漢字文化節書畫攝影展琳琅滿目

波士頓華僑文教服務中心與紐英崙中華公所，紐英崙藝術學會，北美藝術家協會，波士頓中華書法會，中華表演藝術基金會合作，十月五日在中華公所會議廳舉辦“漢字文化節雙十書畫攝影展”。

            當天到會嘉賓眾多，會場滿是書畫，攝影作品，配上代表中華表演藝術基金會出席的波士頓音樂學院博士生林士凱即席演奏小提琴，儼然成為一場藝術饗宴。心思獨到的畫家郭天涵，特地選了一幅“梅花”，一幅“牡丹”參展，借以寓意花開並蒂，和平共處。

            駐波士頓台北經濟文化辦事處處長洪慧珠稱讚表示，從會場琳琅滿目的展出，可見紐英崙地區人才濟濟，僑胞們推廣，發揚中華文化藝術的熱心，令人敬佩。

            經文處副處長陳銘俊表示，他來波士頓前，曾有人告訴她，波士頓天氣很冷，但迄今為止，他看到波士頓四季分明，感受到波城民眾熱情，這天齊聚在中華公所出席書畫攝影展，慶祝雙十，更展現了中國人飲水思源，重視民主的心。他希望大家繼續以發揚中華文化為榮。

            波士頓僑教中心主任郭大文指出，國父孫中山是廣東人，今年慶祝孫中山創建中華民國一百零二年，對廣東僑胞來說，紀念這天，更有意義。他相信如今活在自由民主地區的人民，都感念孫中山當年推翻滿清，創建了民治，民有，民享的三民主義，民主自由國家。

            當天由黃周麗桃擔任司儀，波士頓中華書法會會長陳綺怡主禮。她感慨十分的表示，國父孫中山與黃花崗72烈士等熱血青年，創建了中華民國，直到今天都還在人心中留有深刻印象。他感謝伍育俊以書法草擬了國父遺囑，讓人在欣賞書法之餘，也可感念孫中山當年的建國心情。他認為本地各藝術團體也處於類似的“革命尚未成功，同志仍需努力”階段。當天的展覽，全靠各會熱心成員在台前幕後攜手合作。

        紐英崙中華公所主席黃光野當天一一介紹了他任內的中華公所職員，包括中文書記翁宇才，英文書記陳國華，財政黃立輝，核數李潔英。

紐英崙藝術學會會長林浩宗，北美藝術家協會會長黃定國當天也致詞，送出作品參展。包括楊澍，李蕙蓮等好幾名已有許久未參加華埠活動的藝術家，也出席與盛。

當天參展的藝術家及展出品包括，波士頓中華書法會: 伍育俊---( 總理遺囑)， 方正厚---(有容乃大)， 李蕙蓮---(字畫)， 甄雲龍---(書法--蘭亭)，  陳綺怡---(知難行易)。紐英崙藝術學會: 林卓培---(潑墨書畫)， 林浩宗---(水彩--天鵝)，周長---( 書畫--印章專家)， 張小茵---(攝影)， 梅宇國---(書法），林蘭詩------(書法--朱紹昌詞)。北美藝術家協會:  黄定國---(攝影)，程嶺------(書法--印章)， 郭天涵---(書畫--梅花)。 中華表演藝術基金會:  譚嘉陵---(國畫--荷花)，林士凱（KEVIN LIN ---小提琴演奏）。

  

圖片說明：

            出席嘉賓們合影。（菊子攝）       

            陳綺怡（左二）致詞。（菊子攝）

            郭天涵（中）和出席者談書畫。（菊子攝）

            林士凱代表中華表演藝術基金會演奏小提琴。（菊子攝）

首次三城華埠土地使用研究顯示美東華埠亞美人流離失所

First Three-City Chinatown Land-Use Study Shows Asian Americans Displaced from East Coast Chinatowns

Philadelphia, Boston, and New York City Chinatowns Under Threat

Today, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) held a briefing webinar to launch its new report on the dramatic gentrification of Chinatowns in Boston, New York City, and Philadelphia in the past three decades. The report, Chinatown Then and Now, contains some of the first-ever land-use data collected on the three largest Chinatowns on the East Coast.

“Chinatowns have provided the city’s immigrants with support networks and affordable housing for over a century,” said Bethany Li, staff attorney at AALDEF. “Gentrification and ongoing redevelopment projects, however, threaten to destroy the sustainability of these once-thriving immigrant communities.”

AALDEF, in collaboration with community partners, academic institutions, and hundreds of volunteers, spent a year recording data, block-by-block and lot-by-lot, in order to document the existing land uses in the three Chinatowns. This first of its kind report reveals current commercial, residential, and industrial patterns in Chinatowns that shed light on the importance of these neighborhoods to immigrant communities and highlight spaces of particular vulnerability to gentrification.

