美国六月节，感恩国会议员Sheila Jackson Lee

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美国六月节，感恩国会议员希拉杰克森李

林胥（2024年6月19日)





今天又到了20246426年6月19日，美国的Juneteenth 六月节。正在抗击病魔的国会议员Sheila Jackson Lee 接受了美国CNN电视台采访，以电话方式讲述了她从2013年开始努力推动将6月19日定为美国联邦假日的故事。


六月节 - 纪念美国奴隶制有效终结的节日。 在林肯总统签署《解放黑奴宣言》的两年多后，联邦军队于1865 年6月19日进军德克萨斯州加尔维斯顿，执行该法令并释放最后被奴役的美国黑人。2013年开始，国会议员希拉杰克森李Sheila Jackson Lee（图一右边站立持签字笔粉红着装非裔女议员）起草并领导推动了这个法案。2021 年，拜登总统签署立法将6/19定为联邦假日，与元旦/独立日/退伍军人节/圣诞节一起成为第五个联邦特定假日。感谢希拉议员和拜登总统为我们争取到一个新的联邦假日，纪念非裔的苦难历史和推动的民权运动。

再次感恩国会议员Sheila Jackson Lee 为美国人民作出的重大贡献。祝福早日康复！



以下为CNN采访视频

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Title: Inside Politics With Dana Bash - Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee interview with Dana Bash 
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Wednesday night dynamite tonight and eight I TBS want to now turto a womanho fought to make today juneteenth a federal holiday, democratic woman, Sheila ja Lee of joins me now by phone. >> Congresswoman, thank you so much for being here. >> I want to start with the ct that it was 2013 when you first introduced the juneteenth resotion, you continued every single year until it finally became a national holiday. >> Can you explain to our viewers why it was S 

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important? To find the success that you finally did good morning anyou so very much foraving meefore you listeners. >> I want this to be part of America's history. I want peoplerise up and consider duties a vpart of American history. I want the story to be a real story to that our fellow Americans understand no matter what their 

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ethnic BAC and of course, the story of juneteenth is a story of freedom it is the story of general Granger. It a real story and it is the story of general Granger literally showing up on shores of galveston. And announcing to all the people that the plays of three to four they would three in terms of the seven workers they will not 

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say they were still play so it is my goal my hope, myr that we'ned zoom into American holiday and it is, and it is and meour, your prayer was answered. We are celebrating today. The whole country is, you think it took so long to give this day the recognition it deserves? >> I'm gladed that question and it is the difficulty that we have had 

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two extra years that means that Americans were slatwo extra years. But the B slavery it's, so agreed just the indignitieciousness the all of that continued to go on for extra two years. I want people to realize that we endured it stop to it and now we made it 

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to the 18, 65 to create a moment a moment of celebration and jubilee and that is juneteenth, budo think is important for me to make the point that the 18, 65 timefram gave America a time to on what the holidays meant and 

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the of the and the lack of recognition of the holiday and so that's what this work that I'm doing. And I celebrate are fully grandmother. She is the grandmother of juneteenth and I helped bringome 2 million petitions to the United States congress I worked to introduce the legislation these first 

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member oss to introduce the legito make sure that we had it well-situated, thats going to be a holiday. >> Yeah. We fought we did we had to we had to fight to get our friends egislature in the senate and in the house to realize that this was what and bill yeah, and that bloodshed thatame about to this bill. And two more years ofed came about R 

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the 18, 63 years of bloodshed came data. Yeah. No, we need to let people know that yeah. >> Iotally agree. And you're shining the light on it at congresswoman, I just have to ask you are joining us by phon today. You revealed not long ago that you're battling pancreatic caneveryone here at Santa and I should tell you, joins me and sending your th and prayers. How are Yo is you his disewell one 11 at a times 

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the future I'm going to delvto how devastating this disease, is but I wanted to spend this day June team focusing on celebration and the comer and pushing this part of American history. >> What I am grateful for their earned ak forward to educating people more about this very it is devastating 

