AG Healey is hosting an energy and environment hearing on 6/27

The Attorney General Maura Healey’s Energy and Environmental Bureau is hosting a series of Listening Sessions across the Commonwealth. We hope that you and your colleagues can join our Energy and Environmental Bureau as we partner with Alternatives for Community & Environment (ACE) to host a Listening Session for the Greater Boston Area on Monday, June 27^th at the Roxbury Community College Student Center Rm. 200 (1234 Columbus Ave Roxbury Crossing, MA 02120) from 6:00pm-8:00pm.

Each Listening Session will begin with a brief overview of the work of the Energy and Environment Bureau, but will be devoted to hearing directly from residents about the range of issues that concern you—whether it’s drinking water quality, childhood asthma in your community, lead paint, water pollution, proposed energy projects, climate change, toxic chemicals in the environment, energy costs, solar power, pollinator health, or another issue, we want to hear your thoughts! Our hope is to gain greater insight into the ways that specific environmental and energy issues affect communities across the Commonwealth by hearing directly from those residents about their experiences and concerns. 

These events are open to the public, and we hope you will join us.

Please RSVP here: http://bostonenvironmentlisteningsession.eventbrite.com

Please share the attached flyers with any of your contacts who may be interested and on social media.

For questions about this listening session, please contact the Community Engagement Division atAGOCommunityEngagement@State.MA.US.

Boston Chinatown Atlas Project Now Online.

Boston Chinatown Atlas Project Now Online.

Creator Tunney Lee Speaks Thursday, June 9^th in Boston Chinatown.

Boston, MA, June 8, 2016--The Chinese Historical Society of New England (CHSNE) is proud to announce the online launch of MIT Professor Emeritus Tunney Lee’s Boston Chinatown Atlas (http://chinatownatlas.mit.edu/). The website documents and explores Chinatown’s growth and change through time as told by personal stories, photos, maps, and interactive features.

 Susan Chinsen, Managing Director of CHSNE, is celebrating the website’s accessibility: “Many have already benefited from the traveling exhibition panels, and with the unveiling of the website, many more will now have access to a comprehensive, multilayered, one-stop resource about the history of Boston’s Chinatown.”

 The public is invited to a free presentation and Q&A with Lee covering the research process, the current website, and future plans for the project. Please join Lee and CHSNE this Thursday, June 9, 2016 from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM at Tufts Medical Center - Wolff Auditorium, 800 Washington Street, Boston. For more information about the event and to reserve free tickets, please go to https://ChinatownAtlasLaunch.eventbrite.com.

About Chinatown Atlas

 Boston’s Chinatown serves as the economic, social, and cultural center for one of the fastest growing populations in Massachusetts. The project and the website seeks to understand and tell the story of Chinatown’s history, dynamics, and context, and to encourage future generations to appreciate the traditions and to preserve the community’s vitality. The presented information comes from extensive archival research, census data, and interviews with community members, contextualized the the history of Greater Boston. The Chinatown Atlas concept originated more than 20-years ago between Tunney Lee and Randall Imai through a series illustrations of Chinatown.

The Boston Chinatown Atlas is a collaborative project led by Tunney Lee, David Chang, Randall Imai, Jonathan Wyss, Kelly Sandefer, Kye Liang, Tien-yi Lee, Chinese Historical Society of New England, Chinatown Lantern Cultural and Educational Center, UMass Boston Institute for Asian American Studies, and many former MIT alumni and community members.

About the Chinese Historical Society of New England (CHSNE)

CHSNE is a non-profit membership organization established in 1992 to document, preserve, and promote the history, impact and legacy of Chinese immigration to and settlement in New England. CHSNE supports researchers through our archival photographs and ephemera, oral histories, and object collections. CHSNE hosts various events throughout the year, including lectures by local scholars and authors, walking tours of Chinatown, movie screenings, and an annual banquet. Our bilingual newsletter features local events, short essays, notices, and community opportunities. We strive to work on diverse projects that allow us to showcase local history for a public audience. chsne.org

Governor Baker Nominates Ina Howard-Hogan to District Court

Governor Baker Nominates Ina Howard-Hogan to District Court

BOSTON – Governor Charlie Baker has nominated Ina Howard-Hogan, an attorney with a wealth of experience in the justice system to serve as a judge in the District Court.

“I am confident Attorney Howard-Hogan will be a valued member of the District Court and serve those before it expeditiously and promptly, with a true sense of fairness and justice,” said Governor Charlie Baker. “Her vast knowledge, drawn from years of experience makes her an important asset to the Commonwealth, and I am pleased to recommend her to the Governor’s Council for their consideration.”

