亚美教会在唐人街游行，呼吁与黑人社区团结
6月28日星期日，亚裔美国人基督教合作社（AACC）与两个重要的芝加哥教会–中国基督教联合会（CCUC）和进步浸信会（PBC）合作，呼吁各族裔团结声援非裔美国人社区反对种族歧视。
团结反对种族歧视 芝加哥华人黑人教会华埠联合大游行 (组图)
张大卫 芝加哥华语论坛报
上图：6月28日下午，芝加哥近千名来自教会和非教会的人士，在华埠谭继平公园举行祈祷集会，然后沿着华埠举办了盛大游行。（张大卫摄）
(《芝加哥华语论坛》报记者张大卫报道) 和平、理性、井然有序-当地时间6月28日下午，芝加哥近千名来自教会和非教会的人士，在华埠谭继平公园举行祈祷集会，然后沿着华埠举办了盛大游行。人们高举着“ 我们不能再沉默！”“黑人的命也是命！” “亚裔支持黑人寻求正义！“ 等标语牌，呼喊着” 没有公正，就没有和平！“口号，表达反对种族主义的心声。
上图： 青年人自己书写标语牌。（张大卫摄）
上图： 在谭继平公园举办了集会。（张大卫摄）
当天下午的游行集会是由亚裔美国基督教合作组织主办的。主办者表示，游行跨越两个历史悠久的教堂-华人基督教联合会和非裔进步浸礼会教堂之间，就是为了支持“黑人的命也是命“运动，并呼吁和显示我们的团结和信仰。华埠所在区区长卢汉士和夫人，伊利诺伊州华裔州众议员马静仪博士和许多侨界人士等也参加了游行。
上图： 华人和黑人游行集会参与者在横幅标语前合影。（张大卫摄）
上图： 游行队伍从谭继平公园出发。（张大卫摄）
参加游行和集会活动的有白发苍苍的老人，也有坐在婴儿车上的儿童，包括了华人、韩裔、菲律宾裔和黑人、白人等各个族裔人士。来自芝加哥威顿学院的非裔人士斯蒂文 考特莱特说，我们参加这一游行，就是要反对系统性的种族歧视，无论是对亚裔还是非裔。而且我们游行后要继续努力，为真正持久的种族平等和公平正义打好基础。
上图： 华埠所在区区长卢汉士和夫人在游行队伍中。（张大卫摄）
上图： 游行队伍经过中国城。（张大卫摄）
华埠更好团结联盟主席、培德中心主任吴常义对主流媒体英文《芝加哥太阳时报》和电视七台的记者说，当我们看到不公平，我们必须说出来，特别是当我们亚裔美国人因为冠状病毒流行而受到歧视的时候。马静仪议员也表示，“我们反对对于亚裔的歧视，我们同时也必须反对植根于我们美国制度中的反黑人种族主义。”
上图： 伊利诺伊州众议员马静仪参加了游行集会。（张大卫摄）
上图： 不少大学生和年轻人也积极参与集会游行。（张大卫摄）
在游行队伍当中，有许多青年人加入。一位来自芝加哥大学的女同学说，我们年轻一代要改变过去亚裔青年人不太热衷政治和不能大胆站出来努力争取社会的公平和正义。这就是我们为什么要参加这一游行集会，并且和其他少数族裔一起来投身这一运动，我们要大声表态：我们亚裔支持非裔反对歧视和迫害的斗争!
赞助组织：慈悲浸信会，与（＆）运动，参与组织：黑人基督教团体，校际基督徒团契和真相表，三一福音派神学院，北公园神学院，惠顿学院和圣特雷瑟天主教堂 。
伊州众议院华裔议员马静仪和25区长卢汉士夫妇参加了活动。
这场祈祷游行星期天下午三点半从唐人街谭继平公园开始，在进步浸信会教堂结束，沿途短暂停靠祈祷，包括在中国基督教会教堂。
为什么举办：游行的主题是“祈祷，游行，奉献”，象征着致力于在教堂内开始并通过福音得以实现的亚裔美国人和非裔美国人社区之间架起桥梁的承诺。
太多的亚裔基督徒在种族正义问题上保持沉默，这就是为什么AACC和CCUC一起发表公开声明以支持黑人生活和尊严的原因。
组织者邀请亚裔基督徒和他们的人际网络与他们的非裔美国人邻居一起在悲伤，悲伤和愤怒中站立。谴责一切形式的白人至上罪，特别是作为有色人种之间分裂的根源；并共同走向康复和更加公正的未来。
Mr. Hu,
Here is a picture showing the crowd. We estimated that there were about 1000 people from about 100 different churches. I tried to write up some details. Sorry that I cannot write Chinese. I have cc’d Grace Chan who participated in the march and gave one of the prayers.
