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星期二, 3月 19, 2024

2024波士頓馬拉松5公里賽 將有19國逾百菁英競跑

                       (Boston Orange編譯) 波士頓體育會 (BAA) 318日宣佈,波士頓體育會邀請里(B.A.A. Invitational Mile),以及由Point32 Health贊助的5000公里賽,訂413日舉行,將有來自19個國家的100多名優秀運動員,在公開組,輪椅組及半殘障組中競逐。

                    這場波士頓馬拉松5K賽的總參賽人數將近一萬人,將是2024年第128屆波士頓馬拉松賽一系列活動中,第一場有獎牌的比賽活動。

                  波士頓體育會執行長Jack Fleming表示,今年的波士頓馬拉松賽將有4萬多名運動員參加,而波士頓5公里賽和邀請賽,將有志在參加於巴黎舉行的奧林匹克賽和殘奧會的美國最快跑者,以及國際跑壇明星參加。

             一年前的波士頓5公里賽十分刺激,在冠軍抵達終點線後的10秒內,有13人衝過了衝點線,這些人中的前五名跑者,包括加拿大的Ben Flanagan,肯亞的 Edwin Kurgat Alex Masai,今年都將再度參賽。

             美國優秀跑者,Cooper TeareZach PanningDrew Hunter,估計今年也會跑在最前面。

             2021年奧運會障礙賽銅牌得主Ben Kigen,鑽石聯盟障礙賽的去年贏家Simon Koech,以及5000米世青賽銀牌得主Merhawi Mebrahtu,今年也將出現在5K賽起跑點。

             女子部分,USATF 5K全國冠軍和BAA表現優異隊成員Annie Rodenfels處於領先地位。2024 年美國隊奧運馬拉松運動員 Dakotah Lindwurm、前美國馬拉松賽紀錄保持者 Keira D'Amato、多年來都是美國波士頓馬拉松頂尖跑者的 Nell Rojas, 以及 B.A.A. 團隊跑者 Abbey WheelerBethany Hasz Jerde Megan Hasz Sailor都將一起參賽。

             2023年的櫻花10英里賽冠軍,烏干達的 Sarah Chelangat,前 NCAA 越野賽和 10,000 米冠軍 Mercy Chelangat,也都要參加比賽。B.A.A.半馬拉松冠軍,埃塞俄比亞的Fotyen Tesfay也將回到波士頓,尋求再次奪冠。

             輪椅組部分,賽道紀錄保持者暨六屆波士頓馬拉松冠軍,瑞士的Marcel Hug,將和美國的Daniel Romanchuk Aaron Pike競爭。2018年的波士頓5K冠軍,巴西的Vanessa de Souza是女子輪椅組的最愛。參加過很多年殘疾人田徑比賽的El Amine ChentoufT12,視力障礙)、Brian ReynoldsT62,下肢損傷)和Marko ChesetoT62,下肢損傷)將爭奪獎金和領獎台位置。這將是賽事歷史上規模最大的職業殘疾人田徑賽場。

波士頓體育會邀請里 (Invitational Mile)部分,去年冠軍Krissy Gear今年將回來衛冕。去年的前5名中,有4人會回來參賽。2022年的NCAA室內里 (Indoor Mile)冠軍Helen Schlachtenhaufen也會參加。

              麻州貝爾蒙高中體育選手學生Ellie Shea,去年在波士頓體育會邀請里中跑出第10名的成績,今年將挑戰專業組。

              麻州本地跑者,有著35294成績的Johnny Gregorek20223000米世青冠軍,埃塞俄比亞的Melkeneh Azize,以及盧森堡國家冠軍,哈佛大學的Vivien Henz,今年都將在波士頓體育會的這場邀請賽中初試啼聲。

           波士頓馬拉松賽跑道沿路8個市鎮的學生體育運動員,也將參加學術里 (Scholastic Mile),中學1公里賽 (Middle School 1K.)


星期一, 3月 18, 2024

Healey-Driscoll Administration Releases 2024 State Workforce Agenda

Healey-Driscoll Administration Releases 2024 State Workforce Agenda 

Agenda outlines state’s workforce development vision, goals, and strategies to meet the needs of jobseekers and employers to promote a strong economy 

  

BOSTON - The Healey-Driscoll administration today released the Massachusetts’ Workforce Agenda, Meeting the Moment to Attract, Retain, and Develop a Future Workforce. This outline of the administration’s vision, goals, and strategies to support workforce development statewide is part of the Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act (WIOA) State Plan, required for submission every four years to the federal Department of Labor (USDOL) and federal Department of Education (USDOE) by Massachusetts. The Healey-Driscoll administration filed its WIOA State Plan on March 4, 2024. 

