星期四, 5月 28, 2015

原漾台灣舞動波士頓

東華大學原住民民族學院舞團在僑委會“台灣傳統週”安排下,為大波士頓帶來的“原漾台灣”演出,五月廿六日晚在昆士小學掀起高潮,謝幕後的帶動跳,更讓全場歡騰鼓舞起來。
僑務委員會與外交部、交通部觀光局等部會今年(2015籌辦的“台灣傳統週”活動,由東華大學原住民民族學院舞團負責巡迴美加十三個城市,以「原漾台灣」為主題,藉原住民舞蹈讓世界看見台灣多元文化活力。
            由團長左恩平,藝術總監安梓濱率領,共廿名團員的東華大學原住民舞團,廿六日下午經波士頓華僑文教中心安排,先到昆士小學,為該校五年級學生示範,展演台灣的原住民文化,讓美國本地主流學校學生也有機會認識台灣文化,晚上再在昆士小學禮堂公演,由波士頓安良工商會梅偉文主持,大波士頓僑社有數百人出席欣賞,駐波士頓台北經濟文化辦事處處長賴銘琪,副處長陳銘俊都全程在座。
            這場“原漾台灣”演出,共有六個環節,分別為介紹台灣有十六個原住民族,以及其族群樂舞的“族群禮讚,原漾台灣”,表現原住民族民謠組曲的“山海歡唱”,描述泰雅,賽夏,太魯閣,賽德克等泛紋面族群創生神話傳說的“離散”,表達阿美族太巴塱部落年祭傳統樂舞海之濤篇的“我們在日昇之地傳唱”,展現台灣原住民創作樂舞選集的鄒族篇“舞躍阿里山”,以及在阿美族語中代表“美、帥、漂亮,讚嘆”的“馬卡巴嗨(Makapahay)”
            包括潮州同鄉會會長楊克敬夫婦,麻州元極舞聯誼會歷任會長曾秀梅,鄭玉春,紐英崙客家鄉親會的邱西薔,劉悅慧,昭倫公所的譚榮熾,波士頓洪門致公堂的余麗媖,全美亞裔婦女會黎雯等等的出席者,全都在演出結束前,隨著年輕的原住民舞團團員們邊唱邊跳“馬卡巴嗨”,開心的不得了。
            東華大學原住民舞團表示,在原漾的世界裡,我們一起唱歌,跳舞,分享喜悅,訴說感動。唯有用力歡唱,齊舞的時候,原漾的傳奇才真正被流傳下來。那也是他們祖靈最好的禮物。

圖片說明:

            東華大學原住民民族學院舞團在“原漾台灣”演出結束後,與駐波士頓經文處處長賴銘琪(前中)合影。(菊子攝)

            東華大學原住民民族學院舞團穿著色彩豔麗的原住民服裝謝幕。(菊子攝)

            舞躍阿里山中的一幕。(菊子攝)



            與駐波士頓經文處處長賴銘琪(前)和出席者一起隨著原住民舞團跳“馬卡巴嗨”。(菊子攝)


            東華大學原住民民族學院舞團不但跳舞,還以各種樂器演奏。(菊子攝)

哈佛大學展陳澄波畫作 5/30-6/14

Paintings by famed Taiwanese artist Chen Cheng-po (陳澄波) are visiting Harvard from 5/30 to 6/14 this summer! Selected 19 works, including Sunset in Tamsui (淡水夕照) and Chiayi Street Scene (嘉義街景), will be on display in the concourse of CGIS South.

Chen’s works represent a colonial intellectual’s engagement and response to the hybrid, multifaceted modernity of his time, which involves the interplay of Taiwanese local colors and transnational techniques through the artist’s border-crossing experiences in the 1920s and 1930s.

Come join us at the Opening Ceremony on May 30th to have a taste of nostalgic Taiwan scenery!

Reception: 2:00 p.m., May 30 (hors d'oeuvre will be provided)

Venue: CGIS (Center for Government and International Studies) South Concourse, Harvard University

In collaboration with Cafe Philo@Boston: Exciting event will take place prior to the reception at room S050, CGIS South: 
https://www.facebook.com/events/650700838397270/

Sponsor: 財團法人陳澄波文化基金會 Chen Cheng-po Cultural Foundation; 北美臺灣研究學會 North America Taiwan Studies Association (NATSA); Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University; Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Boston; Harvard GSAS Taiwan (ROC) Student Club (HTROCSC)

