一份难得的支持
【明州华人生活网】记者童赞杨明州报道
明州华裔童子军以实际行动支持美国总统参选人杨安泽(Andrew Yang)。从活动筹款开始,童子军们听说杨安泽要来明州感到非常兴奋,而且事前做功课,观看杨安泽在CNN的“市政厅会议”视频,并且预先拟就了下列问题:
Chris Yan’s Question: How can you help the immigrants to get green cards?
Jason Wang’s question: Norway has one of the lowest recidivism rate in the world(20%), and their prisons are almost entirely focused on rehabilitation. Do you think that it would be possible for the U.S. to look at their system and use it as a standard for reducing mass incarceration? Or , would it be too “humane” , and doesn’t achieve the punishment aspect?
Matthew Liu's question: Why do you want the minimum voting age to be 16? Is there data that 16-year-olds are mature enough to make their own decisions rather than from their parents, siblings, teachers, and etc.
Hubert He’s question: One of your policies is the implementation of a universal basic income(UBI). Where will the money for a system like this come from?
Alex Nelson’ s question: What are the plans you have to minimize the U.S. carbon footprint in terms of your proposed Green New Deal?
Kevin Song’s question: What differentiates you from the rest of the crowded democratic candidates (besides your race)?
Ben Yu’s question: f you get into office, what do you think the effect on the Asian minority in America would be?
当天童子军们提前二十分钟就到达了现场,来自西北区9416小分队的三位还穿上了正规的制服。他们一到场就听从组织者SK Lo的安排积极行动起来,帮助装饰现场,摆设桌椅餐具和食物,做好了迎接杨安泽的各项准备。
在总统参选人杨安泽到达现场前他们手拿助选牌分列站在正门两旁迎宾,成为当晚活动的一道亮丽风景。
在杨先生给两百多位来宾发表演讲时,他们又举着助选牌站在杨安泽的身旁,既认真倾听杨安泽的演讲,又很好地衬托了当时的气氛。尽管由于时间关系他们当天未能亲自提问杨安泽,但可以相信他们已从杨安泽的演讲中找到了答案。
演讲结束后,杨安泽和童子军们一一握手致谢。进入室内后又和童子军团队及其家长合影并签名留念, 这是一幕非常难得一见的场面。有现场来宾事后向童子军家长表示,当他们看到演讲台上一个个站在杨安泽身旁英俊帅气的华裔童子军时,不但为他们敢于打破华人刻板形象、热心参政议政、挺身而出支持总统参选人杨安泽而激动得热泪盈眶,更让他们看到了我们亚裔美国人的未来和希望。
对于童子军们来说,杨安泽的参选为他们树立了一个很好的公民榜样,他们也通过亲自参与这一助选活动上了一堂非常生动的公民教育课。对杨安泽来讲,这更是一份难得的支持!
我们期望华裔童子军努力学习,全面提高自身素质,团结协作,铭记誓言(“On my honor, I will do my best, to do my duty, to God and my country, and to obey the Scout Law; to help other people at all times; to keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight.”),全面参与国家政治、经济和科技建设。自古英雄出少年,青出于蓝而胜于蓝,天下将来是他们的,希望他们时刻准备着。
值得一提的是,活动结束后,他们还主动留下来帮忙把所有桌椅和垃圾收拾好并运送到指定地点。大部分童子军虽然功课繁重,有的在接下来的一周就有几门AP课全国统考,但仍抽出时间来参与社区活动并坚持到最后。他们热心服务社区、积极投身公民活动的行为值得表扬和点赞!
下面请大家分享童子军们参与该项活动的一些掠影。