UCA Youth Leadership Council

The UCA Youth Leadership Council strives to nurture, empower, and prepare the next generation of Chinese Americans for full participation in American democracy and civic life through networking, advocacy, and community building. We’re an initiative of the United Chinese Americans (UCA), a national nonprofit and nonpartisan civic movement committed to enriching Chinese American communities. 

Our goals are three-fold. First, we want to provide consistent and quality programming (be it cultural or identity focused) to the younger Chinese American community. In doing so, we are focused on being able to provide a support network. Second, we want to host a convention, the UCA National Youth Convention. This conference will be a place for people in our generation to meet and form in-person relationships and bonds with one another as well as access a wealth of resources. Third, we want to run our second year of UCA Summer University, a summer program for high school students, where council members will take an active role as facilitators and group leaders. 

To do this, we are currently looking for new members to join our existing council. We are looking for high school and college students who are civically-minded and passionate about our community. We are looking for people of different skill sets – organizational, administrative, creative, design-focused, computer-savvy – to fulfill roles on our council. We want students who are committed to our mission statement and are willing to put in the time and effort. Although there will be frequent contact and mentorship from the UCA, we want the Youth Council to be self-run and independent, so we are looking for self-starters and motivated individuals.