VOTE.

Voter Outreach, Training, and Education (VOTE) Initiatives empower individuals to be active political participants, vote in elections, and share resources that educate API communities about elections. This includes information about in-language resources, voting processes, and insights on issues that impact the API community.  CAUSE understands how critical culturally relevant resources are to promoting civic engagement in the API community. Efforts have included producing a comprehensive Los Angeles mayoral video interview series, compiling voter resource lists, and hosting events with elected leaders on important topics such as Stop Asian Hate. CAUSE will continue prioritizing access to information in our efforts. 

PARTICIPATE.

Cross Cultural Dialogues discuss the complexity of perspectives around issues that impact API communities. From showcasing nonprofit organizations to sharing diverse perspectives about issues, these conversations provide information about issues and efforts, so that individuals can make decisions about how they want to participate in community efforts. In recent years, the dialogues focused on a series of Multiethnic Statewide Community Polls. The surveys captured perceptions of race relations and identity, responses to COVID-19 efforts, and insights into issues including elections, immigration, police brutality, and hate crime. 

LEAD.

Many emerging leaders can often feel alone in their efforts to create community change. To show these leaders they are not alone, one of CAUSE’s central values is connecting cross-sector leaders with each other to encourage network building and to foster camaraderie. For example, in CAUSE Leadership Institute for Professionals and the CAUSE Leadership Academy for students, CAUSE connects fellows with local and national changemakers. In intimate discussions, changemakers candidly share their experiences and words of wisdom to inspire fellows in creating their own leadership pathways. CAUSE will continue to build these connections, sustaining and growing our community relationships with one another.

1999 (CASIC)

Annie Chang

Tina Ching

Bernard Lam

Christine Li

Arthur Tsao

Eugene Yu

Ivana Wong

2001

Lesley Cheung

Jason Lee

Charline Maher

Jack Song

Adam Wu

Cheery Yen

Hong Zheng

2002

Eric Chen

Christina Hsu

Sunny Hwang

Benjamin Lau

Minal Mehta

James Nguyen

Diana Rodriguez-Wong

Kevin C. Shin

Elsa Tung

2004

Linda Chu

Matthew Hui

Grace Osumi

Regina Yeh

Edison Zhang

2005

Teresa Chiao

Diana Chiu

Alan Kwan

John Mou

Elnie Vannatim

2006

Claudia Hon

Angela Shen

Debbie Trinh

Cynthia Vuong

Sandra Yu

2007

Dawn Cheng

Anna Foo

Martin Leong

Kristine Seko

Tiffany Wang

Christopher Woo

Grace Wu

2008

Ann Chau

Patricia Chou

Andrew Chung

Michael Dee

Charles Li

Andrea Liao

Stephanie Ng

Timothy Sae Koo

Schaum Song

Jane Vhung

2009

Margaret Cho

Karina Hermawan

Jessica Li

Christopher Justin Low

Anna Park

Grace Song

2010

Christian Adriatico

Patricia Amoroto

Justin Balagatas

Jamie  Chan

Carl Chen

Jean Guo

Jonathan Lau

Monica Lee

Kristina Lieu

Lindy K. Pham

2011 (CLA)

