Category: News Update

UCA WAVES Director Publishes Op-Ed on Intergenerational Trauma

UCA WAVES Director Jian Lily Chen has published her fourth op-ed in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, describing the trauma she endured as a child and connecting it with the terrors of ongoing anti-Asian racism, the war in Ukraine, and the nation’s mental health crisis.

In the article, Lily writes, “as parents, we have never had the opportunity to address our own traumatic experiences from the past. But unspoken and unresolved trauma could exacerbate the current mental health crisis, leading to communication issues with our children and being unable to support our children’s emotional needs when they experience bullying and racism in schools and beyond.”

We hope you’ll take a moment to read the article and reflect on how it might relate to your experiences, too. Thank you, Lily, for your reminder that our stories and voices matter.

Read the full article here: https://www.ajc.com/opinion/opinion-viewing-new-trauma-stirs-memories-of-old-ones/VDEQW3EAAFABBED4L5DA3F36CU/

UCA WAVES Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) – Youth Training on 6/11

Join us for our next session of Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) – Youth! This is part of our free MHFA parent training series. The training will be youth focused, intended to educate adults on how to better support an adolescent experiencing mental health challenges. 

This session will be held on June 11 from 11:00 – 5:00 pm EST.

You can register for this @uca.waves event by emailing Lily Chen at lily.chen@ucausa.org. Deadline to register is May 25 – register soon!

Learn more about MHFA: https://www.mentalhealthfirstaid.org

UCA WAVES and Yale CHATogether webinar: Building Emotional and Relational Health Through Child-Parent Theater

This month, Yale Compassionate Home, Action Together (CHATogether) and United Chinese Americans (UCA) WAVES partnered to put on a webinar” Building Emotional and Relational Health Through Child-Parent Theater”. Our webinar included an overview of CHATogether, a child-parent skit, and a panel discussion on how to effectively communicate with children when they are going through mental health difficulties. CHATogether is an initiative led by Eunice Yuen, MD PhD that started during the pandemic in response to anti-Asian hate crimes. CHATogether uses artistic outlets, such as interactive theater and graphic novels, to destigmatize mental health and promote healthy communication in Asian American families and communities. 

During the skit, participants saw a drama vignette that captured specific themes of child-parent conflict, such as challenges communicating in multiple languages and different perspectives on accessing mental healthcare. The son and his mom had a heated conversation where the son expressed he was struggling to handle various stressors in his life, including loneliness in the pandemic, sickness in the family, and racism on social media. After watching the problematic interaction, Dr. Yuen moderated a session in which the son and mother talked through the interaction and then enacted a more helpful alternative scenario in which they had more empathetic, curious communication. 

Our panel of experts included Jessica Ouyang MD, Sen Xu MD, Janie Cao, MD, MPH, and Szu-Hui Lee, PhD, ABPP. Dr. Jessica Ouyang advised parents to make sure they are in a good mental and emotional state before engaging with their children. For example, parents should assess whether they are calm enough to listen before asking about their child’s mental health. Dr. Sen Xu shared that mental illnesses have physiological and biological causes, and that treatments, including therapy and medications, have been shown to improve symptoms. He also talked briefly about how mental health providers assess safety risk for suicide. Dr. Janie Cao reminded us about the power of validation, or 认可 (rèn kě) in Chinese. She describes validation as not necessitating agreement but rather as an acknowledgment that what someone is feeling can be their reality. Finally, Dr. Szu-Hui Lee addressed how parents can respond to bullying, which begins with “listening to understand” rather than listening to tell your own story or opinion. She recommends that parents partner with their child to figure out next steps in addressing bullying, rather than go on their own mission to problem-solve and further alienate their child in the process.

Watch the webinar recording here: https://youtu.be/Fst79c4M7-w

UCA WAVES Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) – Youth Training on 4/16

Join us for our Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) – Youth training on April 16! This is the first of our free MHFA parent training series. The training will be youth focused, intended to educate adults on how to better support an adolescent (age 12-18) experiencing mental health challenges. This session will be held on Zoom from 9:00 am – 3:00 pm EST.

You can register for this @uca.waves event by emailing Lily at lily.chen@ucausa.org. Deadline to register is March 31 – register soon!

Learn more about MHFA: https://www.mentalhealthfirstaid.org

UCA WAVES and Yale CHATogether webinar, ‘Where Are We Now,’ one year after Atlanta spa shootings

Whether you missed it or just want a review:

"Where are we now"
Webinar Recap

Please see the full event recording here, and share widely!

If you were able to view the event, whether live or recorded, please take a moment to fill out our post-survey here.

Thank you to Dr. Howard Liu, MD, MBA (@DrHowardLiu) for live tweeting the event! Please see his Twitter thread here for photos, quotes from our panel of experts, and other resources.

And for a recap of the webinar in Chinese, please see our WeChat blog!

