The 2022 CAUSE Leadership Institute (CLI) is the second fully virtual edition of CAUSE’s community leadership and advocacy training certificate program for high-potential professionals. Over the course of this 6-month program, the 2022 CLI Fellows participated in policy overviews, civic leadership development trainings, and leadership roundtables equipping them with even more skills and connections to continue impacting change.
EVENT DETAILS
Wednesday, JUNE 22ND at 7:00 PM PT
EVENT PROGRAM
Key Note Remarks from Susan Jin Davis, AI Roker Entertainment Inc.
Program Highlights from the CLI Fellows
Networking Opportunity with CLI Fellows and Attendees
As part of the program, each CLI fellow crafted and recorded a 1 Minute Story video. Reflecting on all of their experiences and what they learned through the storytelling sessions, each fellow answered the following questions:
Why are you a part of the CAUSE Leadership Institute?
Why do you want to advocate for the Asian Pacific American community?
What issues are you passionate about? What are you interested in getting involved with?
How will you lead in the community and increase your political and civic engagement?
As a collection of all the 1 Minute Stories, the 2022 CLI Fellows Lookbook briefly introduces each CLI Fellow, their story, and personal vision for civic engagement. The Lookbook offers CLI Fellows opportunities to build connections, align interests and passion areas, and leverage the talents and skills of the CAUSE Network to impact the APA community.
Check them out below:
The CAUSE Leadership Institute 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.
Ada Tsui
Income Qualified Programs Senior Specialist, Southern California Edison
Anthony Nguyen
District Director, Office of Congressman Scott Peters (CA-52)
Benjamin Tran
Policy Strategist, Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Los Angeles
Duke Choi
Program Manager, API Forward Movement
Frederick Alain Docdocil
Mabuhay Branch & Business Development Coordinator, Mabuhay Credit Union (A Division of Nikkei Credit Union)
Hina Ahmad
Program Manager, South Asian Network
Howard Zuo
Owner, Thriving Turtle
Jason Agpaoa
Board Member, Asian Cultural Experience (ACE)
Justin Fong
General Counsel, AmWest Funding Corp.
Nicole Williams
Account Director, Exact Tax, Inc.
Raeena Suhail Lari
Health Advisory Commissioner, County of Santa Clara
Serapia Hyunmin Kim
Central Area Representative, Office of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti
THANK YOU TO THE 2022 CAUSE LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE
SPEAKERS AND TRAINERS
Andrew Murphy
Co-Director Los Angeles Unified School District API Equity Steering Committee
Ben Wong
Public Affairs Consultant
Former Mayor of West Covina
Secretary, CAUSE Board of Directors
Caroline Choi
Senior Vice President Corporate Affairs, Edison International and Southern California Edison
Chanchanit Martorell
Executive Director Thai Community Development Center
Chirag Menon
Principal
Third Settlements
Diana Hwang
Executive Director, Asian-American Women’s Political Initiative (AAWPI)
Eurie Chung
Producer
Flash Cuts Productions
Godfrey Plata
Community and Political Organizer, and Former Candidate
Janet McIntyre
Vice President of Programs & Training
Executive Service Corps of Southern California
John Tang
Director, Government Relations and Public Affairs
Reyes Coca-Cola Bottling
John Yi
Executive Director
Los Angeles Walk
The Honorable Judy Chu
Congresswoman, State of California
Lance Toma
CEO
San Francisco Community Health Center
Leila Lee
Director of Small Business and Entrepreneurship
LA Mayor’s Office of Economic Development
Manjusha Kulkarni
Executive Director
AAPI Equity Alliance
Mary Anne Foo
Executive Director
Orange County Asian Pacific Islander Community Alliance (OCAPICA)
Melissa Apuya
District Director
Office of Assemblymember Marc Levine
Nira Singh
Director of Behavioral Health
Asian Americans for Community Involvement (AACI)
Rachelle Arizmendi
Council Member and Former Mayor
City of Sierra Madre
Raphael Sonenshein
Executive Director, Pat Brown Institute for Public Affairs at California State University, Los Angeles
Richard Calvin Chang
Data Analytics Director
NHPI Data Policy Lab at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
Soukprida Phetmisy
Senior Managing Director of Asian American & Pacific Islander Alliances
Teach for America
The Honorable Stephanie Chang
State Senator, State of Michigan
Tavae Samuelu
Executive DirectorEmpowering Pacific Islander Communities (EPIC)
Our deepest congratulations to the 2022 CAUSE Leadership Institute fellows. Along with program certificates, celebratory desserts were sent to each fellow in the form of freshly baked, delicious cookies from B Sweet, a local Los Angeles Filipino dessert shop. The CAUSE Team chose to send these desserts through the online gourmet food store, Goldbelly, in support of local businesses and to bring delicious local Los Angeles treats with the multi-state cohort.
Additionally, to mark this special occasion, each CLI fellow received a handmade ribbon lei, crafted by former CAUSE Fall Intern, Hannah Wong. In acknowledgment of the practice of adorning graduates with a lei in Pacific Islander communities, CAUSE offers the lei as a symbol of luck, appreciation, and honor to the 2022 CLI cohort.
Best wishes to the fellows!
The 2022 Leadership Institute is Supported by
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