TAP Community Service: Project with REI & SF Recreation and Parks Dept

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Date: Saturday, January 21, 2012 Time: 9:00am - 12:00pm Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/events/203559623072359/ If part of your New Year’s resolution was to help improve the environment you live in, then this is the perfect event to start the new year. TAP will be working with REI, SF Recreation and Parks Department, and SF Department of Public Works to help restore the native habitat of the endangered Mission Blue butterfly. The type of work on this day will entail removing…

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TAP Happy Hour in Chicago

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Date: Friday, January 20, 2012 Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm Location: Union Sushi + Barbeque Bar Address: 230 W. Erie St., Chicago, IL Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/events/317223558310611/ Join Chicago Taiwanese American Professionals (TAP- Chicago) at Union Sushi + BBQ Bar for our first event of the new year! Union is one of Chicago's hottest new venues and attendees will enjoy complementary sushi and skewer appetizers, $5 Sobieski vodka cocktails, and $4 Kirin Light! TAP-…

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TAPpy Hour Fundraiser in Los Angeles

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Date: Thursday, January 19, 2012 Time: 6:30pm - 9:30pm Location: The Far Bar Address: 347 E 1st Street, Los Angeles, CA Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/events/163384980433415/ Please join Taiwanese American Professionals - Los Angeles (TAP-LA) for our first TAPpy Hour of 2012! Come out and share your holiday / New Year’s Eve stories with fellow TAP members. Eat, drink and make a difference. We will be collecting suggested $5.00 minimum donation to help raise money for the…

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TAP Lunar New Year Banquet in San Francisco

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Date: Saturday, January 14, 2012 Time: 6:30pm until 10:00pm Location: Four Seas Restaurant Address: 731 Grant Ave, San Francisco, CA Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/events/270232416369693/ Tickets: $35 members, $45 non-members https://www.wepay.com/events/tapsfLNY2012 Lunar New Year is around the corner! Come celebrate with Taiwanese American Professionals - SF / Bay area (TAP-SF) and usher in the New Year of the Dragon with fun games, a delicious banquet dinner, and live entertainment.…

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TAPpy Hour in San Francisco

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Date: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 Time: 6:30pm - 9:30pm Location: Ozone Thai Restaurant and Lounge Address: 598 2nd St (at Brannan), San Francisco, CA Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/events/303098803058545/ Launch the new year with your friends from Taiwanese American Professionals - SF / Bay area (TAP-SF) at their first TAPpy Hour of 2012 in San Francisco! January is a major month for TAP events! Keep your schedule open for our professional, social, and cultural events!…

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Taiwan 2012 Presidential Elections: Media Roundup

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Taiwan's 5th ever Presidential Elections takes place on Saturday, January 14, 2012, and as expected, the Taiwanese people and the political parties are all in a frenzy. From the latest polls, it's evident that this race is going to be a tight one between incumbent President Ma Ying-jeou of the Kuomintang (KMT) and major opposition challenger Ms. Tsai Ing-wen of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). A third candidate, James Soong, of the People First Party (PFP) is also affecting the political landscape.…

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A Taiwanese American Adoptee’s Journey and Search for Identity

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"Imagine your whole life believing that you are one thing and then learning in mid-life that you are not what you have always believed you were... I always believed that I was Vietnamese and Japanese. That’s what they told me. I had no reason to question what I’d been told. After my mom passed away in 2008, however, I made a discovery about my adoption that changed everything." On February 2010, that first post marked the beginning of a blogging journey by Marijane Chaling Nguyen (birth name:…

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TACL-LYF New Year’s Event for Students and Campers in San Jose, CA

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Date: Saturday, January 7, 2012 Time: 6:30pm - 10:00pm Location: Taiwanese American Center Address: 4413 Fortran Ct. San Jose CA Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/events/255895947807535/ Suggested donation of 10$ to cover costs Are you a middle school or high student in the SF/Bay area? Join Taiwanese American Citizens League - Leading Youth Forward (TACL-LYF) for a New Year's event! Although this is a "reunion" event for local campers, we welcome potential new campers to the family! There…

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