What better way to understand our present than to understand our past! We’ve compiled a list of resources on AAPI history to better understand where we came from: Official AAPI Month site: https://asianpacificheritage.gov/be sure to check out all the events and discussions being hosted this month Stream videos on AAPI Culture and History from PBS:
AAPI Heritage Month
May 6th, 2021#stopaapihate
March 17th, 2021Yesterday (March 16), like the rest of our community, we were horrified and enraged by the domestic terrorist attack on three Asian massage parlors in the metro Atlanta area of Georgia, resulting in the deaths of eight people, six of whom were Asian women. Our hearts go out to the loved ones of those who
Spotlight: New Board Members
March 1st, 2021In 2021, we gained a couple of new board members. Meet them below! Erica Brozovsky Position: Director, Programming Bio: Erica got her first taste of the Taiwanese American community with a semester in TASA during her freshman year at the University of Texas at Austin, but it wasn’t until grad school that she really embraced
Covid-19 Relief Fund
January 18th, 2021In summer 2020, we launched a new initiative with TASF (Taiwanese American Scholarship Fund) to come together and help out the Taiwanese American families in need as a result of COVID-19 by giving out a one-time $500 relief fund to those impacted. Details of the Covid-19 Relief Fund program can be found here. Now that
Spotlight: Meet Our New TAP Presidents
October 29th, 2020We’d like to introduce our two newest TAP Presidents! Get to know Adam Peir from TAP-DC and Oliver Wang from TAP-SF below. Adam Peir – TAP-DC Adam Peir is a 1.5 generation Taiwanese American who was born in Taipei and raised in Austin, Texas. He has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University
Taiwan Fellowship Act
July 13th, 2020On Friday, June 26, Senators Markey and Rubio and Congressmen Yoho and Bera introduced into the Senate and House of Representatives the “Taiwan Fellowship Act” to create the Taiwan Fellowship program. The program would provide the US federal employees with a two-year fellowship to learn, live, and work in Taiwan. The participants of the program
Pride Month 2020
June 8th, 2020TACL is proud to stand with our LGBT community in celebrating Pride Month. That this year’s Pride Month should be ushered in amidst shouts of “Black Lives Matter” is a poignant reminder of the particularly important role that the Black community has played in the fight for LGBT rights. Fifty-one years ago at the Stonewall
Black Lives Matter
June 3rd, 2020Black Lives Matter. We are heartbroken and outraged at the continuing injustice and racial violence against Black people. TACL stands with the Black community in calling for justice for the murder of George Floyd, protesting against police brutality, and advocating for reform of police institutions. Many of the human rights and liberties that Taiwanese Americans
My Signature Represents Me: Writing in ‘Taiwanese’ on the United States Census
May 29th, 2020My name is Christina Hu, and I am a Taiwanese American. In 2019, I signed on to lead the Write In Taiwanese campaign for the 2020 Census [on behalf of] the Taiwanese American Citizens League. The pandemic had changed many of our pre planned events, but I have never felt more committed to the goals
Celebrating Taiwanese American Heritage Week
May 16th, 2020During Asian Pacific American Heritage Month in May, Taiwanese American Heritage Week is celebrated during the 3rd week of the month. This year, in honor of Taiwanese American Heritage Week, members of the TACL National Board are sharing a story of either growing up Taiwanese American, of Taiwan, or of both. We’d also love to