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星期六, 8月 02, 2014

廣西同鄉會選舉第二屆理事 楊文連任會長

逾百名廣西同鄉會日前到霍普金頓Hopkinton)州立公園郊遊,經61 人投票,選出11名第二屆理事,楊文連任會長。
廣西同鄉會成立於2011年,現有會員二百多人,每年舉辦聯誼,節慶活動,並依照章程每三年改選理事,凡年滿十六歲以上會員,都有權投票。
郊遊當天,廣西同鄉會的選舉環節由寧耀瑜主持,梁曉南、盧蜜、葉子西等志願者協助,各理事候選人自我介紹後,選出十一名理事,並在隨後舉行的理事會中,推選出五名常務理事,請楊文連任會長,陳銘任副會長、劉小梅任秘書長。
楊文表示,三年前,該會就是在霍普金頓公園舉行成立大會的,3年後又回此地,再辦選舉,非常具有紀念意義。他感謝歷屆理事的努力付出,也期待新一屆理事能再接再厲,繼續為廣大老鄉盡心盡力服務。
在郊遊,聯誼中,廣西老西們彷如競比手藝,各自拿出的好菜,無一不讓人垂涎。家住摩頓,來自南寧農美蘭,廚藝好得老鄉們一向津津樂道。這次郊遊時,她做了南寧特色幹撈粉,在剪好的河粉淋上秘制醬汁,配上叉燒,佐以紫蘇芫茜,灑上花生米,那風味的地道,讓餐桌前排起長隊,讓吃到的人,贊不絕口。
玩遊戲時,由宋成珍主持的「親子遊戲」、謝婉珍主持的「嗑瓜子比賽」,在獎品豐富,加油聲不斷下,讓整個活動活潑有趣,加上有豐富獎品,令整個營地加油聲不斷,氣氛熱烈。
廣西同鄉會副會長陳銘表示,今年是該會第四次舉辦郊遊活動,不少人從第一次就開始參加,可謂該會名副其實的資深會員,尤其是李光華、覃國忠、羅Jenny等老鄉們的熱心幫助,是該會得以穩定發展的主要原因,

查詢該會詳情或申請加入,可登錄網站www.negxfausa.com

星期五, 8月 01, 2014

RED SOX DESIGNATE AUGUST AS “JIMMY FUND MONTH”

RED SOX DESIGNATE AUGUST AS “JIMMY FUND MONTH”
Pan-Mass Challenge August 2-3; Radiotelethon August 19-20;
Patients to be honored at Fenway Park Throughout the Month;
Brock Holt to Visit Jimmy Fund Clinic Today


BOSTON, MA – As the Red Sox celebrate 61 years of partnership with the Jimmy Fund, August will again be designated as “Jimmy Fund Month,” with the club paying tribute to the Jimmy Fund’s remarkable efforts in cancer research, treatment, and care in children and adults at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. 

To launch the month-long tribute, the Red Sox’ Brock Holt will visit with patients at the Jimmy Fund Clinic today, August 1, at 11 a.m.

Prior to each home game throughout the month of August, a Jimmy Fund patient will be honored and will then deliver the game ball to the pitcher’s mound. 

August begins and ends with large fundraisers for the team’s official charity.  This year is the 11th anniversary of the Red Sox Foundation’s sponsorship of the Pan-Mass Challenge, which takes place August 2-3.  This year is also the 13th annual Red Sox Jimmy Fund Radiotelethon on WEEI and NESN, which takes place August 19-20.

The relationship dates back to 1947, when Hall of Famer Ted Williams began visiting patients, often before arriving at the ballpark just up the street.  His role as a pioneer in the development of the Jimmy Fund is commemorated in the bronze statue of him with a Jimmy Fund child that stands outside Gate B at Fenway Park.

The Jimmy Fund was formally launched in 1948 when the Variety Club of New England (now known as the Variety Children’s Charity of New England) organized a radio broadcast from the bedside of pediatric cancer patient Carl Einar Gustafson, who was nicknamed “Jimmy” because at the time, the stigma of cancer dissuaded people from revealing their names. Members of the Boston Braves took part in this fundraising broadcast, helping raise enough money to purchase a new television set for Jimmy.

