Hats off to our volunteers and youths setting up the “Asians in Lexington” photography and AAPI youth artwork exhibition (May-June) throughout Cary Memorial Library as part of our #AAPI Heritage Month celebrations. This is CAAL’s 3rd volunteer event today!

Thanks to the many volunteers, especially our youth members, joining the Friends of Lexington Bikeways: Bike Lexington in the cleanup and beautification on this sunny May Day. What a great way to start the month of May!

Thanks to many of our volunteers! Lexington Lions Club is assisting the Food Pantry and USPS with their upcoming “Stamp Out Hunger” project to support the food pantry and have a positive impact. Multiple community groups gathered to assemble the 10,000 packets to be dropped in each mailbox in Lexington.

In honor of AAPI Heritage Month (May), Lexington will display banners uplifting Asian American and Pacific Islanders’ contributions, sacrifices and accomplishments that are woven into the tapestry of our great nation. Look for the banners in Lexington Center along Mass. Avenue and at Cary Library through the month of May.  

Each banner celebrates a significant historical event or person that has enriched our society. This year, a set of banners will be introduced with a plan to add more banners and increase representation in future years.  

This is a collaborative project by Lexington AAPI groups: BALex, CAAL, CALex, IAL, JPLex, KOLex. Sponsored by Community Endowment of Lexington. Please consider donating to this project at www.LexAAPI.org to help honor our AAPI heritage.  

为庆祝五月亚太裔传统月，莱镇将在镇中心和图书馆展示一系列条幅宣扬亚太裔为这个伟大的国家做出的贡献, 牺牲和取得的成就。每个条幅都代表一个对社会有重要影响的个人和历史事件。在今年展示基础之上未来还会增加更多的条幅。   这个项目由Lexington AAPI Groups：BALex, CAAL, CALex, IAL, JPLex, KOLex 合作举办，并获Community Endowment of Lexington 的赞助。   如果您想了解更多详情和捐款支持这个项目， 请访问www.LexAAPI.org

The Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) Heritage Month Celebration is a series of celebration events that promote AAPI culture, unity, solidarity and belonging. Our diversity is our strength, and we are stronger together! 

In each week of May, we feature a different aspect of AAPI including history, art, food and a cumulative festival celebration and 5K Run on Memorial Day May 30^th.  Please visit town website or CAAL website http://caal-ma.org/ or AAPI Heritage celebration page http://aapimonth.caal-ma.org/ for more information about this celebration. Below is an outline of the program. Here is the Outline of the program and attached is the flyer.

This event series is organized by Chinese American Association of Lexington (CAAL) and Lexington AAPI Youth Team, Funded by Community Endowment of Lexington, Mass Cultural Council, Civic Leadership Academy; Co-organized and co-sponsored by Town of Lexington, Cary Memorial Library, Boston Chinese Photography Association (BCPA), Lexington Hay Runners Club, Indian Americans of Lexington (IAL), Korean Organization of Lexington (KoLex)，Japanese Support Group of Lexington (JPLex), Association of Black Citizens of Lexington (ABCL) and LHS Asian Student Union (ASU).

首届 AAPI Heritage 庆祝月是由莱镇AAPI 青少年志愿者和莱镇华协 (CAAL) 共同发起并联合组织举办的一系列活动，旨在在五月亚太裔传统月用艺术促进和推广AAPI 文化。整个月的活动通过历史、艺术、和饮食三个主题分三周分别展现AAPI 文化，并于最后一周举办一场以奔跑为主题的 “AAPI 5K Run ‘n’ Walk” 活动为庆祝月系列活动画上完美的句号。
本届亚太裔传统月系列活动面向全镇社区，希望有更多的人们参与，和我们一起展示亚裔传统文化。请扫二维码或访问我们的网站了解更多详情：
http://aapimonth.caal-ma.org/
欢迎加入一起欢庆五月AAPI 文化节的行列！

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A great turnout with about 50 people attending the reception to kick off the APPI heritage month celebrations and watch the award-winning documentary at Cary Library on Thursday night and learning about an important chapter of Asian American history, indeed American history. The audience were very engaged and all thought the movie was touching! There was big applause at the end of the showing.

The online movie screening ends today. There are about 400 online registrations between Lexington and Belmont. Kudos to the two young moderators of the Q&A session! What an engaging conversion with the movie producers that leads to new discoveries and inspiration! Here is the video of the Q&A session.

Many people try running but don’t stick with it. In this discussion you will hear from three Lexington residents who started running later in life and now have run over 100 marathons combined. These runners will share their secrets of how to find joy and community in running and how to make running a part of overall health and happiness.

As part of the event, we will share a zero to 5K training plan and give you an opportunity to sign up for a local 5K and training sessions.

Time: Tuesday, May 3, at 7pm. Sign-up Now (In-Person or Webinar).

For details, please read this newsletter

五月亚太裔传统月(AAPI) 5K 跑步活动踏着春天的脚步一步步临近，您是否想报名参加，却不知道自己能不能跑？你是否想沐浴着和煦的阳光跑进春风里，却苦于不知道如何开始？如何坚持跑完全程？选择什么跑步的鞋？跑步是否对膝盖有伤害？如何科学地训练跑步？围绕这些问题，我们将举办一系列的线上和线下的活动，帮助没有跑步基础的朋友们准备一个5K比赛。
请锁定4月27日晚上8点，参加“如何训练你的第一个5K?” 跑步讲座。我们请到来自“犇”跑步俱乐部的六位成员，讲一讲他们开始跑步和平常跑步的故事。他们是一群和我们普通人一样的大众跑者，从零基础跑起来，通过科学训练成为一名波马跑者。

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The AAPI Heritage Month Celebration is a month-long series of events spotlighting AAPI culture through history, art, and food during the month of May. Art week narrates the Asian American experience through meaningful artwork including photography, drawing, painting, and any illustrations created by fellow Lexingtonians.

Please submit your artwork by April 27!  The art pieces will be deliberately chosen to highlight the culture of AAPI. The art pieces illuminate daily life as an Asian American. Selected art pieces will be exhibited in the Cary Memorial Library throughout the months of May and June.

This event is organized by Lexington Youth AAPI Celebration Volunteers and Chinese American Association of Lexington (CAAL); Funded by Community Endowment of Lexington, Civic Leadership Academy; Co-sponsored by Cary Library, Indian Americans of Lexington (IAL), Korean Organization of Lexington (KoLex) and Japanese Support Group of Lexington (JPLex).

Here is the google form

What a great day for Patriots’ Day Parade!

Here are a few stunning photo albums taken by our talented photographers. Enjoy!

Here is the video of the parade covered by LexMedia

Here is the video of the CAAL parade

Here is the photo album link for Patriots’ Day Parade (By Di Ding)

Here is the photo album link for Patriots’ Day Parade afternoon (By Dongxu Shan)

Click this photo album link for Patriots’ Day Parade morning (by Dongxu Shan)