Could you be expelled if the vice-principal finds drugs in your locker--but you were only holding them for a friend? Can you get arrested just for carrying a knife? If the police tell you to leave a park and you don't, can they charge you?

Seattle AA/PI kids have been discussing these questions with AA/PI judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys, police detectives and officers twice a year since '96 Fellow Judge Eileen A. Kato organized the Juvenile Justice Round Table. For the kids, it's a chance to learn about a system they don't understand and which many perceive as the enemy. They also get to meet professionals who could become role-models. But the big surprise for Eileen was how meaningful the experience was for the adults. "Some of the Asian American attorneys had never been involved with Asian American youth. It was a great feeling to get them connected."

Eileen's project was made possible by the support of the API Task Force on Youth and its leaders and resources.

"Can you get arrested just for carrying a knife?"
-Eileen Kato