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克城亞裔地位提高

(本報訊)2月11日晩上6點在Ariel International Center – 1163 E. 40th Street舉辦了第一次亞裔于各個族裔負責人會議。本次會議由新任于克利夫蘭市政府社區關係部門(Community Relations Board)工作的陳家敏女士策劃主辦。當晩前來參加會議的80多位克利夫蘭各個社區的負責人,克利夫蘭慈濟基金會負責人,美華協會,中文書院,長城中文學校,西湖中文學校以及廣東話中文學校,還有百年華人安良華人社團等代表 ,顯示了華人在克利夫蘭社區的地位。
陳家敏女士任這個工作後,她表示市政府有許多支持各個族裔的優惠政策,她希望她能爲華人盡更多的義務,陳女士小時候來自台灣,她能與大家中文溝通,陳女士表示克利夫蘭市政府對華人社團十分關心, 以後每月的第一個星期三舉行一次會議,陳女士願意爲華人盡責,她的聯繫電話是216 664 2319.


一位參加者會後給陳女士的信:
Hello Chia,
Thank you very much for arranging the last night's get together. Meeting so many talented, dedicated?and helpful people under one roof was certainly a rare opportunity. And this was all because of your foresight and vision of how to make Cleveland a better place to live, raise families and avail of the many opportunities that exist and are being created.
You brought together people from diverse backgrounds and ethnicities?and showed them a common purpose, helping?each other and their host city. I wish you much luck and look forward to more such meetings. It was a pleasure to meet you.
Best wishes,
ZahidSiddiqi