Feature: "2023 has not been a happy year," says "Women Who Dared" honoree on mass shootings, hate crimes in U.S.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- "2023 has not been a happy year," former judge Lillian K. Sing said at an evening gala celebration held by China Institute in San Francisco Bay Area, California, to honor outstanding Chinese American women in business, media, arts, and social fields.

Sing, one of the twelve women who were awarded as "Women Who Dared" on Thursday, was the first Asian American female judge in Northern California, a milestone for diversity in the U.S. judiciary.