Tags: Youth Empowerment

• A Peek Into The AALEAD Virginia Summer Program

  By: Sharon Rajadurai, VA Summer Programs Intern and AALEAD Virginia Youth Program Coordinators (YPCs) Photos courtesy of AALEAD staff   Virginia Summer programs have been two weeks filled with fun, learning, and growth. Our days begin with ice breakers and team building activities led by our eager Youth Program Coordinators (YPCs). YPC is an opportunity for our high school AALEADers during the summer to develop their leadership skills by participating in the

• [Youth Stories] 10 YEARS STRONG: Why I Stayed At AALEAD

  By: Yuanlong "Yung Dragon" D., AALEAD Youth; Yingzhi D., AALEAD Youth; Ellen G., AALEAD Youth; and Charles Kuo, AALEAD DC Programs Manager Photos Courtesy of AALEAD Youth, Staff, and Parents This past year, the AALEAD DC Middle and High School program graduated 13 seniors from our program. We are proud of the

• #KeepFamiliesTogether

  By Neel Saxena, Executive Director Photos courtesy of Various Sources AALEAD was founded to support refugee youth and families. Refugees who saw their family members, neighbors, friends, and coworkers killed back home or lost during their passage, facing danger from pirates, over-crowded boats, and storms. [caption id="attachment_16406" align="alignleft" width="300"]

  Act To Change: An Awareness Campaign to Address Bullying

  By Ha Nguyen, Development and Communications Associate Photos courtesy of AALEAD Staff Every seven minutes, there is an occurrence of bullying. Every day, youth of all ages experience bullying in schools across the country. Bullying may inflict dis

• Celebrate Our Stories, Our History

  By Neel Saxena, AALEAD Executive Director Photos Courtesy of Various Sources   Every May, the Asian Pacific American (APA) community gears up for

• 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:   <

• Joint Program with Promising Futures – experience and what youth learned

  By Stephanie Lim, DC Middle & High School Program Coordinator Photos Courtesy of Stephanie Lim   What happens when two youth-serving organizations come together? Recently, a group of AALEAD’s DC Middle & High School youth had an opportunity to lead a joint program with youth from P

• Capturing The Essence Of Our Elementary School Program

  By Saadia Ahmad, DC Elementary School Program Coordinator Photos Courtesy of Saadia Ahmad They say a picture is worth a thousand words; so when I was asked to do this blog at a time where AALEAD participated in the Lights On Afterschool campaign, I wanted to capture the essence of our DC Elementary School Program through

• Giving Tuesday 2017- AALEAD Cultivates Young Leaders

  By: Fahduma Majid, Communications and Development Intern and Charles Kuo, DC Programs Manager Photos Courtesy of AALEAD Staff What is defined as charity? Can “giving” only be defined as a monetary value or is there merit t