Event
Coming Home to Our Communities: Pathways to Asian American Non-Profits
Food for Thought Series
Join us for a panel discussion on career and volunteer pathways to our local Philadelphia community nonprofits.
Learn from our panelists and moderator Mohan Seshadri about their career paths and way you can get involved!
Coming Home panelists will discuss the different careers that brought them to today's impactful work.
Mohan Seshadri (they/he) is the Executive Director of the Asian Pacific Islander Political Alliance. He is currently serving as the co-chair of the Asian American Power Network. Previously, Mohan managed electoral and organizing programs for Planned Parenthood across Central and Eastern Pennsylvania. From 2019-2020, they served as the Executive Director of the Governor’s Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs. He co-founded multiple community and campus organizing programs across Pennsylvania including the Philadelphia chapter of the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, the Lehigh Valley chapter of DSA, and the AAPI PA Power Caucus. In 2018, they were honored to receive Ressurected Life Community Church’s Urban Angel Award. In 2021, they were featured on the National Association of Asian Pacifics in Politics & Public Affairs 40 under 40 list.
Stay tuned for more details about the panelists.