美國新冠疫情日記 09/18

   Dialogue With Sheriff Gonzales

Our old friend Sheriff Ed Gonzales met with a group of Asian Community leaders recently and talked about the issues facing all of us.

Ed is a native-born Houstonian. He is from a Mexican immigrant family. As a poor kid, his life is a success story for all of us. After he graduated from the University of Houston, he joined the Houston Police Department (HPD) and later became City of Houston councilman and later was elected to the position of Harris County Sheriff. Under his command, he led a police force of five thousand with a $550 million budget.

Ed urged the international and immigrant community to join his team in order to better serve our community.

Under his supervision Harris County also has opened a Women’s Center Medical Clinic and provided many other social services to local residents.

As a first generation of Latino descent, Sheriff Gonzales is our leader. His success story will pave the way for many youth in the new generation.

Hi Ed, we are so very proud of you.

     和警長的對話

德州休斯敦赫里斯郡警長根紮勒今午和亞裔社區領袖進行一場視讯對話，就廣泛的治安及社會問題交換意見 。 

根紥勒警長是我們多年來的老朋友 ， 他是在休斯敦出生的墨西哥裔家庭， 父母皆是新一代的移民， 由於他在艱難的環境中克服困難，在休斯敦大學畢業 ，從基層警察開始 ，曾當選為市議員 ，四年前就任警長， 管理五千名員警，每年預算五億五千萬美元。 

警長在對話中首先對疫情在社區造成之不幸表示高度之關切， 他保證將盡力來幫助社區之安全。 

他特別呼籲，希望亞裔社區之青年也能加入警衛之工作， 他們更需要有雙語能力的人到國際移民社區工作。 

對於家庭暴力事件之激增 ，他們也設有婦女中心， 除了幫助解決家庭糾紛也設有心理輔導中心， 希望大家廣加利用。 

根紮勒警長說 ，我們就是人民之保姆 ， 是為人民服務的隊伍，  他特別提醒在颱風时期要準備好應急食品及照明設備，  要大家慎防到銀行後有人跟隨打劫。 

在此疫情猖狂時期 ，許多家庭面臨经濟困難， 諸如缴不了房租， 他們都會尽量幫助。

這位警長來自社會底層之墨裔家庭， 他對我們國際移民社區特別瞭解和同情 ，他將應邀每週接受美南電視之專訪， 和大家相互溝通。