From those origins, the Braves began an association with the Jimmy Fund, but when they moved from Boston to Milwaukee in 1953, the Red Sox adopted the Jimmy Fund as their official team charity.  The ensuing partnership is the longest of its kind in the history of sport.

The new owners of the Red Sox introduced the radiothon on WEEI in 2002, and NESN added television coverage in 2003.  That event alone over the years has generated more than $34.2 million.

The club also became a prominent sponsor of the Pan-Mass Challenge, created by Billy Starr, which has raised a stunning $414 million in its history.

This year, the Jimmy Fund paid tribute to the Red Sox’ longstanding partnership. On May 29, Dr. Edward J. Benz, CEO and President of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, unveiled new Red Sox signage on the outside of the Charles A. Dana Building on Brookline Avenue, presented a new Boston Red Sox Jimmy Fund Gallery in the Dana Building lobby chronicling the history of the relationship, and re-named the Dana Building auditorium as the “Boston Red Sox Jimmy Fund Auditorium.” 

National CAPACD Applauds Confirmation of Erika Moritsugu as Assistant Secretary for HUD

National CAPACD Applauds Confirmation of Erika Moritsugu as Assistant Secretary for HUD

Earlier this week, the U.S. Senate confirmed Erika Moritsugu to serve as the next Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). 

“Over the years, Erika Moritsugu has been a strong advocate for the needs of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) and other underserved communities and I am confident that she will bring this same commitment to her work at HUD,” said Lisa Hasegawa, executive director for the National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development (National CAPACD). “Erika will be a vaulable addition to Secretary Julian Castro's leadership team as HUD continues to lead the housing recovery of our nation.”   

Moritsugu is currently the Deputy Assistant Director for Legislative Affairs at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Prior to that, she was the Deputy Legislative Director for U.S. Senator Daniel Akaka of Hawaiʻi from 2010 to 2012. 
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全美第一批公立小學Mather慶375歲生日

Hundreds of Volunteers help Spruce-up Historic Mather Elementary in preparation for its 375th Anniversary

BOSTON- More than 300 volunteers participated in ‘Service Day’ at the historic Mather Elementary School Friday, sprucing-up the interior and outside grounds of the four-floor, red brick building on Meetinghouse Hill in Dorchester.

The fix-up prepares the school to celebrate its 375th anniversary as America's first tax-supported elementary school.  The school hopes for a visit from the First Family and has extended an invitation through a cute video starring several students: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DKjaOjCB4w

The volunteers, with paint rollers, brushes, brooms and hammers in hand, were busy in every corner and hallway. An outdoors basketball court was transformed into a carpenter’s workshop with the requisite power tools and stacks of lumber. Volunteers repainted a large map of America on the concrete ground in front of the school. Carpenters unloaded dozens of smoothly sanded cabinets and bookshelves. Municipal workers spray-painted arrows and numbers on the street in front of the school, prepping the blacktop for repaving. 

The community partners who pitched in include Boston Cares, the Boston Consulting Group, Target, The Mission Continues, Boston Urban Outreach, the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades District Council 35, the New England Regional Council of Carpenters and City Sprouts.

The overall net worth of the Service Day including labor and supplies was estimated at upwards of $100,000.  The school is also seeking to raise $375,000 of funding or in-kind donations/services towards improving the school building, providing professional and academic supports for students and teachers, and equipping the school with much needed technology.

 The Boston Public Schools, the birthplace of public education in the United States,
serves more than 57,000 pre-kindergarten through grade 12 students in 128 schools.

