作者：辛西娅·休伯特

2022年4月6日

四十多年来，May O. Lee一直致力于提升萨克拉门托地区服务不足社区的成员并赋予他们权力。

自1975年抵达萨克拉门托以来，她一直帮助指导、建议、指导、教导和激励难民、移民和其他需要帮助的人。 为了表彰她的贡献，博彩平台授予她荣誉人文文学博士学位。

李将在5月的毕业典礼上获得荣誉学位。 She also will be recognized on April 6 during a ceremony at 囊状态’s Julia Morgan House, along with honorary degree recipient Esteban Villa and Tim Collom, recipient of the President’s Medal for Distinguished Service.

• 前萨克州立大学教授，皇家奇卡诺空军创始人之一，将获得荣誉博士学位
• 总统奖章获得者把他的成功和艺术变成了一个持续的社区礼物

在她为该地区做出的诸多贡献中，李是亚洲资源公司（ARI）的创始董事，这是一家非营利组织，帮助数千名英语水平有限、收入较低的人找到工作并实现独立。 Her work inspired creation of 囊状态’s Full Circle Project (FCP), which helps support the University’s Asian, Pacific Islander and Desi American students.

李在萨克拉门托的亚洲社区中心开始了她的职业生涯，该中心旨在改善需要康复护理的老年人的生活质量。 她于1981年成为亚洲移民协会的创始主任，并一直担任该职位至2006年，指导为迅速发展的亚洲移民和难民社区提供就业援助、英语课程、健康教育和其他关键需求的工作。

While involved in those endeavors, Lee pursued her master’s degree in Social Work at 囊状态, thanks to a federal grant supporting Asian American community leaders, graduating in 1987.

She was instrumental in coordinating 萨克拉门托’s annual Martin Luther King Expo and Job Fair and march, and successfully fought to have the city rename one of its streets Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. In 2000, she helped launch My Sister’s House, which serves Asian and Pacific Islander and other women and children affected by domestic violence.

“May is the embodiment of the word ‘dynamo,’ yet leads with humility, always focusing on the people and communities for whom she works and advocates, rather than on herself." ——Tim Fong， Full Circle项目总监

Lee was able to earn her master’s largely because of the grant she received and a 囊状态 Social Work professor’s encouragement, she said. Now she is “paying it forward,” she said, by sponsoring an annual scholarship for an FCP student.

提名李玮玲获得荣誉学位的Sac州立大学民族研究教授、FCP主任Timothy Fong称她谦逊但充满活力。

She often works “in the trenches,” he said, as she did recently when helping distribute food to families affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. 李还在萨克拉门托南部的疫苗诊所做志愿者，并公开反对针对亚洲人的仇恨和暴力。 几十年来，她一直与美国人口普查局合作，确保将该地区通常难以统计的社区包括在内。

“May is the embodiment of the word ‘dynamo,’ yet leads with humility, always focusing on the people and communities for whom she works and advocates, rather than on herself,” Fong said.

Lee has “dedicated her entire life and professional career” to community service, he said.

“May’s life work has been about bringing individuals and communities together to create positive change for the betterment of all.”