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Experience the 2016 TACL Summer Political Internship Program

Posted on Friday, January 29th, 2016 at 2:43 pm.

Written by Kristina

Since 1992, the Taiwanese American Citizens League (TACL) Political Internship Program (PIP) has been the flagship internship program demonstrating its commitment to civic participation. PIP’s mission is to empower the best and brightest students to make an impact in our community through civic engagement. Their aim is to foster the next generation of leaders and increase Taiwanese American representation in our country's crucial decision-making processes. The program places college students…

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Big Data Science Panel Discussion with TAP in SF

Posted on Tuesday, May 12th, 2015 at 6:30 pm.

Written by Kristina

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Accepting Applications for 2015 TACL Summer Political Internship Program

Posted on Monday, January 5th, 2015 at 7:19 pm.

Written by Kristina

Since 1992, the Taiwanese American Citizens League (TACL) Political Internship Program (PIP) has been TACL's flagship internship program, demonstrating TACL's commitment to civic participation. PIP’s mission is to empower the best and brightest students to make an impact in our community through civic engagement. We aim to foster the next generation of leaders and increase Taiwanese American representation in our country's crucial decision-making processes. The program places college students…

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❤️‍🔥 LOS ANGELES ❤️‍🔥 Future Nos ❤️‍🔥 LOS ANGELES ❤️‍🔥 Future Nostalgia is a one night only pop-up gallery showcasing digital and physical art by Asian and Asian American artists, including 9 Taiwanese American creators. The event will feature amazing art accompanied by DJs, a popup bar by Taiwanese-born bartender William Fahn, and Asian-owned beverage brands and food vendors together to highlight the global Asian experience in Historic Filipinotown, deep in the heart of Los Angeles. Info and tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/future-nostalgia-tickets-420109086587
For the fourth year, the annual Taiwan Film Festiv For the fourth year, the annual Taiwan Film Festival of Boston @tffboston is excited to present four documentaries, one animation and one drama playing off the theme of Crack & Light, screening at AMC Boston Common during the weekend of October 1 and 2. The theme of TFFB 2022 is “Crack & Light”. We are sincerely inviting you to join us in enjoying movies and sharing the shadows and lights throughout our individual journeys.Perhaps it was a moment of remorse that gave us the endless power to move on. Perhaps it was a setback that inspired us to never let go. What does it take for us to see the bright light at the end of the tunnel? What kind of imperfection makes lives unique and complete? 🎟Get tickets here: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/taiwanfilmfestivalofboston/742152
We were so excited to have author Nicole Chen @nch We were so excited to have author Nicole Chen @ncheny join us to talk about her debut picture book, HOW WE SAY I LOVE YOU and middle school chapter book, IT'S BOBA TIME FOR PEARL LI. ⁠ ⁠ "My hope," says Chen, "is that this book illuminates the beauty—and legitimacy—of acts of service as a love language. I hope kids and families who read this will be inspired to talk about and recognize those small, special ways that they show their love to each other, because they count as much as big, more occasional acts of love."⁠ ⁠ Read our full interview, linked here and in bio: https://www.taiwaneseamerican.org/2022/09/nicole-chen-picture-book-interview/⁠ ⁠ Pre-order wherever books are sold or through our Bookshop affiliate link in article!⁠ ⁠ #middlegrade #picturebook #asianamerican #taiwaneseamerican #authorinterviews
Loved this beautiful op-ed by @brownu student Chri Loved this beautiful op-ed by @brownu student Christopher Chang. “While I am still searching for answers, I’ve come to realize that the Taiwanese identity cannot be defined by its homeland’s history or politics. Instead, I feel it is defined by our unabashed love and care for everyone. Taiwanese people have such an impressive capacity for love even though we are constantly beleaguered by threats of war and messy global politics.” https://www.browndailyherald.com/article/2022/09/chang-23-what-it-means-to-be-taiwanese
