Community leadership and participation are very important that presents itself in various ways that has a great impact upon its respective communities. Listed below are the various categories and people that comprises this incomplete and ever-changing list of people who are concern and have takent the steps to be involved.

• PAULA DANIELS - 1st APA President of "Heal the Bay"
• VISHAKHA N. DESAI - First Woman and Asian American to head Asia Society
• DAPHINE KWOK - has 20+ years of experience in building and leading national Asian/Pacific Islander organizations and developing national coalitions and networks such as being the Executive Director of the Organization of Chinese Americans (OCA). She was the Executive Director of the Washington D.C.-based Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS), a national non-partisan, non-profit organization established to increase Asian Pacific American participation in public policy and the political process. On July 1, 2005 - she became the Executive Director of the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation (AIISF).
• ONI VITANDHAM - She is the founder of Progressive United Action Association - an international nonprofit agency that helps create life for more than 2,000 Cambodian children.
• YEH LING-LING - CEO of Diversity Alliance for a Sustainable American (DASA whose purpose is to limit immigration.)

• MARY ANNE FOO - received the national 2004 "Unsung Heroines" award for her for her work as the Executive Director and founder of the Orange County Asian and Pacific Islander Community Alliance (OCAPICA), whose mission is to enhance the well-being of Asians and Pacific Islanders by building strategic partnerships in the areas of service, education, organizing, and research
• LE LY HAYSLIP - This Vietnamese-born native founded the "East Meets West Foundation", a humanitarian relief organization, which physically and emotionally helps to rebuild lives on both sides of the world. Her book, "When Heaven and Earth Changed Places", moved award winning filmmaker, Oliver Stone, a Vietnam veteran himself, to fund the building of Mother's Love Clinic for homeless children in Le Ly's village in Da Nang. With the further help from actor-comedian, Robert Kline and Senator John Kerry, money has been raised to build Peace Village, a medical center for children. Oliver Stone will soon be producing a film about the humanity of Le Ly Hayslip.
• MELISSA ARATANI KWEE - Community leader in Singapore, Former Chair of the Community Council and granddaughter of George Aratani. This Harvard anthropology graduate has chosen to be a social activist beneath her well-cut clothes and transatlantic accent, as oppose to the life of a socialite. As a result, she often exudes a quiet conviction, self-confidence and a social conscience that money cannot buy. She has stated that “money is only a tool - use it but do not let it use you.” As a result, she has a definite idea of how she wants to spend the rest of her life - to make a difference in other people's lives.She subscribes to the proverb “To those to whom much has been given, much is expected.”
• WEN HO LEE - Chinese American scientist who has been labeled as a "spy" by the press (N.Y. Times), yet has been charged of espionage. Despite previous examples of "similar" situations, learn how he has been treated differently!
• PETER LEUNG - - the first Asian-American ever to serve as president of an NAACP chapter - is equal parts enthusiastic entrepreneur, angry activist and resolute role model. An agitator from his days as a youth living in Hong Kong, he is determined to be a positive example to Asian-Americans and other minority groups.