Elevating Leaders Summit 2022

July 12th - July 14th 2022
4:30 - 9:00 PM EST

#apiascholarsels2022

Registration Closed

ABOUT

The APIA Scholars Elevating Leaders Summit (ELS) is the largest program in our suite of holistic college to career programs in which we celebrateand welcome our newest Scholar cohorts to the APIA Scholars community.

Over the course of 3 days, 150 - 200 first year, second year, and transfer students will participate in a virtual conference experience where they will engage in workshops on how to cultivate authentic leadership skills, the power of storytelling and APIA representation, and the importance of centering mental health and wellness during college.

APIA students will also have the opportunity to build community with their fellow Scholars by participating in small group discussions led by an alumni facilitator. After attending the Elevating Leaders Summit, students will have the knowledge, resources, and networks necessary to thrive as leaders on campus.

Check Out Highlights

from the 2021 Elevating Leaders Summit!

AGENDA

APIA Scholars 2022

Agenda

July 12, 2022 05:00 pm

ELS Day 1: Welcome & Keynote

Manjusha P. Kulkarni
AAPI Equity Alliance

Shyam R. Gadwal
APIA Scholars

July 12, 2022 06:15 pm

ELS Day 1: Figure It Out: An Introduction to Cultivating Mentorship

Gaonoucci Belle Vang
California State University, Fresno

In this session, participants will understand the importance of intersectionalism when searching for a mentor, as well as having self-awareness as a mentee. Through interactive activities, participants will tackle questions such as “What are the most important characteristics of yourself and how does that connect to what you want in a mentor?”. They will also get a chance to practice outreach to potential mentors with email templates and to discuss intersectionalism with their peers.

July 12, 2022 06:15 pm

ELS Day 1: Homemaking: Building Our SEAAsters Collective in Academia

Varaxy Yi Borromeo
California State University, Fresno

Jacqueline Mac
Northern Illinois University

How do we make a home in spaces not built for us? We are Southeast Asian American (SEAA) women in higher education and members of the SEAAster Scholars Collective and we commit to advancing scholarship about, with, for, and by SEAA communities. As individuals who come from refugee, first-generation, and/or low-income backgrounds, we created the Collective to be our home within academia. In this session, Scholars will learn a bit of our story on how this Collective came to be, dream about what a space needs to look and feel like to be most aligned with their experiences, and share these experiences and reflections to build collectives across their networks. We invite all Scholars to attend this workshop to build community with and for each other.

July 12, 2022 07:15 pm

ELS Day 1: Small Discussion Group w/ Tina Ly

Tina Ly

July 12, 2022 07:15 pm

ELS Day 1: Small Discussion Group w/ Anam Khalid

Anam Khalid

July 12, 2022 07:15 pm

ELS Day 1: Small Discussion Group w/ Andre Pak

Andre Pak

July 12, 2022 07:15 pm

ELS Day 1: Small Discussion Group w/ Joey Uy

Joey Uy

July 12, 2022 07:15 pm

ELS Day 1: Small Discussion Group w/ Noor Ali

Noor Ali

July 12, 2022 07:15 pm

ELS Day 1: Small Discussion Group w/ Melissa Atienza

Melissa Atienza

July 12, 2022 07:15 pm

ELS Day 1: Small Discussion Group w/ Melvin Nguyen

Melvin Nguyen

July 12, 2022 07:15 pm

ELS Day 1: Small Discussion Group w/ Sami Birmingham-Babauta

Sami Birmingham-Babauta

July 12, 2022 07:15 pm

ELS Day 1: Small Discussion Group w/ Tammalivis Salanoa

Tammalivis Salanoa

July 12, 2022 07:15 pm

ELS Day 1: Small Discussion Group w/ Yoo Ra Sung

Yoo Ra Sung

July 12, 2022 07:15 pm

ELS Day 1: Small Discussion Group w/ Alana Wilson

Alana Wilson

July 12, 2022 07:15 pm

ELS Day 1: Small Discussion Group w/ Amandip Chauhan

Amandip Chauhan

July 13, 2022 05:00 pm

ELS Day 2: Welcome Remarks

Nalei Stewart
E Ala E Hawaiian Cultural Center

Kylie Stamm
APIA Scholars

July 13, 2022 05:15 pm

ELS Day 2: Understanding & Leading from Your Cultures & Values

Chingcha Vang
Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics (LEAP)

Do you ever wonder why you are the way you are and why you do what you do? Is it your style or your personality? Have you ever considered how the influences of early messaging from your Asian and Pacific Islander American upbringing and how it may shape your style, behavior, and perspectives? In this session, we'll discuss and explore the relationship between values, behaviors, and perceptions along with the core values that most strongly influence you. The impact of leadership enhancing and leadership limiting behaviors will be explored and techniques for managing perceptions and leveraging your Asian & Pacific Islander cultural values will be discussed.

