The Civic Leadership Institute (CLI) was created to address the need for more civic participation, voting, and electoral representation by one of the nation's fastest growing ethnic groups - the Asian and Pacific Islander (API) community, as well as create a path for motivated and promising API leaders to seek and secure elected and appointed positions at the local, state and federal levels. Through the CLI, we seek to provide the spark for meaningful discussions on public policy issues important to API communities, and to also provide participants with a skill set and knowledge that will allow them to become effective advocates for the policies and communities they seek to represent.

For 2009 LEAP will be holding two (3) Regional Civic Engagement Conferences.

For additional information on the Civic Leadership Institute, please contact:
Reimar Macaranas
Community Program Manager
(213) 485-1422 ext. 4102
rmacaranas@leap.org