AALEAD

Founded in 1998, Asian American LEAD (AALEAD) seeks to promote the well-being of Asian American youth and families through education, leadership development, and community-building. We focus on the Vietnamese, Amerasian, and Chinese immigrant and refugee communities in the Mt. Pleasant, Columbia Heights, and Shaw neighborhoods of Washington, DC and in the Glenmont, Silver Spring and Wheaton areas of Montgomery County, Maryland.

In 2002, we purchased our own home at 1323 Girard Street and opened a community center in Columbia Heights - the first and only such center operated by an Asian American nonprofit in Washington, DC. Our community continues to grow with the opening of our newest office in Wheaton, Maryland, allowing us to reach out to the Asian American community outside of Washington, DC.