A summary of our pre-survey data in aggregate can be viewed here.

March 16, 2022 marked exactly one year after the traumatic Atlanta spa shootings. UCA WAVES partnered with Yale CHATogether and invited community members to come together to pay tribute to the victims, reflect on this past year, and explore the challenges of navigating trauma.

The webinar began with a short memorial tribute. We remembered and honored the lives of the following eight people: Daoyou Feng, Delaina Ashley Yaun Gonzalez, Hyun Jung Grant, Paul Andre Michels, Soon Chung Park, Suncha Kim, Xiaojie “Emily” Tan, and Yong Ae Yue.

We continue to mourn the tragic loss of these victims. However, we are reminded that this shooting was not an isolated incident. It is just the tip of the iceberg into the violence and racism that Asian-Americans have experienced, and continue to experience today. In 2021, Stop AAPI Hate reported 10,905 hate incidents that occurred from March 2020 to December 2021. Even in 2022, these traumatic incidents continue, such as Christina Yuna Lee’s murder or the elderly woman attacked in Yonkers, NY.

On top of rising anti-Asian violence, there is also growing concern about the ongoing war in Ukraine. As the AAPI community faces numerous collective traumas, feelings of overwhelm, anxiety, and fear are commonplace. For parents, there is also the sense of feeling unequipped to support their children’s emotional needs, while also trying to support themselves.

In Wednesday’s webinar, a panel discussion followed the memorial tribute to address these concerns. The panelists discussed navigating trauma and triggers, and explored the experiences and emotions that come with this process. Panel speakers consisted of the following mental health experts and community leaders: Dr. Eunice Yuen (Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist), Lily Chen (Registered Nurse, UCA WAVES Director), Dr. Annie Li (Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist), and Dr. Steve Sust (Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist). UCA WAVES Coordinator Jennifer Tu hosted and moderated the discussion.

The panelists first explored traumas and challenges, and the impact of these experiences. Dr. Yuen discussed Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and the risk outcomes associated with ACEs. Lily Chen shared her lived experiences and discussed the collective traumas that many immigrant parents have faced. Current traumas can be triggers too, almost colliding with trauma from the past. Dr. Li shared her family’s lived experiences and explored the traumas that can result from intersectional identities. 

The panelists then discussed coping with trauma, with a focus on helping children cope. Dr. Yuen highlighted the importance of parents meeting their children’s emotional needs to foster a “circle of security”, i.e. secure attachment. Research has consistently shown that secure attachment is crucial for children’s current and future wellbeing, especially in dealing with traumatic experiences. Child-parent mentalization can aid in fostering secure attachment by promoting greater empathetic understanding. 

Dr. Li discussed practicing coping techniques such as mindfulness and grounding to help cope with uncertainty and anxiety. It’s important to stay in the present and not fall into rumination. To better support children going through trauma, Dr. Li emphasized communication. Open communication fosters a supportive environment in which children can open up, and it also models to children how to ask for help at their own pace. During conversations, children should be given the space to ask questions and express their emotions. Dr. Yuen added that conversation is also an opportunity to show children how to handle situations that can be traumatic, e.g. microaggressions. 

Lily Chen discussed the importance of parents addressing their own traumas and seeking support in coping with trauma. Unspoken and unresolved trauma negatively impacts parents’ mental health. It can also result in conflict or trauma for children. Encouraging sharing and healing is vital to tackling intergenerational trauma.

Dr. Sust discussed the importance of peer emotional support for children. Children need their own safe spaces and safe people. It builds a sense of community and fosters resiliency. Children are also more likely to open up to their personal forms of support first. Personal care is just as important as professional care for emotional wellbeing.

This past year has not been easy for the AAPI community. It has been a challenging time, and our community has faced numerous collective traumas. While it hasn’t been easy to navigate these challenges, the “Where are we now: One year later” webinar reminds us that we are not alone and support is always available.

UCA WAVES 线上研讨会：我们现在何处- 一年之后的回顾

2022 年 3 月 16 日正好是亚特兰大水疗中心枪击事件一周年。UCA WAVES 在这一天邀请了社区成员齐聚一堂，向遇难者致敬，回顾过去的一年，并探索应对创伤的挑战。

线上研讨会以简短的悼念开始。我们纪念了以下八人的生命：冯道友（音译）、Delaina Ashley Yaun Gonzalez、Hyun Jung Grant、Paul Andre Michels、Soon Chung Park、Suncha Kim、Xiaojie “Emily” Tan 和 Yong Ae Yue。

我们持续哀悼这些受害者的惨重损失。然而我们也需警醒，这起枪击事件并非孤立事件，它只是亚裔美国人在过去直至今日所经历的暴力和种族主义的冰山一角。 2021 年，Stop AAPI Hate 报告了 2020 年 3 月至 2021 年 12 月期间发生的 10,905 起仇恨事件。即使在 2022 年，这些创伤性事件仍在继续，例如克里斯蒂娜·尤娜·李 (Christina Yuna Lee) 被谋杀或在纽约扬克斯 (Yonkers) 遭到袭击的老年妇女。