臺北青少年訪問團八月五日抵波演出

臺北市青少年民俗運動訪問團將於八月五日(週二)抵達波士頓,分別于下午三點半,七點,在紐英崙中文青少年夏令營中演出兩場。
臺北市青少年民俗運動訪問團是一個整合跳繩、踢毽及扯鈴三項民俗技藝的運動表演團隊,從民國77年成立迄今已27年。每年在市政府及議會支持下,代表臺北市出國訪演,足跡遍及世界各大洲,備受海外僑胞及地方人士讚譽。
波士頓華僑文教中心表示,青少年民俗訪問團出外訪問的最重要意義,在於宣揚台灣的教育發展,不但關注現代高科技電腦資訊教學,也著重傳統中華文化與民俗運動的傳承。
今年臺北市青少年民俗運動訪問團的表演除了扯鈴、跳繩、踢毽等民俗運動的表演外,將融入原住民舞蹈、農村舞蹈及現代舞蹈等元素,並在精準的身體控制與節奏掌握下,藉團隊間的完美合作與默契,變得更精緻與優異,讓節目更具親和力及可看性。
該訪問團從728日起,至810日止,在加拿大及美國訪演,訪問城市包括加拿大多倫多、渥太華、蒙特婁、美國波士頓、紐約等。
            查詢詳情,可洽波士頓華僑文教中心。

日期: 8月5日

第一場 : 3:30 PM
第二場:  7:00 PM
地點: 紐英崙青少年中文夏令營
         Lasell College
        1844 Commonwealth Ave.,
         Newton, MA 02466
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             臺北市青少年民俗運動訪問團 訪演學生照片。(圖由波士頓華僑文教中心提供)

劉培義十五年 薩克斯風敘舊情迎未來

在柏克萊(Berkley)音樂學院專修爵士薩克斯風演奏的劉培義,日前在洛士百利(Roxbury)社區學院以“十五年”為題,舉辦爵士專輯發佈音樂會,向大波士頓揮手告別。
一名自己偶而也作曲的律師激動讚賞,頻稱已許久未聽過這麼圓潤,深沈,豐富的樂音。刻在哈佛做訪問學者的中央廣播電台高管伍剛,也特地偕家人趕往欣賞,支持在美國難得一見的華人領銜薩克斯風演奏會。
            劉培義是在十三歲上初中時,經由學校的管樂隊,開始學古典薩克斯風演奏,十六歲進藝校,2004年考入中央音樂學院,之後在北京很多俱樂部參加爵士樂演奏,2010年才來到波士頓,進柏克萊音樂學院進修。20133月時,他把“茉莉花”一曲改編成爵士樂版,在校內表演中心演出,贏得許多讚賞聲。
柏克萊音樂學院校長Roger H. Brown也親自發信稱讚劉培義是藝術家,期許他將來推動中國傳統音樂和西方爵士樂的融合,讓劉培義大受鼓舞,還感動得在微信中向朋友展示。
            在“十五年”音樂會中,劉培義演奏“新不了情”,紐約好友Bob Aquino為他量身編撰的“十二月”,他藉曲抒情的“You don’t know what love is”,有如他和著名天才鼓手John Davis對話的“我只在乎你”,美國著名爵士曲目“Yardbird Suite“,他自己編撰,演繹他學吹薩克斯風掙扎經歷,重新認識人生的”十五年“,以及”明日片刻(Monment’s of tomorrow)“等曲目。
            為了豐富音樂會的演出,劉培義還特地邀以吹奏嗩吶出名的郭雅志,曾擔任“小時代I電影主題曲主唱的吳卓源(Julia Wu)做表演嘉賓,和他合作唱奏”彩雲追月“一曲。
音樂會的節目冊,劉培義也刻意邀請了爵士演奏家Jerry Bergonzi;中國出名的爵士鋼琴家孔宏偉等人作序。
            在演奏會中途,劉培義感慨表示,這“十五年”音樂會,既誌記自己在學習演奏薩克斯風,籌組樂隊,製作專輯,拍攝記錄片的一路走來經歷, 也是為了向身體狀況已大不如前的父親,做個交代。
            劉培義的柏克萊音樂學院同學,修讀現代作曲,在音樂會這天做義工,代收門票,售專輯的王丁透露,劉培義的演奏能力的確有很多人欣賞,他製作這首張爵士樂專輯,就有很多人免費幫忙,才得以在總製作費兩萬多元的小成本中完成。

