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A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: Earlier this year there was a lot of buzz about this thing called NFTs. These days you know that something's definitely gone more mainstream when it's talked about on The Ellen Show and The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. What are NFTs, these non-fungible tokens? I was curious about the whole thing myself which is why I've asked Kaku, a Taiwan-based DJ to be my guest on this podcast. He's a trailblazer in the NFT space, the first influencer not only from Taiwan but from Asia, to get into the NFT market. I did some research in advance, to prepare for this interview as I do when dealing with a topic that I'm less familiar with. But as you'll hear in the interview, I was learning all about NFTs as Kaku spoke to me. After the interview I did some further research, and re-listened to this interview as part of the editing process. That's when I noticed that each time I listened to the interview, I picked up on something new. If you're really interested in learning more about NFTs, I encourage you to listen to this episode more than once to really understand what's being discussed. Also check out the links to resources and articles that I've included in the Talking Taiwan show notes for this episode. And Kaku gives some great advice on how to understand what NFTs are. One last thing, NFTs present an exciting opportunity but they are still in uncharted territory. Ultimately, it is your responsibility to safeguard your own assets, to do your research, and to protect yourself. Here's a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode: Kaku's upbringing and connection to Taiwan How he started DJing How he made DJing a career What he was doing before becoming a DJ How his style is different from other DJs in Asia His early interest in music His early musical interests and influences What it's like being a professional DJ The challenges of being an Asian in the entertainment industry How the pandemic has affected him How Kaku was initially known for making the genre of music called Jersey Club A clip of the Jersey Club genre that Kaku is known for The track PASS OUT by Nitti Gritti & Gaeko (개코) & Kaku An exclusive preview of the new track BLINK by Kaku and Freekill featuring Elle Vee (due to be released in December) How Kaku is the first DJ in Asia who's gotten into the NFT space Origin Protocol Audius 3lau (pronounced: boo-lao), the number one DJ in crypto and NFTs What is an NFT The different ways that NFTs can be used The challenges of protecting your intellectual property in the NFT space How Kaku got interested in NFTs What is blockchain technology? Counterfeit NFTs How NFT lingo is similar to sneaker culture Kaku's first NFT and how it was related to the (RED) Foundation Kaku's collaboration with an artist named Jonni Tsayto create his first NFTs to raise money for (RED) Kaku's NFT collaboration with Jonni for the Inspiration4 NFT auction for SpaceX benefiting St. Jude Children's Research Hospital How the Inspiration4 NFT auction raised about 200,00 for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital How NFTs can be utilized to raise money for charity How Kaku created NFTs and collaborated with Jonni The events, promotion and education related to Kaku's first NFT drop NFT projects that Kaku is promoting and working on Kaku's plans for a future merch drop that's connected to NFTs How NFT's are used by musicians 0N1 Force the first anime-based NFT Ethereals art is hand-drawn by artist Jimmy Danko Purchasing NFTs How the profile picture NFT market works Profile picture based NFTs (aka PFP NFTs) When PFP NFTs are minted, it's like a random raffle and comparable to opening a pack of Pokémon cards How social media has become an asset Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs The opportunity that NFTs presents for digital artists Protecting your access to NFTs and cryptocurrency Whether or not creators who intend to sell their NFTs need to already had a large following in order to be successful Kaku's advice to join an NFT community on Discord to learn about NFTs How artists can make money with NFTs The environmental impact of NFTs Kaku's advice for people who want to create NFTs What Kaku learned from his first NFT drop Related Links: To view all related links for this article, click link below: https://talkingtaiwan.com/dj-kaku-trailblazes-nfts-in-asia-ep-157/

