CAPAC Members Mark Sixth Anniversary of Shelby County v. Holder

CAPAC Members Mark Sixth Anniversary of Shelby County v. Holder

Washington, DC —  Today marks the sixth anniversary of the Supreme Court’sShelby County v. Holder decision, which struck down key provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Members of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) released the following statements:

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

“Our democracy is built on the idea of one person, one vote. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was enacted to ensure that standard remains in effect for all Americans, regardless of race, class, age, or language ability. But since the Supreme Court gutted key components of the Voting Rights Act in its Shelby County v. Holder decision, we have seen a wave of voter suppression efforts enacted to disenfranchise millions of Americans. This includes restrictive voter ID laws, polling location closures, denial of language assistance, voter roll purges, and restrictions on voter registration and early voting.

“These unfair practices disproportionately hurt Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and other communities of color. This is why we must pass legislation to restore the Voting Rights Act and ensure that every U.S. citizen has equal access to the ballot box. As Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, I am proud to support legislation to protect the scared right to vote and restore the integrity of our elections.”

Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-03), CAPAC Civil Rights Task Force Chair:

“Today marks six years since the disastrous Supreme Court decision in the Shelby County v. Holder case which struck down key provisions of the Voting Rights Act. The decision was a huge setback for voting rights and dismantled fundamental voter protections that had been in place for nearly 50 years. It has allowed states to engage in discriminatory practices that discourage minority voter turnout in elections, such as passing voter ID laws, closing polling stations and purging voter roles of eligible voters. Members of Congress must work together to restore the Voting Rights Act and ensure access to the ballot box for all Americans.”

Congressman Ro Khanna (CA-17):

“In the Shelby County v. Holder decision, the Supreme Court effectively legitimized the forms of voting intimidation and voter suppression that the Voting Rights Act of 1965 sought to eliminate. 6 years later, Asian American and Pacific Islander communities still vote at rates lower than the national average. My colleagues and I will continue to fight until every American is able to freely exercise their right to vote.”

Congresswoman Katherine Clark (MA-05):

“6 years ago, the Supreme Court delivered a significant blow to voting rights in Shelby County v. Holder by ruling that a key provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was unconstitutional. Since Shelby, nearly two-dozen states and several municipalities have implemented restrictive voter ID laws, closed or consolidated polling places, shortened early voting, and imposed other measures to restrict voting and lower turnout. These discriminatory policies are designed to systematically disenfranchise people of color, the elderly, people with disabilities, members of the LGBTQ community, and low-income households. We need to ensure that the most fundamental right in our democracy – the right to vote – is protected.”

Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (NY-12):

“The Shelby County v. Holder decision demonstrates why we need the For the People Act to ensure that all eligible voters are able to vote. No citizen should face obstacles in exercising this most basic American right.”

Congressman Scott Peters (CA-52):

“The right to vote is an essential part of our democracy. Sadly, the Shelby County v. Holder Supreme Court decision gutted the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965 and weakened voter protections from discrimination, intimidation, and disenfranchisement. We must pass the Voting Rights Advancement Act to restore the protections of the Voting Rights Act, and undo the damage done by the Shelby County decision. The Senate must also pass H.R. 1 to expand voter protections and protect the American people’s right to vote in free and fair elections.”

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40):

"Six years ago, the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act in its Shelby County v. Holder ruling.  In a healthy democracy, all eligible voters must have full, fair, and easy access to the ballot box; sadly, the Shelby County ruling has made it harder, not easier, for some Americans to exercise their voting rights.  I stand with my fellow Democrats in supporting the restoration of the Voting Rights Act, and protecting every eligible American's ability to get their ballot cast and counted."

Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez (NY-07):

“The right to vote is fundamental, yet to this day, the Supreme Court’s Shelby County v. Holder decision endorses racial discrimination to voting accessibility and threatens the integrity of our democracy. As the Representative of one of the most diverse districts in America, I have and will continue to advocate for voting rights so no voter is barred from the voting process. That’s why I proudly stand with CAPAC and the Congressional Voting Rights Caucus to end our voter suppression crisis. We must restore the democratic protections of the Voting Rights Act hastily gutted by Shelby County v. Holder so that our most vulnerable populations are not stripped of their constitutional right to vote.”

