The Commonwealth and FEMA Team Up to Increase Vaccination Administration in Boston

 The Commonwealth and FEMA Team Up to Increase Vaccination Administration in Boston

BOSTON – The Commonwealth of Massachusetts and FEMA announce today a partnership to expand access to the COVID-19 vaccine by bringing 6,000 federal doses daily to the Hynes Convention Center vaccination site, for a total of 7,000 doses per day when combined with the state’s current allocation.

This Community Vaccination Center (CVC) program will be open to the public, with additional services available for the most disproportionately impacted communities in Suffolk County, starting March 31.

People interested in booking an appointment at the Hynes Convention Center vaccination site should continue to pre-register at vaccinesignup.mass.gov. There will be no disruption to the appointment process with this federal expansion. The state will also coordinate additional community outreach to assist vulnerable residents with signups. Additionally, a portion of the federal doses will be designated for mobile units for areas of Suffolk County (Chelsea, Revere & Boston). The Baker-Polito Administration will provide more details on these efforts soon.

The Hynes Community Vaccination site will have interpreters available daily for individuals speaking Spanish, Mandarin, and Haitian/Creole, as well as capability to utilize telephonic translation with access to 240 different languages. The Hynes is centrally located and accessible via public transportation on the MBTA Green Line (‘Hynes Convention Center Station,’) (‘Prudential Center Station’), the MBTA Orange Line (‘Back Bay Station’ via passageways), the Commuter Rail, and major bus routes to ensure individuals with transportation challenges can access the site. Free parking is available for those with private transportation.

Additionally, MassHealth is offering new flexibilities for Non-Emergency Medical Transportation for members with access/functional needs to ensure equitable transportation access to and from the sites.

The Commonwealth, federal, and state contracted staff will be used to support the operations at this facility for the duration of 8 weeks. Along with staffing, FEMA and its federal partners will provide support through operations, logistics and vaccine allocations. The addition of the FEMA site and the resources that come with it will enable Massachusetts to further operationalize its commitment to equity, a core pillar of the state’s vaccination plan, which includes $27.4 million in CDC funding focused on the 20 communities hardest hit by COVID-19, including Boston. The state Department of Public Health is working in these cities and towns on customized plans to reduce barriers to vaccination and increase awareness and confidence in vaccine safety, joining with neighborhood health centers, local health departments, and community and faith based groups to increase vaccination.

How the Site was Selected

The Hynes site, like other federally supported sites across the country, was selected based on data analysis including the CDC’s Social Vulnerability Index, population needs and challenges, and available public transit options to the center. Input from state and local partners was crucial in determining the location. The Hynes site will have a vaccination output of several thousand doses per day at maximum operating capacity. One thousand doses from the Commonwealth will be increased by an additional 6,000 doses from a separate federal allocation.

“Massachusetts is a national leader for vaccines and this additional support from the federal government will help to increase access and availability to some of our most disproportionately impacted communities,” said Governor Charlie Baker. “We are grateful for the support from the Biden-Harris Administration for selecting Massachusetts to host one of these sites and for the support of our congressional delegation in applying for this program.”

The Hynes Convention Center is a well-known destination within the Greater Boston community, having been in operation since 1968. It possesses all the critical infrastructure requirements and facilities such as running water, restrooms and parking to host thousands of individuals at a time, safely and comfortably.

“The goal of establishing these joint federal pilot centers is to continue to expand the rate of vaccinations in an efficient, effective and equitable manner, with an explicit focus on making sure communities with a high risk of COVID-19 exposure and infection are not left behind,” said Acting Region 1 Administrator and Federal Coordinating Officer Paul Ford, who oversees FEMA’s operations in New England. “FEMA remains committed to helping everyone in America during this time and we will continue to work with our partners to stop the spread of this disease.”

