作者：赵雪峰
编辑：罗志飞 责任编辑：胡丽莉 翻译：吕峰
2025年8月30日烈日炎炎，中国民主教育基金会在尔湾大公园（Great Park）内的 FARM+FOOD LAB 组织开展了一次志愿者活动。志愿者们带着家人在FARM园区工作人员的指导下，分组完成采摘、浇水、除草、整理步道等工作，以实际行动践行“用爱回馈美国社会”的承诺，展现外来移民融入美国社区的积极姿态。
此次活动以“博爱、包容、自由、人权”为核心价值主线，通过参与城市农业与社区花园的日常维护，鼓励志愿者深入了解本地公共服务生态，建立与社区的稳定连接。
民主人士孙圣尧表示：双手触地的过程既是体力劳动，也是公民教育。在共作、共学、共助中，人与人之间的隔阂被打破，不同文化背景在同一片土地上找到共情与协作的方式。当我们以志愿服务的方式参与社区建设，帮助维护一方公共空间，爱就会在劳作与微笑中自然流动与延展。我们愿意以稳定、持续的付出，向社会传递善意，向孩子示范责任感与公共精神。
中国民主教育基金会洛杉矶地区项目主管赵雪峰表示：爱是可以传播的。当我们用劳动回应社区的需要，爱就会在彼此的微笑与问候中延展。我们愿意以持续、稳定的志愿服务，把外来移民对美国价值的认同落在行动里，从“新来者”成长为“好邻居”、“共建者”，把博爱、包容、自由与人权的理念化为人人可感的公共善意。
中国民主教育基金会将继续以开放的姿态，链接学校、非营利组织与市民志愿者，共同推动公民教育与社区参与，助力构建更具包容与韧性的在地社会。
Immigrants Embrace American Values Through Action— Volunteer Service by the Chinese Democracy Education Foundation in Irvine
Author: Zhao Xuefeng Editor: Luo Zhifei Executive Editor: Hu Lili Translation: Lyu Feng
Abstract:On August 30, 2025, under the blazing sun, the Chinese Democracy Education Foundation organized a volunteer activity at the FARM+FOOD LAB in Irvine’s Great Park. Volunteers, accompanied by their families, worked in groups under the guidance of FARM staff, carrying out tasks such as harvesting, watering, weeding, and tidying pathways. Through these concrete actions, they fulfilled their commitment to “give back to American society with love,” demonstrating the proactive role immigrants play in integrating into U.S. communities.
The event was guided by the core values of “compassion, inclusiveness, freedom, and human rights.” By participating in the upkeep of urban agriculture and community gardens, volunteers were encouraged to deepen their understanding of local public service ecosystems and to build stable connections with the broader community.
Democracy advocate Sun Shengyao remarked:“The act of bending down to touch the earth is not only physical labor but also a form of civic education. In working together, learning together, and helping one another, barriers between people are dissolved, and individuals from diverse cultural backgrounds discover ways to empathize and cooperate on the same piece of land. When we participate in community building through volunteer service and help maintain a shared public space, love naturally flows and extends through both labor and smiles. We are willing to contribute steadily and consistently, to convey goodwill to society, and to set an example of responsibility and civic spirit for our children.”
Zhao Xuefeng, Project Director of the Chinese Democracy Education Foundation in the Los Angeles area, stated:“Love can be shared. When we respond to the needs of the community through our labor, love extends through every smile and greeting. Through steady and sustained volunteer service, we seek to embody immigrants’ recognition of American values in concrete action—growing from ‘newcomers’ into ‘good neighbors’ and ‘co-builders.’ In doing so, we transform the ideals of compassion, inclusiveness, freedom, and human rights into a form of public goodwill that everyone can tangibly experience.”
The Chinese Democracy Education Foundation will continue to adopt an open posture, connecting schools, nonprofit organizations, and civic volunteers to jointly advance civic education and community engagement, thereby contributing to the building of a more inclusive and resilient local society.
