Why I Love “Everything Everywhere All At Once”

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  From the point of view of a Taiwanese American eighteen year old aspiring filmmaker I’ve been following “Everything Everywhere All At Once” since the first trailer released over a year ago. The trailer told me nothing about the plot of the movie, but as soon as I saw it, I knew it would be the most epic movie I had ever seen. There was a combination of factors that intrigued me: the sci-fi/Asian American immigrant mother-daughter hybrid story, the mysteriousness of the trailer,…

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Meet Laura and Olivia, Co-founders of Project EMplify

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Photos provided by Olivia Chen Project EMplify, co-founded by Taiwanese Americans Laura Huang and Olivia Chen, is a global non-profit initiative dedicated to addressing inequality and disadvantage through personal empowerment. Their programming includes a book matching program, mentoring sessions, and workshops to help underserved communities discover how they can find and create their edge, as outlined in Huang’s debut book, EDGE: Turning Adversity into Advantage. Their goal is to reach…

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Introducing Taiwan Mixed: An Aggregator for English-Language Taiwan News

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L: Hi Salina! Thanks for taking the time to chat. Tell us about this aggregator project.  S: Taiwan Mixed is a platform that aggregates English content on Taiwan. In particular, the aggregator seeks to support Taiwan-based independent media outlets that release English articles related to developments on the island and beyond. It also seeks to support organizations that share the same mission of sharing Taiwanese culture with an international audience and disseminating information about Taiwan…

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Finding Meaning in Taiwanese America: An Open Letter

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  Editor Note: Gloria Hu is a High School Program Director at TANG (Taiwanese American Next Generation). TANG is a four-day summer conference for Taiwanese Americans and their allies. In contemplating meaningful programming and our engagement with issues of identity formation and community-building, the author expresses the importance of Taiwanese heritage to her own convictions and hopes for the community. A Letter to My TANG High Schoolers To my beloved TANG campers, I am so lucky…

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Keep Taiwan Free Rally in NYC

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The first country in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage. A thriving youth civil society. An evolving post-colonial national identity. Taiwan has much to celebrate. But as we cheer the achievements of Taiwan's democratic government and civil society, our celebration is bittersweet. We are appalled by the PRC government's increasingly aggressive initiatives to discredit Taiwan's achievements and legitimacy in the global arena. We mourn the loss of diplomatic relations with two more nations…

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Summer Yacht Cruise with TAP in Chicago

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TAP-Chicago, AACN, AAPC, Ascene, APALSA, APAMSA, KACC, KACS, Kollaboration, Social Quarters, TJCCC, and UIAAAN present the 2017 Asian American Summer Yacht Cruise on Saturday, August 12th. Join 400+ friends as Chicago's Asian American community comes together on a party yacht for the biggest networking event of the summer. This is one you won't want to miss! +Multiple DJs & live performances on multiple levels +Newly renovated sun deck with more open space, and newly installed bar +Full…

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Join TACL-PIP for the 25th Anniversary Lunch in LA

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  Come celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Taiwanese American Citizens League Political Internship Program (TACL-PIP)! Over the past 25 years we have hosted over 200 interns, and this year we are honored to partner again with the offices of Congresswoman Judy Chu, Congressman Ed Royce, and State Senator Ed Hernandez. Join us for lunch as we honor this year's class of interns and thank our many community partners who have supported us over the past quarter-century. This year we…

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Network with Taiwan Startups in SF

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Calling Bay Area techies! Join AppWorks for an evening of drinks and networking with top founders from Taiwan. Find out more about the scene in Taiwan from the people who know it best. Meet partners at AppWorks, Asia’s leading accelerator, and founders from companies like: KKday — Ming Chen 陳明明, founder & CEO, serial founder with 2 IPOs Intowow — Frank Chen 陳建銘, founder & CEO, ex-Yahoo! Taiwan GM CacaFly — Nathan Chiu a.k.a 大河馬 & Jessie Lin 林婕晞,…

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Representation in the Asian American Community: A Roundtable Discussion

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There are some pretty cool and accomplished individuals in our Taiwanese American network. During our recent interview with the first Asian American Miss Louisiana, Justine Ker, TaiwaneseAmerican.org's Ho Chie Tsai posed a question to the friends gathered: "In the work you do or the role you hold, what does REPRESENTATION in the ASIAN AMERICAN community mean to you?" In this informal and completely impromptu discussion, Justine Ker (Miss Louisiana 2016 and medical student), Crystal Lee (Miss…

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Celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and Taiwanese American Heritage Week!

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Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month is celebrated nationwide during the month of May to honor the cultures, traditions, and achievements of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States. In June of 1977, Congressmen Frank Horton (NY) and Norman Y. Mineta (CA) introduced a House resolution that called upon the President to proclaim the first 10 days of May as Asian/Pacific Heritage Week. May was chosen because in 1843 during the first week of the month, the first…

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