Dear clubbers and Friends,
The PCE Club’s 50th monthly event was very successfully held on Saturday, October 13, 2007 in the Asian Cultural Center. About thirty families came to join us in this event. Many children were anxiously waiting for this event as for three months in a row, they hadn’t got a chance to perform due to two outdoor events and one annual conference in July, August and September. Nearly 60 adults attended the seminar entitled “Becoming American”, conducted by Mayor Cecilia X Birge (aka "Xie Lan"), in discussion on leadership skills and emotional intelligence development.
As the first Chinese-American female mayor in the history of New Jersey, Mayor Birge is a dynamic elected official with strong leadership skills and a solid professional background in various disciplines. Despite her very busy schedule, Mayor Birge kindly accepted our invitation for speaking at the club’s event and gracefully arrived at the event ahead of time watching our kids’ talent show. She is such a down-to-earth leader, so approachable, easy-going, friendly and reliable! Mayor Birge started her session with two questions in a slide show entitled “Becoming American” They are: “What is American?” and “Am I American or Chinese?” She then analyzed why we should hold onto our Chinese heritage while being a patriotic American as follows:
“1. the essential process of becoming American is to maintain the diverse ethnic cultures while becoming a part of the whole society;
2. being able to appreciate cultural differences leads to positive outcomes in life; 3. the central theme of becoming American is to have strong identity of one’s ethnicity. After all, this is what America is all about.” Mayor Birge also pointed out the major elements of strong leadership: “1. have a vision - have strong opinions and a structured mind; not to be afraid to speak out; 2. build consensus - meeting of minds;
3. develop a win-win situation;
4. ability to appreciate diversity - be a cross cultural team player - reach out;
5. be prepared to deal with prejudice/racism with a positive attitude.
Followed the presentation was a Q and A section. Mayor Birge answered each question raised from the audience with great wisdom and patience. Some attendees were reluctant to leave when it was time to end. They continued to chat with Cecilia afterwards till it was quite late. It was really a wonderful presentation filled with great ideas, observations, exciting personal experience and constructive suggestions. When I first introduced Cecilia to the audience, I deliberately omitted the mention of her renowned grandfather (former president of Peking University) and her own father (famous anesthesiologist) as I would like the audience to get to know her very own strengths and power. Sure enough, she did not let us down. During the whole session, she was so analytical, logical and articulate. Her English was perfect with no trace of accent given she came to America as a grownup.
Apart from the wonderful presentation, our children’s talent show was also excellent. Jill, our new officer/the club’s public relations coordinator, hosted the talent show. She had each performing child introduce him/herself. It is our hope that the children will not only develop their talents in various areas, they would also develop a good manner in the public and on the stage. Thank you, Jill, for a job well done!The Club’s next event will be held on November 10th, 2007. The seminar will be “Broken or Beautiful” to be conducted by Ms. Maria Mastro. Sandra and Kam will be our next event’s organizers. Please stay tuned for more info.To learn more about PCE Club, please feel free to sign up for the free emailing list at joinpceclub@pceclub.org or http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pce_club/. Please visit us at our website http://www.pceclub.org/ for more details on the Club's activities.
Respectfully submitted,
Yingting Zhang
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华人女市长演讲领袖才能与情商培养
The PCE Club’s 50th monthly event was very successfully held on Saturday, October 13, 2007 in the Asian Cultural Center. About thirty families came to join us in this event. Many children were anxiously waiting for this event as for three months in a row, they hadn’t got a chance to perform due to two outdoor events and one annual conference in July, August and September. Nearly 60 adults attended the seminar entitled “Becoming American”, conducted by Mayor Cecilia X Birge (aka "Xie Lan"), in discussion on leadership skills and emotional intelligence development.
As the first Chinese-American female mayor in the history of New Jersey, Mayor Birge is a dynamic elected official with strong leadership skills and a solid professional background in various disciplines. Despite her very busy schedule, Mayor Birge kindly accepted our invitation for speaking at the club’s event and gracefully arrived at the event ahead of time watching our kids’ talent show. She is such a down-to-earth leader, so approachable, easy-going, friendly and reliable! Mayor Birge started her session with two questions in a slide show entitled “Becoming American” They are: “What is American?” and “Am I American or Chinese?” She then analyzed why we should hold onto our Chinese heritage while being a patriotic American as follows:
“1. the essential process of becoming American is to maintain the diverse ethnic cultures while becoming a part of the whole society;
2. being able to appreciate cultural differences leads to positive outcomes in life; 3. the central theme of becoming American is to have strong identity of one’s ethnicity. After all, this is what America is all about.” Mayor Birge also pointed out the major elements of strong leadership: “1. have a vision - have strong opinions and a structured mind; not to be afraid to speak out; 2. build consensus - meeting of minds;
3. develop a win-win situation;
4. ability to appreciate diversity - be a cross cultural team player - reach out;
5. be prepared to deal with prejudice/racism with a positive attitude.