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: November 9th would be the 103rd the birthday of the late revolutionary, Taiwan independence activist, and historian Su Beng (史明), who passed away on September 20, 2019. I've been working on his English-language biography and I wanted to remember him on this day. In this episode of Talking Taiwan, I spoke with Jiho Chang one of the co-authors of The Oral History of Su Beng (史明口述史), a three-volume book that he and others collaborated on while attending the National Taiwan University. In addition to talking about Su Beng's legacy, Jiho shared some personal stories about Su Beng, and talked about Su Beng's role in the Sunflower Movement. At the end of the episode, I share some of my fondest memories of Su Beng. Here's a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode: The public funeral/memorial that was organized for Su Beng on October Su Beng's lifelong commitment to the cause of Taiwan's independence The noodle shop that Su Beng opened in 1950s in Ikebukuro, Japan The underground and afterhours activities that happened at the noodle shop The third and fourth floors of the noodle shop is being converted into a museum How Su Beng's residence in New Taipei has been converted into a museum Su Beng's connection to Taiwan's current president Tsai Ing-wen How Jiho first heard of and met Su Beng The 1996 Taiwan Strait Crisis The English language version of Su Beng's book, Taiwan's 400 Year History The Chinese language version of Su Beng's book, 台彎人四百年史(The Taiwanese People's 400 Years of History) China's Anti-secession Law Su Beng's sit-in to protest China's Anti-secession Law in 2005 How Jiho joined Su Beng's protest of China's Anti-secession Law and got to know Su Beng The parallels and comparison between Su Beng and Che Guevara How Jiho, Lán Shì-bó / Nâ Sū-phok (藍士博) and others National Taiwan University students started interviewing Su Beng and wrote a three-volume book, The Oral History of Su Beng(史明口述史) Su Beng's hospitalization for kidney failure in Japan in 2009 Su Beng's life in Japan as a student at Waseda University Su Beng's family background Su Beng's Japanese girlfriend/partner who he met while in China Su Beng's love of Kentucky Fried Chicken Su Beng's special relationship with his maternal grandmother Su Beng's role in the 2014 Sunflower movement Related Links: To view all related links for this article, click link below: https://talkingtaiwan.com/remembering-su-beng-taiwanese-revolutionary-with-jiho-chang-ep-156/

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: We thought it would be a good time to re-share this past episode about the Ghost Month in Taiwan. It's November first, the day after Halloween, October 31st which is actually short for all Saints' Eve, and November first is All Saints' Day, a Christian feast dedicated to celebrating departed saints. When you really get into it there are many festivals around the world that center around celebrating or commemorating dead spirits, souls, and ghosts. In Taiwan the Ghost Month happens during the seventh month of the Lunar calendar, which was not that long ago. Actually, this year it was in August. This week's episode features an interview that I did in 2014 with author Ed Lin about his novel, Ghost Month. Here's a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode: What the Ghost Month is and how it relates to Ed's book by the same title The superstitions related to the Ghost Month Ed's novel the Ghost Month The research that Ed did for his novel Ed's source in organized crime Ed's interest in the murder mystery genre How Ed has been inspired by mystery book author Chester Himes Ed's character Robert Chow, a Chinese American detective who is featured in a number of his mystery novels Ed's writing process How Ed immersed himself in the time period when he was writing about Chinatown in 1976 Why Ed chose to write about Chinatown in 1976 Ed's advice for aspiring authors Ed's book tour for Ghost Month Related Links: To view all related links for this article, click link below: https://talkingtaiwan.com/ed-lin-ghost-month-in-taiwan-ep-155/

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: My guest on this episode of Talking Taiwan is Ming Chiang, the president of Hello Taiwan. We talked about how Hello Taiwan got started, its charitable contributions and events, its connection to the annual Passport to Taiwan event in New York, what its mission is, how it creates greater recognition of Taiwan, and the unexpected PR generated for Hello Taiwan when Bi-khim Hsiao, Taiwan's Representative to the United States was seen wearing a Hello Taiwan mask at the airport. Here's a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode: Ming's background and connection to Taiwan What Ming was doing before he became the president of Hello Taiwan How Ming was previously the president of the Taiwan New York Taiwan Chamber of Commerce Ming's business ventures The Taiwanese American organizations that Ming has worked with When Hello Taiwan was established and its mission Hello Taiwan concerts and its connection to Passport to Taiwan The Hello Taiwan logo Events organized by Hello Taiwan Hello Taiwan's partnership with the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce Hello Taiwan Day with the LA Dodgers How Hello Taiwan donated new dragon boats to the Rhode Island Taiwan Heritage Day for the dragon boat races