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Category: 2022 Convention News
2022 UCA Chinese American Convention Awards Winners
The National Awards Winners
1. Chinese American Lifetime Achievement Award:
Mae Yih叶梅
2. Advancing Justice Award：
Anming Hu 胡安明
A Philip Lomonaco
Jamie Satterfield
3. Civic Leadership Award:
Li Lu李录
4. Iris Shun-Ru Chang Award for Humanity:
R Gregory Nokes
5. Champion of Chinese Cultural Heritage Award:
Ellen Qiongzhao Schicktanz赵琼
Vincent Zhou周知方
6. Youth Leadership Award:
Christina Lu
7. Chinese American Corporate Citizen Award:
Eddie Ni倪举凌
8. Chinese American Charitable Giving Award:
Oscar L Tang唐骝千 and Agnes Hsu-Tang徐心梅
9. Congressional Champion Award:
Jamie Ben Raskin
The President’s Special Awards Winners
1. Special Award for Civil Rights and Social Justice
Michael Makoto Honda
Steven Pei 白先慎
2. Special Award for Community Contribution
Elaine Peng 彭一玲
Karina Hou 侯庆宇
Linda Bi 毕跃玲
The Community Awards Winners
1. UCA Outstanding Volunteer Award
Dr. Bing Zhang张冰/Linda Li/Ching Juhl陈清
Shirley Xiaohong Ma 马晓红
Ren Li 栋梁妈妈
Jian (Lily) Chen 陈健
Gary Guoliang Yu 俞国梁
Vicky Cheng 程以克
Hong Liu 刘红
2. Outstanding Chinese American Organization Award
WeChat User Alliance/Keliang (Clay) Zhu
Chinese American Association of Lexington (CAAL)
New England Chinese American Alliance (NECAA)
Los Angeles Chinese Musicians Ensemble Chorus
Civic Leadership USA
United Chinese Americans of Washington
Austin Chinese-American Network
UCA WAVES
3. Outstanding Community and Public Service Award
Tony XiaoJun Hu 胡晓军
Dong Xiao Yue 岳东晓
Melanie Lin 林小梅
Qian Ge 葛倩
Mealey Tom
Joel Wong
UCA 2022 Convention Awards Committee Members:
Gene Chang常劲* (chair), Jing Bi毕靖 (secretary), Jinliang Cai蔡金良*, Lily Jan Chen陈健, Diana Ding丁维平, Xiaomin Dong董校铭*, Shuiwen Song James宋智达*, Mintao Jiang姜铭涛, Tao Jiang姜涛, Steven Lin林青*, Steven Pei白先慎*, Haipei Shue薛海培*, Wai-Yin Tsang曾慧燕, Sophia Wen李惠琼, Jan Xie谢健*, Mingdi Yang杨鸣镝, Gary Yu俞国梁*, Bing Zhang张冰 and Xiao Yan Zhang张小彦* (names with “*” are UCA board members).
Bios of 2022 UCA Chinese American Convention Award Winners
National Awards
Mae Yih叶梅
Yih was born Chih Feng Dunn on May 24, 1928 in Shanghai, China. She went to St. John’s University in Shanghai. In September 1948, she transferred to Barnard College in New York City, graduating in 1951 with a bachelor’s degree in economics. She went to Columbia University for a master’s degree in accounting but did not complete. In 1953 she married Stephen Yih and later moved to Albany, Oregon with Stephen.
In Albany, Yih volunteered at her children’s school, eventually running for the local school board. She started service on the Clover Ridge Elementary School board in 1969, moving to the Albany Union High School board in 1975. In 1976, the local Democratic Party chairperson asked Yih to run for the Oregon State House. Yih won the election, defeating a Republican opponent who had 14 years of incumbency. Yih took office in 1977. She went on to serve three two-year terms in the House. In 1982, Yih decided to run for a seat in the Oregon State Senate. She won this election, and was re-elected in 1986, 1990, 1994, and 1998. Yih was elected Senate President Pro Tempore for the 1993–1995 session. Yih decided not to seek re-election in 2002 and retired at the end of her term in January 2003.
Known as a conservative Democrat, Yih’s many accomplishments included passage of laws establishing Enterprise Zones to promote job creations; Office of Oregon Trade Representative in Shanghai to enhance trade between Oregon and China; child support legislation to expedite child support and reduce public assistance; equal property tax relief for Linn County residents by correcting a legislative drafting error permanently; appropriation for regional Adolescent Drug & Alcohol Treatment Center; school curriculum to encourage sexual abstinence to reduce teen pregnancy; lottery funds for the rehabilitation and preventive maintenance of covered bridges and a study for assessing the health of the Willamette River. Yih was also known as a strong supporter of field burning because it is a more effective control of disease and insects than the use of chemicals. Yih introduced and passed legislation to establish a sister state relationship with Fujian province, China in 1983. She accompanied Oregon governor Atiyeh to sign the agreement with the Governor of Fujian province in 1984. Yih organized a legislative leadership trade delegation to visit Fujian province and other cities in China in 1992, 1997, 2000, and 2002. Yih was awarded Honorary Citizen of Fujian Province in 1994.
Following her retirement in 2003, Yih received the Distinguished Service Award from the Albany Chamber of Commerce. This is the same award that her husband received in 1968. The Albany street Yih Lane, where her district office was, is named for her family.
Her book “The Life and Career of a Metals Pioneer Stephen Wei-Hong Yih” was published in 2011. “East Meets West: A Bridge to Understanding, Friendship, Trust, Peace and Prosperity Between My Mother and Adopted Countries “was published in 2017.
Anming Hu 胡安明
Dr. Anming Hu is a Chinese-Canadian who had worked as an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville since 2013 and was promoted to tenured associate professor at July, 2019. On February 27, 2020, after 18 months of surveillance, he was arrested for not disclosing his association with a Chinese university and was terminated by the University of Tennessee. However, Professor Hu refused to plead guilty and decided to fight his case at the court. His case was the first academic tried under the “China Initiative.” With his determination and courage and support of his family and friends, one and half years later, on September 9, 2021, the trial resulted in acquittal and Hu was cleared of all charges. So far this is the only academic case that the court dismissed all charges. However, he could not win the case without the strong support of his defense attorney A Philip Lomonaco and former Knox News reporter Jamie Satterfield.
A Philip Lomonaco
Phil Lomonaco attended the University of Tennessee College of Law and was admitted to the United States District Court for the Eastern District in 1985 and the Tennessee Supreme Court in 1986. He is the founding and managing partner of the Law Offices of A. Philip Lomonaco, starting the firm in Knoxville, Tennessee in 1987. He was selected as one of the Best Lawyers in Knoxville for many years, and selected as one of the Best Lawyers in America in 2009 – 2010, 2013 – 2015, 2017 – 2020. Phil is more than Professor Hu’s defense attorney. He and his wife Yanli Du provided support to Hu’s family as personal friends through these two difficult years.
Jamie Satterfield
Jamie Satterfield is an award-winning journalist with more than 30 years of experience. Honors include a Scripps Howard Award for uncovering the poisoning of the workforce of the nation’s largest coal ash spill and induction into the East Tennessee Writer’s Hall of Fame. She built a reputation as a prolific and hard-nosed crime and courts reporter, but in recent years added environmental reporting to her beat following the 2008 disaster at the Kingston coal-fired power plant.
When University of Tennessee professor Anming Hu became the first academic to go to trial under the “China Initiative” in Knoxville, TN, most media coverage simply repeated the accusations made by the prosecutors. However, a week before the trial started on June 7, 2021, the clerk of U.S. District Court Judge Thomas A. Varlan called and suggested Jamie Satterfield to KnoxNews to cover Dr. Hu’s trial.
Satterfield’s coverage of the trial brought Dr. Hu’s case under national spotlight. In particular, her five reports starting on June 7 revealed the false accusations made by federal agents in their zeal to find a spy for China and the mishandling of the case by the University of Tennessee. After the judge declared a mistrial on June 16, Satterfield published four additional reports analyzing Dr. Hu’s case between June 23 and August 2 when the government requested the second trial, which was dismissed by Judge Varlan on September 9, 2021.
Satterfield’s reports also played a pivotal role in changing the public opinion about how the University Tennessee mishandled Dr. Hu’s employment and the reinstallation of his tenured position after Dr. Hu was acquitted of all charges.
Jamie Satterfield
Jamie Satterfield is an award-winning journalist with more than 30 years of experience. Honors include a Scripps Howard Award for uncovering the poisoning of the workforce of the nation’s largest coal ash spill and induction into the East Tennessee Writer’s Hall of Fame. She built a reputation as a prolific and hard-nosed crime and courts reporter, but in recent years added environmental reporting to her beat following the 2008 disaster at the Kingston coal-fired power plant.
When University of Tennessee professor Anming Hu became the first academic to go to trial under the “China Initiative” in Knoxville, TN, most media coverage simply repeated the accusations made by the prosecutors. However, a week before the trial started on June 7, 2021, the clerk of U.S. District Court Judge Thomas A. Varlan called and suggested Jamie Satterfield to KnoxNews to cover Dr. Hu’s trial.
Satterfield’s coverage of the trial brought Dr. Hu’s case under national spotlight. In particular, her five reports starting on June 7 revealed the false accusations made by federal agents in their zeal to find a spy for China and the mishandling of the case by the University of Tennessee. After the judge declared a mistrial on June 16, Satterfield published four additional reports analyzing Dr. Hu’s case between June 23 and August 2 when the government requested the second trial, which was dismissed by Judge Varlan on September 9, 2021.
Satterfield’s reports also played a pivotal role in changing the public opinion about how the University Tennessee mishandled Dr. Hu’s employment and the reinstallation of his tenured position after Dr. Hu was acquitted of all charges.
Lu Li 李录
Li Lu, is the founder and Chairman of Himalaya Capital, a multi-billion-dollar investment firm that primarily focuses on long-term investment opportunities in Asia and the U.S. He founded the firm in late 1997 and has been running its principal fund ever since.
Li Lu was born and raised in China. Li Lu attended Columbia University where he received three degrees simultaneously: B.A., J.D., and M.B.A. from Columbia College, Law School, and Business School.
Li Lu is the co-founder and board Chair of The Asian American Foundation (TAAF). He co-founded the Guardians of the Angeles Charitable Foundation to combat the global COVID-19 crisis and now serves as its board Chair. He currently serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of Columbia University and a member of the Board of Trustees of California Institute of Technology (Caltech).
Li Lu is a member of the Committee of 100, the Council on Foreign Relations, and an Aspen Institute Henry Crown Fellow. He is featured in the Smithsonian Institute’s Family of Voices, part of the ongoing Many Voices, One Nation exhibition at the National Museum of American History. He is the author of Moving The Mountain: My Life in China (1990 in English) and Civilization, Modernization, Value Investing—and China (2020 in Chinese). Li Lu was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2020.
R. Gregory Nokes
R. GREGORY NOKES is the author of Breaking Chains: Slavery on Trial in the Oregon Territory and Massacred for Gold: The Chinese in Hells Canyon. He traveled the world as a reporter and editor for The Associated Press and the Oregonian. A graduate of Willamette University, he attended Harvard University as a Nieman Fellow. His reporting on the 1887 murders of more than thirty Chinese gold miners in Hells Canyon resulted in a formal designation of the site as Chinese Massacre Cove and was the basis for an Oregon Public Broadcasting documentary. Greg and his wife, Candise, live in West Linn, Oregon.
“Massacred for Gold: The Chinese in Hells Canyon” traces the Nokes’ long, personal journey to expose details of the massacre and its aftermath to understand how the crime was kept in the dark for so long. In the book, he tells of the experience of the tens of thousands of Chinese who journeyed across the Pacific to mine gold and build railroads throughout the American West and how hostility toward the Chinese resulted in Congress enacting the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882. The book is the first authoritative account of the long-forgotten 1887 massacre of as many as 34 Chinese gold miners in Oregon’s Hells Canyon.
Ellen Qiongzhao Schicktanz 赵琼
Ellen Qiongzhao is a professional artist (oil painting and sculpture) and a senior curator of international art events, a doctor of literature and art history. President of the American Goddess Art Museum and Deputy Secretary of the Rodin International Artists Foundation. She graduated from Kyoto University of Art and design in Japan, Northwest University Writer Class in China and Tokyo Waseda University in Japan. She has participated in many international art exhibitions and her work has been collected or used as urban art landscape by many institutions, such as Fuji Art Museum of Japan, the Museum of the American Revolution, The National Constitution Center ，The American Chinese Museum and World Foundation of Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and other institutions. She immigrated to the United States in 1997 as a distinguished artist and later became a U.S. citizen. In 2018 Ellen Qiongzhao received the “Ellis Island Medal of Honor” at the American Multicultural Supreme Immigration Awards.
