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From YouTube: NAAAP Leadership Conference 2023
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The National Association of Asian American Professionals (NAAAP) held their 2023 leadership conference in Boston. Mayor Wu shares her wisdom and experiences to a packed room at the Sheraton Boston Hotel in Copley.
A
B
Wow
just
an
absolutely
packed
room.
This
is
incredible
to
be
in
community
with
you
all.
You
know,
especially
after
what
we,
as
a
community,
have
gone
through
the
past
few
years
to
be
able
to
host
this
type
of
convention
in
this
room
with
all
of
you
flying
in
from
all
over
the
country.
Just
give
yourself
a
round
of
applause.
B
C
Well,
hello,
everybody,
it's
so
great
to
see
so
many
of
you
here
today
representing
nap
chapters
from
all
around
the
country
and
Canada,
and
this
is
especially
meaningful
to
me
because
over
40
years
ago,
I
played
a
part
in
the
creation
of
nap
National
as
an
organization
when
I
helped
the
Boston
and
New
York
chapters
affiliate
and
they're,
thereby
nap
One
National.
So
I'm
really
excited
to
see
how
Napa
has
grown.
I'm
really
excited
to
see.
C
C
She
came
to
see
me
at
my
Law
Firm
to
talk
about
how
we
could
work
together
for
the
community
and
she
was
so
impressive
that
I
have
become
one
of
her
strongest
supporters.
Ever
since
and
seriously
a
Harvard
Law
student
who's
going
to
devote
herself
to
serving
the
community
I
mean
sign
me
up.
I'll
support
anybody
who
will
do
that
but
Michelle
in
particular.
C
C
First
woman,
first
woman
of
color,
first
Asian
American,
first
mother,
to
be
elected
mayor
in
the
history
of
Boston
and
I,
can
tell
you
here
in
Boston.
We
are
incredibly
excited
her
body
of
work
as
a
city
councilor
and
a
now
mayor
has
reflected
who
she
is
a
daughter
of
Taiwanese
immigrants,
mother
of
two
young
boys
who
are
now
in
the
Boston
Public
School
System
homeowner,
and
a
working
class
neighborhood
caregiver
for
her
mom
and
her
two
sisters
when
they
were
younger.
C
At
community
colleges
for
graduates
of
high
school
in
the
city
of
Boston
and
she's
done
all
this
in
a
very
short
time
and
I
can
tell
you,
there
are
so
many
of
us
who
are
really
excited,
because
we
know
that
this
is
just
the
beginning,
and
finally,
I
should
mention
that
earlier
this
year
she
impressed
all
of
us.
Actually,
she
astonished
all
of
us
when
she
gave
a
solo
performance
on
the
piano
with
the
Boston
Symphony
Orchestra.
C
D
D
I
truly
would
not
be
in
this
role
without
Paul
Lee
from
that
very
first
meeting
to
every
conversation,
every
bit
of
advice
and
wisdom
and
mentorship
that
Paul
has
shared
so
freely
with
so
many
of
us
I'm,
just
so
thankful
and
we're
lucky
to
be
in
the
presence
of
such
a
legend.
Thank
you,
Paul
for
all
that
you've
done.
D
Foreign
I'm
kind
of
embarrassed
at
the
kind
of
litany
of
of
items
that
Paul
has
listed,
I
guess
to
my
parents:
64
is
a
d
Plus
or
D,
so
I
had
to
play
piano
with
the
orchestra
just
to
make
sure
that
that
I
checked
that
box
I'm
really
just
thrilled
to
see
so
many
here.
It's
an
experience
just
even
being
up
here
with
you
all
and
seeing
so
many
leaders
in
the
room.
D
This
is
something
that
my
childhood
me
would
have
just
absolutely
died
over
and
it's
so
rewarding
and
fulfilling
to
be
in
a
space
with
change
makers,
Visionaries
leaders
from
all
across
the
country
and
and
many
here
in
Boston.
So
thank
you
for
being
you
thank
you
for
the
taking
the
time
to
invest
in
not
only
your
your
own
leadership,
potential
and
growth,
but
in
this
community
that's
going
to
be
so
important.
Just
before
I
came
up
here.