WinnCompanies Announces Completion of The Watson; $44M Project Brings Workforce Housing to Quincy, MA

WinnCompanies Announces Completion of The Watson; $44M Project Brings Workforce Housing to Quincy, MA

JUN 24, 2019

Largest number of middle-income units ever financed by MassHousing

BOSTON, MA (June 24, 2019) – WinnCompanies, an award-winning multifamily development and management company, and its nonprofit partner, NeighborWorks Housing Solutions, today announced the completion of The Watson, a $44 million, 140-unit apartment community that represents the largest number of workforce units ever financed under MassHousing’s Workforce Housing Initiative.

U.S. Rep Stephen Lynch, Gov. Charlie Baker, House Majority Leader Ronald Mariano, Quincy Mayor Thomas P. Koch, HUD Regional Administrator David E. Tille and MassHousing Executive Director Chrystal Kornegay were among the dignitaries who attended today’s ribbon-cutting ceremony at the newly constructed property.

The Watson features 86 apartments available to rent at 110% of Area Median Income (AMI), a new “middle-income” rental category aimed at individuals and families whose incomes are too high for traditional housing subsidies but too low to afford rising rental housing costs. Twenty percent of the property (28 apartments) are rented at 50% AMI and 20 percent (26 apartments) are market rate units.

All but one of the workforce units are rented.

“We are proud this community is already 96 percent leased. It’s clearly having a positive impact for working people who have struggled to find apartments that they can afford in greater Boston,” said WinnCompanies CEO Gilbert Winn. “This is a national model for a true mixed-income community as it is able to provide housing for low, middle and higher income renters under one roof in a major metropolitan market with the vast majority of the units restricted for the so-called ‘forgotten middle.’”

Construction was financed by Citigroup, city and state soft loans, and equity from WinnDevelopment. The project’s various income restrictions were made possible through permanent financing and a workforce housing loan from MassHousing, city and state soft loans, LIHTC equity, and equity driven by the Housing Development Incentive Program (HDIP), a Massachusetts tax credit program designed to create housing in cities like Quincy. Dorfman Capital served as the capital provider for the HDIP tax credits. NeighborWorks America provided pre-development funding.

“We’re very proud of this project. We’re proud of a number of the efforts that have gone forward under our workforce housing initiative,” said Gov. Charlie Baker. “We continue to look forward to working with great communities like Quincy, our colleagues at the federal government, our colleagues in the private sector to continue to put opportunities like this together for people here in the Commonwealth.”

The project represents a major urban place-making initiative. It was developed on the site of a long-vacant former office building adjacent to the former Fore River Shipyard, a largely dormant, sprawling ship-building complex facility that stands as one of Quincy’s best opportunities for mixed-use, mixed-income development. Community leaders believe The Watson will serve as a new anchor that generates more private investment opportunities in an underdeveloped area of the city.

"Workforce Housing is essential to the balance of our residents’ needs," said Mayor Thomas Koch.  "I applaud a project like The Watson for the value it brings to our City."

The City of Quincy contributed $2 million, consisting of $1.25 million from its Affordable Housing Trust Fund, $500,000 in HOME funds and $250,000 in Community Preservation Act funds. That support, blended with tax-exempt financing, allowed WinnCompanies and NeighborWorks to generate federal Low-Income Housing Tax Credit equity, which in turn, created meaningful affordability while minimizing the use of scarce state affordable housing resources.

“We need to connect families to jobs and to the economy and transportation to really fulfill their lives, not just warehousing people,” said U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch. “We really appreciate the work that WinnCompanies has done here. This is a real partnership that cobbled together about 20 different programs to develop housing that working families can live in and that working people can afford.”

The Watson would not have been possible without the strong partnership between WinnCompanies and NeighborWorks Housing Solutions. As part owner and co-developer, the non-profit helped source the opportunity, provided clerk of the works services, and raised critical local and federal funding to support the project.

"NeighborWorks has been focused on community redevelopment in Quincy Point for decades and we are so thrilled to see this amazing project completed,” said NeighborWorks CEO Rob Corley. “The Watson benefits households of all incomes and is a true public private partnership resulting in a tremendous reinvestment in this proud neighborhood.”

The property offers eight studio, 85 one bedroom and 47 two-bedroom units, and includes a gym, community room, networking lounge, a dog park, and a large second floor patio courtyard.

“WinnCompanies and NeighborWorks have developed a new mixed-income housing community that has anchored new development in an underutilized area of a Gateway City,” said MassHousing Executive Director Chrystal Kornegay. “This project has provided long-term affordability for low and middle-income households and highlights the importance of creating workforce housing for families who want to live and work in communities with expensive rental housing like Quincy.”

