| 词条 | Helen Gym |
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| name = Helen Gym | image = Helen Gym - 01.jpg | imagesize = | caption = Councilperson-At-Large Helen Gym | office1 = Philadelphia City councilperson | term_start1 = January 2016[1] | term_end1 = | predecessor1 = Jim Kenney | office2 = Member of the Philadelphia City Council from the At-Large District | term_start2 = | term_end2 = | predecessor2 = | successor2 = | birth_date = {{circa}} {{birth year and age|1968}}[2] | birth_place = Seattle, Washington, United States | party = Democratic | alma_mater = University of Pennsylvania }} Helen Gym{{efn-ua|pronounced "gim", with a hard "g" sound as in "give", not the sound heard in "gym" or "Jim"[1]}} (born {{circa}} 1968)[2] is a Philadelphia City councilperson, the first Asian American woman to hold that position.[3] A second-generation Korean, Gym is also a community organizer, journalist, former school teacher, and is on the board of Asian Americans United, a racial-justice and advocacy group. Personal life{{More citations needed| section |date=April 2017}}Gym was born in Seattle, Washington then raised in Ohio near Columbus. Her parents were born in Korea and immigrated to the United States in the 1960s. Her father was a computer engineer working for Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company.[2] Her mother worked in the food services department at the Ohio State University. Gym has a younger sister. When Gym was growing up, the family attended the Protestant Korean Church.[3] In 1993, Gym graduated from the University of Pennsylvania where she majored in history. After leaving college, she went back to Ohio and worked for the Mansfield News Journal as a reporter. Around 1994, she worked as a school teacher. In 1995, she married Bret Flaherty, a lawyer. They now have three children. In 1996, Gym completed her language acquisition master's degree at the University of Pennsylvania. Community organizerGym has been a grassroots community organizer in Philadelphia has been involved in education reform there since 2006. Around that year, she co-founded the Parents United for Public Education.[2][9] She is a member of the editorial board of Rethinking Schools[9][4] and one of the founders of The Philadelphia Public School Notebook, a nonprofit, independent, free news service. She also co-founded a charter school in Chinatown called the Folk Art Cultural Treasures School.[3] In 2000, Gym led a campaign called the "Stadium Out of Chinatown Coalition" against the construction of a baseball stadium north of Chinatown, due to the fear that it might result in gentrification of the area.[2][3][5] She has also led other campaigns. In 2008, she fought against the establishment of the proposed Foxwoods Casino planned near Philadelphia's Chinatown because of the concern that unchecked development would compel longtime residents of that area to move away. She has also organized in opposition to state-sponsored, predatory gambling.[2][6] United States Commission on Civil Rights caseAround 2009, she worked on a successful federal civil rights case to help stop the bullying and harassment of Asian American students in South Philadelphia High School.[18][4][7] The case came about partially due to a series of assaults at the school on December 3, 2009, when as many as thirty Asian immigrant students were attacked and beaten by large groups of African-American students. In her testimony, she called for the commission to require the school and district officials bear responsibility for not addressing the problem, to differentiate bias-based harassment and generalized violence, and take a different approach for each, and to develop effective anti-harassment policies and procedures.[8] One result of the case was the 2014 creation of the AAPI Bullying Prevention Task Force. ("AAPI" stands for Asian American Pacific Islanders.)[9] Philadelphia City CouncilIn January 2016, Gym succeeded newly-elected Mayor Jim Kenney as a Democratic member of the Philadelphia City Council at-large district. She ran on a platform of housing reform and education. As councilperson, she has worked to ensure that Philadelphia's communities have an equal voice to wealthy entities and lobbyists.[10] She proposes a fair standard of living, especially for schoolchildren, and to combat hunger, lack of housing, and poverty.[1] Following the aftermath of the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, Gym posted on Twitter, "All around the country, we're fighting to remove the monuments to slavery & racism. Philly, we have work to do. Take the Rizzo statue down". Gym's comments started a public debate[11] about the future of the Frank Rizzo statue, a former Philadelphia mayor. Awards and honors
