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By Yi Chen Washington, D.C. – Mayor Vincent C. Gray’s 2013 Asian American & Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month celebration will take place on Thursday, May 30 at the historic Lincoln Theater. “Each May, our Nation comes together to recount the ways Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders helped forge our country.” President Obama said in his proclamation, “Their story is …

By CeCe Wang April 28, 2013 – Today, an enormous number of Chinese students and young professionals fly to the United States via airport with their legal student and work visa to seek better life opportunities. However, in the 19th century, Chinese civilians who were seeking to escape war and poverty by selling labor to American and Canadian railroad recruiters …

Washington, DC – Today CAPAL threw it’s biggest bash of the night at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC with a twist – guests were encouraged to get a “personal ride” from the start up company Uber – which takes “taxi” to the new level with it’s iPhone and Android apps. In her remarks, Doua Thor, Executive Director of …

Emerging From the Shadows By Mary Tablante and Jhee Yoon Rockville, MD—Ray Jose thought his future looked bright during senior year at Richard Montgomery High School in Rockville. The Philippine-born athlete with an interest in medicine was intent on attending a university. So he was elated to be offered three college scholarships for track. But when he announced the wonderful …

By Devika Koppikar Gaithersburg, MD—Jisu Nelson, a Korean American hairdresser was making a modest income during the dot-com boom. So when her then-teenage son wanted to attend a special ROTC program in Rockville, she moved the family from Virginia to Maryland and became a homeowner. It took holding down two jobs, but the single mother was able to make her …

20% of Montgomery County AAPIs Live in Poverty By Michelle Phipps-Evan Siu Cheung has vivid recollections of what it means to be poor in the District of Columbia. Now 42-years-old, the Chinese immigrant was the youngest of five children. Her family came to the D.C. metro area when she was six years old. “I grew up in the ‘hood,” said …