紐英崙中華公所將首辦全美中華會館大會 大同村停車場交Beacon發展

後右起，Beacon社區執行長Dara Kovel，發展副總裁Josh Cohen，B/Cott建築師事務所建築師鄭繼良說明該團隊
提出的大同村停車場發展計畫概要。(周菊子攝)

鄭繼良(左)早從1970年代就為維護華人權益努力。
(周菊子攝)

                     (Boston Orange 周菊子波士頓報導)紐英崙中華公所在2019年首次董事大會中，做出兩項重大決定，一為預定今年九月承辦全美中華會館大會，二為大同村停車場發展案選定烽火社區(Beacon Community)為合作對象。

                     一旦通過，將大改中華公所運作模式的設立15人常務委員會，另加選舉/章程，物業，財務，特別事務等4個輔助小組，試行一年的議案，則因當晚會議中其他的陳情，報告，討論耗時過多，擱置到下次董事大會討論。

Peter Munkenbeck將續任中華公所發展顧問。(周菊子攝)

                 承辦全美中華會館大會一節，經公所主席陳家驊在主席報告環節中說明後，董事們幾無異議的通過，決定承辦。目前預定九月份舉行，確切日期及內容還待確認。一名華埠資深僑領表示，這應該是波士頓第一次承辦全美中華會館年會。

                    陳家驊還在主席報告中說明，        11月15日繳交給麻州總檢察辦公室的季報，已發送副本給董事們，下次預定在今年2月15日繳交；黃光野及黃氏宗親會和紐英崙中華公所之間的訟案，雙方代表晤談過兩次，都無結果，預定今年5月21日庭審。

                   今年中華公所董事大會比較特別的部分是有了一名行政主任，公所主席6項報告中關於土地發展的3項，也都以”包括在行政主任報告中”的，一句帶過。

                    甫於去年獲聘為年薪10萬元中華公所行政主任的中華公所前英文書記朱蘇珊，以5頁行政主任報告，分別交代了5項與土地、物業有關事務進展，3項其他事務，13項表決動議。

董事梁添光質疑中華公所董事會現在已經變成"老番"
組織，開會竟幾乎全用英文。(周菊子攝)

                   關於土地、物業部分，泰勒(Tyler)街78號礙於中華公所與天主教會對租金額度和購買權的看法有歧異，現處於擱置狀態。

喜露(Herald)街50號，一旦中華公所董事大會批准和戴維斯公司，波士頓華人佈道會合作發展，中華公所將可獲得1500萬元經費，建造可負擔住宅，供年薪達平均中位收入80%至100%的人家購買。目前租用喜露街50號的中國超市(C-Mart)，在繳交租金時間上未遵守規定，現已改採每季繳交辦法，2019年1至3月的租金$79.180.26元，已於2018年12月31日前繳交。中華公所仍在向中國超市追討保險證明。

董事們舉手投票，決定是否要當晚表決和哪個發展團隊
協商。(周菊子攝)

泰勒街90號，樓梯及殘障坡道的維修已竣工。費用約102,232元，中華公所支出約32,232元。B6室及外牆縫填補，一月初已竣工。中華公所建遊客中心的可行性研究，經董事大會同意，中華公所和麻州文化協會各出3萬元辦理。中華公所物業小組已和承辦的羅燕玲，Cindy Lee，阮坤慈，以及紐英崙華人歷史協會晤談。最近中華公所又收到，要用在建遊客中心上的捐款，有波士頓基金會2萬元，Henderson基金會4萬元，阮陳金鳳1萬2000元。羅燕玲和Cindy Lee預定2月份到中華公所董事大會報告。

英文書記司徒文信逐個從董事們那兒收取投票。(周菊子攝)