“Ina Howard-Hogan’s problem solving abilities, management and communication skills and dedication to community service and justice will provide a high caliber of service and leadership to the judiciary,” said Lt. Governor Karyn Polito. “Her unique experience and sound judgment make her an excellent candidate.”

Applicants for judicial openings are reviewed by the Judicial Nominating Commission and recommended to the Governor. All judicial nominations are subject to the advice and consent of the Governor’s Council.

There are 62 District Courts throughout the Commonwealth hearing a range of criminal, civil, housing, juvenile, mental health and other case types, including all felonies punishable by a sentence up to five years, misdemeanors and violations of city and town ordinances and by-laws.

For more information about the District Court, visit http://www.mass.gov/courts/court-info/trial-court/dc/.

About Ina Howard- Hogan:

Ina Howard- Hogan has worked with the Massachusetts Parole Board for the past seven years, first serving as a General Counsel and then as a Parole Board Member. Previously, Attorney Howard-Hogan was an Assistant Attorney General with the Massachusetts’ Attorney General’s Office from 2005 through 2008 in the Criminal Bureau; United States Federal Probation Officer for the US District Court of Massachusetts in the Presentence Unit from 2002 through 2005; and an Assistant District Attorney with the Essex County District Attorney’s Office where she went on to supervise the Domestic Violence Unit from 1998 through 2002. Attorney Howard-Hogan earned her Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Boston College in 1990 and a law degree from Northeastern University Law School in 1993. She has also served on the Board of the Robert F. Kennedy’s Children’s Action Corps for more than ten years. 

MIT 首次在香港舉辦新興科技會議

MIT announced launching of Hong Kong Innovation Node

By Chutze Chou

Boston Orange

June 7th, 2016

MIT officially launched its new Hong Kong Innovation Node on June 7th at its first EmTech Hong Kong conference held at Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center.

MIT Provost Martin A. Schmidt (3rd from Left) announced the launch
 of  MIT Hong Kong Innovation Node along with Charlie Sodini (2nd
from left), Fiona Murray  (4th from righ)，Yashen Huang (2nd
from right).  Photo by Chutze Chou. 

MIT Provost Martin A. Schmidt, and Fiona Murray, the Bill Porter Professor of Entrepreneurship, associate dean of innovation at MIT Sloan School, and co-director of the MIT Innovation Initiative; and Charlie Sodini, the Clarence J. LeBel Professor of Electrical Engineering and faculty director of the MIT Hong Kong Innovation Node, all offered remarks.

This Hong Kong Innovation Node once is a unique hardware accelerator program designed to educate students in key areas of innovation practice.  It is once called MIT ambassador program.

Charlie Sodini said there are 24 students, 12 from MIT and 12 from Hong Kong are gathering in Hong Kong from June 5 to June 11th for a week-long immersive experience in technology-based entrepreneurship.  These students will form international teams, refine an idea, build a prototype, learn from industry experts, and explore the thriving startup scene in Hong Kong and Shenzhen. 

At the end of the program, students will demonstrate their prototypes in a final showcase.

Charlie Sodini also announced that Mr. Brian Yan will be the executive director this new new Hong Kong Innovation Node.

MIT's President L. Rafael Reif first announced the MIT Hong Kong Innovation Node last November when sharing his vision of adding innovation to the traditional roles of teaching and research in higher education. Conceived of and run by the MIT Innovation Initiative.

According to someone who is close to this MIT new adventure, MIT is planning to establish the same program in at least 5 more places including Singapore, San Francisco, Bejing. 

Hong Kong Trade Development Council and USPAACC Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Boost Business Ties

Hong Kong Trade Development Council and USPAACC Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Boost Business Ties 6 June 2016 - The Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) and the US Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce Education Foundation (USPAACC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) at the Asian American Chamber’s Summit in Atlanta, United States, on 2 June, 2016. Through the MOU, the HKTDC and the USPAACC express their intent to cooperate on bilateral promotional activities. The partnership aims to leverage Hong Kong’s strategic regional position as a commercial, financial, logistics, business services, and trade fair capital to significantly increase the number of member companies and business connections for USPAACC and HKTDC into Hong Kong, the Chinese mainland and other Asia-Pacific market; and to utilize USPAACC’s unique platform that connects contract and other business opportunities in Fortune 100 corporations, United States federal, state and local governments, and large non-profit organisations, to suppliers of products and services worldwide. After the signing, Ralph Chow, Regional Director, Americas, HKTDC, said: “As a business services hub, Hong Kong is the most effective platform for American business to expand to Asia and capture the growth potential in the region.” Susan Au Allen, National President and CEO of USPAACC said: “Hong Kong is strategically located in the heart of Asia, and has all the resources that American business, large, medium and small, need to tap into and expand their reach into the most prosperous trade bloc in the world. We are simply delighted by this cooperative agreement, which is a stepping stone for greater growth in the years to come.”