“In Massachusetts, our greatest strength is our talent. This plan provides a blueprint for how we can best support our incredible workforce and employers, while also expanding opportunities for those who are unemployed, underemployed, or facing barriers to accessing jobs,” said Governor Maura Healey. “We crafted this plan by bringing together business, labor, education and other stakeholders to ensure that we were advancing strategies that will benefit all of us.”  

“Teamwork and collaboration are priority areas in our administration when it comes to addressing the state’s challenges and delivering services and resources to our residents. This plan is a great example of how that approach can help everyone involved, from employers and jobseekers to all our stakeholders throughout our workforce system,” said Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll. “The state will use this workforce agenda as we work to unlock more opportunities for our residents and employers so Massachusetts can continue to thrive.”  

“The Healey-Driscoll Administration’s workforce agenda outlines our vision and strategy to attract, retain, and develop a strong workforce over the next 5 to 10 years, and it’s a unified approach across state government and workforce partners. The plan includes strategies founded by values and principles to close the skills gap and bring discouraged and disconnected people far too often left on the sidelines back into the labor market to build a robust talent pool for employers across industries and regions statewide,” said Labor and Workforce Development Secretary Lauren Jones. “We look forward to working with so many partners and stakeholders to implement our plan to build the future talent that we need to drive a competitive and more equitable Massachusetts.”  

This Massachusetts Workforce Agenda, embedded within the WIOA State Plan, is the result of a comprehensive planning process with internal and external stakeholder engagement, listening sessions, forums and planning discussions, and an extensive public comment period and drove collaboration across state government and workforce partners. Beginning in the spring of 2023, the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development and the MassHire State Workforce Board engaged with internal and external partners across Massachusetts to help form the foundation for the vision and mission, goals, and strategies outlined in the plan. Stakeholders spanned multiple organizations to incorporate feedback that ultimately shaped strategies to attract, retain, and develop talent in Massachusetts while also strengthening the state’s workforce infrastructure systems. Additionally, in the fall of 2023, the Workforce Skills Cabinet convened seven regional sessions with members from workforce development, academia, business, labor, and local and state government officials.  

The Healey-Driscoll Administration also supported a public comment period through virtual, open discussions late January to early February 2024 to finalize the workforce agenda and WIOA State Plan.  

“Workforce Development is critical to helping Massachusetts employers find the skilled workers they need and connecting all residents to good jobs,” said Joanne Pokaski, AVP of Workforce Planning and Development for Beth Israel Lahey Health and Chair of the MassHire Workforce Board. “This plan sets a roadmap to an equitable, inclusive and thriving Massachusetts economy.”  

Focus Areas 

The Healey-Driscoll Administration’s Workforce Agenda focuses on 4 key areas: 

Talent Attraction and Retention 

Massachusetts must reduce barriers to employment as a critical strategy that will increase labor market participation, especially among underrepresented and underserved populations, and foster a more equitable workforce. 

 

Key Strategies: 

·            Strengthen work supports: Launch a stipend initiative for low-income participants in sector pathway models to incentivize enrollment, completion and employment and reduce barriers to training and employment (such as costs for caregiving, transportation, digital access and equipment, and more). 

·            Increase access to transportation to work: Connect jobseekers and workers via MassHire career centers to local transportation or limited WIOA subsidies for transportation to work. 

·            Reduce the cliff effect: Implement a statewide project to address cliff effects, initiating first with a pilot to reform benefit disincentives and provide economic mobility for participants. 

·            Subsidize housing costs: Refer job seekers accessing MassHire career centers to local housing assistance organizations. Additionally, provide support for individuals in shelter to gain employment as a catalyst to exit shelter. 

·            Increase worker retention: Promote the Workforce Training Fund for eligible employers to reskill or upskill incumbent workers and as a hiring and retention strategy. For employers who may not be eligible to access grants from the Workforce Training Fund, explore other grant programs through the Workforce Competitiveness Trust Fund to support reskilling or upskilling incumbent workers. 

·            Promote ESOL for Work: Leverage Workforce Training Fund grants for employers to increase use for ESOL training among incumbent workers and as a hiring and retention strategy. 

