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Article: Shih Smiles Sweetly
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- Monterey County Weekly
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- July 2, 2009
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Peace Resource Center leader combines wisdom, compassion and modesty. By Kera Abraham
Perched on a chair in Seaside's Peace Resource Center, Sylvia Shih sweetly explains why she doesn't like the word "hero."
"It is really overused," she says in a clipped Mandarin accent. "If you call me a 'worker bee,' that would be proper and right."
She opens her mouth in a silent laugh, and her tiny feet- slippered in light blue socks and Birkenstocks- lift slightly off the floor. As we continue to chat, her small brown eyes never leave my face, and the gentle smile never leaves hers.
That trademark combination of humility and joy extends to the many causes to which Shih contributes her time, skills and ...