麻州反針對亞裔種族歧視社區會議 籲民眾打電話促民代通過有利法案

AARW主任Carolyn Chou主持會議。

            (Boston Orange)「亞裔民權行動網(APIs CAN - Asian Pacific Islanders Civic Action Network)」25日晚的「麻州反針對亞裔種族歧視的社區會議」，談現狀，說歷史，探討什麼才是反對亞裔的暴力，鼓勵亞裔起而行動，要求政府制定政策，保護亞裔的生命、人權。

             華人前進會行政主任陳玉珍在會末譴責針對亞裔的所有形式暴力與種族歧視，強調要尋求長久解決之道，亞裔攜手合作，分享經驗，起而行動，很重要。

ACDC主任劉安琪(上)，AARW的Angolina Hua(下)。

             陳玉珍代表由20多個社區組織組成的亞裔民權行動網(APIs CAN)指出，亞裔社區可以做的事，包括打電話給州市地方議員，要求他們支持、推動不下9項法案，參與社區組織的爭取長期改變活動，捐款支持亞裔社區緊急救助基金(Asian Community Emergency Relief Fund)，或社區草根組織。

她列舉的法案有數據平等及數據細分的HD968法案，新冠病毒住宅恢復法(HD3030/SD1802)，租戶購買選擇法(HD2984/SD1672)，租金穩定法(HD3169/SD1667)，可負擔住宅資金法(HERO法HD5275/SD3056，轉移費HD1911/SD565)，制止偷盜工資(HD967/SD744)等經由就業，住宅及其他資源等法案，在幼稚園到12年級及高等教育機構中設立亞美研究課程(HD3341/SD2014)，人人有駕照法(HD448/SD273)，在所有層級政府增加語言途徑(language access)(HD3674/SD2251)，和可信任的社區組織及相關者加強合作並聆聽意見。

華人前進會榮譽主席李素影(上)，新金門餐廳老闆May。

這場在臉書和Zoom上直播，華人前進會表示來來去去有不下3000人參加的會議，由亞裔文化資源中心行政主任Carolyn Chou主持，韓裔Sharon Cho代表向亞特蘭大市見害者致意，亞美社區發展中心(ACDC)行政主任劉安琪做開場致詞。

劉安琪指出，無論是難民，無證件移民，家暴受害者或是東南亞移民，回教徒或華埠老人等，大家都面對同樣處境，而這被歧視或仇恨的處境其實並不新鮮，早有1882年的排華法案，二次世界大戰時的日本集中營，911事件發生後對回教徒的歧視，仇恨，以及2020年美國前總統川普(Trump)不斷的以「中國病毒」來稱呼新冠病毒，只是最近發生的事情，讓人太痛心，大家都覺得有必要做些甚麼。

會議安排了多個不同亞裔族群代表，分享他們在各自的生活，工作中曾經遭遇的歧視，仇恨。

波士頓華埠新金門餐廳老闆娘May Dong也在華人前進會主席李素影協助翻譯下，述說了經歷。她的發言主要針對新冠病毒大流行造成的困境。2019年以前，波士頓華埠人丁旺盛，生意興隆，她的店雖然小，也聘有將近20名員工。新冠病毒大流行發生，武漢封城，美國前總統川普不斷說「中國病毒」後，波士頓華埠所有商家的生意都一跌千丈。新金門的生意也驟跌75%以上，直到如今，她頂多只能請4，5名員工，還經常面對開門一整天，只有不到10名客人的窘境。

吳友文(右下)等人座談。

大波士頓法律服務處的Thao Ho以她曾協助者的經歷指出，有一名不擅英語的租戶和房東發生爭執，這名租戶被推倒滾下樓梯，報警後，卻是這名租戶被逮捕，可見在各機構中配置多語員工的重要性。

亞裔反家庭暴力小組的Joyce Kao也表示，該機構一名工作人員某日在路上遇到有人持槍指嚇，雖然後來發現是玩具槍，但她認為這樣的事情不該發生，因而報警，沒想到警察竟要她打911電話報案。她照做後，911接線生卻說她已離開案發現場，應該向警察報案，而不是911，於是她又再回頭找警察，一再被踢皮後，最終遞出申訴。她指出，這名工作人員英語流利，還有這樣的遭遇，那些不諳英語者，恐怕就申訴無門了。

塔芙茨大學退休教授吳友文在會末討論時表示，亞裔應該理解，「模範少數族裔」其實是被強加在亞裔身上，藉以忽視或挑釁其他少數族裔需求的名詞。

會議開場前向亞特蘭大事件受害者默哀致意。

              當晚有許多州市地方民意代表出席會議，Carolyn Chou光是點名感謝，就花了好幾分鐘時間。由於主辦機構希望更多人能夠響應催促政府制定政策，改善現狀，會議錄影將留在臉書上供人點閱，https://www.facebook.com/MassAPIsCAN/videos/1092178454638706。

