公開信內容:
麻州华人协会联谊会, Andover & North Andover 华人协会,
Winchester 华人协会, Wayland 华人协会, 艾克顿（ACTON）华人协
会董事会, 卫斯理（Wellesley) 华人协会理事会 和牛顿(Newton) 华人
协会理事会关于反对麻州大麻合法化公投提案 4 (Ballot Question 4)
给麻州华人社区的公开信
为什么华人社区要反对麻州大麻合法化公投提案 4？（Why We Say No
to Ballot Question 4?)
今年大选投票，除了总统选举，在麻州，我们还面临四个全民公投的提
案，其中第四个提案有关大麻的合法使用。如果大麻在麻州可以合法化，
这样的后果将对我们麻州整个社区，我们华人家庭和孩子，产生的极大的
負面影响。
第四个公投提案的推行者之中有 95%以上来自麻州之外的组织，他们试
图使非医用大麻在麻州种植和销售合法化，商业化。这个后果是很可怕和
难以想象的。
首先，这些大麻商人可以公开销售高效大麻食品。例如糖果棒，饼干，及
其它含大麻的食物。这种食物对小孩，青少年有很大的吸引力，並能可以
使他们上瘾，严重危害青少年大脑发育和身心健康。在过去的二年里，大
麻合法化的科罗拉多州，12-17 岁的青少年使用大麻增加了 12%以上，
而在全国青少年使用大麻的趋势却在下降。
而且，使用大麻后驾车和酒后驾车一样危险，对社会安全是个危胁，但目
前警察尚无有效方法防止及起诉吸大麻后驾车，大麻合法化以后从我们马
路更不安全。
大麻合法化是和我们华人社区的道德理念格格不入，对我们的社会，孩子
所带来的负作用是巨大的。这不是我们的美国梦，也不是我们想绐我们下
一代所创造的良好成长环境。现在，麻州共和与民主党的主要官员案，如
州长，波士顿市长，麻州总检查长都站出来反对这个提案。麻州医学会，
医院协会，精神病协会，麻州学区教育部总监联合会（Massachusetts
Association of School Superintendents)也都坚决反对这个提案。为了我
们孩子的末来，为他们的身心健康，为了我们的家庭幸福和社区完整，我
们更要坚定地说不，团结一致，尽我们的力量，反对这个提案在我们的州
通过
麻州华协联谊会
赵刚， Belmont
王健， Belmont
谢眺， Belmont
李胜利，Wellesley
沈安平，Newton
蒋红， Newton
郭慧明，Boston /Swampscott
李楠， Wayland
王卫东，Lexington
王华， Lexington
袁睿翕，Lexington
韩巍， Winchester
刘继峰，Winchester
夏瑜， Westford
芶燕妮，Acton
孔轩， Acton
褚真威，Andover & North Andover
庄辉壮, Andover & North Andover
Chunhong Gao (高红) Needham
John Lin ( Needham and Dover)
张梅, Sharon
梁黎明 Sharon
刘政 Sharon
张瑞 Sharon
沈珂莹 Sharon
张睿 Sharon
戴晨方 Sharon
张岚, Sudbury
武昱芳, Sudbury
马进, Sudbury
Andover & North Andover 华人协会
Winchester 华人协会
Wayland 华人协会
艾克顿（ACTON）华人协会董事会
牛顿(Newton) 华人协会理事会
卫斯理（Wellesley）华人协会理事会
Sharon 华人协会管理委员会
星期四, 11月 03, 2016
BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY ANNOUNCES COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM
BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY ANNOUNCES COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM
First concert takes place Saturday, November 12, at 2:30 p.m. in Rabb Hall at the Central Library in Copley Square
BOSTON – November 4, 2016 – Boston Public Library announces its first Composer-in-Residence, Beau Kenyon, whose debut concert with the BPL takes place on Saturday, November 12, at 2:30 p.m. in Rabb Hall at the Central Library in Copley Square. Kenyon’s role in this pilot program includes enriching Library spaces and collections through public programs focused on music and performance throughout the library system.