大同村，公所物業小組成員許揚威，陳文棟，梅麗梨，蔣宗壬，阮鴻燦，司徒文信，余麗媖，李源沛等人在2018年12月19日時，和三個土地發展商面談，包括亞美社區發展協會，峰火社區，榮氏(Winn)發展等。當天也出席了的還有Peter Munkenbeck, Dan Hubbard, 羅燕玲，陳文浩，梅伍銀寬，周樹昂，朱蘇珊等人。2019年1月5日，7名中華公所代表走訪了三家土地發展商所擁有或管理的物業，然後在1月10日有6名物業小組成員，11名中華公所董事出席的物業小組會議中，投票決定向中華公所董事大會推薦採用峰火社區做為發展大同村停車場的合作夥伴。

1月29日晚，中華公所在2019年首次董事大會中，邀烽火社區介紹其發展團隊，公司資歷，報告大同村停車場發展提案後，董事們儘管一度對是否應該當晚即席投票決定採納物業小組建議有歧見，最後仍以27票贊成通過。中華公所將與烽火社區商談合作協議，做設計，招標承建商，和波士頓計畫發展局互動。

華福樓有電梯現代化工程，遭遇火災等狀況。

英文書記司徒文信逐個從董事們那兒收取投票。(周菊子攝)

其他事項部分，分別為報告司徒文信接任英文書記，需添加為有權簽署中華公所帳戶者，透過華美福利會發出了徵求兼職簿記人員廣告，Peter Munkenbeck將與中華公所簽署新的顧問約，收費為時薪200元，中華公所每有土地發展計畫，開發費和中華公所收取間接費的6%，也需付給他做為額外報償。

中華公所董事大會現場。(周菊子攝)

13項表決動議，關於大同村的5項，泰勒街90號2項，大同村2項，其他4項，包括確認，批准陳家驊，陳文浩，司徒文信，雷國輝及朱蘇珊是所有中華公所帳戶的授權簽名人；授權中華公所行政主任執行協議，向政府辦理申報，處理有關中華公所，以及中華公所的大同村管理公司，華福樓，華福樓管理公司等的營運文件；授權中華公所行政主任可單獨簽署1000元以下支票，可和財政合簽1000元以上支票。若財政不在，可和主席合簽。第13項動議是有關授權行政主任與Peter Munkenbeck簽署新約。

                 2019年度的紐英崙中華公所董事大會，除了去年的英文書記朱蘇珊轉職為行政主任，華埠退伍軍人會董事司徒文信上任英文書記一職之外，在應有的33個僑團41名董事中，今年有4席董事變動，分別為紐英崙至孝篤親公所派出的兩名新人，陳偉民、陳建立。華裔退伍軍人會的余國華，伍胥山公所的伍樂仁。

2019年紐英崙中華公所首次董事會，有余國華(右立者)，
陳偉民(前右二)等四名新董事。(周菊子攝)

                 中華公所將於2月6日在帝苑大酒樓舉辦慶祝豬年春宴，2月17日主辦華埠醒獅賀歲，2月26日晚召開下次董事大會。(圖片已於1月30日發表)

波士頓慈濟歲末舉心燈獻祝福

波士頓慈濟師兄師姐舉心燈，獻祝福。(蔡俊田提供)

                     (Boston Orange 周菊子牛頓市報導)慈濟基金會波士頓聯絡處1月26日下午在牛頓市會所舉辦”歲末祝福”會，以影片回顧去年賑災概況，播放證嚴上人的開釋，並在本地師兄師姐齊眉舉心燈中，祝福新的一年世界祥和，人人平安。

波士頓慈濟聯絡人吳建發(右三)和左起，甯靜嘉，彭淑敏，
李以蕙，陳裕逢等師兄姐們感謝波士頓經文處處長徐佑典、
杜麗雲夫婦(右四，五)，波士頓僑教中心主任歐宏偉(右二)，
羅倫斯市代表出席。(蔡俊田提供)

               波士頓慈濟的歲末祝福會在慈濟鼓隊演奏中揭幕。司儀謝宜芳師姐宣讀歲末祝福會的緣由，說明當天發放的福慧紅包，來自證嚴上人出版品的版稅，請出席者同唸一段開經偈，同以恭敬心為歲末祝福揭開序幕後，放映影片，回顧過去這一年，美國加州大火，麻州郊區氣爆，世界各地災難頻傳，慈濟人的賑濟腳步停不下來，災民獲得幫助後感恩之情溢於言表等情況。會中也特地播放了證嚴上人闡釋慈濟人不分你我，秉持助人為上心態的錄影片段。

