In a panel discussion hosted by the NAAAP in Washington, DC

Last week, we participated in a panel presentation co-hosted by the Washington, DC chapter of the National Association of Asian American Professionals (NAAAP). Our own Mondo Segarra was one of the panelists, along with folks from the FBI, U.S. House of Representatives, and Departments of Commerce and State.

The event flowed smoothly. The panelists spoke for about 10 minutes each to over 50 attendees, and elaborated on what they did and what they were looking for with a focus on career opportunities and public service. The event was more like a career fair than anything else. At the reception afterwards we had some great discussions with the attendees. We appreciate NAAAP-DC giving us the opportunity.


NLSC's Mondo Segarra speaking on the NAAAP-hosted panel

A great NAAAP conference in Denver

We were exhibitors at the August 13-15 annual conference and job fair of the National Association of Asian-American Professionals (the NAAAP) in Denver, and we had a phenomenal response!

Speakers of Mandarin, Catonese, Korean, Vietnamese, Hindi and Indonesian all came by to learn more about us, and several filled out applications on the spot. Two individuals came by with completed applications already in-hand. They had learned of us before the conference, downloaded applications from our web site, filled them out and brought them to our booth.

We also made contact with several companies at the conference who have affinity programs for their heritage speakers, companies who encourage their employees to engage in voluntary service. We hope to build relationships with these affinity programs and reach potential NLSC members we might not otherwise reach.

So don't be surprised to see us at next year's NAAAP conference in San Francisco!

We're coming to Baltimore and Denver

Our recruiters will be at two events coming up soon.

First, we'll be at Fest Africa in Baltimore, MD on August 8 & 9 (this weekend). Event details at www.festafricausa.com. If you speak Somali, Swahili or Hausa, we're especially interested in meeting you!

Second, we will be exhibitors at the annual conference of the National Association of Asian American Professionals in Denver on August 14 & 15 (next Friday and Saturday). The organization web site is www.naaap.org and the conference site is www.naaapconvention.com.