July 13, 2022 05:15 pm

ELS Day 2: Nakupuna Scholar Welcome Ceremony

Lindsay Ah Loo
Nakupuna Foundation

Kapua Ioane
2020 Nakupuna Scholar

Nalei Stewart
E Ala E Hawaiian Cultural Center

Calling all Nakupuna Scholars past and present! Join us for a welcome ceremony for the incoming 2022-2023 APIA Nakupuna Scholars Cohort. This is a chance for scholars to meet fellow cohort members and learn more about the resources and support available to each of you. We will have local community members, speakers from the Nakupuna Foundation, and Nakupuna Scholars alumni engage with scholars. We are excited to talk story and build community with one another. This session is for Nakupuna Scholars and alumni.

July 13, 2022 05:15 pm

ELS Day 2: Decolonized Yoga for Body Positivity & Acceptance

Jessica Lin
Jess Beyond the Body

Do you struggle with body image issues? This workshop will feature guided meditation, breathwork, and journaling to improve our relationships with our bodies. Participants will learn ways to rewrite negative self-talk and build more constructive methods of self-improvement. Led by a queer and disabled Asian American woman, this workshop will respectfully consider influential factors like queerness, disability, and Eurocentric standards of beauty.

July 13, 2022 06:15 pm

ELS Day 2: Breaking Barriers from the Last Frontier

Tammalivis Salanoa
University of Alaska, Anchorage, TRIO Student Support Services

Eva Ulukivaiola
University of Alaska, Anchorage, TRIO Student Support Services

In this workshop, scholars will learn how to navigate higher education using mentorship, motivation, and how to overcome barriers. Mentors can provide specific insights and information that enable the mentee's success. Students who are more motivated to learn persist longer, produce higher quality effort, learn more deeply, and perform better in classes and on standardized tests. We will share, discuss, and practice a number of strategies for empowering student leaders to create safe communities, as well as present a model for student leadership development that gives them the skills, support, and practice to take on obstacles they may face in higher education.

July 13, 2022 06:15 pm

ELS Day 2: How LGBTQ+APIs Lead

Kenrick Ross
National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance (NQAPIA)

In this session, attendees will meet a panel of LGBTQ+ API leaders from diverse sectors speaking about their college and career journeys, how they serve and lead in all communities they call home, the challenges and opportunities of holding multiple identities that are not hegemonic anywhere, and how they incorporate wellness practices into their work.

July 13, 2022 07:15 pm

ELS Day 2: Small Discussion Group w/ Amandip Chauhan

Amandip Chauhan

July 13, 2022 07:15 pm

ELS Day 2: Small Discussion Group w/ Anam Khalid

Anam Khalid

July 13, 2022 07:15 pm

ELS Day 2: Small Discussion Group w/ Andre Pak

Andre Pak

July 13, 2022 07:15 pm

ELS Day 2: Small Discussion Group w/ Joey Uy

Joey Uy

July 13, 2022 07:15 pm

ELS Day 2: Small Discussion Group w/ Noor Ali

Noor Ali

July 13, 2022 07:15 pm

ELS Day 2: Small Discussion Group w/ Melissa Atienza

Melissa Atienza

July 13, 2022 07:15 pm

ELS Day 2: Small Discussion Group w/ Melvin Nguyen

Melvin Nguyen

July 13, 2022 07:15 pm

ELS Day 2: Small Discussion Group w/ Sami Birmingham-Babauta

Sami Birmingham-Babauta

July 13, 2022 07:15 pm

ELS Day 2: Small Discussion Group w/ Tammalivis Salanoa

Tammalivis Salanoa

July 13, 2022 07:15 pm

ELS Day 2: Small Discussion Group w/ Tina Ly

Tina Ly

July 13, 2022 07:15 pm

ELS Day 2: Small Discussion Group w/ Yoo Ra Sung

Yoo Ra Sung

July 13, 2022 07:15 pm

ELS Day 2: Small Discussion Group w/ Alana Wilson

Alana Wilson

July 14, 2022 05:00 pm

ELS Day 3: Welcome Remarks

Christina Lambert
APIA Scholars

Noel Harmon, PhD
APIA Scholars

July 14, 2022 05:15 pm

ELS Day 3: Art as Activism

Kent Tong
OCA-Asian Pacific American Advocates

Everyone has a place in serving the community. It does not require a specific study or set of skills to be an activist. Students will learn about artists of different mediums who use their chosen mediums to draw attention to social and political issues while calling for change.

July 14, 2022 05:15 pm

ELS Day 3: Weaving Wellness & Leadership Narratives Together

Taelani Camacho
Empowering Pacific Islander Communities (EPIC)

Jimina Afualo
Empowering Pacific Islander Communities (EPIC)

Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities have faced numerous impacts - from disproportionately being impacted by COVID-19 to job loss for providers of multigenerational homes. The pandemic has exacerbated and revealed health inequities for NHPI communities. Now more than ever NHPI communities are prioritizing Mental Health and Wellness. Join us for an opportunity to engage with Empowering Pacific Islander Communities’ (EPIC) Advocacy Coordinator and Program Coordinator as they share their journey of Mental Health and Wellness as it is woven into their roles. In addition, participants are encouraged to be a part of a cultural workshop that weaves wellness into the leaders we seek to become.

