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Civic Leadership & Advocacy

This program cultivates youth who are informed, strategic, and fearless. We prepare young leaders who can speak at city hall, organize their schools, mobilize their neighborhoods, and represent their communities with pride.

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CIVIC LEADERSHIP & ADVOCACY

Civic Leadership & Advocacy

- Activates AAPI youth as community and democratic leaders

- Teaches how policy and power work

- Empowers youth to use their voices for meaningful change

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Through civic education, public speaking workshops, community organizing training, issue-based advocacy, storytelling for power, and hands-on civic action opportunities, youth understand that democracy is not something that happens to them — it’s something they help build.

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COMPONENTS

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Government & systems education

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Organizing & advocacy workshops


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Public speaking & storytelling

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Community action projects

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Voter engagement & democracy labs

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Leadership pathways in public service

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OUTCOME

 Young leaders who understand their power in democracy — and know how to use it.




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IMPACT

Confidence to advocate

Practical organizing skills

Civic knowledge

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Real experience in community leadership

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WHO D0 WE SERVE?

→ AAPI youth ages 14–24 interested in advocacy and community service.

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THE NEED

→   AAPI youth remain underrepresented in civic spaces and often lack access to culturally relevant leadership pathways.

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Your support activates a generation of AAPI civic leaders and changemakers.
You help youth learn how to organize, advocate, and use their voice in democracy.



FUND AAPI YOUTH LEADERS.

Your donation builds the future of AAPI representation and community power.


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“Leadership is not defined by titles or accolades, but by identity, purpose, and service.
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