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Formosan Association for Public AffairYoung Professionals Group
Coordinator’s Cornerby Eileen Lin
t has been a dramatic winter, and I amnot referring to the weather. I witnessedhe dichotomy of a zealous presidential
campaign and the disappointing sentimenthat followed Taiwan’s election results.
A group of YPG members initiated a“Vote Taiwan Project” and created ayoutube video to encourage Taiwaneseyoung voters to get out and vote. Theocial media campaign had the followinghree goals:
1) To engage and build political power
for young people in Taiwan2) To influence young voter turnout inTaiwan’s 2012 Presidential Election
3) To engage Taiwanese Americans inTaiwan’s election and to contributetheir skills and creativity in theElection
Although the video received 7000+ views- with most of the viewers from Taiwan- we realized that we are well-connectedn the Taiwanese American community,
but not enough in Taiwan. In addition,
social media can measure demographyand frequency of viewers, but cannot tellyou how effective it is in terms of measuring behavioral change or votingtrends. It was our first attempt to create avideo project with limited resources andwe will continue to explore potentialopportunities through social media. Thevideo can be found here:<http://tinyurl.com/votetaiwan>
Many YPG memberswent back to Taiwan tohelp with the campaign. Thosewho were unable to make the trip, staup and watched the vote count. The
disappointing result saddened many oas we celebrated this Lunar New YearHowever, Dr. Tsai Ing-wen’s eloquentconcession speech reminded us that wneed to pick ourselves up and continufight for Taiwan.
I recently hosted a 2-28 commemoratevent in DC with the aim to educate thwho do not know much about Taiwanhistory. Many gave me positive feedband told me that they were thankful fothe opportunity to learn about Taiwan believe that we, as FAPA members, cathe responsibility to advance the interof the Taiwanese American communitas well as to inform and reinforce to thinternational community that 23 milli people in Taiwan deserve the right to determination. We cannot stop fightinI know from the bottom of my heart thmy fellow YPG members and I willcontinue to advocate for Taiwan’sinternational recognition.
Chapter Report: DC
n early February, weheld a brunch tocelebrate Lunar NewYear and to discussupcoming events...
Page 2 Chapter Report: Boston
In January 2012, a few
YPG members flew to
Taiwan to observe and
participate in the
election... Page 2
Chapter Report:
San Francisco
In the Bay we’ve been
focused on
strengthening our
membership...
Page 3Chapter Report:
Gainesville, FL
We had two meetings/
parties at Dr. Steve
Lin's house...
Page 3
Chapter Report: Seattle
Some members of the
Seattle group are
involved in American
Citizens for Taiwan...
Page 3Chapter Report: NY
Our monthlynetworking mixers
immensely enlarge
participation and
visibility of YPG...
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Chapter Report: DCby Eileen Lin
In late October, the DC chapter hosted a brunch to examine thesignificance of ROC Centennial to Taiwan’s history with agoal to provide a forum where people with diverse points of view can feel safe sharing their thoughts on an important and
imely topic. We want participants to think more carefullyabout how best to present the Taiwan and ROC dichotomy inour advocacy efforts internationally. Participants sharedpersonal stories on how they perceive the dichotomy - somek new the difference, some did not know the difference, andsome believed they are the same. It was interesting to hear fr om various viewpoints, but everyone agrees that Taiwan is acountry with an urgent need to gain more internationalparticipation and support.
On January 14, 2012 those who were unable to go back toTaiwan to vote gathered to watch the vote count for the
pr esidential and legislative elections. We discussed issues thathave been brought up during the campaign season whilewaiting for the voting result. Unfortunately the result wasdisap pointing, but we felt lucky to have each other there for emotional support.
In early February, we held another brunch to celebrate Lunar New Year and to discuss ideas for upcoming events such as theValentine’s Day protest against Chinese VP Xi Jinping and2-28 commemoration. DC Chapter was first formed spring of ast year, and we hope to grow in size and continue to provide
quality educational information on Taiwan to youngntellectuals in the DC community.
Chapter Report: Bostonby Chia-Chun Chung
On December 14, 2011, a team of Boston based young
professionals visited Rep. Olver’s office. The team informed
the aide about Taiwan’s history and the challenges it faces o
the international stage. We are glad to have many first-time
advocates, and will definitely continue the YPG’s participat
in local advocacy efforts this year.