·            Incorporate a Whole-of-Government Approach to Caregiving: Work collaboratively across government including EOLWD, Executive Office of Education, and Executive Office of Economic Development among other agencies to take a whole-of-government approach to ensuring affordable, high-quality child care in Massachusetts. Additionally, EOLWD will partner with the Massachusetts Caregivers Coalition with a renewed focus on increasing awareness of child care, senior care, and other caregiving resources in the workplace. 

 

Talent Development 

It is imperative that workforce strategies align with industry hiring demands expressed by employers today and projected by employers for future in-demand occupations across the state. To strengthen its talent pipelines, a collaborative workforce system needs to prepare future talent and create upskilling pathways for workers through effective education and training models that will fuel priority industries and occupation. 

 

Key Strategies: 

·            Support Priority Populations. As part of a talent development strategy, Massachusetts needs to create programming and pathways to move people off the sidelines and into the labor market. This approach should especially consider priority populations including discouraged, underemployed, and unemployed residents, as well as individuals disconnected from the Massachusetts labor market.  

·            Promote Targeted, High-Growth Industries and Employer Needs. Massachusetts has a tremendous opportunity to strengthen and scale effective strategies, programming, and resources to develop untapped talent especially by identifying targeted needs expressed by employers statewide and in regions across the Commonwealth 

·            Address AI and the Future of Work. Massachusetts must align workforce strategies with the state’s economic development plan's focus on artificial intelligence (AI) 

 

Leadership by Example 

Massachusetts has a tremendous opportunity to strengthen and scale effective strategies, programming, and resources to develop untapped talent especially with the Governor and Executive Branch leading by example and the Commonwealth as the largest employer in Massachusetts. 

 

Key Strategies: 

·            Promote skills-based employment practices across state government that prioritize skills and experience over educational background, ensuring that unnecessary educational requirements are not included in minimum entrance requirements or job postings (Governor Healey signed Executive Order 627 on January 25, 2024 instituting skills-based hiring across executive departments and agencies) 

·            Build upon hiring strategies to pursue employment opportunities for veterans and individuals with disabilities through newly created partnerships with non-profit organizations and internal agencies, like the Executive Office of Veterans Services and Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission 

·            Consider a campaign to encourage private sector employers to train and hire diverse, untapped talent especially focused on individuals with disabilities, veterans, and people of color; 

·            Implement the Healey-Driscoll Administration’s equity assessment to address persistent inequities in the labor market and create opportunities that are inclusive, fair, and representative of Massachusetts’ diversity. 

 

Workforce System Infrastructure 

Massachusetts needs to modernize and strengthen the infrastructure and coordination across the MassHire public workforce system to improve support for jobseekers and employers.  

 

Key Strategies: 

·            Modernize and strengthen the infrastructure and coordination across the MassHire public workforce system: The Healey-Driscoll Administration intends to identify capital budget resources to support the replacement of MOSES—the MassHire database—followed by securing a contractor through a competitive RFP process to: 

o     Realign MassHire service delivery to hybrid model 

o     Redesign the online presence of MassHire based on user centered design principles that follow an individual from “job loss to job gain” aligned to MassHire services for companies through a new, accessible single “front door” for employers 

o     Connect systems between state agencies 

·            Improve “front door” experiences for both jobseekers and employers. As part of MassTalent, it is imperative for the Massachusetts workforce system to ensure both jobseekers and employers can navigate, with ease, the range of resources by industry and occupation, especially focused on high-growth industries statewide. 

·            Increase engagement of the MassHire State Workforce Board. The Massachusetts State Workforce Board serves as a convening body to influence and support the WIOA State Plan and also serves as a resource for the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development to engage regional workforce partners to advance recommendations of the WIOA State Plan and Governor’s workforce agenda. 

To read the full plan and download a copy, visit the EOLWD website.   

Healey-Driscoll Administration Files Fiscal Year 2024 Supplemental Budget to Maintain Vital Programs

Healey-Driscoll Administration Files Fiscal Year 2024 Supplemental Budget to Maintain Vital Programs  

Bill proposes to address health and human services staffing, early education access, and services for victims of violent crimes 

 

BOSTON – The Healey-Driscoll administration today filed a supplemental budget for Fiscal Year 2024 that would put additional money into human services staffing and programs, address caseload-driven shortfalls in food security spending and make clarifying technical updates to streamline the implementation of existing statutes. 


This legislation directs targeted resources at the state’s most time-sensitive deficiencies, using available federal reimbursements and other resources to minimize the net cost to the state and to manage Fiscal Year 2024 spending responsibly. The bill proposes $534.7 million in gross new spending at a net cost to the state of $88.5 million after offsets. 

