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星期三, 6月 01, 2022
2022波士頓馬拉松賽冠軍 將參加 BWH 10K 賽
Highlighting Commitment to Addressing Mental Health Crisis, Senate President Spilka Endorses Healey for Governor
Highlighting Commitment to Addressing Mental Health Crisis, Senate President Spilka Endorses Healey for Governor
BOSTON – Massachusetts Senate President Karen Spilka (D-Ashland) today endorsed Maura Healey for Governor. In an op-ed published in the Metrowest Daily News today, the pair outlined their shared commitment to addressing Massachusetts’ mental health crisis, pointing to the need to dismantle stigma, invest in the mental health care workforce, and enforce parity laws.
“Attorney General Maura Healey is a proven leader who brings people together to deliver results and won’t hesitate to stand up for what’s right for the people of Massachusetts,” said Senate President Karen Spilka. “She has been a strong partner to the State Senate on the most pressing issues facing the state, particularly in confronting the mental health and opioid crises. I know that with Maura Healey as Governor, we will build on our progress to make Massachusetts a healthier, stronger, and fairer home for all.”
“I’m honored to receive the endorsement of Senate President Karen Spilka. Over the years, we have worked closely together to make Massachusetts a national leader on combating the climate crisis and transitioning to a clean energy economy, to enshrine access to safe and legal abortion into state law, and much more,” said Maura Healey. “One area in which the Senate President and I share a deep passion is improving Massachusetts’ mental health care system. We have seen this crisis firsthand, both in our roles in state government and in our private lives. Together, we can ensure that mental health care is treated as health care here in Massachusetts, that everyone can access the care they need, and that no one struggles alone.”
星期二, 5月 31, 2022
459家已登記波士頓市家庭托兒服務所可各得3260元補助
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New Bystander Intervention Animated Videos Show Methods
New Bystander Intervention Animated Videos Show Methods
Everyday People Can Do to Fight Rise in Hate Incidents
Research shows 75% of people reported intervening after receiving bystander intervention training
May 31, 2022 (New York, NY) — AARP, Right To Be (formerly Hollaback!), and Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC joined forces this Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month to produce a series of animated videos to introduce bystander intervention methods (how to recognize harassment and safely intervene) to wider audiences. New data shows that 75% of people that witnessed harassment after attending Right To Be’s training, reported then being able to actually intervene.
In the last two years Asian Americans have been the victim of horrific attacks and verbal assaults. Unfortunately, the need for bystander intervention training has only grown more acute. The FBI reported a 76% increase in hate crime incidents motivated by anti-Asian bias in 2020, compared to 2019. The animated videos introduce Right To Be’s “5Ds of Bystander Intervention,” which provide people with actionable steps to address different forms of harassment.
“When Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC (Advancing Justice – AAJC) began to see the increased hate and harassment directed at Asian Americans at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, we were able to partner with Right To Be to adapt their bystander intervention training to address anti-Asian hate and harassment,” said Marita Etcubañez, Advancing Justice – AAJC’s Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives. “Since launching our training series in April 2020, Right To Be and Advancing Justice – AAJC have reached and trained over 100,000 people.”
Right To Be’s methodology involves five methods of bystander intervention. Each animation describes one of the five methods, which have been developed and tested over the past decade by Right To Be, through its training sessions that have helped hundreds of thousands of Americans learn how to answer the question, “what should I do?’
“We can witness harassment in various forms, from covert racial micro-aggressions in everyday life to overt gender discrimination in the workplace. Oftentimes, we want to diffuse the situation but don’t know how,” says Emily May, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Right To Be. “The animated series illustrates how to best navigate instances of harassment as a bystander. Our goal is to transform bystanders into allies!”
As is the case for many people of color, Asian Americans are feeling unsafe and living in fear. The partners have found it heartening to see the outpouring of support as over one hundred thousand people have signed up for bystander intervention training sessions, but now with these new videos the partner organizations are eager to reach even more people through this medium.
“In my reporting on anti-Asian hate and attacks against Black, Latina/o/x, and LGBTQIA+ communities over the past ten years, I’ve seen how bystanders want to help but aren’t sure how,” said Richard Lui, an NBC News/MSNBC anchor who volunteered to direct the series on behalf of the Asian American Journalists Association. “The need to equip folks to safely intervene and deescalate a situation is greater than ever.”
The five videos are based on the 5D strategies of bystander intervention developed by Right To Be:
Distract: Creating a distraction to de-escalate the situation;
Delegate: Finding someone else to help;
Document: Creating documentation of the incident and then giving it to the person who was harassed;
Delay: Checking in on the person who experienced harassment;
Direct: Setting a boundary with the person doing the harassing, and then turning your attention to the person being harassed.
“With these animated videos, we aimed to show both diverse people and places, so that viewers could see themselves in the bystanders seen intervening,” says Alex Lo, who produced the series.
The team is actively in discussions to show the animated videos in AMC theaters across the country during movie pre-rolls and on Comcast NBCUniversal platforms as public service announcements.
