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Silicon Valley AAPI Civic Leadership Summit
2020 Silicon Valley AAPI Civic Leadership Summit
Building on last year’s success, the 2nd Silicon Valley AAPI Civic Leadership Summit was convened on September 19. 30 community partners and over 200 community leaders, elected officials, activists, and students participated in this year’s online summit. The highlight of the AAPI Summit was a panel dialog about race and solidarity, with issues including fighting Anti-Asian hate, promoting AAPI & Black relations, affirmative action, and community mobilization for the November elections.
Nationwide Public Service Internship Programs
Building local pipelines for public service
Civic Leadership USA is partnering with APALI as a consultant to design a nationwide grants program for 30 local community groups to organize student public service internship programs. APALI will also convene a national internship conference for 60 internship leaders to share best practices and a civic leadership training for 60 selected interns. The long-term goal of the renewable CLUSA grants is to help AAPI communities nationwide to develop public service pipelines for elected offices and government careers.
International Student Leadership Training
Building character for the next generation of leaders
APALI has been invited to develop a multi-day civic leadership training for future leaders from Taiwan as part of a summer study program to the U.S. Chosen from various universities with majors such as political science, these students will be exposed to American leaders, political institutions, and exploration of personal leadership.