除了不断上升的反亚裔之暴力以外，人们对乌克兰正在发生的战争的担忧也在增长。由于AAPI 社区面临诸多集体创伤，不堪重负、焦虑和恐惧的感觉司空见惯。对于父母而言，在试图自我支持的同时，也会有一种无法满足孩子的情感需求的感觉。

周三的网络研讨会在悼念仪式之后进行了小组讨论，以解决这些问题。小组成员讨论了如何应对创伤和触发因素，并探讨了这一过程带来的经历和情绪。小组发言人由以下心理健康专家和社区领袖组成：Eunice Yuen 博士（儿童和青少年精神科医生）、Lily Chen（注册护士、UCA WAVES 主任）、Annie Li 博士（儿童和青少年精神科医生）和 Steve Sust 博士（儿童和青少年精神科医生）。 UCA WAVES 协调员 Jennifer Tu 主持并协调了讨论。

小组成员首先探讨了创伤和挑战，以及这些经历的影响。 Yuen 博士讨论了童年的负面经历 (ACE) 以及与 ACE 相关的危害后果。 Lily Chen 分享了她的生活经历，并讨论了许多移民父母所面临的集体创伤。当前的创伤也可能是触发因素，几乎与过去的创伤相冲突。Li 博士分享了她家人的生活经历，并探讨了交叉性身份可能导致的创伤。

小组成员随后讨论了应对创伤，重点是帮助儿童应对。Yuen博士强调了父母满足孩子的情感需求以培养“安全圈”（即安全依恋）的重要性。研究一直表明，“安全依恋”对儿童当前和未来的幸福至关重要，尤其是在处理创伤经历时。通过促进更大的共情理解，孩子-父母对心理的”心智化”可以帮助培养“安全依恋“。

Li 博士讨论了练习正念和”接地”等应对技巧，以帮助应对不确定性和焦虑。重要的是要活在当下，不要陷入冗思。为了更好地支持正在经历创伤的孩子，Li 博士强调了沟通。开放式交流营造了一个支持性的环境，孩子们可以在其中敞开心扉，它还为孩子们树立了如何按照自己的节奏寻求帮助的榜样。谈话应该给孩子们提问和表达情绪的空间。 Yuen 博士补充说，对话也是一个向孩子们展示如何处理可能造成创伤的情况的机会，例如微攻击。

Lily Chen 讨论了父母解决自己的创伤并寻求支持以应对创伤的重要性。未说出口和未解决的创伤会对父母的心理健康产生负面影响，也会导致儿童发生冲突或创伤。对分享和治愈的鼓励对于解决代际创伤至关重要。

Sust 博士讨论了同伴情感支持对儿童的重要性。孩子们需要自己的安全空间和安全友伴。这会建立社区意识并增强心理弹性。孩子们也更有可能首先向他们个人的支持形式敞开心扉。情绪健康的个人护理与专业护理同样重要。

过去的一年对 AAPI 社区来说并不容易。这是一个充满挑战的时期，我们的社区面临着诸多集体创伤。虽然克服这些挑战并不容易，但“我们现在何处：一年之后的回顾”线上研讨会提醒我们，我们并不孤单，支持随时都在。

And stay tuned for these…

Upcoming events!

Saturday, 4/16, 9am-2pm EST
Mental Health First Aid Training (English)
with trainers Ruby Brown-Herring and Lily Chen

Will be capped at 20 participants. If you’re interested, please email Lily at lily.chen@ucausa.org to register.

UCA WAVES will provide more training sessions in June, July, and August, and will launch a Chinese culturally adapted training, so please stay tuned!

May, date/time TBD
Online Workshop and Parent-Child Role Plays
with UCA WAVES and Yale CHATogether

We will partner with CHATogether for a second webinar, featuring interactive parent-child role plays to practice communicating about mental health and/or anti-Asian racism. Please stay tuned for more information; we will also post event details on our website at https://ucausa.org/training-and-events/

Chinese American Communities Remember Atlanta Spa Shooting Victims

On the first anniversary of the Atlanta spa shootings when eight women, including six women of Asian descent, were murdered, UCA once again condemns the senseless violence against women and asks Chinese American families across the country to light a candle, say a prayer, and think about ways to build a better and stronger community in this era of uncertainty and crisis.

Looking back, one thing we can say for sure is those eight lives have not been lost in vain. In the wake of the tragedy–just four days after the shootings took place–UCA, working with many other Asian American organizations, held several dozen candlelight vigils across 20 cities. The memorial service saw more than 100,000 people, a rare and amazing feat and moment in AAPI history. And it has given rise to a most powerful nationwide movement for Asian Americans and political activism, hardly seen since the death of Vincent Chin in 1982.

