Asian Pacific American Youth for Equity Symposium (APA-YES)

About ASAP:
The Asian American Student Advocacy Project (ASAP) is a youth leadership program under CACF (Coalition for Asian American Children and Families). ASAP teaches APA youth communication, leadership, and advocacy skills, as well as APA history, issues, and community-building in order to create and build a network of young APA social justice leaders. ASAP educates, trains, and equips its Youth Leaders to be self-aware and informed advocates for their communities. ASAP seeks to build a community of APA youth whose voices are heard and incorporated, and with the collective power to create positive change, particularly in education.

About APA-YES (Asian Pacific American Youth for Equity Symposium):
APA-YES is a annual event ASAP where we gather APA youth to share the culmination of ASAP's work and receive live feedback. By learning about our community's opinions, perspectives, and experiences, especially from those who are underrepresented in ASAP, we can form a more clarified understanding of ourselves as a collective. However, it isn't enough to simply spread awareness. Through APA-YES, we aim to equip others with the resources and tools to understand the complexity of the APA community and speak out against the injustices we face on all levels—individual, interpersonal, institutional, and systematic.

Event Hosted on Zoom on Saturday, July 3, 2021 from 11:30AM - 3:00PM
Event Theme: The impact of COVID-19 on APA youth in connection to APA identity and what it means to be APA.
Attendees: APA youth aged 13-24