D
In
the
city
of
Boston
and
cleared
the
way
in
the
fields
of
education
and
advocacy
social
justice,
so
thank
you
to
to
another
hero
who,
who
is
here
I,
just
I,
know
I'm
going
to
get
the
chance
to
talk
a
little
bit
more
with
Sam
and
and
hopefully
take
some
of
the
questions
or
thoughts
that
you
all
might
have
on
your
mind
as
well.
So
I'll
just
try
to
not
be
a
politician
and
keep
my
remarks
here,
a
little
bit
short
at
the
podium.
D
It
still
feels
really
unusual
in
a
lot
of
ways
for
me
to
be
in
this
role.
I
didn't
grow
up
ever
ever
thinking
that
I
was
going
to
be
in
politics.
One
day
my
parents
immigrated
from
Taiwan
and
I
was
I'm,
the
oldest
kid
in
the
family
and
fairly
shortly
after
they
arrived
in
the
U.S.
I
I
came
to
the
family,
and
so
it
was
many
many
years
before
their
English
was
at
a
level
where
they
even
felt
comfortable,
much
less
fluent.
D
I
was
probably
I,
think
I
must
have
been
in
kindergarten
or
so
at
the
time
my
grandpa
was
visiting
us.
My
mom
is
the
youngest
in
a
big
big
family
and
everyone
is
spread
out
everywhere
and
when,
even
though
my
family
landed
in
Chicago,
my
grandparents
on
my
mom's
side
landed
in
Hawaii
and
lived
in
public
housing
there,
and
so
we
never
could
afford
to
travel
as
a
family
to
Hawaii
right.
D
D
Late
fall
starting
to
be
early
winter
and
my
grandpa
came
and
was
going
to
stay
for
several
weeks,
but
he
didn't
have
the
appropriate
coat
for
Chicago
in
in
October
November,
and
so
one
of
the
very
first
things
that
we
did
was
to
go
as
a
family
to
Burlington
Coat,
Factory
I,
don't
know
if
any
of
you
all
have
experienced
Burlington
Coat
Factory,
but
as
a
child.
It
was
just
incredible
right.
D
I
spent
that
time
running
up
and
down
the
aisles
kind
of
ducking
through
feeling
all
the
puffy
codes
and
seeing
the
furry
ones-
and
it
was
this
amazing
fun
experience
for
me
to
be
in
that
space
and
my
grandpa
was
trying
everything
on
with
my
mom
and
my
little
siblings
were
there
and
they
made
their
choices
and
we
paid
and
then,
as
we
walked
out
the
door,
the
alarm
started
to
go
off
as
we
were.
Leaving
and
I
distinctly.
D
D
Remember
as
we
walked
out
the
door
hearing
them
say
a
shout
to
us
and
don't
come
back
again
right
and
as
a
young
child
recognizing
that
we
were
the
only
family
of
color
in
the
store
as
I
real
I
looked
around
and
deciding
in
that
moment
not
to
translate
that
last
bit.
For
my
family
members,
I
got
home
and
I
was
a
mess.
D
I
had
managed
to
keep
it
together
in
the
store,
but
I
was
just
went
to
my
room
and
was
crying
and
crying
and
I
heard
a
knock
on
the
door
and
then
my
grandpa
came
in,
but
he
was
inside
indoors,
dressed
in
his
gigantic
puffy
coat,
and
he
said
to
me
in
that
moment
right,
don't
focus
on
the
gloves.
Focus
on
the
coat
we're
gonna
have
a
great
time
in
my
visit,
and
you
know
just
let's
just
move
on,
and
that
was
kind
of
the
attitude
for
so
much
of
my
childhood.
D
When
there
would
be
these
experiences
out
in
public.
It
was
always
an
expectation
of
just
kind
of
put.
It
aside,
find
a
way
to
put
a
smile
back
on
your
face
and
move
on,
and
that
sense
of
how
much
sacrifice
and
force
resilience.
My
parents
and
and
the
generation
before
really
had
to
go
through
always
stuck
with
me.
So
in
various
iterations,
which
I'm
sure
we'll
we'll
get
into
a
little
bit.
D
That
is
exactly
what
we
need
in
this
moment.
It's
exactly
what
we've
needed
for
a
long,
long
time
and
I'm
so
thankful
to
all
of
you
for
taking
the
time
to
choose
Boston
as
this
very
important
convenings
location
and
to
be
a
partner
in
this
work,
as
we
continue
to
show
what's
possible
when
leadership
looks
like
our
communities
and
when
we
bring
a
sense
of
possibility,
but
also
action
to
all
the
plans
that
are
needed.
