Written by Emily Zhang and Cynthia Chen On January 28, CAPA JRC interviewed senator Chris Van Hollen, a Democrat representing Maryland in Washington DC to get a deeper look into the experiences of an elective official representing citizens in the community. Before Van Hollen became a senator, he was first a Congressman out of the 8th District of Maryland which includes Montgomery County, and parts of Frederick and Carroll County. His father was born in Baltimore and served

Written by Robert Sun CAPA Junior Reporter Club continues to actively be engaged in the community; traveling to the heart of the nation’s capital in search for insight and knowledge from the political foundation of American government. The second group of CAPA-MC’s junior reporter club went to the Cannon House Building on the east side of the Capitol, interviewing House Representative Jamie Raskin. Work as a representative Jamie Raskin serves as Maryland’s 8th District in

Written by Rachel Wang On Monday, January 28th, the CAPA JRC ventured into downtown DC for a full-day tour of the US Capitol, a symbol marking the nation’s historically-representative government. The JRC toured the meeting halls of both the US Senate and House of Representatives, witnessing literal political change occur live before their eyes. The JRC also had the valuable opportunity of interviewing Senator Chris Van Hollen and Congressman Jamie Raskin- both representing M

作者：Lillian Zhou CAPA小记者 翻译：许路亚、陈爽、刘一末 寒冷的一月二十六日早晨，CAPA和马大校长Wallace Loh举行了一个会议。他们就广泛的议题进行了讨论，议题范围从亚裔美国人在职场的挑战到Dr.Loh在马大实施的提升。 美国的亚裔 首先，Loh先生和CAPA-MC的成员讨论怎么在美国现在的气氛下，如何在美国社区提升亚裔美国人的正面形象。有一个问题关于中国人参与社区活动的缺乏引起了注意。Dr.Loh鼓励所有的华裔美国人积极参与到他们的社区。他说：“民主不仅仅是投票。民主是全民参与。” “民主不仅仅是投票。民主是全民参与。” Loh先生 被问的一个问题是“你对支持亚裔融入美国社会，对于亚裔如何融入美国社会你有什么好建议？”他回答虽然许多大学里优秀的学生都是亚裔的，美国只有两个亚裔大学校长-我自己和一位加州圣巴巴拉(Santa Barbara)里的。Loh先生说更大的问题是亚裔在职场上遇到的偏见-中国人在理工科比较有优势，但是当不好领导职位。 他的个人人身经历 接下来，Loh先生解释了他成为马大校长过程。虽然他在上海出生的

Written by Emily Zhang, Cynthia Chen On January 18, CAPA-MC hosted a Service Academy Seminar in Gaithersburg, Maryland in order to inform parents and students of five different service academies and their related programs. The guest speakers were Colonel Bob Tettelbach, Lieutenant Colonel Eric Atherton, Dr. Alan Cheung, Zhenya, Betty Xiong, and the moderator Julie Yang. The event was around two hours long and around 100 people came to learn about the military service academie

–许路亚、王瑞乔、张佳、陈爽 馔稿 ， Claire 1月18日晚上，蒙郡华人家长联合会（CAPA-MC）在马里兰盖城举办了一个军校讲座，向学生和家长们介绍了美国五所军校的入学申请、录取的信息和军校学习生活的情况。 出席讲座的嘉宾包括Bob Tettelbach上校、Eric Atherton中校、Alan Cheung博士、李振亚女士及Betty Xiong女士，CAPA-MC的前主席Julie Yang女士主持了讲座。活动持续了两个多小时，共有一百多人参加。听众踊跃参与，嘉宾热情回答关于军校招生的来龙去脉。 与会嘉宾介绍 Eric Atherton中校参军共23年，2017年退休。之后，他在McDaniel大学担任了ROTC军队教授的职位。他现在在Magruder高中担任陆军JROTC项目的资深讲师。 Alan Cheung博士是华人家长联合会的荣誉顾问，在1990-1998年期间担任蒙郡教委的教委委员和主席。在那儿之前，他在美国老兵事务部任职，担任军校录取官。 李振亚女士的女儿现在就读于美国海军学院。她从家长的角度介绍了军校申请过程以及海军

By Lillian Zhou, CAPA JRC reporter A chilly Saturday morning on the 26 of January, the executive and Asian American Heritage Planning Team of the Chinese American Parents Association of Montgomery County (CAPA-MC) held a social gathering with the current President of the University of Maryland (UMD), Wallace Loh. They held discussions on several topics, ranging from the difficulties Asians Americans currently face in the workplace to the many improvements to UMD which Dr. Loh