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            王藐若(左),Joe Simmons(右)都稱讚劉培義(中)的薩克斯風吹得好。會後買專輯,索簽名。(菊子攝)

            央廣伍剛(左)不但買專輯,還建議劉培義回中國上廣播音樂節目。(菊子攝)

            劉培義在洛士百利社區中心舉辦“十五年“演奏音樂會。(菊子攝)

            劉培義(左起)邀吳卓源,郭雅志做表演嘉賓。(菊子攝)

            劉培義邊演奏,邊簡述心聲。(菊子攝)


            劉培義(二)和郭雅志(前右一)等嘉賓及樂隊成員合影。(菊子攝)

分包綠路一號工程八週免費課 八月十五前截止報名

亞美社區發展協會(ACDC)和新波士頓基金七月三十日聯袂報告“綠路一號(One Greenway)”施工進展,提醒社區未來三個月每日施工時間將延長,有意申請成為分包商者,宜八月十五日前報名免費上課八週,明年三月起接受承租申請。
            原名24號地段的“綠路一號”大樓將有兩塊零售店面空間,各以一般行業及非牟利機構為對象,即日起招租。
            亞美社區發展協會(ACDC)行政主任陳潔瀅和新波士頓基金投資長凱樂和(James P. Kelleher),副總裁沙克斯(Sean Sacks),以及薩福克(Suffolk)建築公司人力發展及符合條例主任麥佛森(Brian McPherson)等共七人,七月三十日晚在信義大廈社區室,像華埠社區報告,從2013年八月開始施工的24號地段第一期工程,已於今年二月蓋好地基,可負擔住宅部分九月完成結構工程,市價大樓部分將於十一月完成結構工程。整棟大樓預定2015年五月就可入住,六月竣工。
            當日的報告,重點報告就業機會,停車問題,零售店面招租等事宜。
薩福克建築公司人力發展及符合條例主任麥佛森(Brian McPherson)表示,該公司已和華人前進會,地方居民,業界人士會晤過,已協議將增加少數族裔聘顧率。但他提醒華埠社區有意申請工作者必須具有工會會員身份。目前工會正在招聘學徒,有需要者可洽請該會協助。
麥佛森還提醒社區,該公司去年共撥出價值兩億元的工程,給少數族裔,婦女擁有的公司承包。為協助大波士頓地區的少數族裔,婦女擁有的公司獲得承包工程機會,特地設計了免費的八週課程,供有心者學習該公司分包工程的流程及規定。但凡已成立兩年,有業績證明,能夠每週四晚上課兩小時,不遲到者,可在八月十五日前報名,申請上課。
            新波士頓基金副總裁沙克斯(Sean Sacks)說明,綠路一號共有兩塊零售店面,目前已聘請波士頓市區夥伴(Boston Urban Partners)負責招租。面向尼倫街這塊零售店面,佔地三千平方英尺,歡迎一般企業承租。面向阿爾巴尼街(Albany)這塊,面積約五千平方英尺,將以低於市價的費率,出租給非牟利團體。
            在停車問題上,他們表示,一切有關的停車限制,都已徵得市府批准。若工地附近居民有人無故收到停車罰單者,可洽請他們處理。
            陳潔瀅指出,十月份將繼續做施工進度報告。華埠社區遇到因施工問題受影響者,可洽Cliff Page617-517-3527cpage@suffolkconstruction.com;對建築工作有興趣者,可洽Brian McPherson617-517-4446,或 bmcpherson@suffolkconstruction.com;需要中文協助者,可洽亞美社區發展協會的呂嘉媚,617-482-2380may.lui@asiancdc.org

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            綠路一號的發展商及建築公司報告施工進度。(菊子攝)

        亞美社區發展協會(ACDC)行政主任陳潔瀅(右)和新波士頓基金投資長凱樂和(James P. Kelleher)(左)等人分別做說明。(菊子攝)