Led by WinnDevelopment Vice President Meade Curtis and Senior Project Director Andrew Colbert, work on The Watson began in June 2017. Cube3 Studio served as the architect and Dellbrook | JKS served as the general contractor.

The community is managed by WinnResidential, the nation’s sixth largest multifamily property manager. In greater Boston, WinnResidential manages 167 properties in all income categories, totaling 14,270 apartments.

WinnCompanies CEO Gilbert Winn cuts the celebratory ribbon, surrounded by U.S. Congressman Stephen Lynch, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker, Massachusetts State Senator John Keenan, Quincy Mayor Thomas P. Koch, HUD Regional Administrator David E. Tille, MassHousing Executive Director Chrystal Kornegay, WinnDevelopment President and Managing Partner Larry Curtis and NeighborWorks Executive Director Rob Corley.

MAYOR WALSH APPOINTS YUSUFI VALI AS DIRECTOR OF MAYOR’S OFFICE FOR IMMIGRANT ADVANCEMENT

MAYOR WALSH APPOINTS YUSUFI VALI AS DIRECTOR OF MAYOR’S OFFICE FOR IMMIGRANT ADVANCEMENT

Yusufi Vali. Photo from Mayor's office

BOSTON - Friday, June 21, 2019 - Mayor Martin J. Walsh today announced the appointment of Yusufi Vali as the new director of the Mayor’s Office for Immigrant Advancement (MOIA). In this role, Vali will lead Mayor Walsh’s vision for uplifting all of Boston’s immigrant communities on multiple fronts: ensuring safety and security, providing equitable access to city government, and promoting economic, cultural and civic integration.

“I am incredibly proud of the success we have had in Boston in highlighting the contributions that immigrants bring to our City, and I am excited to welcome Yusufi as the new director of the Office for Immigrant Advancement,” said Mayor Walsh. “He has a strong record of fighting for immigrant and vulnerable communities, and I am looking forward to seeing him succeed in this role as Boston remains at the forefront of welcoming and protecting our immigrant community.”

Mayor Marty Walsh introduce Yusufi Vali as the new
director of the Mayor’s Office for Immigrant Advancement
 (MOIA). Photo by Chutze Chou

Vali brings to MOIA more than a decade of experience, most recently as executive director of the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center (ISBCC), a mosque and community center that serves over 1,500 congregants of 64 different ethnicities, the majority of which with an immigrant background. In this role, he fostered relationships with community, interfaith, and political leaders to raise the mosque’s public profile, combat hateful rhetoric, and facilitate the Muslim community’s integration into Boston.

“Having immigrated from India at the age of nine, I know how hard it is for families to find their footing in a new place and culture, particularly during current times of divisive and ugly rhetoric,” said Yusufi Vali. “I am excited to lead our City’s efforts in ensuring immigrants feel right at home, have access to opportunities, and contribute to Boston’s growth and well-being, just as immigrants have done throughout our country’s history.”

In his role as executive director at the ISBCC, Vali developed a strategic framework via a rigorous needs-assessment of congregants, which led to the doubling of ISBCC programs and services. As one of Vali’s first actions as executive director, he organized a series of meetings with Jewish and Christian leaders which fostered a supportive interfaith relationship.

Vali also led the response of the ISBCC in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing, sharing Muslim values and reassuring Boston’s Muslim community that their city would continue to be a welcoming place for everyone. Vali has consistently advocated against stigmatizing federal policies and programs, most recently the Trump Administration’s Muslim ban. Vali and his team organized multiple “Know Your Rights” trainings, educating hundreds of community members, business, political and civic leaders, on the policy.

Before joining the ISBCC in 2012, Vali was a community organizer with the Greater Boston Interfaith Organization, where he advocated for better education and access to health care for low-income families. He was a Fulbright Scholar, a Marshall Scholar, and is currently a Barr Fellow. He holds two master's degrees from the London School of Economics and the School of Oriental and African Studies, and a bachelor's degree from Princeton University.

"MIRA welcomes the Mayor's appointment of Yusufi Vali as the director of the Office for Immigrant Advancement," said Eva Millona, executive director of the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition (MIRA). "He has a known track record of championing immigrant and refugee issues. He will be a tremendous asset to the Mayor and the city."

