CFER, SVCAF Call for Equal Treatment and Unity in Response to Rising Anti-Asian Crimes

For Immediate Release February 14, 2021 SAN DIEGO, CA – February 14, 2021- Californians for Equal Rights (CFER) and Silicon Valley Chinese Association Foundation (SVCAF) jointly condemn the recent surge of anti-Asian hate crimes in California’s Bay Area communities and urge the upholding of the equal protection principle to combat racial discrimination. In recent weeks, racially motivated violence has victimized over a dozen of elderly Asian-American residents in San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose. Many of these senseless crimes were committed by disengaged minority youth from underprivileged communities. Sadly, these assailants targeted vulnerable seniors who are also economically disadvantaged. The string of unfortunate events amplifies the disastrous consequences of racial tribalism and divisions. ...

February 15, 2021 · 3 min · SVCAF

美国政府诉陈刚案-刑事起诉书

编者按:最近麻省理工华人教授的案子很多人关心。我们找出联邦政府起诉陈刚的起诉书,翻译后供大家参考。美国法律是嫌疑人在法庭判决之前都是无罪推断,控方的说法只是一面之词。希望对关心此案的朋友有帮助。 美国马萨诸塞州联邦地区法院 美国政府 诉 陈刚 案 案号:21-mj-1011-DLC 刑事起诉书 2021年1月13日 Donald L. Cabell 法官 由 国土安全部特工 Matthew McCarthy 提告。 大约在2017年3月17日,2019年3月25日和2019 年4月15日这几个重要时间结点,根据现有证据,推测陈刚违反了以下几项联邦法规: 18 U.S.C. § 1343 Wire Fraud 电汇欺诈 31 U.S.C. §§ 5314 & 5322 Failing to File Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts 未能上报国外银行和金融机构账户 18 U.S.C. § 1001(a)(2) Making False Statements to the Agency of the United States Government 向美国政府国家机构陈述错误信息 Matthew McCarthy 宣誓证词 概要 本人是国土安全部侦查局(以下简称“HIS”)Boston波士顿的特工主管,工龄已有16年。 2004年5月至 2010年12月,委派任职于 文书和福利诈骗案件调查; 2010年12月至2014年11月,委派任职于 有组织毒品交易犯罪案件调查; ...

January 26, 2021 · 3 min · SVCAF

SVCAF Condemns ADOS for Sabotaging a Racial Equality Movement

For Immediate Release June 8, 2020 **FREMONT, Calif. — **On behalf of a growing civil rights campaign against state government-sponsored racial discrimination, the Silicon Valley Chinese Association Foundation (SVCAF) denounces the insidious attempts of American Descendants of Slavery (ADOS) to incite racial tension. Under the pretense of racial justice, ADOS operatives have relentlessly denigrated the Asian-American community and its grassroot representatives who have been courageously fighting against discrimination since 2014. ...

June 8, 2020 · 2 min · SVCAF

学区赔偿亚裔学生66.5万美元案件的来龙去脉

编者按:圣拉蒙山谷联合学区(San Ramon Valley Unified School District)最近赔偿亚裔学生65万美元的案子在本地引起巨大反响。Nextdoor上邻居们七嘴八舌争论不休。很多不明真相的群众认为受害者家庭滥用诉讼让学区就范,舆论一时对亚裔受害者家庭非常不利。SVCAF三年里一直跟受害者一家保持联系,了解其中艰辛。幸好有真正花时间阅读法庭公开文件的居民写了案件的总结。现摘录如下,让华人社区也清楚本案的来龙去脉。 Case summary 案件摘要 I read the original complaint filed when this all started back in 2017, and the one in these documents looks pretty much the same, with apparently some amendments along the way. In broad strokes the legal complaint was: 这诉状始于2017年,我读过其原始档案,这些文件中的有一份资料看起来几乎一样,只是有一些明显的修改。大致的法律控诉是: The student was an exceptional student with great grades and accomplishments. 这个学生成绩优异,出类拔萃。 In conjunction with running for office the student shot a video with some other students. Two of those friends were Muslim Afghan-Americans who played the antagonists and adlibbed their own parts as there was no script. 在竞选职务时,这名学生与其他一些学生一起拍摄了一段视频。这些朋友中有两个是阿富汗裔美国穆斯林,扮演反角,即兴演出,没有脚本。 ...

April 23, 2020 · 4 min · SVCAF

亚裔学生告赢学区,将获66.5万美元赔偿及公开道歉

北加州东湾的丹维尔的学生在针对圣拉蒙山谷联合学区的言论自由的诉讼中获得和解,将获665,000美元及公开道歉 编者按: 三年前一位叫Nate Yu的亚裔学生被他所在高中校方暴凌,他和同学制作的喜剧搞笑视频被污蔑为“种族主义”、“仇视穆斯林”。老师的朋友、同为本校家长而在社区十分有影响力的人物甚至在Facebook贴大字散播谣言,引起社区不了解真相的人在社交网络上围攻未成年孩子,使Nate和他的父母、弟弟、妹妹深受身心的迫害,导致三个孩子数周不能上学。Nate和他的父母对学区提起诉讼,状告学区侵害学生言论自由。他们遭到的不公待遇在华裔社区引起公愤。三年后,案子在庭外和解了。 大家应该记得Yu家三年前用gofundme向社区求助,筹款打官司告学区。加州甚至外州很多朋友都慷慨捐款。本地的朋友不少也参加了学区会议,声援受害者及他的家庭,谴责学区和老师捕风捉影迫害亚裔学生。Nate Yu因为勇敢发声获得2018年度SVCA基金会的The Voice of Asian Americans Scholarship。 他们的诉讼历时长达三年,当初Nate是high school senior,如今已经大三。漫长的诉讼过程中Yu家爸爸妈妈把自己为退休存留的资金和给孩子上大学存的学费拿出来打官司。除了巨大的经济压力之外,Yu家面对“社区领袖”和他们的附和者对儿子的personality assassination,面对无数不解实情听信谣言的群众的白眼,仍然坚持做“硬骨头”。试想一个移民家庭,与掌握着孩子生杀大权的校方和学区官员针锋相对;一份普通工薪阶层的薪水苦苦支撑律师费用,与有雄厚资金支持的学区律师团队相比,如鸡蛋碰石头。Yu家知道自己选择的诉讼道路是不可为而为之,为的是给孩子讨一个公道,也为了其他孩子不会继续受到Nate遭遇的迫害。他们打赢官司,警告了行事不公的学区及其领导,正面回击了利用拿政治正确做幌子对当事人无限上纲上线、甚至谋取私利的恶劣行径,避免类似的群体性霸凌亚裔学生的事件再次发生。 本文转载翻译本地报纸对该案的最新报道,仅供参考 **Case stemmed from discipline for ASB president-elect over controversial ‘parody video’ in 2017 ** 这起诉讼源于2017年学生会主席选举时对有争议的“搞笑视频”的惩戒 by Ryan J. Degan The San Ramon Valley Unified School District has settled a free-speech lawsuit involving a former student who was disciplined for his part in the creation of a video that at the time had been described as Islamophobic. 圣拉蒙山谷联合学区为言论自由诉讼达成和解,此诉讼涉及一名已毕业的学生,学区当时把他参与制作的视频定性为伊斯兰恐慌,对他进行了纪律处分。 ...

April 9, 2020 · 5 min · SVCAF