In 2019, as the first Asian artist, she successfully held a personal oil painting and sculpture art exhibition at the National Memorial of the Federal Hall in New York ( where the first US President George Washington was inaugurated ). The Chinese Cultural Foundation of the United States and the Rodin International Artists Foundation co-sponsored, supported by the National Memorial of the Federal Hall in New York and provided exhibition venues. She has earned the highest honor and excellence award at the 43rd New York Art expo 2021. At the same time, the New York Times Square NASDAQ big screen broadcast Ellen’s award-winning information and her oil painting sculpture series.
Vincent Zhou 周知方
Vincent Zhou is an American figure skater. He is a 2022 Olympic Games team event silver medalist, a two-time World bronze medalist (2019, 2022), the 2021 Skate America champion, and a three-time U.S. national silver medalist (2017, 2019, 2021).
Vincent, US National Olympic Team Skater, proudly demonstrated his Chinse Heritage in the Olympics as well as other worldwide competitions. Recognized that “this Olympics is going to be the most significant competition of my career” as a US athlete, he selected the traditional Chinese style garments, used Chinese music from Hidden Dragon Crouching Tiger in his programs, and greeted the audience with a traditional Chinese greeting of clenching his hands (抱拳）. He presents his Chinese heritage and culture in the broadest world theater with pride.
Christina Lu
Christina Lu is an 18-year-old senior at Central High School in Philadelphia. On Wednesday, Nov. 17 2021, Christina was riding home from school when she noticed a group of Black girls “tormenting” another group of Asian-American students who attend Central. When she tried to intervene, the group of harassers turned on her, injuring her to the extent that she required hospitalization. The attack has reignited fears in Philly’s Asian communities about racially motivated violence. After the attack, her family and friends launched the “Support Christina in Advocating for Public Safety” campaign to fight against Asian hate crimes and advocate for the safety of students when taking public transportation.
Eddie Ni 倪举凌
Own importing & exporting businesses for building materials; President & Chairman of Real Estate Development Companies, develop high rise & skyscraper buildings, commercial & residential buildings in United States & China; shopping center development in U.S
Eddie Ni is a Chinese-American business leader and entrepreneur, social activist and philanthropist. As CEO of Windfall Group, where his global empire was based, his financial and political influence as derived from his diverse holdings which included the catering industry, building material, real estate, and biotechnology led Crain’s Business Magazine, Plain Dealer, and many Chinese Newspaper and Magazines to call him ‘one of the most excellent Chinese-American business models.
Oscar L. Tang 唐騮千 and Agnes Hsu-Tang 徐心眉
Oscar Liu-Chien Tang (唐騮千) is a Shanghai-born American financier who co-founded Reich & Tang, an asset management firm. He graduated from Yale and received an M.B.A. from Harvard. Tang was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2005. Prior to this, he was appointed to the New York State Council on the Arts from 2000 to 2004 and the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities from 1990 to 1993. He also co-founded the Committee of 100 with Yo-yo Ma, I.M. Pei and others in 1989.
Dr. Hsin-Mei Agnes Hsu-Tang (徐心眉) is a Taipei-born archaeologist and art historian. She received her Ph.D. in Chinese art and archaeology from the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Hsu-Tang was a Mellon fellow at Cambridge and an assistant professor of Chinese archaeology at Brown. She is Chairwoman of the New-York Historical Society board of trustees and a Distinguished Consulting Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Dr. Hsu-Tang works in cultural heritage protection and rescue and has advised UNESCO and the U.S. Cultural Property Advisory Committee.
Just over the past ten years, they have co-founded the Hsu-Tang Library for Classical Chinese Literature at Oxford University, the Tang Center for Silk Road Studies at Berkeley, and the Tang Center for Early China at Columbia University. In addition, they have also donated to the New-York Historical Society, New York Philharmonic and many other institutions to support Chinese arts and East Asian cultures including the $125 million – the largest ever capital gift to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in November 2021 – to fund the renovation of the Modern and Contemporary Wing at The Met. In honor of their generosity, The Met has renamed the modern and contemporary galleries to the Oscar L. Tang and H.M. Agnes Hsu-Tang Wing.
During the COVID pandemic, they co-founded The Yellow Whistle campaign to combat anti-Asian violence and historical discrimination against Americans of Asian descent. The campaign distributed 500,000 free customized yellow whistles emblazoned with the slogan “WE BELONG” at rallies and through a national alliance of activist organizations and has received extensive national press coverage to raise awareness.
Jamie Raskin
Jamin Ben Raskin is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Maryland’s 8th congressional district since 2017. The district is located in Montgomery County, an affluent suburban county northwest of Washington, D.C., and extends through rural Frederick County to the Pennsylvania border. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in the Maryland State Senate from 2007 to 2016.
In Congress, Raskin is the chair of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties and the co-chair of the Congressional Freethought Caucus. He was also the lead impeachment manager for the second impeachment of President Donald Trump in response to the attack on the U.S. Capitol.Prior to his election to Congress, he was a constitutional law professor at American University Washington College of Law, where he co-founded and directed the LL.M. program on law and government and co-founded the Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project.
Representative Raskin openly denounced ethnic profiling in DOJ’s investigations of scientists of Chinese descent under China Initiatives, saying: “That is not acceptable in the United States of America, which was founded on principles of equality and justice. We reject guilt by association, we reject notions of collective guilt or ethnic or racial guilt. The United States is a welcoming place, it is open to people of all backgrounds and to creative ideas, and to scientific research and inquiry. That is how we established ourselves as a world leader in innovation and technology, by allowing for free-flowing thoughts and theories. By targeting people who are ethnically Chinese, without evidence, we are hampering our ability to be that world leader and we are harming an entire community.”
President’s Special Awards
Michael Makoto "Mike" Honda
Michael Makoto “Mike” Honda was a member of the Democratic Party, he served in Congress from 2001 to 2017. Over the course of his 16-year career in Congress, the affable Mike Honda quietly attained positions of authority in the House Democratic Caucus, serving on the party’s Steering and Policy Committee and rising to a seat on the House Appropriations Committee. An advocate of tolerant and inclusive policies, Honda led the Congressional Progressive Caucus and the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus and helped found the LGBT Equality Caucus. According to a political scientist based in Honda’s hometown of San Jose, Honda “really puts the K in ‘Kumbaya.’”
For more than four decades, Congressman Honda has been a stalwart champion of civil rights for the AAPI. In 2016, at a hearing of the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice and Science Appropriations, U.S. Rep. Mike Honda, the lead Democrat on the subcommittee, questioned Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey. He specifically asked about the shameful treatment of Sherry Chen, a NOAA employee, and Dr. Xiaoxing Xi, Chairman of the Physics Department at Temple University, and called on Comey to apologize for the treatment of Xi and Chen.
Steven Pei 白先慎
Steven Pei is an Electrical Engineering Professor, the Executive Director of the Southwest Public Safety Technology Center founded by the Congress and a member of the faculty senate at the University of Houston. He was born in Guilin and grew up in Taiwan. Prior to joining academia, he was a department head at AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ. In Houston, he co-founded the first Asian American PAC in Texas in 2000 and served as its president. He was also a member of the founding boards of several APA and environmental organizations including the founding chair of United Chinese Americans. Steven Pei is an at large UCA board member, the Chair of UCA Governance Committee.
Steven Pei has made great contribution to UCA’s effort to fight against anti-Asian hate crimes, civil right violations of Asian Americans, and racial profiling and surveillance of Asian American scientists, particularly of Chinese descent, by DOJ under its China Initiatives program.
Elaine Peng彭一玲
Elaine, Founder & President, National Alliance of Mental Illness (NAMI) Chinese Chapter /Mental Health Association of Chinese Americans. Elaine is an incredible advocate on all fronts of civic engagement: community service (mental health services, housing, food of love), voter registration, Chinese American rights (plaintiff for Trump’s WeChat ban that successfully won), anti-Asian hates (organizing hundreds of volunteers for transportation needs of seniors, and patrolling China town 350 days of a year), advocating rights of the most vulnerable such as people with mental illness and language barrier. She is recognized nationally by NAMI national with “culture award”, and her organization was recognized the “Best Non-profit of the Year” in 2019 by California Governor. She is a UCA founder, and faithfully supported UCA.
Karina Hou 侯庆宇
Karina Hou is a renowned artist, musician, and educator. She studied piano and founded Fantasia Music Studio. Also, she has studied Chinese paintings and has hosted several art exhibitions. She is familiar with Eastern and Western culture, as she was born in China, grew up in Hong Kong, settled in Montgomery County, Maryland for many years, and has traveled to over 60 countries.
Karina is a keen social activist and currently is Montgomery International Film Festival Chairman and Co-Founder, Montgomery County Executive Business Advisory office Advisor, Chinese American Chamber of Commerce of Greater Washington President, Organization of Chinese American Women President (Maryland Chapter) and U.S. Congressman David Trone’s Office of Asian American Pacific Islander Business Advisory Committee Member. Karina is a senior advisor of UCA and a key organizer of the 2022 UCA Chinese American Convention and National Youth Convention.
Linda Bi 毕跃玲
Linda Bi is the President of Chicago Expert Importers. Born in Henan, China, she immigrated to U.S. 30 years ago. She and her husband started Central Equimpex, Inc. (CEI) in San Francisco CA, a supplier of mainly RV/mobile home parts. She grew the company into a sourcing, import logistics, warehousing and distribution full package service provider, and added a d.b.a. of Chicago Expert Importers.
Linda has been actively involved in her passion to serve local communities. She is a committed donor, loyal supporter and devoted volunteer of UCA. She is the honorable President of Chicago Chinese American Women Chamber of Commerce, and an active participant of local Bata via Chamber of Commerce.
Community Awards Winners
Dr. Bing Zhang张冰/Linda Li/Ching Juhl陈清
Dr. Bing Zhang is a professor of Biological Sciences at University of Missouri. Ching Juhl is a producer, director, DP, editor as well as a music professor and concert violist. Juhl has been creating documentary shorts, videos of live performance, audition, interview and web-videos for more than 20 years.
After UCA 2018 convention, Dr. Bing Zhang and Linda Li launched Yang Gang support groups in with over 800 members, which became the leading force for many Chinese Americans to participate in a Presidential primary and made our presence felt in grass root engagements such as Iowa and New Hampshire. Ching Juhl, a media producer from NY, spent one year documenting the Yang Gang movement from New York to Iowa and New Hampshire, which won 5 awards in film festivals and put Andrew Yang and his Humanity First movement in public focus.
Shirley Xiaohong Ma 马晓红
Shirley Ma is a founding member, board director and long-term volunteer of UCA. She is a senior scientist working in the area of drug development for cancer immune-therapy in the SF Bay Area after her Master’s degree study in SFSU in 2000. Shirley received her medical education in China Medical University in 1991.
Shirley joined the UCA national board in 2017 and has been an active and dedicated founding member of this organization. She has been serving as the Secretary of the Board and leading the committee of UCA Donors and Members Services. She has been the key member supporting UCA national operations and programs, UCA conventions and local outreaching activities, UCA donor database management and donor following up services.
Lily Jian Chen 陈健
Jian (Lily) Chen is a registered nurse and Certified Nurse Educator by the National League of Nursing. She currently teaches community health nursing and elder care nursing at North Carolina Central University (NCCU). Lily is a long-time volunteer in her local communities and was part of the core team instrumental in helping to elect the first Chinese American State Representative in Illinois. She was one of the founders of UCA and a key organizer for two Chinese American conventions. She has also successfully coordinated multiple national and local programs, including the UCA Youth Mental Health Collaborative WAVES (Wellness, Advocacy, Voices, Education, Support) since 2016. Lily was previously the Executive Director of UCA, as well as founding President and Board Chair of UCA Illinois Chapter. She serves as the project director for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Clinical Scholar leadership development program and the Nursing Student Peer Mentoring Program at NCCU. She is a certified Mental Health First Aid MHFA instructor.
Lily has played critical roles in organizing three Chinese American conventions and coordinating multiple UCA programs, such as WAVES.