慈濟師兄姊們。(蔡俊田提供)

               會末，慈濟師兄姐們演出手語歌，波士頓慈濟聯絡人吳建發率一眾師兄，師姐手捧心燈，走到台前，舉燈齊眉的向出席者獻上謙誠祝福，再一一發放證嚴上人的福慧紅包。

               包括駐波士頓台北經濟文化辦事處處長徐佑典，波士頓僑教中心主任歐宏偉，波士頓僑務委員蔣宗壬，以及多名贊助波士頓慈濟的熱心人士，當天共有逾百人出席。

昆士市市長亞裔顧問會2019二月匯報

QMAAAC Update – February 2019/ Quincy Mayor's Asian American Advisory Committee

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Happy Chinese New Year! 2019 is the Year of the Pig. We wish you great health and prosperity.

1. "The Eye on Quincy TV Show"

The next live broadcast is scheduled to Feb 4, 2019 on the eve of the Chinese New Year.   

Show schedule: The 1st and 3rd Mondays of each month at 7pm on QATV - Channel 8 except holidays. Facebook account: Eye on Quincy

2. Constituent service - housekeeping notes:

New recycling guidelines:

 How to read your property tax bills?

3. Recent Quincy News Headlines:

on Quincy Sun: http://www.theQuincySun.com & on the City’s Web: http://www.quincyma.gov

* City of Quincy to implement alert notification system

  http://thequincysun.com/2019/01/29/city-of-quincy-to-implement-alert-notification-system/

* Downtown construction activities week of Jan 27, 2019

  http://thequincysun.com/2019/01/25/downtown-construction-activities-week-of-jan-27/

* 2019 City Census mailed

  https://www.quincyma.gov/news/displaynews.htm?NewsID=615&TargetID=1

* Fiscal 2019 Tax Rate Information

  https://www.quincyma.gov/news/displaynews.htm?NewsID=594&TargetID=1

4. The "Quincy Monthly Gathering"

A self-pay activity started in Quincy by a group of Asian community workers in the early 1990s.

"New comers" are welcome to join this informal social gathering.

Time/ date/ place of the next gathering: TBA, Please check out http://www.quincyasian.org for updates. 

For an evite to the gathering, please write an email to Betty Yau at Kfyau@aol.com or byau@quincyma.gov

Until next time.

Respectfully submitted,

Betty Yau, (member); co-writer: Tom Fabrizio of the City of Quincy

on behalf of Fire Inspector Jimmy Wong (co-chair)

Mayor's Asian American Advisory Committee (producer of the "Eye on Quincy" TV Show:)

Vision: to help create a unified community environment.

Mission: to provide a bridge between the City and the Asian American residents

Who we are: We are a dedicated volunteer group. Many of us are Chinese Americans and long time Quincy residents. Our enthusiasm on community matters makes us realize that civil responsibilities are as equally important as civil rights.

http://www.quincyasian.org; facebook: eye on quincy; 617-376-1298

紐英崙中華專業人員協會2/9慶豬年新春

Governors Baker, Newsom Place Friendly Wagers on Super Bowl LIII

Governors Baker, Newsom Place Friendly Wagers on Super Bowl LIII

New England Patriots to take on Los Angeles Rams this Sunday

BOSTON — Ahead of Sunday’s Super Bowl matchup between the New England Patriots and the Los Angeles Rams, today Governor Charlie Baker of Massachusetts and Governor Gavin Newsom of California announced a friendly wager on the game’s outcome.

Governor Baker wagered volunteer hours by himself and the Governor’s Office staff at a local charity should the Rams pull off an upset.

“Contrary to popular belief, the New England Patriots are still here and heading to their third straight Super Bowl to give the Rams everything they’ve got,” said Governor Charlie Baker. “We look forward to watching the G.O.A.T., Tom Brady, get his sixth ring, and to a local California charity reaping the benefits of yet another championship for New England.”