Andrew Angeles

Sungwoo Chon

Connie Chu

Ellen Green

Rebecca Han

Grace Li

Anh Thu Tran

Matthew Wong

Alexander  Zou

2012

Wajenda Chambeshi

Grace Hsieh Chiu

Kaitlyn Jeong

Krishnanand Kelkar

Gloria Kim

Lisa Lei

Mary Zhou

2013

Jonathan Chen

Tanya Edmilao

Chee Kwan

Katrina Lei

Lauren Richardson

Christine Sun

Jimmy Q. Tran

Edward Truong

Kim Yamasaki

2014

Alfred Hwang

Amanda Sutima Lee

Hye Rin "Lily" Lee

Daniel Aaron Liu

Bao Nhia Moua

Edwin Saucedo

Rita Zhou

2015

Samantha Gomes

Elaine Hang

Taylor Huang-Boutelle 

Jonathan Yedahm Lee

Takuya Maeda 

Rhea Manglani 

Lianne May

Kristie Sham

Lauren Isabel-Barbara Triolo

Tianyi "Tesia” Zhou

2016

Zenni Duong

Blessing Jee

Sabina Li

Jess Liu

Eric Phung 

Edwin Saucedo

Phoebe Shen

Joanna Tien

Xuan Tong

Erika Zheng

2017

Anna Katrina Alvarado

Sylvia Guan

Sabrina Inoue

Jeffery Jen

Nayada "Mint" Katavetin

Diana Lam

Hanah Lee

Dim Mang

Erika Ngo

Sonia Romero

Stephanie Sun

Eric Thai

Allison Vo

Helen Yu

Olivia Zheng

2018

Jordan Agricula

Andy Bui

Pranett Chhunpen

Jocelyn Chi

Jenny Feng

Katherine Hsu

Jae Jin Lee

Yumei Lin

Leann Pham

Hesu Song

Benjamin Tran

Christine Tran

2019

Amber Chong

Shekinah Deocares

Olivia Dulai

Maamaloa Finau

ShuMin He

Amy  Ho

Matthew Lee

Yanqing Lei

Nina Long

Thanh Mai

Lena Nguyen

Brandon Tabata

Angela Wang

Maya Wong

Amanda Yuen

2020

Amy  Ahmed

Alyssa Choi

Aber John (AJ) Espinoza

Sandi Khine

Ashley Lin

Melody Satele

Lauren Tankeh

Matthew Vu

2021

Byron Briones

Andre Ching

Shanahan Europa

Patrick Fang

Jenn Galinato

Sasha Hussain

Emily Lam

Sean Lee

Andy Li

Lena Rhie

Sean Tan

Fiona Truong

Meiyi Ye

Suki Zhao

2022

Ava Ahlstrand

Carissa Cheng

Charlize Domingo Ott

Olivia Frenkel

Nicole Iwamasa

Pisith Keo

Nicole Lu

Jereme Lua

Isalys Mendoza De La Rosa

Annie Nguyen

Lucy Pan

PaNhia Vang

Arali Weeranarayana Seneviratne

2023

Olivia Anderson

Erika Au

William Chao

Emma Chen

Liam Chia

Naya Dukkipati

Kenny Lê

Pa Houa Lee

Andrea Mac

Meghna Nair

Coby Nguyen

Phong Nguyen

Olivia Sieve

Angel Yuan

2024

Jianhao Cui

Malia Ferrer

Ryan Horio

Eliana Kim

Haley Ku

Shiwani Lata

Robinson Lee

Samantha Leong

Grant Li

Sydney Pike

Gabrielle Shen

Anais Sornkatetin

Emma Tom

Nathan Yeung

2016 (CPI)

Alexander De Ocampo

Hyepin Im

Arnold F. Lee

Henry Lo

Polly Low

Robert Park

Suely Ngouy Saro

Stephanie Uy

Thomas Wong

2017

Hildegarde Aguinaldo

David Chiang

Hannah Cho

Adam Hsu

Tae Kang

Claire Kitayama

Connie Lee

Edward Lee

Faith Lee

Gerrard Panahon

Jinha Park

Lauren Pong

Charlotte White

John Yi

2018 (CLI)

