To 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
Pew Research reissues report on Asian Americans after misrepresenting Taiwanese Americans
September 8th, 2021Media Treatment of Disaggregated Data on Asian Diversity in May 2021
June 2nd, 2021AAPI Heritage Month
May 6th, 2021What 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:
#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