Asian American Youth Leadership Conference
Presented by the Chinese American Citizens Alliance Portland Lodge
2024 Conference Theme: “Where do we fit?”
Location: Portland State University
Date: Friday, April 12, 2024 (8:00 am to 3:15 pm)
Scholarship applications are due by Monday, March 4, 2024.
Logo Contest applications are due by Monday, March 4, 2024.
Due to reaching conference seating capacity, registration is now closed. Schools that have not registered may submit a waitlist request by completing the Registration - Waitlist Request Form.
For schools that submitted registrations already, you will receive a confirmation email listing with the student roster from your school by March 5th.
For schools that wish to submit waitlist requests, they will be notified as seats become available according to the order of when the waitlist was received.
Student Ambassadors
The Student Ambassador Program’s goal is to provide one student from each Portland and surrounding metropolitan high school the opportunity to serve by promoting the Annual Asian American Youth Leadership Conference among their student peers.
Paul Duong Memorial Scholarship
The AAYLC Scholarship is open to all students in their senior year of high school who have previously attended the AAYLC Conference, or will attend the 2024 Conference. There are three, one-time awards available: $2,000 for first place; $1,000 for second place; and $500 for third.
Logo Contest
All design entries may be on display at the conference and/or published on the AAYLC.org website. The winner(s) will receive recognition for their designs during the conference.
Helping Asian American youth rise above the obstacles before them to achieve their potential by promoting education, instilling self-confidence, and developing leadership skills.
Each year, close to 500 high school students, selected from multiple school districts, both public and private, from Oregon and SW Washington attend the Asian American Youth Leadership Conference. Students from diverse ethnic backgrounds, including Cambodian, Chinese, Filipino, Hmong, Indian, Iranian, Japanese, Korean, Laotian, Mien, Pacific Islander, Pakistani, Thai, Tibetan, and Vietnamese, among others were in attendance.
Produced by Triple Echo Studios • Edited by Danny Le
Contact
Feel free to contact us with any questions.
AAYLC Planning Team
Executive Director // Helen Ying // chair@aaylc.org // 503.803.4555
Fundraising Director // fundraising@aaylc.org
Logo Competition Director // Annie Duan // logo-contest@aaylc.org // 971.708.9781
Scholarship Director // Mary Li // scholarship@aaylc.org // 503.577.7880
Student Ambassador Director // Andrew Le // ambassadors@aaylc.org // 503.983.4222
Registration Director // Justin Li // registration@aaylc.org// (503) 830-9382
College & Career Fair Director // Nathan Kim // collegefair@aaylc.org // 503.740.0525
Advisor // Paul Van Mai // pvanmai@gmail.com
Thank you to all who participated in our AAYLC 2020 Collaborative Action Project. We will be sharing this video on our social media platforms and the video will remain on our website. Feel free to share this video.