Aaron Leung | 梁 殷 碩
@HiAaronLeung
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Past Chair, @CityofVancouver Children, Youth & Families Advisory Ctte | @GreenestCity Leadership Award | Politics, policy, public education | @SFUENV Grad
Vancouver, British Columbia
Joined March 2014
So when I have a legislative broadcast on at work, I think of him. Whether or not you’ll support me this election I think we can all agree on one thing. He looks damn good for 94., I have my fingers crossed that I’ll look just as good if I make it to his age.
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I’m grateful to the folks who have taught me how to campaign but the source of my inspiration are my flashbacks to sitting on the living room recliner in front of the TV over an afternoon pot of tea.
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Grandchildren of immigrants don’t just magically run for office. We’re taught to vote and sit quietly in the background while other step up.
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Today, the daily newscast is still chattering in the background. Thankfully, I drive him around now (to what feels like every grocery store on the east side for the “best deals”).
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He just thought it was so neat that I “worked” with the Mayor and City Council. He didn’t know exactly what I did… but if I said l “I need to go to City Hall” he’d say “okay. Just don’t come home too late and do you want some money for dinner?”
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Over the years, as I got older and got more involved in local politics, Yeh Yeh was always the reliable ride. When I was on the city advisory committee, he’d drive me to City Hall if I was running late (a frequent occurrence).
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What you need to know is this. Yeh Yeh *loves* the news. In the summers, over Pro-D days and while we were on break, it was practically a ritual that we’d watch Power and Politics (I’m dead serious) over afternoon tea. When I’d come home from school, CNN was blaring on the TV.
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They moved from Hong Kong in the late 60s running corner stores across the Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley. For “multicultural day” at school, my mama would pan fry dozens of dumplings and my Yeh Yeh would drive them up to my elementary schools.
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Like many BIPOC kids, I grew up in an intergenerational household. Every morning, I’d toddle over to my Yeh Yeh and Mama’s house for a home cooked breakfast, a ride to school, a walk home, snacks & dinner before toddling back to my parents. Food was Mama's love language.
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