Gary Yu 俞国梁
Gary Yu is the founder and chairman of Boston International Media Consulting Inc and Boston Asian Radio & TV Station, president of North America Hangzhou Association. president of North America Nanning Association. president of APAPA Boston chapter. Has worked as a reporter for Sing Tao Daily, World Journal and other media. Gary is an at large UCA board member and also serves as a team member of UCA Executive Team. Gary has worked tirelessly to deliver the UCA news.
Ren Li Dongliang Mama 栋梁妈妈
Ren is the founding member of UCA IL, and instrumental in implementing EVERY UCA IL as key organizers.
She was indispensable in organizing the first event Jiaozhi festival in 2017, and two more thereafter – the most labor intensive events with hundreds participating and tens of thousand dollars raised for UCA IL . Jiaozi festival helped UCA IL in a unique position in connecting with local organizations and community members. Ren also is passionate about sharing Chinese culture through food, music, and arts with local communities. She was often found in festivals and school events.
As a former teacher in China, her heart has always been on developing our next generation. She not only has the most effective way of connecting with our youth and being trusted and well respected by every youth intern working with her, she also knows how to work with all agencies, organizations, and state legislators such as Rep Theresa Mah creating a positive environment for our youth. Under her leadership, UCA IL youth summer internship program was offered three full time positions (college students) by the State of Illinois Central Management System this summer, and UCA IL was recognized by the mayor of City of Aurora (the second largest city in Illinois) with outstanding community service award (we had intern there). Overwhelming positive feedback from interns, their parents and government agencies including Illinois State.
Ren participated in both UCA convention mental health sessions, and helped organize the 2017 Asian Parents, American Children youth mental health conference in Chicago and it drew 250 participants nationwide. She continues to help organize many webinars, and became a Mental Health First Aid – youth trainer in Jan, 2021 so she can better serve youth. She has been a strong advocate and frequent speaker to decrease stigma and increase mental health knowledge in our community. She is parent ambassador leader at WAVES-UCA Youth Mental Health Collaborative.
Ren singly handly organized her students and parents and raised $241, 599 to buy PPES, arranged logistics, contacted five Chicago hospitals and clinics, and transported them. She helped organize a UCA IL team and participated in UCA’s Food of Love.
Ren is the outreach sponsor for 2018 UCA convention, bringing over 12 participants (brought multiple participants as well), and currently organizing UCA IL youth and showcase teams to the convention (team of 7-10 people) . She donated to UCA thousands of dollars, and continued to help fundraise for UCA IL for convention.
Vicky Cheng 程以克
Vicky Cheng is a senior IT professional with over 30 years’ experience, an author of 20+ Children books for pre-teen published in China and USA, the chief editor of “It’s My Book, which is the first Chinese Guided Reading series” published Level 1-8 in the USA. She is also a host of Dr. Zhang DaoLong’s talk show series on Popular Psychology/Personality Disorders. Vicky has engaged local Chinese community activities as one of key persons to help the management of several large-scale concerts/performances in Chicagoland. Vicky Cheng is a member of UCA Executive Team.
Vicky has been supporting many UCA events and projects. Since she joined UCA a few years ago, she has been helping managing data and collecting important informations for different events and have been delivering high quality results. She exemplified what an unsung hero is.
Hong Liu 刘红
Ms. Liu is one of the founding members of UCA -MA. She has been a generous donor to many important causes taken up by United Chinese Americans and other non-profit organizations. She has supported the campaign for Lindy Li, and was the biggest donor for Sherry Chen in MA. She has given a lot to the local communities and has led several organizations herself. Recent few years she has donated $5000+ to UCA. She and her husband will come to this convention and donate $4000. She has also done a lot community volunteer work and helped Chinese people with employment and internship at the hotels she owns.
Tony XiaoJun Hu 胡晓军
Tony (Xiao Jun) Hu is a celebrity chef, restaurateur, culinary teacher and mentor, and community leader. Hailing from China’s Sichuan province, Chef Tony graduated from The Culinary Institute of Sichuan, China’s premier culinary institute, in 1989. In 1993, he immigrated to the U.S. as a special technician chef, establishing himself in Chicago as a trailblazer for introducing authentic Sichuan cuisine to a Chinese culinary scene largely dominated by Canton cuisine.
Chef Tony’s unwavering passion for promoting and elevating Chinese culinary culture in the United States and China-US Relationship. Nicknamed Chicago’s “Mayor of Chinatown,” Chef Tony shaped Lao Sze Chuan into one of America’s most beloved Chinese restaurants with a nationally-acclaimed reputation for providing traditional Sichuan cuisine with high-quality ingredients.
Dong Xiao Yue 岳东晓
Dongxiao was a physicist by training and software engineer in 1990s. In 1997 Ana Mae He was given to temporary custody to a TN Baker’s family due to extradentary hardships what ensured was a custody battle that lasted 8 years and all the way to the Supreme Courts of Tennessee and The US. Anna was eventually reunited with her family in 2007. Through it all, Dong Xiao was the De facto legal counsel and instrumental in the custody battle with strong logic and understanding of the law that eventually helped the Hes reunited. Dongxiao’s personal conviction and courage despite all odds deserve recognition from our community. Dongxiao has been actively providing legal advice to the Chinese American community through writings and seminars. He took an active role in U.S. WeChat Users Alliance’s campaign against Trump Administration’s executive order on use of WeChat.
Melanie Lin 林小梅
Melanie has been tirelessly serving the town and Chinese community over the past decade. She is currently the co-president of CAAL, Chair of CAAL Civic Engagement Committee, and Board Member of the Cary Library Foundation. Melanie is one of the most recognizable faces representing the Chinese community in Lexington, MA.
Melanie has been an active member of the Chinese American Association of Lexington (CAAL) for the past decade. She has served CAAL in different capacity including Chair of Civic Engagement Committee, Secretary, Vice president of Communications and Operations. She currently serves as Co-president of CAAL. She has also served in numerous town committees including Town Celebrations Committee, 300th Anniversary Celebrations Committee, Town Manager Search Committee, and most recently the Cary Library Foundation Board.
Melanie has been a key leader for Chinese American Association of Lexington over the past decade. With the rapid influx of Chinese families, CAAL has doubled its efforts to work with the town, the school system and a host of community organizations. Most recently CAAL has undertaken an epic $280,000 Covid relief campaign for the Lexington community and beyond. CAAL has been recognized as the most impactful town level community organization in the US! CAAL was also known for its massive CAAL for Cary fundraising of $75,000. Lunar New Year Celebration and Candidate forum each year are CAAL traditions of decades.
Melanie co-founded Community Task Force in 2011 with a mission to promote Chinese American civic engagement. In 2011, Melanie wrote a touching letter to the Chinese community after attending a town wide community conversation where she saw very few Chinese faces in the event and asking the community to engage more with the broader community. The letter drew very positive responses from the community. A group of people decided to work together to make a change, which is the start of the Community Task Force (CTF) which draw many new blood and later become leaders for CAAL
Under Melanie’s leadership, the civic engagement committee (former CTF) and the town joined effort on “push and pull”, successfully engaged more Chinese Americans for civic participation. As of 2021, there are 16 Chinese American town meeting members, and over 30 people joined town committees. Melanie also organized many CAAL candidate forums.
Qian Ge 葛倩
Qian Ge is the Co-president of NECAA, president of WeStar, a Chinese association in Westom, Massachusetts, entrepreneur. Qian Ge has been enthusiastic about public welfare and has been serving the community for a long time. She has spared no effort in donating money and led the community to do many meaningful things, such as donating money to buy PPE and donate to China and the United States, and participating in promoting the writing of Asian history into the textbooks of primary and secondary schools in Massachusetts.
Mealey Tom
Maeley Tom Trailblazer in Asian American politics. Maeley Tom’s 20-year career in the State Legislature of California (1974-1994) was during an era when Asian Americans were struggling to find a voice in politics and public policy. During this period she was able to break the glass ceiling twice in the State Capitol by becoming the first woman and ethnic minority to serve as the Chief Administrative Officer of the State Assembly and subsequently serve as the Chief of Staff to the President of the State Senate.From 1994 – 2000, she became one of the first Asian American woman to serve as a Senior Vice President of a prominent Washington D.C. lobbying firm, Cassidy and Associates. Subsequently, she and her husband formed their own California public affairs firm, Tom & Associates in 2001 until her retirement in 2014. Mealey Tom is recognized for her contributions to the empowerment of the Asian American voice in politics and government at the state and national level for more than 4 decades. She has set a great example to Asian women and our next generations on What does American Dream mean to us and how to serve the community as a contributor and an outstanding leader.
Joel Wong
Joel Wong retired as a scientist/engineer from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in 2000 where he was the Division Leader of the Environmental Safety and Health Division. He was the founder and CEO of the Environmental Safety Services, a private consultation firm.
Currently, Joel is the President of the NAAPAC (formerly 80-20 PAC) and NAAUnited organizations. He served on the National Governing Board and the Public Policy and Issues Committee of APAPA and chaired the CLUSA (Civic Leadership USA) Editorial Committee. He is an Advisor on APIA issues for DingDingTV .Asian Pacific Affairs Council; the President of the CAPA (Chinese American Political Association); and the CAPA Public Affairs Education Fund.
Joel has been a volunteer in many organizations: Asian Pacific Affairs Council; Chinese American Political Association; CAPA Public Affairs Education Fund; NAAPAC (formerly 80-20 PAC); APAPA; Civic Leadership USA; Silicon Valley Community Media and more. He full time devoted himself serving the community for over 20 years. He wrote articles weekly, Empowering Asian Americans & Promoting Better Relations with China and Asian Pacific countries. Not like other well recognized Asian Americans, he is Unsung Hero that need to be known by our community.
UCA WAVES
UCA WAVES is a youth mental health collaborative that seeks to provide support particularly among Asian American families. Chinese/Asian American youth often suffer “silently” with stress, anxiety, and other mental health issues. Stigma against mental illness, social isolation, cultural expectations, identity issues, low mental health literacy, and lack of available Chinese-speaking or culturally sensitive mental health professionals – these are only some of the barriers that stand in the way of getting help. In response, we as a collaborative community are here to stand together and work towards Wellness, Advocacy, Voices, Education, and Support (WAVES).
Since 2016, WAVES has served thousands of community members in the U.S. and abroad through “Asian Parents American Children,” a free, open series of mental health educational seminars. In 2020 and 2021, WAVES webinars drew over 5,000 participants from all 50 states. Amidst a rise of anti-Asian hate during the pandemic, WAVES organized educational webinars, including a Self-Defense and Empowerment training and an Op-Ed writing workshop titled “Silent No More: We Rise Up and Write Up.” In 2021, the UCA WAVES Program (WAVES) sponsored the training of five Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) instructors. In 2022, WAVES released documentary film “Silent War: Asian American Reckoning with Mental Health,” which features four Asian American families and their grappling with mental health issues. WAVES is currently creating an educational toolkit for Asian American parents, which will focus on youth voices, general mental health knowledge, communication skills, and self-compassion.
WeChat User Alliance/Keliang (Clay)
Mr. Keliang “Clay” Zhu’s practice specialties include cross-border merger & acquisition, export control and corporate compliance, commercial litigation, and international tax planning in the U.S. He earned a Doctor of Jurisprudence (J.D.) degree and has practiced law in the U.S. since 2000. He is licensed in both California and Oregon. He used to serve as a senior legal counsel to the World Bank and the U.N. Food & Agriculture Organization on their projects in China. He currently is the Managing Partner of the Silicon Valley Office.
As the Founder of WeChat User Alliance, Clay and fellow lawyers quickly formed the US WeChat User Alliance shortly after the Trump administration issues order to ban WeChat in the United States.
USWUA successfully defended the rights and defeated the US to ban WeChat in the United States for millions of its users.
Chinese American Association of Lexington (CAAL)
Chinese American Association of Lexington (CAAL) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and has been proudly serving Lexington and its Chinese-American community for the past 39 years since 1983.
With the rapid influx of Chinese families, CAAL has doubled its efforts to work with the town, the school system and a host of community organizations. Most recently CAAL has undertaken an epic $280,000 Covid relief campaign for the Lexington community and beyond. CAAL has been recognized as the most impactful town level community organization in the US.
Among the many events CAAL organized, Lunar New Year celebration is CAAL’s tradition of decades. Known as the best party in town, it draws hundreds of in-person participants, to tens of thousands of online audiences.
