For Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, our 2025 Youth Ambassadors created a cultural community cookbook Taste of Asia, featuring recipes from their different cultures. Check out their cookbook below or download it as a PDF here!
Submit your own recipe from your culture to be featured in the cookbook! Celebrate your heritage by highlighting a dish that's meaningful to you—whether it's from a family tradition, holiday, your parents, grandparents, or your personal memories. Your submitted recipe will be added on to the digital edition of Taste of Asia. Click this link to submit!
Applications for the 2025 Youth Ambassadors Program have closed.
The NCAAT & NCAAT in Action Youth Ambassadors (YAMs) Program is designed for high school-aged Asian Americans in NC between the ages of 14 and 18 who want to advance the mission and work of NCAAT by developing skills in community and civic engagement, learning about issues pertaining to Asian American advocacy, and connecting with other young people throughout North Carolina. Youth Ambassadors will have the opportunity to:
- Build your resume for college applications!
- Help organize and participate in our annual Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (APAHM) Festival in May
- Develop leadership skills and participate in our Youth Leadership Institute (YLI) and Youth Leadership Summit (YLS) events
- Take an active role in our election season efforts (voter registration drives, canvassing, phonebanking) and advocate for issues that matter to you
- Learn more about Asian American issues, history, and identity
- Be the first to know about volunteering and leadership opportunities
- Meet new friends and build community with other like-minded Asian American youth from other schools
- Receive a stipend of up to $150!
The 2025 Youth Ambassadorship program will run from March 3 to December 5, 2025. The required time commitment for Youth Ambassadors is 5-10 hours a month.
This program is hybrid with the option for fully remote if needed.
Contact the Youth Team at youth@ncaatogether.org for more information!
*Youths do not have to currently be enrolled in high school to participate but must be aged 14-18.
*Youths outside of Triangle areas (Greensboro/ Charlotte) are also strongly encouraged to apply.
Check out a past project created by our Fall 2023 YAMs! Together, they worked to create a zine exploring mental health within the Asian American community. You can flip through the zine below, or download it as a PDF here.