Communities As One / 社區合一
聯繫人:
Chuwen Huang / 黄楚文, 1-415-982-6000 (Chinese)
Sasanna Yee / 余嘉雯 (English)
Josephine Zhao / 招霞 (Bilingual)
1-415-886-7822
http://CommunitiesAsOne.org
Info@CommunitiesAsOne.org
This press release is sent on behalf of The Chinse Consolidated Benevolent Association(CCBA)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Heinous Crimes Targeting Seniors & Members of the Chinese Community
Reach Boiling Point
PRESS AVAILABLE
Date: Monday, 7/22/2019
Time: 11am – 12pm
Location: CCBA, 843 Stockton Street, San Francisco, CA 94108
中文版本见下
[San Francisco, CA] You are invited to attend a Press Conference on Monday, 7/22/2019 at 11am by CCBA at its San Francisco Headquarters at 843 Stockton Street, 94108.The 7/15/2019 violent incident has escalated to an alarming level, because two major community leaders of CCBA were viciously attacked and knocked unconscious in broad daylight in busy Chinatown. This is the 8th high profile violent crime, since the beginning of the year, that targets seniors and members of the Chinese community.
Urgent invitations to Supervisors, Law Enforcement, Mayor’s Office and related officials have been extended. All leaders in every corner of the Chinese community will convene at this meeting to strategize an emergent solution to protect seniors and every community member.
On 7/15/2019, at approximately 1:15pm, two Chinese community leaders were violently robbed in broad daylight in busy Chinatown. Three perpetrators came from the back, and surrounded Zhonghua Huang/黄中华 [English name phonetically translated from the Chinese name], head of the Huang Benevolent Association – one of the biggest benevolent associations in Chinatown. They then lifted him up and threw him head first on the ground. Zhonghua Huang lost consciousness for a few minutes. His watch was taken from him. His friend Hongchang Huang/黄宏昶 [English name phonetically translated from the Chinese name], the Chinese Secretary at CCBA, who followed closely, came to confront the perpetrators but got punched bloody in the face. Hongchang Huang was also knocked unconscious for a little while.
The 7/22 Press Conference will start with a review of the recent high profile horrific crimes that took place in Chinatown, Visitacion Valley, Excelsior, Outer Mission and other parts of the community.
The head of the seven benevolent associations that comprise the CCBA, including the Substitute President for one of the victims who heads the Huang Association, will report in turn the proposed actions from their respective associations.
Officials will update the community about the progress of the 7/15/2019 case. They will speak about how to proceed in resolving this severe and escalating problem.
All leaders in the community have been invited to attend and contribute their thoughts.
Communities As One will share the Five Recommendations on Public and Personal Safety that have been presented to the City Government on 7/1/2019, in response to the 88-year old Visitacion Valley victim Huang Popo’s brutal beating.
This is a rallying cry for help and action. Under CCBA’s leadership, the Chinese community wishes to raise awareness of this alarming situation, and asks for help from all communities in order to formulate an action plan to immediately protect the most vulnerable segment of the population.
We hope you will be there to listen and support the dire needs of this suffering community that is an integral part of our City.
For further information, including the coverage in Chinese media: https://www.facebook.com/groups/191260029801/permalink/10157635021119802?sfns=mo
About Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (CCBA):
The Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association of America is composed of seven major benevolent associations in San Francisco. It has been in Chinatown since 1882 and representing the overseas Chinese community since the beginning of the Chinese immigrant history in America.
About Communities As One:
Communities As One is a Community-Based Organization (CBO). Its mission is to increase the participation rate of minorities in civics, government and the general community in San Francisco, as well as to promote the attendance of these demographics in community meetings held by government entities and agencies, by providing educational and support services to communities. Communities As One also surveys the needs from the minority communities and communicates them to the general community.
English Version Above
Communities As One / 社區合一
聯繫人:
Chuwen Huang / 黄楚文, 1-415-982-6000 (Chinese)
Sasanna Yee / 余嘉雯 (English)
Josephine Zhao / 招霞 (Bilingual)
1-415-886-7822
http://CommunitiesAsOne.org
Info@CommunitiesAsOne.org
本新聞稿是替中華總會館（CCBA）發送的
即時發布
針對華裔和老人的令人髮指的罪行達到沸點
採訪通知
日期: 2019年7月22日,星期一
時間: 11am – 12pm
地點: 中華總會館, 843 Stockton Street, San Francisco, CA 94108
7/15/2019的暴力事件升級到令人震驚的程度，因為中華總會館的兩名主要僑領在繁忙的唐人街，光天化日之下遭到惡意攻擊並被打昏。這是自今年年初以來針對華裔和華裔老人的第8次高調暴力犯罪。
緊急邀請函已經呈交了給市參事，執法部門，市長辦公室和相關官員。華人社區各個角落的所有領導人都將齊集一堂來參與會議，制定緊急解決方案，以保護每個華人和老人。
在2019年7月15日大約下午1點15分，兩名僑領在光天化日下繁忙的唐人街遭到暴力搶劫。三名肇事者從後方包圍了華埠最大的宗親會之一 – 黃氏宗親會的主席黃中華，然後他們把他抬起來，頭向下扔在地上。黃中華昏迷了幾分鐘，他的手錶被剝走。他的朋友，緊隨其後的中華總會館中文秘書黃宏昶，過來干預，但卻被打至流血並昏迷。
7/22的新聞發布會將首先回顧最近在唐人街，訪谷區，Excelsior，外米慎和其他街區發生的針對華人和華裔老人的高調犯罪。
中華總會館的七個成員會館的負責人，包括其中一名受害者的黃氏宗親會的代理主席，將依次報告其會館的擬議的行動。
到場的官員和執法部門代表將匯報7/15/2019案件的進展情況,並為這個不斷升級的嚴重問題提出的解決方法。
華人社區各處的領導人都獲邀參加該會議並貢獻想法。
“社區合一”团体的代表將分享【公共和個人安全的五項建議】，這些建議是就访谷区88歲的受害者黃婆婆遭毒打的事件而制定的，并已於2019年7月1日提交了給市政府。
這是求助和行動的集结號。在中華總會館的領導下，華人社區希望告知外界這嚴重的情況，並要求所有社區提供幫助，共同製定行動計劃，立即保護最弱勢的群體。
我們希望您能夠來聆聽並支持這個痛苦社區的迫切需求，因為華人社區是我們城市不可分割的一部分。
詳情請參閱(包含相關的中文傳媒的報導)：
https://www.facebook.com/groups/191260029801/permalink/10157635021119802?sfns=mo
關於 “中华总会馆”：
美國中華會館由舊金山的七個主要的宗親會組成。1882年起在唐人街創立，自美國華人移民史開始一直代表著海外華人社區。
關於 “社區合一”：
社區合一, 是一個立根社區的組織（CBO）。 其使命是提高少數族裔在舊金山的公民活動，政府和主流社區的參與率，並通過提供教育和支持服務, 促進這些社區更多地參與政府機構舉辦的社區會議。社區合一也會調查社區的需要,並向主流社會傳達這些訴求。