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The following is a tentative schedule
for the Vietnamese American Youth Leadership Conference 2005
The Program
Schedule will be revised and updated.
Wednesday | Thursday |
Friday | Saturday
8:00 - 9:00 a.m.
Breakfast 9:15 - 10:15 a.m. Cool Careers: Beyond the 9-5 Jobs 10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
Understanding Your Cultural Values
Linda Akutagawa - Vice
President for Resource and Business Development, Leadership
Education for Asian Pacifics, Inc.
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Lunch 1:15 – 2:30 p.m.
Political Empowerment & Community Leadership in Action
Christine Chen - Executive
Director, Organization of Chinese Americans (Invited)
Janelle Hu - Executive
Director, APIAVote
Doua Thor -
Deputy
Director, Southeast Asian Resource Action Center
Bouapha Toommaly - Field Program Manager,
Rural Coalition
2:45 –
3:30 p.m. Public Policy and Advocacy - A
Vietnamese Perspective
Ngoan Le -
Senior Program Director, Chicago Community
Trust
3:45 – 4:30 p.m.
Community Service: Making a Difference
Dr. Ngoc Chu -
President, Vietnamese Professionals Society -
DC Chapter
4:45 – 5:30 p.m.
Review & Community Action Plans
What is the Asian Pacific
American identity in the 21st century?
What is the
Vietnamese
American identity in the 21st century?
Where does the
Asian Pacific
American community go from here?
What can participants
concretely do in their communities to make a difference?
5:30 -
6:30 p.m.
Dinner