To sum it up, the Atlanta shootings have prompted a national outcry and protest against violence and Asian hate. It has strengthened the unity and identity of Asian Americans as a political community and force. It has brought to the American public the heightened awareness of deteriorating conditions, discrimination and struggle facing so many Asian Americans. Above all, it has shown the elevated role and greater expectations that is laid upon the shoulders of Asian Americans as the fastest and rising socio-economic force in America. 

At UCA, we will forever remember those eight lost lives. And through our community work, we will continue to honor them, giving meaning to the world in which they once lived and loved. Indeed, their life will be the continued source of our strength, our resilience, and our renewed hope for a better America.

Webinar 3/16 at 8pm EST – Expert Panel on Trauma

Please join us for:

“Where are we now:

One year later”

Wednesday, March 16, 2022

8:00 – 9:30 pm EST

Register here!

After the 2021 Atlanta spa shootings, amidst rising anti-Asian violence and the war in Ukraine, how should parents and children navigate trauma and potential triggers in daily life?

Join our panel of psychiatrists and community leaders for a discussion and Q&A. Our speakers will share about important concepts such as Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES), healthy parent-child communication, and ways to build cultural pride and emotional resilience.

  • Among our extraordinary speakers:
    Eunice Yuen, MD, PhD, Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist and Founder of Yale CHATogether
  • Justin Chen, MD, Psychiatrist at Harvard and Director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Cross-Cultural Student Emotional Wellness
  • Lily Chen, RN, MA, CNE, Director of UCA WAVES and Lecturer at North Carolina Central University
  • Annie Li, MD, Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist at New York University
  • Steve Sust, MD, Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist at Stanford

For more information in Chinese, please click here.

Register Now

亲子教育讲座：如何应对暴力和创伤？

自从2020年新冠疫情爆发以来，整个世界便陷入了动荡不安，去年亚城水疗中心枪击事件发生后，美国各种针对亚裔的暴力事件频发，今年爆发的乌俄战争更是雪上加霜……

各种媒体上负面新闻层出不穷，当看到暴力场面、人员伤亡的场景时，你会选择立即切换频道，“保护”孩子的情绪？还是趁机表达自己强烈的价值观，试图“教育”孩子谁才是“正义”的一方？

想要保护孩子免受可怕事物的伤害是很自然的，但“拔掉电源”并不能阻止孩子了解外面的世界，作为父母，我们需要了解该如何与孩子讨论关于战争的话题，以及如何应对日常生活中的暴力、创伤……

扫描或长按点击下图中的的二维码，加入心理健康专家和社区领导组织的讨论会《亲子教育：如何应对暴力和创伤》。

活动预告
  • 4.16 周六 9am-2pm 东岸时间

“精神健康急救”线上培训课程，由MHFA国家培训师Ruby Brown-Herring和认证培训师Lily Chen授课，人数限20人。如有意参加，请发电子邮件给Lily.Chen@ucausa.org进行报名。

UCA精神健康项目组（以下简称UCA Waves）还将在5、6、7、8月组织“精神健康急救”的英文培训课程，中文培训课程也即将展开，相关信息会通过本公众号推送，敬请留意。

  • 3.16 周三 8:30-9:30pm 东岸时间

《我的父亲母亲》征文比赛现场问答活动，为有兴趣参加这一比赛的孩子及家长提供一个深入了解比赛选题和内容的机会。

请扫描上图中的二维码报名参加！

  • 5月

UCA Waves和Yale CHATother将在5月庆祝AAPI月，并用互动角色扮演的形式，组织第二次家长教育网络研讨会，敬请关注。

UCA Youth Leadership Council is Recruiting Passionate and Independent Leaders

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Dear UCA Friends and Parents,

We need your help! 

To empower and prepare the younger generation of Chinese Americans for full participation and leadership in American life is one of the missions of UCA. 

One of UCA youth programs is the UCA Youth Leadership Council, a youth leadership program. The Council, made up of those high school students in grades 10-12 and college students, aims to lead, connect and develop the next generation of Chinese Americans through networking, advocacy, and community building.

And it is much more than just an honorable position with a fancy title: working on the Council will improve Council members’ leadership skills, network with like-minded and aspiring peers, benefit from great mentors, increase their organizational experience, while at the same time accumulate required social service time.

This Council has three tasks in 2022: First, the Council is to build and provide a nationwide platform, grow youth network and provide consistent quality programming, with a focus on identity, leadership, cultural heritage, and other topics of interests to Chinese American youth. 

Second, UCA will hold the first Chinese American Youth Convention in July this year. This convention will be an opportunity and platform for the younger generation to meet and communicate, build relationships, and show their projects, and share or obtain various information and resources. The Council will be tasked to prepare for the Convention.