CAAL’s other tradition of decades is Candidate Forum where they invite town wide candidates to meet with the community. CAAL continues to encourage Chinese Americans to participate in town activities and increase civic participation. There are more Chinese Americans who decided to run town meetings and participated in various town committees. As of 2021, there are 16 Chinese American town meeting members, and 30 people joined various town committees
CAAL has worked with the town and AAPI Youth Team on a series of celebration events for the May AAPI Heritage Month to promote AAPI culture, unity, solidarity and belonging. In each week of May, they feature a different aspect of AAPI including history, art, food and a cumulative festival celebration and 5K Run on Memorial Day May 30th.
New England Chinese American Alliance (NECAA)
NECAA journey started with fighting with the pandemic. Established at the beginning of 2020, NECAA is dedicated to fairness, justice, peace, and humanity. More than 50 Chinese American associations in New England united to support China in fighting COVID-19. The Alliance was rapidly formed to collect donations and send the urgently needed medical supplies to the hospitals in China. Most medical supplies were sent to the temporary hospitals, known as FangCang, and permanent hospitals in Wuhan, the city that suffered most in China.
As the pandemic has spread to the U.S., NECAA is now focusing on supporting the U.S. by collecting donations, procuring medical supplies from China, and distributing them to hospitals, police stations, senior homes, and other places with urgent needs. The initiative also includes but not limited to watching the discriminatory situation for and offering support to the Chinese Americans and help the Chinese American businesses survive during the pandemic. It also shares verified pandemic-related information with the community.
After the pandemic tapers off, many members of the NECAA started a new chapter. NECAA, New England American Alliance is dedicated to promoting civic engagement and social welfare of New England Chinese Americans.
As one of the few 501C4 organizations in the New England area, NECAA has done a lot of outstanding work in encouraging Chinese people to participate in politics, such as pushing for legislation to include Asian history in U.S. elementary and middle school textbooks, organizing over 80 rallies of various ethnic organizations, calling for an end to racial discrimination and hate crimes, participating in UCA food drives, etc.
Los Angeles Chinese Musicians Ensemble Chorus
LACMEC was founded 25 years ago. Since its inception, LACMEC has been promoting Chinese American cultural heritage and serving the multi-ethic community in Southern California uninterruptedly. It has performed more than 150 concerts.
Civic Leadership USA
The Civic Leadership USA is a 501(c)(3) organization founded in 2013. It was the vision of Mr. Sandy Chau, chairman of the board. The Foundation is headquartered in San Mateo California.
Civic Leadership USA has been doing all the years to create a pipeline for Civic Leaders for a fair and harmonious society, to strengthen the status, image, participation, influence, and collaboration in the civic engagement of Asian Americans.
United Chinese Americans of Washington
UCAWA is a local chapter of United Chinese Americans in Washington State founded in 2018. UCAWA has been actively taking the leadership to serve the local Chinese American community. Since its inception, it has organized and led the local Chinese American community to donate money and medical equipment to local hospitals during the pandemic, raise relief fund for people in-need, rally for Stop Asian Hate and Chinese Expulsion Remembrance, and celebrate Chinese cultural heritage, etc. UCAWA was one of two winners of the UCA membership development pilot program.
Austin Chinese-American Network
Austin Chinese-American Network (ACAN) is a leading Chinese community organization in Austin TX. ACAN devotes itself to serving the Great Austin community and to promoting Chinese-American solidarity. It organizes active community services, raises awareness of Chinese culture, encourages civic engagement and incubates young leaders.
Over the years, ACAN has been doing amazing amount of volunteering work. It has a great youth program. Few Chinese American community organization has as much as ACAN has and won so much acclaim from local community and media.
2022 UCA Convention Gala Dinner Award
第2天 | UCA美国华人大会暨全美华人青年大会
第三届美国华人大会在7月15日上午八点半正式开幕，开幕仪式由Lily Chen主持。本次大会参与人数超过600人次，来自美国35个州，创历届大会新高。在开幕仪式上，各州华裔代表手握本州名牌，依次在台前进行介绍。随后大会播放了开幕视频，视频中“我很骄傲，我是华裔美国人”传递出华裔群体对自我身份的自豪，各个行业和职业代表呼吁华裔美国人联合起来，反对亚裔仇恨和歧视，共建多元文化的美国社会。
视频中同样表达了UCA的宗旨，“服务、领导、激励（serve, lead, inspire）”，促进华裔社区和美国社会共同发展。接着，在张迎潮先生的领唱下，一首《Imagine》响彻全场，用音乐表达出对世界大同、各种族和平共处的美好希冀。
随后华裔国会议员孟昭文（Grace Meng）为大会致开幕辞，她首先感谢了薛海培会长一直以来带领UCA为争取亚裔权益的付出和奋斗。她谈到仅高中毕业的外婆是她政治生涯的启蒙人，小时候的她非常害羞，不是政治专业也没有参与过相关社团活动，所以她希望今天来参与大会的青年们能好好利用这个机会，积极社交，至少要获得三个人的联系方式，不断拓展自己的社交圈，这对自己今后的发展非常重要。孟议员同时也谈到了过去几年亚裔的艰难时期，我们因为新冠被污名化，经历了多起针对亚裔仇恨的犯罪和暴力事件，她希望能推动国会和总统立法来维护亚裔和华裔的平等权利，让当地政府、警察局真正地从观念上认可我们的权利，从行动上保护我们的安全。现在的美国社会普遍还是将华裔视为外来人，孟议员说，即使我在国会也有一些人不相信我从小在纽约长大，会很自然地认为我是从中国移民过来，而这个问题的根源是美国社会缺乏对有关亚裔美国人的历史的教育，所以我现在在极力推动亚裔历史博物馆的建立，向大众和下一代普及亚裔美国人150多年来，对美国社会发展的贡献。
研讨会一：“中国行动计划”和亚裔对美国司法正义与平等的奋斗
大会的首场研讨会围绕着胡安明教授因美国实施的“中国行动计划”而受审的案件展开，胡教授和他的律师洛莫纳科先生（Philip Lomonaco）、两位陪审团成员梅尔巴和温蒂(Melba Harmon和Wendy Chandler)、及UCA理事长蔡金良先生作为嘉宾出席。“中国行动计划”是美国司法部实施的以消除中国间谍、防止美国科技被中国盗窃为目的的计划，于2018年11月推出，2022年2月中止。胡安明教授是第一位在“中国行动计划”下受审的学者，在审判结束后，陪审团陷入僵局，最终法官宣布审判无效，以政府未能完成举证责任为由宣布无罪释放。
在讨论会中，胡教授回忆了当时FBI对他进行秘密调查之后被逮捕进监狱的过程。他说FBI曾在他的办公室进行采访，但当时他并不知晓这实际上是为对他的秘密调查而收集证据。他说的每一句话都是事实，但如果被有意曲解或过分解读，都有可能对他的审判不利。虽然这场审判已经结束，“中国行动计划”也被中止，但胡教授作为受害人，他的工作和家庭生活都受到了重创。在胡教授被逮捕的时候，他所任教的田纳西大学立刻将他停职，没有收入他却还要付高昂的律师费，而这些经济负担只能由他的妻子承担，胡教授两个儿子的学业也受到了严重影响，他的大儿子不得不中止大学学业，重新申请大学。回想起这场不公平的审判，胡教授对当时任教的田纳西大学未仔细调查就立即将他开除的行为表达了失望和愤怒，他认为大学和教授是不可分割的，教授的丑闻也会影响到学校的声誉，大学理应为事实发声，而不应有失公允地政治化、舆论化。
胡教授的辩护律师洛莫纳科先生同样认为这个所谓的“中国行动计划”有失公允，为什么只针对华裔群体和华裔教授？陪审员温蒂也对田纳西大学在审判还没有结果，就直接开除胡教授的行为感到失望。她对某些调查人员感情用事的态度也十分不满，这些人员表现地就像要毁掉胡教授的人生一样。陪审员梅尔巴提到因为陪审团在审判期间不能对外发表言论，她非常珍惜此次在大会上发声的机会，她在陪审初期对复杂的技术用语感到困惑，试图在杂乱的证据中了解事实的真相，她相信真相永远无法被掩埋，事实也永远无法被改变。UCA理事长蔡金良先生也对美国华人组织如何支持这类不公平案件给出了看法，他认为我们不能因为被FBI和美国司法部指控就先入为主地定罪，在法制社会中，真正公平的审判应该在法庭上根据事实来评判，而不是根据公众媒体和社会舆论来决定。在华人过去150多年的移民史中，华人总是遭受不公平地指控，而我们华人组织要从资金、庭审程序、精神道德三个方面来提供支持。
研讨会二：中美竞争及其对亚裔的影响
在这场讨论会中，四位嘉宾对中美关系的未来局势、中美竞争如何影响华人的生活、以及我们应该如何改善中美关系等方面进行了深入探讨。四位与会嘉宾分别是中美商务委员会（US-China Business Council）主席艾伦先生（Criag Allen）、昆西治国研究所（Quincy institute for Responsible Statecraft）执行副总裁帕西先生（Trita Parsi）、前三藩市最高法院法官唐女士（Julie M. Tang）、以及中美关系委员会副总裁罗维特先生（Jonathan Lowet）.
