2014\, Neel received the Outstanding Service Award from the U.S. Census Bureau and in 2012 a Partnership Recognition Award for his work in the District on the 2010 Census. He was appointed in 2006 to the U.S. Census Advisory Committee on Race and Ethnic Communities and reappointed in 2009. In 2012\, Neel was appointed to the United States Census Bureau National Advisory Committee under the Obama administration. Neel served as the co-chair for the Asian American Community 2020 Census Working Group and chaired the DC Public Schools Joint Advisory Council. Neel is on the steering committee of Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy and serves on the Asian Pacific American Advisory Group to the Montgomery County Executive. Neel’s given talks\, testimony\, and featured in blogs on changing the narrative of Asian Americans breaking stereotypes. \nHe has been connected to AALEAD since serving as a mentor in 2000. Neel has a Masters in Public Policy from American University School of Public Affairs and a B.A. in Economics from the University of Maryland\, College Park. \n  \nModerators\nShyam Gadwal believes in people.  After studying life sciences as a Meyerhoff Scholar at the University of Maryland\, Baltimore County (UMBC)\, he realized that as an Indian-American man\, he would have a direct impact on the life outcomes of children as an educator.  He joined the 2006 Teach For America (TFA) corps in Houston\, where alongside his students\, experimented his way through the high school chemistry and physics. His success in the classroom earned him Houston’s Sue Lehmann Teaching Excellence regional award.  He then spent several years recruiting\, hiring and managing summer teacher-coaches and school directors to train incoming teachers across ten Northeast TFA regions\, ultimately responsible for the development of over 1\,500 teachers.  Shyam also co-founded and serves as a Board member of MERIT Health Leadership Academy\, a non-profit that serves underrepresented Baltimore high schools students pursuing health careers.  Shyam is an experienced people and team developer\, who examines the interplay of race\, class and power in his work. \nRegister\n**If you are unable to attend\, please notify us 24hr in advance to open your spot for another person** \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nWe encourage you to join our mailing list\, like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter for the latest updates. \n\nMore About The Washington Leadership Program\nThe Washington Leadership Program (WLP) provides a space for young AANHPI students interning in Washington\, D.C. to come together\, build community\, and explore their heritage within the context of public service. Through six sessions over the summer\, WLP introduces students to AANHPI public service leaders who can inform and inspire students’ own civic engagement. \nThe Conference on Asian Pacific American Leadership (CAPAL) seeks to empower Asian American\, Native Hawaiian\, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) youth by increasing access to public service opportunities and building a strong AANHPI public service pipeline. We envisions a future with equitable AANHPI representation throughout all levels of government and public service. \n\nBy registering for CAPAL’s Washington Leadership Program\, you give permission to be recorded or photographed during the session. Food provided at this event may contain nuts\, dairy\, gluten\, and other allergens. Vegetarian options will be available. \n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.capal.org/site/event/2019-washington-leadership-program-session-2/
LOCATION:US Capitol Visitor Center\, First St NE\, #200-201\, Washington\, DC\, 20515\, United States
CATEGORIES:front-display,Washington Leadership Program
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SUMMARY:2019 Washington Leadership Program Session I: Putting the Care in Career
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This session will focus on intergenerational care within the AANHPI community and the myriad avenues of providing that care as viable career options outside of traditionally expected healthcare paths. Participants will have the opportunity to learn about cultural competency in health care\, contextualized by leaders and activists in the field. Registration for the event will begin at 5:30pm with our program following promptly at 6:00pm. All WLP sessions are free to the public\, but seating is limited. Please register online to reserve your seat. Dinner will be provided.   \nSpeakers\nMarianne Chung\, MPH\, is Senior Director of Network Innovation at the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF)\, a national health justice organization which influences policy\, mobilizes communities\, and strengthens programs and organizations to improve the health of Asian Americans\, Native Hawaiians\, and Pacific Islanders. Marianne is responsible for directing the organization’s work to build a national network of community based organizations and health leaders for collective action\, as well as overseeing APIAHF’s launch of new innovations and strategies for network development. \nMarianne has almost fifteen years’ experience working with Asian American\, Native Hawaiian\, and Pacific Islander community based organizations and multicultural coalitions to expand access to health care\, improve the quality of care\, and increase investments in community-driven health