Sampan 舢舨

八月中秋佳節: 傳統與團圓
Wishing you a joyful Mid-Autumn Festival! 🌕✨ May the full moon bring you happiness, prosperity, and precious moments with your loved ones. Enjoy the festivities and the sweet taste of mooncakes! 🏮🎉

Read more: https://sampan.org/2024/boston/chinatown-bakeries-keep-august-moon-tradition-alive/

Early voting for the State Primaries began on Saturday, August 24th, and continued until Friday, August 30th, in the City of Boston. City of Boston

More information can be found at boston.gov/early-voting.

Boston City officials have recently turned their attention toward the furry, unwanted guests occupying Boston neighborhoods — and it’s finally come up with a plan !

Read more: https://sampan.org/2024/boston/hub-aims-to-clean-city-of-rats-with-braps/

https://www.boston.gov/news/city-boston-launches-boston-rodent-action-plan

“I feel so helpless and don’t know what to do right now...”

The closure of East West Manufacturing in Boston in June has left 51 workers, many of whom are Chinese immigrants, uncertain about their financial and career prospects – and with no severance.

Read more: https://sampan.org/2024/boston/i-feel-so-hopeless-with-no-severance-and-limitedenglish-ex-east-west-workersfear-for-their-financial-future/

Lan Le has lived in Massachusetts for over 40 years, after her family came here as refugees in 1981. They fled war-torn Vietnam by boat when she was just 9, and spent time living in a refugee camp in Macau before settling in the United States. She has no real connection to her birthplace and has since raised her nine U.S. citizen children in the U.S., where she holds a green card.

But now she, like thousands other immigrants, faces the real risk getting torn from her U.S.-born children and sent to a country she doesn’t know...

You can listen to the “Louder for Lan!” podcast and support Lan’s fight by visiting aarw.org/lansfighttostay

Read more: https://sampan.org/2024/arts/louder-for-lan-gives-voice-to-refugee-facing-deportation/

For Corky, the work that remained was a reason for hope, not despair....

PBS film Photographic Justice: The Corky Lee Story: https://www.pbs.org/show/photographic-justice-the-corky-lee-story/

Corky Lee Photo Book Captures Half Century of Fighting for Justice
Read more: https://sampan.org/2024/boston/corky-lee-photo-book-captures-half-century-of-fighting-for-justice/

I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat.
I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink.
I was naked and you left me exposed.
I was in prison and you didn’t care.
I was old and you denied me my dignity.
I was young and you feared me.
I cried for learning and you fed me rules.
I was a woman and you denied me my power.
I was a man and you denied me my tenderness.
I was a lover and you shamed me for my love.
I was a dream and you left me for another day.

Read more : Special Guest Opinion: Rev. Dr. William Alberts Sacrificed Career, Reputation for Gay Rights
https://sampan.org/2024/boston/special-guest-opinion-rev-dr-william-alberts-sacrificed-career-reputation-for-gay-rights/

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The performance runs June 29 and 30 at the Calderwood Pavilion at the
“I remember being like, ‘Oh my gosh, it’s really happening. It’s just us. We’re doing ballet." Elizabeth Mochizuki, the Asian American Ballet Project’s artistic director.

The performance runs June 29 and 30 at the Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts. Tickets for “Intersections” can be purchased by phone 617-933-8600, or at www.bostontheatrescene.com/shows-and-events/intersections/.

Read more: https://sampan.org/2024/arts/asian-american-ballet-project-dances-to-a-beat-of-its-own/

The Asian American Civic Association (AACA), publisher of the Sampan newspaper, celebrated its 57th anniversary with an annual gala on June 14 at the University of Massachusetts Club in Boston. This year’s theme was the “Gala of Dreams.”
Governor Maura Healey AACA

Read more: https://sampan.org/2024/boston/chinatown-nonprofit-celebrates57-years-at-its-gala-of-dreams/

‘Yellow Face’ Explores Identity Across Generations, Continents
跨越世代與洲界，劇目「黃色臉孔」探索身分認同的意義
Lyric Stage Company

“I’m always thinking about, ‘why are we doing this play now?” actor Michael Hisamoto

“A lot of times I do face these questions about, ‘what are you really?’ or ‘Where are you from?’ ‘Where do you identify yourself more as Asian or more white?’ And my standpoint for this play is, I identify as both. And I feel like there is a world in which I can fully identify as both. I’m not more Asian than white, I’m just Asian and white at the same time.” actor Alexander Holden

Read more: https://sampan.org/2024/boston/yellow-face-explores-identity-across-generations-continents/

Once covered 97% by beautiful forests, Haiti’s landscape tells a different story today, with only 2% of its original forest cover remaining. This drastic change is not only an ecological crisis but also a reflection of the broader issues of governance and corruption that have been an issue in the country for centuries...

Read More: https://sampan.org/2024/frontpage/environmental-degradation-and-political-corruption-in-haiti/