March 11, 2010/ -- One of 80 women honored at the California State Capitol for Women’s History Month was Berkeley resident Mable F. Yee as the Woman of the Year from Assembly District 14. Assembly member Nancy Skinner (D–Berkeley) nominated Yee. Mabel Yee is a social entrepreneur, filmmaker and founder and CEO of Engage Her. She produced the documentary, Engage Her: Getting Minority Women To Lead and Vote, to understand the cultural and social issues that prevent millions of multicultural women from voting and leading. Spurred by the enthusiastic reception to the film, Yee founded EngageHer.org, a national organization developing leadership skills among multicultural girls and women using conferences and workshops as well as digital technologies and social media. Engage Her is launching two campaigns this year – to support participation in Census 2010 and a fight obesity program in alignment with First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! /
A special ceremony took place at the State Capitol on Monday, March 8, where Speaker of the Assembly John Perez and Assembly member Skinner presented a certificate of honor to Yee. The Woman of the Year event was started in 1987 when the California Legislature had no events planned for the month of March, Women's History Month. In celebration of the contributions to society made by remarkable women throughout California, each year since one woman from each district has been honored at the Capitol for their accomplishments. /
Mabel Yee is also a Senior Advisor to the National Association of Asian American Professionals (NAAAP). “NAAAP is proud to recognize the accomplishments of Mable Yee and to partner with her on these important national initiatives which impact ethnic communities.” said Brad Baldia, NAAAP National President./
As one of NAAAP's Senior Advisors, Mabel Yee is catalyzing the development of timely programs for the professional association including the Women in NAAAP (WIN) program. WIN was created and developed to build competent and confident women leaders within NAAAP and the Asian Pacific community. WIN-aligned events and workshops are planned by various NAAAP chapters throughout the year, and WIN will have a specific professional development track at NAAAP’s National Convention and Career Fair, scheduled August 12-15, 2010, in San Francisco./
ABOUT NAAAP:/ The National Association of Asian American Professionals (NAAAP) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit membership-based organization and is the largest and fastest growing Asian professional association with representation in over 25 cities across the United States and Canada. It is known as the North American Association of Asian Professionals in Canada. The organization's vision is "We Make Leaders!" For more information about the NAAAP, go to www.naaap.org./