Third, this summer will be the second year of UCA Summer University. Summer University is a summer program for qualifying high school students for leadership,  identity, and heritage training. The Council members will play a leading role in supporting the Summer University.

To this end, we want to grow the Council. We are currently looking for high school and college students who are civic-minded, proud of their Chinese identity, and passionate about serving their community to join this  Council with 22 openings. We hope that students with different skill sets can join the Council’s various committees. Among others, we need students with organizational and leadership skills, project management experience, computer and social media experience, and creative design abilities to join us. For the detailed description and requirements of these positions, please click the following link https://ucausa.org/uca-youth-leadership-council/ and submit the application.

We hope you will be able to recommend to us great young people you know who can work passionately and independently for the Chinese American youth community. Thanks! 

UCA (United Chinese Americans)

UCA Applauds End of the China Initiative, Calling for Accountability Under DOJ’s New Guideline

United Chinese Americans (UCA) applauds Attorney General Garland and Assistant Attorney General Olsen for taking the first step to end the flawed “China Initiative.” UCA appreciates the government for listening to the various concerns of Chinese Americans and other affected communities regarding the harm of this program. UCA is thankful for the many organizations and individuals who stepped up to help redeem the integrity of America’s judicial system and reclaim the promise of our democracy.

While the United States has a legitimate need to counter espionage and other illicit transfer of technology and intellectual property—a concern UCA fully supports—singling out one country among a myriad of threats from a myriad of countries has fueled the practice of racial and country of origin profiling at a time when anti-Asian hate crimes are already at a record high.

As US-China relations worsen, another deeply troubling development with the DOJ’s China Initiative—and indeed with other federal agencies—is the convenient, overly broad, and even abusive use of national security as a means to prosecute individuals, especially those with ties to China. Many Chinese American scientists under investigation or prosecution by the China Initiative are treated as if they were spies or foreign agents.

And most shockingly, certain law enforcement officials even publicly acknowledge they have achieved their “national security” goal by creating a chilling effect on the scientific community through the dragnet they put on campus and at research institutions or by overzealous prosecutions through the China Initiative. These methods and practice have led to irrevocable damage both to these scientists and to the credibility of our law enforcement agencies. This is utterly un-American.

At the heart of the China Initiative is the perception of Asian Americans—especially Chinese Americans today—as “perpetual foreigners” whose loyalty to America is often questioned. It’s this harmful mindset that has subjected our community to harsh scrutiny, mistrust, and thus unequal treatment under law by the very same government sworn to protect us. This must change if America is ever to remain a viable democracy based on the rule of law.

As it acknowledges the progress made by the DOJ with regard to the China Initiative, UCA will continue to be watchful and hold federal law enforcement agencies accountable, not only by its long-standing values, but also by the new prosecutorial guidelines. In particular, UCA calls on:

The DOJ to use its new guidelines to immediately review and, if applicable, drop those ongoing cases against scientists whose only charged “crime” concerns research integrity;

The FBI to use the new guideline to immediately review and, if applicable, terminate those ongoing investigations of scientists;

The federal law enforcement agencies to start a meaningful and sustained dialogue with Asian American communities, initiate bias training, discipline agents for their misconduct, and recognize and remedy the harm and suffering the overzealous prosecutions have inflicted upon the scientists and their families.

For years, UCA has been at the forefront of the fight for our constitutionally guaranteed civil rights and civil liberties, through cases such as Sherry Chen, Xiaoxing Xi, Anming Hu and others. UCA will continue to partner with other organizations and communities to hold the United States to her promises of equal justice, freedom and fairness for all.

UCA“不靠谱”虎年线上春晚成功举办并向全球观众直播 北美华人达人秀大赛获奖名单揭晓

2022 UCA《天籁云端》“不靠谱”北美华人达人秀大赛颁奖典礼及线上春节联欢晚会于2022年2月12日（周六）晚成功举办并圆满落幕。本次晚会由中英文双语主持人张韫斯（Rosy Zhang）和莫灵风（Shawn Moore）为观众呈献北美华人达人秀大赛的优秀获奖节目，采用线上线下同步举行并通过多频道平台进行全球直播，为全球观众带来了一场集歌舞、音乐、综艺、视觉艺术和中西文化为一体的文艺盛宴！既展示了海外华人不凡的才艺，更彰显了北美华人社区团结协作的精神风貌！

代表加州的美国国会众议员 赵美心博士（Dr. Judy Chu）和代表纽约的美国国会众议员 孟昭文（Grace Meng），通过视频向与会朋友们和庆祝农历新年的朋友们送上新春祝福。

