On April 2, 2024, the White House Initiative on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (AANHPI) and the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) will host a leadership development summit at UC Berkeley. AANHPI leaders, education experts and officials from the current administration will convene to discuss the challenges facing the AANHPI communities in the field of education, and spotlight institutions that have been successful in catering to their needs.
“Our White House Initiative is laser-focused on building on President Biden’s commitment to strengthen the capacity of Minority-Serving Institutions that have long served as engines of opportunity and empowerment for millions of Americans,” said WHIAANHPI Executive Director Krystal Ka‘ai. “With our higher education leadership development summit, we look forward to continuing to strengthen our engagement with students and higher education leaders to advance educational equity for our diverse AA and NHPI communities.”
This summit comes on the heels of other steps taken by the White House Alliance such as the first-ever national strategy to advance equity, justice, and opportunity for AA and NHPI communities in January 2023, community engagement tours at colleges across the country, and a proclamation to recognize National Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions (AANAPISI) Week in September 2023.