D***A 发帖数: 109 | 1 如何参与?每到一些事件诸如JK和SCA5, 很多人微信群里侃侃而谈拿犹太人比,说要
学人家,华人要多参与。但是否说过就放下了?事件过去又回到原来的轨道?(加州最
近华人参与市政议事反SCA5是好的进展。)说来容易做起来难,长年坚持就更不易。谁
不愿和自己熟悉的人群呆着呢?谁不觉在微信上聊比去家长会教育局开会甚至发言、做
事更舒服呢?甚至在中文学校里驰骋也比在社区参与更自在。去参加好友Martha被
UNICO 选作Citizen of the Year luncheon. 看有亚(华)裔吗?And UNICO is an
Italian service organization. 参加者有镇上各volunteer organizations, town
council, former and current mayors, former and current BOE members, and many
of them are, guess what, Jewish. 讲话的大多是犹太人,因为他们占据各个位置。
我的犹太朋友说我是honorary Jew, 确实和他(她)们从school PTA, treasurer,
multicultural chair, Budget Task Force, district strategic planning, years
of BOE meetings, district Committee on Fees, Healthy Community Healthy Youth
, Diversity Committee, board member of Citizen's Institute一路做下来,到后来
我 ran a BOE election campaign for a friend, and set up the Community
Outreach Committee in the town, 是一步一步的,不只是主观上说要克服拘束去参与
就能一蹴而就的。
记得三年前组织三个犹太好友来中文学校讲座,我问她们为什么积极参与社区和社会的
各种活动,她们说因为犹太人太少,所以走到哪儿都要抱团,到各地都要找到自己人,
都要投入。刚进入一个团体,她们也觉得陌生害羞,but they can't afford not to.
当时她们三个跟参加会的家长们说,你们华人可能是太多了,满世界都是。现在SCA5看
出我们华裔人单力孤,是否也应该跟自己振聋发聩地喊一声We can't afford not to?
年轻的妈妈们,从小学家长会各committee开始吧,不是只春节时去发礼物, which is
very good already, but it only adds to the notion that we are an exotic
group. (As for the dads, what can I say?)
犹太好友给我的surprise birthday party. 从开胃菜,主食到甜点都是朋友的大厨丈
夫做的。吃得我长了几磅! 小雕塑是她母亲的,特意为我摆到餐桌上。How does this
selfie compare with Ellen's at the Oscars?
喜欢这个礼物,也许是犹太人的心声?生活中没有遥控器,自己站起改变世界吧!世界
就是身边啊。与朋友们共享! |
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