華人前進會行政主任陳玉珍。

會末吟詩表演者。

AG HEALEY ISSUES STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO COURT DECISION DENYING UBER AND LYFT’S MOTION TO DISMISS

 AG HEALEY ISSUES STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO COURT DECISION DENYING UBER AND LYFT’S MOTION TO DISMISS

AG’s Office Filed Lawsuit to Ensure Drivers Have Access to Minimum Wage, Overtime, Earned Sick Time and other Benefits

BOSTON – Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey today issued a statement in response to a decision from Suffolk Superior Court Judge Kenneth W. Salinger denying Uber and Lyft’s motion to dismiss the AG’s lawsuit seeking a court ruling that Uber and Lyft drivers are employees under Massachusetts Wage and Hour Laws.

“Today’s court decision is a major victory in our ongoing fight to support and protect Uber and Lyft drivers from unfair and exploitative practices,” said AG Healey. “The court plainly rejected Uber and Lyft’s latest attempt to deprive their drivers of basic protections that help them earn a living wage, including minimum wage, overtime, and earned sick time. Under our laws, drivers in Massachusetts can have both flexibility and the rights and benefits of employment status. Our case continues as we seek a court order to force Uber and Lyft to comply with laws that are already on the books.”

In the complaint for declaratory judgment, filed in Suffolk Superior Court against Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. in July 2020, AG Healey seeks an order from the court that Uber and Lyft drivers are employees, not independent contractors as the companies have misclassified them. If Uber and Lyft drivers are designated as employees, it will allow drivers access to critical labor rights and benefits, such as minimum wage, overtime, and earned sick time. 

Today’s decision can be found here.

AG HEALEY ANNOUNCES CHILDREN’S JUSTICE UNIT

 AG HEALEY ANNOUNCES CHILDREN’S JUSTICE UNIT

Renames First-of-its-Kind Unit; Expands Work Around Education, Juvenile Justice, Child Welfare, Immigration, and Substance Use Prevention

BOSTON – To reflect the breadth of work being done to promote more equitable and positive outcomes for vulnerable children and young people in Massachusetts, Attorney General Maura Healey today announced her office’s newly-renamed Children’s Justice Unit (CJU). The unit replaces the Child and Youth Protection Unit, the first-of-its kind unit that AG Healey created in 2015.

As the unit has developed over the years, it has taken on a broad range of litigation and policy work, including in education, juvenile justice, child welfare, immigration, and substance use prevention. Embedded in and working closely with the AG’s Civil Rights Division, CJU has focused on initiatives that ensure justice and equity for Massachusetts’s young people.

“We created this unit to utilize our office’s unique position and expertise to advocate for and protect our state’s youngest residents, and we have seen that work grow over the past five years to meet the needs of children and families,” AG Healey said. “As we take on more initiatives to ensure justice and equity, we want the focus of our newly-named Children’s Justice Unit to reflect our increased work to support vulnerable children and young people in Massachusetts.”

Some examples of CJU’s past and present work include:

• Addressing hate, bullying, and harassment in schools: CJU engages in work to stop harassment and bullying in schools. Recent work includes creating guidance for schools to help prevent and address hate and bias incidents, suing former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos over Title IX regulations that weaken protections for sexual assault and harassment survivors, and most recently filing a Supreme Court amicus brief supporting schools’ ability to address certain off-campus bullying.
• Education equity: CJU’s focus on education equity includes advocacy on K-12 school funding reform. This work is all the more important given the education inequities exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Early education and care: CJU leads work to support the state’s youngest residents, including creating a grant program for early education and care providers seeking training on trauma-informed care for at-risk children and leading the office’s response to the closure of childcare programs as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
• School resource officers: CJU’s work related to school resource officers includes the release of a statewide model Memorandum of Understanding for School Resource Officers to help create a safe and supportive learning environment and serving as AG Healey’s designee on the Model School Resource Officer Memorandum of Understanding Review Commission established in recent legislation.
• Food insecurity: CJU engages in work to address hunger among children and their families, including fighting back against Trump Administration rules to limit Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (or SNAP) benefits and take away free school meals. CJU has also built partnerships with local food banks and advocacy organizations to help combat food insecurity.
• Children in DCF care or other out-of-home situations: Working with partners in government and advocacy organizations, CJU works to promote the best interests of children who are involved with DCF and/or in caregiving situations outside of their home. For example, CJU represents AG Healey on the Commission on the Status of Grandparents Raising Grandchildren and advocated for legislation signed into law this year that provides a right to counsel for indigent long-term guardians in custody cases. CJU has also engaged in advocacy for the rights of LGBTQ caregivers, including through amicus briefs in support of the right of same-sex couples to be foster parents, to help ensure that children in foster care have loving, caring homes available to them.
• Human trafficking of children: In a new partnership with AG Healey’s Human Trafficking Division, CJU is increasing its work to help prevent and address human trafficking of children, specifically commercial sexual exploitation, using advocacy, public education, and/or civil enforcement tools.

