支持设立“亚美日” 广州联谊会举行签名活动

【本报记者李强波士顿报导】19日,广州联谊会在昆士市金门超市东主胡运炤夫妇的大力支持下在超市门口举行了支持设立「亚美日」法定假日的签名活动。星期六正值超市人流的高峰,现场近百人签名支持设立“亚美日”,有会员当场捐献500美元支持广州联谊会,现场气氛非常热烈。
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广州联谊会义工们向大家介绍了广州联谊会宗旨及近期活动内容。并邀请来客提请麻州政府设立年度亚美日的表格上签名。会长柏志刚告诉记者说:“我们荣幸地邀请到书法家、画家黄镜明、周文熙亲临现场即席挥毫助兴,并向侨民们赠送了许多小礼品,吸引了很多顾客驻足观看,并踊跃签名,达到预期效果。下一步将在中国城展开第二轮的社区亲民服务活动,诚请各界关注并积极参加。”

据介绍,“亚美节”的英文为Asian American Day,波士顿亚美联谊会已经连续五年举办亚美节活动。今年的第6届亚美节将联合各个亚洲团体、族类,通过聚会的形式,促进团结,弘扬亚洲文化,加深团体及个人的彼此之间了解。而争取政府设定「亚美日」,将会是属于亚裔与本土美国人共同庆祝的节日,“它标志着各个族类相互尊重,平等互助,和诣共处,这个节日的设立会让我们亚裔感到自豪,而我们每一位为申办亚美节出力的成员对这历史性见证一刻而感到骄傲,”柏志刚说。

据悉,推动设立“亚美日”为麻州乃至全美法定节日的想法来自波士顿亚美联谊会董事长黄野律师,其目的是让亚裔拥有属于自己的节日,让亚裔的贡献和文化传统得到主流社会的承认。“亚美日”的具体时间初步定在9月上旬,当签名人数达到1000之后,黄野律师将呈交卅政府,正式申报“亚美日”为麻州法定假日。




希望支持设立“亚美日”的朋友请打印下面的表格,签名之后送到或邮寄到亚美会地址:Asian American Association of Boston, 130 Lincoln St, Boston, MA 02111。

PETITION FOR PROCLAMATION OF

ASIAN AMERICAN DAY AS A LEGAL AMERICAN HOLIDAY

Petition to: Boston City Council, Massachusetts State Representative, and members of the US Congress

We, in support of Asian American Associations of Boston (AAAB)’s Petition for Proclamation of Asian American Day as a Legal American Holiday, call on the Boston City Council, Massachusetts State Representative, and US Congress to establish an official holiday, the second Saturday in September, at local, state, and national level, in honor of Asian Americans for their contributions to our communities.

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For more information contact: Ye E. Huang, Esq., President of AAAB, [email protected], or Klysler Yen, Vice President of AAAB, at 617-426-0958, or [email protected].