The Bay Area has the privilege again to host the 2016 Taiwanese American Conference West Coast! We have an exciting lineup of major guests this year including... Room Syracuse
8:30 am Challenges facing and Priorities of TSAI Administration w/ Kharis Templeman
9:20 am Global Taiwan Institute/Taiwan Advocacy w/ Chieh-Ting Yeh葉介庭
10:10 am The Taiwanese American Next Generation: Where are we now? w/ Hochie Tsai
11:00 am Archiving Taiwanese American History: The Time is Now w/ Joanna Cham
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TaiwaneseAmerican.org is looking for writers, digital media junkies & more to join the global team! TaiwaneseAmerican.org is excited to celebrate its 10th anniversary this year, and as the site and community have grown with such wonderful speed and diversity since then, we are exploring ways to expand our efforts this summer. Do you love Taiwanese food, people, culture and travel? Are you interested in community, digital storytelling and marketing? Do you enjoy Totoro--er, internet…
The Bay Area’s Biggest Taiwanese American Celebration Returns! The 24th Annual Taiwanese American Cultural Festival will be held at Union Square in San Francisco, on Saturday, May 14, 2016. We encourage all in the community to come and celebrate the best of Taiwanese American and Taiwanese culture! This event is co-hosted by the Taiwanese American Federation of Northern California (TAFNC) and Taiwanese American Professionals - San Francisco (TAP-SF). Over 10,000 people from across the Bay…
If you’re unfamiliar with the many non-profit Taiwanese American community organizations that host these excellent home-away-from-home youth summer camps, be sure to explore the links below. One thing you’ll consistently hear from the participants is how much an experience like this changed their lives. For those new to the summer conference and camp scene, know that we at TaiwaneseAmerican.org endorse all of the listed programs. They all have talented and committed counselors and staff…
Each year, TaiwaneseAmerican.org is pleased to support the premier Asian American Film Festival in the San Francisco/Bay Area. CAAM Fest, the Center for Asian American Media’s annual festival features not only amazing works in film, TV, and digital media, but now also includes showcases in music and food. This festival is a treasure trove of great Asian American works from established as well as emerging talent. This year, we proudly co-present one of the Taiwan films during this 10 day festival.…
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="735"] "For those of us who remember that every struggle is for a glory beyond our own." Drawing by Leona Chen, December 2015[/caption]
(Amma, I may be studying Walt Whitman, but I am writing my way back to you.)
I was born in 1996, the year of Taiwan’s first direct presidential election. Exactly two decades later, we have named the first woman president of Taiwan (and the second female head of state in the history of East Asia).
And while we have tremendous…
We've been a friend and big fan of Kelvin Yu since his earliest acting roles such as Freddy Gong in the 1999-2001 WB series Popular. He's come a long way since then, accumulating more TV credits with guest spots on Frasier, ER, Las Vegas, Without a Trace, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, CSI: Miami, and Bones. On the big screen, Kelvin can be seen in the 2006 comedy Grandma's Boy and in the 2008 Academy Award-winning biographical political drama Milk. Now, he's gained a larger following than ever…
TaiwaneseAmerican.org is pleased to announce our support for a new Taiwanese American Digital Archive hosted by the University of Southern California's Special Collections and Archives and the East Asian Library. Spearheaded by 2nd generation Taiwanese American Joanna Chen Cham, this initiative intends to collect the history and contributions of our community before it is lost. If you are as excited about this project as we are, we encourage you to spread the word and sign on to this document…
The Lunar New Year is one of the most celebrated times of the year. For this year, the year of monkey, Taiwanese American Professionals - San Diego (TAP-SD) will be hosting a Lunar New Year Dinner. We will be bringing catered food from Golden City and performances (music / dance) throughout the night to kick off the new year! Come celebrate with us! We will be releasing more details when they are final. Prepay tickets valid up until Feb. 3 Who: Open to all
When : February 6, 2016 5-8pm, doors…
