Individually, AAPIs are quite successful in many different professions. However, we have long been stereotyped as the “perpetual foreigners” and the silent, passive minority. It is the great awakening to see ourselves as an integral part of American society that we all belong here. We should not be silent anymore and wholeheartedly take on our civic responsibility and actively engage in civic affairs to have a strong voice.

In this episode we focus on the perspectives of civic engagements from the speakers of our National Civic Leadership Forum 2022. Together we weave the fabric of the past, present and future of civic engagement of our diverse AAPI communities. Our guest speakers (ordered by first name) include:

• Aziz Haniffa, former Executive Editor and Chief Diplomatic and Political Correspondent of India Abroad           


• Islam Siddiqui, former Chief Agricultural Negotiator in the Obama Administration and current President of American Muslim Institution


• KaYing Yang, community activist, management consultant and member of President Biden's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders


• Mona Pasquil Rogers, former lieutenant governor of California and current Director of Public Policy for Meta


• Paul Jhin, former Director of Peace Corps' Special Initiatives and current CEO of the Global Initiative on computers for Schools (GICS)


• Suhag Shukla, Executive Director and Co-founder of Hindu American Foundation


• Russell Jeung, Professor of Asian American Studies at San Francisco State University

AAUC Podcast is supported by the individual lifetime members and organization members of Asian American Unity Coalition. Visit our website: https://asamunitycoalition.org.