In late March, Lexington High School sophomore Phoebe Tian stood in Hastings Park, surrounded by people gathered in response to the Atlanta killings of predominantly Asian Americans a few days prior. Tian had volunteered to help out, holding a large sign and assisting those who wanted to sign it. Around her, twinkling lights lit up the night as part of a memorial display.
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Join us to celebrate!Proud to Be American & Proud of Our Students Celebration NightMay 27th, 6:00-7:00PMMay is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. Join us for the final celebration of the “Proud to Be American”. It is an amazing project where PreK-12 students featured Asian American Pacific Islanders who have impacted society or culture in the United States. These students shared how they were inspired by notable AAPI figures and how it made them proud to be American.
We will celebrate the students’ work with a program that includes presentations of some of these pieces. Then, a fun game is planned and a special guest who you might recognize from the exhibition will also make an appearance.
View the AAPI gallery, It is a site run by CAAL (Chinese American Association of Lexington), be sure to check it out!
For the virtual celebration event tonight, please sign up via the link
Please check out the project sponsors and collaborators
We are observing a devastating humanitarian tragedy in India. Our hearts go out to impacted families in India and those with loved ones there. India needs help and CAAL has been in action for an #IndiaCovid19Response campaign. In early May, CAAL have donated $5,000 relief fund through Indian Americans of Lexington (IAL), and also donated thousands of KN95 , surgical masks, protective gowns and goggles.
We are so proud that a student found the story of Fred Korematsu’s fight to be recognized as a loyal American. Korematsu’s courage inspires all of us and reminds Asian Americans that our seemingly inalienable rights as Americans can never be taken for granted. Californian Korematsu refused orders to leave his home to join a Japanese Internment Camp during World War II. When he refused, he was arrested, convicted and sent to a far away Internment Camp. In 1944, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) ruled that the denial of civil liberties based on race and national origin was legal. When revisited by SCOTUS in 1983, the conviction itself was overturned but SCOTUS refused to state that discrimination based on race and national origin was no longer legal. Recently in 2018, SCOTUS Chief Justice Roberts disavowed that particular decision while simultaneously upholding executive authority for the so called “Muslim ban.” reminding us that while the targeted groups might change, the otherization of non-White folks still continues to this day. As stated by our young activist: “…, we should not bow down …. but challenge .. and fight back.
Read more at: http://caal-ma.org/proud-to-be-american…/fred-korematsu/
Join us! Submit your artwork, video, picture, or write-up now through May 21. http://caal-ma.org/proud-to-be-american-celebrating-asian..
In 1976, Dr. Samuel C.C. Ting became a Nobel laureate recipient for his contributions to discovering a whole new type of particle (J-particle) in physics that he shared with Dr. Burton Richter. Don’t ask us what that means, but the students who spotlighted Dr. Ting certainly have a better understanding! Did you know he delivered his Nobel prize in Mandarin? What an excellent way to highlight the diversity that is the promise of the US. His contributions are celebrated as the accomplishments of scientists from the US. And our students celebrate Samuel Ting as an American role model who they can aspire to be.
Student work: http://caal-ma.org/proud-to-be-american…/samuel-c-c-ting/
Join us! Submit your artwork, video, picture, or write-up now through May 21. http://caal-ma.org/proud-to-be-american-celebrating-asian..
Join us for another AAPI Heritage Month Roundtable Series on “Restore the Rightful Place of AAPI History in K-12 Education” with Prof. Paul Watanabe along with a distinguished panel
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