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Immigrant Youth Rising
Charles Sanchez, Dream Summer Intern
AAPIP partnered with the UCLA Labor Center to provide a unique space for undocumented young adults and allies to build relationships, develop professional skills, and amplify the voices of the API community for fair and just immigration policies. Through AAPIP’s work, the amount of API interns in the program more than tripled!
Posted on: August 15, 2013
Creating A Movement of Strong Leaders
Cynthia Choi, Deputy Director
Irene Hirano Inouye always knew she wanted to dedicate her life to public service and to ensure the needs of diverse communities are met. As she puts it, “I came of age during a time when I was trying to understand my own family’s story of being incarcerated during WWII.
Posted on: August 15, 2013
Witnessing a Movement
Laila Mehta, Director, Civic Engagement Fund
In July, I had the privilege of attending the National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance’s (NQAPIA) leadership summit for leaders of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Asian American, South Asian, Southeast Asian, and Pacific Islander (AAPI) organizations.
Posted on: August 15, 2013
For Amache Internment Center & Sand Creek Massacre site session
As part of the packet we’re handing out to participants of the NAP/AAPIP site session in Colorado, here is a short listing …
Posted on: July 30, 2013
Reflections on Amache & Sand Creek
We’ve invited Penelope “Penny” Haru Snipper, founding member of AAPIP’s Minnesota Chapter, to share her personal experiences as a participant on our recent Native Americans in Philanthropy & AAPIP joint site session to the Amache Internment Center and the Sand Creek Massacre Site in Colorado.
Posted on: July 30, 2013