FAPA-YPG Taiwan Action Days - Advocate for Taiwan in Washington DC

Check out this opportunity to translate your passions or/and support for Taiwan into action! Join the Formosan Association for Public Affairs - Young Professionals Group for a weekend when you will meet similar-minded people, learn more about U.S.-Taiwan-China relations, master the ABCs of becoming an advocate for Taiwan, and apply what you learn the following day right away on Capitol Hill when meeting your elected officials! Remember that applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, so if you plan to attend our "Advocacy for Taiwan" weekend (Saturday, August 22 through Monday, August 24), please register ASAP at our official conference website at: http://www.fapa.org/taiwanactiondays For those of you who are on Facebook, join the FAPA-YPG Facebook group at: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2201517594 We've also created a Facebook event for the conference at: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=104877082968 Please note that RSVP'ing to the Facebook event does NOT count as registering for the conference! You must apply via our official conference website.

Scholarships Available to College Students

Professor Wen-Chen Chen Memorial Scholarship The scholarship is to honor professor Chen Wen-Chen, who sacrificed his life for pursuing democracy and freedom in Taiwan. Additionally, the scholarship is to encourage students to continue professor Chen's efforts and to promote Taiwanese-North American cultural exchange. $1,500. Deadline, July 15, 2009. Dr. Ho Da Fu Memorial Scholarship The scholarship is to honor Dr. Ho Da-Fu, who devoted himself all his life for pursuing democracy and freedom in Taiwan. $1,500. Deadline, July 15, 2009. Joseph Su Memorial Scholarship In memory of Dr. Joseph Su, a leader and member of Taiwanese Alliance for Interculture, to recognize and encourage the outstanding achievements of second generation Taiwanese. $1,000. Deadline Aug. 31, 2009. Click for application/instructions: * Professor Wen-Chen Chen Memorial Scholarship * Dr. Ho Da Fu Memorial Scholarship * Joseph Su Memorial Scholarship

Coming Soon: Dawen Wang's American Me

Check out this official music video for "Wake Up" from Taiwanese American R&B singer-songwriter Dawen Wang's debut full-length album "American Me," which will be released in August 2009! It was directed by Matt Cozza and first screened at the 14th Chicago Asian American Showcase in 2009 "Fusing the grooves of Neo-soul with socially conscious lyricism, Dawen explores the American dream. As a singer-songwriter, Dawen hopes his music will further the dialogue on racism and social injustice in American society." Visit Dawen's other sites: http://www.dawenwang.com http://www.myspace.com/dawen http://www.youtube.com/dawen

Scholarships to Support Taiwanese-related Studies & Research

The Taiwanese-American Foundation of Boston is a non-profit organization, established by Taiwanese-Americans residing in or related to the New England area of the United States. The purposes of the Foundation are (1) to advance the social, socio-economic, cultural, humanitarian, literary, environmental, educational, scientific, public-policy, and foreign-relations interests of Taiwan and thereby improve the quality of life for people of Taiwan and Taiwanese-Americans; and (2) to preserve and promote Taiwanese culture and traditions in a diverse American society. College and University Scholarship Program: Scholarships are awarded to current college juniors who are enrolled in an U.S. institution and whose study is in concentration on Taiwanese studies, or as part of a broader course in Asian studies. The Foundation will grant up to $3,000 to each selected proposal. Deadline Sept 1, 2009. University Fellowship Program: Fellowships are awarded to graduate students who are enrolled in an U.S. institution and whose study or research is sufficiently related to the advancement of (1) any social, cultural, socio-economic, literary, environmental, educational or scientific interest of Taiwan or (2) any issue of public policy or foreign relations impacting Taiwan, with the goal of producing a report of the grantee's study or research. The Foundation will grant up to $6,000 to each selected proposal. Deadline Sept 1, 2009. Click for application instructions: http://www.geocities.com/taf_boston/application.htm

Discover Joanne Chang's Flour Bakery and Cafe in Boston!

