By CAPA member Hongjin Fang John F. Kennedy once said: “Our attitude towards immigration reflects our faith in the American ideal.” And the American ideals are to encourage immigration, welcome and honor the immigrants’ diverse cultural backgrounds, and to recognize the immigrants’ contributions. Similar to the Black History Month or the Hispanic History Month, the Asian Pacific Heritage Month is a month-long period dedicated to recognize the contributions and influence of As

By CAPA JRC reporters Jessica Zhang and Robert Sun The Student Member of the Board, also called SMOB, is a student who becomes a voting member of the Montgomery County Board of Education. This year, Arvin Kim, a junior at Walt Whitman High School, is one of two candidates running in the 45th SMOB Election. Why Run For SMOB Since middle school, Arvin has advocated for the student body with county organizations such as the Montgomery County Student Council and the Montgomery Co

by CAPA JRC reporter Evelyn Shue In the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games, Asian American athlete representation continued to soar. Of Chinese Americans present at the Winter Games, the reception each received from the media and public in both the United States and China were radically different. Olympic men’s figure skating gold medalist Nathan Chen received heavy media coverage at home in the US, but he had only some level of support in China. With limited proficiency in Ma

By CAPA JRC reporters Claire Yu and Eileen Luo On March 24, 2021, David Blair announced his campaign for Montgomery County Executive. In February of this year, with primary elections just three months away, CAPA junior reporters interviewed him via email about his second bid to become the Montgomery County Executive. About David Blair In 2018, Blair lost the primary election to current Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich by roughly 70 votes. This year, he is running on a

By CAPA JRC reporters Sophie Huang and Emily Jia On Saturday, February 26th, at 8 PM, MCPS BOE (Montgomery County Board of Education) candidate Jay Guan launched his campaign on zoom. The meeting started off with Jay Guan talking about himself and his reasons for running, which was followed by endorsements from Guan’s friends and colleagues. Jay Guan speaking during the kickoff. Jay Guan got involved in education advocacy in 2016. He talked about how being brought up in a poo

作者：于茗涵和张悦 随着虎年的到来，Westfield Wheaton 商厦和 Westfield Montgomery 商厦 举办了为期三个连续周末的现场新年庆祝活动。三个演出分别在一月三十一号，二月五号 和 二月十二号举行。JRC 俱乐部的小摄影师们于二月五号下午到 Westfield Montgomery 商厦 去现场拍摄了新年庆祝活动, 包括华丽的装饰，有趣的活动和精彩的演出。这次活动是由 美景华人中心 (CCACC) 组织举办的。蒙郡政府主要官员 Marc Elrich 和 Gabe Albornoz 出席了活动，并在现场祝福全体蒙郡人民虎年快乐。 整个商厦装饰着义工们通过七小时的劳动准备的上百盏红灯笼和两条长龙 (于茗涵)。 蒙郡教师委员会第三地区的现任候选人 Julie Yang 和一位参加活动的小孩子谈话 (于茗涵)。 一组青少年在开幕式上表演的龙舞充满了活力，牢牢吸引住了观众们 (张悦)。 蒙郡郡长 Marc Elrich 先生亲自分享了他对活动的激动感受，并和 CCACC 会长李志翔先生 一起展示了他的农历新年公告 (于茗涵)