Meetings & Past Events
Past events during 2023-24 school year
Sun. 10/8 at 3-5pm: CFAD-hosted “Mooncakes in the Park” on the lawn of Cambridge Main Library (449 Broadway
Sun. 10/15 (3-5pm virtual) - Community Family Affinity Groups hosted a School Committee candidate forum. Co-hosts were CFAD, Chinese American Association of Cambridge (CAAC). Cambridge Families of Color Coalition (CFCC), and Cambridge SEPAC (Special Education Parent Advisory Council).
Watch the video here.
Read the candidate responses to question #5 here.
Visit our Vote for School Council page to learn more about the candidates and current school-related issues.
Past Highlights
Sep. 27, 2023: Vote for School Committee: Learn and Discuss Zoom
May 19-20, 2023: 2nd Annual Cambridge-Somerville Asian Festival
May 2022 - The first Cambridge Somerville Asian Festival
Feb. 8, 2022: Community Meeting with Ray Porch, Director of Family Engagement
Jan. 20, 2022: Letter Writing Zoom
To advocate for Coalition for Anti-Racism, Equity and Justice in Education (CARE) sponsored Massachusetts state bills supporting ethnic, culturally appropriate, and anti-racism curriculum in K-12 education.
Sep. 9, 2021: Meet new Superintendent, Dr. Greer
Dec. 16, 2021: Community Meeting
Our community meeting centered around the question Has your child or family experienced microaggressions or incidents of racism in school? The Jamboard brought up many shared experiences.
Apr. 15, 2021: Community Meeting
Thanks to all who could come out to meet on April 15 where we had a chance to get to know each other more deeply and start brainstorming ideas for each work group. (Link to the slides from our meeting.)
Check out the ideas on the JamBoards!
Mar. 9, 2021: First Community Meeting
Several themes came out of our first meeting, including:
Wanting to connect to other Asian American families both social and culturally as we think of our children
Interest in advocacy around issues important to Asian Americans particularly in the context of increased anti-Asian sentiment (see the Cambridge Educators of Color Coalition’s statement against anti-Asian violence issued in February 2021)
Increasing visibility of Asian Americans in the schools and curriculum (Asian heroes, Asian-American history in the U.S.)
Involving or creating space for Asian-American youth asking “What does it mean to be Asian?”
Working on curriculum or programs that might be shared with schools (e.g., What does a meaningful celebration of Lunar New Year at school look like? Learning about Asian-American heroes.)