Notes{{notelist-ua}}References1. ^1 2 {{cite web |url= http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/politics/item/88416-councilwoman-elect-vows-to-work-for-education-quality-life-for-all-philadelphians |title=Councilwoman-elect vows to work for education, 'quality life' for all Philadelphians |work=NewsWorks |first=Tom |last=MacDonald |date=November 26, 2015}} 2. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite web |first=Patrick |last=Kerkstra |url= http://www.phillymag.com/articles/helen-gym-school-reform/?all=1 |title= Helen Gym: Agitator for School Reform |date=27 December 2013 |work =Philadelphia Magazine}} 3. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|url= http://articles.philly.com/2014-04-01/news/48739408_1_cesar-chavez-day-asian-americans-united-president-obama |title=A national honor for Philadelphia activist Helen Gym| work=philly.com |date=2014-04-01}}{{paywall}} 4. ^1 {{cite web |first=Pat |last=Zancolli |date=2015-10-15 |url= http://www.thedp.com/article/2015/10/alum-helen-gym-on-education-and-housing-reform |title=Alum Helen Gym champions housing and education reform in her run for City Council |work= The Daily Pennsylvanian}} 5. ^{{cite web |first=Brian |last=Howard |url= http://www.phillymag.com/news/2014/04/08/10-years-phillies-citizens-bank-park-stadium-we-did-not-want/ |title=Citizens Bank Park: A Decade in the Stadium We Didn’t Want |date=8 April 2014 |work= Philadelphia Magazine}} 6. ^1 2 {{cite web| url= https://www.whitehouse.gov/champions/c%C3%A9sar-e.-ch%C3%A1vez-champions-of-change/helen-gym | work= César Chávez Champions of Change |title=Helen gym| publisher= Executive Office of the President of the United States (White House) | archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20170117205831/https://www.whitehouse.gov/champions/c%C3%A9sar-e.-ch%C3%A1vez-champions-of-change/helen-gym | archivedate= 2017-01-17 | dead-url= unfit}} 7. ^{{cite web |url= http://newamericamedia.org/2011/12/philadelphia-story-voices-of-asian-american-bullying-victims.php |date=Dec 10, 2011 |first=Helen I. |last=Hwang |title= Philadelphia Story: Voices of Asian American Bullying Victims |publisher=New America Media}} 8. ^{{cite web |last1=Gym |first1=Helen |title= Briefing on Peer to Peer Violence and Bullying |url= http://www.eusccr.com/14.%20Helen%20Gym,%20Asian%20Americans%20United.pdf |website= U.S. Commission on Civil Rights |accessdate=20 April 2017 |date=2011-05-13}} (written testimony) 9. ^{{cite web |url= https://www.justice.gov/opa/blog/strengthening-aapi-community-through-new-bullying-prevention-efforts |title=Strengthening the AAPI Community Through New Bullying Prevention Efforts |work= U.S. Department of Justice |date=November 18, 2014}} "Courtesy of Kiran Ahuja, Executive Director of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders" 10. ^1 {{cite web |url= http://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/helen-gym-first-asian-american-woman-philadelphia-city-council-touts-n489971 |title=Helen Gym, First Asian-American Woman on Philadelphia City Council, Touts Community Investment |publisher= NBC News}} 11. ^http://www.phillymag.com/news/2017/08/15/rizzo-statue-councilwoman-gym/ 12. ^{{cite web |url= http://thenotebook.org/articles/2007/11/22/parent-activist-helen-gym-receives-eddy-award |title=Parent activist Helen Gym receives Eddy Award |work = The Philadelphia Public School Notebook| date=2007-11-22}} 13. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/champions/cesar-e.-chavez-champions-of-change |title=César E. Chávez Champions of Change| work=The White House |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20160815122031/https://www.whitehouse.gov/champions/c%C3%A9sar-e.-ch%C3%A1vez-champions-of-change/helen-gym |archivedate=2016-08-15 |dead-url=unfit}} 14. ^{{cite web |author1=Inquirer Editorial Board |title=Time to choose the Citizen of the Year |url=http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/inq_ed_board/Time_to_choose_the_Citizen_of_the_Year.html |website=The Philadelphia Inquirer |accessdate=20 April 2017 |location=Philadelphia, PA, US |date=8 December 2009 |quote=Community leader Helen Gym, who has been a tireless voice in support of improving public schools in Philadelphia, was the 2007 Citizen of the Year.}} 15. ^{{cite web |title=Citizen of the Year: Helen Gym |url= https://philly.newspapers.com/image/201182929/?terms=%22Helen%2BGym%22%2B%22Citizen%2Bof%2Bthe%2BYear%22 |website=Newspapers.com |accessdate=20 April 2017 |date=23 December 2007}}{{subscription required}} 16. ^{{cite web |title= Helen Gym, First Asian-American Woman on Philadelphia City Council, Touts Community Investment |url= http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Philadelphia-Councilwoman-Helen-Gym-Touts-Community-Investment-364174071.html |website=Breakfast Buzz |publisher=NBC |accessdate=20 April 2017 |location=Philadelphia, PA, US |date=Jan 4, 2016 |quote=She was also named a White House Cesar Chavez Champion of Change in 2014 and one of Philadelphia Magazine's 75 most influential people in the city.}} External links
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