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News
- 08/13/2025
- 08/13/2025
- 08/05/2025Special Elections: Co-Chair and Special Projects Lead
The following positions are up for special election on the HAPPEN Executive Leadership Team (ELT):
Co-Chair (1 position) Special Projects Lead NominationNominate yourself or someone else by completing our nomination form between:… Read more
- 07/09/2025Congratulations to the newest members of our Executive Leadership Team Extending gratitude and appreciation to our retiring ELT members Anti-Hate Crimes & Bias Incidents Hotline Pilot by the WA Attorney General's Office Next General Membership Meeting July 9 at 1pm
- 05/07/2025Our Executive Sponsor, Nicholas Vann, is handing off leadership to two new Co-Executive Sponsors, Kennly Asato, Commerce (COM), and Denise Ross, Puget Sound Partnership (PSP) It's election time for HAPPEN Leadership Team positions! Check out our candidate profiles. Join our next General Membership meeting May 14 to hear from candidates. Active HAPPEN members can… Read more
- 05/06/20252025 HAPPEN Executive Leadership Team Special Elections
In case you missed it: The following positions are up for special election on the HAPPEN Executive Leadership Team (ELT)!
Co-Chair (1 position) Communications Coordinator Membership… Read more - 04/28/2025Honoring Remembrance Day, 50th anniversary of the Fall of Saigon May 21 - Celebrate ANHPI Heritage Month with HAPPEN: A Legacy of Leadership and Resilience May 28 - Leadership Development Session with Brian Lock, Contract and Finance Specialist for the Department of Health, and HAPPEN Policy Lead HAPPEN Leadership Elections info and more!
- 04/07/2025HAPPEN Executive Leadership Team nominations are open through April 30 Guest speakers to join April 9 General Membership Meeting Leadership and Career Development Series on April 16 featuring Brian Lock and more!
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- 03/31/2025April 3 - final session of A Communication Confidence Coaching Series for Asian Americans (AANHPI) with Jolene Jang Next HAPPEN membership meeting April 9 - featuring guest speaker, Enoka Herat, Policy Director in the Washington State Attorney General's Office April 16 Leadership and Career Development Series - featuring discussion with HAPPEN Executive Leadership Policy Lead, Brian Lock (he/him/his), Contract and Finance Specialist for Washington State Department of Health The May session of the Leadership Development program has been changed from May 21st to May 28th… Read more
- 02/18/2025Leadership Development Program Session 2 - February 19 with, Jenn Nguyen, Director of the Washington State Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Employment opportunity: Civil Rights Intake Specialist (Program Specialist 3) in the Wing Luke Civil Rights Division at the Attorney General’s Office 3rd Annual National Summit of South Asian Soar - Feb 23-24 ANHPI… Read more
- 01/29/2025
Now more than before, it is imperative we know our rights. All people in the United States, regardless of immigration status, have certain rights and protections under the U.S. Constitution, particularly the Fourth & Fifth Amendments.
The Fourth Amendment states: "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things… Read more
- 01/28/2025Celebrating Lunar New Year Leadership Development Series - Session 2 - Feb 19 Representation in Historical Preservation Next meeting Feb 12 and more!
- 01/15/2025HAPPEN Leadership Development Series starts Jan 15 Jan General Membership Meeting follow-up resources Black & Asian Perspectives: Shatter the Divide fireside chat with Office of Equity Director, Megan Matthews, and speaker, Jolene Jang - rescheduled for Jan. 22 Register for Speak Up:… Read more
- 01/07/2025HAPPEN Leadership Development Series Launches General Meeting - January 8 Opportunity alert: volunteer co-chairs and a committee to lead the HAPPEN ANHPI Heritage Month Event Committee Opportunity to Meet Attorney General Elect, Nick Brown Black & Asian Perspectives: Shatter the Divide and more!
- 11/11/2024
Veteran's Day is November 11. Please join us as we recognize some of the Veterans in our HAPPEN community, featured below. HAPPEN also celebrates the Veterans Employee Resource Group (VERG), part of our family of statewide business resource groups (BRGs).
HAPPEN Honors Our VeteransWith gratitude, we highlight some of our members, their family members, and/or friends, who are Veterans and honor their past and current service. Submit your… Read more
- 10/31/2024Leadership Team Update: Election Results Join us November 13 for our last General Meeting of 2024 Opportunity to Honor Our Veterans Reminder: SmartHealth $125 wellness incentive deadline approaching Disability Inclusion Network (DIN) WANTS your input
- 10/09/2024
October 9 General Meeting
ICYMI materials from September meeting
Latino Leadership Network opportunity: Oct 28 FREE Virtual Lean Six Sigma White Belt class for our amazing LLN members and open to other business resource group members!
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- 09/30/2024Office of Equity Solidarity Gathering: language and accent bias - Thursday, October 10th at 11:00 am Next HAPPEN meeting - October 9th at 1-2 pm ICSEW and the Washington State Business Resource Groups (BRG’s) Book Club Discussions White House Initiative on AANHPI Releases National Data Fact Sheet State of Chinese Americans Survey 2024
A Proclamation on National Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions Week
What's HAPPENing: Sept. 30-Oct. 6 (govdelivery.com)… Read more
- 09/09/2024Welcoming the newest BRG, SOVEREIGN, which stands for Supporting Our Voices Empowering Rights Indigenous Governance Survey: Immigrant Employee Experience in Washington State Agencies The September General Meeting will include guest speaker Kiana McKenna, Director of Policy and Civic Engagement at the Pacific Islander Community Association of Washington and a CAPAA Commissioner Sign up to be a mentee in the second cohort of the HAPPEN Mentorship Program by 11:59 pm on September 22. and more!
- 08/30/2024HAPPEN receives nomination for the inaugural 2024 P.E.A.R. STAR Award Special election and runoff: We had a tie for the position of Community Outreach and interest for Treasurer. Mentorship: The last date to sign-up is 11:59 pm on September 22. Attend the HAPPEN Mentorship/Professional Development event: How to Be a Mentor with Guest Panel on Thursday, September 12,/li> Chinese Exclusion and Resilience in the Built Environment, Presented by: Nicholas Vann, HAPPEN Executive Sponsor, September 26 at Traditions Cafe, Olympia and more!