So
thank
you
so
much
for
being
here.
It
is
an
honor
to
be
with
you.
B
D
D
D
Shout
it
out?
Oh
Toronto,
Canada,
okay,
Toronto
welcome,
Miami
Texas,
that's
incredible!
Well,
I
hope
you
all
get
a
chance
to
experience
a
little
bit
of
what
Boston
is
as
well.
We
want
to
use
this
time
to
not
only
make
sure
that
we
can
support
the
the
incredible
leadership
of
you
all
and
this
organization,
but
to
sell
our
city
a
little
bit.
We
want
you
to
come
back.
B
D
D
It's
it's
just
night
and
day
in
terms
of
the
representation
that
we're
able
to
see
in
leadership
in
Boston,
but
also
the
fresh
perspectives
and
real
progress
that
we're
able
to
make
so
to
all
of
those
who
are
are
dedicating
your
lives
to
public
service
and
to
volunteerism
and
Civic
engagement.
It
is
so
needed
right
now
and
making
sure
that
we
have.
People
who
are
maybe
didn't
like
me,
didn't
see
themselves
in
government
growing
up,
see
this
as
a
way
to
give
back
and
and
have
a
sustainable
work-life
balance.
Career
is
really
important.
I!
D
Try
where
I
can
to
model
that,
even
though
it's
really
really
hard.
My
kids
are
six
and
eight
right
now
and
they
are
very,
very
curious,
rambunctious
boys.
They
want
to
know
everything
and
and
also
have
opinions
on
everything
and
so
I
I.
Think
for
me,
the
day-to-day
unwinding
and
joy
is
just
when
I
get
home.
They
don't
care
what
quote-unquote
important
person
I
met
with
that
day,
or
they
don't
care.
B
B
So
at
the
same
time,
though
you
what
you
talked
about
was
you
know,
folks
in
here
being
able
to
contribute.
So
how
can
people
in
the
audience?
How
can
they
contribute
right?
They're,
not
yourself
who
started
your
career
in
the
private
sector.
You
have
Tiffany
Chu,
who
you
know
was
a
leader
in
the
tech
industry.
You
know-
and
this
is
her
first
foray
into
politics.
Stephen
Chan
also,
we've
recruited
him
from
the
private
sector
and
how
do
how
can
folks
here
who
are
in
the
private
sector?
How
can
they
contribute.
D
Okay,
it
is
helpful
for
me
to
know
how
how
many
people
here
do
already
work
in
government
or
the
public
sector
in
some
way.
Okay,
some
hands
great
and
private
sector
got
a
company,
okay
and
non-profits,
or
advocacy.
Okay,
pretty
good,
split
and
I
know
some
of
the
later
panels
will
will
address
pieces
of
this,
but
I
think
one
is
I'm,
always
going
to
make
a
hard
push
and
ask
for
you
all
to
consider
getting
involved
directly
right.
We
have
many
many
positions
that
we're
looking
to
fill
in
city
government
in
Boston.
D
We're
trying
to
do
things
differently,
we're
trying
to
move
at
the
speed
of
our
residence,
we're
trying
to
make
sure
that
how
we
do
the
work
really
empowers
Community
as
we
make
those
decisions
and
and
deliver
on
city
services,
and
so
especially
for
those
living
in
Boston
or
who
might
want
to
live
in
Boston.
Please
think
about
it.
D
Think
of
a
number
of
kind
of
steps,
or
you
know,
checkpoints
along
the
way
to
be
involved
and
shaping
what's
happening
in
the
community
around
you
versus
being
in
formed
right
I'm,
not
someone
who
grew
up
with
a
culture
of
my
parents.
Reading
the
newspaper
every
day
right
that
wasn't
in
some
ways
we
were
kind
of
trying
to
Shield
ourselves
from
government
or
what
was
happening.
You
know
they'd
watch
the
Nightly
News
occasionally,
but
it
I
didn't
it
took.
D
D
What
people's
lives
are
actually
like
in
the
moment
and
therefore
what's
needed,
and
what
Solutions
community
members
are
already
trying
to
bring
forward
and
and
implementing
on
their
own
and
then
there's
the
kind
of
formal
involvement
in
politics,
whether
that
is
just
doing
your
research
on
candidates
at
all
levels,
I'll
push,
especially
at
the
local
level,
because
it
is
so
tangible,
but
also
you
can
have
a
real
relationship
with
people
who
are
at
the
local
level.