Governor Newsom has also wagered his and his staff’s time volunteering at a local California charity.  

“I have great respect for Governor Baker and the people of Massachusetts. Our states have so much in common,” said Governor Gavin Newsom. “But by the time the game is over on Sunday I’m confident that Sean McVay and the Rams will have the good people of the Commonwealth crying in their chowder.”

Super Bowl kickoff is at scheduled for 6:30 PM ET on Sunday. 

黃俊文、黃海倫小提琴、鋼琴二重奏 波士頓樂評大讚

黃俊文(左)，黃海倫(右)演奏後謝幕。(主辦單位提供)

(Boston Orange 周菊子整理報導) 中華表演藝術基金會1月26日晚在紐英崙音樂學院喬登廳 (Jordan Hall)舉辦的小提琴家黃俊文及鋼琴家黃海倫二重奏，優雅演繹四首奏鳴曲，不但搏得300多名聽眾的多次熱烈起立鼓掌，會後樂評家也給予極高評價。

黃俊文在演奏中場休息前致詞。
(主辦單位提供)

黃俊文與黃海倫兩人都是年輕又有成就的音樂演奏家，約五年前的2014年3月，也是應中華表演藝術基金會之邀，首次在紐英崙音樂學院喬登廳同台演出，五年後，他們兩人在音樂路上各有長足發展，分別獲得許多獎項。

黃俊文在2015 年獲得著名的艾佛瑞費雪事業成就獎 (Avery Fisher Career Award)， 2017年再得林肯中心新興藝術家獎，還獲邀加入林肯中心室內樂團協會。華盛頓郵報稱他為“一位前途無可限量的藝術家”。

黃海倫8歲開始與許多知名演奏家及樂團合作演出，1995年，才13歲時，就獲得艾佛瑞費雪事業成就獎，成為該獎最年輕得主之一。2004年她從茱莉亞音樂學院畢業，接著取得耶魯大學碩士學位。2008年起在茱莉亞音樂學院的大學預科任教，現與丈夫和兩個女兒住在新澤西州。

他們兩人當晚演奏的曲目包括德沃夏克(DVORAK)小奏鳴曲( Op. 100 )，普羅科菲耶夫(PROKOFIEV)第1號f小調奏鳴曲(Op. 80)，伊薩伊(YSAŸE)的Rêve d’enfant, Op. 14，法郎克(FRANCK)小提琴和鋼琴A大調奏鳴曲。會末他們安可了一曲雅沙海菲茲(Jascha Heifetz)改編亞瑟班傑明(Arthur Benjamin)的Jamaican Rhumba。

波士頓音樂界的許多名人當晚都在座。其中的波士頓音樂情報員(Boston Musical Intelligencer)知名樂評家李艾斯曼，以『兩黃合作的最高境界(Huang Teamwork in the Highest)』來稱譽這場演出。他指出，他們兩人在節目冊封面上宛如青少年，在演奏廳舞台上，卻優雅，穩健，有大師風範。他們演奏的德沃夏克小奏鳴曲，一般都在小樂坊演出，但這晚在大型音樂廳演奏這曲子，卻一樣能很好的表達了作曲家想要展現的思鄉懷舊情緒。

李艾斯曼還形容他倆在演奏普羅科菲耶夫的曲目時，把聽眾帶到了另一個世界，在整晚的表演中似乎不斷轉換角色，期間，黃俊文更以他令人不可思議的洞察力和黃海倫一起探入危險的演奏新領域。

            他們兩人的演出，當晚深獲聽眾喜愛，不但贏得聽眾的數度起立鼓掌，還安可一曲。

中華表演藝術基金會下一場音樂會將於3月30日(週六)晚八點，邀鋼琴家Daniel Hsu 在紐英崙音樂學院喬登廳演出。Daniel Hsu曾獲許多頂級獎項，是2017年范克里本Van Cliburn鋼琴大賽的銅獎得主。

