STATEMENT OF VANITA GUPTA, PRESIDENT & CEO THE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE ON CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS

STATEMENT OF VANITA GUPTA, PRESIDENT & CEO

THE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE ON CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS

HOUSE JUDICIARY SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE CONSTITUTION AND CIVIL JUSTICE

“QUESTIONS REGARDING THE U.S. CENSUS”

June 8, 2018

Chairman King, Ranking Member Cohen, and Members of the Subcommittee: I am Vanita Gupta, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. Thank you for the opportunity to submit this statement for the record in this important hearing.

The Leadership Conference is a coalition charged by its diverse membership of more than 210 national organizations to promote and protect the civil and human rights of all persons in the United States. Founded in 1950 by A. Philip Randolph, Arnold Aronson, and Roy Wilkins, The Leadership Conference works in support of policies that further the goal of equality under law through legislative advocacy and public education. The Leadership Conference provides a powerful unified voice for the many constituencies of the coalition: persons of color, women, children, individuals with disabilities, LGBTQ individuals, older Americans, labor unions, major religious groups, civil libertarians, and human rights organizations.

Given the breadth of our coalition, The Leadership Conference is ideally positioned to address many of the most pressing issues affecting the successful implementation of Census Bureau programs, surveys, and initiatives. We and the Leadership Conference Census Task Force co-chairs, NALEO Educational Fund and Asian Americans Advancing Justice-AAJC, have a long record of first-hand experience working in support of previous censuses. For the 2010 Census, we undertook the most comprehensive and extensive effort by a stakeholder organization to promote participation in historically hard-to-count communities and to mobilize local advocates in support of the census by highlighting the community benefits, civil rights implications, and constitutional imperative of an accurate count. We are now building upon our previous work to help ensure that no one is left out of the 2020 Census.

Ensuring a Fair and Accurate Census

The Leadership Conference views a fair and accurate 2020 Census as one of the most important civil rights issues of our day. Not only is the constitutionally mandated census central to apportioning political power at every level of our representative form of government, but the data collected influence the allocation of more than $800 billion in federal funds every year, along with countless policy and investment decisions by government agencies, nonprofit organizations, and private enterprise.

Any effort at this late date to disrupt the decade-long planning process, including the misguided decision by the Trump administration to insert an untested citizenship question at the last minute, threatens the ability of the Census Bureau to effectively carry out this constitutional mandate and undermines the likelihood that the 2020 Census will fairly count all communities. These actions to undermine the integrity of the count are damaging. But even more dangerous are efforts, like those being brought before the subcommittee today, to exclude noncitizens and/or undocumented residents from the census counts used for congressional apportionment. These are an assault on the Constitution.

Every census since the first enumeration in 1790 has included citizens and non-citizens alike. Both Republican and Democratic administrations, through the U.S. Department of Justice, have confirmed unequivocally that the Constitution requires a count of all persons living in the United States on Census Day, regardless of citizenship or legal status. In fact, in adopting the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, Congress rejected proposals to allocate seats in the U.S. House of Representatives based on the population of eligible voters rather than total population.

Indeed, the 14th Amendment clearly states that the apportionment of members of the House of Representatives is based on a full count of residents in each state. This amendment was enacted in part to repeal the provisions of Article I in the Constitution, which counted a slave as only three-fifths of a person for apportionment purposes. Efforts to exclude some residents from this clear constitutional mandate evoke a shameful and long-discarded historical legacy.

An Assault on the Constitution

Nevertheless, some members of Congress have sought over the past several decades to exclude people who are not legal residents, or even all non-citizens, from the apportionment base. Beyond the dubious constitutionality of such proposals, it would be nearly impossible to determine the legal status of all residents with any accuracy, in order to exclude some from the state population totals used for congressional apportionment and possibly for congressional redistricting. And while no proposals have suggested removing noncitizens or undocumented residents from the census numbers used to allocate more than $800 billion annually in federal program funds — any effort to determine legal status would jeopardize the accuracy of the entire census, leaving public, private, and nonprofit decision-makers with bad information for all purposes.

Chairman King’s “Census Accuracy Act of 2017” does not explicitly aim to affect the apportionment base, but simply to “document” the number of immigrants and their legal status. But he has made his ultimate goal clear by releasing a video on December 22, 2017 urging President Trump to support the exclusion of undocumented residents from the census-derived state population totals used for congressional apportionment.