美国华人联合会（UCA）会长薛海培（Haipei Shue）致词感谢合作伙伴的鼎立支持的同时，也强调美国华人联合会（UCA）立志服务和改变华人社区，其三大愿景是：华人参政议政，培育华人下一代，弘扬中华民族优秀文化和传统价值观。

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本届北美华人原创达人秀大赛的获奖名单为：

  • 年度最佳表演奖获得者为贺子潇的《今年不回家》（参赛号#124）
  • 最佳音乐奖为秋风乐队的《仙翁操》龙吟虎啸（#90）
  • 最佳舞蹈表演奖为由Siqi Yu 编舞，Revolution Dance Studio表演的“Crazy Over You”（#21）
  • 最佳歌手（男）由白桦的《生生叹》（#59）
  • 最佳歌手（女）由曼殊·伊丽其：《梦里马蹄声》（#58）
  • 最佳综艺奖由今年为央视春晚表演的魔术师邓男子的魔术表演《梦想蝶变》获得。

中华文化奖的三个获奖节目为：

  • 由韩艾彤导演，温哥华话剧团出品的《过年的歌》（#72）
  • BaiGali出品的 “Mongolian Impromptu On Top of Mountain”（#28）
  • 以及Michelle Hui表演的，由谭蜜子先生为长笛改编的：《夕阳箫鼓》（#82）

导演评选奖的九个获奖节目为：

  • Steven Tang表演的指弹吉他《爱尔兰火焰之舞》（#34）
  • Goh Ballet表演的“Paradiso”（#57）
  • 谭纯表演的Kazari原创钢琴曲: “Light and line”（#75）
  • Lucas Sun表演的 “Vitameatavegamin”（#26）
  • Kayla Bohan表演的自己谱写词曲的《天涯此时月儿圆》（#002）
  • 侯嘉、温心慧表演的《渔舟唱晚》（#71）
  • Jennifer Jew 和 Ashley Jew表演的他们自己原创的音乐作品“Those Past Lunar Festivals”（#49）
  • YAQI出品的原创音乐MV “I’m On It”（#32）
  • 以及Yaya Dance Academy出品的“Hello Homeland”（#108)

本次达人秀大赛活动受到各地华人社区的热烈响应，主办方总共收到144个参赛节目，其中有一部分是最后一两天递交的。为了让所有的参赛者都能获得观众的投票，主办方决定把最佳人气奖网上投票活动延期到2月28日零点结束。欢迎观众上网观看并参加网上投票！观看所有参赛节目的网址为：https://www.bukaopu.online/bukaopu-contestants ，参加投票的网址为：https://tinyurl.com/2p8dkka7 。

这场由北美地区华人社团联合举办的盛大公益性晚会，是由美国华人联合会（UCA）携手“不靠谱”艺术家沙龙和丁丁电视硅谷媒体中心精心打造，并得到全美各地近百个华人机构、媒体和社区组织的协办支持，以及多家企业和机构以及个人的赞助支持，其中钻石赞助商Melos Studio为观众打造了数万份具有收藏价值、各种级别的NFT数字藏品，九安医疗iHealth赞助了价值数万元的COVID19测试套件。赞助机构和企业还包括美中工商协会、Powermax、美国马拉松参业、Suncru桑库酒庄、心悦汉语、亚洲艺术院、iTalkBB TV、华周刊、美国华人今日网、iQIYI北美、胡余锦明女士、Gene & Sharon Chang Family Charitable Fund、美国潮商基金会林志斯先生、兰州大学美国基金会、王若雄先生、Barbara Hong Li李红女士等。主办方衷心感谢赞助商和社区合作伙伴为晚会所提供的赞助和支持！ 

本次活动所筹善款将全部用于UCA社区基金（UCA Community Fund），通过简单快捷的审批流程为拥有优秀社区公益项目的北美华人社区组织提供启动资金，每年支持50至100个项目，每个项目的资助金额为数百至数千美元，为北美亚裔社区的发展贡献力量。UCA社区基金首期筹款目标为10万美元。为了鼓励更多北美华人的参与，主办方为晚会特别提供了价值数万元的近千份礼物做观众抽奖，并拿出三件有纪念价值的礼物进行了现场公益拍卖。主办方还将本次晚会所筹得的多个拍卖品放在网上做公益拍卖至2月28日为止。有兴趣参加网上拍卖的读者请访问：https://tinyurl.com/2c7efr29 。

本次活动的赞助商还为UCA筹款提供了义卖优惠，在优惠期间所有义卖所获得的利润将用于捐赠UCA社区基金。其中加州红酒UCA特价义卖(3月11日到期)网址为：https://www.robertwineclub.com/uca；威州花旗参UCA特价义卖(特惠码 UCA22，3月11日到期)：https://marathonginseng.com/ 。