“This budget bill represents necessary spending mid-way through the fiscal year to maintain critical services and programs and some of our most vulnerable residents,” said Governor Maura Healey. “It is both affordable and time sensitive given the need to provide assurances to our seniors, mothers with infants, and victims of crimes that the programs and services they rely on will be fully supported and staffed for the remainder of the year." 

“In addition to needed mid-year funding, this legislation proposes important statutory changes that will streamline the procurement of electric vehicles and charging stations, allow for new long-term ice rink leases and ensure that the state leaves no federal ARPA money on the table,” said Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll.  

The bill proposes $61 million ($45.8 million net) for a Critical Health and Human Services and Workforce Reserve to cover projected deficiencies in Fiscal Year 2024 related to the continued need for direct care staffing to respond to health needs in our nursing homes, group care settings, state hospitals, and Soldiers’ Homes, as well as other patient health and safety supports. 

 

The supplemental budget also includes $228 million (no net cost to the state) in investments supported fully by federal Home and Community-Based Services resources from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) to promote innovative services that enhance the quality of life and independence of people in their home and community. 

 

Another $29.7 million would go toward early education and care subsidies to ensure that providers are able to maintain access for all income-eligible families in need of child care, $5.1 million would support increased demand for the Healthy Incentives Program, which provides fresh, healthy food options and supports our local growers, and $2.1 million would be used for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) nutrition services to fully support the current caseload of recipients. 

 

Other key appropriations include: 

·           $175.5 million for supplemental payments to safety net hospitals through the Medical Assistance Trust Fund, which are wholly offset by federal reimbursements 

·           $20 million in repurposed ARPA funding for a bridge to stabilize critical victim service programs throughout the Commonwealth and ensure continued access to trauma-informed services in light of decreased federal funding through the Victims of Crime Act 

·           $5.6 million to reimburse municipalities for tax abatements associated with veterans, widows, persons who are blind, and seniors 

“This funding is both necessary and affordable at this time to maintain critical services while we continue to monitor revenue collections and spending across state government. We are confident that the state can afford to make these investments in our health care workforce, food safety net and other important programs, and the administration has worked hard to minimize the impact to the state budget by maximizing other resources, including federal dollars,” said Secretary of Administration and Finance Matthew J. Gorzkowicz. 

 

Additionally, notable outside sections of the budget include: 

·           Allowing the Operational Services Division (OSD) to jointly procure electric vehicles and charging stations, which will further empower OSD to assist in the state’s efforts to electrify fleets at the state and municipal level. 

·           Permitting the Department of Conservation and Recreation to enter into new long-term leases, up to 30 years, for the operations of ice rinks that are presently under long-term leases with upcoming expiration dates. 

·           Providing technical updates to the Massachusetts Department of Transportation’s statutes to ensure alignment with best practices. 

·           Amending several ARPA-supported programs to repurpose $19.4 million in unspent funds – largely from completed programs that came in under budget – to ensure the state has sufficient flexibility to obligate ARPA funds before federal deadlines. 


To access the Governor’s filing letter and the supplement budget click here. 

$5.6 million to reimburse municipalities for tax abatements associated with veterans, widows, persons who are blind, and seniors “This funding is both necessary and affordable at this time to maintain critical services while we continue to monitor revenue collections and spending across state government. We are confident that the state can afford to make these investments in our health care workforce, food safety net and other important programs, and the administration has worked hard to minimize the impact to the state budget by maximizing other resources, including federal dollars,” said Secretary of Administration and Finance Matthew J. Gorzkowicz. 

Additionally, notable outside sections of the budget include: 

Allowing the Operational Services Division (OSD) to jointly procure electric vehicles and charging stations, which will further empower OSD to assist in the state’s efforts to electrify fleets at the state and municipal level. 

Permitting the Department of Conservation and Recreation to enter into new long-term leases, up to 30 years, for the operations of ice rinks that are presently under long-term leases with upcoming expiration dates. 

Providing technical updates to the Massachusetts Department of Transportation’s statutes to ensure alignment with best practices. 

Amending several ARPA-supported programs to repurpose $19.4 million in unspent funds – largely from completed programs that came in under budget – to ensure the state has sufficient flexibility to obligate ARPA funds before federal deadlines. 

To access the Governor’s filing letter and the supplement budget click here. 