Ralph Chow, Regional Director, Americas, HKTDC (seated, left) and Susan Au Allen, National President and CEO, USPAACC (seated, right) during the signing of the MOU on mutual cooperation in creating more business opportunities between Hong Kong and USPAACC, together with USPAACC executive team

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剛逢六四悼英魂，
又蒞端午祭江神。
日嚐幾個無花菓，
何妨暫當加州人。


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Baker-Polito Administration Awards $2 Million in Community Compact IT Grants to 52 Cities and Towns

Baker-Polito Administration Awards $2 Million in Community Compact IT Grants to 52 Cities and Towns

Grants fund innovative IT projects, technology infrastructure upgrades and software or equipment purchases

BOSTON – Governor Charlie Baker and Lt. Governor Karyn Polito today awarded $2 million to 52 cities and towns across the Commonwealth to drive local technological transformation and improvement projects through the Community Compact Information Technology (IT) Grant Program.

“Strengthening the partnerships between cities and towns and the Commonwealth has been a priority for our administration,” said Governor Baker, “and these grants are key to supporting investments in technology projects and upgrades that aid municipalities in streamlining and improving service for their constituents.”

Announced at the Massachusetts Municipal Association’s (MMA) Annual Meeting in January, the Community Compact IT Grant Program awards cities and towns up to $400,000, and the expertise of the Office of Municipal and School Technology within MassIT, to implement and invest in one-time technology infrastructure, software and equipment  upgrades or planning, design, installation and training costs.

“We are proud to support these 52 municipalities in making technological advancements for the development of their communities,” said Lieutenant Governor Polito. “The grants will allow cities and towns to undertake projects critical to their successes, including modernizing financial systems, implementing wireless networks, and digitizing records.”

“The competition for the $2 million of available funding from the Governor’s Fiscal Year 2017 Capital Budget was intense, with more than 100 eligible municipalities applying for grants,” said Kristen Lepore, Secretary of the Executive Office for Administration and Finance. “The 52 communities chosen today met the overarching goal of driving innovation and transformation at the local level through investments in technology.”

Examples of Community Compact IT Grant Program Initiatives:

• Implementing boards and commissions, dog licensing and voter check in database software for the Colrain town clerk’s office.
• Implementing a 311 system to connect the citizens of Haverhill, Fall River and Revere with their city.
• Modernizing financial systems in multiple communities that will transform the accuracy and efficiency of financial operations.
• Installing a radio communications relay tower for first responders in Phillipston to improve critical communications.
• Deploying mobile fire apparatus technology so first responders in Braintree are able to access critical information in the field.
• Installing new infrastructure in Hinsdale that allows for a water meter system that enables usage-based billing.
• Upgrading infrastructure to facilitate regional technology cooperation between Barre, Rutland, and Barre Regional Emergency Communication Center.

For a full list of awardees and projects, click here.

Lt. Governor Polito has championed the administration’s municipal partnerships, signing 221 Community Compacts thus far. Through the Community Compact program, municipalities have identified and implemented self-selected best practices in conjunction with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, ensuring a strong partnership between state and local government. More information on the program and how Compact Communities can apply is available at www.mass.gov/ccc.

波士頓經文處長賴銘琪拜會O'Malley樞機主教

賴銘琪偕陳銘俊與Sean Patrick O’Malley樞機主教合影。

賴銘琪拜會O’Malley樞機主教，應邀出席祝聖典禮

駐波士頓臺北經濟文化辦事處處長賴銘琪6月2日拜會Cardinal Sean Patrick O’Malley樞機主教，就如何加強臺灣與教廷關係交換意見，並應邀出席6月3日教廷前駐華代辦Mons. Paul Russell(陸斯道蒙席)晉升總主教之祝聖典禮。

