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2010 community project rfp |  alumni

ACLF is now accepting applications to the 2010 Community Leaders Program.   Attend our CLP information session to learn more about the program and application process!

CLP 2010 Info Session II
Mon, March 1
6pm – 7:30pm
611 Lane Street, Seattle WA – Room D
Please RSVP to aclfnw@aclfnorthwest.org.

CLP 2010 Info Session
Wed, February 3
6pm – 8pm
611 Lane Street, Seattle WA – Room C
Please RSVP to aclfnw@aclfnorthwest.org.

Are you applying?  Take our poll!  (Poll at the upper-right hand corner of our website).  Thanks!

The Community Leaders Program (CLP) is a unique, culturally relevant program that draws from our rich, complex intertwining histories of global migration, acculturation and political empowerment in the United States. We remember, honor and educate about the significant contributions of APIs and other minorities to the Northwest and United States, which can often be overlooked in mainstream leadership programs. We provide opportunities to meet and be inspired by generations of API leaders who have made an impact in not just the local API community, but the at-large Northwest community. In addition, not only does ACLF focus on technical leadership skills such as public speaking, communication and media; we integrate values of community building, equity and social justice that serve as principle foundation to building strong communities.

The CLP is an intensive curriculum that provides training and mentorship to those with an interest in and potential to step into leadership roles within our communities. Each class is composed of roughly 15 people who meet in bi-weekly sessions over six months.

There are innumerable emerging leaders amongst us of all ages, cultures and walks of life. ACLF focuses on cultivating emerging Asian Pacific Islander leaders to strengthen our vital and complex community. We do not define “emerging” by age. Our class participants are chosen on a basis of their demonstrated commitment to community issues, desire to learn, and readiness to contribute to the group. They come from the private, nonprofit, and public sectors. Our participants are a mix of first-generation immigrants and second-generation APIs and beyond.

ACLF provides training and support to help these individuals grow as effective leaders, be it as staff, board members, or volunteers in all three sectors. This rewarding experience impacts alumni for many years.

PROGRAM OBJECTIVES
- To foster ethical, compassionate and self-reflective API leaders who promote greater social, economic, and political justice.
- To build strong interpersonal relationships that promote communication, support, and accountability to each other and to the API community.
- To strengthen inter-group collaboration through knowledge and understanding of diverse perspectives within the API community.
- To cultivate leaders who value and practice coalition-building across all communities in order to benefit the community at large.
- To build connections between the CLP class and the greater API community.

Our three-pronged approach fosters the development of individual leadership, community strength, and inter-community unity to promote issues critical to Asian Pacific Islanders:

Leadership Development
Program participants receive training in coalition building, interpersonal communication, community development, public speaking, media training, and other critical leadership skills.

Community Involvement
Participants develop and apply their leadership skills by completing a community project designed to benefit a local API organization.

Networking and Mentorship
ACLF promotes networking opportunities for participants to meet API community leaders and develop mentor-mentee relationships.