Among those on the witness list for today’s hearing is Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, who recently joined Rep. Mo Brooks in filing a federal lawsuit seeking to prevent the Census Bureau from counting undocumented immigrants in determining a state’s population for the purposes of apportionment. The lawsuit claims that Alabama will lose a House seat and a vote in the electoral college if the Census Bureau uses a count of the entire population. Marshall’s claim that a full population count violates the 14th Amendment is flatly wrong and contrary to the clear historical record.

Also on the witness list is J. Christian Adams. Adams has an extensive background in voter suppression and has supported aggressive mass voter registration purges that go beyond what is required by law. Adams was on the sham commission on election integrity that was led by Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach and Vice President Pence and which was ultimately disbanded by President Trump on January 3, 2018. According to newspaper reports, Kobach said he encouraged Trump to add a citizenship question to the census.

Another witness, Steven Camarota, is director of research for the Center for Immigration Studies, a group with a documented hostility to immigration. While arguing against bipartisan comprehensive immigration reform legislation in 2013, Camarota acknowledged that the “resident population” for apportionment includes all immigrants, citizen and noncitizen and undocumented. But Camarota asserted that “Congress may have the authority to change who is included in the apportionment population, but has so far has not done so.” His citation for the claim notes that an allied organization, the Federation for American Immigration Reform, sued to block the Census Bureau from counting undocumented immigrants in the 1980 Census. Because that suit was dismissed by the U.S. Supreme Court on grounds of standing, Camarota concluded, “the constitutionality of excluding illegal immigrants from the apportionment has yet to be decided by a court of law.”

In fact, the Constitution and laws are clear: every person counts. Equally clear is that the impact of actions that interfere with a fair and accurate 2020 Census will fall disproportionately on already vulnerable communities, denying them of fair representation and vital community resources. Communities of color, urban and rural low-income households, immigrants, and young children are all at risk of being undercounted relative to the rest of the population. The insertion of untested questions about citizenship and immigration status threaten to exacerbate those undercounts; the insertion of such questions with the explicit or unstated goal of using the results to distort congressional reapportionment is a threat to the basic structure of our representative form of government.

Conclusion

The Leadership Conference and its member organizations look forward to working with all members of this committee to ensure a cost-effective, secure, and above all, accurate and inclusive census in every one of the nation’s communities.

MAYOR WALSH CALLS ON CITIES TO JOIN LARGE-SCALE RENEWABLE ENERGY INITIATIVE

MAYOR WALSH CALLS ON CITIES TO JOIN LARGE-SCALE RENEWABLE ENERGY INITIATIVE

City of Boston leads Request for Information for competitive pricing of large-scale renewable energy projects to meet the collective demand of U.S. cities.

