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City of Longmont
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- Multicultural Action Committee, City of Longmont (Committee Chair, 5 years)
- Participated in the development and implementation of Longmont’s multicultural strategic plans
- Key role in the City’s annual Inclusive Communities Celebration
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration (Guest Speaker, 3 years)
- Participate in city projects and provide translation services
- Longmont Senior Center projects
- Longmont’s Festival on Main
- Sister City’s Event
- Other community events: Latino Chamber of Commerce, Cinco de Mayo, “You Belong in Longmont” initiatives, etc.
School District and Schools
- Alternatives For Youth – Cultural and educational lessons and activities
- Confucius Institute’s Chinese Speech & Talent Show, Erie High School and Silver Creek Leadership Academy – Judge’s Panel
- Front Range Community College (FRCC) Culture Day – Guest Speaker
- FRCC – Culture Advisory Council
- FRCC – “Teach the ESL Teacher” class, Guest Speaker
- Hygiene School “Hawk Air Travel Adventure Project” – Calligraphy & Language demonstrations
- Silver Creek Leadership Academy (SCLA) – Cultural coaching & Language instruction for the students’ China Trip
- Mentoring of SCLA seniors on Leadership, Organization, and Management
- Niwot High School Diversity Day Event – Teaching Chinese characters
- St. Vrain Adult Education – Translation services for Chinese students
- St. Vrain Valley Schools (SVVSD) – Mill Levy Task Force participation
- SVVSD – Chaired Task Force meetings on a major school district projects
- As the result of our partnership with Silver Creek Leadership Academy (SCLA) at Silver Creek High School (SCHS):
- Mentorship program with Leadership Academy students
- Annually, 100 to 150 students learn about planning, organizing, and management through the Chinese New Year project
- The SCHS started a new Chinese language class
- SCLA organized a student group to visit China, resulting in a Chinese school coming to visit the U.S.
Individual Requests and Assistance
- St. Vrain Rotary Club – Guest speaker
- Lafayette Senior Organization – Identified and arranged a Master for their Tea Ceremony event
- Individual assistance:
- Identified legal resources for a specific case and provided translation
- Provide consultation to businesses planning to do business in China
- Provide immigration-related translation
- Provide financial/business related translation
- Provide healthcare related translation
- Assist with other issues due to language/culture difficulties
- Provided informational resources for a Sister City discussion
- Continue assisting Asian businesses with language and cultural needs
Awards & Recognitions
- City of Longmont “Community Unity” Award
- Boulder County CareConnect “Legendary Community Personality” Nominee
- Featured in Boulder Community Foundation’s Blog
- Silver Creek Leadership Academy “Outstanding Mentor”
- Times-Call, “Longmont 100”
- Silver Creek Leadership Academy “Lifetime Leadership” Award
- The President’s Volunteer Service Award (annually since 2011)
Press
- Times-Call, “Longmont honors ‘Year of the Dragon’ with annual celebration”, 2/26/2024
- Times-Call, “Longmont’s Silver Creek High School to host Lunar New Year”, 2/22/2024
- Asian Avenue, “Longmont Goes Lunar”, Feb 2024
- Times-Call, “Longmont Chinese New Year event draws big, vibrant crowd”, 2/4/2023
- Daily Camera, “Longmont wishes for Happy Year of the Rooster”, 2/11/2017
- Times-Call, “Silver Creek Excels, Thanks to Community Partnerships”, 3/10/2016
- Times-Call, “Longmont Chinese New Year Celebration Catches Fire”, 2/18/2016
- Longmont Channel 8 coverage of A-PAL & SCLA, 3/3/2015
- Chinese Metropolitan News, 2/4/2015
- Times-Call, “Longmont Celebrates Chinese New Year”, 3/1/2014
- Longmont Channel 8 coverage of A-PAL & SCLA, 2/16/2014
- Times-Call, “Ni Hao New Year”, 2/24/2013
- Times-Call, “Longmont Ready to Mark Year of the Snake”, 2/21/2013
- Times-Call, “Who Needs Groundhogs?”, 2/18/2012
- Times-Call, “Focus on Schools”, 2/2/2012
- Times-Call, “Longmont Celebrates Chinese New Year”, 2/27/2011