Last month, the TACL National Convention was held in Atlanta, GA. Hosted by TAP-Atlanta, the convention attracted over 80 board members from across the nation to converge in a weekend of bonding and learning. The theme of the convention was “Make It Count” with a focus on the 2020 US Census and the Write-In Taiwanese campaign.
We made so many great memories over MLK weekend, and we will highlight just a few of them. (You can also check out the Instastory highlight recap of convention here.)
Without further ado, here are 13 things that made us smile during convention:
1. Airport/airplane selfies en route to Atlanta~
2. The delicious breakfasts and lunches brought in by TAP-ATL. Shout out to that awesome lunch bento.
3. When none of the teams got the right answer to telephone charades but we still had a blast.
4. All the fun and creative presentations during the “Our Generation” session, where we split up into groups and came up with a part of our cultural identity that we want to pass down to the next generation. Special shout out to Alex Wu for lecturing 2nd gens on not paying attention in Chinese school and also to James Lee for performing an interesting interpretation of Chinese ribbon dancing with his scarf.
5. When everyone donned on their convention edition Write-In Taiwanese t-shirts and took a group photo fun in front of the Margaret Mitchell House.
6. TAP-SD for getting into star pose formation in 5 seconds!
7. The premiere of the census videos. If you haven’t checked them out yet, watch them here and here, and make sure to share with your friends and family!
8. Impromptu role-playing of how to approach people while tabling for census efforts. (Erica, you have taught us well.)
9. Eric Tsai’s informative session on the diverse history of Taiwan and Taiwanese identify.
10. Collective gasp when next convention location was announced. Watch the reveal video below.
11. Secret Santa exchanges. TAP-SF gets the “most creative” award for putting together a gift comprised of their member’s tech company’s swag. ?
12. Photobooth and ice skating fun during convention banquet
13. Last but certainly not least, bonding with #taclfam! See you all next convention in Chicago!