Industry veteran animator Davy Liu (Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Mulan, and more) led a team of three animators and award-winning composer Zev Burrows wrote the original score for the five-part series. The characters represent every major ethnic group (Asian, Black, Latinx, Native, and white Americans) and region of the country (North, South, East, West, and Pacific Islands). The videos are provided in Mandarin, Cantonese, Thai, Hindi, Korean, Vietnamese, Tagalog as well as English and Spanish.
“Providing in-language training materials for this critical bystander intervention training will help especially our vulnerable elders and limited English speakers,” added Daphne Kwok, VP, Diversity Equity & Inclusion at AARP.
Earlier last year, a brief description of the 5D’s appeared in a public service announcement produced in partnership with Advancing Justice - LA, narrated by actor Ken Jeong, and animated by award-winning illustrator James Yang. These new videos plus the PSA are a core part of the increased partnership that Right To Be and the Asian Americans Advancing Justice affiliation have nationwide to expand the reach of the bystander intervention training.
For more information, including how to register for free public sessions of the bystander intervention training, led by Right To Be and Advancing Justice – AAJC, see https://righttobe.org/
亞裔社區基金 6/2 反仇恨亞裔騷擾旁觀者干預培訓 有普通話翻譯
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6月2日下午5點到6點15分，英文，現場有普通語及廣東話翻譯。
亞裔社區基金指出，鑑於近來在美國各地的反亞裔種族歧視及暴力事件高升，波士頓基金的亞裔社區基金和麻州眾議會亞裔核心小組，以及麻州亞美局合作，舉辦一系列3場培訓，以對抗反亞裔騷擾及排外行為。
亞裔促進正義會 (AAJC) 協辦的這3場培訓將在網上舉行，參加者可學到作為旁觀者，可以如何在不損及自身安全情況下，有效干預眼前看到的反亞裔騷擾事件。這一培訓主要是為麻州各地的亞裔社區，以及所有的支持者所舉辦。
培訓課程共75分鐘，互動式培訓將教導 5D 的旁觀者干預方法。先用我們稱為「不尊重的範圍」這工具，講述亞裔及亞裔美人目前面對從微攻擊到暴力相向的各種不尊重型式。上課的人將學到要注意什麼，以及旁觀者干預對個人及社區會有的正面影響。
課程會講5種干預策略，包括分散注意力，委託，記錄，拖延和直接，以及如何在干預時首先注意自身安全。訓練結束時安排有練習環節，幫助上課者在下次在網路上或親眼看到反亞裔行為時，更有信心去干預。
培訓日期及時間分別為:
5月26日下午1點到2點15分，英文，有現場越南話翻譯。
6月2日下午5點到6點15分，英文，現場有普通語及廣東話翻譯。
6月9日下午2點到3點15分，英文，現場有印度語翻譯。
每場培訓的內容都一樣，參加者只需報名只需要挑最適合自己的日期及語言，參加一場。
報名網址為: https://tinyurl.com/bystander-training
查詢詳情可洽: danielle.kim@tbf.org。
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華林功夫太極學校昆士市新址開張大慶 (圖片)
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| 余翠梅的兒子 |
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| 喬遷之喜，舞獅表演。 |
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| 麻州眾議員黃子安 (右三)等人頒發表揚狀給余翠梅 (左三)等華林派師傅們。 |
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| 各方親友來賀華林功夫太極學校遷新址。 |
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| 華林派師傅Bob Rosen 70大壽。 |
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| 南派武館共同創辦人黃雅亭。 (周菊子攝) |
中華民俗藝術工作坊「再見傳奇」又一次精采紛陳
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| 中華民俗藝術工作坊學員，老師和團長張昆(左二)和嘉賓，波士頓僑教中心主任潘昭榮(左四)，紐英崙中華公所主席雷國輝夫婦 (左一及三)謝幕。 (周菊子攝) |
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2名去年畢業學員，今年回來協助當司儀的張永翔和孫苡蓁在報幕時，除了說明工作坊曾經一年演出廿、三十場，深入新英格蘭各州主流社區，還代表工作坊感謝畢業學員回來支持演出，感謝葉超，吳子平等叔叔、阿姨贊助，承接幕後場務工作，並週到感謝駐波士頓經文處，僑委會的支持，恭喜僑委會光輝90，生日快樂。
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| 鄭永志 (左)、石明軒 (右)的小孩都才加入工作坊僅約一年半載，都是新家長，也是 服務團隊的生力軍。 (周菊子攝) |
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| 蕭惠菁 (中) 等家長在接待台前招呼入場觀眾。 (周菊子攝) |
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| 龍騰九霄的霓虹龍是中華民俗藝術工作坊的獨家絕活。 (周菊子攝) |
兒子已加入工作坊幾年的蕭惠菁夫婦，小孩才10歲，11歲，加入工作坊才只一年半載的鄭永志夫婦及石明軒夫婦，這天和工作坊的許多家長們分別承擔外場統籌，入場接待，道具搬運等工作，在幕後撐持這場演出。劇場外擺了一圈的精美照片，則是紐英崙藝術學會攝影組梅芬芳等攝影高手的作品。
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| 月下柔情。 |
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| 春雨初妝。 |
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| 涅槃重生。 |
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| 演出結束後，觀眾和演員們在大堂歡聚。 |
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| 張永翔和孫苡蓁已畢業，特地回來當司儀，協助工作坊演出。 (周菊子攝) |
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