MOIA endeavors to strengthen immigrant participation in Boston’s diverse civic, social, economic, and cultural life. The office also promotes the recognition and public understanding of immigrant contributions to the City of Boston, and serves as the City agency leading the efforts to mitigate the impact of federal immigration restrictions on the City's immigrants.

Mayor Walsh and Councilor Josh Zakim recently announced amendments to the "Boston Trust Act," a City ordinance that delineates the work of local law enforcement officials and federal immigration laws. Since the start of the Trump's Administration reform on the immigration system, Mayor Walsh has been opposed to proposed changes to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, the termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS), the proposed redefinition of "public charge," and HUD's proposed rule to expel from public housing mixed-status families paying prorated rent.

Mayor Walsh recently included $50,000 in his FY20 Budget proposal dedicated to the Greater Boston Immigrant Defense Fund, which strives to increase education and access to legal services to defend its many immigrant communities, refugees, and temporary status holders. This supplements MOIA’s ongoing efforts in this area such as Immigrant Information Corners, with multilingual information about citizenship, financial empowerment, and public and community resources. MOIA also offers free immigration clinics at City Hall, and has facilitated “Know Your Rights” and “Immigration 101” presentations to communities and service providers. Since 2014, MOIA has co-hosted Citizenship Day in Boston, which has helped more than 1,000 eligible immigrants apply for citizenship.

The MOIA mini-grant program has awarded almost $200,000 to Boston-based, immigrant-led and immigrant-serving non-profit organizations, which has served over 2,000 constituents through programs such as ESOL classes, legal screening clinics, citizenship application assistance, youth mentoring, and civic engagement classes.

Under Mayor Walsh, MOIA has been a model for municipal governments motivated to support and advance its diverse immigrant communities. MOIA held the regional Municipal Leaders for Immigrant Advancement Summit at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute in 2017 and the first national best practices convening of the Cities for Action coalition at Suffolk University in 2018. The "To Immigrants With Love" public art campaign and “Who We Are: Boston Immigration Then and Now” traveling map exhibit have brought visibility to Boston’s immigrant past and present.

For more information on the Mayor’s Office for Immigrant Advancement, please visit https://www.boston.gov/immigrants.

美洲華人生物科學協會波士頓分會”前沿生物技術論壇”

美洲華人生物科學協會波士頓分會首屆”前沿生物
技術論壇”。(周菊子攝)

               (Boston Orange 周菊子劍橋市報導)美洲華人生物科學協會波士頓分會(SCBA-BBB) 6月15日在兒童醫院舉辦首屆”前沿生物技術論壇”，邀集George Church，劉小樂等25名教授、專家，探討基因剪輯，單細胞科技，以及用於藥物輸送的奈米科技，保護及商業化生物科技智慧財產權等方面的研究進展。

會長周曉波。(周菊子攝)

會議主持者，講者。(周菊子攝)

             大會由美洲華人生物科學協會波士頓分會會長暨哈佛大學助理教授周曉波，哈佛醫學院暨美國癌症協會神經學教授賀熹說明該會緣起，歷史，目標揭開序幕。他們指出，1990年代初，一群年輕的博士後，經常周末聚餐，聯誼，彼此扶助，交流學術，培養出感情，1998年就成立了波士頓生物及生物科技協會(BBB)，1999年再發展成為中美生物醫學專家協會(ACPB)。其後2008年2月舉辦了一場非常成功的會議，有40多名首席研究者演講，2009年並在盧山推動，找來數家生物科技公司贊助下，由劉小樂教授為該會製作了網站。2018年，BBB在慶祝成立25週年之際，正式成為美洲華人生物科學協會的波士頓分會。

             這次的會議，旨在加快現有先進科技的應用，促進會員之間的合作，並為創新構想得以更順利的商業化，成為臨床產品而努力。該會宗旨為團結，互惠，共同扶持，同舟共濟。

賀熹。(周菊子攝)

當天的會議，有三場主題演講，一場座談，以及兩場論述。三場主題演講依序為，哈佛醫學院教授George Church談”基因工程及原位測序”，哈佛陳曾熙公衛學院教授劉小樂談”腫瘤RNA-seq的隱藏訊號”，霍華休斯醫學研究所(Howard Hughes Medical Institute)調查員暨哈佛醫學院遺傳學暨兒科教授張毅談”從單細胞層次了解大腦的活動”。

George Church。(周菊子攝)