本次活动的达人秀大赛专家评审团由李青、董方思（Don Frantz）、胡伟立、蔡金冬、胡杨、杨洋、苏畅、张陶、王富博、曲大卫、淡淡、李惠琼、张科民等中美两地著名音乐家、表演艺术家及活动家组成（详见评委网页：https://www.bukaopu.online/judges ）。获奖节目由专家评审团打分评出，所有获奖者在拿到奖金之外，还可获得由Melos Studio发行的限量版NFT数字藏品及由主办方颁发的获奖证书，而所有参赛者也都可获得NFT数字藏品以及主办方颁发的参赛证书。奖金、获奖证书及参赛证书将在3月1日前寄出。

有问题的观众和参赛人士请写信至 lunarnewyear@ucausa.org询问。

本次活动获得了Melos Studio、九安医疗iHealth、美中工商协会、Powermax、美国马拉松参业、Suncru桑库酒庄等多家企业和机构以及个人的赞助支持，并得到全美各地近百个华人机构、媒体和社区组织参与协办和支持。本次活动能取得如此成功，还与几十名UCA和不靠谱艺术沙龙的义工三个多月不分昼夜的辛勤工作和无私奉献息息相关，他们是张科民、王滕骏、曲美霖、颜立维、毕靖、俞国梁、江启光、何心怡、马晓红、解健、林青、董校铭、廖青、袁文、张韫斯、莫灵风、潘飞等等。主办方特别在此对所有为本次活动做出贡献的单位和个人表示衷心的感谢和并致以崇高的敬礼！

有关本次活动的详细资料请访问：https://ucausa.org/2022-concert-in-the-cloud-event-manual/ 。

关于主办方

United Chinese Americans美国华人联合会 ucausa.org

是一个全国性社区联盟，旨在通过公民参与和社区建设倡导和促进美国华人的福祉和利益。 美国华人联合会诞生于2016 年 9 月的第一届“美国华人大会”，并于 2017 年获得运营执照及国税局 501(c)(3) 非营利机构资质。目前UCA已发展到由马里兰暨大华盛顿地区 、康涅狄格州、伊利诺伊州、爱荷华州、马萨诸塞州、内华达州、新泽西州、华盛顿州、西弗吉尼亚州、威斯康星州、北加州等12 个地方分会以及40多个社区合作伙伴组成的华裔社区联盟。

Bukaopu Salon不靠谱艺术家沙龙  www.bukaopu.online  

自从2020年开始，为了更好的适应这个神奇的新世界，不靠谱这个曾经以沙龙和小型音乐会闻名遐迩的组织如今也只好转型线上。以我们用随性的激情面对所有计划之外的突发状况，以此发掘生命的潜质。不靠谱是一个由全世界各地各种艺术家组织起来的国际队伍，大家为一个共同的目标相聚：用我们的艺术创造一个更美好的世界。

丁丁电视  www.DingDingTV.com  

丁丁电视成立于 2009 年，是美国亚裔之声及联结亚洲及硅谷创新创业的媒体平台，拥有位于硅谷中心地带的，集专业视频内容制作，及社区活动直播的多功能演播厅。丁丁电视制作了上万个视频发布在全美国几百个媒体频道，覆盖千万家庭。除了网路媒体，丁丁电视策划组织过300多场活动、培训及会展。是硅谷创业节、硅谷公民领袖论坛、硅谷商业论坛、硅谷美食文化节及硅谷创业讲坛等大型活动的创办者。

 附：媒体伙伴和社区伙伴名单

媒体伙伴/Media partner:

UCA北美新视界

News Agency America 美新社

Huaren One Media Inc. 美洲华联社

US News Express 美国新闻速递

LA Web Inc. 伟博多媒（洛杉矶中囯日报、華人今日网）

HTTV 美国汉天卫视

Chinese In LA 洛杉矶华人资讯网

Boston International Media Consulting 波士顿国际传媒

BARTV 波士顿中文广播电视台

Boston Chinese Media 波士顿中文网

Hellousa Info 北美资讯网

Las Vegas Chinese News Network 维加斯新闻报

Sing Tao LA 星島日報洛杉磯分社

洛城之声

WDTSF

World Journal 世界日报

Chinese Radio Seattle 西雅图中文电台

DCRTV 密西根中文广播电视台

Dragon Eagle TV 美国龙鹰电视

彼岸文化传媒集团

US Supernova Entertainment Inc. 美國超新星娛樂公司

ACE Talk 王牌聊天室

ECJ Newsletter 伊利华报

银河传媒北美网

加拿大星星生活

加拿大看看APP

OVERSEAS STUDENTS SERVICES CORP 北美留学生网

加拿大星星生活

Juhl Media 祝迩媒体

社区伙伴/ Community Partner:

