Celebrating 11 years of developing emerging leaders! 
Leadership in Action (LIA) is an eight-week paid summer internship program designed to develop emerging young leaders by providing college students with practical leadership skills and the opportunity to work hands-on in the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community in Southern California.
Approaching its 11th year, the program takes learning beyond the classroom, and places the student interns in a range of AAPI community based organizations in order to gain real-life experience working at nonprofits.
Community-based organizations we have or will work with (organizations in Orange will be working with an intern for Summer 2008):
The intern's weekly schedule is comprised of 4 days at their assigned community based organization (CBO) and 1 day at LEAP. At the CBO, the intern works with their assigned supervisor on a meaningful project. At LEAP, the intern's day is devoted to leadership development training, issue discussions, CBO site visits and a community impact project. Nationally recognized trainers deliver workshops in critical skill areas. Issue discussions are on local or timely topics of interest and are facilitated by local community leaders/activists and LEAP trainers.
The community impact project will give the students interns an opportunity to flex their leadership skills in a safe setting, as well as allow them to contribute a service that has lasting impact on to the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities.
 
The Handoff Book: APeyes: Murals of Los Angeles
A Strategy Guide for API Leaders
**CLICK THE LINKS ABOVE TO SEE PAST INTERNSHIP PROJECTS**
To date, the LIA program has graduated 74 interns, representing 32 colleges and universities from across the country and 3 interns from Korea. The interns have served in over 21 community-based organizations in the Southern California area.
The 2008 program is being held in Los Angeles from June 23 - August 14, 2008. The application process for interns is now open. Please download the application below and return it to us by Thursday, March 6th, 2008.
APPLICANTS:
There are two rounds in the application process. The first round is where a committee reviews all the applications and decides who they want to come in for an interview. The second round is the actual interview either at LEAP or by teleconference. The results will be decided by the end of March and interns will be notified by the first week of April.
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS:
If you are interested in hosting a Leadership in Action intern, please contact us with any questions or concerns. If you want to apply, please download the application below and send it back in to us by Friday, February 22nd, 2008.
"The LIA program was a tremendous learning experience for me. The CBO [community-based organization] experience, while short, was very valuable in forming my impressions about what kind of community work I plan to continue to do. The opportunity to share an intense goal-oriented project with other API peers was absolutely life-changing….Leaving the LIA program, I felt confident that the combined energy of people like myself, particularly with community and social change in mind, can be exciting, satisfying, and successful. This experience served to reopen my eyes to the possibility that I have API peers whom I can trust, support, and learn from."
Thomas Yee
LIA Class of 2001
More Information
Click here to download the LIA Flyer.
Click here to download the LIA 10 Year Anniversary Packet.
Click here to download the LIA Info Sheet and Application.
For additional information on the Leadership In Action program, please contact:
Scott Chan
Program Coordinator
(213) 485-1422 ext. 4108
schan@leap.org |
