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News & Updates
AWE June 16, 2007 Program
On Saturday, 16 June 2007, the Asian Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) organized a breakfast workshop at the Southern California Edison (SCE) headquarters in Rosemead, California. This event was sponsored by SCE, featuring two prominent speakers covering the areas of Workers Compensation and Labor issues and legal updates. Read more...
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Mission Statement
The purpose Asian Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) is to assist Asian Pacific Women realize their entrepreneurial potential, promoting their entrepreneurial skills in a dynamic business environment; identifying specific needs of Asian Pacific Women, providing available resources through entrepreneurial networking opportunities to assist members to grow their businesses to the next level - profitability?
AWE was founded in September 2005 by four Asian Pacific Women - Corin Ramos, Josie de la Cruz, Alice Lei, and Jeannie Luong. These women has attributed to their community leadership role, hard work, and most significantly, their dedication and enthusiasm to volunteer services that benefits the community.
AWE is a non-profit (C (3)) organization representing the interests of Asian Pacific Women entrepreneurs in all types of businesses and professions. The wide range of businesses owned by AWE members is impressive; accounting, mortgage services, financial investment consultants, real estate investment firm, advertising, land development, engineering firm, lawyers, computer engineering, graphic design and printing, educators, import/export, cosmetic aesthetic, gift baskets, communications, medical, dental and healthcare services providers and others.
AWE's Objectives
- To provide regular focused membership networking opportunities, promoting entrepreneurial relationship.
- To establish itself as the premier educational and networking resources for Asian Pacific Women entrepreneurs.
- To provide value-based information on entrepreneurial and/or personal development skills seminars/classes available to accessible to AWE through in house or outsource professional women organizations.
- To provide entrepreneurial and life balance to members through positive social gatherings forging camaraderie relationship amongst members, creating a healthy and wholesome organization.
- To support local charities through active participation by AWE members in community services/philanthropic contributions, making a difference in the lives of others who have needs.
- To award scholarships to financially challenged students pursuing their studies in business majors.
Testimonies from Members:
- "I joined AWE because I believed in the values and benefits it provides me; focused networking opportunities; personal and business skills development; accessibility to meaningful information on public policies affecting my business." - Mai Vo, MBA, City National Mortgage
- "My membership with AWE has given me enormous business networking opportunities. I have joined a few other networking groups in my life time but I am happy to say that AWE is the only organization which ideally meet my satisfaction both professionally and personal speaking..." - Linda Young, President/Owner, Gift Baskets Inc.
- "I have enjoyed the warm and sincere friendship/business networking experiences throughout my membership with AWE ladies. Their committed and enthusiastic entrepreneurial skills and business disciplines have inspired me to no end and I am glad to an AWE member!" - Lyn Fuller, President/Owner, Naples Island Facial & Message/Fitness Center
- "AWE welcomed me with sincere friendship and camaraderie, making me feels at home right away. I've met many very successful but down to earth wonderful businesswomen who shared with me the wisdom and expertise in their successes. AWE sets apart from the many networking groups I've affiliated thanks to its strong leadership team that works diligently and efficiently to bring to us members quality networking opportunities and much needed personal and business developing skills, enhancing my entrepreneurial knowledge to the next level." - Theo Nguyen, President/Owner, Excel Real Estate Inc.
Meetings
Meetings are regularly held regularly. Time and location of meetings can be found in the AWE website - www.aweoc.com. AWE strives to provide informative and entertaining guest speakers at each meeting. The success of each meeting depends on th4 active and full participation of our member. So please save the dates on your calendar. Each member is encouraged to bring a friend or two.