Followed the presentation was a Q and A section. Mayor Birge answered each question raised from the audience with great wisdom and patience. Some attendees were reluctant to leave when it was time to end. They continued to chat with Cecilia afterwards till it was quite late. It was really a wonderful presentation filled with great ideas, observations, exciting personal experience and constructive suggestions. When I first introduced Cecilia to the audience, I deliberately omitted the mention of her renowned grandfather (former president of Peking University) and her own father (famous anesthesiologist) as I would like the audience to get to know her very own strengths and power. Sure enough, she did not let us down. During the whole session, she was so analytical, logical and articulate. Her English was perfect with no trace of accent given she came to America as a grownup.
Apart from the wonderful presentation, our children’s talent show was also excellent. Jill, our new officer/the club’s public relations coordinator, hosted the talent show. She had each performing child introduce him/herself. It is our hope that the children will not only develop their talents in various areas, they would also develop a good manner in the public and on the stage. Thank you, Jill, for a job well done!The Club’s next event will be held on November 10th, 2007. The seminar will be “Broken or Beautiful” to be conducted by Ms. Maria Mastro. Sandra and Kam will be our next event’s organizers. Please stay tuned for more info.To learn more about PCE Club, please feel free to sign up for the free emailing list at joinpceclub@pceclub.org or http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pce_club/. Please visit us at our website http://www.pceclub.org/ for more details on the Club's activities.
Respectfully submitted,
Yingting Zhang
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华人女市长演讲领袖才能与情商培养
-- 父母子女教育俱乐部成功举办了第50次活动
10月13日星期六晚，父母子女教育俱乐部成功举办了第50次活动。俱乐部有幸请到了新泽西州第一位华人女市长谢兰女士来为大家讲述怎样更好地培养领袖才能与健全的情商。这次活动由俱乐部会长张颖婷和俱乐部公关部经理季育荣组织举办。谢兰女士曾就读于北京师范大学英语系，后来美就读宾州Bryn Mawr 学院历史系，并于1994年毕业。之后一直任职于华尔街，从事证券分析至2003年，现任新州Montgomery 市长。这次讲座，谢市长根据自己的宝贵经验与亲身体会为我们讲解领袖才能与健全情商的培养。讲座前一小时是谢市长的演讲时间，谢市长以“何谓美国人？” 及“我是美国人还是中国人？”作为她讲座的开场白。她提到成为美国人的基本过程即是在成为主流社会一分子的同时也要保承美国社会的多元文化。对不同文化的欣赏会使我们的生活过的更积极正面。要成为一个美国人， 首先要建立自身强力的族裔身份。所以我们在融入美国社会的同时还要传承自己的中国文化。谢市长还指出，扎实的领袖才能包括：1，有远见；2，达成共识，但不是妥协；3，创造双赢环境；4，以正面的态度来面对偏见和种族歧视。讲座的后半小时则是问题解答。谢市长对听众提出的众多问题都一一给予认真回答，充满智慧但并不失幽默。现场气氛相当轻松活跃。讲座之前是为众多家长和小朋友喜爱的“儿童才艺表演”。孩子们在台上表演各种才艺，包括弹钢琴，唱歌，讲故事等等。孩子们的表演可圈可点，令家长们欣慰。很多家长反映，这个节目使他们的孩子受益匪浅，给孩子们提供了一个很好的锻炼平台，增强了孩子的自信心。下次活动时间：2007年11月10日，星期六，6:30pm – 9:30pm；地点：Asia Cultural Center, 1876 Rt. 27, Edison, NJ, 08817。报名费：会员免费，非会员每家$10。欢迎大家报名参加。有兴趣者可电邮至 http://us.f506.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=registration@pceclub.org。电话联系：Sandra Liu: http://us.f506.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=xiangqunliu@yahoo.com; Kam Ferro: http://us.f506.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=kam.y.ferro@jpmchase.com。欲了解更多有关俱乐部的信息，请参阅俱乐部网站 http://www.pceclub.org/ 或注册我们的免费通讯录 (电邮至 joinpceclub@pceclub.org).
(张颖婷，季育荣）
(张颖婷，季育荣）
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