• Federal immigration lawsuits: CJU has fought back against Trump Administration immigration actions targeting young people and their families, including multistate cases to stop family separation, prevent prolonged and indefinite family detention, and protect international students in Massachusetts. CJU will continue to pursue outreach and other work with state and federal partners to bolster trust and protections and undo harms against immigrant communities in Massachusetts.
• Youth vaping: In partnership with AG Healey’s Consumer Protection Division (CPD), CJU has helped to file litigation against e-cigarette companies, including JUUL Labs Inc., for creating a youth vaping epidemic by intentionally marketing and selling its e-cigarettes to young people. With CPD and AG Healey’s Policy & Government Division, CJU advocated for successful legislation banning flavored e-cigarettes and other tobacco products.

The Children’s Justice Unit leverages its expertise by working closely with other divisions and bureaus in the AG’s Office on child-related work and also advises child-serving state agencies. The unit is led by Director Angela Brooks and Assistant Attorney General Abby Eshghi.

麻州再撥款抗疫 1460萬元資助295家企業

 Baker-Polito Administration Awards More Than $14 Million in Grants to 295 Additional Businesses for COVID Relief

BOSTON – Today, the Baker-Polito Administration announced approximately $14.6 million in awards for 295 additional businesses in the eleventh round of COVID relief grants administered by the Massachusetts Growth Capital Corporation (MGCC). As in prior rounds, each grant recipient meets sector or demographic priorities set for the grant programs administered by MGCC. 

With the addition of this round of grants, the Administration has awarded almost $648 million in direct financial support to 14,351 businesses across the Commonwealth. Grants for this round were awarded to 107 minority-owned, and 107 woman-owned, businesses; 64 grantees are in the restaurant sector, 91 recipients are located in Gateway Cities, and 104 businesses have not received any prior aid.

Acknowledging the importance of restaurants and independent retailers to communities across Massachusetts, business owners of multiple locations that met demographic and sector priorities are receiving awards to support additional locations.

Additionally, MGCC this week announced the availability of funding to support non-profits that offer technical assistance designed to help existing small businesses recover and thrive post COVID-19, as well as community development financial institutions that will back the recovery, resiliency and growth of small businesses in underserved communities through matching capital.​

麻州本週將多領到4萬劑強生疫苗 州府撥款一億助四市抗疫

麻州州長查理貝克將撥款一意協助4城市抗疫。(視頻截圖)

             (Boston Orange 周菊子綜合報導)麻州州長查理貝克(Charlie Baker)今(25)日表示，麻州下星期將從聯邦政府那兒多領到40,800劑強生(J&J)新冠疫苗，另外將從國會紓困款中撥1億元，濟助麻州雀喜(Chelsea)、艾弗瑞(Everett)，米修(Methuen)，以及龍都(Randolph)等受新冠病毒打擊最嚴重的4個城市。

麻州也將多收到2萬劑用於施打第一劑的輝瑞(Pfizer)疫苗。查理貝克強調，強生疫苗只需注射一劑，保存不需嚴峻低溫，可減少很多運送及保存問題，其實是更好的選擇。

由於麻州內約有2萬多人因各種原因，難以出門。麻州政府特地設置844-771-1628這有多種語言翻譯的電話熱線，讓已符合接種疫苗資格者，在週一至週五的早上9點至下午5點之間撥打，安排上門打疫苗服務。

