Asian Leaders Alliance Newsletter #9: Pride and National Indigenous History Month!
Pride and National Indigenous History Month!
Asian Leaders Alliance!
by Jimmy Hua on June 12, 2021
It is June, and we all have survived Asian Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Month! This last month has probably been a lot of energy, work, and passion for each and every one of you to create programming and experiences for your own members within your company and community. And now we are 2 weeks into June.
While you now are taking a moment to rest, which is well earned, we also need to remember that we are part of a larger community. And that we are not just a single identity. Many if not all of us are “Intersectional”; meaning that we comprise more than just one identity. June is PRIDE month in the US and is National Indigenous History Month in Canada. Let’s continue to support our larger community and share spaces together.
Rodney, an ALA Volunteer Leadership Team Member has put together a list of movies and documentaries for pride month. There are also ones that intersect with the API community included in the list. Feel free to share this with your peers or even add others that you know of.
Pride Month Documentaries and Movies
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Gateway Series- Being a Resilient Leader: Values, Strengths, Wisdom
by Ramon Tran Tang on June 8, 2021
On Wednesday, June 16, 2021, 5:30–6:30 PM (PDT), Panney Wei will present Being a Resilient Leader: Values, Strengths, Wisdom as the next Gateway webinar.
This webinar will discuss:
1. Becoming a resilient leader
2. The qualities and values needed to be effective
3. What leadership strengths are important during a crisis
4. How vision and wisdom are essential to lead the way out of the current pandemic
This presentation will focus on the qualities and characteristics of being a leader, especially during challenging times. The current pandemic has caused everyone to pivot and recalibrate their lives. Being a visionary leader requires the type of leadership that involves vision, optimism, strength, resilience, and positive mental health.
There will be opportunities for you to ask Panney specific questions during the Q&A section that will directly follow the webinar presentation.
Our Speaker:
Panney Wei is an award-winning motivational speaker and leader specializing in using the power of the mind to reach your potential and empowering people to achieve their personal and professional dreams.
Panney hosts a weekly podcast “See the Way with Panney Wei”, on iTunes and other podcast platforms featuring neuro-diverse conversations, life lessons, and wisdom from top leaders and luminaries in various fields. Her previous radio show/podcast, “Positive Changes with Panney Wei ‘’ on KCAA 1050 AM, NBC News radio, and Contact Talk Radio reached over a million listeners worldwide.
Asian Hate: Fixing the Legal System?
by Nathan Chung on June 9, 2021
Join our panelists of Law Makers and Law Enforcers. We’ve carefully crafted an incredible lineup of panelists of Co-Chair at White House Initiative for AAPI, California Deputy Attorney General, Mayors, Senator Emeritus and Prosecutor who are prepared to divulge their strategies, insights and know-how and create solutions to help stop Asian Hate.
Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGDEC6aEuR9k_zsEPRbTNUQ
Celebrating Asian & Pacific Islander Heritage Month with Asian Leaders Alliance and Hate is a Virus
by Jimmy Hua on June 9, 2021
Airtable recently published a blog highlighting 2 AAPI organizations that use their product to make things happen. Asian Leaders Alliance was highlighted and asked Jimmy to talk more about how they use Airtable and about what is Asian Leaders Alliance is. Read their posts directly on their site.
Joy Ruckus Club Presents: I Hate Being Hated
by Jimmy Hua on June 13, 2021
This is happening right now! Asian Leaders Alliance with Joy Rockus Club, Stand with Asian Americans, and many others are standing up and making a statement. We recorded a short video with video submissions from you! Join, watch, and support! And if you submitted a video to us 2 weeks ago, you can find ALA’s Statement and your video at around 6:30 pm pst.
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Give In May | Revitalizing Our Community
During the month of May, we hope to bring our community together by being part of the Give In May campaign and partnering with amazing local Southeast Asian entrepreneurs to raise funds for nonprofits like ours in honor of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. Funds raised will support at-risk youth, low-income families, and immigrants, creating independence by building knowledge and confidence.
We are excited to partner with a handful of Southeast Asian entrepreneurs to empower their businesses and support their missions to share our culture. By donating, you will have the opportunity to be eligible for fun prizes and experiences like a virtual cooking class and tons of Southeast Asian munchies!
We’re looking to fundraise $20,000 in order to address the safety of our staff and clients at the Center and to reinforce the essential programs that we provide. You can also help by spreading the word to your loved ones and sharing on social media using the hashtag #GiveInMay. With your support, we believe together we can bring vitality to the Southeast Asian community.
invisaWear Discount for ALA members!
by Kim Chu on May 10th, 2021
Like everyone else, I became gravely concerned with my parents’ safety amidst the rise of violence on our community, especially our elders. In my search for safety products, I came across invisaWear. It’s a POC and woman-owned company that specializes in safety jewelry that works internationally in 200+ countries. With the press of a button, the device will allow you to alert 911/emergency services and/or text your contacts with your GPS location. invisaWear has been so kind and gave us a discount code for ALA members. If any of you are interested in buying this for you, your friends, family, etc., the discount code is ASIANLEADERSALLIANCE and it’s for 20% off. Their charms (the actual safety device) is about $120 and they also have accessories to pair it with.
Being a member?
We have also released a new signup form. We want to get to know you and your organization better! We are putting together a directory of members and organizations to help us connect better but also to also help support all of us. We will be improving things soon. Sign up through our members’ page and keep on coming back as we add more information about what it means to be a member.
If you or your organization haven’t signed up using a form, please sign up again! That will ensure that we have your information.
Community Calendar
Looking for events? Or want to share your events with the ALA Community? You can do that by going to our website and submitting the event. It will show up on our website and sent to our members.
https://www.asianleadersalliance.com/community-calendar.html
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