WHAT  

KAYA: Filipino Americans for Progress announces its second annual KAYA Summer Internship Program (KSIP), with the purpose of empowering young Filipino Americans, increasing political involvement, and building progressive leadership.  KSIP is the the only summer educational and leadership development workshop series in Washington DC, focused specifically on the Filipino American community and its role in public policy and government.  Through a series of informal workshop and skills building sessions, student participants work with each other, KAYA volunteers, and DC-based Filipino American policy professionals to learn the skills necessary for leadership, develop issue knowledge, and focus on career exploration. 

We invite the community to join us on Wednesday, June 9, at Cafe Asia as we host a happy hour to celebrate Philippine Independence Day,welcome all Pin@y interns, AAPI interns, and others to the DC area, and launch the 2010 KAYA Summer Internship Program.  For a full list of KSIP events, please visit http://www.tinyurl.com/2010ksip.

Session I: Our People, Our Politics, Our Process: A Happy Hour to Celebrate Philippine Independence Day and the Launch of KAYA DC’s Educational/Leadership Development ProgramWednesday, June 9 (6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.)

WHEN / WHERE 

Cafe Asia - 1720 I Street, NW
(Farragut North & West - Red and Orange/Blue lines)

Invited Speakers:  Vida Benavides (Dewey Square) & Gina Inocencio (Smithsonian)

Speaker Biographies:  http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=125437160814993

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KAYA: Filipino Americans for Progress (formerly Filipinos for Obama) is a progressive grassroots organization whose mission is to mobilize Filipino Americans to increase our electoral power, advocate on policies that affect our community, and develop leaders to represent us at every level of government.  For more information, please visit http://www.kayagrassroots.org -or- join the KAYA-DC Chapter on Facebook at http://tinyurl.com/kayadcfb