大侠行天下日记 我见我闻我思 07/26

惜福感恩美国梦

為董继玲女士鼓掌

上週在网上参加了华府国际领袖基金会举办的「2021 年企业与领䄂高峰会 」，聆听了诸多华亚裔政商界代表之高见，在前交通部长赵小兰之主持下和韩裔两位国会眾议员对谈， 从她们在艰难处境中走进国会殿堂的心歴路程。

新任美国贸易代表戴琦和华裔眾议员赵美心、孟昭文都在会上有精彩的演说，听后也有万般之感慨。

国际领袖基金会早年由华裔董继玲女士一手创办，她的雄心大志是希望在美国為华亚裔创造在政治及经济上之机会，我们见他每年到各大城市努力化缘，希望得到华亚裔在精神和物质之支持，我深深体会到她那股锲而不捨之精神，也让我想起当年我们在全美各地努力奔走办报之艰难经验。

今天，我们眼看国际领袖基金会已经得到民主共和两党之认同，无数的年青学子有机会进入联邦政府实习，多少的座谈年会在首都华盛顿展示了亚裔之实力，我们要為董会长热烈鼓掌外， 并呼吁大家给予大力支持。

The Road to Recovery Is Moving Forward

It was the most successful ILF’s Virtual Business and Leadership Conference since 2020. Many in the AANHPI community have faced challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic and also from anti-Asian violence and hate crimes.

Former Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao was the keynote speaker of the dialogue along with two Korean-American congresswomen, Young Kim and Michelle Steel who shared their hard journey to the U.S. Congress.

U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Kathrine Tai, Congresswomen Judy Chu and Grace Meng were among the speakers who discussed the future of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. All of the topics were so important for us especially in this very difficult time.

The International Leadership Foundation was founded by Ms. Chiling Tong many years ago. She was the one who really went all over the country to try and convince people to give their support to the foundation. In the last several years, the ILF has not just brought in a lot of young Asians who want to work in the federal government as interns, but also those that desire to build a very strong bridge between Asian businesses and government to help many of them to become successful businesses.

We really admire Chiling Tong’s hard work and wish ILF continuing success in serving our community. We all need to support this organization.