Asian American Student Advocacy Study

I am not afraid to have a voice, especially if the voice is the voice of my community.

As an Asian American Student Advocacy Project youth leader who represents the Asian Pacific American community, I partook in a project in which I communicated with officials through town hall hearings to further an ethnic studies campaign in New York City public schools. This is an effort to build cross-cultural understandings to combat bullying and stereotypes, and promote engagement in school curriculums to limit immigrant alienation. In turn, this will bring forth a close-knitted community.

But if Asian Americans are perceived as foreigners, how can we call it a community? Perhaps you have heard this, or something remotely similar:

“Where are you