帕西先生指出，他认为中美两国的竞争并不是消极的，只是现在需要承担很大的风险，比如竞争如果动用军事力量可能会造成很大的灾难。而问题的根源实际上来自于美国根本的政策取向，即美方认为自己必须要在军事上占主导地位。所以美国一直都想成为超级大国，提防和阻止其他力量的出现。也正是这种战略思想，让美国进行了很多无休止的战争，并给世界和自己造成了很严重的后果。然而，对美国来说，现在最大的威胁是气候变化和新冠疫情，疫情一天的死亡人数就能赶上9/11事件所有的死亡人数，而这些问题都无法用武力和军事力量解决。
唐法官倡导中美两国能够维持和平，和谐发展。她认为美国有很多职权的滥用，比如“中国行动计划”就是对华裔科学家和工程学家特定的迫害。但是中国真的会对美国造成这样实质性的威胁吗？中国真的是美国的敌人吗？中国的底线是“一个中国”政策，台湾是中国不可分割的一部分，而美国要做的就是遵守这一底线，这是我们最主要的诉求。她同时呼吁在场的美国华人来都为推动两国间的和平出力，因为美国是我们生存的国家，而中国和我们有着强大的文化和民族纽带。
在短暂的午餐休息后，大会有幸请到国会议员Andy Kim简短发言，议员强调了亚裔需要争取席位以及让亚裔的声音被听到的重要性。他作为新泽西州第一位亚裔国会议员，认为我们应该自己争取权益和席位而不是等着其他族裔议员为我们撰写法案。议员也强调了教下一代亚裔和太平洋岛民历史以及推广亚裔美国人博物馆的重要性，亚裔新一代应该对自己的身份和历史感到自豪；我们也应该站在别的族裔的角度看问题，倾听他们的声音，促进多族裔之间的交流。
研讨会三：跨文化和民族的对话
大会的第三个专题讨论的中心点围绕着中国人、犹太人、印度人在美国的生活。薛海培主席首先向嘉宾提问：作为美国的少数族裔，我们需不需要发展自己特有的文化还是融入美国主流文化？犹太文化研究所的创始人David Bernstein认为这个问题对于犹太人来说很复杂，因为他们经常需要决定自己想要宗教还是种族的身份认同。但他认为不论哪一种身份认同，都需要延续和发展文化。来自印度美国人基金会的演讲者认为第一代移民会延续他们本身的文化，但第二代之后，不同人根据自己的成长生活环境会做出自己的选择。
第二个问题讨论了如何在美国养育孩子。Bernstein先生表示犹太人之间经常讨论，不论是父母与孩子还是同一代的年轻人们；在讨论中，他们可以理解别人的立场也能想清楚自己的想法。印度演讲者表示她选择让孩子两边的文化都接触，让孩子自己选择更倾向于哪一边。UCA董事会成员Paul Li也同意让孩子接触不同的文化，也需要让孩子们感受到中国文化的魅力。在接触不同文化的同时，也能更理解其他族裔的角度以及产生同理心。
话题接下来转到了维持文化成功以及失败的例子。Bernstein先生表示他有组织过年轻人免费去以色列，激发了年轻犹太人对自己文化的思考。李先生认为亚裔美国人有时太过于强调文化融合，导致下一代产生身份认同危机，他们为自己亚裔的身份感到羞愧。但是美国家庭领养的中国孩子，因为美国家庭经常带孩子去参加中国文化节或是送去中文学校，他们对自己的文化感到很自豪。印度演讲者表示他们有设计不同的项目或是比赛，激励下一代学习自己的文化。很多美国人也愿意听取以及讨论其他族裔的文化差异。
第四个问题提及少数民族的身份是否帮助了或阻碍了自身发展。李先生认为身为亚裔，他可以从不同的角度看问题，这帮助了他的成功。他建议亚裔应该保持自身的独特性但也寻求和其他族裔的共性。印度演讲者认为作为少数族裔，她有感受到不公平的待遇，比如由于人数，亚裔或是印度裔很难申请到顶尖的学校。媒体中有时也有对印度裔不准确的报道。
最后一个问题，专题小组成员讨论了美国未来的人口架构以及文化认同。李先生认为我们应该认识到少数民族的进步，我们也需要建立交互的社区，让各种族裔参与到社区的讨论。创新来源于不同族裔观点的碰撞。
在精彩的研讨会结束后，大会还举办了社区和亚裔青年组织展览会，来自全美各地的公益组织代表齐聚一堂，交流成果和经验。这些组织的服务涵盖政治、心理健康、教育、科技、文化等主题，在县级、州级、全国甚至全球都有极大的影响力。代表组织包括麻州莱克星顿华人协会（CAAL）、新英格兰华人联盟（NECAA）、亲爱的华裔青年（Dear Asian Youth）、BranchOut、ihub at D-I-C-E等。晚间大会举行了社交晚宴，以及《沉默的战争》(“Silent War”)和《远东深南》（”Far East Deep South”）两部影片的播放。
明天华人大会及全国青年大会将同时召开，讨论会环节会对华裔的历史与未来、草根群众、民主政治参与等方面进行深入探讨，同时也为亚裔青年专门开设了心理健康、职业圆桌讨论、跨代交流、志愿服务、学生社交等主题的交流环节，晚上将会举办晚宴及大会颁奖仪式，敬请期待。
2022美国华人大会和青年大会指南
波士谈｜UCA美国华人大会特别系列专访正在进行中……欢迎锁定频道准时收看 https://youtube.com/channel/UC_7lCBcgyFvhUJLw0YOXmvA
我们期待各界华人有识之士，UCA的新老朋友们和各地家长孩子们前往华府参加本次UCA美国华人大会和UCA全国青年大会。我们相信，这必将是改变您或您的孩子人生最有意义的三天！另外，今年夏天机票价格预计会猛涨，也请大家尽早订票（万一需要退票，票款可在下一次购机票时使用）。
7月17日(周日)大会圆桌会议议程确定:
🌟2022年UCA青年大会欢迎高中生和大学生及研究生参加(需十五岁或以上）的积极报名参加 。高中生来参会前需要家长签署同意书（大会组委会会在报名后给家长发出信函）。
🌟 COVID预防措施：强烈鼓励所有与会者接种新冠疫苗，在大会期间建议戴口罩，充分休息和多吃水果，在新冠病例上升期间保持最佳的免疫系统。
UCA全国青年大会暑期套票购票链接
美国华人大会暑期套票购票链接
会议地点：Omni Shoreham Hotel, 2500 Calvert St. NW, Washington, DC 20008。Omni Shoreham Hotel 被指定为我们的会议酒店。它位于首都，交通便利，房间数量有限，因此请尽快预订。组委会会帮助参加全美青年大会的同学们, 提供拼房服务。
预订酒店请复制粘贴链接或扫描二维码, Link to Hotel Reservation: https://www.omnihotels.com/hotels/washington-dc-shoreham/meetings/2022-uca-convention-07132022
预订酒店请扫描二维码
2022 UCA Convention partner
2022 UCA Convention Diamond Sponsor
Gene & Sharon Chang Family Charitable Fund
2022 UCA Convention Platinum Sponsor
2022 UCA Convention Gold Sponsor
2022 UCA Convention Silver Sponsor
2022 UCA Convention Bronze Sponsor
Mandarin Playground 心悦汉语
AARP / Daphne Kwok
Alec Wang
Boston Paragon LLC (Qing Liao)
Evelyn Su (Hardy' Alumnus)
Qian Ge
Jessie Liang, Aijia Liang, Chung-Hao "Jonah"
Liang and Family
Liang-Qi "Shelly" Yu, Tina Liang and Family
Ning Mosberger
齐飞
Steven Lin
岳东晓
2022 UCA Convention Friendship Sponsor
Veritas Education | Tech ( Dr. Yuhsien Wu & Richard Wang)
Atlanta International Education Group
MX Finance
New Bright Law Group
厉平 American Scholars 美思高教育
范敏
劉美嫦 Michelle Lau (AAOA)
Lee Deng
Karina Hou
Lily Lee Chen
西雅图魏董
林应章 世界金融集团
李琪 YD Home 建材& Ramblei漫悠学生一条龙服务
大费城连江同乡会
艾伦赵琼
Peter Song
Individual Sponsors
To be our Individual Sponsor, please visit: http://www.memberplanet.com/campaign/united-chinese-americans/youthconvention
1. 张冰 $200
2. Hong mei Li $100
3.孙晓光 $200
4.薛海培（Haipei Shue）DC $400
5.Shirley Ma SF Bay Area $200
6.Dr. wan 3 hotel nights for youth
7.梁瑞风 西弗 $200
8.Shirley Ma SF Bay Area
9.Dr. wan there hotel nights for youth
10.姜博 UCA outreach ，Three Hotel nights for youth and others
11.Lily Chen 陈健 🎫 $200
12.Qing Liao $300
13.🌸李惠瓊🌷Sophia 350
14. Steven Pei 白先慎 $200
15. Meina Liu Three nights for 2 attendee
16. Linda 跃玲 二个房间三个晚上
17. Qi, Hong $200
18. Qian Wen $200
19. 齐飞 $200
20.郑桥雲 Victoria $200.00
21. Alec Wang $200
22. Zach Wu $500
23.Tycoon International $700
24.Chunyan Liu $500 (Zella paid)
25. Anonymous $500（Chicago）by mail
26. Charles Tsui 徐国富 $400
27. Shuqiao Chen $200 (Zelle paid)
28.亞特蘭大的馮先生$400
29.威斯康星商会捐 $500
30. Wenbin Yuan $300
31.许兰兰 $200
32.郭欣欣 $300
33.陈峥 Sunny Chen$400 Paid through online link
34. Bonnie Liao $500 ZellePay
35. Tong 张彤 $400 Paypal
36.劉美嫦 Michelle Lau (AAOA) 4 Students two nights two hotel
37. Christina Li Wang $200
38. Jun Lin $200
39.王军$300
40. Charles Li $200 41.陈茁$200
42.谢锋 $300
43. Bing Li $400
44.孟愚$500
45. Simon Li $500.
46.孙澜涛律师 $500
47.邓丽萍 $500
48.韩鹏一链家地产，$500
49. 秦立新 $500
50.肖宇 $200
第1天 | UCA美国华人大会暨全美华人青年大会
第三届美国华人大会暨第一届UCA全国青年大会于7月14日在华盛顿特区举行。这是自疫情以来，美国华人联合会(UCA, United Chinese Americans) 所举行的第一次大型华裔社区会议。
来自全美各地近四百名与会者注册了华人大会，另有两百多名华裔青年注册了青年大会。
注册完毕之后，会议马上进入了“热身”程序，同时也是历届UCA大会的重头戏——国会参访活动。在今年的活动中，有六位议员或者他们的办公室（包括参议员和众议院）和UCA参会人员进行了视频会面，另有四位议员或者他们的办公室当面接待了UCA的与会人员。
在和国会议员的见面中，UCA与会人员谈到了他们所关心的各种问题，包括亚裔精神健康问题，反对亚裔仇恨问题以及如何鼓励华裔年轻人参与到选举政治等问题。在交谈中，也有UCA的与会者谈到了对不断恶化的中美关系的担忧，以及因此而成为仇恨犯罪目标的恐惧。
几位和UCA与会者见面的议员和办公室主要工作人员承诺将认真对待这些信息，保护华裔社区的正当权益。
晚上，会议为与会者举行了欢迎招待会，并放映了My Yang Gang Diary的纪录片。
在周五的会议中，赵美心和孟昭文两位国会议员会将会致开幕词。在上午的会议中，China Initiative 和中美关系将是讨论的重点。下午的会议将重点探讨华裔文化以及华裔美国人的过去、现在和未来。
希望对您有所帮助，如有需要请保留以下信息：
1. 会议与会者签到时间为周四上午10点至晚上11点(美国东部时间)。在整个会议期间，签到台都是开放的。请携带纸质票或电子票。
2. 大会出售UCA (UCBP赞助)polo衫和帽子，价格合理，参会者都可以购买，有意者请在签到处购买。
3. 我们有大会志愿者，他们会戴上绿色的挂绳和绿色的姓名标签丝带，如果你需要帮忙, 可以求助他们。
4. 酒店有现场保安。如果您发现任何可疑活动请通知我们，我们将联系酒店保安。
6. UCA会议参加者在报到时将会得到一个名牌(连同一本课程手册和一个包)，会议期间必须佩戴你的名牌。
7. 酒店没有机场接送服务(往返DCA)。但是，您可以联系以下的接送服务：GO the Airport shuttle。预订电话：800-776-0323，办公室:410-381-2772；或发邮件至reservations@gotheairportshuttle.com. https://www.shuttlefare.com/washington_dulles_airport_shuttle_iad#mobile
8. 手机信号一般来说很好。此外，每位“Omni精选贵宾金级”会员将获得客房wifi。
9. 开车去酒店的朋友，请注意离酒店五分钟路程有一个停车场，叫Colonial parking，地址是2519 Connectic Ave NW，但地下室的入口是Calvert St NW(注意该酒店的地址后面应该有一个NW)。酒店停车费是55美元一天，而这个停车场是21-23美元。
10. 我们鼓励你在大会期间及往返途中, 把一些有趣、值得纪念的照片或短视频, 上传到大会的云端, 我们会选取合适的素材进行编辑及播放。注意: 你上传照片和视频的行为, 即默认UCA拥有该照片和视频的使用权和播放权。
2022美国华人大会和青年大会指南
波士谈｜UCA美国华人大会特别系列专访正在进行中……欢迎锁定频道准时收看 https://youtube.com/channel/UC_7lCBcgyFvhUJLw0YOXmvA
我们期待各界华人有识之士，UCA的新老朋友们和各地家长孩子们前往华府参加本次UCA美国华人大会和UCA全国青年大会。我们相信，这必将是改变您或您的孩子人生最有意义的三天！另外，今年夏天机票价格预计会猛涨，也请大家尽早订票（万一需要退票，票款可在下一次购机票时使用）。
7月17日(周日)大会圆桌会议议程确定:
🌟2022年UCA青年大会欢迎高中生和大学生及研究生参加(需十五岁或以上）的积极报名参加 。高中生来参会前需要家长签署同意书（大会组委会会在报名后给家长发出信函）。
🌟 COVID预防措施：强烈鼓励所有与会者接种新冠疫苗，在大会期间建议戴口罩，充分休息和多吃水果，在新冠病例上升期间保持最佳的免疫系统。
UCA全国青年大会暑期套票购票链接
美国华人大会暑期套票购票链接
会议地点：Omni Shoreham Hotel, 2500 Calvert St. NW, Washington, DC 20008。Omni Shoreham Hotel 被指定为我们的会议酒店。它位于首都，交通便利，房间数量有限，因此请尽快预订。组委会会帮助参加全美青年大会的同学们, 提供拼房服务。
预订酒店请复制粘贴链接或扫描二维码, Link to Hotel Reservation: https://www.omnihotels.com/hotels/washington-dc-shoreham/meetings/2022-uca-convention-07132022
预订酒店请扫描二维码
2022 UCA Convention partner
2022 UCA Convention Diamond Sponsor
Gene & Sharon Chang Family Charitable Fund
2022 UCA Convention Platinum Sponsor
2022 UCA Convention Gold Sponsor
2022 UCA Convention Silver Sponsor
2022 UCA Convention Bronze Sponsor
Mandarin Playground 心悦汉语
AARP / Daphne Kwok
Alec Wang
Boston Paragon LLC (Qing Liao)
Evelyn Su (Hardy' Alumnus)
Qian Ge
Jessie Liang, Aijia Liang, Chung-Hao "Jonah"
Liang and Family
Liang-Qi "Shelly" Yu, Tina Liang and Family
Ning Mosberger
齐飞
Steven Lin
岳东晓
2022 UCA Convention Friendship Sponsor
Veritas Education | Tech ( Dr. Yuhsien Wu & Richard Wang)
Atlanta International Education Group
MX Finance
New Bright Law Group
厉平 American Scholars 美思高教育
范敏
劉美嫦 Michelle Lau (AAOA)
Lee Deng
Karina Hou
Lily Lee Chen
西雅图魏董
林应章 世界金融集团
李琪 YD Home 建材& Ramblei漫悠学生一条龙服务
大费城连江同乡会
艾伦赵琼
Peter Song
Individual Sponsors
To be our Individual Sponsor, please visit: http://www.memberplanet.com/campaign/united-chinese-americans/youthconvention
1. 张冰 $200
2. Hong mei Li $100
3.孙晓光 $200
4.薛海培（Haipei Shue）DC $400
5.Shirley Ma SF Bay Area $200
6.Dr. wan 3 hotel nights for youth
7.梁瑞风 西弗 $200
8.Shirley Ma SF Bay Area
9.Dr. wan there hotel nights for youth
10.姜博 UCA outreach ，Three Hotel nights for youth and others
11.Lily Chen 陈健 🎫 $200
12.Qing Liao $300
13.🌸李惠瓊🌷Sophia 350
14. Steven Pei 白先慎 $200
15. Meina Liu Three nights for 2 attendee
16. Linda 跃玲 二个房间三个晚上
17. Qi, Hong $200
18. Qian Wen $200
19. 齐飞 $200
20.郑桥雲 Victoria $200.00
21. Alec Wang $200
22. Zach Wu $500
23.Tycoon International $700
24.Chunyan Liu $500 (Zella paid)