Ronald Arruejo

Phylizia Carrillo

Jessica Cha

AndyMike Emata

Jenifer Harris

Jackie Kim

Jennifer Kumiyama

Jessica Lee

Olivia Lee

Andrew Murphy

Lindsey Nitta

Audrey Oh

Liliane Ribeiro

Paul Seo

Jimmy Tang

Alton Wang

Melanie Yamamoto

Rodney Yo

2019

Kenneth Ahn

Jasmeet Bains

Carmen Chang

Stephanie Cherng

Steven Chow

Carolyn Chu

JunHee Doh

Jason Galisatus

Augustine Han

Eunice Kang

Jeffrey Lee

Kyle Lee

Carmille Lim

Denise Luu

Meredith Maimoni

Bianca Nepales

Hoang Nguyen

Derek Oye

Taylor Quan

Chris Teng Balmaseda

Eileen Ung

Xeres Villanueva

Clint Weirick

Cindy Wu

Melody Zhang

2020

Allen Au

Gina Charusombat

Charles Chen

Kent Chen

Wendy Cheung

Winnie Fong

Alexander Fung

Rose Ann Gutierrez

Kimberly Kandel

Minwoo (David) Kim

Cindy Lee

Michi Lew

Cindy Lin

Reiney Lin

John Ma

Amy Matecki

Alfredo Miller

Victor Munoz

Adrian Narayan

Michael Roberts Nguyen

Angela Shen

Victoria Shin

Dahyun (Day) Son

Jennifer Tang

Jessica Wong

Hanna Yi

Samantha Yturralde

Kristina Zhang

2021

Moises Jun Aglipay

Melissa Ann Apuya

Connie Chan

Angela Chang

Jessica Chang

Jen Chiou

Aileen Flores

Ayana Galace

Jazmin Garcia

Rajan Gill

Jason Khoo

Michelle Kuang

Van Le

Cindy Lee

Sarah Lee

Amaris Leiataua

Janet McIntyre

Stephen Phan

Andrew Saetern

Angie Shaw

Nira Singh

Jason Song

Kathleen Soriano

Marlena Truong

Catherine Villaverde

Douglas Yang

Annie Yea

Angela Yip

2022

Jason Agpaoa

Hina Ahmad

Duke Choi

Frederick Alain Docdocil

Justin Fong

Serapia Kim

Raeena Lari

Anthony Nguyen

Benjamin Tran

Ada Tsui

Nicole Williams

Howard Zuo

2023

Annie Chean

Kevin Fang

Bilal Hammoud

Peter Kim

Ashley Mack

Steven Nguyen

Neil Park-McClintick

Emily Ramos

Dara Smith

Alec Tsai

John Wie

William Yen

Shengxiao "Sole" Yu | 虞圣晓

2018

Craig Ishii

Hogan Lee

Nanxi Liu

Vivian Long

Sean Miura

Jim Song

Amy Watanabe

Mike Zhang

2019

Steve Angeles

Joseph Bernardo

Shikha Bhatnagar

Jessica Caloza

Scott Chan

Ricky Choi

Anna Marie Cruz

Mike Fong

Yoomee Ha

Jennifer Harris

Tony Hoang

Kelly Honda Takasu

Lindsey Horowitz

Emi Kamemoto

Steve Kang

Tae Kang

Stacia Kato

Travis Kaya

Saurabh Kikani

Sylvia Kim

Claire Kitayama

Kavi Lal

Connie Lee

Edward Lee

Olivia Lee

Jessica Lee

Jade Leung

Kevin Lian

Milton Liu

Samuel Liu

Henry Lo

Adam Ma

Jeff Maloney

Andrew Murphy

Farzana Nayani

Stephanie Nitahara

Devin Osiri

Gerrard Panahon

Dora Quach

Max Reyes

Emmanor Rigonan 

James Roh

Miguel Sangalang

Paul Seo

Lawrence Shih

Justin Tandingan

John Tang

Lisa Thong

Kenney Tran

Elnie Vannatim

Michael Vuong

Alton Wang

Thomas Wong

Melanie Yamamoto

Bryant Yang

Nancy Yap

Clayton Yeung

John Yi

2012 - 2013

Lan Chen

Helen Wang

Lizza Wang

Wenyi Zhang

2013 - 2014

Linyun Du

Yuyangzi Hu

Yuxuan Ji

Suran Ouyang

Xuxu Song

Jieru Zhang

2014 - 2015

Andrea Bi

Clare Ge

Joy Wang

Junteng Wang

Xuan Zhang

2017

Angelina Finau

Jina Kim

2015 - 2016

Henry Chan

Yuxing Jin

Jonathan Kim

Wen Wei Lin

2017

Evette Kim

Richard Mai

Audrey Oh

Andrew Saetern

Priscilla Songsanand

Jayce Wolf