The white population in Chinatown has increased faster than the overall population in the three cities, especially over the last decade, with the number of white residents doubling in Boston and Philadelphia. Family households  have also decreased dramatically in Chinatowns, from 73% to 47% in Boston, 82% to 73% in New York, and 61% to 49% in Philadelphia, which is a key indicator of gentrification.

"This report is a sound warning to all of us that Chinatowns are turning into a sanitized ethnic playground for the rich to satisfy their exotic appetite for a dim sum and fortune cookie fix,” said Andrew Leong, J.D., Associate Professor, College of Public and Community Service, University of Massachusetts/Boston. “We must fight for the preservation of a vibrant, living Chinatown that serves the residential and small business needs of working class immigrants.”

In all three Chinatowns, government policies have accelerated gentrification in unique ways. In New York City, Mayor Bloomberg’s 12-year term marked an era of high redevelopment, including massive rezoning changes and the designation of Chinatown as a Business Improvement District (BID). The land use study shows the "high-end" retail stores dotting Chinatown boundaries are now heading towards more traditional parts of the area. Moreover, relaxed rent regulation laws have enabled land-owners to illegally evict low-income tenants in favor of those who can afford the higher rent.

In Philadelphia, luxury development continues despite the need for affordable housing and green space. Philadelphia’s Chinatown has the least amount of green space of any of the three areas surveyed.

In Boston, institutional development has shaped Chinatown more significantly than in other cities, as the land use data shows that many of the parcels are devoted to large institutional uses (Tuft University Medical Center, Emerson College, and Suffolk University) that have not added resources for Asian immigrants living and working in the neighborhood. Boston’s Chinatown is now also vulnerable to planned luxury development. 

“The gentrification that threatens to transform these areas is not just the natural result of market forces or the general evolution of these cities," said Li. “They are a very direct result of local policies of neglect, demolition, and redevelopment that local governments have perpetuated for decades. The uproar over the construction of a Walmart in Los Angeles Chinatown should serve as a warning to everyone who is concerned with the survival of Chinatowns on the East Coast.”

麻州府撥款280萬元協助公司培訓人力

PATRICK ADMINISTRATION CONTINUES TO SUPPORT WORKFORCE TRAINING FOR MASSACHUSETTS COMPANIES

$2.8 million in matching grants complement private sector workforce training initiatives to benefit over 3,100 employees at 37 Massachusetts companies

BOSTON – Wednesday, October 9, 2013 – The Patrick Administration today announced $2.8 million in Workforce Training Fund General Program Grants, providing for the training of 3,106 current and newly hired employees at 37 companies across the Commonwealth. The grants, which are for up to two years, serve as a resource for businesses to increase the skill set of their incumbent employees and provide valuable training to the workers. As a result of these awarded grants, participating companies expect to create 263 new jobs by the end of 2015.

“By investing in workforce training, we are increasing opportunity and skills for workers while also making Massachusetts companies more competitive and sustainable,” said Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development Secretary Joanne F. Goldstein. “The Workforce Training Fund is an effective resource within the business community as we continue to encourage growth and development across all regions and economic sectors in Massachusetts.”

Wednesday’s announcement supports companies located in 30 cities and towns across the Commonwealth. Of the 33 awarded grants, one is a technical assistance grant, a type of planning grant awarded to companies preparing to implement workforce training grants and initiatives. Additionally, four grants were awarded to consortium projects involving multiple employers with common training needs.

This latest round of Workforce Training Fund grants build on the record investments in workforce training and education made by the Patrick Administration in recent years. Since 2007, the Administration has awarded $54.6 million for 722 grants to employers to train 66,211 workers within the manufacturing industry, alone. Today’s announced funding is the latest round of Workforce Training Fund Program grants that will further support manufacturers as well as initiatives to enhance skills for employees in other sectors including financial services, engineering and hospitality.

Mark Fichera, CEO of OnBrand24 of Beverly, a previous grant recipient said, “The support of the Workforce Training Fund has allowed OnBrand24 to provide valuable training that has taken our team to the next level. As a result of investment in our workforce, we were recently named to Inc. Magazine’s 5000 fastest growing companies.” Since being awarded a grant of $95,700 in 2011, OnBrand24 has grown from just 84 employees to over 200 employees.

“We encourage businesses, regardless of size, to contact us to learn more about the Workforce Training Fund and how this resource can help them to address their business needs,” said Nancy Snyder, President and CEO of EOLWD’s Commonwealth Corporation. "We are also interested in helping small businesses access the fund through consortiums that can be organized by third party workforce and training organizations.”

