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On behalf of the Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions, we invite you to meet and celebrate the ASU cohort of the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) Civic Engagement Institute from 3:30-5:00 pm on Friday, May 27, at the Arizona Center Tower, 7th Floor.  We also ask you to forward this invitation to anyone who may be interested in meeting the YSEALI Fellows.

YSEALI is a U.S. Department of State program that Watts College has hosted annually since 2016.  This year, we are hosting 18 YSEALI Fellows from 9 Southeast Asian countries (Brunei, Burma, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Timor-Leste, and Vietnam).  The Fellows are between 22-32 years of age and are the most resilient cohort we have had thus far.  They were originally scheduled to arrive at ASU on March 14, 2020, and the pandemic postponed their Fellowship experience.  First, they pivoted to an online Fellowship experience from March-April 2021, and now they finally are able to participate in an in-person Fellowship Capstone at ASU from May 16-31, 2022.

Since we canceled the May 16 Meet & Greet in response to the Fellows’ possible exposure to COVID-19 during their travel to the U.S., the Fellows have asked for another opportunity to share a little bit about themselves with our community.  In response, we decided to combine the Meet & Greet with a Closing Ceremony on May 27.

If you will need parking for the event, we can validate parking at Heritage Square Garage, 501 East Monroe St, Phoenix.  Please bring your parking ticket to the event.  From the Heritage Square Garage, walk to the Arizona Center Tower at 400 East Van Buren Street; refer to the map below.  You do not need to sign in with security.  Classroom 730 is on the 7th floor.