大侠行天下日记 我见我闻我思 06/28

我见 我思 我闻

亚裔青年的觉醒

对社会服务是当前青年们对社区的责任和义务，上週末一群亚裔青年在扶轮社的组织下 来到了休斯敦国际区内的公园，举办了一场淸扫和爱护社区的活动，这项定名為莲花社的青年团体，他们有感於目前对亚裔仇视之社会现象，造成社会种族对立， 他们希望走进社区，来缓减对亚裔仇恨之现象。

青年代表越裔青年阮氏是组织的重要发起人，他号召了许多同年层的大中学生，捲起袖子在公园中淸理垃圾，并预计将来在大水塘中种些荷花供大家欣赏。

做為国际区区长，我特别感谢这批年轻人和扶轮社代表共同来关心我们的社区，我已向他们保证，将来会在公园中建造一个国际标誌的庭园，并将记录下无数移民对美国之贡献。

老实说，我们亚裔美国人是应该对社区做更多贡献的时候了，我在这次活动中，也遇到许多非亚裔人士，他们多年来有过许多到亚洲经商观光之経验，他们对亚裔存有较深刻之瞭解，和那些眼光如豆的井地之蛙截然不同。

我们大家选择了在这块土地安身立命，我们要一起来呵护自己的家园，更要鼓励更多年轻人组织各种慈善团体来积极参与社区服务，以尽到我们对社会之义务，而非只是口号一句。

Awakening Of Asian American Young People

A group of young Asians led by Nguyen T. Nguyen got together last week at Arthur Storey Park which is located in the International District. These young Asian Americans planned to organize a Lotus Club. They want to show their love and service to the local community.

As chairman of the International District, I came to join them, not just to appreciate their effort to clean up the park, but also to promise them we will work with them very closely to create more activities and beautify the park. From the Harris County Parks Department our good friend, Mr. Steve Dorman, also joined us to thank all the local civic groups that have been working with the County and sponsoring a lot of events, including the Lunar New Year festival.

We also appreciate the Rotary Club that also has joined as a big sponsor for our community events. Many members of the club have been important leaders and they always think about our community.

Today we have many Asian American that know how to serve our community well, especially during the pandemic period. They have donated their time and money to try and help those who need it the most.

We all worry about the hate crimes in our society. We hope all the younger generation will understand that we all need to work together. After all, we are all in the same family.