LEAP Connect
LEAP Connect aims to bring both needed and inspirational leadership dialogues to the community. Through a series of accessible monthly leadership conversations, trainings, networking opportunities and more, participants will build the tools and resources needed to inspire change within their personal and professional communities.
Upcoming Session
Midnight on the Mekong: Diving Deep Into Cambodia and Southeast Asian Horror
Join us as we stride along the ebb and flow of where history and horror converge. Midnight on the Mekong is a workshop exploring the unique and unsettling supernatural lore of Cambodia and Southeast Asia. We'll explore the origins of ghosts, curses, and malevolent spirits, and how they tie into my own personal paranormal experience to craft new levels of horrors. It's a fascinating look at the rich folklore and complex fears that have been passed down through generations. Learn why these stories are so much more than just tales.
LEAP Connect leadership workshops are free, accessible to the public, and are intended to bring a safe space to the community. Participants can walk away from the sessions with the tools and resources necessary to increase their leadership skills and inspire change.
About Sokai Yoon
Sokai Yoon Khmer Krom-American visual designer, photographer, and content creator from Atlanta, Georgia. Born as a Cambodian refugee war baby at Camp Site II in Thailand, Sokai's tumultuous upbringing in the Southeast United States through community upheaval, gang violence, and poverty has deeply influenced his artistic vision. Graduating in 2008 with a BFA in Graphic Design from Savannah College of Art & Design and an MFA in Design from the School of Visual Arts in 2013, his design journey has taken him into a plethora of design disciplines: publication at Condé Nast, package designer at Warner Music, apparel designer at MNWKA (Mishka) NYC, design consulting at Slalom Consulting, and a visual and product designer at Google. Sokai is dedicated to contributing to the evolving Cambodian identity and its intersections with design, technology, and culture. His work often reflects his multicultural experiences, visual colloquialisms, and unique perspectives in order to pass it down to the next generation of Khmer creatives around the world. Sokai aims to bridge Khmer communities across the U.S. through creative collaboration, relationship-building, and by uplifting local groups nationally.
2025 Season
November
Reimagining Your Relationship with Your Parents: Healing Across Generations in the API Community
Many Asian and Pacific Islander (API) adults carry unspoken stories, expectations, and wounds from their upbringing—often shaped by migration, sacrifice, silence, and survival. In this workshop, we’ll explore how to reimagine our relationships with our parents, even if they never change. Drawing from the Parents Reimagined program, this session will offer insights into common intergenerational dynamics in API families and provide practical tools for fostering emotional resilience, deeper connection, and personal liberation. Participants will leave with a clearer understanding of their relational patterns, along with pathways for inner healing and change.
December
Beyond Achievements: Setting Intentions for the New Year That Feel Meaningful, Not Just Productive
As Asian Pacific Islanders, many of us have been raised to equate success with hard work, achievement, and meeting the expectations of our families and communities. We’ve been taught that productivity is proof of our worth—but what if true fulfillment isn’t about doing more, but about aligning with what truly matters to you?
In this workshop, we’ll take a culturally-rooted approach to setting intentions that prioritize joy, balance, and personal meaning over external validation. We’ll explore the unspoken pressures that shape how we define success, unlearn hustle-centered goal-setting, and reframe intention-setting as a practice of self-trust and agency. Through guided reflection and community conversation, you’ll walk away with intentions that feel deeply aligned—not just another list of expectations to meet.
This is your space to honor both your cultural roots and your evolving desires as you step into the new year with clarity and confidence.
This workshop is tailored to the API experience but is open to all allies and community members.
Thank you to our LEAP Connect sponsors
