Episode 7

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28th Jun 2021

Pride in Leadership with Stacia Kato & Erik Takayesu

Coming together at the intersection of AAPI, LBGTQ+, and intersectional leadership, partnerships, and support for one another, this amazing conversation closes the 1st season of the LEAP Podcast in the PRIDE month. Stacia Kato-Takayesu and Erik Takayesu, the dynamic wife and husband duo, recall the moment of being called out by their transgender child which experience transformed their relationship as a family and their perspectives as leaders at work. 

Listen to their story of “coming out with my family” and how NOT sacrificing the core of who you are, even if the journey has changed over time. Also, learn how you can support the LGBTQ+ community by checking out resources and nonprofits that mentioned during the episode: 

PFLAG San Gabriel Valley API Chapter - https://www.sangabrielvalleyapipflag.com/

A Window Between Worlds - https://awbw.org/

Family Acceptance Project - https://familyproject.sfsu.edu/poster

PFLAG (National) - https://pflag.org/

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The LEAP Podcast
If in your culture, you are taught to keep your head down and stay quiet, how do you lead in a society that says speak up and be heard? Sometimes that means taking a leap of faith, doing what hasn't been done and taking risks.

The LEAP Podcast explores these types of questions in the context of Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics. LEAP is a nonprofit organization and committed to developing people, informing society, and empowering communities.

Two Tami/my’s explore with fellow API leaders and allies about their journeys, leaps they have taken in life, and how at the end of the day, they stay faithful to their values and bring others along with them. API women have often been taught to shrink and silence themselves - but our collective voices are powerful and deserve to be heard on our terms We telling our stories for ourselves and for our communities.

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