In January 2012, a few YPG members, along with many
FAPA members, flew to Taiwan to observe and participate i
the election. Thanks to efforts by our local members, we g
in touch with a journalist from Massachusetts who flew toTaiwan to cover the election. We were able help in bringing
exposure to Taiwan and its aspirations the local MA readers
through the media coverage.
On February 14, 2012, YPG and FAPA members gathered in
Harvard Square in the evening to protest Vice President Xi
Jinping’s Washington , D.C. visit. Although our group wasnot as large as the one in D.C., with the help of our signs,
flyers, and megaphone, our voices were definitely heard by
pedestrians passing by. This gathering on Valentine’s Day w
a spirited showing of our love for democracy!
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Chapter Report:San Franciscoy Jonathan Lee
n the Bay we’ve been focused on
trengthening our membership. We held
ur first Thanksgiving Potluck in
November featuring home-made dishes
uch as Jap Chae, Congee, Taiwanese
ried Noodles (台式炒米粉), and
Taiwanese Meatball Soup (肉羹湯) with
special appearance by FAPA-YPG NJ
member Albert Tseng.
n December, we were lucky to haveChia-chun Chung and Herbert Chang
isit as part of the “Dear Taiwan” (好國
好民) tour. FAPA-YPG teamed up with
TAP-SF to screen the film in the South
Bay at the San Jose Taiwanese American
Center to more than 100 people and in
an Francisco to 40 people.
As I’m sure most of you know, Taiwan
ust completed its 2012 elections in
anuary. The day after, YPG membersathered over hotpot to discuss the results
nd implications for the future of Taiwan.
To lighten the mood, we again teamed up
with TAP-SF for a closed screening of
You are the Apple of My Eye” (那些
年,我們一起追的女孩) in February.
And of course to commemorate 228, we
worked with ACT to host a panel
discussing its
implications on
democracy and Taiwan
today.
Stay tuned our fellow
YPGers because the
future is full of events as
we’re planning to hostthe “Why Taiwan
Matters” series in March
and April reviewing the
aptly named
Congressional hearings.
To continue the social/
cultural aspects we’ll be organizing
viewings of Nightmarket Hero and Seediq
Bale when they come to theaters. Until
next time…Good Night and Good Luck!
Chapter Report:Gainesville, FLby Wenya Wang
We had two meetings/parties at Dr.
Steve Lin's house -- Sincere thanks to
Dr. and Mrs. Lin for kindly inviting
YPG members and new students!
The first one was a potluck party on
Nov. 6, 2011. We shared the
experience of attending the YPG
advocacy conference with members
and friends. Later we watched the film
Dear Taiwan.
The second one was a BBQ party on
Jan 29 Sun to celebrate Lunar New
Year. More than 20 people showed up.
We made new friends and caught u
with old ones. We also discussed t
date and venue for a new event wh
will be co-host by TWSA at UF an
YPG in Gainesville. The new even
will be a panel answering question
regarding how Taiwanese students
find jobs in the US. The date will b
on March 17.
Chapter Report:Seattleby Alan Luo
Some members of the Seattle group ar
involved in American Citizens for
Taiwan, which continues to improve t
content and user experience of the AC
online campaign website, as well as
producing action alert emails. ACT w
soon launch a mobile version of our A
website. Starting from this year ACT has produ
two action alert emails, one on suppor
a fair presidential election in Taiwan,
the current one supporting Taiwanese
high-ranking officials to visit the U.S.
ACT also produced an article about th228 Massacre asking U.S. citizens to h
prevent such an event in the future.
We ask you to make sure you sign up
the ACT mailing list at http://
americancitizensfortaiwan.org, and te
your friends and family as well. Toget
we can make a difference in influenci
members of Congress via the ACT too
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Chapter Report:NY/NJby Wen-Li Chiu
For our chapter, monthly networking
mixers have immensely enlarged the
articipation and visibility of YPG,
uccessfully creating a big name for us in
New York area. The first Friday of every
month, members from different
Taiwanese organizations (FAPA-YPG,
TAP-NY, TJCC, Oriented, NYTFA, etc.)
have been meeting to network and have a
reat time with like-minded professionals
epresenting a variety of cultural
ackgrounds and industries.