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星期日, 3月 17, 2024

紐英崙遡源公所五頭瑞獅齊舞迎龍年 慶新春 談歷史

紐英崙遡源公所龍年春宴,五頭瑞獅齊舞。(波士頓僑教中心提供)
                (Boston Orange 周菊子綜合報導) 紐英崙遡源公所310日晚在帝苑大酒樓席開30多桌,和22位遠道來賀的雷方鄺三姓宗親,以及嘉賓、政要歡聚,慶祝甲辰青龍年來到。席間頒發敬老金、獎學金,發揚中華傳統文化中敬老尊賢,鼓勵向學的精神。

               慶祝會由美東國術會胡青白鶴派的五頭祥獅舞動,拉開序幕。紐英崙遡源公所主席鄺炎彬、鄺元傑先後致歡迎詞,答謝詞,期許宗親和嘉賓,在觥籌交錯中聯絡情誼,加強合作,攜手為社區服務。

左起,鄺國添、鄺炎彬、鄺國彬等人和獲得獎學金的宗親子弟合影。
(波士頓僑教中心提供)
               遡源總堂和原宗堂,今年一月都有新主席上任,310日這天來到波士頓,既是拜年,也是拜會。遡源總堂新任主席鄺耀榮和續任主席雷振澤,顧問雷超雄;原宗公所連任主席雷超漢及續任主席鄺炳威等,共有22位宗親,從加州舊金山的大埠等地遠道趕來,和紐英崙的遡源宗親們延續交流。

紐英崙遡源公所主席鄺炎彬致詞。左為另一主席雷展灝。
(伍振中堤供)
                 鄺耀榮、雷超雄等人在致詞及私下交談中,追述遡源堂創立迄今,已有178年歷史,紐英崙遡源公所歷經起伏,有過一段不容易的歷史,談及多年前曾有宗親出任波士頓洪門致公堂主席,僑聲音樂社社長,台山鄉親聯誼會會長,如今再有宗親出任紐英崙中華公所主席,麻州亞裔餐飲協會共同會長,可見紐英崙宗親人才輩出,誠屬成就之一,會務興隆必然可期。

        波士頓本地到賀政要及嘉賓,包括麻州眾議員麥家威 (Aaron Michlewitz) ,代表波士頓市長吳弭的亞裔聯絡員黃楚嵐,駐波士頓台北經濟文化辦事處處長廖朝宏等人,也應邀在會上一一致詞,祝賀雷方鄺三姓宗親新年萬事如意。

當晚的出席嘉賓還有波士頓僑教中心主任潘昭榮。也應邀上台致詞的紐英崙中華公所主席雷國輝則是自己人,具遡源公所永遠顧問身份。他的兒子雷展灝是今年的3名主席之一。

波士頓經文處處長廖朝宏致詞。(波士頓僑教中心提供)
                         在曾是歌星的遡源宗親方柳君報幕中,本身已年逾80的遡源公所主席鄺元傑為290歲以上,1080歲以上宗親奉上敬老金,頒發獎學金給15名宗親子弟。

當晚的文娛節目有台山鄉親聯誼會婦女舞蹈團表演「牧羊女神」,方柳君夫婿的吳皓醫師獻唱,以及開放現場出席者上台的卡拉OK等,會場氣氛十分熱絡。

2名表演舞蹈的宗親也是獎學金得獎者之一。
                      根據紐英崙遡源公所在慶祝復堂25週年出版,由鄺元傑題詞、撰稿,雷景林電腦打字後付印的紀念特刊,早在上世紀40年代,就有鄺國堯、雷宜操等20多名宗親,創建了遡源堂。其後會務一度中斷,直到1983年在必珠街租地復會後,1988年時,經全美8個分會的253名宗親資助,以18萬餘元,買下波士頓哈佛街61號一棟3層樓房,作為會址,才奠定紐英崙遡源公所位宗親服務的根基。這些年來,為紐英崙遡源公所貢獻良多的雷如鏡、鄺佩康,雷國輝,鄺國添紛獲推舉為全美遡源總堂的永遠顧問。

                  鄺元傑指出,今年是紐英崙遡源公所成立40週年的大年份,看到宗親事業有成的年輕一輩,如從專業攝影,轉行在南街開張蘭州拉麵店的一對小夫妻,也開始參與族務,十分開心,希望公所50週年時,能出版一份專刊,為公所歷史做更詳盡的紀錄,傳述。 (更新版)