John Connolly co-founded 1647 to work on education

Dear Friends and Neighbors,
The campaign’s e-blast service is expiring so this is it.  I’m excited to use this final e-blast to share my new work with you… at long last.
A quick family update first: My incredible Meg has returned to work as a psychologist after putting her career on hold while I ran for mayor.  Clare and Teddy are thriving at the Trotter Innovation School in Roxbury.  MaryKate is walking, talking, and wreaking inspired havoc on a daily basis.  These days, I spend a lot of time at little league, soccer, and street hockey games.  I love it.
I have also been working quietly, but diligently, to launch 1647, a new organization named for the year the Massachusetts legislature declared education a community responsibility.  I serve as the co-founder and executive director.  Read about our launch here.
After the election, I wanted to continue working to empower families to improve schools, but I didn’t know how.  Last May, I visited a non-profit in Washington D.C. helping 30 schools engage families through teacher home visits.  In one of DC’s toughest schools, I listened to a mom share her frustrations at only hearing from school when her child was in trouble.  She felt judged as a parent and unwanted at school.  I listened to a teacher share her frustrations with her school’s lack of parental involvement.  She felt unappreciated for all her hard work.  This mom and teacher met through a home visit.  The visit shifted their perceptions and enabled them to build a real relationship.  During the year, the teacher kept mom updated on her child’s performance, and mom worked on academics at home with her child.  Mom ultimately joined the parent board at school.  And I found my new work.
What does 1647 do?  We strengthen the connection between schools and families by training teachers to conduct home visits and partner with parents to support learning at home.  We work with schools in Salem and Lawrence, and hope to work with schools throughout Massachusetts.
If you want to help or learn more about 1647, here are three things you can do:
  1. Visit www.1647families.org and sign up for e-mail updates.
  2. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook.
  3. Make a tax deductible contribution here.
Thank you again for your friendship and support through the years.  Please let me know if I can ever be helpful, and please spread the word about 1647.
All the best,
--
John R. Connolly
Executive Director, 1647

JavaScript SDK and the National Day of Civic Hacking (Saturday, June 6)

Developer Community:

Introducing our new JavaScript SDK and the National Day of Civic Hacking (Saturday, June 6)


Over the last two years, we've been engaging software developers around the country and has had the opportunity to observe how they use our API. Based on this experience, we have built some of the most commonly needed functionality into a prototype JavaScript software development kit (SDK). In support of the National Day of Civic Hacking (See: Local Events! below), today we’re launching the City SDK, which aims to provide a user-friendly toolbox to help new and existing users connect local and national public data with Census data and geographies.

Features

  • Never have to figure out what your FIPS code is again! Just pass in lat/longs, we handle the translation. Only have ZIP codes? No problem, we translate those too.
  • Get values (currently American Community Survey (ACS) 5-yr 2013 only) and Census geographic boundaries (currently GeoJSON only: down to ‘block-group’ level) with a SINGLE CALL... whoohoo!
  • modular architecture which makes mashing Census data up with third-party data a snap.
  • Pull down Census Bureau geographic boundaries by sending your own custom geography in the request (currently GeoJSON support only)
  • showcase of examples to help you get started.
  • A starting list of aliases for some of our most popular variables (currently ACS 5-yr 2013 only)
  • More coming soon! (We hope to extend these functions to more languages. You may add to our issues using the #user stories label to make these and other feature requests)
We'll be giving a live demo of these features and more on June 1, 12pm EST. To register visit: http://bit.ly/1Hvu0Xg

 

Join us for the National Day of Civic Hacking!

National Day of Civic Hacking: On Saturday, June 6, 2015, thousands of volunteers from across the United States will come together in their local communities to help residents, community groups, and government collaborate to make their communities stronger.

Sign up and attend a local event to take our challenge:

Don't forget to submit your #citySDK projects to our Challenge.gov national City SDK challenge.
Teams taking on the CitySDK Challenge and the makers of the City SDK will be participating IN PERSON at the following local events (please let us know if you'd like to lead up a team in your city! Contact info below):
Chicago, IL:Join the Urban Sustainability Apps Competition featuring Avi Bender, Census CTO.  Register here and be sure to check the box: “Using the City SDK”
Washington, DC:The Census CitySDK team is partnering with Small Business Administration for the D.C.  CODE-A-THON SMALL BUSINESS EDITION
Minneapolis, MN:Join the Twin Cities Census CitySDK team.
Boston, MA:Join the Open Data Nation CitySDK teamOpen Data Nation helps cities and causes put their open data to good use.
Los Angeles, CA:  Join the ESRI team at hackforla.org and work on a CitySDK project.
Philadelphia, PA:Join the CodeForPhilly team
St Louis, MS:
Join OpenDataSTL

