Youth Programs
Do you want to learn more about…
🌱 systemic issues that impact our mental health
🌱 our Asian identity with a cohort of other Asian youth leaders
🌱 history and issues that affect the Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIDA) communities
🌱 skills used by community organizers to fight for a better world
🌱 and/or any LOCAL grassroots advocacy and civic engagement efforts?
Apply for our 2023-2024 youth programs today! Applications close Friday, September 29th at 11:59 PM.
Any questions or concerns? Email youth@gmaacc.org
GMAACC’s youth programming provides Malden youth leadership development to foster resilience, self-efficacy, and empowerment. Our youth have moderated panels, organized events, conducted research, and improved Malden through creative placemaking.
““There’s no other organization that trusts and invests in their youth like GMAACC. It gave me the opportunities to step up in my community, and I don’t think I would have grown the same as a leader without them.””
What we’ve accomplished:
RESEARCH:
Conducted youth-led participatory action research to assess the needs of the growing Asian-American community in Malden.
ACTION:
Organized a youth-moderated forum called “Beyond Fortune Cookies,” in partnership with Malden Reads, which educated the Malden public about the model minority myth and the issues Asian-Americans face.
Organized a youth-moderated webinar, “Malden Community Town Hall”, to discuss the surge of anti-Asian sentiment in our communities due to the coronavirus and what our communities can do to fight against it.
CREATIVE PLACEMAKING:
Partnered with Massachusetts Area Planning Council to conceptualize and create a new welcome sign for the Malden River.