  

The following is a complete list of the awarded Workforce Training Fund General Program Grant Recipients (listed by city/town), totaling $2,807,458:

ANDOVER

Memsic, $23,040 awarded, 14 employees to be trained, and three new jobs are expected to be created as a result of training.

ASHLAND

On Process Technology, Inc., $167,330 awarded, 512 employees to be trained, and 40 new jobs are expected to be created as a result of training.

BILLERICA

Excell Solutions, Inc., $56,250 awarded, 32 employees to be trained, and six new jobs are expected to be created as a result of training. This is a consortium grant that also includes Palace Manufacturing of Billerica.

BOSTON

Boston Interactive, $75,316 awarded, 27 employees to be trained, and 12 new jobs are expected to be created as a result of training.

Children’s Services of Roxbury, $25,000 awarded for a technical assistance grant. This is a consortium grant that also includes Latino Health Institute of Boston.

Spire Printing, $52,800 awarded, 28 employees to be trained, and four new jobs are expected to be created as a result of training.

BOURNE

Onset Computer Corporation, $122,200 awarded, 123 employees to be trained, and five new jobs are expected to be created as a result of training.

CAMBRIDGE

LaVoie Group, $27,368 awarded, 10 employees to be trained, and two new jobs are expected to be created as a result of training.

CLINTON

Clinton Savings Bank, $59,330 awarded, 104 employees to be trained, and five new jobs are expected to be created as a result of training.

EAST LONGMEADOW

Cirtec Medical, $106,805 awarded, 63 employees to be trained, and three new jobs are expected to be created as a result of training.

FALL RIVER

Rex Cut Abrasives, $71,963 awarded and 54 employees to be trained.

FOXBORO

Dorel Juvenile Group, $162,260 awarded, 101 employees to be trained, and five new jobs are expected to be created as a result of training.

FRANKLIN

Newport Spectra-Physics, $65,000 awarded, 39 employees to be trained, and two new jobs are expected to be created as a result of training.

HAVERHILL

Whittier Health Network, $122,400 awarded and 108 employees to be trained.

LAWRENCE

Abel Womack, Inc, $50,085 awarded, 61 employees to be trained, and five new jobs are expected to be created as a result of training.

MANSFIELD

HR Knowledge, $39,808 awarded, 36 employees to be trained, and four new jobs are expected to be created as a result of training.

Hub Folding Box Company, Inc., $40,800 awarded, 248 employees to be trained, and 12 new jobs are expected to be created as a result of training.

NEW BEDFORD

Greater New Bedford Workforce Investment Board, Inc., $208,969 awarded, 281 employees to be trained, and six new jobs are expected to be created as a result of training. This is a consortium grant facilitated by the Greater New Bedford Workforce Investment Board to train the employees of Attentive Home Care, Inc. of Marion and Greater New Bedford Community Health Center, Inc. of New Bedford.

Greater New Bedford Workforce Investment Board, Inc., $207,979 awarded, 217 employees to be trained, 32 new jobs are expected to be created as a result of training. This is a consortium grant facilitated by the Greater New Bedford Workforce Investment Board to train the employees of Coastline Elderly Services, Inc. of New Bedford and Personal Touch Home Care of North Dartmouth.

NEWTON

Wingate Management Company, $188,053 awarded, 160 employees to be trained, and 25 new jobs are expected to be created as a result of training.

NORWOOD

Absolute Metal Finishing, $37,200 awarded, 30 employees to be trained, and two new jobs are expected to be created as a result of training.

POCASSET

Globe Interconnect, $33,600 awarded, 12 employees to be trained, and two new jobs are expected to be created as a result of training.

RANDOLPH

Industrial Precision Coating, $29,200 awarded, 13 employees to be trained, and three new jobs are expected to be created as a result of training.

SALEM

Endodynamix, Inc., $10,000 awarded, five employees to be trained, and 10 new jobs are expected to be created as a result of training.

SALISBURY

Eastern Mass Machined Products, Inc., $52,300 awarded, 14 employees to be trained, and two new jobs are expected to be created as a result of training.

SOUTHBOROUGH

KAZ USA, Inc., $162,685 awarded, 68 employees to be trained, and six new jobs are expected to be created as a result of training.

TAUNTON

Farrell Backlund Insurance Agency, LLC, $68,727 awarded, 74 employees to be trained, and six new jobs are expected to be created as a result of training.

McMahon Associates, $2,990 awarded and seven employees to be trained.

WALPOLE

Northeastern Assembly, $26,000 awarded, 25 employees to be trained, and four new jobs are expected to be created as a result of training.