BOSTON - Thursday, June 7, 2018 - Mayor Martin J. Walsh today announced his plans to issue a Request for Information (RFI) for competitive pricing of large-scale renewable energy projects. The RFI will compile the energy demand data across participating U.S. cities and ask renewable energy developers for price estimates for projects that would meet their collective energy demand. Mayor Walsh today calls on more cities to join the renewable energy initiative and will lead a coalition of cities that provide their energy demand data in the RFI. "Our effort on renewable energy will not only help cities cut carbon emissions and get us closer to the goals of Paris Climate Agreement, it will help power our cities and create more, clean energy jobs," said Mayor Walsh. "We can do more than just address the problem of climate change, we can build a healthy, thriving future by working together." The City of Boston is working with partner cities now to compile the collective energy load data for the RFI. The first cities to join the initiative include Chicago, IL; Evanston, IL; Houston, TX; Los Angeles, CA; Orlando, FL; and Portland, OR. Each of these cities are part of the Climate Mayors network, representing more than 400 cities and 70 million people that Mayor Walsh Co-Chairs. "Cities wield the power to create demand and transform the energy market - and when we act together, we can show the world that environmental stewardship and economic prosperity go hand in hand," said Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti. "As a chair of Climate Mayors, I'm proud to stand beside Mayor Walsh in the work of amplifying the role of cities and upholding the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement." "I'd like to thank Mayors Garcetti, Emanuel, Hagerty, Turner, Dyer, and Wheeler for joining me on this initiative," said Mayor Walsh. "I look forward to working with other Climate Mayors in our network and beyond to keep the momentum going and demonstrating our role as city leaders to put forth real solutions." "I applaud Mayor Walsh for taking aggressive steps to bring down carbon emissions levels in Boston, and for bringing cities together to protect the environment and grow jobs across the country," said Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel. "The Trump administration has buried its head in the sand on climate change, which is why we committed all of Chicago's municipal buildings to 100% renewable by 2025." "As the energy capital of the world, Houston will play a critical role in transforming the way we power the future. Our city, the largest municipal user of renewable energy in the nation, is proof that even big cities in red states cities can act on climate and maintain a robust, growing economy," said Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner. "Cities that invest in renewable energy are making the responsible choice for our global future and bringing our significant purchasing power to bear in the transition to a clean energy economy," said Mayor Ted Wheeler of Portland, OR. "All cities have a stake in the fight against climate change," said Evanston, IL  Mayor Stephen Hagerty. "I'm proud to partner with Mayor Walsh and mayors from across the country to explore ways to collectively reduce carbon emissions in our cities. Global climate action begins at the local level, and by working together we can have a much greater impact." As more cities join the initiative, their energy demand data will be added to the collective load. The City of Boston hopes to finalize the list of participating cities and issue the RFI later this summer for responses from renewable energy developers. This action demonstrates the collective power of cities to invest in renewable energy and create more, middle class, clean energy jobs. If successful, a large-scale purchase of renewable energy will help power these cities, save money, and offset carbon emissions. Mayor Walsh officially announced his plans for the renewable energy initiative at today's International Mayors Climate Summit in Boston. Mayors from across the country and around the world joined Mayor Walsh and leaders from public and private sectors at Boston University. The group will discuss actions taken by mayors to address climate change globally and in their own communities. The one-day Summit will include a fireside chat with Secretary John Kerry, 68th U.S. Secretary of State, and Vice Chair of Bank of America Anne Finucane on financing global climate solutions. The Summit will also feature remarks from Administrator Gina McCarthy, 13th Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency before participating in panel on transportation. The Summit will be live-streamed and available to watch on Boston.gov/climate-summit. The Summit will also include a panel with the Co-Chairs of Climate Mayors, a network of U.S. mayors that participated in a similar joint-city initiative last year that demonstrates the collective power of cities to advance climate goals. The Climate Mayors initiative, led by the City of Los Angeles, issued an Electric Vehicle Request for Information (EV RFI) with 30 other cities in efforts to aggregate municipal demand of electric vehicles across the country. The EV RFI demonstrated demand for nearly 115,000 vehicles of all classes, including trash trucks, street sweepers, semis, shuttles, and buses - with an estimated value of $10 billion to replace the entire fleet. The RFI received 40 responses across all vehicle segments.

玉山美台夜強調台灣發展生技優勢(圖片)

左起，蘇信豪教授，Evelo 副總裁吳建漢，Ropes & Gray律師樓合夥人Al Cacozza，科技副總裁Orhan Karsligil，紐英崙玉山科協會長宋晶晶，MGH & BWH臨床數據科學中心執行主任Mark Michalski，Vizuro創辦人魏宇峰。(周菊子攝)

科技部次長蘇芳慶。(周菊子攝)

左起，玉山科協理事康麗雪，陳亭旭，藥華醫藥董事長詹青柳，藥華創辦人兼執行長林國鐘，新竹科學園管理局局長王勇壯，AB Science首席科學家李政欣，弘勵創投張劭聿。(周菊子攝)

玉山科協理事康雅雰(右)感謝麻州企業發展署助理署長范文南(Nam Pham)在結婚31週年這天還撥冗出席玉山美台夜。(周菊子攝)

石山(Stonehill)學院數學教授蘇信豪(左)主持座談。(周菊子攝)

駐波士頓經文處處長徐佑典(中)和玉山科協成員合影。右起，范日中，葉韋希，姜昊，鄭彥甫，康雅雰，曾月怡，以及康麗雪(左一)。(周菊子攝)

前任青商會會長王力遠(後)和康麗雪等人久別重逢，自拍留念。(周菊子攝)

南京市長藍紹敏率團訪波招商徵才(圖片)

南京市長藍紹敏。(周菊子攝)

會場。(周菊子攝)

香港科技園拓展生醫科技生態圈(圖片)

香港科技園會議主講人及嘉賓。(周菊子攝)

