Chinese American Association of Lexington

Lexington promotes and embraces ethnic diversity for a healthy and vibrant community. In years Lexington Asian-Americans have been engaging in the Lexington community in all respects.

This exhibition is a collection of photos and student artworks that reflect Asian-Americans’ community activities in community building, civic engagement, humanity  activities, culture celebration and arts.
Here is a video preview of the exhibition

Come to meet the photographers and artists at the Reception at Large Meeting Room, 7-8:30 pm, 5/18

Exhibit Organizers:
The Chinese American Association of Lexington (CAAL)
Boston Chinese Photography Association (BCPA)
AAPI Celebration Youth Team
Cary Memorial Library
Sponsors:
This project is funded by the Community Endowment of Lexington (CEL), an endowed fund of the Foundation for MetroWest.

We are extremely grateful for Community Endowment of Lexington! The $4,000 grant to CAAL and Lexington AAPI Celebration Youth Team will fund A Bridge Across: Celebration and Promotion of Asian Culture and History, a series of events focused on Asian culture through activities related to art, food, and history during the AAPI Heritage Month and beyond.

“These collaborative projects enhance community connections and highlight the diversity that makes Lexington so special,” says Nancy White, CEL Co-Chair.

CAAL is thrilled to be invited to celebrate #AAPIHeritageMonth with Congresswoman Katherine Clark and so many community organizations and leaders. As Mahatma Gandhi said so well “Our ability to reach unity in diversity will be the beauty and the test of our civilization.

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As part of CAAL youth program and under the guidance of Wei Ding, the LPS students of the Lexington Youth STEM Team are actively applying their technical skills to a number of project with town of Lexington and beyond for a brighter world. They make us proud!

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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