WALTHAM

Olympus NDT NE, Inc., $213,600 awarded, 150 employees to be trained, and six new jobs are expected to be created as a result of training.

WATERTOWN

RMD, Inc., $52,800 awarded, 66 employees to be trained, and three new jobs are expected to be created as a result of training.

WESTFIELD           

Savage Arms, $179,600 awarded, 400 employees to be trained, and 48 new jobs are expected to be created as a result of training.

WORCESTER

S.I. Howard Glass, Inc., $66,000 awarded and 24 employees to be trained.

To learn more about the Workforce Training Fund Program, visit www.mass.gov/wtfp. 

台山同鄉支持李素影參選波市議員

台山同鄉聯誼會昨（七）日在帝苑大酒樓舉行每月茶會。不下四名候選人趕場出席，拜會拉票。多數台山鄉親表示，當然支持自己人李素影，至於其他候選人到底是誰，還是“矇查查”。

            波士頓市今年的選舉，由於已在位廿年的波士頓市長萬寧路（Tom Menino)決定不再競選連任，霎時間群雄並起，候選人林立。九月廿四日的初選，把12名市長候選人篩剩2人，把19名不分區市議員候選人篩剩8人後，選情仿佛單純些，但競爭仍激烈。各候選人的支持者獲悉台山同鄉聯誼會每月第一個週一，固定在帝苑大酒樓舉行茶會，昨日就是十月份的茶會後， 紛紛請託，安排出席。

            台山同鄉聯誼會昨日的這鄉親敘舊聚會，因此搖身變為競選茶會，波士頓市長候選人暨麻州現任眾議員馬丁華殊（Martin Walsh)，波士頓市不分區市議員候選人柯歐（Martin J. Keogh)，米高法拉提（Michael Flaherty)，波市第二區市議員候選人李素影（Suzanne Lee），全都現身會場。

            李素影昨日首先到場發言，以台山話說明自己在台山馬尾湖村出生，二歲時離開家鄉。儘管她祖父早於1906年，父親也於1930年就已來美，但礙於當年的排華法案，婦女不准入境，逼令她與父親分隔兩地。李素影表示，這都是不好的法令所造成的結果，所以她決定出來競選，訂立好法令，幫助人民。

            李素影也說明，自己從七十年代還在唸大學時，就進華埠教車衣工人英文，後來還創辦了華人前進會。如今她已從昆士小學校長一職退休，決定參選波士頓市第二區市議員，要幫助選民發聲，為民眾服務。

            波士頓市不分區市議員候選人柯歐（Martin J. Keogh)由華埠主街主席余俊明陪同出席拜票。他以廣東話的早晨，你好，問候台山鄉親，再以英文說明自己很喜歡李素影。他競選的是共有四個席位的不分區市議員，希望座中眾人能把四張票中的一張投給他，就行了。

            馬丁華殊發言，有兩個人幫他翻譯，謝婉文譯廣東話，余俊明譯台山話。他表示知道華埠清潔，可負擔住宅，華埠圖書館等議題，對華埠民眾的重要性，三個月前他拜會華埠時就做過承諾，一旦他當選市長，他一定和華埠領袖，華埠主街等人與機構合作，以期做決定時能包括華埠民眾意見，讓民眾能獲得所需資訊，繼續居住在華埠內。他也稱許李素影，吳弭等市議員候選人，希望民眾能在十一月五日的大選時，記得投票給他，選票上的2號。

        台山同鄉聯誼會會長李照桃，副會長吳子瑞等人透露，該會約有會員九百人，其中大概二，三百人住在波士頓市。 諸如美順樓，史頓樓，南灣東座等，都有許多老人家。

            昨日出席茶會的台山鄉親，會後閒談，笑說投票時一定會投李素影一票，但那些“老番”，實在分不清哪個是哪個。其中有人坦承，來美十餘年，但英文不行，沒入籍，還沒有投票權；也有人坦白說，實在搞不清楚那些候選人都是誰，政綱如何，多年來還只在選總統時投過票。

            當天以義工身份出席的華人前進會員工鄺寶蓮也意外發現，會中竟然還是有人已有公民身份，卻從未登記成選民。她感慨表示，華人社區中還需加強選民教育。

圖片說明：

        左起，鄺寶蓮，麥國森，李素影，米高法拉提，李照桃，吳子瑞，馬丁華書，朱星發，柯歐，以及余俊明等人問候台山鄉親。（菊子攝）

            馬丁華殊（左）請李素影（右）支持。（菊子攝）

            不分區市議員候選人柯歐（Martin J. Keogh)請選民把四張票中的一張，投給他。（菊子攝）