Taiwanese new media artist Hsin-Chien Huang (黃心健) will present his solo exhibition titled "The Data We Called Home" at the Pratt Manhattan Gallery in New York from Sept. 23, 2022 to Feb. 28, 2023. More info: https://www.pratt.edu/events/hsin-chien-huang-the-data-we-called-home/
For your #TBR pile - "Stay True: A Memoir" by Taiw For your #TBR pile - "Stay True: A Memoir" by Taiwanese American Hua Hsu @huahsu comes out this month from @doubledaybooks --⁠ ⁠ "In the eyes of eighteen-year-old Hua Hsu, the problem with Ken—with his passion for Dave Matthews, Abercrombie & Fitch, and his fraternity—is that he is exactly like everyone else. Ken, whose Japanese American family has been in the United States for generations, is mainstream; for Hua, the son of Taiwanese immigrants, who makes ’zines and haunts Bay Area record shops, Ken represents all that he defines himself in opposition to. The only thing Hua and Ken have in common is that, however they engage with it, American culture doesn’t seem to have a place for either of them.⁠ ⁠ But despite his first impressions, Hua and Ken become friends, a friendship built on late-night conversations over cigarettes, long drives along the California coast, and the textbook successes and humiliations of everyday college life. And then violently, senselessly, Ken is gone, killed in a carjacking, not even three years after the day they first meet.⁠ ⁠ Determined to hold on to all that was left of one of his closest friends—his memories—Hua turned to writing. Stay True is the book he’s been working on ever since. A coming-of-age story that details both the ordinary and extraordinary, Stay True is a bracing memoir about growing up, and about moving through the world in search of meaning and belonging."⁠ ⁠ Preorder everywhere books are sold/accessed and in our Bookshop (affiliate link): https://bookshop.org/a/6825/9780385547772⁠
Taiwanese Texans are pretty great 🤠- congratula Taiwanese Texans are pretty great 🤠- congratulations @shengwangtime Posted @withregram • @hochie71 I was fortunate enough to meet this “Taiwanese Texan” named Sheng Wang back in 2010 who was just starting his career as a comedian when we filmed him for an interview for @TaiwaneseAm_org. He has definitely worked hard on his craft and found success through the years. He’s made appearances on @ComedyCentral, Late Night with @JimmyFallon, @NBC’s Stand up for Diversity contest, @HBO’s @2DopeQueens, and even worked as a writer for @FreshOfftheBoat. But, I gotta admit, there’s something special when you can have your own hour-long comedy special on @Netflix. Watch it before you go to @Costco! Congrats, @shengwangtime! Funny and relatable stuff, dude! #sweetandjuicy #netflixcomedy #shengwang
We are pleased to share a finalist selection, coll We are pleased to share a finalist selection, college category of the 2022 Betty L. Yu and Jin C. Yu Creative Writing Prizes.⁠ ⁠ "Rusted Dawn" by Hannah Han was praised as "carefully observed and crafted."⁠ ⁠ "My laopopo left her childhood home in Shandong for Taiwan with her husband and a single suitcase. She bowed to her father and her mother, shifting her feet in the dust that she spent years sweeping away. Her mother was still just as vain. At village celebrations, she wore her qipao, the peonies unraveling into thin threads, yet over the years, she had softened. She no longer nagged her daughter, and once she married the schoolteacher, she recognized that my laopopo had become the sole responsibility of her husband."⁠ ⁠ Read the full piece, linked here and in bio: https://www.taiwaneseamerican.org/2022/09/rusted-dawn-hannah-han/
Over the moon excited for this debut from powerhou Over the moon excited for this debut from powerhouse besties and author/illustrator duo Vivienne Cheng and Eugenia You! Visit vivienneandeugenia.com to learn more and pre-order your copy today. Proud of you both!!