MAYOR WALSH APPOINTS DR. LORNA RIVERA TO THE BOSTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE

MAYOR WALSH APPOINTS DR. LORNA RIVERA TO THE BOSTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE

BOSTON - Thursday, January 31, 2019 - Mayor Martin J. Walsh today announced the appointment of Dr. Lorna Rivera to the Boston School Committee, the governing body of the Boston Public Schools (BPS). Dr. Lorna Rivera is the Director of the Mauricio Gastón Institute for Latino Community Development & Public Policy, and an Associate Professor of Women's & Gender Studies at the University of Massachusetts-Boston. "A Boston Public Schools parent and an accomplished educator with an extensive background in student advancement and strengthening diverse communities, Dr. Rivera is a wonderful addition to the Boston School Committee," said Mayor Walsh. "I look forward to Lorna's valuable contributions to our students and schools as we continue to work together to create more opportunities for all students." The seven-member Boston School Committee is responsible for defining the vision, mission and goals of the Boston Public Schools; establishing and monitoring the annual operating budget; hiring, managing and evaluating the Superintendent; and setting and reviewing district policies and practices to support student achievement. "As the parent of a 5th grader at the Charles Sumner elementary school, I am honored to serve on the school committee, and am really looking forward to working with others to create a better future for our youth," said Dr. Rivera. "I am also an educator and education researcher who is committed to advancing Boston Public Schools' and Mayor Walsh's goals to address opportunity gaps and to support the needs of Boston's diverse student populations." "I am very happy to welcome another parent to the Boston School Committee," said Michael Loconto, Chairperson of the Boston School Committee.  "Dr. Rivera's deep experience with the Boston Public Schools will allow her to hit the ground running and continue supporting district-wide work to close opportunity and achievement gaps." Currently, Dr. Rivera is working on the Latinx Student Success Initiative, a partnership with Bunker Hill Community College, to improve retention and graduation rates for Latinx college students. Dr. Rivera also works with the Talented & Gifted (TAG) and Proyecto Alerta afterschool programs that serve Latinx bilingual students in the Boston Public Schools. She has extensive community service and co-founded a national nonprofit, WE LEARN, dedicated to advancing women's literacy. Dr. Rivera serves on the Advisory Boards of the Center to Support Immigrant Organizing and the Latino Education Institute, and on the Board of Directors for the Hyde Square Task Force, an arts-based youth development organization serving Afro-Latinx youth in Boston.   Dr. Rivera's family is originally from Puerto Rico, and she was raised in Chicago and attended Chicago Public Schools. Dr. Rivera has a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education from DePaul University, state of Illinois licensure in Language Arts & Social Studies grades K-9, and a Masters and Doctorate in Sociology from Northeastern University. Between 1994 and 2001 she taught G.E.D. classes and also was the director of the Adult Learners Program at Project Hope in Dorchester.   In 2001, Dr. Rivera joined the faculty at UMass Boston and her research focuses on women's and adult literacy programs, racial/ethnic health disparities, and the education of Latinx students and immigrant students. She is the author of many scholarly articles and the award-winning book, Laboring to Learn: Women's Literacy & Poverty in the Post-Welfare Era (2008, University of Illinois Press). Her research has been funded by the Society for the Study of Social Problems, the National Academy of Education, the Spencer Foundation, National Center for Family Literacy, and National Institutes on Health.   Dr. Rivera has lived in the Jamaica Plain and Roslindale Square neighborhoods for over 27 years, and she is the proud parent of a ten-year old boy who attends the Charles Sumner Elementary School. Dr. Rivera also formerly served as the Co-Chair of the Parent Council at the Sumner school. She lives in Roslindale. The seven members of the School Committee are Boston residents appointed by the Mayor of Boston to serve four-year staggered terms. Mayor Walsh made these appointments based on a list of candidates recommended by a 13-member Citizens Nominating Panel composed of parents, teachers, principals, and representatives of business and higher education. Under the legislation that established the appointed School Committee, "the Mayor shall strive to appoint individuals who reflect the racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic diversity of the city." In December, Mayor Walsh appointed Quoc Tran and reappointed Jeri Robinson to the Boston School Committee. For more information on the School Committee, please visit here.