There were prayers said by the following people:
- Ray Chang, Asian American Christian Collaborative
- David Wu, Pui Tak Center
- Ally Henny, The Witness – A Black Christian Collaborative
- Grace Chan, Coalition for a Better Chinese American Community
- Rev. Andrew Lee, former senior pastor of Chinese Christian Union Church
- Rev. Jamal Johnson, Progressive Baptist Church (African American)
- Rev. Jay Catanus, Garden City Church
- Children who spoke prayers: Lynn and Noah Catanus, Na’ilah Johnson and Natalie Javier
- Dr. Greg Lee, Wheaton College
- Diana Collymore, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship
- Dr. Soon-Chan Rah, North Park Theological Seminary
- Rev. Watson Jones III, Compassion Baptist Church (African American)
- Dr. Sam George, Wheaton College
- Rev. Charlie Dates, Progressive Baptist Church
Music led by Ian McNair and Tiffany McGhee
Chinese Christian Union Church is a 105 year old church. Progressive Baptist Church is a 101 year old church. These churches have never met together. Because we worship the same God, this is a basis for having good relatiionships with our neighbors.
During the prayer march, we prayed for the African American community and the end of racism from individual people and from government, businesses and employers. We also know that some African Americans have caused the Chinatown community pain. We prayed that these crimes would not turn into hatred but that we would be healed and reconciled. We prayed that two churches (Chinese Christian Union Church and Progressive Baptist) could be a bridge to better relationships between our two communities. At the end of the march, we prayed that each African American person would learn to care for Asian Americans and prayed that each Asian American person would learn to care for African Americans.
The prayer march had Asians who were Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, Asian Indian, Hmong, and Japanese.
This is the first time that Asian Americans Christians have marched for any other ethnic group. While Asian Americans continue to be concerned about bias and prejudice from COVID-19, we have to acknowledge that African Americans face this bias and prejudice every day of their life.
The prayer march did not advocate any specific change of governmental policy but calls Asian American to care about this neighboring community.
周日，大约一千人在唐人街的中华基督教会和青铜的浸信会教堂之间游行。
2020年6月28日
大约1,000人的人群穿过唐人街门户，同时呼吁亚裔美国人与黑人社区加强团结。
本·波普/芝加哥太阳时报
唐人街的中华基督教会教堂与青铜维尔的浸信会教堂都座落在永活大街上，两个教堂相距1.5英里，都已经存在了一个多世纪。
但是直到这个周日，这两个教堂以前很少往来互动或互相帮助。
在亚裔美国人基督教合作社的协调下，这两个教会的领导人和成员以及该地区许多其他亚洲宗教组织游行穿过唐人街，呼吁亚洲和黑人社区之间加强团结。
一位组织者之一的CCUC执事克里斯·哈维尔（Chris Javier）说：“很长一段时间以来，亚裔美国人基督教教会一直对很多事情保持沉默，尤其是在有抗争方面。”
“这是寂静的尽头。这是我们保证制止这种情况，开始代表受伤的人使用我们的声音，即使他们看起来不像我们。”
哈维尔说，CCUC长期以来一直只关注唐人街的问题，但是现在意识到乔治·弗洛伊德（George Floyd）死后“黑人教会受到伤害”时，它有责任提供帮助。
亚裔美国人基督教合作会主席张建勋在唐人街与中国基督教会教堂旁的游行者讲话。
周日，大约有1,000名群众聚集在坪谭平纪念公园，向南游行。
他们发表了系列讲话，包括在Wells和Cullerton街道的停车场，据称一名黑人于2月谋杀了两名中国男子，以及唐人街CUCC旁的广场，然后在历史悠久的黑人教堂Progressive Baptist外结束。
领导游行的AACC主席Raymond Chang说，他特别选择了两座历史悠久的教堂，以形成“重要的象征性伙伴关系”。
他说：“我们的深切希望康复将从教会传到其他社区，我们将开始通过自己的工作搭建桥梁。” “这仅仅是开始。”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2020/6/28/21306401/chinatown-march-black-lives-matter-chinese-christian-union-church-progressive-baptist-aaccAsian American churches hold march through Chinatown, calling for unity with Black communitiesA crowd of about 1,000 marched Sunday between Chinatown’s Chinese Christian Union Church and Bronzeville’s Progressive Baptist Church, which is historically Black.By Ben Pope@BenPopeCST Jun 28, 2020, 8:33pm CDTShare this storyShare this on Facebook (opens in new window)Share this on Twitter (opens in new window)SHAREAll sharing optionsA crowd of about 1,000 people march through the Chinatown Gateway while calling for increased unity between Asian American and Black communities. Ben Pope/Sun-TimesChinatown’s Chinese Christian Union Church and Bronzeville’s Progressive Baptist Church have existed for more than a century just 1.5 miles apart on Wentworth Avenue.But the two churches have rarely interacted or helped each other — until Sunday.With coordination from the Asian American Christian Collaborative, leaders and members of the two churches — as well as many other Asian religious organizations in the area — marched through Chinatown to call for increased unity between the Asian and Black communities.