China News Service, March 15. According to the US "Overseas Chinese News" report, on March 13, the American Hokkien Association launched a fundraising and signing event for Congressman Meng Zhaowen in Flushing.

The event raised more than 12,000 US dollars and more than 150 signatures. Meng Zhaowen talked about his political platform and answered the hot topics of the community's most concern raised by the participants.

　　Meng Zhaowen said at the meeting that thanks to the support of the Hokkien Association, she often felt weak because she had only one Asian representative during meetings in Washington, D.C.

Ten years ago, she was successfully elected to Congress because of the support of the Chinese-American community.

So far, there has been no Chinese judge in Queens, and more Chinese faces are needed to speak out for the Chinese.

For more than two years since the epidemic, many people and businesses in the community have faced difficulties. How can the state and city governments hear the voices of Chinese Americans and help the needs of Chinese Americans? Her work for the past two years is to try to bring subsidies from all levels of government to the government. to the Chinese community.

　　In 2015, she pushed for the Chinese Lunar New Year holiday in New York State schools, not for a holiday, but for everyone to learn and understand Chinese traditional culture.

She will continue to push for students across the United States to celebrate Chinese New Year together.

She is currently pushing the Asian American community to have its own museum.

Promote the inclusion of Chinese-American history in American school textbooks and promote the contribution of Chinese-Americans to the United States.

When she met with President Biden last week, she urged her anti-Asian hate bill to be funded and implemented as quickly as possible.

The proposal asks the police department to include a detailed number of Asian hate crimes when making case statistics, so that the police know how to identify Asian hate crimes.

　　Wang Di, who is concerned about the East Broadway Committee, asked at the meeting how the relief funds applied for this time for the Asian-Pacific community are distributed to those in need instead of being taken away by some organizations that do not really work for Asians.

Meng Zhaowen said that people's concerns should not only be shouted in the Chinese circle, but can write a letter asking the state government, the governor, the state legislature, and the state senate how these funds are allocated.

　　Participants mentioned the need to talk to New York Mayor Adams about the homeless issues that the Chinese community is most worried about.

Meng Zhaowen replied that the Chinese cannot only provide the data of their own community to ask the mayor to plan the whole city, she will collect all the data about the homeless places, not only the Chinese community, but the whole New York data to compare, the homeless place problem is New York the jurisdiction of the municipal government.

She also proposed increasing funding for the care of mentally ill people.

Because 50% to 60% of criminals are mentally ill.

The government has eliminated 90% of funding for the care of the mentally ill.

Putting the mentally ill in a homeless house is not the answer.

The Chinese American community needs to unite people of all ages and opinions.

Also look for opportunities to interact and cooperate with different ethnic groups.

She herself has learned a lot about how to fight for the rights of her own ethnic group from ethnic groups such as African-Americans and Jews.

　　Chen Zhaoyin, chairman of the Hokkien Huay Kuan, said that more signing activities are still in progress, and I believe more people will participate.

In the current social environment, many unfavorable factors plague the Chinese in the United States. Meng Zhaowen is a banner representing the Chinese. The Hokkien Association upholds a grateful heart and a humble attitude to support Meng Zhaowen's political appeals and ideas with practical actions.

I believe that the future will be better under the leadership of Meng Zhaowen.

(Jin Yuyi)