October 10th, YPG members went to
watch the documentary Almost Home:
Taiwan which was directed by our friend
Victoria Linchong. Almost Home: Taiwans a feature-length documentary that
xamines the legacy of political
epression and the emergence of
Taiwanese identity and independence,
hrough the reunion of a Taiwanese
amily after 22 years.
October 15th, we went to Union Square
o get UN for Taiwan petition signatures
nd distribute UN for TW bookmarks. We
ll wore “Keep Taiwan Free” T-shirts and
definitely caught peoples’ attention. Not
nly did people ask us about Taiwan, they
also bought T-shirts from us.
November 18th, we co-sponsored the
second annual “Hello Taiwan Rocks”
concert at Flushing. The concert featured
an impressive line-up of 4 exceptional
Taiwanese rock bands along with
delicious Taiwanese snacks and drinks.
Most importantly, we sold an impressive
amount of our “Keep Taiwan Free” T-
shirts from the FAPA-YPG booth and hada great opportunity to introduce people to
FAPA-YPG!
November 16th, FAPA YPG members
went to Columbia University to listen to
the speech delivered by Bi-Khim Hsiao,
the Spokesperson of the Tsai Ing-Wen
Presidential Campaign 2012. The speech
was hosted by Weatherhead East Asian
Institute, with the main purpose of giving
us a broad picture of the core policy
guidelines of DDP in the 2012Presidential Election. We showed our
support and presented Bi-Khim two
“Keep Taiwan Free” T-shirts as gifts for
her and Dr. Tsai.
Dec 10th, we joined with NYU TSA to
co-sponsor the NYC screening of Dear
Taiwan at New York University. We were
very lucky to have both Chia-Chun and
Hubert from the Boston chapter to help us
host the Q&A discussion after the
screening. We had more than 80 atten
-- representing a variety of generation
with some guests coming from as far
Philadelphia.
December 17th, We hosted our secondTaiwanese Conversation Group along
with the celebration for this prosperou
year for FAPA YPG. We had 25+ peop
for our second Taiwanese conversatio
group led by two seniors teaching us t
basic survival phrase in Taiwanese an
70+ attendees for our end of year
celebration. The restaurant provided u
with delicious authentic Taiwanese
delicacies at a decent price and attract
lot of people who were craving for Ta
of Taiwan. We did a raffle of DearTaiwan DVDs, “Keep Taiwan Free” T
and Hand in Hand Premier movie tick
December 19-21, we teamed up with
Passport to Taiwan (http://p2tw.org/
HandinHand.aspx) to present the USA
premier for Hand in Hand , a very
significant documentary about Taiwan
development of democracy woven wi
romantic story. We had more than 200
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Chapter Report:NY/NJ (con’t)
ttendees and more than five reporters
rom major press in the NY area. We were
eally touched to see people come all the
way from New Jersey, DC, Philadelphia,Minnesota, and other major cities in the
East Coast to watch this meaningful
documentary. We got 3-day full house
nd a lot of positive reflections.
n commemoration of friends and
amilies impacted by 228, we did a
pecial screening of A City of Sadness, a
Taiwanese historical drama that tells the
tory of a family embroiled in the tragic
White Terror" that was wrought on the
Taiwanese people by the Kuomintang
overnment (KMT) after their arrival
rom mainland China in the late 1940s.
The film was the first to deal openly with
he KMT's authoritarian misdeeds after its
945 turnover of Taiwan from Japan, and
he first to depict the 228 Incident of
947, in which thousands of people were
massacred. We were honored to have
Vitoria Lichong, the director of Almost
Home: Taiwan, and also few friends from
film industry to join us for the screening.
oining us for the screening. We also had
riends come all the way from the Rutgers
Taiwanese Study Association to show
heir support.
Contact Us
Please direct general comments and inquiries to the FAPA YPG
Steering Committee at:
Formosan Association for Public Affairs
Young Professionals Group552 7th Street SE
Washington, DC 20003
Tel: (202) 547-3686
Fax: (202) 543-7891