大俠行天下日記 我見我聞我思 07/05

我見 我思 我聞

美南新聞廣場 換新裝再出發

新冠疫情侵襲全球，美南新聞廣場上已經有一年半沒有舉辦大型活動， 真是使我們社區郁悶太久了。

今天我們把廣場上的兩棟大樓，全面粉刷油漆，把它們換上了新裝，希望再次整裝出發。

上週末，來自各族裔的媒體老總們，加上好友國會議員格林、德州參議員惠特邁、州議員吳元之等之加持下，我們在美南新聞電視攝影棚成功地舉行了德州少數族裔媒體聯盟，出席者包括有拉丁裔廣播電台老總羅沛斯、猶太裔電視廣播老總李溫、 菲律賓週報社長蘇薩 、非裔太陽報社長多禮士、 越裔電視台老闆梅爾博士、 巴基斯坦電視台總経理菲勒、 黎巴嫩電視雜誌社社長納德、 越南日報社長武克、 非裔電台總裁孟尼卡、 好萊塢電影制作人貝克等各少數族裔之媒體負責人， 共集一堂 ，我們決心團結一致， 聯合亞裔、非裔、拉丁裔、 阿拉伯裔大約一百家媒體，來向社會各界及政府機關傳遞我們關心的議題，並且定期邀請政府首長參加社區電視訪談大會。

身為媒體人，這是我有史以來參與和發動的最有意義的一項社會活動。

這次的疫情帶給我們太多的傷害和教訓，美國全國就有六十多萬國人喪生，這是多麼可怕的數字。

今天我再次站在穿上新裝的美南新聞廣場上，目視在藍天白雲中飄掦的萬國旗，我的眼眶再次泛淚，多少人期待到廣場來相聚，我們沒有悲觀的權利，我們要再次鼓起勇氣，重新出發。

We Are Ready To Move Again

After the coronavirus pandemic attacked our nation more than six hundred thousand of our people have lost their lives. We are so sad that this virus has brought such a horrible effect on our lives.

Today we are so glad the Southern News Group Media Center has been repainted. All our buildings have bright new colors and we want to start our journey again.

For more than one and one-half years our grounds have been empty without any outdoor activities at all. Many festivals and events have just gone away.

I am so glad that many of our community media leaders came together last week in our TV studio to organize the Texas Minority Media Alliance. My dear friends including Art Lopez, Steve Levine, Bhangra Sauza, Dorris Ellis, Julia Nader, Monica Riley, Rob Baker and Kay Vu from Latino, Africa, Asian and Arabia media leaders were in attendance to support us. We all wanted to sent out a very clear message to our community that we must all work together.

When I passed by the repainted building, our international flags were flying in the blue sky again. My eyes again filled with tears knowing that many people will be expecting to meet here again on this ground.