賴銘琪處長偕陳銘俊副處長於6月2日在天主教Archdiocesan Pastoral Center拜會O’Malley樞機主教，賴銘琪首先向O’Malley樞機主教簡報蔡總統英文於五月二十日宣誓就職臺灣首位女性總統，另介紹新任陳副總統建仁是虔誠天主教徒。賴銘琪表示，天主教在臺灣興建醫院、學校、育幼院及養老院，澤及窮鄉僻壤，眾多神父修女畢生在臺奉獻事蹟令人欽佩。賴銘琪臨別前以故宮翠玉白菜相贈，O’Malley樞機主教回贈刻有耶穌像之精美十字架。

賴銘琪和陳銘俊6月3日另應邀出席教廷前駐華代辦Mons. Paul Russell(陸斯道蒙席)晉升總主教之祝聖典禮，祝聖典禮在The Holly Cross大教堂舉行，由O’Malley樞機主教親自主持。Russell 總主教派駐臺灣八年，對臺感情深厚，曾以自行車環島，對臺灣風土民情及人民友善熱情有深刻體驗，祝聖典禮遠自臺灣前來祝賀的友人包括台南主教林吉男、台中主教蘇耀文及戴修女等約十名。

教廷是臺灣在歐洲的邦交國，雙方文化與教育交流頻繁，今年2月至5月在臺北故宮博物院曾舉辦「天國的寶藏」教廷文物特展，展出60件具歷史及宗教意義的文物寶藏，吸引大批人潮前往觀賞，雙方亦簽有教育合作協議，目前在台灣有超過30萬的天主教徒。（駐波士頓經文處提供）

波士頓 6/3 燭光悼六四

CAPAC Applauds EEOC Enforcement Guidance on National Origin Discrimination

CAPAC Applauds EEOC Enforcement Guidance on National Origin Discrimination

Washington, DC – Yesterday the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) releaseddraft enforcement guidance addressing national origin discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Title VII prohibits employer actions that treat people unfavorably because of their national origin, including because they are from a particular country or part of the world, because of ethnicity, or because they appear to be of a certain ethnic background. Members of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) released the following statements:

Congresswoman Judy Chu (CA-27), CAPAC Chair:

“Discrimination on the basis of ethnicity or country of origin is simply un-American. That is why I am thrilled to see the EEOC take action to lay the groundwork for enforcing the existing prohibitions on workplace discrimination based on national origin. This action will add a strong layer of protection for immigrants, migrants, and other vulnerable populations that may face a disproportionate number of barriers to equal employment opportunity. I thank EEOC Chair Jenny Yang for her leadership, and I look forward to continue working with the EEOC to develop policies that would provide for a more just work environment for Asian Pacific Americans and all Americans.

Congressman Mike Honda (CA-17), CAPAC Chair Emeritus:

“I applaud EEOC’s revised draft guidance on national origin discrimination, and its clarifications on job segregation, human trafficking, and intersectional discrimination. To address the complex challenges we face today, we must be responsive and adaptable to protect our immigrant workers and workers of color. No one should face ill treatment due to their ethnicity or nationality. We have an obligation as a nation to uphold our values of fairness and equality across all of our communities.”

麻州亞美局 6/3 舉辦第10屆聯合餐會

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Program Schedule

7:00 pm            Opening Performance by Bolly X
7:10 pm            Opening Remarks and Acknowledgements
Dr. Elisa Choi, AAC Chairperson
Ms. Grace Lee, Unity Dinner Honorary Chair
7:20 pm            History - Asian American Commission
Mr. Tackey Chan, State Representative
7:30 pm            Greetings
Ms. Sarah Kim, General Counsel for State Treasurer Deborah Goldberg
Ms. Suzanne Bump, State Auditor
7:40 pm            AAPI Pioneers Panel
Moderator: Professor Paul Y. Watanabe

• Mr. Akhil Nigam -  Founder of MassChallenge
• Ms. Lisa Wong - Former Mayor, City of Fitchburg
• Ms. Michelle Wu -  City Council President, City of Boston

8:20 pm            Performance by Vivian Luo
8:35 pm            Award Ceremony
                              Dr. Elisa Choi and Ms. Evelyn Tang
8:55 pm            Closing Remarks
                              Ms. Bora Chiemruom, AAC Executive Director
9:00 pm            Socializing and Photo Booth
9:30 pm            End of Evening
 

PARKING INFORMATION: Guests can use any of the pay on entry lots throughout campus. There is a Red Sox Game tomorrow, please plan accordingly!  You can check this website http://www.bu.edu/parking/lots-locations/red-sox-parking/  to show exact addresses and prices for each lot.

Parking Lots near GSU Metcalf Hall