Chinese American Association of Lexington

For 39 years, CAAL has been supporting and encouraging younger generations to give back to the community, especially with the establishment of the Presidential Volunteer Service Award (PVSA) seven years ago. Members from CAAL Community Service Committee introduced twelve CAAL youth programs and a whole range of opportunities to participate in community service that are organized, sponsored or recognized by CAAL, in collaboration with the town and community organizations. Student leaders shared their volunteering experiences with the students and parents.

Here are the 2022 CAAL PVSA Seminar presentation video and slides, and PVSA application forms. Please submit your application between Sept 1-Sept 30, 2022.

一年一度的CAAL华协“总统义工奖”评选说明讲座7月31日晚上在线召开。华协社区服务委员会青少年项目负责之一Judy Qiao，华协社区服务委员会主任Wendy Qin、Leeying Wu、Liying Kuang，主持和参加了讲座。他们为听众讲解了总统义工奖评选的流程和变化以及历届总统义工奖的获奖情况。   两位获得2021年总统义工奖的青年学生及一名刚刚参加美国华人联合大会的学生William Zhang和他妈妈在线分享了他们在为社区做义工服务时的心得体会。详情请看下面公众号文章。

一年一度关于华协CAAL总统义工奖评选说明讲座今年将在7月31日晚上美东时间7:00在线举行，诚邀家长和青少年义工参加。
2021年，随着疫苗接种，全美在新冠中逐渐康复，社区不少青少年仍然坚持地为社区参与各种服务，其中20青少年学生荣获总统义工奖。

    2022年的义工活动内容和时间和往年有何不同？CAAL是否有 新的调整?
    青少年如何创建新的义工项目？如何获得华协审批？
    如何参加新的义工项目？如何计算义工时间？

华协社区委员会主任Wendy Qin, 将就今年“如何申请和登记总统奖义工时间”做出详细说明，而且特别邀请2-3名总统义工奖的得奖代表来分享他们的经验。另目前青少年项目的负责人和总统义工奖委员会成员都会在线解答大家的问题.
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每张照片都是时光的标本，用镜头理解世界，用影像记忆时代。

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美食是最重要的文化之一！亚裔美食，渊远流长。道道佳肴，承载着我们读过的书，走过的路，爱过的人。为传播亚裔文化，莱镇华协AAPI青少年们正在编辑一本来自于不同族裔的AAPI美食集。博大精深的华夏美食怎能缺席？让我们行动起来，分享您及家人钟爱的菜肴，讲述您独特的经历，发掘美食有趣的人文故事，共同编著一本AAPI美食录！

请于8月5日之前扫码，通过Google Form，AAPI网站，或联系AAPI2022Lexington@gmail.com

请用英文提交您的食谱和故事。

我们会甄选代表性作品集结成书。所有参与者可免费获得一本编印精美的AAPI美食录！

As part of our food celebration, we are looking to co-create a community cookbook with favorite AAPI recipes (& recipe-related stories) representing different AAPI cultures.

Here is a link (or through the AAPI youth website http://aapimonth.caal-ma.org/index.html) to submit the recipes. 

Please follow the recipe template (content and format) below to prepare your Recipe &Story.

This event is organized by Lexington AAPI Youth Team and Chinese American Association of Lexington, Funded by Community Endowment of Lexington (CEL) and Civic Leadership Academy (CLA); Co-sponsored by Japanese Support Group of Lexington, Indian Americans of Lexington, and Korean-American Organization of Lexington.

書語萊鎮旨在架起一座莱镇当地作家和读者之间的桥梁，介绍莱镇人撰写的书籍，分享他们创作写书的过程，和鼓励大家一起阅读莱镇人的著书。透过这些散发着温暖、明亮的莱镇人文之光，体验百年小镇深厚的璀璨文化和历史底蕴。

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“Every time I walk into the reading room of the Lexington Cary Library, the big bookshelf with well arranged books always attracts my attention and curiosity. “Celebrate Lexington’s Authors – 150th Cary Memorial Library 1868 – 2018” is written on the wall behind the bookshelf. As it is well known, Lexington has more than 500 published authors who specialize in science, education, literature, history, economics, health, computer science and other fields, and the library houses more than 1,500 books written by Lexington residents, an invaluable resource for many of us.

ReadLexington focuses on the local writers who live amongst us. They are our neighbors, friends and mentors. They appear distant yet are so close to us. ReadLexington aims to promote books written by Lexingtonians, offers readers a glimpse of authors’ creative process and daily life, and encourages everyone to read their books. It is published in both English and Chinese.

Summer afternoon-summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language. – An International Episode Writer, Henry James. Let us pick a beautiful summer afternoon, and read a book by Lexingtonian together!

Here is the Chinese version

Here is the English version

What a fabulous night for “Tanglewood in Lexington”! Audiences enjoyed music from different genres by musicians from top music institutes, as well as amateur musicians of all ages in a cool summer evening.

Heartfelt thanks to many of our dedicated volunteers who made the Dreamaga Boston International Asian Music Festival in Lexington a huge success and a unique experience for audiences!

Here is the BARTV Interview

Here is the video replay of the concert

Here is the photo album from Dongxu Shan.

Here is the photo album collected from other photographer volunteers.

那个青草香里听乐声的美妙夜晚，大师、稚儿同台，摇滚、民歌齐飞，中、西音乐交响，有人穿着凉拖听歌剧，有人跪在地上拍录像，美好的旋律和独特的记忆将会长久地留在观众心中。

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Walk the walk! Thanks Association of Black Citizens of Lexington (ABCL) for organizing the Quock Walker Day Hike for Freedom.

马提亚尔说：“回忆过去的生活，无异于再活一次。” 这次影展的照片于无声处中温暖地拥抱你的内心，这些时空的印记，让自己慢下来，回眸，再一次体会曾经的欢笑与泪水。看到这么多熟悉的乡亲朋友们的在照片中定格的身影，真好！
 欢迎大家走进 “亚裔在莱镇”你的我的摄影展。 “同一个村庄同一个梦想”摄影作品展示及慈善义卖仍在继续。时间跨度十年的的影展更像一瓶美酒，值得细品，醇厚甘甜。

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Lexington Times published a great article and personal reflection of youth initiatives from including AAPI and black history in school curriculum to working with CAAL organizing AAPI Month Celebrations.
It is great to see our youth pursue their passion to serve their community. CAAL has the platform to help them do amazing things.

To learn more, please read the article.

On Jun 26, 2022 CAAL Co-President Melanie Lin joined with other local and national organizations in Boston Chinatown to remember the life of Vincent Chin, a Chinese American man who was brutally beaten by two white auto workers on June 19, 1982.

Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin R. Hayden, Steven W. Tompkins, Boston City Council President Ed Flynn, City Councilor At-Large Erin Murphy, Salem Mayor, Lt. Governor Candidate Kimberley Driscoll and other distinguished guests delivered remarked in honor of Vincent Chin’s life and against hate crimes.

Click here for Melanie’s speech.

Click here for the speeches of other speakers.