We Build Museums So We Can Someday Stop Building Cages: A Taiwanese American Reflection from the Jing-Mei White Terror Memorial Park

This essay was originally written for my personal newsletter, but I hope its reflections on heritage, human rights, and ethical imagination may resonate with the broader Taiwanese American community. 🫶 Hello from Taipei, where I’ve collected so many museum pamphlets and cute paraphernalia that I am tempted to start a junk journal (though now that I think about it, this Substack is an intellectual junk journal of sorts). I’m so grateful to have also spent time this week with people I’ve…

Attend the 2016 ITASA West Coast Conference at Stanford

The Intercollegiate Taiwanese American Students Association (ITASA) 2016 West Coast Conference will be hosted by the Taiwanese Cultural Society, and will take place from March 31st to April 3rd at Stanford University. The purpose of this conference is to connect Taiwanese American students with each other; inspire by inviting leaders in the Taiwanese American that live interesting and unique life trajectories to speak and share; empower change and action by entrusting a sense of purpose and social…