                (Boston Orange 周菊子劍橋市報導)香港科技園和香港交易所在BIO 2018會議期間，跨越查理士河，來到哈佛大學教授俱樂部舉辦路演座談，宣傳生物科技公司在香港有更好機會上市的新變化。

               香港科技園這場會議先由該園首席科技總監戴紹龍說明，中國國家主席習近平最近才宣佈了大灣區發展計畫的9個城市，包括香港，澳門，香港政府也推出了64億元的優惠政策，要加速香港在生物，研發等領域的發展。

香港科技園首席科技總監戴紹龍。(周菊子攝)

               香港投資推廣署助理署長吳國才指出，香港有著絕對最優秀的生態環境，9月份高鐵通車後，從香港到深圳只要18分鐘，港珠澳大橋開通，也將使得香港到澳門只要45分鐘就可抵達。此外香港政府還會在資金方面給予援助，以吸引更多有實力的生科公司落戶香港。

               這場會議有兩個主題演講，分別是生物醫藥群主管李康善博士介紹香港新成立的生醫科技園(BMT)，以及境內最新的生物科技業發展概況，以及該園可為生科初創公司提供的技術，資金，法律，市場行銷等一站式服務。香港交易所資深副總裁Michael Chan說明香港交易所新推出的生物科技公司可在營收前上市的相關政策及規定。

香港科技園生物醫藥群主管李康善博士。(周菊子攝)

               香港科技園投資總監黃賢敏接著主持香港生物科技業投資環境座談，邀得美國中經合集團執行合夥人路昌基，輝瑞外部科研執行總監丁元華，里昂證券亞太恒富資本董事總經理鄧嘉儀，華潤正大生命科學基金董事總經理柳達等人分享經驗。                      高誠博濟生物醫藥聯合創始人仲倞，昱星生物科技創辦人張郁芬博士座公司介紹。(待續)

香港交易所資深副總裁Michael Chan。(周菊子攝)

              

左起，香港科技園投資總監黃賢敏，美國中經合集團執行合夥人路昌基
，里昂證券亞太恒富資本董事總經理鄧嘉儀，華潤正大生命科學基金
董事總經理柳達，輝瑞外部科研執行總監丁元華。(周菊子攝)

高誠博濟生物醫藥聯合創始人仲倞。(周菊子攝)

昱星生物科技財務長蔡佳君，創辦人張郁芬博士，聯合創辦人鍾敏玟。(周菊子攝)

會場。(周菊子攝)

美商務部宣佈中興案14億元和解

Secretary Ross Announces $1.4 Billion ZTE Settlement; ZTE Board, Management Changes and Strictest BIS Compliance Requirements Ever 06/07/2018 09:43 AM EDT  Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross today announced that Zhongxing Telecommunications Equipment Corporation, of Shenzhen, China (“ZTE Corporation”) and ZTE Kangxun Telecommunications Ltd. of Hi-New Shenzhen, China (“ZTE Kangxun”) (collectively, “ZTE”) has agreed to severe additional penalties and compliance measures to replace the U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) denial order imposed as a result of ZTE’s violations of its March 2017 settlement agreement.  Under the new agreement, ZTE must pay $1 billion and place an additional $400 million in suspended penalty money in escrow before BIS will remove ZTE from the Denied Persons List. These penalties are in addition to the $892 million in penalties ZTE has already paid to the U.S government under the March 2017 settlement agreement.    ZTE will also be required by the new agreement to retain a team of special compliance coordinators selected by and answerable to BIS for a period of 10 years. Their function will be to monitor on a real-time basis ZTE’s compliance with U.S. export control laws. This is the first time BIS has achieved such stringent compliance measures in any case.  ZTE is also required under the new agreement to replace the entire board of directors and senior leadership for both entities.  Finally, the new agreement once again imposes a denial order that is suspended, this time for 10 years, which BIS can activate in the event of additional violations during the ten-year probationary period. These collectively are the most severe penalty BIS has ever imposed on a company.     “Today, BIS is imposing the largest penalty it has ever levied and requiring that ZTE adopt unprecedented compliance measures,” said Secretary Ross. “We will closely monitor ZTE’s behavior. If they commit any further violations, we would again be able to deny them access to U.S. technology as well as collect the additional $400 million in escrow. The first settlement with ZTE set a record for civil and criminal penalties in an export control case.  This new settlement agreement sets another record, and brings the total penalties assessed on ZTE to $2.29 billion.”   The purpose of this settlement is to modify ZTE’s behavior while setting a new precedent for monitoring to assure compliance with U.S. law. Embedding compliance officers into the company vastly improves the speed with which the Department of Commerce can detect and deal with any violations.