The multi-platform, multidisciplinary event, “The Sound of,” is intended to connect various members of the Boston community in multiple ways all through the action of finding and creating stillness through sound. The concert features performances by Christina English (mezzo-soprano), Vanessa Holroyd (flute), Daniel Doña (viola), Franzisca Huhn (harp), and Beau Kenyon (piano) as they perform a collection of work by Toru Takemitsu, Marti Epstein, and Beau Kenyon.
“The Composer-in-Residence program at the Boston Public Library is one example of how the City of Boston supports local artists and incorporates them into civic life,” said Julie Burros, Chief of Arts & Culture for the City of Boston. “Artists play a critical role in ensuring Boston is a thriving and innovative city. They educate and inspire, helping all of us to realize the power of creativity.”
“Boston Public Library is committed to engaging library users and visitors in a variety of ways, including through performance art; we are confident Beau Kenyon’s programs will thrill community members and further develop their appreciation of the arts,” said Michael Colford, Boston Public Library’s Director of Library Services.
The residency, running through June 2017, includes access to and use of the Boston Public Library’s circulating, research and special collections, creation of public music-related programs, and community outreach efforts to raise awareness of the Boston Public Library’s resources in the broader music community.
From June 3-10, 2017 Kenyon will also hold series of “And All the Men and Women Merely Players“ performances at the Central Library, celebrating the culmination of the Library’s Shakespeare initiative, All the City’s a Stage: A Season of Shakespeare at the Boston Public Library.
“I feel so fortunate to have this opportunity; this season, I'll be collaborating with incredible authors, musicians, choreographers, and librarians, and together, we'll create concert performances, sound and dance installations, and workshops - all free and open to the public,” said Beau Kenyon, Boston Public Library’s Composer-in-Residence. “Not only am I able to work with and celebrate Boston's creative talent, I am helping to create and pilot a residency for composers in the future,” he said.
An enthusiastic multi-disciplinarian, Beau Kenyon’s work is often inspired by the extra-musical, including dance, literature, visual arts, and even current events. Kenyon strives to collaborate with dancers, authors, artists, and filmmakers, with an aim towards redefining the performance landscape and widening the scope and accessibility of new music.
Kenyon is the director of extracurricular programs at Kingsley Montessori School; his programs include a music school for private study, academic enrichment courses, and an engineering and fine arts summer camp for elementary-aged students. Recent work includes collaboration with Urbanity Dance, Andrew Kelley (Boston Ballet) and Gino Di Marco (Boston Conservatory) through the North Atlantic Dance Theater, as well as a contributing composer role for Illuminus Boston’s project, Waking the Monster.
AG’S OFFICE, COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO HOST FREE LEGAL CLINIC FOR WORKERS TO ADDRESS WAGE THEFT
AG’S OFFICE, COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO HOST FREE LEGAL CLINIC FOR WORKERS TO ADDRESS WAGE THEFT
Part of AG Healey’s Effort to Combat Wage Theft and Worker Exploitation
BOSTON – Attorney General Maura Healey’s Office, in cooperation with 10 community partners, is hosting a free legal clinic at Suffolk Law School to match workers with volunteer lawyers and assist them with wage theft issues.
This month’s clinic, which is the second in a series, is part of an effort to address wage theft and worker exploitation among vulnerable populations, including low wage and immigrant workers in the state. The goal of these clinics is to provide workers with access to attorneys and advocates to help ensure that they are receiving the wages and benefits they deserve.
“Wage theft is extremely prevalent in our state, especially among vulnerable workers,” said AG Healey. “Far too often, workers do not come forward and are not aware of their rights under the law. These innovative clinics are an opportunity for workers to directly connect with advocates and attorneys, so that they can ensure they are getting paid the wages they are owed.”
Volunteer lawyers, law students, interpreters and workers’ rights advocates will be on hand to educate workers about their rights, draft demand letters or prepare a small claims court complaints. If they are helpful in documenting complaints, workers should bring pay stubs, time sheets, letters and emails from their employers.