座談的主題為”專利權的商業化”，由塔芙茨大學的孔棟主持，與談人包括HebeCell 企業執行長John Lu，齊魯製藥企業發展長韓家文，哈佛醫學院遺傳學教授張毅，哈佛醫學院教授盧坤平，賽諾菲專利律師 Jing Wang，Wheatherbie資本共同投資長George Dai。

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另外二場論述，”基因剪輯的應用”部分，有6名學者，專家，分別談基因原位誘變，基因剪輯的電腦計算方法；從人類多能幹細胞製造出來的NK-T細胞，以CRISPR/Cas9基礎的極端基因剪輯技術及其應用，ABclonal科技和抗體認證等。”單細胞科技和奈米科技”部分，有4名教授談”透過納米粒子發光看到紅外線”，使用細胞外囊泡ARMMs的傳送藥物治療法，針對癌症中靶向遺傳因素的RNA奈米醫藥，單細胞測序研究DNA損傷和在乳癌BRCA 1-突變體發展中的細胞分化。

會長周曉波(右)和劉小樂教授(左)。(周菊子攝)

這次會議的籌備委員包括周曉波，陳鴻，劉洋彧，張宏煒，楊光。查詢該會詳情可上網https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/bbb-scba。(圖片已於6月19日發表)

Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross Appoints New Members of the President’s Advisory Council on Doing Business in Africa

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department of Commerce, on behalf of President Donald J. Trump, has appointed 26 members to the President’s Advisory Council on Doing Business in Africa (PAC-DBIA).

“The United States is making real progress in Africa, and we remain a strong, long-term, and stable partner in the continent’s economic development especially through the Prosper Africa initiative,” said Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross. “We are working to find solutions to transition aid-based economies to trade-based economies and to creating new pathways for mutually beneficial partnerships.”

The PAC-DBIA was established in 2014 to provide analysis and recommendations to the President, through the Secretary of Commerce, on strengthening commercial engagement between the United States and Africa. In its third term, 2019-2021, the PAC-DBIA will continue to play a critical role informing U.S. government policies and activities across the continent, particularly in advancing the economic pillar of the Trump Administration's Africa Strategy through Prosper Africa, which is a whole-of-government, economic initiative to substantially increase two-way trade and investment as well as support increased jobs in the United States and Africa. Prosper Africa demonstrates this Administration’s commitment to the growth of African countries and modernizes the way the government supports private sector opportunities.

U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Karen Dunn Kelley publicly announced the new PAC-DBIA appointments in a keynote address at the Corporate Council on Africa’s U.S.-Africa Business Summit in Maputo, Mozambique, where business and government leaders from the United States and Africa are exploring business opportunities as well as discussing trade and investment policies.

"We are excited to work with the Council on developing private sector recommendations that help guide the expansion of U.S. companies, allowing countless African communities to flourish,” said Deputy Secretary Kelley. “Over the next two years, the PAC-DBIA will continue to serve as an important forum for dialogue between the United States and Africa, with a special focus on advancing the goals of the Prosper Africa initiative”

The appointed members for the 2019-2021 term of the PAC-DBIA are:

• Andrew Inglis, President and Chief Executive Officer, Kosmos Energy, Dallas, Texas
• Andrew Patterson, Global Manager for Strategy and Market and Business Development, Infrastructure, Bechtel Corporation, Reston, Virginia
• Andrew Torre, Regional President for Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East, and Africa, Visa Inc., Foster City, California
• Arjan Toor, Chief Executive Officer, Cigna Africa, Bloomfield, Connecticut
• Bill Killeen, President and Chief Executive Officer, Acrow Bridge, Parsippany, New Jersey
• Brittany Underwood, Founder and Executive Chairman, Akola, Dallas, Texas
• Bruce Hanson, President and Chief Executive Officer, Credence ID, Emeryville, California
• Chris Toth, President, Oncology Systems, Varian Medical Systems, Palo Alto, California
• Craig Arnold, President, Dow Sub-Saharan Africa, Dow Chemical Company, Midland, Michigan
• Damian Halloran, Vice President, Infectious Disease, Emerging Markets, Rapid Diagnostics, Abbott, Chicago, Illinois
• Denise Johnson, President, Resource Industries Group, Caterpillar Inc., Deerfield, Illinois
• Farid Fezoua, President and Chief Executive Officer, GE Africa, Washington, D.C.
• Frank Mosier, Chief Executive Officer, Rendeavour, Inc., New York, New York
• Fred Sisson, Chief Executive Officer, Synnove Energy, Reduit, Republic of Mauritius
• Jake Cusack, Founding and Managing Partner, CrossBoundary Group, Washington, D.C.
• Jason Andringa, President and Chief Executive Officer, Vermeer, Pella, Iowa
• Jason P.H. Brantley, Director for Sales and Marketing, Agriculture and Turf Division, Africa and Asia, John Deere, Moline, Illinois
• John Nevergole, Chief Executive Officer, ABD Group, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Laura Lane, President, Global Public Affairs, UPS, Atlanta, Georgia
• Olivier Puech, Executive Vice President and President, Latin American and EMEA, American Tower Corporation, Miami, Florida
• Paul Marcroft, Chief Commercial Officer, APR Energy, Jacksonville, Florida
• Peter Sullivan, Managing Director, Africa Public Sector Group, Citi, New York, New York
• Raghu Malhotra, President, Middle East & Africa, Mastercard, Purchase, New York
• Rahamatu Wright, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Shea Yeleen, Washington, D.C.
• Susan Silbermann, Global President for Emerging Markets, Pfizer, New York, New York
• Takreem El-Tohamy, General Manager, Middle East and Africa, IBM, Armonk, New York