For more info on any of these events, email: lilibeth.a.gangas@census.gov

星期三, 5月 27, 2015

川渝人在波士頓 微信群友郊遊聚餐樂

   川渝人在波士頓“在劍橋市Danehy公園聚餐合影。
(圖由唐杰,唐一可提供)
“川渝人在波士頓”五月廿四日中午在劍橋市Danehy公園聚餐,舊雨新知各自帶菜出席,現場各種麻辣美味飄香。因事未能到場的,看著照片,口水直流,大嘆錯過做老饕良機。
            四川省是中國的最大省,人口原本逾億,直到1997年,第八屆全國人大五次常會把別號為渝的重慶市重新劃為直轄市,二千九百萬人口被劃了出去,四川省人口總數才從億級下降。
群主李和(左)和群友們一起享受麻辣餐。(
圖由唐杰,唐一可提供)
在波士頓,四川老鄉人多勢眾,早就成立有同鄉會,和“川渝人在波士頓”雖有重疊成員,互通有無。
四川大學校友,曾任美中醫藥開發協會(SAPANE)會長的李和,為幫校友,老鄉搭橋交流,在朱曉峰建議下,今年二月成立了“四川老鄉朋友大學校友麻辣群”,群友既有四川老鄉,川大校友,重慶妹子(紙),更有許多麻辣愛好者。
 群友們貢獻的豐盛菜餚,讓人大快朵頤。(圖由唐杰,唐一可提供
這個微信群今年二月一開,四川,重慶的老鄉,校友們紛紛湧現,“成都VS重慶,火鍋哪城強“,簡陽櫻桃,涼糕,冰粉,雜醬麵,鉢鉢雞,臊子麵,七滋八味等的麻辣菜色,四中,五中,川大等各個四川學校討的論不斷。
會計師事務所歡迎實習生,木蘭藝術團招新學員,辦高中生交換項目的群友為自己提供的服務打廣告,還有通報地鐵折扣,租售房源,分享四川最美冷門景點,在四川最神奇的五十個瞬間等資訊的,更是不勝枚舉。
朱曉峰用推車運西瓜到現場。
(圖由唐杰,唐一可提供)
還有群友求介紹牙醫。群主李和一口氣就數出分別在安多福,艾克頓,沙朗,傅萊明罕等地開業的王偉,張莉,陳曉蓉,于曉惠等四名四川牙醫,讓人慨嘆難怪不少人在“群”裏提問時,都會來個開頭語“萬能的群啊”。
五月初,有人動議辦聚會,馬上就有群友製作出報名表,幾個熱心人還立即測試,再做修改,最後用李和找到的“微邀請“軟體,製作了一個“四川群友邂逅Boston“請柬,讓人在微信裏就可以直接填表報名。五月廿日時,瀏覽過這微邀請的人數已逾408,報名參加活動的也有76
            一眾打算參加野外聚餐的群友們,紛紛開菜單,麻辣雞珍,麻辣牛肉乾,麻辣豬耳朵,麻辣涼麵,一路麻辣下來,看得川渝老鄉們個個心花怒放。剛從成都到波士頓三個月的王軍等新人,都在群裏欣喜的說,“找到組織啦”。
        五月廿四日這天,群友聚餐,大啖各色麻辣菜餚,享用朱曉峰運到會場的大西瓜,聊起群名時,都嫌“四川老鄉朋友大學校友麻辣群”,還希望強調這群在波士頓,冷波建議的“川渝人在波士頓“一提出,馬上就通過了。
            聚餐後,群主李和繼續推動微信群實名制,請群友把各自的群名稱改為姓名,暱稱,加上家鄉名,就讀四川學校的校名等等,方便大家找老鄉,校友,還代表群友感謝聚餐這天出力極多的李柯杰,廖娟,楊宵,杜冰帆,朱曉峰,任涓涓,王軍等校友兼老鄉。






         

            



            

