Transformation through Leadership Development and Collective Engagement!

AIWA women leaders group photo for homepage

Grassroots Leadership Development

Asian Immigrant Women Advocates (AIWA)’s signature Community Transformational Organizing Strategy blends a range of leadership and organizing strategies through a seven-step methodology.

AIWA women and youth at EV Townhall meeting in 2008

Youth Empowerment

Our youth program supports transformation at the high school level through student-led campaigns.

Becoming Ourselves

Becoming Ourselves is a documentary film about AIWA’s work building the long-term collective leadership of immigrant women and youth to stand up for their rights and become powerful social change agents.

Watch the film for free through your local library or university on Kanopy.com!

Founded in 1983, Asian Immigrant Women Advocates (AIWA) has empowered low-income limited English-speaking immigrant women and youth to advocate for their meaningful social participation, determine, their own future, and collaborate with other marginalized groups for the common good.

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