The Social Impact Leadership Accelerator was launched in Spring 2020, and from the outset, the Program Coordinators have been integral to the success of the program. Program Coordinators volunteer hundreds of hours to work with teams across Asia to develop
COVID-19 has upended everything we have known, revealing things that many of us had taken for granted prior to the pandemic, from going out to eat to traveling internationally. Here at VIA, we have had to cancel all of our
This spring we are looking forward to having an amazing team joining Program Director Lina Yamashita for the March Exploring Health Care (EHC) Program. Learn more about these outstanding mentors who are excited to inspire the next generation of
Next spring we are looking forward to having two fantastic ESI alumni serving as Social Innovation Education Fellows for the February 2020 Virtual Exploring Social Innovation (ESI) Program. Learn more about these energetic innovators who are excited to inspire
What are our program alumni motivated to do after they participate in a VIA program? This was a central question in recent alumni surveys and alumni summits, and it turns out that many of our alumni are hungry to launch
Last month, during Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, we hosted our first ever VIAChat on addressing anti-Asian bias in the wake of COVID-19. If you’ve participated in one of our programs or are a friend of VIA, you may realize
Cover Photo Credit: Fitri Mulyaningsih (Yangon Alumni Summit, March 2019)
VIA’s alumni community, which spans 56 years of experiences, many nationalities, and several continents, presents both an incredible opportunity and a challenge. In order to better understand how we can
Program Director Lina Yamashita recently had a chance to chat with four Medical Exchange and Discovery (MED) and Exploring Health Care (EHC) alumni: Anna Kokubu (MED 2017 alum, EHC 2018 fellow), Asuka Fujihashi (EHC 2018 alum), Mariko Nishihara (MED 2017
The Exploring Social Innovation (ESI) program, currently held twice a year in Silicon Valley and once a year in China, offers young changemakers from across Asia an opportunity to learn innovative ways to make the world a better place by
Dear VIA alumni, friends, and supporters,
Greetings from VIA. We hope this message finds you safe and well at an unprecedented time as we deal with the spread of COVID-19. As you have seen in the news, here in California,
