APA FIVE

APA | FIVE is a nonprofit founded in early 2006 to create a more organized, structured leadership and mentorship opportunities across all professions in Asian American Pacific Islander communities.
The group is organizing INSPIRE /​07 (Aug. 31 — Sept. 3, 2007) — which revives the original vision of the ASPIRE Leadership Conferences in ’96 and ’99 — working with the original trailblazers who organized these landmark leadership summits.
INSPIRE /​07 will be a three-​day interdisciplinary leadership summit that brings together more than 1,000 APA leaders for enlightening workshops, thought-​provoking panels and inspiring speeches.
The event will organize participants into preassigned «families» based on similar interests, led by volunteer mentors from the community and will serve as a home base for group sessions, luncheons and icebreakers.
Through INSPIRE /​07, APA | FIVE hopes to foster opportunities for peers, mentors and leaders to connect and create lasting communities in a professional, engaging environment.