On this Veterans Day, we salute and honor our veterans. The concert last night featured retired US Army Major General William Chen, the first Chinese American two-star general of the US Army, joined by many local veterans as VIP guests.
“So proud of our students for organizing such a beautiful, inspirational evening! They raised over $10K for the integration of AAPI into our K-12 curriculum and honored Asian American veterans!
Why does AAPI curriculum integration matter? For hundreds of years, Asian Americans have been invisible, and they helped build this nation by amplifying AAPI voices! “
Many thanks to Lexington Education Foundation for hosting Charles Yu, author of Interior Chinatown, as he discussed his book with LHS students & the Lexington community.
Representatives of CAAL conveyed to Charles how meaningful his book is in helping students learn about the Chinese-American experience. It was a well attended event. There were many great questions raised by the audience. Charles’s sharing was candid and authentic.
This opportunity is made possible through a program funded by Lexington Education Foundation and the inspiring work of Samantha St. Lawrence, the LHS educator leading the Lexington in Conversation project.
With the support of CAAL, the Interior Chinatown is available at Cary Library in paperback, Large Print, digial audiobook and ebook: https://bit.ly/3zk26AA
The “Asian American History Inclusion” Benefit Concert organized by Lexington High School students will be held on November 11th at the Lexington High School Auditorium during Veterans Day.
The purpose of this concert is to raise funds for the inclusion of Asian American history in our textbooks. We will invite veterans as honorable guests to this event. All proceeds from the concert will be donated to support our cause.
If you are willing to make a donation, please either:
-Write a check to CAAL, memo AAPI Benefit Concert, and ship to the address CAAL, PO Box 453, Lexington, MA 02420.
-PayPal to CAAL using “Sending to friends and family” at donation@caal-ma.org and memo AAPI Benefit Concert.
-Venmo pay to @CAAL-Lexington, last 4 digits of phone 2775, memo AAPI Benefit Concert
Note: CAAL is a registered Sec. 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. We appreciate your generous donation by sponsoring this event, your name will be included in the back of our program as well as on our website. Please reach out to the organizers aapiconcert@gmail.com if you have any questions. Thank you!