25. Anonymous $500（Chicago）by mail
26. Charles Tsui 徐国富 $400
27. Shuqiao Chen $200 (Zelle paid)
28.亞特蘭大的馮先生$400
29.威斯康星商会捐 $500
30. Wenbin Yuan $300
31.许兰兰 $200
32.郭欣欣 $300
33.陈峥 Sunny Chen$400 Paid through online link
34. Bonnie Liao $500 ZellePay
35. Tong 张彤 $400 Paypal
36.劉美嫦 Michelle Lau (AAOA) 4 Students two nights two hotel
37. Christina Li Wang $200
38. Jun Lin $200
39.王军$300
40. Charles Li $200 41.陈茁$200
42.谢锋 $300
43. Bing Li $400
44.孟愚$500
45. Simon Li $500.
46.孙澜涛律师 $500
47.邓丽萍 $500
48.韩鹏一链家地产，$500
49. 秦立新 $500
50.肖宇 $200
UCA 2022 Convention Program Book Available
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WAVES Mini-Program Book
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UCA美国华人大会采访系列 —— UCA全国理事、筹款委员会主席、UCA-WA董事会主席黎观城(Hardy Li)
黎观城（Hardy Li）先生是美国太平洋西北地区华人企业家、社区领导人。他是轻轨轨道专家，有着30年的从业经验，在北美参与管理和设计过16个大型轻轨/地铁工程项目。他创立的康派克集团公司覆盖土木工程设计、建筑管理、制造业、农场、房地产等业务。黎先生热心公益，在波特兰中国联谊会担任了超过20年的理事，曾任两届主席。他是UCA的创始成员，全国理事，筹款委员会主席，华盛顿州华人联合会 （UCAWA）董事会主席。今天，我们邀请到黎先生来和我们讲述他与UCA的故事。
您的本职工作是轻轨轨道专家和企业家，当初是什么契机让您参与华人组织，和其他创始成员一起创立UCA？
UCA是在2017年正式成立，在此之前我已经在波特兰中国联谊会做了十几年的非盈利组织工作。波特兰中国联谊会的宗旨是建立中美文化的桥梁，帮助新移民克服融入当地社会，和当地社区进行文化交流。我们的春晚曾连续两年在俄勒冈州最大的剧场中举办，吸引了2000多名观众，而且有很多非华裔观众，这也是当地华人150多年移民史来，首次将中国文化的庆祝活动办成主流。
我们联谊会在波特兰的影响力也吸引到了当时在筹建UCA的薛海培会长。在2015到2016年期间，薛会长在各个州游说，提出要筹备全美华人大会，希望能将全美华人联合起来，为华人事业做贡献。当时华人组织在各地都非常分散，而且一般也只是在当地活动，覆盖全国的活跃组织并不多。我和薛会长见了很多次，深受他的感染，就和本地一些华裔领导参与了2016年的第一届全美华人大会。 我成为了UCA创会成员之一。前华盛顿州州长、前美国驻华大使骆家辉和其他在位的几位国会华裔议员等也都作为嘉宾出席了第一届大会，他们现场的演讲都非常鼓舞人心，激励大家共同为华人谋权益。有些人可能会问，为什么一定要办华人大会，因为这种大型线下集会需要大量的资金和人力的投入，看起来“劳民伤财”。但是只有在这种环境下，邀请各领域的杰出嘉宾现场演讲，聊政治、经济、平权、健康等话题，给各个地区华人和组织社交的机会，大家才会被激励，才会有团结的力量产生。线上zoom会议和线下地方性的活动都达不到这种效果。
这种大型集会也是我们给自己的一针强心剂，让各地组织、华人代表都意识到，作为在美华人大家庭中的一员，我们都在一起奋斗和努力，未来有着无限希望与可能。而且，华人也在和其他美国亚裔和太平洋岛民（AAPI）群体寻求合作与发展。AAPI占全美人口约5%，如果我们可以团结一致，这会是一个不小的力量。
黎先生（右一）发起了杨安泽（左一）2020总统竞选波特兰筹款会
在您的印象中， UCA还举办过哪些有影响力的活动，展现出华人组织的力量？
还是在2018年第二届华人大会的时候，杨安泽宣布自己要竞选美国总统，得知这个消息后，整个会场都沸腾了，我也同样很兴奋。之后我就结识了杨安泽和他的团队，帮助他在全美筹款助选，在华盛顿州、俄勒冈州，密歇根州，加州，佐治亚州等地举办了非常盛大的筹款活动。波特兰的募捐晚会在主流的大型会议厅举行。有600多不同族裔的人参加，可谓是空前盛况。作为非政治，非营利组织， UCA不能直接参与政治竟选活动。 但UCA，其宗旨是鼓励华人参政从政，为了给华人下一代创建更公平的环境而奋斗，提供我们在全美范围一个联系，沟通和激励的平台。如果没有UCA大会，我想可能只有等杨安泽去波特兰筹款的时候我才会认识他，正是UCA让我们华人团结起来，促成了之后的一件件成果，让这次总统竞选给亚裔和下一代一个希望，告诉大家没有什么是不可能的。
2019年在我和几位华盛顿州领导的促使下，UCA在华盛顿州的分会成立了。现在UCA在全美一共有11个分会。我们一直致力于建立有群众基础，囊括各个阶层和行业的组织。在近30人的UCA理事会中，有来自不同背景新移民和老移民，从事教育，运输，医疗，工程，高科技，投资、餐饮等领域的企业家和工薪阶层。我一向不喜欢“精英”这个词，我们不应该单纯用财富的数额去划分阶层，就算一个人挣钱多，但是他不关心也不为自己所在的群体去发声、去争取权利，那不过也只是一个利己主义者。如果我们所在的群体不能赢得权利，那群体里的每一个人都不会是胜利者。
黎先生（右二）和杨安泽（左二）在底特律2020总统候选人辩论会现场
在过去两年多的疫情期间，我所服务的华盛顿州和俄勒冈州华人社团，给政府机构、警察局、医院、其他公益组织捐款捐防护用品，被当地的大型媒体持续报道。在2020年5月，UCA发起了全国性的“爱之食”（“Food of Love”）活动，各个城市在五月某一天给当地的警署、医疗机构，妇女，儿童收容中心， 退伍军人 和老年人居留所免费赠送中餐。这些活动也被很多大型媒体、电视台等报道和采访。在采访中，我们提到之所以会捐款，捐物和送餐，一是因为中国率先发生疫情，我们在援助中国的时候已经有了购买防护用品的资源和经验，现在可以快速响应美国的需求；二是我们华人和亚裔是有爱心的，愿意去帮助和奉献。其实通过做公益，我们积极的形象会频繁出现在媒体网络中，这不仅会受到当地人的感激与尊重，更是会扭转我们在美国人心中的传统华人形象，我们不再是一个默默忍受欺负的“模范公民”，我们谦逊但也自信勇敢，我们会为自己的权益发声，也会为整个社会的繁荣而贡献。
在2021年的亚特兰大按摩店枪击案件后，UCA牵头在全美举办了悼念仪式，为反对“亚裔仇恨”而发声。我们在波特兰市中心组织了烛光晚会，当晚有600多人参加，而且在我们没有主动邀请的情况下，包括州总检察长在内的政府官员都来参加了悼念活动，可见这起事件在全美的重要性。而且在这种环境下，我们包括韩裔、日裔，越南裔，非律宾裔等在内的亚裔群体更加团结了，我们的发声得到了别人的尊敬。
黎先生代表俄勒冈州华人群体响应UCA举办的全美华人爱心中餐日（Food of Love）活动
您觉得未来华人在美国社会有什么机会与挑战？对于今年的大会，您的期待是什么？
其实UCA 2017年成立，算是比较新的组织，如何去吸引和说服其他华人组织与我们合作共赢，召集更多的华人来参加我们的活动和UCA大会，这是我们之后的任务。而且，犹太裔和印度裔，人数不一定比我们华裔多， 也晚于我们移民到美国，但是他们在政治上的影响力更大，我们也应该向他们讨教经验，扩大华人和整个亚裔群体的力量。
今年大会的不同是，我们第一次开设了青年大会，希望让青少年亲临现场，感受到这种团结和激励的氛围，同时也为他们提供了同龄人社交的平台，彼此学习，让他们不要有孤立无援的感觉。我们大会也有专门针对心理健康的议题，希望青少年和父母都能对心理健康重视起来。我们希望能通过UCA大会来让华人们意识到参与社会活动的重要性，多为华人群体发声、做公益、捐款等等，这样才能融入美国主流社会，才能更有效地追求平等权利。尤其是要好好培养下一代，很多华人家庭的传统思想是希望孩子做医生、律师、工程师等等，这样工作稳定收入高，他们会觉得做政治没钱没名。但我们不能只通过金钱和名声去评估一份职业，我们应该让孩子们看到每种职业的好处和挑战，让他们自己来决定自己想从事的方向，就算不从政，也应该做到一个公民对社会应尽的责任和义务，也应该为自己所在的华人和亚裔群体做贡献。
黎先生在波特兰市中心的“反亚裔仇恨”集会发表演讲
2022美国华人大会和青年大会指南
波士谈｜UCA美国华人大会特别系列专访正在进行中……欢迎锁定频道准时收看 https://youtube.com/channel/UC_7lCBcgyFvhUJLw0YOXmvA
我们期待各界华人有识之士，UCA的新老朋友们和各地家长孩子们前往华府参加本次UCA美国华人大会和UCA全国青年大会。我们相信，这必将是改变您或您的孩子人生最有意义的三天！另外，今年夏天机票价格预计会猛涨，也请大家尽早订票（万一需要退票，票款可在下一次购机票时使用）。
7月17日(周日)大会圆桌会议议程确定:
🌟2022年UCA青年大会欢迎高中生和大学生及研究生参加(需十五岁或以上）的积极报名参加 。高中生来参会前需要家长签署同意书（大会组委会会在报名后给家长发出信函）。
🌟 COVID预防措施：强烈鼓励所有与会者接种新冠疫苗，在大会期间建议戴口罩，充分休息和多吃水果，在新冠病例上升期间保持最佳的免疫系统。
UCA全国青年大会暑期套票购票链接
美国华人大会暑期套票购票链接
会议地点：Omni Shoreham Hotel, 2500 Calvert St. NW, Washington, DC 20008。Omni Shoreham Hotel 被指定为我们的会议酒店。它位于首都，交通便利，房间数量有限，因此请尽快预订。组委会会帮助参加全美青年大会的同学们, 提供拼房服务。
预订酒店请复制粘贴链接或扫描二维码, Link to Hotel Reservation: https://www.omnihotels.com/hotels/washington-dc-shoreham/meetings/2022-uca-convention-07132022
预订酒店请扫描二维码
2022 UCA Convention partner
2022 UCA Convention Diamond Sponsor
Gene & Sharon Chang Family Charitable Fund
2022 UCA Convention Platinum Sponsor
2022 UCA Convention Gold Sponsor
2022 UCA Convention Silver Sponsor
2022 UCA Convention Bronze Sponsor
Mandarin Playground 心悦汉语
AARP / Daphne Kwok
Alec Wang
Boston Paragon LLC (Qing Liao)
Evelyn Su (Hardy' Alumnus)
Qian Ge
Jessie Liang, Aijia Liang, Chung-Hao "Jonah"
Liang and Family
Liang-Qi "Shelly" Yu, Tina Liang and Family
Ning Mosberger
齐飞
Steven Lin
岳东晓
2022 UCA Convention Friendship Sponsor
Veritas Education | Tech ( Dr. Yuhsien Wu & Richard Wang)
Atlanta International Education Group
MX Finance
New Bright Law Group
厉平 American Scholars 美思高教育
范敏
劉美嫦 Michelle Lau (AAOA)
Lee Deng
Karina Hou
Lily Lee Chen
西雅图魏董
林应章 世界金融集团
李琪 YD Home 建材& Ramblei漫悠学生一条龙服务
大费城连江同乡会
艾伦赵琼
Peter Song
Individual Sponsors
To be our Individual Sponsor, please visit: http://www.memberplanet.com/campaign/united-chinese-americans/youthconvention
1. 张冰 $200
2. Hong mei Li $100
3.孙晓光 $200
4.薛海培（Haipei Shue）DC $400
5.Shirley Ma SF Bay Area $200
6.Dr. wan 3 hotel nights for youth
7.梁瑞风 西弗 $200
8.Shirley Ma SF Bay Area
9.Dr. wan there hotel nights for youth
10.姜博 UCA outreach ，Three Hotel nights for youth and others
11.Lily Chen 陈健 🎫 $200
12.Qing Liao $300
13.🌸李惠瓊🌷Sophia 350
14. Steven Pei 白先慎 $200
15. Meina Liu Three nights for 2 attendee
16. Linda 跃玲 二个房间三个晚上
17. Qi, Hong $200
18. Qian Wen $200
19. 齐飞 $200
20.郑桥雲 Victoria $200.00
21. Alec Wang $200
22. Zach Wu $500
23.Tycoon International $700
24.Chunyan Liu $500 (Zella paid)