YA is wonderful all year round, but there's someth YA is wonderful all year round, but there's something so delicious about late summer afternoons, devouring a book in a single sitting. Here are some of the Taiwanese American YA novels we've enjoyed: ⁠ ⁠ IF YOU, THEN ME by Yvonne Woon @ummyvonne⁠ BOYS I KNOW by Anna Gracia @grahseeya⁠ IN THE BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY by Jane Kuo @janekuowrites⁠ A MAGIC STEEPED IN POISON (THE BOOK OF TEA duology) by Judy Lin @judyilinauthor⁠ THE SILENCE THAT BINDS US by Joanna Ho @joannahowrites⁠ FIREWORKS by Alice Lin @miss_alicelin⁠ ⁠ Available everywhere books are sold/accessed and in our Bookshop (affiliate link): bookshop.org/shop/taiwaneseam_org⁠ ⁠ #YAnovels #ya #TaiwaneseAmerican #AsianAmerican⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠
🗣 REAL MANDARIN IN TAIWAN 🗣 Love this digita 🗣 REAL MANDARIN IN TAIWAN 🗣 Love this digital resource by @thedanyopang — “After learning Chinese for the past 3 years in Taiwan, this is the book that I wish I had when I first came here. � If you plan to learn Mandarin in Taiwan, you'll quickly realize like I did: Mandarin is slightly different here. While there are many resources are for Mainland Mandarin, I could not find much for learning Mandarin in Taiwan. Thats why I created this, a digital phrasebook that highlights over 100 common phrases I hear all the time in Taiwan, each with unique illustrations to help reinforce the vocabulary.” Get your copy now (linked here and in bio): https://payhip.com/b/vOmk4
Today on @variety — “As a first-generation Ta Today on @variety — “As a first-generation Taiwanese American, like many first-generation immigrants, we grew up between two worlds. This generational, language, and cultural gap created a dissonance that often translated into misunderstandings, prejudice, and dissension within our own families as well as the community and relationships around us,” said Lin a prepared statement. “Drawing upon my personal upbringing of immigrant family assimilation, the story of Chopin explores bridging that gap and what it means to be Asian American… And [asks] is that any different than being simply American?” Full article here and in bio: https://variety.com/2022/film/news/eddie-liu-leon-dai-chopin-taiwan-u-s-film-1235350443/
Happy Pub Day to A VENOM DARK AND SWEET by Taiwane Happy Pub Day to A VENOM DARK AND SWEET by Taiwanese Canadian @judyilinauthor !! We're proud to present our interview with Lin as part of our #NewCreatives series, led by contributor Alyssa Lee. ⁠ ⁠ "At the time when I was working on what would become A Magic Steeped in Poison, I felt very demoralized as a writer. The manuscript that enabled me to connect with my agent did not sell, and I was floating between several projects but I didn’t feel very confident in any of them. Just before the proposal for A Magic Steeped in Poison went out on submission, I experienced a personal loss and I was ready to put my dream on hold for a while if this project didn’t sell either. To my pleasant surprise, it ended up selling as a duology, and I finished the book while I was still in the process of grieving. Whether consciously or unconsciously, my grief became a thread that wove itself into the story, and in a way, helped me heal."⁠ ⁠ Get your copies of her fantasy duology today!⁠ ⁠ Interview linked here and in bio: https://www.taiwaneseamerican.org/2022/08/judy-i-lin-interview/⁠ ⁠ #pubday #yafantasy #judyilin #amagicsteepedinpoison #avenomdarkandsweet
Congratulations to #TeamTaiwan on advancing in the Congratulations to #TeamTaiwan on advancing in the 2022 @littleleague Jr League World Series Championships! The team hails from Taichung City - we hope these youth players, and all other athletes from Taiwan, will be able to fully represent their country in the near future.
“BLUEPRINTS” by @lovejnell is finding language “BLUEPRINTS” by @lovejnell is finding language for a homeland, the songs of our parents. It is a recollection of grief, and how a people emerge from mourning one day, one breath at a time. As much as these poems honor the author's Taiwanese American heritage, they are also an invitation into crossing bridges: to celebrate and fight for the tribes adjacent, surrounding us all along. Through endless cups of shay in the Middle East, conversations during suhoor, the dancing on secluded rooftops: Grief is a storm we weather together.⁠ ⁠ Read our editor's review of Fu's debut collection, linked here and in bio: https://www.taiwaneseamerican.org/2022/08/blueprints-poetry-prose-by-jeanelle-fu/⁠ ⁠ #taiwaneseamerican #asianamerican #creativewriting #poetrycollection
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