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By Devika Koppikar During his trips to India, 12-year-old Shubham Banerjee wants to jump in and take away the pain of underprivileged people.             “He’s a very sentimental kid and gets swayed by small things (suffering he sees in the world),” said his mother Malini, a resident of San Jose, California, who regularly takes her children to feed the homeless. …

By Sharon Choi, Francine Gorres & Tina Ngo, Asian American LEAD Staff 1.Asian American youth may lack culturally appropriate support. Youth come from different cultural backgrounds, histories, and experiences. From our work with youth, we have seen youth struggle with balancing bi-/multi- cultural identities in addition to the social pressures placed on them as adolescents. Youth from our communities may …

“Dreamer” By: Ram, 10th grade Asian American LEAD’s (AALEAD) MD High School Program I am a dreamer… And often I question: “What is real?” Is it the life I’m living, the dreams I’m dreaming Or is it me…just me? To know another you must know yourself And that’s when you reveal your voice The voice buried by social anxiety, parental …

Asian American LEAD’s (AALEAD) DC Elementary School Summer Program *This poem is a piece from AALEAD’s DC Elementary School Summer Program “I Am ME” workshop which focuses on helping youth explore identity through creative writing and visual arts. “I am…” By: Joline, rising 3rd grader I am Responsible and Respectful I wonder how dinosaurs died I hear people talking I see …