25. Anonymous $500（Chicago）by mail
26. Charles Tsui 徐国富 $400
27. Shuqiao Chen $200 (Zelle paid)
28.亞特蘭大的馮先生$400
29.威斯康星商会捐 $500
30. Wenbin Yuan $300
31.许兰兰 $200
32.郭欣欣 $300
33.陈峥 Sunny Chen$400 Paid through online link
34. Bonnie Liao $500 ZellePay
35. Tong 张彤 $400 Paypal
36.劉美嫦 Michelle Lau (AAOA) 4 Students two nights two hotel
37. Christina Li Wang $200
38. Jun Lin $200
39.王军$300
40. Charles Li $200 41.陈茁$200
42.谢锋 $300
43. Bing Li $400
44.孟愚$500
45. Simon Li $500.
46.孙澜涛律师 $500
47.邓丽萍 $500
48.韩鹏一链家地产，$500
49. 秦立新 $500
50.肖宇 $200
第三届UCA美国华人大会亮点 | WAVES系列论坛
SAMHSA工作坊：联邦和地方机构联手解决AANHPI社区心理健康需求
时间：7月15日星期五 8:00-8:45 PM
地点：REGENCY ROOM
纪录片“沉默的战争”放映结束后，物质滥用和精神健康服务管理局(SAMHSA)及其社区伙伴将主办一场特别研讨会。这次研讨会将介绍美国卫生与公众服务部(HHS)下属的机构SAMHSA。该机构领导公共卫生工作，促进国家的行为健康。研讨会还会着重介绍该机构与地方合作机构在解决AANHPI社区的精神健康需求方面的合作。
该活动免费, 注册链接: https://tinyurl.com/rdxmrsau
美国心理健康协会精神健康和宣传
时间：7月16日星期六 2:35-3:50 PM
地点：REGENCY ROOM
论坛嘉宾将讨论新冠疫情和反亚裔种族主义对心理健康的影响；分享美国儿科学会心理健康状况的最新数据；讨论针对社区教育的精神卫生保健的最佳做法；宣传联邦健康项目和政策，提高公众对现有资源的认识；授权与会者参与心理健康教育。
打破沉默：青少年心理健康与亲子交流
时间：7月16日星期六 10:15-11:45AM
地点：REGENCY ROOM
该讨论会将以青年和家长小组讨论为主，讨论AAPI青年所面临的具体挑战和加剧心理健康的风险。相关专家还会讨论亲子沟通的重要性。这场讨论会还包括一个由学生组成的青年小组，他们将讲述亚裔身份的成长经历，以及家庭沟通对压力和心理健康的重要性。
药物去污名化
时间：7月16日星期六 4:00-5:00 PM
地点：CALVERT ROOM
加入我们，一起讨论精神药物的处方相关问题。这场研讨会由与成人和儿童一起工作的精神病医生，侨界领袖，以及精神病患者组成。我们还将讨论下列问题：药物是如何起作用的?药物需要多长时间才能起作用?如果某种药物不起作用会发生什么?治疗结果背后的因素有什么?关于服药的常见污名化，以及我应该找谁开处方?
LGBTQ+工作坊
时间：7月16日星期六 3:15-4:30 PM
地点：FORUM ROOM
这场研讨会的开场是一个小品，探讨“出柜”问题，以及在这个过程中可能出现的挑战。接下来嘉宾将探讨关于LGBTQ+身份的刻板印象，心理健康问题，以及如何成为一个支持者。嘉宾将小组讨论过程中邀请与会者提问。
2022美国华人大会和青年大会指南
波士谈｜UCA美国华人大会特别系列专访正在进行中……欢迎锁定频道准时收看 https://youtube.com/channel/UC_7lCBcgyFvhUJLw0YOXmvA
我们期待各界华人有识之士，UCA的新老朋友们和各地家长孩子们前往华府参加本次UCA美国华人大会和UCA全国青年大会。我们相信，这必将是改变您或您的孩子人生最有意义的三天！另外，今年夏天机票价格预计会猛涨，也请大家尽早订票（万一需要退票，票款可在下一次购机票时使用）。
7月17日(周日)大会圆桌会议议程确定:
🌟2022年UCA青年大会欢迎高中生和大学生及研究生参加(需十五岁或以上）的积极报名参加 。高中生来参会前需要家长签署同意书（大会组委会会在报名后给家长发出信函）。
🌟 COVID预防措施：强烈鼓励所有与会者接种新冠疫苗，在大会期间建议戴口罩，充分休息和多吃水果，在新冠病例上升期间保持最佳的免疫系统。
UCA全国青年大会暑期套票购票链接
美国华人大会暑期套票购票链接
会议地点：Omni Shoreham Hotel, 2500 Calvert St. NW, Washington, DC 20008。Omni Shoreham Hotel 被指定为我们的会议酒店。它位于首都，交通便利，房间数量有限，因此请尽快预订。组委会会帮助参加全美青年大会的同学们, 提供拼房服务。
预订酒店请复制粘贴链接或扫描二维码, Link to Hotel Reservation: https://www.omnihotels.com/hotels/washington-dc-shoreham/meetings/2022-uca-convention-07132022
预订酒店请扫描二维码
2022 UCA Convention partner
2022 UCA Convention Diamond Sponsor
Gene & Sharon Chang Family Charitable Fund
2022 UCA Convention Platinum Sponsor
2022 UCA Convention Gold Sponsor
2022 UCA Convention Silver Sponsor
2022 UCA Convention Bronze Sponsor
Mandarin Playground 心悦汉语
AARP / Daphne Kwok
Alec Wang
Boston Paragon LLC (Qing Liao)
Evelyn Su (Hardy' Alumnus)
Qian Ge
Jessie Liang, Aijia Liang, Chung-Hao "Jonah"
Liang and Family
Liang-Qi "Shelly" Yu, Tina Liang and Family
Ning Mosberger
齐飞
Steven Lin
岳东晓
2022 UCA Convention Friendship Sponsor
Veritas Education | Tech ( Dr. Yuhsien Wu & Richard Wang)
Atlanta International Education Group
MX Finance
New Bright Law Group
厉平 American Scholars 美思高教育
范敏
劉美嫦 Michelle Lau (AAOA)
Lee Deng
Karina Hou
Lily Lee Chen
西雅图魏董
林应章 世界金融集团
李琪 YD Home 建材& Ramblei漫悠学生一条龙服务
大费城连江同乡会
艾伦赵琼
Peter Song
Individual Sponsors
To be our Individual Sponsor, please visit: http://www.memberplanet.com/campaign/united-chinese-americans/youthconvention
1. 张冰 $200
2. Hong mei Li $100
3.孙晓光 $200
4.薛海培（Haipei Shue）DC $400
5.Shirley Ma SF Bay Area $200
6.Dr. wan 3 hotel nights for youth
7.梁瑞风 西弗 $200
8.Shirley Ma SF Bay Area
9.Dr. wan there hotel nights for youth
10.姜博 UCA outreach ，Three Hotel nights for youth and others
11.Lily Chen 陈健 🎫 $200
12.Qing Liao $300
13.🌸李惠瓊🌷Sophia 350
14. Steven Pei 白先慎 $200
15. Meina Liu Three nights for 2 attendee
16. Linda 跃玲 二个房间三个晚上
17. Qi, Hong $200
18. Qian Wen $200
19. 齐飞 $200
20.郑桥雲 Victoria $200.00
21. Alec Wang $200
22. Zach Wu $500
23.Tycoon International $700
24.Chunyan Liu $500 (Zella paid)
