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High school youth participating in the YEP (Youth Empowerment Program) come together on a weekly basis, learning about the many issues that our communities face and participating in MinKwon’s various activities.
In March, the MinKwon Center youth held a peer education exchange session with the youth community project team of the Korean American Family and Service Center (KAFSC). They shared presentations on Asian American history, cultural identity, DACA (Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals), domestic violence and the bystander effect. The exchange session proved to be an important and fun opportunity for them to learn and practice their public speaking skills with their peers.
"It was a great opportunity to interact with others in our community and meet new people,” said Seungwon Hyun, a high school freshman and a YEP participant. “What was even better was that everyone was interested in similar topics such as DACA. We also exchanged information on important issues like domestic violence."
The students are also planning to help out at the Participatory Budgeting street outreach, which will take place from April 10th-11th.
The MinKwon Center for Community Action’s YEP provides the local Asian American high school youth an opportunity to learn about the community and develop social, life and leadership skills that will allow them to become future leaders.
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