That
is.
D
All
of
those
are
really
impactful
and
then
I
I
will
never
leave
a
room
like
this
and
not
make
a
big
big
ask
for
people
to
consider
running
for
office
as
well.
You
can
serve
in
any
capacity
and
that
will
make
a
big
difference
and
you
can
have
any
job
and
also
be
involved
in
Civic
life
and
volunteerism
or
Politics
on
the
side.
But
there
is
nothing
like
directly
setting
the
agenda
by
being
involved
and
putting
your
name
forward
or
supporting
someone
in
your
networks
who,
who
does?
D
We
are
one
of
the
fastest
growing
communities
in
many
parts
around
the
country
and
yet
often
a
community
that
has
the
biggest
gaps
when
it
comes
to
representation,
particularly
on
the
executive
side
and
for
elected
offices
that
are
on
the
executive
side.
They're
we're
getting
more
and
more
examples.
It's
been
exciting
to
see
more
candidates
and
more
electeds,
but
we
are
far
from
the
strength
and
the
power
of
our
community,
fully
being
represented
in
the
numbers
as
well.
B
Amen
that
means
so
I
think
the
charge
right.
The
call
to
action
is
every
single
one
of
you
now
has
all
the
tools
information
to
get
involved.
So
there's
no
excuse
when
you
leave-
and
you
know
we
gave
a
little
bit
of
homework,
so
go
study
up
and
a
lighter
question.
The
last
one
I
have
for
you.
Is
you
know
what
advice
would
you
give
to
a
younger
Michelle
in
terms
of
Life
your
career,
whatever?
It
is
that
if
you
could
go
back
and
tell
her
one
thing,
what
would
you
tell
her.
D
D
What
happened,
because
my
mom
was
diagnosed
with
late
onset
schizophrenia,
I
was
graduating
from
college
kind
of
towards
the
end
of
college
when
she
was
in
serious
mental
health
crisis
and
what
started
as
paranoia
quickly
developed
into
deep
depression
and
psychosis
and
other
mental
health
symptoms
that
made
it
very
difficult
for
her
to
continue
taking
care
of
my
sisters
in
the
way
that
that
our
lives
had
been
structured
before
and
so.
I
found
myself
at
a
fairly
young
age.
D
But
at
the
core
of
it
is
whether
the
decisions
that
we're
making
are
actually
the
right
thing
to
do
for
people,
whether
our
community
members
actually
feel
represented
and
empowered
and
part
of
what
we're
trying
to
build,
and
that
can
only
come
from
really
listening
to
how
you're
feeling
inside
and
and
trying
to
establish
that
connection
for
everyone
to
feel
comfortable
sharing,
who
they
are
in
every
facet
of
their
identity,
what
they
need
and
what
they
dream
of
and
so
I
think.
I
spent.
D
Much
of
my
life
worrying
and
trying
to
plan
and
plans
are
always
helpful
as
a
starting
point.
But
it
took
me
a
long
time
to
really
kind
of
trust.
My
intuition
about
what
felt
like
the
right
thing
to
do
and
then
find
ways
to
measure
and
back
it
up.
But
that
I
think
has
been
the
only
way
that
I
ended
up
being
able
to
kind
of
find
my
capacity
to
lead.
B
Wow
I
literally
see
this
every
day,
so,
like
I
can
promise
you.
This
is
true,
but
we
I.
We
did
promise
an
audience
question
and
so
wanted
to
I
think
we
have
time
for
one,
maybe
two,
but
really
want
to
encourage
folks.
Someone
who
you
know
may
be
shy
or
think
that
you
know
they
don't
typically
ask
a
question
for
so.
If,
if
that
person
exists,
hello.
E
Thank
you
so
much
mayor,
Lou
I've
met
you
before
you
actually
came
to
my
family's
small
business.
We
own
a
barber
shop
in
the
financial
district
on
Broad
Street,
so
it's
great
to
be
in
the
same
room
with
you.
My
name
is
Amanda
Miranda
and
my
question
to
you
is
related
to
what
you
were
saying
earlier
about
taking
a
long
time
to
understand
and
listen
to
that
intuition.