25. Anonymous $500（Chicago）by mail
26. Charles Tsui 徐国富 $400
27. Shuqiao Chen $200 (Zelle paid)
28.亞特蘭大的馮先生$400
29.威斯康星商会捐 $500
30. Wenbin Yuan $300
31.许兰兰 $200
32.郭欣欣 $300
33.陈峥 Sunny Chen$400 Paid through online link
34. Bonnie Liao $500 ZellePay
35. Tong 张彤 $400 Paypal
36.劉美嫦 Michelle Lau (AAOA) 4 Students two nights two hotel
37. Christina Li Wang $200
38. Jun Lin $200
39.王军$300
40. Charles Li $200 41.陈茁$200
42.谢锋 $300
43. Bing Li $400
44.孟愚$500
45. Simon Li $500.
46.孙澜涛律师 $500
47.邓丽萍 $500
48.韩鹏一链家地产，$500
49. 秦立新 $500
50.肖宇 $200
第三届UCA美国华人大会亮点 | 专题论坛 : 美中竞争及对美国华人的影响
Convention Special Panel Discussion: US-China Competition & the Implication for Chinese Americans
Friday, July 15 10:15 -11:30 AM (Regency Room)
在这个专题论坛中，我们将听取四位积极从事促进美中和平与合作的专家对美中关系的未来轨迹将如何影响美国华人生活的看法，并探讨我们如何能够帮助塑造更好的关系。
Craig Allen 是美中贸易全国委员会的主席，这是一个代表与中国做生意的美国公司的非营利组织。在加入美中贸易全国委员会之前，Allen 先生在公共服务领域有一个长期而杰出的职业生涯，曾担任美国商务部大使和中国事务副助理部长的领导职务。
Julie M. Tang法官是 “和平支点 “的共同创始人, 曾担任旧金山高等法院法官23年。她因其在法庭和社区的工作而获得了许多奖项和赞誉。2020年，她共同创立了 “和平支点”，倡导世界和平，特别是美国和中国之间的和平。
Dr. Trita Parsi 是昆西负责任国家技术研究所的执行副总裁，也是伊朗裔美国人基层组织–全国伊朗裔美国人委员会的前主席。他是 “改善世界秩序思想奖 “的获得者，也是华盛顿特区在外交政策方面最有影响力的声音之一。
Jonathan Lowet是美中关系全国委员会项目部副总裁。在他的任期内，他专注于建立新一代的项目，促进国会教育，并发展委员会的虚拟存在。他也是 Yale-China Association,的理事，这是一个有120年历史的美国非营利组织，为美国和中国文化搭建桥梁。
会议主持人范敏是美国腹地美中协会（USHCA）的执行主任，该协会是一个501（c）3的非营利组织，致力于促进以美国心脏地带为重点的更好的美中关系。在她的领导下，USHCA已经成为积极在两国之间建立新的合作桥梁的领先非政府组织之一。
- 时间: 7月15日 (星期五), 上午10:15 – 11:30am
- 地点: Regency Room, Omni Shoreham Hotel, 2500 Calvert St. NW, Washington, DC
2022美国华人大会和青年大会指南
波士谈｜UCA美国华人大会特别系列专访正在进行中……欢迎锁定频道准时收看 https://youtube.com/channel/UC_7lCBcgyFvhUJLw0YOXmvA
我们期待各界华人有识之士，UCA的新老朋友们和各地家长孩子们前往华府参加本次UCA美国华人大会和UCA全国青年大会。我们相信，这必将是改变您或您的孩子人生最有意义的三天！另外，今年夏天机票价格预计会猛涨，也请大家尽早订票（万一需要退票，票款可在下一次购机票时使用）。
7月17日(周日)大会圆桌会议议程确定:
🌟2022年UCA青年大会欢迎高中生和大学生及研究生参加(需十五岁或以上）的积极报名参加 。高中生来参会前需要家长签署同意书（大会组委会会在报名后给家长发出信函）。
🌟 COVID预防措施：强烈鼓励所有与会者接种新冠疫苗，在大会期间建议戴口罩，充分休息和多吃水果，在新冠病例上升期间保持最佳的免疫系统。
UCA全国青年大会暑期套票购票链接
美国华人大会暑期套票购票链接
会议地点：Omni Shoreham Hotel, 2500 Calvert St. NW, Washington, DC 20008。Omni Shoreham Hotel 被指定为我们的会议酒店。它位于首都，交通便利，房间数量有限，因此请尽快预订。组委会会帮助参加全美青年大会的同学们, 提供拼房服务。
预订酒店请复制粘贴链接或扫描二维码, Link to Hotel Reservation: https://www.omnihotels.com/hotels/washington-dc-shoreham/meetings/2022-uca-convention-07132022
预订酒店请扫描二维码
2022 UCA Convention partner
2022 UCA Convention Diamond Sponsor
Gene & Sharon Chang Family Charitable Fund
2022 UCA Convention Platinum Sponsor
2022 UCA Convention Gold Sponsor
2022 UCA Convention Silver Sponsor
2022 UCA Convention Bronze Sponsor
Mandarin Playground 心悦汉语
AARP / Daphne Kwok
Alec Wang
Boston Paragon LLC (Qing Liao)
Evelyn Su (Hardy' Alumnus)
Qian Ge
Jessie Liang, Aijia Liang, Chung-Hao "Jonah"
Liang and Family
Liang-Qi "Shelly" Yu, Tina Liang and Family
Ning Mosberger
齐飞
Steven Lin
岳东晓
2022 UCA Convention Friendship Sponsor
Veritas Education | Tech ( Dr. Yuhsien Wu & Richard Wang)
Atlanta International Education Group
MX Finance
New Bright Law Group
厉平 American Scholars 美思高教育
范敏
劉美嫦 Michelle Lau (AAOA)
Lee Deng
Karina Hou
Lily Lee Chen
西雅图魏董
林应章 世界金融集团
李琪 YD Home 建材& Ramblei漫悠学生一条龙服务
大费城连江同乡会
艾伦赵琼
Peter Song
Individual Sponsors
To be our Individual Sponsor, please visit: http://www.memberplanet.com/campaign/united-chinese-americans/youthconvention
1. 张冰 $200
2. Hong mei Li $100
3.孙晓光 $200
4.薛海培（Haipei Shue）DC $400
5.Shirley Ma SF Bay Area $200
6.Dr. wan 3 hotel nights for youth
7.梁瑞风 西弗 $200
8.Shirley Ma SF Bay Area
9.Dr. wan there hotel nights for youth
10.姜博 UCA outreach ，Three Hotel nights for youth and others
11.Lily Chen 陈健 🎫 $200
12.Qing Liao $300
13.🌸李惠瓊🌷Sophia 350
14. Steven Pei 白先慎 $200
15. Meina Liu Three nights for 2 attendee
16. Linda 跃玲 二个房间三个晚上
17. Qi, Hong $200
18. Qian Wen $200
19. 齐飞 $200
20.郑桥雲 Victoria $200.00
21. Alec Wang $200
22. Zach Wu $500
23.Tycoon International $700
24.Chunyan Liu $500 (Zella paid)
25. Anonymous $500（Chicago）by mail
26. Charles Tsui 徐国富 $400
27. Shuqiao Chen $200 (Zelle paid)
28.亞特蘭大的馮先生$400
29.威斯康星商会捐 $500
30. Wenbin Yuan $300
31.许兰兰 $200
32.郭欣欣 $300
33.陈峥 Sunny Chen$400 Paid through online link
34. Bonnie Liao $500 ZellePay
35. Tong 张彤 $400 Paypal
36.劉美嫦 Michelle Lau (AAOA) 4 Students two nights two hotel
37. Christina Li Wang $200
38. Jun Lin $200
39.王军$300
40. Charles Li $200 41.陈茁$200
42.谢锋 $300
43. Bing Li $400
44.孟愚$500
45. Simon Li $500.
46.孙澜涛律师 $500
47.邓丽萍 $500
48.韩鹏一链家地产，$500
49. 秦立新 $500
50.肖宇 $200
七月中旬在DC的美国华人大会有哪些看点？
由UCA举办的全美华人大会在七月十四至十六日将在DC举行，现在已经有近五百人报名参加，涵盖了美国三十多个州。
今年的大会有两个分会同时进行，成人的大会和年轻人的大会，是一次认识各地华人社区组织活动人士，聆听一些有趣的专题讨论的好机会。
今年的大会有哪些看点呢？这里我做一个简单的介绍。
1. 中美关系及其对美国华人的影响
这次大会的重头戏就是讨论中美关系的重大问题了。中美关系的恶化已经影响了许多华人科研人员的正常工作。联邦司法部的 China Initiative已经让很多无辜的华人科学家蒙受冤屈。中美关系下一步会如何发展？我们华人如何应对未来职业和生活上的挑战？我们能做些什么来改善两国之间的互信和交往？这些重要的问题将是七月十五日星期五上午的专题讨论的中心。
2. 中华文化对华二代身份认同和自我价值观的影响
中美文化之间有哪些互补性？中华文化之中有哪些是值得我们坚持继承的？我们如何将中美文化融合在一起，塑造我们美国华人的一种独特的身份安定价值观，培养我们后代的自信和自豪感？
对这些话题感兴趣的朋友不要错过七月十五日星期五下午的专题讨论。
3. 七月十六日星期六的社区专题讨论
整个星期六的一天将是专注华人社区的一些热点问题，有很多小组讨论，涉及的话题有年轻一代的心理健康、华人小业主的挑战和契机、华人参政议政、等等话题。更多更细的信息，请关注大会网址（仍在不断更新之中）。
4. 年轻人的分会
这次大会专门安排了年轻人的分会，讨论她们感兴趣的话题，也给年轻人一个交流建立人脉的机会。如果您家有高中大学或刚工作的下一代，请鼓励他们参加。
5. 周五晚的舞会和周六晚宴
这两个活动是不能错过的，是您认识新人，结交朋友，寻找合作伙伴的绝佳机会。
希望以上的简介能够帮助您了解今年的华人大会，更是诚挚欢迎您的参加。您若不能全程参与，有单天参加的选项。如果您只对晚宴感兴趣，您也可以只报名参加周六的晚宴 Galla Dinner。
具体报名以及大会信息请点击以下链接：
https://ucausa.org/2022-chinese-american-convention-new/
期盼在仲夏的华盛顿见到您！
2022美国华人大会和青年大会指南
波士谈｜UCA美国华人大会特别系列专访正在进行中……欢迎锁定频道准时收看 https://youtube.com/channel/UC_7lCBcgyFvhUJLw0YOXmvA
我们期待各界华人有识之士，UCA的新老朋友们和各地家长孩子们前往华府参加本次UCA美国华人大会和UCA全国青年大会。我们相信，这必将是改变您或您的孩子人生最有意义的三天！另外，今年夏天机票价格预计会猛涨，也请大家尽早订票（万一需要退票，票款可在下一次购机票时使用）。
7月17日(周日)大会圆桌会议议程确定:
🌟2022年UCA青年大会欢迎高中生和大学生及研究生参加(需十五岁或以上）的积极报名参加 。高中生来参会前需要家长签署同意书（大会组委会会在报名后给家长发出信函）。
🌟 COVID预防措施：强烈鼓励所有与会者接种新冠疫苗，在大会期间建议戴口罩，充分休息和多吃水果，在新冠病例上升期间保持最佳的免疫系统。
UCA全国青年大会暑期套票购票链接
美国华人大会暑期套票购票链接
会议地点：Omni Shoreham Hotel, 2500 Calvert St. NW, Washington, DC 20008。Omni Shoreham Hotel 被指定为我们的会议酒店。它位于首都，交通便利，房间数量有限，因此请尽快预订。组委会会帮助参加全美青年大会的同学们, 提供拼房服务。
预订酒店请复制粘贴链接或扫描二维码, Link to Hotel Reservation: https://www.omnihotels.com/hotels/washington-dc-shoreham/meetings/2022-uca-convention-07132022
预订酒店请扫描二维码
2022 UCA Convention partner
2022 UCA Convention Diamond Sponsor
Gene & Sharon Chang Family Charitable Fund
2022 UCA Convention Platinum Sponsor
2022 UCA Convention Gold Sponsor
2022 UCA Convention Silver Sponsor
2022 UCA Convention Bronze Sponsor
Mandarin Playground 心悦汉语
AARP / Daphne Kwok
Alec Wang
Boston Paragon LLC (Qing Liao)
Evelyn Su (Hardy' Alumnus)
Qian Ge
Jessie Liang, Aijia Liang, Chung-Hao "Jonah"
Liang and Family
Liang-Qi "Shelly" Yu, Tina Liang and Family
Ning Mosberger
齐飞
Steven Lin
岳东晓
2022 UCA Convention Friendship Sponsor
Veritas Education | Tech ( Dr. Yuhsien Wu & Richard Wang)
Atlanta International Education Group
MX Finance
New Bright Law Group
厉平 American Scholars 美思高教育
范敏
劉美嫦 Michelle Lau (AAOA)
Lee Deng
Karina Hou
Lily Lee Chen
西雅图魏董
林应章 世界金融集团
李琪 YD Home 建材& Ramblei漫悠学生一条龙服务
大费城连江同乡会
艾伦赵琼
Peter Song
Individual Sponsors
To be our Individual Sponsor, please visit: http://www.memberplanet.com/campaign/united-chinese-americans/youthconvention
1. 张冰 $200
2. Hong mei Li $100
3.孙晓光 $200
4.薛海培（Haipei Shue）DC $400
5.Shirley Ma SF Bay Area $200
6.Dr. wan 3 hotel nights for youth
7.梁瑞风 西弗 $200
8.Shirley Ma SF Bay Area
9.Dr. wan there hotel nights for youth
10.姜博 UCA outreach ，Three Hotel nights for youth and others
11.Lily Chen 陈健 🎫 $200
12.Qing Liao $300
13.🌸李惠瓊🌷Sophia 350
14. Steven Pei 白先慎 $200
15. Meina Liu Three nights for 2 attendee
16. Linda 跃玲 二个房间三个晚上
17. Qi, Hong $200
18. Qian Wen $200
19. 齐飞 $200
20.郑桥雲 Victoria $200.00
21. Alec Wang $200
22. Zach Wu $500
23.Tycoon International $700
24.Chunyan Liu $500 (Zella paid)
25. Anonymous $500（Chicago）by mail
26. Charles Tsui 徐国富 $400
27. Shuqiao Chen $200 (Zelle paid)
28.亞特蘭大的馮先生$400
29.威斯康星商会捐 $500
30. Wenbin Yuan $300
31.许兰兰 $200
32.郭欣欣 $300
33.陈峥 Sunny Chen$400 Paid through online link
34. Bonnie Liao $500 ZellePay
35. Tong 张彤 $400 Paypal
36.劉美嫦 Michelle Lau (AAOA) 4 Students two nights two hotel
37. Christina Li Wang $200
38. Jun Lin $200
39.王军$300
40. Charles Li $200 41.陈茁$200
42.谢锋 $300
43. Bing Li $400
44.孟愚$500
45. Simon Li $500.
46.孙澜涛律师 $500
47.邓丽萍 $500
48.韩鹏一链家地产，$500
49. 秦立新 $500
50.肖宇 $200