For the month of May in honor of AAPI Heritage Month, LACMA hosted a virtual film series called Dreaming Impossible Dreams – Taiwanese-Language Films from the 1960s. Curators Hanna Huang and Joshua Martin selected six restored films from the Golden Age of Taiwanese language cinema, covering a wide range of genres from fantasy to martial
Inside Scoop with Curators of Taiwan Film Exhibit at LACMA
June 11th, 2022TACL and TAP-OC Joint Statement on Irvine Taiwanese Presbyterian Church Shooting
May 16th, 2022Taiwanese American Citizens League and Taiwanese American Professionals – Orange County are heartbroken to hear about the senseless shooting yesterday at the Irvine Taiwanese Presbyterian Church. It is always difficult to find the right words in a situation like this, but our thoughts go out to the loved ones of the victims and to everyone
Taiwanese in 2020
April 24th, 2022Using IPUMS 2020 American Community Survey Data, we see the top five metropolitan areas where Taiwanese/Taiwanese Americans reside are – Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, San Jose, and Seattle area: The 2020 American Community Survey, also showed some continued encouraging and positive trends in areas of education, health insurance access, U.S. Citizenship integration, and
Winter Convention 2022: Reunite, Reconnect, and Rediscover in Los Angeles
April 22nd, 2022Can you believe it? We had our first convention in two years since Atlanta in January 2020. A little over two months ago from February 18th to 21st, we finally had a chance to have a #taclfam reunion, and we were beyond excited to Reunite, Reconnect, and Rediscover – this time, hosted in Los Angeles!
Stop AAPI Hate Resources
March 16th, 2022Resources to Report Acts of Hate: Asian Pacific Policy and Planning Counsil self reporting website – http://www.asianpacificpolicyandplanningcouncil.org/stop-aapi-hate/ Asian Americans Advancing Justice self reporting website – https://www.standagainsthatred.org/ Stop AAPI Hate website – StopAAPIHate.org California’s Office of the Attorney General – https://oag.ca.gov/hatecrimes Georgia’s Office of the Attorney General – https://law.georgia.gov/contact-us Massachusetts’s Office of the Attorney General –
228
February 28th, 2022Today is 228, the anniversary of the 1947 massacre which began the “White Terror” period in Taiwan and martial law. It is estimated that between 10,000 and 30,000 people lost their lives, and thousands more were disappeared or imprisoned. In 1995, the events of 1947 were finally acknowledged by the heads of state, and February
#StandWithUkraine
February 25th, 2022Dear Taiwanese American Community, I am urging you all to join me in calling your U.S. Senators and U.S. Representatives. To many of you, I am known as the Census Campaign lead and/or as the Director of Civic Engagement for Taiwanese American Citizens League (TACL), but I am writing to you all today also as
2020 American Community Survey
February 3rd, 2022Undercount remains an issue for Taiwanese in the 2020 ACS data. See the following image for the population of Taiwanese around the United States according to the 2020 American Community Survey. Click for an interactive map source – IPUMS Online Data Analysis System, 2020 ACS Race and Ancestry Data Counting by Race vs Counting by
Pew Research reissues report on Asian Americans after misrepresenting Taiwanese Americans
September 8th, 2021To the Taiwanese and Taiwanese American Community: Ever since the 1990 United States Census, the Taiwanese American Citizens League (TACL) has led civic engagement efforts to remind our community to complete the U.S. Census by not only checking the “Other Asian” box but also writing in “Taiwanese” so that we are counted as a distinct