Tags: Educational Empowerment

• Love Your Heart

  By Neel Saxena, Executive Director

  Photos from various sources

  

  

  By Neel Saxena, Executive Director

  Photos Courtesy of Freidricka Camille, College and Career Mentoring Program Coordinator

  AALEAD’s approach to out-of-school time p

• The New Kids on the Block: AALEAD expands programming to Arlington, VA

  

  By Neel Saxena, Executive Director

  Photos courtesy of Various Sources

  Over the past 10 years, Asian American LEAD went from a local youth development organization to the

• My Favorite AALEAD Moment, pt1.

  By: Pallavi Rudrataju, VA Middle School Program Coordinator; and Ha Nguyen, Development & Communications Associate

  Photo Courtesy of AALEAD Staff

  
  The Back to School season is finally upon us. Here at AALEAD, this is the time where our program staff work even more diligently together to kick off the AALEAD's After School and Mentoring Programs for the new

• Mentor Older Youth with AALEAD’s College and Career Mentoring Program

  By: Freidricka Camille, College and Career Mentoring Program Coordinator Photo courtesy of AALEAD Staff   This is an exciting time to consider applying to be a College and Career Mentor with Asian American LEAD (AALEAD). Not only is Asian American LEAD bolstering its college access support for high school students, we

• Summer Intern Spotlight: Alani Fujii

  By: Alani Fujii, MD Summer Program Intern

  Photos courtesy of Various Sources

  Nice to Meet Again, AALEAD!

  Hi everyone, my name is Alani Fujii, and I am the Maryland Summer Programs Intern at AALEAD! I am entering my senior year at Barnard College pursuing an Urban Studies and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies degree. I am also a former AALEAD youth! From 2011-2015, I was in the Maryland afterschool and

• A Journey in Snapshots: AALEAD Youth Take On Philadelphia and Baltimore

  By: Ari Pak, MD Programs Manager Photos courtesy of AALEAD staff   QUIZ: What does the “E” in AALEAD stand for? No cheating! (scroll down for answer!)

  An Internship Reflection: Growing Together with Our Youth

  By: Kenny Lam, DC Elementary School Program Intern Photos Courtesy of AALEAD Staff Over the duration of my internship I learned how to interact with elementary-aged children in the school environment, in addition to working with AALEAD staff to create age-appropriate lesson plans. My experience with AALEAD has taught me that youth development is not a one-way conversation in which we pour knowledge into children’s brains, but rather a two-way conversation that allows both the youth and t

• Letters Of Care

  By Saadia Ahmad, DC Elementary School Program Coordinator Photos courtesy of AALEAD Staff

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• When Youth Facilitated Their Own Workshops

  By Shaima Ahmad, Virginia Programs Manager Photos courtesy of AALEAD Staff   Over the past few weeks, our youth at Annandale High School have worked hard to research, prepare, and facilitate workshops for their peers. Youth are given the opportunity to generate ideas for topics that they find interesting. This year we covered a variety of topics such as:   <