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disease. But at this point time, I want juneteenth to B F American histo over and over again. And so that will little children B Udy their early history they can study juneteenth as part of America's focus and if I get that done, I can tell you that it will truly be a dream come true that people understand that we bear the brunt, bear 

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the brunt they had the bunny bread, the whip for two extra years. Yeah. But I think when I want America, most of all is that we faced the lip faced a lack of understanding but we came ab, 65 and we had something to work with which allowed us to generate the juneteenth holiday. But what most came by is that it is 

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deral holiday th's right what a true that it's a federal holiday. And it's celebration of juneteenth commemoration that would stand well, it's not just a dream >> It's an act of of of mmitmentength on your part. And I have no question that that commitment and strength is is being you're using that right now for your own personal fight. And I understand andyour point about focusing on 

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juneteenth and thethat you have created. No question by helping to make this a federal holiday. Thank you so much. Happy, juneteenth congresswoman, thanks for joining me thank you so very much I love you Ying that happy, juneteenth, elebrated an understand it. >> Andte a people that had to live two extra years of slavery those people did not understand what juneteenth was. 

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They will know what it is. And you have generated the very nature of this. And I'm so very grateful for your contribution to making American history right, so juneteenth and June part O


(国会议员Sheila Jackson Lee 由其高级顾问兼亚裔代表，美国亚裔领袖委员会主席罗玲陪同出席2023年华人社区中秋晚会）


附去年发布的短文。

亚非裔携手共度美国六月节

丹奇 2023年6月20日

6月19日美国六月节，纪念黑人翻身得解放，最后一天获得自由的日子。由国会议员希拉杰克森李倡导，总统签字成为联邦节日，举国庆祝。昨天在Beth Yeshurun犹太教堂举办庆祝活动，表彰希拉议员为全美百姓争取的福利。来自非裔社区的社团组织领导人如华人社区熟悉的大主教James Dixon等纷纷上台讲话，回顾黑人抗争历史，感谢国会议员希拉推动六月节成为法定节假日。


活动中请来了小学生中学生表演节目，讲述黑人的悲惨历史和他们抗争了一百多年仍然不能停止维权求生存的故事。看着马丁路德金博士领导黑人上街和平游行的情景，听着身后黑人兄弟姐妹们的唏嘘哽咽，想起我们自己二月份大游行反对种族歧视的情景，不禁感同身受，潸然泪下。历史是如此的相似，少数族裔只有团结起来才能争取自己的政治地位。



举办庆祝六月节活动的组织HSC (Houston Society for Change)表彰了国会议员希拉为黑人社区，和美国人民推动六月节做出的重大贡献并颁发奖状。国会议员希拉杰森李获奖后，感谢亚裔对非裔社区活动的支持，表示六月节不只是纪念黑人自由的日子，更是鼓励所有美国人追求自由民主平等权利的特殊日子。亚裔的融入和支持体现了六月节多元，平等，和包容的真正意义所在。她回顾推动六月节起草后，寻求两党合作并获得共和党参议员John Cornyn 的大力支持和共同推进的故事，并感谢了Cornyn 参议员。Cornyn 参议员发来视频祝贺六月节庆祝活动。

活动中安排了一位103岁的黑人老太太讲话。她精神矍铄地走上讲台讲述自己至今仍然健在，还有兴趣继续关注这个世界到底怎了（What is going in the world）。她幽默地告诉大家，长寿的秘诀是要照顾好自己，对自己好点，开心点。老人思维依旧敏捷，言谈清晰，令人赞叹！

感谢乔凤翔教授，白先慎教授，孙铁汉会长，沙莉女士，Angela Wang, 莫丽艳女士，陈相如牧师，胡新先生，警署Abbasi 上尉，Sameer，等亚裔社区成员百忙之中拨冗参与和大力支持。这次的参与是建立亚裔和非裔草根联盟的开始，非裔看到我们的参与，非常兴奋和激动, 纷纷加入到合影中来，”亚非拉朋友手牵手”这个儿时的歌谣仿佛在昨天穿越时空实现了。

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