Educational Empowerment
Educational Empowerment is about connecting youth with all available resources to succeed academically and advocate for their own educational development.
Identity Development
Identity Development is about giving youth the tools to develop pride in themselves, develop a healthy self-concept, and lead productive lives.
Leadership Opportunities
Leadership Opportunities are about giving youth opportunities to develop skills as leaders to take on leadership positions in their schools and communities.
June 27, 2020
Asian American LEAD Stands in Solidarity with Black Lives
AALEAD believes that it is our moral duty to speak truth to the racial injustices laid bare in our society today and to state unequivocally that Black lives matter. We grieve the deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, Dominique Clayton, Rayshard Brooks,and too many ot...
June 5, 2020
New Ways of Making Change
By Vi Bui, Mentoring & DC Programs Manager Dear AALEAD Community, It has truly been an amazing and transformative three years together. When I started working at AALEAD in 2017, to be honest, I was quite lost. However, I have really come to believe that youth work is healing work...