北美洲台商會華府"叩門之旅" 晤見國會議員人數創歷年新高

北美洲台灣商會聯合總會(TCCNA)組團赴華府「叩門之旅」。
(圖由郭競儒提供)
              (Boston Orange) 北美洲台灣商會聯合總會(TCCNA)為期4天的2024年第36屆「華府叩門之旅」,14日圓滿落幕,締造歷年紀錄的有38名團員拜會50多名美國參眾議員,爭取支持各項友台法案,深化台美貿易關係。

北美洲台灣商會聯合總會(TCCNA)華府「叩門之旅」,共有38名團員。
(圖由郭競儒提供)
               今年的「華府叩門之旅」訪問團,由住在紐約的北美台商會總會長江俊輝率領,陳秋貴及北美台商會外交委員會主委陳益茂博士統籌,有住在華府的副會長白越珠。以及該會諮詢委員谷祖光,商會資深前輩莊振輝等人動用人脈,協助安排,包括來自麻州的郭競儒在內,共38位來自北美各地商會高層參加。

                 江俊輝指出,這是該會舉辦「叩門之旅」活動以來,人數最多,成員最年輕的一次,拜會晤見的參眾議員人數高達50,也創歷史新高。

北美洲台灣商會聯合總會(TCCNA)華府「叩門之旅,參訪雙橡園,
晤見俞大㵢大使。曾駐波士頓,現任華府僑教中心主任的
郭大文(右三),和來自麻州的郭競儒(右四)歡喜重逢。(圖由郭競儒提供)
             4天行程中,「叩門之旅」團員兵分多路的拜會美國國會參眾議員,從美國利益角度,闡述台灣是美國長期的重要貿易夥伴,不但2022年時是美國第8大貿易夥伴,第7大農產品出口市場,台積電在亞利桑那州的投資額也高達45億美元,遊說他們支持台灣參加諸如WHO等國際組織,通過避免商人在台美兩地被雙重課稅 (ADTA)、推動《臺美21世紀貿易倡議》等法案,更呼籲他們促請美國在國防安全方面加強支持台灣。    美國參議院議長舒默(Chuck Schumer)接見訪問團時,肯定台美雙邊貿易的重要,表示將支持避免企業在台美兩地被雙重課稅之法案,並願意支持友台法案。

美國眾議員Jacob Daniel Auchincloss (右二)喜見選區選民
郭競儒(右一)到訪。 (郭競儒提供)
             代表牛頓市等地的麻州美國國會第四選區眾議員Jacob Daniel Auchincloss 見到來自麻州的郭競儒到訪,格外開心。
郭競儒(右一)等人還晤見了白宮亞裔顧問委員會委員,
也是國際領袖基金會的創辦人董繼玲(左二)。 (郭競儒堤供)

            第一次參加「叩門之旅」的郭競儒說,住Brookline,在牛頓市有辦公室的Jacob   Daniel Auchincloss 只給了他們20分鐘。拜訪小組因此抓緊時間,趕快簡述此行的5項說帖後,才接著閒聊Jacob Daniel Auchincloss上一次到台灣,見了小英總統,台積電創辦人張宗謀之外,都去了哪些地方,品嘗了哪些台灣美食。她為Jacob   Daniel Auchincloss的一直很挺台灣,感到十分窩心。

             312日時,美國前眾議院議長裴洛西 (Nancy Pelosi)為美國國會正在討論的TikTok議案舉行記者會,邀請「叩門之旅」訪問團參加,為該團今年的訪問行程添加了亮點。

             在北美洲台灣商會聯合總會312日在美國國會Rayburn辦公大樓自己舉辦的「叩門之旅」記者招待會中,巴爾(Andy Barr)、克勞基特(Jasmine Crockett)、金映玉( Young Kim)、賽爾夫(Keith Self)及勃吉斯(Michael Burgess) 等多名眾議員出席表達堅定支持台灣的立場,其中的「臺灣連線」共同主席巴爾還宣佈,520日將訪台灣,參加中華民國總統就職典禮。

    「華府叩門之旅」訪問團一行人,313日還到雙橡園參訪,晤見了駐美代表俞大㵢,14日再到位於阿靈頓的美國在台協會 (AIT) 總部,晤見了該會主席Laura Rosenberger,執行理事Ingrid D. Larson,討論台商和AIT可以如何合作,加強台美之間的合作關係。

             北美洲台灣商會聯合總會表示,「叩門之旅」繼華府訪問之後,下一站將到加拿大的渥太華去。 (更新版)