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By Jennie L. Ilustre Bring out the champagne! Asian American LEAD (ALLEAD) is celebrating its 15th anniversary as a difference-maker. What’s more, last month, the D.C. Mayor’s Office on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs (OAPIA) awarded AALEAD over $43,000 as its first-time Vietnamese American Youth Empowerment (VAYE) grant.            “The grant is a new grant opportunity that will help provide …

By Yi Chen I was spending ten hours a day going through over a hundred hours of footage in the fall of 2012.  Like many independent documentary filmmakers, I was working on a project I felt so passionate about that I was determined to share it with the world. But there was one more thing left for me to figure …