Sponsorship of Taiwanese Waves Taiwan Mets Day Hello Taiwan events and ambassadors around the world How someone can become a Hello Taiwan ambassador The celebrities and influential people that Ming has met Hello Taiwan merchandise The unexpected PR generated for Hello Taiwan when Bi-khim Hsiao, Taiwan's Representative to the United States was seen wearing a Hello Taiwan mask at the airport The confusion caused by the Republic of China (ROC) and labels such as the Chinese Professional Baseball League, Chinese Taipei in the Olympics, Taipei Economic Cultural Representative Office Related Links: To view all related links for this article, click link below: https://talkingtaiwan.com/ming-chiang-hello-taiwan-brings-greater-recognition-to-taiwans-name-and-identity-ep-154/

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: This week's episode of Talking Taiwan continues with the second half of my conversation with Hsinyi Lin, the Executive Director of the Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty. We continued our conversation by talking about what the public opinion in Taiwan on the death penalty is, the types of surveys that are typically done to gauge public opinion, and the survey of public opinion about the death penalty that TAEDP and the Academia Sinica worked on in 2013-2014. Other topics discussed included a deeper discussion of the alliance's work which includes educating the public and improving understanding about the death penalty, the two covenants adopted as domestic law in Taiwan, that reflect an intent to gradually abolish the death penalty in Taiwan, and the government of Taiwan's general handling of the death penalty. Here's a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode: How surveys on the public opinion about the death penalty in Taiwan are done The 2013-2014 survey of public opinion about the death penalty that Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty (TAEDP) worked on with the Academia Sinica What has changed with TAEDP since it was established in 2003 How TAEDP works to educate society about abolishing the death penalty The origins of the death penalty in Taiwan Whether or not death penalty effectively deters crime Why the death penalty was not abolished after the by DPP President Chen Shui-bian's announcement that it would be abolished in 3 years The policy that was introduced in writing in 2005, by the government of Taiwan that the death penalty would gradually be abolished The de facto 2006 moratorium that was put in place until 2009 The execution in 2010 was carried out under President Ma Ying-jeou What is the ICCPR, and ICESCR The implementation law on the Two Covenants (ICCPR & ICESCR) that was passed in Taiwan in 2019, making the Two Covenants domestic law in Taiwan How article 6 of the ICCPR states that there should not be any delay to prevent the abolition of capital punishment How executions are done in Taiwan and the problems with the execution process How TAEDP is trying to change the execution process in Taiwan How to deal with the opinions, rights and wishes of victims' families How TAEDP interacts with victims' families How TAEDP works to educate or create awareness about the death penalty by organizing film festivals What is the public opinion and surveys in Taiwan on the death penalty The results of a 2013-2014 survey on death penalty conducted by the Academia Sinica How TAEDP works with schools to educate students about the death penalty TAEDP's book for children that teaches them about punishment and the judicial system The most recent executions that happened in 2018 and 2020 Why there is no moratorium currently in place Whether or not citizens in Taiwan take the death penalty issue into consideration when voting TAEDP's work with international organizations and how this impact's Taiwan What TAEDP has learned from working with international organizations How to handle cases like Lee Ming-Che, who was incarcerated in China Here's the corrected text "Lee Ming-Che" was accidentally repeated twice Hsinyi's involvement with the Free Tibet movement and how she had a chance to ask the Dali Lama for his thoughts on the death penalty President Tsai Ing-wen's stance on and handling of the death penalty issue The case of Chiou Ho-shun (邱和順) and the TAEDP's request of President Tsai to grant him amnesty How supportive has the government been of TAEDP's work What's been accomplished in the nearly 20 years of TAEDP's existence TAEDP's members and supporters How people can learn more and work with TAEDP Related Links: To view all related links for this article, click link below: https://talkingtaiwan.com/hsinyi-lin-fights-to-abolish-the-death-penalty-in-taiwan-part-2-ep-153/

