June 4, 2010 -- Thought leaders, policymakers, community organizers, and NAAAP members are heading to the nation’s Capitol at the end of the month for three significant meetings to promote education, justice, and philanthropy for Asian Americans.
The first Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund (APIASF) Higher Education Summit will be held on Wednesday, June 23, 2010 at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, D.C. Working groups comprising national experts, higher education administrators, community organizations, and students will focus on Underserved Students, Minority Serving Institutions (MSI), and Leadership and Workforce Development. The Summit’s goals are to create a narrative addressing challenges for underserved APIA students, to develop recommendations on how to strengthen Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution (AANAPISI), and to develop strategies to cultivate a strong APIA leadership pipeline within various sectors. Read more at http://www.apiasf.org/higher_ed.html.
NAAAP President Brad Baldia will serve as an invited advisor in the Leadership and Workforce Development workgroup of the Higher Education Summit. Other Asian Pacific Islander educators, policymakers, and leaders at the Summit include Department of Education Under Secretary Martha Kanter, Frank Wu, author and Dean of Hastings Law School, and Robert Underwood, President of University of Guam and a former U.S. Representative.
A second conference on June 23 in Washington, D.C. is Here and Now: With an Eye to the Future - A Symposium for Asian/Pacific Islander American Nonprofit Organizations on Branding, Marketing and Fundraising. NAAAP Senior Adivsor Bill Imada of the IW Group helped organize this Symposium which examines philanthropic giving to the AAPI community and helps nonprofit leaders improve and enhance their marketing, branding, media relations and fundraising capabilities. This Symposium will be hosted in the offices of DLA Piper, LLC. Registration will close shortly, as space is very limited.
The third meeting is the 2010 Advancing Justice Conference, which will span three days, June 23 – 25. The Conference is organized by the Asian American Justice Center, and will take place at the Westin Hotel in Alexandria, Virginia. The conference will focus on capacity building, civil and human rights, immigrant integration, civic participation, youth leadership, community organizing, and core issues impacting the Asian and Pacific Islander American communities. Census 2010 outreach grantees including NAAAP-NC will present their regional experiences and recommendations for future Census campaigns.
Attendance at one or all three of the conference is encouraged for members and friends of NAAAP. For more information, visit the website for the sponsoring organization shown above.
ABOUT NAAAP: The National Association of Asian American Professionals (NAAAP) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit membership-based organization and is the largest and fastest growing Asian professional association with representation in over 25 cities across the United States and Canada. It is known as the North American Association of Asian Professionals in Canada. The organization's vision is "We Make Leaders!" For more information about the NAAAP, go to www.naaap.org.