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L2 Foundation conversations: James Choung

The first episode of the L2 Foundation conversations was with James Choung, the new national director of InterVarsity’s Asian American Ministries. The interview explored issues related to leadership development for Asian Americans and our engaging audience raised some great questions during our live call-in talk show (aka talkcast).
You can listen to the audio below […]

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Live talkcast with James Choung on 8/18

I’ll be hosting a talkcast with a very special guest, James Choung, next Tuesday 8/18, at 3:00pm Pacific / 6:00pm Eastern.
On the talkcast, we’ll be talking about how to develop leaders among the next generation of Asian Americans: the opportunities, the challenges, and their incredible potential. A talkcast is like a call-in talk show, and […]

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Presentation #1 from the Austin conversation

The videos of the Asian American Leadership Conversation (in Austin 4/29/09) are now available for online viewing. The topic revolved around what kind of Asian American leaders need to be raised up to make Kingdom impact, and 3 presentations were made from 3 different perspectives: church, academic (sociological), and parachurch.
Here is the first presentation, “The […]

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This week’s questions…

This week’s discussion questions on Asian American leadership, will tackle the context of both in the church and broadly, outside of the church, looking at some things that may hold back Asian American’s in their development.  Areas of identity issues, perhaps background from a shame and guilt mother culture, and sometimes a grace-less church has […]

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“Prequel Questions” on Developing New Asian American Leaders from the Austin Conversation on April 29th

It seems that prequels are quite popular nowadays, especially given a recent blockbuster movie that has everyone talking.
Recently, a Conversation on the State of Asian American Leadership was held in Austin (4/29/09), a partnership between the L2 Foundation and Vox Veniae.  We’re excited to say that in a few weeks, we’ll be posting the video […]

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Leadership in the political realm

Let’s see what we can learn about leadership with respect to communicating in the public eye. In this paper,
The Qualities of Leadership: Direction, Communication, and Obfuscation by Torun Dewan and David P Myatt (American Political Science Review, 102(3), pp. 351–368, August 2008), the researchers explored the difference between how a leader communicates with clarity versus […]

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Asian American Leadership Conversation in Austin 4/29

You’re invited to Austin on April 29th for “A Conversation on the State of the Asian American Movement”, hosted by Vox Veniae and Space 12. The conversation will revolve around what kind of Asian American leaders need to be raised up to make Kingdom impact.
The location will be Space 12, 3121 East 12th Street, Austin, […]

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First Asian-Americans in high-profile leadership

First Asian-American to Lead Dartmouth (via New America Media and Asian Nation):
Dr. Jim Yong Kim, a world-renowned medical anthropologist at Harvard, has just been named president of Dartmouth College, becoming the first Asian-American president of an Ivy League school. Kim, 49, an expert in AIDS and tuberculosis, is internationally recognized for his groundbreaking work in […]

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Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management Scholarship

The Harvard Business School Asian American Alumni Association is sponsoring full tuition, board, room, and materials scholarship for a nonprofit organization executive director to attend the six-day Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management this upcoming July. This education program will guide nonprofit leaders as they explore proactive methods for mastering nonprofit leadership.
Applicants must be an executive […]

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First Vietnamese-American elected to Congress

Big news for Asian Americans and politics. On December 6, the first Vietnamese-American was elected to Congress. Cao came to the United States when he was only 8 years old. He holds a bachelor’s degree in physics from Baylor University and a master’s degree in philosophy from Fordham University. He was even a Catholic seminarian […]

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