API YOUTH FORUM
Want to know some JUICY details about empowering youth in your community?! Help others learn and discover new qualities about themselves, break through the silence, and raise each other up. Let's join together to rise up, speak up, and step up to HELP END violence. CPAF is proud to present the 2020 API Youth Forum.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING CPAF AND THE 2020 API YOUTH FORUM!
Youth Leaders
Youth Leaders from CPAF’s programs have been actively planning and preparing for this event alongside staff and community partners. Presenting our Fantastic Four:
Becky
Event Logistics Committee
With how I was part of Youth Leadership, I had the opportunity to be able to work with CPAF to create the API Youth Forum. Due to how CPAF have worked with youth leadership to create TDVAM, I wanted to work with CPAF to create the Youth Forum. Moving on, one interesting fact is that I am a huge fan of Brown from Brown & Friends!
Kaile
Event Logistics Committee
CPAF organized a 2 day program that I attended. I learned about how to form healthy relationships and got to know new people in the API community. I want to support my heritage by educating and spreading awareness around domestic violence. Fun Fact: I’m a freshman who’s run a marathon and loves dancing and baking!
Powell
Marketing Outreach and Recruitment Committee
I am currently in an internship with EM3, and got the opportunity to work with CPAF in making the API Youth Forum. Some fun facts about me is that I don't know how to swim, I ran my fastest mile in 5 minutes, and I play the bass guitar. I enjoyed my time making this event happen and hope to do it again.
Sofia
Marketing Outreach and Recruitment Committee
Hi my name is Sofia and I’m going to be a senior in high school. I love Disney movies and I love anything that is Disney. I have always been inspired to help others. Also, I love being involved in school. I really like dancing and like meditating.
Exciting Speakers!
Sokthea Phay is the Community Operations Director at the Community Development YMCA of Greater Long Beach. He is a proud father of two little kids. He is also the World YMCA United Nations Advocacy Representative, Nationally Certified YMCA Emerging Global Leader and Mental Health First Aid Instructor. At the Community Development Y, he provides leadership to create framework and programs through the YMCA New American Welcome Center to meet the needs of immigrant families through direct immigration, social and mental health services, community partnerships and bridge-building activities. During this time of crisis, he supports the Community Development YMCA team to mobilize resources and provide essential services to youth and families in need. In 2008 at the age of 19 years old, he was very passionate to start his YMCA career as the founding program director at the YMCA of Cambodia where founded the Cambodian Street Children Program. In Cambodia, extreme poverty and generational trauma were a significant issue - a lasting impact of the 1975-79 genocide where more than 1.7 million people died. He worked with thousands of Cambodian children and youth to break through the cycle of extreme poverty and generational trauma. This work impacted him deeply and taught him how ensuring social equity, inclusion and empowering youth to break through crisis are absolutely essential. In 2013, Sokthea and his family were sponsored to come to the U.S by Mr. Bob Cabeza, the senior vice president of the YMCA of Great Long Beach through the U.S Department of State Diversity Visa Program. Sokthea has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Teaching English as Foreign Language.
Da Eun Kim (she/her) is the co-host and producer of bamboo & glass, a podcast by 2 Asian American womxn highlighting perspectives worth sharing. She started bamboo & glass with her long-distance best friend, Sophia, as a way to strengthen their friendship as well as highlight conversations they have with their communities that they believe should be amplified. She has had quite an eclectic background: currently, she works as a Software Engineer at Google and is also an incoming MFA student at the USC School of Cinematic Arts. Her career in tech began during her time as an undergraduate and graduate student at Stanford University, where she graduated with a B.S. in Symbolic Systems and M.S. in Computer Science. She has worked on products such as Google Earth, Google Slides, and Jamboard, and at companies such as Pixar Animation Studios. Her time at Pixar was transformative for her to realize she had a huge desire to share underrepresented narratives. Her experiences with the AT&T Shape Create-a-thon (where her first short film Many Names was a top 4 finalist) and the Jubilee Film Fellowship have given her the opportunity to now begin as a filmmaking student in August. She hopes to create fantastical cultural films, celebrating the folktales of our motherlands that are a form of our oral history. Feel free to talk to her about any of these careers, or about Hamilton, Avatar: The Last Airbender, and Percy Jackson!
Jasmine Uribe is a leader in the dating abuse prevention movement, with 15 years of experience working with youth and communities. She joined Break the Cycle in 2010, and now serves as Chief Operating Officer. In this role she is responsible for leading and managing innovative and comprehensive initiatives rooted in community centered practice to end relationship violence. These efforts include supervising staff in the development of curricula and prevention education efforts, communication & social media strategies, developing training for adult professionals and allies, youth leadership, and community activism. She is also responsible for building and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders to advance and sustain the mission of Break the Cycle. She works directly with the CEO to build organizational goals, comprehensive solutions, monitor program impact, and grow the capacity of staff across the country. She is an Alumni of California State University, Los Angeles and holds a Bachelor's degree in Child Development. Her passion for education, community centered programming, and youth leadership is evident in the various resources, curricula, and speaking engagements she's created and facilitated nationally and internationally.
Steadman has over 15 years of citizen participation and governance experience with a specialism on children and youth. He is currently an Independent Governance and Accountability Consultant and Entrepreneur based in the UK. He was a youth activist himself and has worked previously at VSO International, Plan International UK, Youth Affairs Division-Commonwealth Secretariat (London), British Youth Council (London) and the Prime Minister's Office in Jamaica all as a Youth Participation and Accountability specialist. Steadman has country level experience in a number of countries across Asia, Africa and the Caribbean.
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
+What does "API" stand for?
Asian and Pacific Islander. There are also acronyms used to describe Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, i.e. APA (Asian/Pacific American), AAPI (Asian American and Pacific Islander), AANHPI/AMEMSA (Asian American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander/Arab, Middle Eastern, Muslim, South Asian).
It's important to recognize the vast diversity of the continent of Asia, and what we really mean when we say "Asian" or "Asian American."
+Who is invited to the API Youth Forum?
Any youth aged 13-18 years who is interested in engaging with others across Los Angeles County to discover and discuss tools for uplifting ourselves and our community to work towards ending violence!
+Why should I join the API Youth Forum?
- To meet and connect with other youth who may think differently AND/OR similarly to you in a safe and supportive environment that can aid in productive discussion!
- To learn and practice skills in leadership, activism, awareness-raising, communication, and relationship-building!
- To be a part of something that matters!
- To try something new!
+How can I join?
Don't wait, "Register Now".
+How can I share information about Youth Forum with my friends?
Share our Instagram (@violencefreecpaf) posts about Youth Forum, and send your friends the link to the registration form. Tell them to mention that they found out about Youth Forum from you and you'll be entered into a swag raffle!
+When is the deadline for registering for Youth Forum?
We will keep registration open during the week of the Forum. But you'll want to register in time to attend all of it! Register by Sunday, June 14 to join the Opening Ceremony on Monday. If you register during the week, you will miss some events, but we'll try to respond as soon as possible so you can sign up for available workshops right away!
+What items will I get for participating?
We're giving away t-shirts, stickers, and custom designed masks! Follow us on Instagram @violencefreecpaf to keep a lookout for designs!
+Who should I contact for more information?
You can send an email to cpafprevention@gmail.com