Ready to take the next step in your career? You're in luck—we're hiring! 🙌

We are looking for a Program and Data Coordinator, who will serve a vital role in the planning of our signature training programs, as well as other events associated with our national trainings, and aggregating data to help inform our program planning. The Program and Data Coordinator will work directly with the National Director of Leadership Programs and our Program Team to assist in logistical planning, data collection and reporting, and streamlining systems to improve our efficiency and effectiveness.

Interested? Apply by this Wednesday, August 3rd, or please share this with someone you think might be a strong fit!

✨ We're excited to announce our next Ready to Lead training, which will be entirely online! ✨

Over two weekends starting on September 30, you'll learn how to share your powerful, authentic New American story, fundraise, and organize our communities to get out the vote. But most importantly, you'll join a network of other bold New Americans who are ready to change the face of leadership and create a democracy that works for and represents all of us. Apply today!

ICYMI: We've been in the news! Here's what's been on our minds:

With the overturn of Roe v. Wade, reproductive freedom in the United States is under renewed attack. But there is a way we can protect it, and that's by electing leaders to public office at the community, city, and state levels who are reflective of the constituents they set out to represent.

As our President Ghida Dagher wrote in her Ms. Magazine op-ed, "We must continue to build the bench and form diverse coalitions to create a more representative democracy because abortion is not just a women’s issue, and this Supreme Court ruling isn’t the end—it’s just the beginning. Reproductive freedom is an issue of economic justice, racial justice, an LGBTQIA+ rights issue and an immigrant issue. And it’s an issue that starts in our state and local politics."

Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) women are dramatically underrepresented in all legislative bodies, from the most local to the highest level of governments. How bad is this lack of representation? Two years ago in our State of Representation report, we found that just 2 percent of all state legislators nationwide identify as AANHPI, and that of the 84 AANHPI state legislators who are New Americans, only 30 are women.

As our President Ghida Dagher said in this Joysauce article, “This is a moment that has been led up by systemic barriers that have prevented New Americans, in particular women of color, from being engaged in the system and being engaged in terms of running for office.”

We’re working to change this. In partnership with the AAPI Civic Engagement Fund, Asian American Federation, Asian American Power Network, Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote, Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies, and Coalition for Asian American Children and Families, we hosted a 2.5 day in-person training in New York City earlier this year, where AANHPI women from across the country learned how to own their authentic stories and leadership skills, address anti-Asian hate, and grow their power and transform our democracy.

Be sure to read the piece to learn about how we’re building a more inclusive democracy one election at a time and helping AANHPI women rise in politics.