Taiwanese American Joanne Chang is Pastry Chef/Owner of the award-winning Flour Bakery and Cafe in Boston. This bakery's creations have been acknowledged in the New York Times, Boston Magazine, Food & Wine, and Citysearch.com! Check out Joanne as she "throws down" celebrity chef Bobby Flay! Watch more Google Video videos on AOL Video Read more about the Flour Bakery and Cafe: http://www.flourbakery.com

Singer-songwriter Jenton Lee with Cellist Stephanie Lai

TaiwaneseAmerican.org likes to think we helped these two talented musicians find each other after inviting them both to perform at a recent Taiwanese American Cultural Festival in San Francisco! Here are singer-songwriter Jenton Lee and talented cellist Stephanie Lai in their 2nd collaboration! Also, check out this video, showing Jenton's "layers" of talent! Visit Jenton's website: http://jentonlee.com Listen to more on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/Jenton

Win an Autographed CD by Singer-songwriter Calista Wu!

Have you seen our recent Spotlight on Taiwanese American singer/songwriter Calista Wu from Los Angeles, California? Well, some of our staff members recently met up with her, and we have an AUTOGRAPHED COPY of her new CD for one of our readers. TO ENTER THE RAFFLE, send an email to admin@taiwaneseamerican.org with the subject line "Calista" by June 28th, and we'll randomly select a winner! Mailing address must be a US domestic address. *EDIT* Congratulations Leslie L. of Palo Alto, CA on winning the autographed CD! The Prologue is Calista's first CD release and includes five of her original songs. It is now available for purchase on Amazon.com or download from iTunes. Order: http://www.amazon.com/Prologue-Calista-Wu/dp/B001WB8TTA Webpage: http://www.calistawu.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Calista-Wu/73783182588 MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/calistawu

Taiwanese Junior Chamber of Commerce National Meeting

The mission of the Taiwanese Junior Chamber of Commerce is to provide networking opportunities with the new generation of Taiwanese Americans to foster positive professional and entrepreneurial spirit and to create business opportunities. The 2009 Annual Meeting will be held June 19-21, 2009 in sunny Orlando, FL! For more information, follow the updates on their Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=64833180015 Or contact TJCCNA national president Michael Chen at mikey11475@aol.com Registration forms for the annual meeting will be up shortly in the coming months on their website: http://tjccna.org

11 Year-Old Graduates From College

Amazing! 11 year-old Taiwanese-Israeli-American Moshe Kai Cavalin graduates with honors from college. He started at 8 years-old, an age when most of us are only into Saturday morning cartoons. Congratulations Moshe! Now go save the world! Read the full article here: http://tinyurl.com/oaecs4

Taiwan Tech Firms Strive to Be Global

Another article, this time in the New York Times, about the growth of Taiwan tech firms. It's definitely something to be proud of! Check out the article here: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/04/technology/companies/04compute.html?_r=1&hp

Taiwan Companies Among Hottest in Tech Industry

Check this BusinessWeek article out! BusinessWeek went through the financial results thousands of publicly traded businesses and ranked the companies on four criteria: shareholder return, return on equity, total revenues, and revenue growth. You may or may not be surprised that FIVE Taiwanese companies are among the Top 13! Briefly, they are: Inventec (#4), Quanta (#7), Wistron (#8), Acer (#10), HTC (#13). Also, note: Asustek Computer (#26), Hon Hai Precision Industry (#40), Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg.(#48), Compal Electronic (#50). Browse the article and companies here: http://images.businessweek.com/ss/09/05/0521_IT_100/index.htm

Singer-songwriter Diana Li Sings Viva La Love Story

Taiwanese American singer-songwriter Diana Li, recently featured at San Francisco's Taiwanese American Cultural Festival, sings a beautiful compilation patterned after Jon Schmidt's epic instrumental blend of can you guess it... Love Story (Taylor Swift) + Viva La Vida (Coldplay)! Diana, who lives in LA, is now a professional working musician, playing Thursdays 6-9p at a charming French restaurant, Gemmell's Restaurant, nestled in Dana Point Harbor. Check out Diana Li on YouTube: http://youtube.com/shiowchi Listen to her MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/dianali

A Tribute to the Taiwanese American 1st Generation

an online collective photo history project by us, the 2nd generation... Explore this ongoing online photo documentary project by TaiwaneseAmerican.org honoring the early lives of our parents' generation. Share your photos and help us grow an archive of our history: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/event.php?eid=69635720560

Download an Exit Clov Cover Song!