東南大學校友聚會

中國南京東南大學大波士頓地區校友會5月23日在布魯克蘭鎮(Brookline)安德森(Larz Anderson)公園,第三度舉辦春季校友座談,五十多名校友暢聚,野餐。
前身是國立中央大學的東南大學,三年前才由2000屆機械系畢業,如今從事保險大數據工作的潘曄,在波士頓創辦了校友會。
潘曄當天以創會會長身份,回顧過去三年種種。她指出,2012年時只有五十多人登記,後來一個傳一個,校友越聚越多,現在已有兩百多人,在金融界工作的,當大學教授、律師,醫生的,做企業高管的,自己創業的,各方面人才都有。
東南大學波士頓校友會為促進校友情誼,加強交流,辦過好幾次校友沙龍和講座。五月廿三日這天,該校母校的校友總會副秘書長曹軍也代表學校領導轉達了母校的慰問,祝賀波士頓校友會發展有成,也請校友們繼續關心母校的發展。曹軍還特地提起東南大學校訓,希望校友們秉持“止於至善”理念,進一步提升校友會的發展。
外婆橋餐館和東南大學校友會關係良好,當天友情贊助了特色菜,包括蔥油餅,鴨脖子,麻辣燙等,都大受歡迎。出席校友們在聚會中暢談人生,回想當年在校生涯,個個開懷十分。
聯繫東南大學波士頓校友會可上網seuboston@gmail.com,或上微信群:SEU_BOSTON。

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            東南大學校友聚會合影。(圖由東南大學校友會提供)

波士頓市高中畢業致詞生 三名華裔

李玉姿(左二)從波士頓公校總監麥當納(前右一起),波士頓市長馬丁華殊,
波市學校委員會主席歐尼爾手中接過獎品。(周菊子攝)
(Boston Orange 周菊子波士頓報導)波士頓公立學校(BPS)昨(廿六)日在海港酒店(Boston Harbor Hotel)舉行第17屆“畢業演說者午餐會(Valedictorians Luncheon)“。35名波市高中第一名畢業生中,有3名華人,全是移民。
 李雲暉(左二)從波士頓公校總監麥當納(前右一起),波士頓市長馬丁華殊,
波市學校委員會主席歐尼爾手中接過獎品。(周菊子攝)
            波士頓學校委員會主席 歐尼爾(Michael D. O’Neill)在致詞時以即將於七月上任的波士頓市首名華裔公校總監張欽棠(Thomas Chang)為例,指這名年紀未滿四十的新任公校總監,和昨日座中的許多畢業致詞生一樣的特殊,都是來自其他國家、地區的移民。
            他說張欽棠在台灣出生,小學一年級時才隨父母移民來美,當時一句英文也不會,如今卻能流利說四種語言,包括英文,西班牙文,中文及台灣話。張欽棠的能有今日,不全靠自己,他身邊的家人,學校,社會都提供了助力。他鼓勵畢業生們將來也要成為一個能夠幫助別人有所成就的人。
            波士頓市市長馬丁華殊(Martin Walsh ),波士頓公校代理總監麥當納(John P. McDonough)昨日也都一一致詞,鼓勵學生繼續努力求學,將來服務社會。
 昆士中學校長張可仁(右一),Stephen Cirasuolo(左一),恭喜李雲暉(中)
及其父母李伯朋(右二),劉麗貞(左二)。(周菊子攝)
            波士頓公校系統共有128 所中小學,五萬七千多名學生。在今年的三十五名高中畢業致詞生中,有三名華裔,至少一名越南裔學生。
            三名華裔畢業致詞生分別是波士頓拉丁學院(Boston Latin Academy),八歲才從廣州移民來美,將入讀塔芙茨大學的劉劍杰;查理士高中,十五歲才隨家人從廣東台山來美,將入讀波士頓大學的李玉姿,以及昆士高中,三歲從香港來美,將入讀東北大學的李雲暉。
 多名出席的波市公校畢業致詞生們在典禮結束後,海邊合影。(周菊子攝)
            李玉姿透露,當年在台山,她從小學三年級就開始學英文,移民來美後,上課聽講,閱讀,都沒問題,但英文的說,寫,沒那麼順。也因為這樣,儘管她住在奧斯頓(Allston),還是被分派到波士頓唯一開辦有雙語班的高中,查理士高中。因為父親做搬運工,母親在餐館工作,無法分身,昨日她由同班同學陪同出席盛典。
            三歲從香港移民來美的李雲暉,在父母庇蔭中順利成長,不但學業全A,還充分利用閒暇時間,悄悄寫了四萬字的小說。他父親李伯朋在麻州眼耳醫院做財務分析工作,母親在達納法伯癌症研究中心做翻譯。他倆都是虔誠基督徒,坦言儘管初來乍到時,面對很多適應新生活的挑戰,但波士頓是個包容的地方,昆士中學校長、老師們對他們的小孩也關愛有加,東北大學發給全額獎學金,李雲暉未來五年可心無旁騖的修讀機械工程,更是讓他們心存感激。
            在銳跑(Reebok)等企業贊助下,波市公校的三十五名畢業致詞生都可獲得一個背包,以及一百元現金獎。