Summer Youth Leadership Program

SYLP graduation dinner

July 24, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Northwest Asian Weekly Foundation held a celebratory graduation dinner on July 14, at Hong Kong Bistro, for 22 students who completed the Summer Youth Leadership Program (SYLP). SYLP is an […]

Summer Youth Leadership Program 2016

April 7, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

CLICK TO DOWNLOAD APPLICATION Deadline to submit is June 4, 2016. APPLICATION DURATION: June 27—July 14, 2016 PLACE: Massive Monkees Studio 664 South King St., Seattle TIME: Monday – […]

There is more than a single story

September 10, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Zhi Lin Summer Youth Leadership Program Chimamanda Adichie, in a recent TED Talk, spoke about the danger of single stories and how it can lead to stereotypes as well […]

Still battling for feminism after 200 years

September 10, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Nesta Lu Summer Youth Leadership Program In 1792, Mary Wollenscroft(1759-1797) wrote A Vindication of the Rights of Women and composed one of her famous quotes: “I do not wish […]

Tomorrow’s leaders today

June 30, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Northwest Asian Weekly Foundation’s Summer Youth Leadership Program started on June 23 and will run until July 10. This program is an all expenses-paid program designed for high school […]

Eng is new SYLP leader

May 26, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Marvin Eng has been hired as the new coordinator for the Northwest Asian Weekly’s Summer Youth Leadership Program for 2014. Eng is a government and community relations student assistant at the […]

Learn how to be a leader

May 23, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Ivy Wong If you asked someone what you should spend $50 on this summer, they might suggest buying that new video game that recently came out or a cute […]

LETTER: Youth Leadership program is wonderful

November 1, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Dear Editor, I understand that other essays written by the 2013 Summer Youth Leadership Program students all cannot be printed due to space issues with the newspaper. However, these SYLP […]

SYLP: Visiting a homeland, but not a home

September 5, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Tracey Trinh Summer Youth Leadership Program Hearing my parents say, “Tracey, we’re visiting Vietnam” when I was nine gave me so much excitement. It was the first time I […]

SYLP: The life of a TCK

September 5, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Cindy Lee Summer Youth Leadership Program “Cindy, we’re moving to __________ in a few weeks.”