WHAT: Wage Theft Legal Clinic
WHEN: MONDAY, November 14
4 p.m. – 7 p.m.
WHERE: Suffolk Law School
120 Tremont St., Boston
The AG’s Office’s community partners for the clinics include: Greater Boston Legal Services Inc., Harvard Legal Aid Bureau, Justice at Work, Lawyers for Affordable Justice, Suffolk Law School, Volunteer Lawyers Project, Brazilian Worker Center, Brazilian Women’s Group, Chinese Progressive Association and the MetroWest Worker Center.
The AG’s Fair Labor Division is responsible for enforcing state laws regulating the payment of wages, including prevailing wage, minimum wage and overtime as well as some of the newest workplace protections such as earned sick time leave and the domestic workers’ law.
On Labor Day, the AG’s Office issued its first-ever Labor Day report which revealed that in fiscal year 2016, the Fair Labor Division received more than 6,000 complaints – up 33 percent from the previous year – and issued 423 citations against employers. In addition to hosting the clinic series, the AG’s Office is addressing the rise in wage theft by strategically targeting enforcement efforts against problematic employers in specific industries, including commercial cleaning, construction, health care, restaurants and staffing agencies.
In conjunction with the release of the Labor Day report, the AG’s Office revealed a revamped workplace rights website with a new design and innovative features, including searchable public data and content in various languages. The easy-to-navigate website allows workers to better understand their rights and for employers, their obligations under state law.
The following clinic is scheduled for Dec. 12. The event is open to the public and is being offered free of charge.
哈佛台灣論壇討論蔡英文政府初步印象
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| 中華民國(臺灣)駐美大使高碩泰(左)和哈佛臺灣研究小組召集人 戈迪溫(右)在研討會開始前先溝通。(周菊子攝) |
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| 哈佛費正清中心主任宋怡明(左)送給高碩泰大使(右)一個慶祝該中心 60週年的紀念品。(周菊子攝) |
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| 左起，戈迪溫，宋怡明，高碩泰，Scott Kennedy。(周菊子攝) |
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| 住波士頓台北經濟文化辦事處處長賴銘琪(左二)，副處長陳銘俊(右一) 都出席了會議。(周菊子攝) |
高大使亦指出下週美國總統大選無論結果如何，臺美關係仍確保延續性、一致性與可預測性。
本次與談專家學者包括北卡州戴維森學院政治系教授Shelley Rigger(任雪麗)、華府戰略與國際研究中心費和中國講座副主任Scott Kennedy(甘思德)、喬治亞理工學院國際研究所助理教授林坤達以及華府智庫史汀生中心東亞計畫主任Alan Romberg(容安瀾)。駐波士頓辦事處賴銘琪處長也陪同高大使出席是項會議，與參加人士熱絡交流。
高大使此行訪問波士頓除應邀出席費正清中心臺灣研討會外，亦應邀參加哈佛大學魏德海國際事務中心(Weatherhead Center for International Affairs)舉辦的校友會暨地緣政治經濟研討會。高大使曾於1996-1997年擔任該中心訪問學人，一直與哈佛校方互動密切。(駐波士頓經文處提供)
紐英倫客家鄉親會辦講座 11/19 談理財、眼睛保健
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主講者: 李國富先生
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主講者: 鄭宏銘醫師
時間:2016年11月19日(星期六) 下午二時至五時
地點:波士頓僑教中心大廳,90 Lincoln Street, Newton Highlands
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*李國富先生, CHFC, CSA, 榮獲美國特級理財師之證照。畢業於麻州大學 (Univers
*鄭宏銘醫師 歷任哈佛醫學院眼科Research Fellow, 講師，助理教授, 升副教授後應邀任新加坡國家
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PLUS raffle drawings. Grand prize: Smart TV
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11月5日星期六 Nov. 5
上午10時 10am
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Ruth Cameron Auditorium
Eastern Nazarene College
23 E. Elm Street
Quincy, MA 02170
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