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: My guest on this episode of Talking Taiwan is Hsinyi Lin, the Executive Director of the Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty. She spoke with me about the movement to abolish the death penalty in Taiwan. 2000 was an exciting year for Taiwan, it was the first time that there was a transition in power from the Kuomintang, and the first time that a Democratic Progressive Party presidential candidate, Chen Shui-bian was elected. That same year President Chen Shui-bian announced that the death penalty would be gradually be abolished. However, in September of 2000 there was an execution. This is part one of a two-part interview. In next week's episode, I will get in to a deeper discussion with Hsinyi about the public opinion on the death penalty in Taiwan, why the death penalty has not yet been abolished and the problems with the current death penalty procedure in Taiwan. Here's a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode: How Hsinyi got involved in the movement to abolish the death penalty in Taiwan The announcement in 2000 by President Chen Shui-bian (the first Democratic Progressive Party president of Taiwan) that the death penalty would be abolished How Lu Cheng (盧正) a case that was believed to be innocent was executed in September of 2000 after the Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty asked Control Yuan was to review the case This first case proved innocent by the judicial system in Taiwan was the Hsichih Trio (蘇案) Exonerated cases in Taiwan with the year the case started and the year the case was exonerated: Hsichih Trio (蘇案): Su Chieh-ho (蘇建和), Liu Bing-lang (劉秉郎), Chuang Lin-hsun (莊林勳, 1991-2012) Hsu Tzu-chiang (徐自強, 1995-2016), Cheng Hsing-tse (鄭性澤, 2002-2017), Hsieh Chih-hung (謝志宏, 2000,-2020) Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty's (TAEDP) work on cases believed to be innocent How Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty was formed on December 9, 2003 The urgency of the case of Tzu Hsu-chiang (徐自強) who was exonerated in 2016 How Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty advocates and deals with all death row inmate cases The NGOs that Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty works with Related Links: To view all related links for this article, click link below: https://talkingtaiwan.com/hsinyi-lin-fights-to-abolish-the-death-penalty-in-taiwan-part-1-ep-152/

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: I recently interviewed Christina Hu, the Director of the Write in Taiwanese Census Campaign about the Pew Research report on Asian communities which misrepresented the Taiwanese. For months Christina and the Write in Taiwanese Census Campaign team worked with Pew Research to get an official response issued. After several months of communications, Pew reissued the report in question on September 8 with the categories of "Chinese, with Taiwanese," "Taiwanese," and "Chinese, except Taiwanese." When I spoke with Christina in episode 148, she briefly mentioned her documentary filmmaking, so I thought now would be a good time to share an interview that I did with her back in 2018. In 2018, I spoke with Christina about her documentary filmmaking. Her films have focused on presenting history through personal perspectives. She talked about her first film and her love of history. Christina's films about Taiwan have covered topics like the blacklist and the historic ruling by Taiwan's High Court that has paved the way for the legalization of same sex marriage. Here's a little preview of what we talked about in the podcast: How she got started making documentary films Where the term "blacklist" came from The Blacklist Workshop (aka Blacklist Studio) Her Blacklist Film Series What is the blacklist? Her first documentary film, Her Journey The gap year (in 1999) she spent in Germany in between high school and college When she was in third grade in Taiwan and was disciplined at school for saying that her family was from the province of Taiwan instead of Fujian How she observed the Tiananmen Square massacre in Taiwan The films that she has made about Taiwan How her interest in the history of Taiwan has motivated her filmmaking The challenge of telling the story of Taiwan through film Her documentary film about Taiwanese Canadian Columbus Leo Related Links: To view all related links for this article, click link below: https://talkingtaiwan.com/christina-hu-talks-about-documentary-filmmaking-and-her-blacklist-short-film-series-ep-151/

