Day+for+Dandelion

On March 31st, around 70 BPS students, their families, friends, community members as well as BPS World Language Department staff gathered in the conference rooms in the 26 Court Street Boston School Department Building. This was a fundraising event organized and sponsored by the students who participated in the 2011 APSA China Summer Program and Friends of Chinese Culture at Boston Latin School. The total fund raised from the event reached $3000 and will go in its entirety to the Dandelion School in Beijing, China. The event featured a presentation by the APSA scholars on the Dandelion school and their experience visiting the school summer of 2011. Guest speaker, Primary Source Program Director, Peter Gilmartin also gave the audience a survey of the development in China and the contributions made by migrant workers as well as the difficulties facing migrant workers and their families. After the presentations, students and traditional Chinese musician Mr. Lin Zhantao gave a great performances of songs, dances, vocals, and traditional Chinese flute and erhu music. APSA scholars held educational workshops on Chinese paper-folding (折纸//zhezhi//) and Chinese martial art (太极//taiji//). Here is the full program The event is covered by Singtao Daily and World Journal, two major Chinese language newspaper in North America: Singtao Daily 星岛日报
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