United Chinese Americans – Connecticut

United Chinese Americans – Houston

United Chinese Americans – Iowa

United Chinese Americans – Illinois

United Chinese Americans – Massachusetts

United Chinese Americans – Maryland

United Chinese Americans – New Jersey

United Chinese Americans – San Francisco

United Chinese Americans – Las Vegas

United Chinese Americans – Washington

United Chinese Americans – Wisconsin

United Chinese Americans – West Virginia

Canadian Community Service Association 加拿大华人联合总会

1882 Foundation

Alliance of Chinese Americans (San Diego)圣地亚哥华人联盟

American Artist Research Institute 美国书画艺术研究院

American International Chamber of Commerce 美国国际商会

American TCM Association全美中医药学会

APAPA North Texas Chapter 美国亚太公共事务联盟北德克萨斯分会

APAPA Ohio美国亚太公共事务联盟俄亥俄分会

APAPA-Boston 美国亚太公共事务联盟波士顿分会

Arizona Chinese History Association亚利桑那华人历史协会

Asian American Federation of Florida – South Region

Asian American Unity Coalition (AAUC)  

Asian Caribbean Exchange

Asian Culture And Education Society (ACAESUSA) 亚洲文化和教育协会

Association of Chinese Professionals 亚特兰大中华专业人士协会

Belmont Chinese American Association (BCAA) 贝尔蒙特华人协会

Boston Fujianese Chamber of Commerce, INC波士顿福建总商会

Canada China Educational, Scientific and Cultural Association 加中教科文协会

Carolinas Chinese Chamber of Commerce 南北卡华人总商会

Carolinas Chinese Civic Center

China music.org

Chinese American Association at Greater Chicago芝加哥华联会

Chinese American Association in Colorado

Chinese American Association of Charlotte 夏洛特华美协会

Chinese American Association of Iowa 爱荷华州华人协会

Chinese American Association of Lexington 莱克星顿华人协会

Chinese American Friendship Association of NC(CAFA)

Chinese Association of Greater Kalamazoo 卡城华人协会

Chinese Business Association of Atlanta亚特兰大商会

Chinese Friendship Association 波特兰中国联谊会

Chinese Intercultural Association

Chinese Railroad Workers Descendants Association 铁路华工后裔协会

Chinese University of Alumni Association Alliance of Southern California (CUAAASC) 南加高校联盟

Chinese-American Engineers and Scientists Association of Southern California (CESASC) 南加州中华科工学会

Civic Education Alliance 公盟教育

Coalition for A Better Chinese American Community (CBCAC)

Costarican Chinese Community Association

East TN Chinese/Chinese American Care 东田纳西州华人协会

EWPAA 中美华人戏剧联盟

Florida Asian Services 佛罗里达亚裔服务中心

Greater Memphis United Chinese Association 大孟菲斯华人联合会

Greater Nashville Chinese Association 纳城华人协会

Greater Philadelphia Chinese Association

Greater San Antonio Society of Chinese Professionals

Huntsville Chinese association 亨城华人协会

Kentucky Chinese American Association

Legal Immigration Alliance (CA)

Li Delun Music Foundation 

Madison Chinese Community Organization

Marco Polo World Foundation 马可波罗世界基金会

Massachusetts General Hospital MGH Center for Cross-Culture Student Emotional Wellness

Milwaukee Chinese Community Center (MCCC)

Montana Chinese American Association

Nevada Chinese Association 内华达华人协会

New England Chinese American Alliance (NECAA) 新英格兰华人联盟

New Mexico Chinese American Association 新墨西哥州华人协会

North America Poetry Society 

North American Hangzhou Association 北美杭州同乡会

North American Nanning Association 北美南宁同乡总会

NYU Pearl Institute

OCA South Florida Chapter

OCA-DFW 美华协会达拉斯和福特沃斯分会

Ohio Beijing University Alumni Association 

Ohio Chinese American Association

Peking University Alumni Association of Northern California 北京大学北加州校友会

Peking University Alumni Association of Southern California (PUAASC) 北京大学南加州校友会

Peking University Alumni Association of Washington (PUAAWA) 北京大学华盛顿州校友会

Pittsburgh Chinese Culture Center

Rosemead Chamber of Commerce加州罗斯密商会

Sino-USA Next Generation Foundation 美中下一代教育基金会

South Carolina Chinese Association

South Dakota Sioux Falls Chinese American Association

StarFactory Acting & Music Academy 星工厂

Tennessee Chinese American Alliance 田纳西州华人联盟

U.S.-China Restaurant Alliance美中餐饮业联合会

United Chinese Association of Utah  犹他州华人联合会

US China Chamber of Commerce Silicon Valley 美中硅谷商会

US Vancouver Chinese Association 华盛顿州温哥华华人协会

Utah Chinese Association

Vancouver Chinese Association

Westlake Chinese Culture Association

World Chinese Golf Association 全球华人高尔夫协会

Wuhan University Ohio Alumni Association 

Wyoming Chinese Association

华府蓝天太极和舞蹈队