2023 CAUSE Leadership Academy Intern Emma Chen shares her Week 9 experience.
2023 CAUSE Leadership Academy Intern William Chao shares his Week 7 experiences.
2023 CAUSE Leadership Academy Intern Olivia Sieve shares her Week 7 experiences.
2023 CAUSE Leadership Academy Intern Coby Nguyen shares his Week 7 experiences.
This is it. This is the last week of the CAUSE Leadership Academy and I’m sad for it all to end. This week’s civic leadership session was on “Understanding the Korean American Community.” Monday morning started off strong with a meeting with City of Los Angeles Councilmember David Ryu at the Los Angeles City Hall.
As my final week has come to an end, I have taken some time to reflect on exactly how far I have come over the last nine weeks. When I began the CAUSE Leadership Academy, I could not have imagined the sheer number of incredible events that I have experienced and the amount of amazing people that I have encountered.
On June 27 and June 28, 2016, the CAUSE Leadership Academy – Los Angeles interns traveled to the California State Capitol to participate in the annual Asian Pacific Islander Internship Conference to gain a deeper understanding of politics. The Leadership Academy interns engaged with top-notch speakers from all branches of government. The interns met with legislators, political staffers, think tank staff, commissioners, and lobbyists.
If I could use one word to describe the last few weeks with CAUSE it would be “grateful.” I am grateful for the opportunity to learn about the different facets of the Asian American experience, for the chance to improve myself as a leader, for all the amazing people I have met and have yet to meet, and most importantly for being constantly empowered and inspired as an Asian American to create change in areas I am most passionate about. Without the program, this whole week of opportunities and exposure would be nearly impossible.
Last week, I had the privilege of attending a brown bag* with Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) at the Senate. The event was sponsored by the Congressional Asian Pacific American Staff Association (CAPASA) and co-hosted with Congressional Muslim Staff Association, Congressional South Asian American Staff Association, and the Senate Black Legislative Staff Caucus, to list a few.