MORRISSEY TRIBUTE COMPILATION Morrissey is turning 50, and that’s reason to celebrate! Themusicslut.com is releasing a tribute compilation endearingly titled “TMS ♥ MOZ.” The compilation includes Morrissey and Smiths covers performed by 19 different bands, including Exit Clov. The Slut will be hosting a new free track each weekday between May 4th and 28th. Exit Clov’s cover will be available for free download at themusicslut.com on May 8th. Exit Clov is a band from Washington, D.C. with a sound described as "kaleidoscopic pop noir." Taiwanese American twin sisters Susan and Emily Hsu are the lead singers. They're pretty cool.

Free Download from Erhu Rock Band Hsu-nami!

:Brent (guitar), John (drums), Jack (er-hu), Derril (bass), Tony (guitar) The Hsu-nami, named after founder Jack Hsu, are known for their virtuosic "Erhu" melodies intertwined with heavy guitar riffs and tasteful guitar solos signifying the "progressive Asian sound scape." The Hsu-nami are a progressive rock instrumental band known as the first Erhu Rock Group in America. Their music features a high level of musicianship that fuses metal, psychedelic rock, progressive rock and funk. They incorporate the use of an amplified Erhu, a two-string bowed instrument that is often used in Chinese classical music and folk ensembles. Readers of TaiwaneseAmerican.org are welcome to a free download one of their songs, Passport2Taiwan! It's quite a cool compilation of various re-worked Taiwanese folk song melodies. Go to: http://hsu-nami.com/dl/ then "right-click" the Passport2Taiwan mp3 and "save link as" to download! Or click here to just play the song: http://hsu-nami.com/dl/passport2taiwan.mp3 Check out the Hsu-nami website at: http://hsu-nami.com

Fomato Cards, by Emmie Hsu

Fomato is a small greeting card company based in Los Angeles. Fomato was formed in 2004 by a group of disgruntled restaurant co-workers, one of whom is Emmie Hsu, a 2nd generation Taiwanese American! Check out their interesting cards! The one above is called "boba" - so Taiwanese! http://www.fomato.com

May is Asian American Heritage Month!

And the 2nd week of May is Taiwanese American Heritage Week! Take pride in our history and unique identity! Celebrate! Read about the history of these designations: http://spotlight.taiwaneseamerican.org/2006/05/taiwanese-american-heritage-week.html

Check Out Singer-songwriter Alice Tong!

Alice Tong is a singer, songwriter, artist, activist, social worker, 2nd generation Chinese-Taiwanese-American. Alice has a BA in Ethnomusicology and a Masters in Social Work. Her musical style ranges from such categories as folk rock, indie rock, soul, and jazz. Her music has been in independent films, including “American Fusion” which won the Audience Award at the Hawaii International Film Festival. Alice’s album “Small” can be bought on iTunes, Amazon, or www.blacklava.net. She now lives in San Francisco where she gets obsessed with her dogs and makes and performs more music. For more about Alice, check out www.myspace.com/alicetongmusic.

NATWA II 2009 Annual Convention

Save the date for this yearly gathering of accomplished Taiwanese American women! Whether you're a student or a young professional, consider joining the NATWA II network! Location: Sheraton Gateway Hotel, Atlanta, GA Dates: April 17-19, 2009 For more information, visit: http://natwa.com/natwa2/2009convention.html Key themes and events include: - Roundtable discussion on the topic "Taiwanese Identity and Giving Back to Our Community." - Interactive Discussion with NATWA "You Just Don't Understand Me: Improving Intergeneration Communication" - NATWA II Feature Panel: "Taiwanese North American Women in Political & Environmental Advocacy" TaiwaneseAmerican.org is proud to sponsor NATWA II and the amazing leaders among this 2nd generation group! Several of our spotlights and event postings have featured the women of NATWA II.

Check Out Turtlist Media!

"Encouraging Asian Americans in the Arts through Networking and Collaboration" Founded by Jason Lee in the summer of 2008, Turtlist Media is a dual organization, part independent production company created to put a public face on his work, and an organization that is committed to the support and networking of Asian Americans in the arts at all levels. Check out the great work Jason has done in the past year, with several features and interviews with folks we've highlighted here on TaiwaneseAmerican.org! And stay tuned for more great stuff by this up and coming filmmaker and organizer! Visit: TurtlistMedia.com