strategies. Marianne’s experience focuses on network development\, training and technical assistance\, strategic planning\, group facilitation\, leadership and organizational development. \nPrior to APIAHF\, Marianne served as Vice President at the Center for Pan Asian Community Services\, Inc. where she oversaw the agency’s health and social services\, capacity building\, and advocacy programs. Marianne received a Masters in Public Health from Emory University\, Rollins School of Public Health\, where she focused on behavioral sciences and health education. She also received a BA in Sociology from Emory University. \n  \nWashington\, D.C. — Photo by Eric Lee\nAs the Chief Culture Officer\, Janet Namkung focuses on community partnerships\, program development\, and education with the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities. She currently serves as a Commissioner for the DC Mayor’s Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander Community Development. Previously\, she worked the Council of Korean Americans\, OCA-Asian Pacific American Advocates\, and AmeriCorps Civilian and Community Corps. Born and raised in New York City\, Janet is a first-generation Korean American. She is a graduate of Ramapo College of New Jersey with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology. Janet is the first to attend and graduate college in her family. In her spare time\, Janet enjoys going on food vacations\, the outdoors\, karaoke\, and attending live shows. \n\n  \n  \nScott Tanaka is a project specialist for the Center to Champion Nursing in America (CCNA)\, an initiative of AARP Foundation\, AARP\, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. He supports efforts to increase the diversity of stakeholders and coalition building for the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action\, a national initiative of those same organizations to transform health care through nursing and build healthier communities for everyone in America. He also supports the Campaign’s Equity\, Diversity\, and Inclusion Steering Committee\, state Action Coalitions\, consultants\, and advocacy efforts concerning the public’s access to health care. Before joining CCNA\, Scott was with AARP’s Multicultural Leadership team and supported the Asian American Pacific Islander Audience Strategy. Scott obtained a master’s degree in social work from the University of Southern California\, and received his bachelor’s degree in psychology from Biola University in La Mirada\, Calif. \n  \nModerators\nJune Kao is a project manager of AARP’s Multicultural Leadership. For the past seven years\, her work has focused on collaborative and innovate efforts to engage the multicultural 50 and older community. \nJune manages the caregiving work including the production of content as well as community engagement.  She oversaw the production of two caregiving films\, Caregiving Dahil Mahal Kita and Caregiving: The Circle of Love which are used as a catalyst for starting the “Prepare to Care” conversations in the AAPI community. \nJune’s caregiving work also includes creating an Asian American English and a Chinese language versions of AARP’s “Prepare to Care work book\,”  \ndeveloping and presenting an intergenerational “Prepare to Care” workshop\, and leading the November Caregiving month social media campaign which shared 15 AAPI caregiver stories. \nBoard service for June includes: Chair Emeritus of the Board of Directors for the East Coast Asian American Student Union\, a network of over 150 schools and formerly on Board of Directors for the Conference on Asian Pacific American Leadership. She was co-director of New York City Asian American Student Conference and co-chair of Asian Heritage Month at NYU. June was raised in New Jersey and graduated from New York University with a B.A. in Psychology. \n  \nRegister\n**If you are unable to attend\, please notify us 24hr in advance to open your spot for another person** \n \nWe encourage you to join our mailing list\, like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter for the latest updates. \n\nMore About The Washington Leadership Program\nThe Washington Leadership Program (WLP) provides a space for young AANHPI students interning in Washington\, D.C. to come together\, build community\, and explore their heritage within the context of public service. Through six sessions over the summer\, WLP introduces students to AANHPI public service leaders who can inform and inspire students’ own civic engagement. \nThe Conference on Asian Pacific American Leadership (CAPAL) seeks to empower Asian American\, Native Hawaiian\, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) youth by increasing access to public service opportunities and building a strong AANHPI public service pipeline. We envisions a future with equitable AANHPI representation throughout all levels of government and public service. \n\nBy registering for CAPAL’s Washington Leadership Program\, you give permission to be recorded or photographed during the session. Food provided at this event may contain nuts\, dairy\, gluten\, and other allergens. Vegetarian options will be available. \n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.capal.org/site/event/2019-washington-leadership-program-session-1/
LOCATION:DC Mayor’s Office\, 441 4th Street NW\, Washington\, DC\, 20001\, United States
CATEGORIES:front-display,Washington Leadership Program
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