Opening Ceremony for the 2010 Bay Area Strait Talk Symposium

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Founded in 2005 at Brown University, the Strait Talk Symposium is a non-partisan, student-organized conference that seeks to improve Taiwan Strait and U.S.-China relations. Strait Talk is the first program in the world that directly and effectively encourages political and civil dialogue across the Taiwan Strait. This is the 2nd year that Strait Talk is being hosted in the San Francisco Bay area. Date: Monday, April 5, 2010 Time: 5:45 PM Location: Fromm Hall, University of San Francisco…

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Taiwanese American Professionals – Los Angeles: Global Jobs Seminar

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TAP's Professional Series continues with a Discuss & Dine Career Development Seminar for an updated assessment of the Global and China job market and hiring picture. Larry Wang, of Wang & Li Asia Resources will deliver a presentation on The Global Financial Crisis Impact On China's Employment Market: And How To Successfully Pursue Opportunities In China From The U.S. Topics to be covered include: How is the global recession news impacting companies and their business plans? In what…

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Reexamining Taiwan’s 228 Massacre: A Discussion on the U.S. Role in Taiwan Then and Now

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The Human Rights for Taiwanese organization in Seattle made a great and detailed transcript of their 2/28 Event held at the University of Washington. Participating on the panel is Jonathan Manthorpe, author of Forbidden Nation: A History of Taiwan and International Affairs columnist for the Vancouver Sun; Dr. Sam Small, Vice-Chairman of the Taiwan Veterans Badge of Honor Association; and Bryan Chou, second-generation Taiwanese-American, active in the Taiwanese-American community and in the group,…

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A Presentation in San Jose by the Examiner’s Michael Richardson

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Topic: America’s Failure to Protect Human Rights in Taiwan (Past, Present, and Future) Date: Sunday, March 28, 2010 Time: 5:00 - 7:00 pm Location: Taiwanese American Center-NC, 4413 Fortran Court, San Jose, CA 95134 Sponsor: Taiwanese American Center-NC Admission: Free Contacts: John Hsieh (510) 784-7341; Taiwanese American Center-NC (408) 263-7188 Michael Richardson is a freelance journalist and independent political consultant. Richardson writes about progressive issues, politics,…

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Kite Operations, Jack Tung, the Gold Medalists, and XYZR_KX in San Francisco on March 26!

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Jack Tung, Kite Operations, the Gold Medalists, & XYZR_KX are performing on March 26th at Retox! Date: March 26, 2010 Time: 9pm - 12am Location: Retox, 628 20th Street, San Francisco, CA For more information check out the Facebook event! Jack Tung's songs are precisely composed instrumentals performed by Jack alone in real-time on an electric guitar, a drum machine, synthesizers, and a sampler. His moody aesthetic is equally informed by the exhilarating and harsh thrash of his…

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2010 US Census Soiree – A Fundraising Social in San Jose, CA

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co-hosted by the Taiwanese Junior Chamber of Commerce and Taiwanese American Professionals - San Francisco Bay Area chapters Date: Saturday, March 20, 2010 Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm Location: South First Billiard Club & Lounge Address: 420 South First Street, San Jose, CA Facebook event pages: (TJCC-SFBA) http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=356673175674 (TAP-SF) http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=363069173846 Join us in San Jose at the South First Billiards Club & Lounge for food,…

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Girl Power Leading the Way for Taiwanese American Collegiate Conferences!

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Each year, the Intercollegiate Taiwanese American Students Association (ITASA) hosts three regional conferences throughout the country bringing together hundreds of Taiwanese Americans for cultural, educational, and identity-focused programming and community-networking. The ITASA East Coast conference recently took place at MIT, and now the ITASA Midwest conference at UT Austin and the West Coast conference at UCSD are quickly approaching. At the helm this year is a group of amazing women leaders…

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Cynthia Lin Performance at La Pena Cultural Center

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OHANA! An evening of Music and Poetry @ La Pena Cultural Center Date: Thursday, March 18, 2010 Time: 7:30 pm Location: La Pena Cultural Center Address: 3105 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CA 94705 Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=316197986522 RAMA proudly presents: OHANA! Performances by: Contrafiction - spoken work duo (Alex Fernandez and Janice Sapigao) Sumoha Jani - poetry Charito Soriano - singer/songwriter (http://www.youtube.com/mynameischato) Special…

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TAPS Karaoke Sing off in Seattle

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Location: Orient Express, 2963 4th Ave S, Seattle, WA Date: Saturday, March 13, 2010 Time: 6:00pm - 1:00am Tickets: $15/person http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=370805474788 Who is ready to rock?! Or how about singing the night away with the mic in your hands and fans to cheer you on? Alright, perhaps you have to bring your own fans, though people do cheer. Introducing TAPS first KARAOKE event. Our New Social Chairs would like to launch the first quarter in 2010 with a bang. Let…

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TUF Salon: Generational Differences Within the Taiwanese American Community in Thousand Oaks

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Location: Best Western Thousand Oaks Inn, 75 W Thousand Oaks Blvd., Thousand Oaks, CA Date: Saturday, March 13, 2010 Time: 3:00pm - 5:00pm http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=10150127621095258 Professor Mitchell Chang's presentation “Implications of College Student National Trends for Considering Generational Differences within the Taiwanese American Community” will be followed by a question and answer session and a social mixer with light refreshment. The presentation will draw upon…

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