MAYOR WALSH ANNOUNCES PLANNING INITIATIVES

MAYOR WALSH ANNOUNCES PLANNING INITIATIVES FOR DOWNTOWN, EAST BOSTON, MATTAPAN, NEWMARKET, ALLSTON-BRIGHTON NEIGHBORHOODS

BOSTON - Wednesday, June 6, 2018 - Mayor Martin J. Walsh today announced that the Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA), with stakeholders from across the City, will launch planning initiatives this year in Downtown, East Boston, Mattapan, Newmarket, and a mobility-focused planning initiative in Allston-Brighton. Guided by Imagine Boston 2030, Mayor Walsh looks to continue working in partnership with communities across the City to ensure Boston preserves wisely, enhances equitably, and grows inclusively.  Through these three principles of "preserve, enhance, and grow," the planning initiatives will work with the community to create a comprehensive vision for each of the planning areas and guide future growth and investment. "Over the last four years, we have set strong foundations in our planning efforts that will guide our growth as a city in a way that is responsible and inclusive, for many years into the future," said Mayor Walsh. "These five new planning processes represent a continuation of our commitment to fulfill the individual needs of each neighborhood that both preserve the distinct historic character, and allow for us as a community to plan together for our bright future ahead." The planning initiatives build on the strategies outlined in Imagine Boston 2030, Boston's first citywide plan in 50 years aimed at guiding growth and those of Housing A Changing City: Boston 2030, Mayor Walsh's plan to create housing at a variety of income levels across the City. The goals outlined in the Mayor's housing plan are currently being reviewed to ensure that they continue to reflect current conditions.   Imagine Boston 2030 prioritizes inclusionary growth and puts forth a comprehensive vision to boost quality of life, equity and resilience in every neighborhood across the City.  To achieve this vision, Imagine Boston identifies places for growth and enhancement that will help the city achieve its goals of becoming more equitable, improving quality of life, and preparing for climate change. This includes: Enhance Neighborhoods: In some residential neighborhoods - such as East Boston and Mattapan - comprehensive planning will include a focus on balancing contextually-sensitive development alongside preservation; supporting existing residents and businesses through increased access to opportunity, affordability strategies, and anti-displacement policies; improving the public realm and access to open space and neighborhood-serving amenities; addressing mobility challenges; and supporting neighborhood resiliency and preparing for climate change. In other neighborhoods - such as Allston-Brighton,mobility planning will help to address the challenges presented by the increased pace of development projects. Encourage a Mixed-Use Downtown: Continued dense, mixed-use development and public realm improvements in Boston's commercial core - such as Downtown - will support job growth and new housing opportunities, add amenities, and create active centers for residents, workers and visitors.    Expand Neighborhoods:  Significant new job growth in transit-accessible areas at the edges of neighborhoods - like Newmarket - will expand access to opportunity and stitch together the physical fabric of the city.   "We are looking forward to working closely with the BPDA on this initiative," said Sue Sullivan, Executive Director of the Newmarket Business Association. "Newmarket has historically been Boston's industrial job engine and it will be incredibly exciting to plan the expansion of this job base to include new commercial, transit-oriented, and innovative industrial businesses that will employ local residents." "I applaud the Mayor for following through on his commitment to East Boston regarding development planning," said Ernani Jose DeAraujo, Vice President of the Eagle Hill Civic Association.  "While residents have benefited from the strong economy and many jobs created in the past few years and as home prices have increased, we need a comprehensive plan for development to make sure all families can stay in East Boston and continue to thrive, regardless of their income." "As a resident of East Boston and a Board Member with the Jeffries Point Neighborhood Association, I've seen many changes in the neighborhood," said Renee Scalfani. "Thank you to Mayor Walsh and the BPDA for listening to residents and business-owners and establishing this PLAN: East Boston initiative. This is something that will help the neighborhood tremendously and working with the City on this issue will be beneficial for all the residents of East Boston."   "Mattapan is in need of significant revitalization and we welcome it" said Cynthia Lewis, Vice-President of the Mattapan Homeowners and Neighborhood Association. "Historically, efforts have inadvertently caused displacement amongst Mattapan residents and it is our hope that this plan reflects the voice of the community and support the long-term equitable growth and sustainability that the existing residents of this neighborhood Mattapan deserve. Thank you to Mayor Walsh and the BPDA for this opportunity." Downtown Planning Study Over the last decade, Boston's Downtown has transformed from primarily a business district into a vibrant mixed-use neighborhood. A Downtown Planning Study is in the initial phases of being launched after it was identified in Imagine Boston 2030 and through the community process for the 115 Winthrop Square project.   The primary goal of the study will be to develop a new framework for the preservation, enhancement, and growth of the Downtown area, while balancing the importance of livability, daylight, walkability, climate change, access to open space, affordability, and a dynamic mix of uses. A Request for Proposals (RFP) was released on Tuesday, May 29 for a consultant to assist with the study. Applicants must demonstrate excellence in urban design and land use planning, historic preservation, engineering services to study environmental impacts, market and financial feasibility analysis, multi-modal transportation policy, and sustainability and climate resiliency. Proposals are due by Friday, July 13. The formal community planning process is expected to start early this fall. PLAN: East Boston PLAN: East Boston will work with the community in the existing neighborhoods in East Boston that are facing increased development pressures to determine a shared vision for the future of the neighborhood. Community discussion will focus on preservation of the existing residential fabric, enhancement of the vitality of existing residential communities and businesses, anti-displacement strategies for residents and businesses, connectivity along the waterfront, mobility, and flood protection and climate resiliency.   The BPDA is exploring moving forward with an East Boston Interim Planning Overlay District (IPOD) for East Boston's existing residential neighborhoods, an interim zoning tool that is used to maintain increased public review and community voice in the evaluation of proposed new development during a planning process. PLAN: Mattapan PLAN: Mattapan will work with the community to identify needs and opportunities for improvements to support the long-term equitable growth and sustainability of the neighborhood.  Focuses will include economic development, access to opportunity and the creation of transit-oriented market-rate and affordable housing growth in the neighborhood, while preserving the neighborhood's character. PLAN: Newmarket As identified in Imagine Boston 2030, the Newmarket area, located on the Fairmont line, offers opportunities for the preservation and strengthening of critical industrial uses alongside  transit-oriented growth that increases job density and strengthens connections to Downtown and adjacent neighborhoods. PLAN: Newmarket will build on the historic industrial use of the neighborhood while exploring the potential to encourage commercial job growth and creates opportunities for local residents.  The plan will work to ensure that future growth is climate ready and enhances area resiliency. Allston-Brighton Mobility Study Partly in response to the increased pace of development in recent years, the BPDA, in collaboration with the Boston Transportation Department, will commence a mobility study focused on strategies to improve the multi-modal transportation network, with a particular emphasis on establishing a list of measures that may be implemented through mitigation by future development. These planning initiatives build on the comprehensive community planning that has taken place under the Walsh Administration. Planning guidelines have been passed for PLAN: JP/Rox and PLAN: South Boston Dorchester Avenue, and planning efforts are ongoing in Roxbury's Dudley Square and Dorchester's Upham's Corner and Glover's Corner. Additional details about the planning initiatives announced today will be made available in the coming months.

王野野應邀訪波士頓 介紹五色療法並義診

               (Boston Orange)

               以五色醫療著稱的王氏中醫創辦人王野野，應Charmit World Foundation之邀，六月四日，五日，分別在屋本市(Woburn)康樂中心，和比樂瑞加(Billerica)鎮的新天地，為老人家義診，介紹五色療法，現場示範，並請接受治療者即場分享感受，會末還送了許多五色貼紙給出席的老人家們。

            根據主辦單位介紹及網路資料，來自台灣台南的王野野，鑽研易經，五行八卦，創出五色療法，針法，電針療法，正骨技術等等。近年來不但屢次應復旦大學，北京大學等校醫學院教師主辦的會議邀請，擔任講者，2016年12月，還曾獲中國國家政協副主席張梅穎，英國大使館文教處劉風梅邀請，參加善醫行的公益培訓活動，還資助雲南村醫到北京接受培訓，得到”善醫行”頒給特殊貢獻獎。

               王野野在兩場老人中心的介紹與義診，讓會場許多人感到不可思議，似乎病痛一下子就減輕許多。

                             波士頓內熱心人士，有意促請學術界進一步研究王野野的五色療法，以科研方法驗證，以俾將來推廣，讓更多人受益。