July 14, 2022 05:15 pm

ELS Day 3: Discovering & Articulating Your Leadership Narrative

Sarah Fischer
Schwarzman Scholars

William Wang
Port Authority of New York & New Jersey

Jessica Yan
Redstone Strategy Group

Kevan Shah
End Overdose Together

Embracing, discovering, and putting pen to paper – an exploration of leadership narratives from a reviewer and applicant perspective. This workshop will delve into how scholars can begin to tell their stories in sometimes confining parameters of graduate school or job applications. Attendees will hear from three Schwarzman Scholars about how they honed their story to articulate their leadership narrative, and what it took to follow through on their vision. Attendees can expect an engaging session with activities they can do to begin to brainstorm their own leadership narrative and think about their next steps.

July 14, 2022 06:15 pm

ELS Day 3: The Intersectionalities of Growing Up "Mixed, but not Mixed Up"

Dr. Curtiss Takada Rooks
Loyola Marymount Unviersity

Dr. Rika Houston
California State University, Los Angeles

What are you? Wow, but you look… Or, really you don’t look… No, where are you really from? How many times have we heard those questions and phrases? This workshop in reclaiming our definitions of self seeks to recognize and build upon the “inherent” strengths and opportunities of ambiguity and mixedness. By tapping into the lived experience of our “mixedness” we seek to identify transferable traits and skills needed to build a firm foundation for leadership.

July 14, 2022 06:15 pm

ELS Day 3: Navigating Conflict in a Healthy Way

Alvinnie Kwok
Elastic

Develop deeper connection and understanding within your personal and professional relationships, through authentic self-expression and compassion. Students will learn the 4 components of Nonviolent Communication (a tool developed by Marshall Rosenberg) and be able to apply it to a real-life scenario specific to them.

July 14, 2022 07:15 pm

ELS Day 3: Small Discussion Group w/ Amandip Chauhan

Amandip Chauhan

July 14, 2022 07:15 pm

ELS Day 3: Small Discussion Group w/ Anam Khalid

Anam Khalid

July 14, 2022 07:15 pm

ELS Day 3: Small Discussion Group w/ Andre Pak

Andre Pak

July 14, 2022 07:15 pm

ELS Day 3: Small Discussion Group w/ Joey Uy

Joey Uy

July 14, 2022 07:15 pm

ELS Day 3: Small Discussion Group w/ Noor Ali

Noor Ali

July 14, 2022 07:15 pm

ELS Day 3: Small Discussion Group w/ Melissa Atienza

Melissa Atienza

July 14, 2022 07:15 pm

ELS Day 3: Small Discussion Group w/ Melvin Nguyen

Melvin Nguyen

July 14, 2022 07:15 pm

ELS Day 3: Small Discussion Group w/ Sami Birmingham-Babauta

Sami Birmingham-Babauta

July 14, 2022 07:15 pm

ELS Day 3: Small Discussion Group w/ Tammalivis Salanoa

Tammalivis Salanoa

July 14, 2022 07:15 pm

ELS Day 3: Small Discussion Group w/ Tina Ly

Tina Ly

July 14, 2022 07:15 pm

ELS Day 3: Small Discussion Group w/ Yoo Ra Sung

Yoo Ra Sung

July 14, 2022 07:15 pm

ELS Day 3: Small Discussion Group w/ Alana Wilson

Alana Wilson

July 14, 2022 08:15 pm

ELS Day 3: Closing Session

Shyam R. Gadwal
APIA Scholars

Christina Lambert
APIA Scholars

Cindy Luo
APIA Scholars

Justine Suegay
APIA Scholars

APIA Scholars Programs

Team Members


Bella Nguyen (Group Facilitator Coordinator)

Christina Lambert (Senior Director of Student Success)

Cindy Luo (Programs Associate)

Evelyn Hoang (Group Facilitator Coordinator)

Justine Suegay (Programs Intern)

Kelly Wei (Programs Intern)

Khatami Chau (Programs Intern)

Shyam Gadwal (VP of Programs)

Uyen Ha (Group Facilitator Coordinator)

Meet our

Speakers


Alana Wilson

Amandip Chauhan

Anam Khalid

Andre Pak

Alvinnie Kwok

Chingcha Vang

Dr. Rika Houston

Eva Ulukivaiola

Gaonoucci Belle Vang

Jacqueline Mac

Jessica Lin

Jessica Yan

Jimina Afualo

Joey Uy

Kenrick Ross

Kent Tong

Kevan Shah

Lindsay Ah Loo

Manjusha Kulkarni

Melissa Atienza

Melvin Nguyen

Noor Ali

Noel Harmon

Dr. Curtiss Takada Rooks

Sarah Fischer

Sami Birmingham Babauta

Taelani Camacho

Tina Ly

Tammalivis Salanoa

Varaxy Yi Borromeo

William Wang

Yoo Ra Sung


Registration Closed