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: Jane W. Wang is a self-actualization coach based in Taipei, Taiwan. She spoke candidly with me about the challenges she faced in her journey to become a coach, which involved dealing with imposter syndrome and bouts of depression. She's channeled these personal experiences into creating her Multicultural Hero's Journey program. We also talked about the field of coaching, what coaching is, and how it differs from counseling and psychotherapy. I interviewed Jane back in July of this year. We've spoken since then and Jane is ever evolving. It'll be interesting to see what future developments we hear from her. Here's a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode: Jane's connection to Taiwan How being a third culture kid (TCK) has shaped her identity and life purpose Her career path before becoming a coach Why she wanted to become a coach Her personal journey, the struggles and depression that she dealt with along the way before she became a coach Why she decided not to get a degree in counseling from Columbia University and instead got certified in coaching What is coaching and how it differs from counseling or psychotherapy Jane's own experiences with coaching, being the person being coached by someone else Jane's advice on how to pick a coach to work with The challenges Jane faced in becoming a coach The depression and imposter syndrome she experienced in the process of becoming a coach How Jane dealt with her self-judgment and learned to love herself How Jane dealt with three bouts of depression What she learned from going through depression How someone can identify whether or not they themselves or someone they know is experiencing depression How Jane created her Multicultural Hero's Journey coaching program Who would benefit the most by going through the Multicultural Hero's Journey coaching program Jane's advice for people who are interested in becoming a coach What it takes to be a good coach Related Links: To view all related links for this article, click link below: https://talkingtaiwan.com/jane-wang-battles-depression-and-navigates-a-multicultural-heros-journey-ep-150/

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: My guest on this episode of Talking Taiwan is Keelung City Councilor, Jiho Chang. Jiho spoke with me about his work as a city councilman, and how his interest and involvement in Taiwan's politics dates back to his time as a university student, and the 1995-1996 Taiwan Strait missile crisis that happened after KMT presidential candidate Lee Teng-hui visited his alma mater Cornell University and before Taiwan's first direct presidential election in 1996. Jiho was among the activists who occupied the Legislative Yuan during the Sunflower movement. He's also one of the co-authors of The Oral History of Su Beng (史明口述史), a biography of the late revolutionary and lifelong Taiwan independence activist Su Beng. We'll have him back on another episode to talk about all that. Here's a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode: Jiho's background and upbringing How/why he decided to return to Taiwan after spending 10 years in Canada His study of political science at university in Canada and Taiwan National University The 1995-1996 missile crisis in Taiwan How he was involved with the 2014 Sunflower movement How his first attempt to get elected as a neighborhood warden aka borough warden aka village warden (里長) failed How he previously worked as a speechwriter for presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen How he got elected as Keelung City Councilor in 2018 How he got in trouble for posting about his work on as a speechwriter for President Tsai on Facebook What his work as a city councilor involves How Keelung is one of the smallest cities What it took to campaign for the position of city councilor Why he ran as a DPP candidate The Taiwan People Party and New Power Party How long each city councilor position term lasts The Ghost Month in Taiwan What Jiho finds most rewarding about his work as city councilor How Jiho advocated for and helped the widow and family of a man in his constituency to obtain NT$1,000,000 in compensation for his death from his employer of 20 years Jiho's future political aspirations Related Links: Jiho Chang's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/JihoTiun/ Taiwan's first direct presidential election (1996): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_Taiwanese_presidential_election Taiwan's cross strait missile crisis of 1995-1996: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Taiwan_Strait_Crisis#:~:text=The%20Third%20Taiwan%20Strait%20Crisis,1995%20to%2023%20March%201996. Lee Teng-hui: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Teng-hui Sunflower Movement: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunflower_Student_Movement President Tsai Ing-wen on Twitter: https://twitter.com/iingwen Tsai Ing-wen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsai_Ing-wen DPP (Democratic Progressive Party): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Progressive_Party https://www.dpp.org.tw/en/about Taiwan People Party: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan_People%27s_Party New Power Party: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Power_Party KMT (Kuomintang): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuomintang Ghost Month: https://oftaiwan.org/culture/ghost-festival/ Taiwan News article, "12 Ghost Month taboos to watch out for in Taiwan": https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3990308 Su Beng: http://aboutsubeng.com/

