Los Angeles, CA - On Wednesday, May 19th, CAUSE held the fifth session of the 2021 Leadership Institute virtually on Zoom.
This week’s theme was “Working Across Communities'' with an emphasis on the diversity within the Asian Pacific American (APA) community. Moderated by Nancy Yap, Executive Director of CAUSE, the panel featured ‘Alisi Tulua, Project Director, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) Data Policy Lab at UCLA, and Mandy Diec, Director of California, Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC). Panelists shared how their ethnic, racial, and other identities both developed and shifted over time, explored how they used personal experiences as building blocks for policy change, and discussed what showing up authentically could look like.
Then in small groups, fellows discussed with each other these topics in their own lives. Fellows were encouraged to set goals for themselves and to hold each other accountable for reaching them.
The CAUSE Leadership Institute (CLI) is a community leadership and advocacy training certificate program for high-potential professionals with seasoned leadership experience and a passion for serving the needs of the APA community in California. Participants complete the program armed with the skills and connections vital to advocate for the APA community. Graduates of this program have gone on to change the civic landscape in the region through elected office and leadership roles in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. The 2021 program will be held virtually using Zoom.
Our program is highly selective and each member of our cohort is selected based on their leadership abilities, public service, and community involvement. Program fellows are identified by leading elected officials, select nonprofit partner organizations, CAUSE Board Members, and CAUSE Alumni.
Read more about this year’s Leadership Institute cohort here.