D
I
think
in
some
ways
there
were
moments
that
were
incredibly
painful,
where
there
was
a
recognition
of
how
broken
some
of
our
systems
were
and
and
find,
and
finally
realizing
that
it
okay
I'll
just
explain
when
I
first
went
back
home
after
I
had
been
working
in
Boston
and
my
sister
called
me
and
said:
there's
something
very
wrong
with
our
mom.
We
we
need
you
to
help.
I
took
a
leave
from
my
job
here
and
flew
back
to
the
Chicago
area,
and
it
was.
It
was
very
intense.
My
mom
was
completely
withdrawn.
D
Staying
in
her
room,
not
sleeping
not
eating
self-medicating
with
alcohol
for
a
bit-
and
there
was
one
moment
where
try
as
we
might.
We
couldn't
persuade
her
that
some
outside
people
were
were
not
coming
to
pick
her
up
and
she
was
waiting
and
waiting.
It
was
raining
and
she
had
packed
up
her
suitcase
and
was
waiting
to
get
picked
up
by
by
someone
and
when
we
were
trying
to
get
her
to
come
inside.
D
She
got
violent
and
insisted
that
we
weren't
her
children
anymore,
and
you
know
there
was
a
whole
just
so
much
delusion
and
paranoia
and
as
some
of
the
neighbors
heard,
the
kind
of
commotion
outside
they
called
the
police
and
when
the
police
came,
I
was
begging
and
begging
them
not
to
take
her
to
the
police
station
and
to
that
this
was
a
medical
situation,
so
they
said
fine.
We
will
call
9-1-1
and
get
the
ambulance
here,
but
she
has
to
go
right
away
because
I
was
like
well
I'm.
D
Gonna,
take
I'm,
gonna
drive
her
later
I'm
gonna
it'll
be
fine,
I'll
go
right
now,
I'll
persuade
her
and
they
it
was
either
like
handcuffs
or
get
in
the
ambulance,
and
so
she
got
in
the
ambulance.
I
didn't
go
with
her
because
I
needed
to
I
wanted
to
have
the
car,
so
I
could
go
pick
up
my
sisters
from
school
later
and
stuff
back
and
forth
whatever
by
the
time
I
got
to
the
hospital.
D
It
was
a
few
just
probably
five
minutes
after
her,
she
was
already
in
the
emergency
room
in
a
gown
totally
out
of
it
and
when
I
got
in
there
the
kind
of
attendance
the
staff
person
there
handed
me
the
plastic
bag
of
all
of
her
things,
all
of
her
belongings
they
had
already
packed
up
and
I
looked
down
and
I
saw
that
her
clothes
were
in
there.
Her
I,
don't
remember
like
her
watch
or
something
and
that
her
clothes,
including
her
bra
I,
could
see
in
the
bag
had
been
split.
D
Oh,
they
were
like
cut
up
cut
apart
and
when
I
asked
what
happened,
they
said
she
had
refused
to
get
into
her
hospital
gown
right
away
as
a
standard
protocol,
and
so
they
had
to
sedate
her
and
cut
all
of
the
clothes
off
her
body
with
scissors,
and
when
I
talked
to
my
mom
later
she
kind
of
said
there.
You
know
there
was
a
man
in
view
of
who
could
have
seen
her
undressing
and
it
just.
She
would
never.
D
So
I
think.
For
me,
it's
been
a
slow
kind
of
in
some
ways-
Evolution,
rather
than
just
one
moment
of
connecting
that
what
we
go
through,
sometimes
very
silently
and
by
ourselves
and
then
again
just
try
to
put
a
smile
on
and
move
on.
In
fact,
those
are
the
moments
where,
if
you
find
a
way
to
connect
and
understand
and
create
space
for
other
people
to
also
understand
that's
the
way
that
we
can
move
and
change
things.
And
so,
if
anything,
I
think
it's
been
leaning
into
sharing
things
that
I
grew
up
being
told.
D
You
would
never
bring
family
business
outside
the
family
right
and
I.
Think
in
some
ways
that
has
perpetuated
and
made
it
harder
for
my
mom
in
her
treatment
and
in
her
mental
health.
And
so
how
can
our
generation
or
those
of
us
who
are
now
kind
of
in
our
careers
and
and
raising
families
and
and
have
platforms
for
leadership?