麻州健康及人民服務長Marylou Sudders說明疫苗細節。

州政府將在聯邦政府明定紓困款使用規定細節後，再和各社區最後協商，協助市鎮因應新冠病毒帶來的經濟影響，以及稅收損失，同時投資修建水，下水道，寬頻網路等基礎建設。

聯邦政府每週分發給麻州的疫苗，本週數量約為172,000第一劑疫苗，其中7,900劑為強生(J&J)疫苗。若包括第一及第二劑，麻州本週將共獲得33萬劑疫苗。聯邦政府直接發給聯邦零售藥店項目，或是符合聯邦醫療中心資格(FQHC)機構的疫苗劑量，並不包括在內。

麻州政府以新聞稿說明，本週的第一及第二劑疫苗分發概況為，115,120劑交給了醫療系統及醫療護理供應者，但不包括社區健康中心。109,750劑交給了麻州大型疫苗站。55,850劑交給了區域合作機構，以及地方醫療局。28,820劑交給了社區健康中心。10,350劑交給了零售藥店(非CVS)。9,800劑交給了支援長照機構，集體照顧場所及可負擔/低收入耆英住宅大樓，以及出門不便個人的流動門診。

聯邦政府直接發給CVS等聯邦零售藥店合作夥伴的新冠疫苗，本週共有115,800劑，15個FQHC獲得24,570劑。

麻州政府表示，初步估計，麻州可從2021年美國援救法中獲得79億元直接補助，其中包括要撥交給地方市鎮的34億元。由於在麻州受新冠病毒打擊最嚴重的20個市鎮中，雀喜，艾弗瑞，米修及龍都等四個城市，因人口地理等因素，能夠分到的聯邦補助費用較少，麻州政府因此將另撥款一億元，協助這四個城市因應新冠病毒帶來的經濟影響，以及稅收損失，投資修建水資源，下水道，寬頻網路等基礎建設。

麻州近來已斥資3300萬元，用於協助民眾接種新冠疫苗，其中250萬元用於，包括雇用Archipelago策略公司和全民健保(Heathcare for All)這兩機構，辦理草根式的逐戶打電話或上門解釋活動，更多人知道疫苗的效果，施打方式，地點，並預約疫苗注射等等訊息。

Baker-Polito Administration Provides Weekly Dose Updates, $100 Million for Disproportionately Impacted Communities, Announces Homebound Vaccination Program

 BOSTON – Today, the Baker-Polito Administration announced the weekly distribution of COVID-19 vaccine doses to providers across the Commonwealth. The Commonwealth has received 330,000 first and second doses from the federal government as part of the state allocation of doses.

 The Administration also announced $100 million in funding for four communities – Chelsea, Everett, Methuen and Randolph – that are all designated hardest hit communities but received disproportionately smaller levels of federal funding in the recently passed $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act compared to other communities.

 The Administration also announced the launch of the Commonwealth’s homebound vaccination program to build on the Administration’s efforts to ensure that all residents of the Commonwealth have equitable access to the vaccine.

 Dose Update

 The Administration provided the weekly update for doses allocated from the federal government.

 This week, the state received a modest increase in supply of first doses, for a total of 172,000. This includes 7,900 doses of J&J vaccine.

 In total, the Commonwealth received 330,000 first and second doses as part of the state allocation. These figures do not include doses provided directly from the federal government to the Federal Retail Pharmacy Program or to Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC).

 This week, first doses and second dose state allocations (total doses), were distributed among providers as follows:

• Health systems and health care providers (excluding community health centers): 115,120

• Mass vaccination locations: 109,750

• Regional Collaboratives and Local Boards of Health: 55,850

• Community Health Centers: 28,820

• Retail pharmacies (non-CVS) state allocation: 10,350

• Mobile Clinics supporting long-term care facilities, congregate care, affordable/low-income senior housing and homebound individuals: 9,800

Weekly allocations are subject to change based on federal availability, demand from providers, and obligations to meet second doses. Providers have 10 days to use their doses and must meet specific performance thresholds.

The Administration has also been informed that the federal government will send a one-time allocation of 40,800 doses of J&J vaccine to the Commonwealth next week as well as a one-time allocation of 20,000 Pfizer first doses.