MAYOR WALSH LEADS 39TH ANNUAL HOMELESS CENSUS

MAYOR WALSH LEADS 39TH ANNUAL HOMELESS CENSUS

Yearly count of Boston's homeless individuals guides the City's housing efforts

BOSTON - Thursday, January 31, 2019 - On Wednesday night, Mayor Martin J. Walsh led a group of hundreds of volunteers, including City and State officials, community and civic leaders, and homeless providers in conducting the City's 39th annual homeless census. The street count is part of a larger census of homeless adults and families in emergency shelters, transitional housing, and domestic violence programs. The results from this year's homeless census will be available in the coming months. "We have prioritized ending chronic homelessness since day one, and making sure that everyone has a place to call home," said Mayor Walsh. "Besides providing critical insight to guide our efforts to end homelessness while offering immediately assistance to individuals in need of shelter, the homeless census is always an opportunity to embrace who we are as a community, the values we share, and how deeply we care about one another." In 2017, Boston was identified by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) as the city with the lowest percentage of unsheltered people living on the street of any city conducting a census. Last year, less than three percent of Boston's homeless population was sleeping on the street. The annual homeless census is required by HUD as a key component of Boston's $26 million federal grant. This year, 330 volunteers canvassed 45 areas covering every neighborhood, Logan Airport, and the transit and parks systems. Volunteers canvassed their assigned areas, identified those sleeping on the street, and conducted a short survey. The surveys will be closely analyzed to ensure accuracy, and will be cross-checked and combined with the results of the simultaneous shelter count. The night the 2018 Annual Homeless Census was conducted, 1,779 individuals were using Boston's Emergency Shelter system, compared to 1,762 in 2017. Boston also saw a decrease of more than 12 percent in the number of individuals sleeping on the street. In January 2018, there were 163 individuals sleeping on the street, as opposed to 186 in January 2017. Nationally, the number of unsheltered homeless has increased by 9 percent. There were no families staying on the streets or unsheltered in Boston on the night of the census. Boston's Way Home, the City's plan to end chronic and veteran homelessness prioritizes the housing first approach, meaning that when a person enters into the shelter system they begin a path toward permanent and stable housing. Since the plan's launch in 2015, City agencies and community partners have dramatically redesigned the way services are delivered to homeless individuals, increasing resources devoted to housing and deploying new technologies to match formerly homeless people with housing and services. Since the launch Boston's Way Home, the City has: Housed 667 chronically homeless individuals, representing more than 4,000 years of homelessness ended. (The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services defines chronically homeless individuals as adults with a disability who have been either living in an emergency shelter or in a place not meant for human habitation continuously for 12 months or more, or who have had four occasions of homelessness in the past three years that total 12 months or more.) Reduced chronic homelessness in Boston by 20 percent from 2016 to 2018, and by 46 percent from 2008 to 2018 Housed 915 homeless veterans and ended chronic homelessness among veterans Reduced the number of homeless veterans in Boston on a single night by 37 percent since 2015 and by 48 percent over the past 4 years Partnered with six affordable housing owners in Boston to create a homeless veteran preference within their housing Announced an action plan to support young Bostonians experiencing homelessness Received $5 million in donations to build 200 new units of supportive, long-term housing for chronically homeless men in women through Boston's Way Home Fund The City of Boston recently received a  $26.3 million federal grant to support Boston's homelessness programs. Boston was awarded the funding as the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced the results of its annual 2018 McKinney Homeless Continuum of Care funding competition. The award will be use to help end chronic and veteran homelessness in the City. Mayor Walsh recently announced his legislative package submitted to the Massachusetts Legislature to create greater opportunity for all residents in the Commonwealth. The  bills related to housing security would prevent homelessness by helping existing tenants, particularly older adults, remain in their homes, and create additional funding for affordable housing. This work builds off Boston's commitment to ensuring all communities have affordable and equitable housing options.