From Care to Power: Advancing Women in Community Governance

Women,especially Asian American women,are excluded from leadership not because of lack of talent,but because the first step into power, the "broken rung" is blocked by bias and narrow ideas of leadership.The Community Governance Academy prepares women for board and governance roles through technical training,leadership storytelling,and a digital online board-readiness training platform.Beginning at Chinese Hospital and scaling nationally through partner networks,the project will place women into decision-making roles and change how leadership is defined across institutions