Federal Doses:

In addition to the state allocation, the federal government distributes vaccines to CVS Health sites as part of the Federal Retail Pharmacy Partnership as well as to certain Massachusetts federally qualified community health centers. These quantities fluctuate on a weekly basis and are not counted as part of the state’s weekly allocation.

This week, 115,800 first and second doses were allocated to the retail pharmacy program.

15 FQHCs received 24,570 doses directly from the Federal Government.

Municipal Funding

The Baker-Polito Administration today announced that a total of $100 million in aid will be distributed to Chelsea, Everett, Methuen, and Randolph, four communities that were hit hardest by COVID-19 but are expected to receive disproportionally smaller amounts of federal funding through the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. These four municipalities will be able to use this $100 million in direct aid to support costs related to the COVID-19 pandemic, including direct response efforts, addressing negative economic impacts, replacing revenue lost during the pandemic, making investments in water, sewer, and broadband infrastructure, as well as other eligible expenditures.

Based on preliminary estimates published by the US House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Massachusetts is expected to receive a total of approximately $7.9 billion in direct aid through the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, including $3.4 billion to counties, cities, and towns in Massachusetts. A portion of this $3.4 billion is being allocated to municipalities based on the federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program formula, while assistance to other communities is being allocated on a per-capita basis. The use of these two different allocation formulas creates disparities in distributions among cities and towns, and Chelsea, Everett, Methuen, and Randolph are the four designated hardest hit communities with disproportionately smaller levels of federal funding compared to other hardest hit communities.

The commitment announced today by the Baker-Polito Administration includes distributing $100 million to address disparities in funding allocations among these four hardest hit communities after the US Treasury publishes final payment figures in the coming weeks. The Administration will work with the Legislature to use existing or future sources of federal revenue to fund this commitment.

Homebound  Vaccination Program

Beginning March 29, the Administration will launch a homebound vaccination program to provide in-home vaccinations to homebound individuals who cannot leave their home, even with supports, to get to a COVID-19 vaccine appointment.

In-home vaccinations will be available to homebound individuals who:

·  Have considerable difficulty and/or require significant support to leave the home for medical appointments

·  Require an ambulance or two-person assistance to leave the home

·  Are not able to leave home for medical appointments under normal circumstances.

168 local Boards of Health (representing about 40% of MA’s population) will conduct a homebound vaccination program for their community residents, while homebound residents of 183 municipalities (representing 60% of MA’s population) will receive vaccines through the statewide service through Commonwealth Care Alliance (CCA).

Health care providers, Aging Services Access Points (ASAP), Local Boards of Health, Councils on Aging (COAs) and other community organizations will be connecting individuals to the homebound program. In addition, homebound individuals and their loved ones can call 1-833-983-0485 to schedule an appointment and determine if they meet eligibility for in-home vaccination. The registration phone line is open Monday through Friday from 9 AM to 5 PM and has representatives who speak English and Spanish, as well as translation services available in 100+ languages.

“CCA is honored to lead this critical mission of vaccinating homebound citizens of Massachusetts,” said Christopher D. Palmieri, President and Chief Executive Officer, Commonwealth Care Alliance. “Since our inception, CCA’s approach to care has been rooted in the community to ensure the most appropriate site of care for the individuals we so proudly serve. Over the past few weeks, we have successfully vaccinated hundreds of our own homebound health plan members, and our team is ready to expand this effort across the state and aid the Commonwealth’s vaccination effort in any way we can.”

昆士市反亞裔種族歧視論壇 5市鎮警察局局長出席

 

昆士反亞裔種族歧視論壇邀5警察局長出席。(視頻截圖)

        (Boston Orange 周菊子麻州報導)警察需要處理種族議題的訓練，亞裔得遭遇不平就發聲，報案。昆士市亞協服務中心(QARI)和諾福克郡地方檢察官辦公室，麻州眾議員陳德基合作，3月23日晚在網上舉辦”反亞裔種族歧視論壇(Anti-Asian Racism Forum)”，有5名警察局局長出席。

諾福克郡地方檢察官Michael W. Morrissey在會末表示，當晚有不少民意代表出席，可見很多人都在關心相關議題，這樣的警民溝通值得推廣，考慮繼續舉辦類似活動。