For more information on the PAC-DBIA, please visit https://www.trade.gov/pac-dbia/.

13名波士頓市不分區市議員候選人面對選民(圖片)

13名波士頓市不分區市議員候選人6月18日晚在南端的法蘭克林學院禮堂會晤選民，回答問題。(周菊子攝)

吳弭(Michelle Wu)仍然是最瞭解市政，有想法的波士頓
現任市議員。(周菊子攝)

波士頓市第二區市議員Ed Flynn也出席旁聽。

會場出席者約150多人。(周菊子攝)

波士頓僑胞卡特約商增至21家 Otake Sushi Bistro新加入

     【牛頓高地日本料理店Otake Sushi Bistro加入僑胞卡特約商店　即日起提供消費優惠】

Otake Sushi Bistro負責人邵志強(右二)，邵欣怡(左二)和
波士頓經文處處長徐佑典(中)，新聞組長施維鈞(右一)，
僑教中心主任歐宏偉(左一)在店前合影。

     波士頓僑胞卡特約商店又增一家！位於牛頓高地的日本料理店Otake Sushi Bistro，正式加入僑委會海外特約商店的行列，即日起提供持卡人現金消費9折、信用卡消費95折的優惠！

      Otake Sushi Bistro由邵志強及邵欣怡兄妹合作經營，在牛頓高地開店至下個月即將滿５年，主要提供日本料理，舉凡壽司、刺身、清酒、便當、天婦羅、章魚燒、竹輪、蕎麥麵、牛丼、拉麵、烏龍麵、日式咖喱飯、日式豬排飯等，應有盡有，食材新鮮多樣，風味獨到，店面高雅，深獲好評，僑胞鄉親經常前來品嚐，也吸引不少主流社會各界人士前來用餐。

駐波士頓臺北經濟文化辦事處處長徐佑典、組長施維鈞及僑教中心主任歐宏偉18日頒發僑胞卡特約商店標章給該餐館，並與邵家兄妹茶敘，得知他們為僑界餐飲界前輩大陳義胞的子女，更加肯定兩兄妹的努力；歐主任並鼓勵他們返臺參加僑委會餐飲培訓班，學習更多的廚藝造福波士頓僑胞。

      僑教中心歐宏偉主任指出，波士頓地區僑臺商積極響應僑委會僑胞卡國際化，踴躍申請加入僑胞卡特約商店，目前已有21家僑臺商企業通過審核，成為僑胞卡特約商店，各店家提供僑胞卡持卡人九折不等優惠，持卡人看到店家掛有個七彩蝴蝶標誌，就是僑胞卡特約商店。有意加入僑胞卡特約商店行列的僑臺商，可洽僑教中心填寫「僑務委員會僑胞卡海外特約商店申請表」，並提供3張照片，經僑委會審核通過後，將會透過僑胞卡網站進行文宣，擴大行銷的成效。

Otake Sushi Bistro地址：15 Lincoln St, Newton Highlands, MA02461電話：617-332-0690網址http://www. otakesushi.net/　營業時間：週一至週六11:30-9:30；週日12-9:30。歡迎前往消費。(圖與文:波士頓僑教中心提供)