“For too long, the Asian American Christian church has been silent on tons of matters, especially when it comes to race,” said CCUC deacon Chris Javier, one of the organizers.“This is the end of silence. This is us pledging to stop that, to start using our voice on behalf of those that are hurting, even if they don’t look like us.”Javier said the CCUC has long concerned itself solely with Chinatown’s issues but now recognizes its duty to help out when “the Black church is hurting” in the wake of George Floyd’s death.Asian American Christian Collaborative President Raymond Chang speaks to marchers next to Chinese Christian Union Church in Chinatown. Ben Pope/Sun-TimesSo on Sunday, a crowd of about 1,000 gathered at Ping Tom Memorial Park and marched south. They listened to speeches at notable spots — including the parking lot at Wells and Cullerton streets, where a black man allegedly murdered two Chinese men in February, and the square next to CUCC in Chinatown — before ending outside Progressive Baptist, a historically Black church.AACC President Raymond Chang, who led the march, said he chose the two historic churches specifically to form “a significant and symbolic partnership.”“Our deep hope is that … the healing will drive from the church to the rest of the communities, and that we’ll start to build bridges from the work that we’re doing,” he said. “And this is just the start.”
There were prayers said by the following people:Ray Chang, Asian American Christian CollaborativeDavid Wu, Pui Tak CenterAlly Henny, The Witness – A Black Christian CollaborativeGrace Chan, Coalition for a Better Chinese American CommunityRev. Andrew Lee, former senior pastor of Chinese Christian Union ChurchRev. Jamal Johnson, Progressive Baptist Church (African American)Rev. Jay Catanus, Garden City ChurchChildren who spoke prayers: Lynn and Noah Catanus, Na’ilah Johnson and Natalie JavierDr. Greg Lee, Wheaton CollegeDiana Collymore, InterVarsity Christian FellowshipDr. Soon-Chan Rah, North Park Theological SeminaryRev. Watson Jones III, Compassion Baptist Church (African American)Dr. Sam George, Wheaton CollegeRev. Charlie Dates, Progressive Baptist ChurchMusic led by Ian McNair and Tiffany McGheeChinese Christian Union Church is a 105 year old church. Progressive Baptist Church is a 101 year old church. These churches have never met together. Because we worship the same God, this is a basis for having good relatiionships with our neighbors.During the prayer march, we prayed for the African American community and the end of racism from individual people and from government, businesses and employers. We also know that some African Americans have caused the Chinatown community pain. We prayed that these crimes would not turn into hatred but that we would be healed and reconciled. We prayed that two churches (Chinese Christian Union Church and Progressive Baptist) could be a bridge to better relationships between our two communities. At the end of the march, we prayed that each African American person would learn to care for Asian Americans and prayed that each Asian American person would learn to care for African Americans.The prayer march had Asians who were Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, Asian Indian, Hmong, and Japanese.This is the first time that Asian Americans Christians have marched for any other ethnic group. While Asian Americans continue to be concerned about bias and prejudice from COVID-19, we have to acknowledge that African Americans face this bias and prejudice every day of their life.The prayer march did not advocate any specific change of governmental policy but calls Asian American to care about this neighboring community.