麻州有14個郡，諾福克(Norfolk)是其中之一，內含28個市鎮。曾任麻州眾議會議長的Michael W. Morrissey在2010年當選為諾福克郡地方檢察官，並連任迄今。經由他出面，布魯克蘭鎮(Brookline)的Mark Morgan，多佛鎮(Dover) Peter A. McGowan，尼登鎮(Needham)Leo Schlittler，昆士市(Quincy)Paul Keenan，衛斯理市(Wellesley) Jack Pilecki等5個市鎮的警察局局長當晚都出席了論壇，親自聆聽亞裔民眾對於近來反亞裔種族歧視的憂慮。

昆市亞協服務中心執行長莊健豪主持論壇。

這場論壇由昆市亞協服務中心執行長莊健豪主持，麻州眾議員陳德基(Tackey Chan)，前任諾福克郡民權長，曾任麻州財政廳副廳長的李熙嬡(Grace Lee)分別簡述做為亞裔，他們自己曾經有過的親身經歷。

諾福克郡地方檢察官辦公室民權長Peter Tillery先開宗明義的式地指出，亞裔如果遭遇事故，有3個地方可申訴，警察局，法院，以及檢察官辦公室的民權組。他強調，亞裔必須謹記，不論是錄音，臉書貼文，照片，視頻，電郵，要把所有和事情有關的情況記錄下來，才容易伸張正義。

布魯克蘭鎮的Mark Morgan表示，該鎮人口有17%是亞裔，警察也有9%是亞裔，其中不乏會說國語，廣東話的，民眾遇到狀況，應可順利報案。多佛鎮的Peter A. McGowan表示，民眾若需要，警察可提供服務電話表單。尼登鎮Leo Schlittler強調，警察的工作就是要保護民眾，希望民眾能和警察建立良好關係。衛斯理市Jack Pilecki也重申警察的任務是保護民眾，但是民眾必須要報案，即使犯案者的行為未重至會被判刑，但民眾必須報案，警察才能涉入調查，並因此觸使犯案者察覺自己行為的錯誤。在昆士市警局已任職38年的Paul Keenan表示，由於文化差異引發的恐懼，可能存在，但警察會和民眾合作，這麼多年以後，整個社會氛圍也已經很不一樣了。一旦新冠病毒大流行過去後，昆市警察局將更努力地和民眾接觸。今年該局已經新聘一名亞裔女警。

諾福克郡地方檢察官Michael W. Morrissey。

在闡述亞裔處境時，陳德基表示，昆士市早年的確並不友善，他和弟弟當年是昆市學校裡唯一的有色人種。他們家撥911電話，或家中遭竊找警察時，都沒人理會。他們當年沉默，並不是出於自己的選擇。這也是為什麼麻州亞美局成立時，他特地促請Michael Morrissey支持。

李熙嬡例數亞裔早從18世紀就遭遇過的許多不公平事件說起，包括排華法案，日本集中營，陳果仁事件等等。她自己當年在加州地方檢察官辦公室工作時，也親身遭遇過調侃，歧視。她也因此非常堅決，相關案件，就算罪證不足，也一定要讓嫌犯經歷被告過程，以逼使那些人深思，以後不會輕易再犯。

麻州眾議員陳德基。

李熙嬡指出，教育是很重要的一環，美國課本中幾乎完全沒有亞裔對這國家曾經有過很多貢獻的敘述，亞裔在社會中有如隱形人群，才更容易地成為了替罪羔羊。

當晚有Sharon Man等民眾發言，敘述自己的遭遇。其中一人坦言，以前不知道自己遭遇狀況，有那些途徑可以申述，很高興有這樣的活動，讓更多人有所警覺。

莊健豪在會末指出，這論壇的錄影記錄，可向昆市亞協服務中心索取，或上諾福克郡地方檢查辦公室網站查覽。

曾任麻州財政廳副廳長的李熙嬡(Grace Lee)。

昆士市(Quincy)警察局局長Paul Keenan。

尼登鎮(Needham)警察局局長Leo Schlittler。

布魯克蘭鎮(Brookline)警察局局長Mark Morgan。

衛斯理市(Wellesley)警察局局長 Jack Pilecki。

諾福克郡地方檢察官辦公室民權長Peter Tillery。