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: In April of this year, reports published by the Pew Research Center analyzing Asian American communities included footnotes stating that data for " 'Chinese' includes those identifying as 'Taiwanese.' " Soon after, in May, the Write in Taiwanese Census Campaign published an open letter and petition on TaiwaneseAmerican.org asking Pew Research to issue an apology to the Taiwanese American community, and to re-publish its findings with Taiwanese as a separate category. Upon hearing this, I reached out to Christina Hu, Director of the Write in Taiwanese Census Campaign asking to interview her about this. She was working on getting an apology and correction from Pew, so I agreed to wait until she got an official response from Pew to do the interview. For months, the Write in Taiwanese Census Campaign team worked on getting a response from Pew Research and by July Christina told me that she was hoping to get an official response. On Wednesday, September 8, 2021 Pew Research reissued their report on Asian American communities which had previously misrepresented the Taiwanese. To be clear it was a correction, not an apology. Data for 2000, 2010 and 2019 included the categories of "Chinese, with Taiwanese," "Taiwanese," "Chinese, except Taiwanese" and "Okinawan." I spoke with Christina Hu, the Director of the Write in Taiwanese Census Campaign and Chieh-ting Yeh, the Media Director of the Write in Taiwanese Census Campaign about what transpired after the Taiwanese American community's response to Pew Research's initial report on Asian communities, and what led to Pew to re-issue their report. We also spoke about the 2020 Write in Taiwanese Campaign and the decades long advocacy work of the Taiwanese American Citizens League (TACL), that started in 1990 to educate the Taiwanese American community to complete the US Census by not only checking the "Other Asian" box, but also writing in "Taiwanese." The Write in Taiwanese Census Campaign Team: Christina Hu Director, Write in Taiwanese Census Campaign Director of Civic Engagement, Taiwanese American Citizens League Chieh-Ting Yeh Media Director, Write in Taiwanese Census Campaign Editor-in-Chief, Ketagalan Media Leona Chen Creative Director, Write in Taiwanese Census Campaign Editor-in-Chief, TaiwaneseAmerican.org Here's a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode: How Christina got involved in the Write in Taiwanese Census Campaign How Ting (Chieh-ting) got involved in the Write in Taiwanese Census Campaign The background and history of the Write in Taiwanese Census Campaign The evolution of the Write in Taiwanese Census Campaign since it started in1990 Why it's important to be counted on the U.S. census It wasn't until 1960 that people could select their own race on the U.S. census Why it is important for Taiwanese Americans to be counted on the U.S. census How the Pew Research Reports which used U.S. census data misrepresented the Taiwanese The Pew Research Report on Asian American communities that included a footnote stating that data for " 'Chinese' includes those identifying as 'Taiwanese.' " The communications that the Write in Taiwanese Census Campaign and Christina had with Pew Research and Neil Ruiz, the Associate Director of Race and Ethnicity The open letter and online petition (posted on TaiwaneseAmerican.org) asking Pew Research to issue an apology to the Taiwanese American community, and to re-publish its findings with Taiwanese as a separate category The various groups that signed the online petition and supported the Taiwanese American community's campaign to ask Pew Research for an apology and correction of their reports that did not include Taiwanese as a separate category How Christina discovered that the Pew Research report had disappeared Okinawans as a separate category What happened in the four months that the Write in Taiwanese Census Campaign tried to get an official response from Pew Research The conversations that Christina had with Neil Ruiz about why it was important for her personally, to identify as Taiwanese, and why Pew could say they were confused by self-reported data from the Taiwanese American community that unequivocally indicated that people wanted to be identified as Taiwanese The slogan of the Write in Taiwanese Census Campaign Related Links: Key facts about Asian origin groups in the U.S. (from Pew Research): https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/04/29/key-facts-about-asian-origin-groups-in-the-u-s/ Response to Pew Research Reports Hiding Taiwanese Identity: "We made it count. Now tell our stories." (The open letter and online petition that appeared on TaiwaneseAmerican.org): https://www.taiwaneseamerican.org/2021/05/pew-research-center-taiwanese-american-statement/ Some of the responses on Twitter to Pew Research Reports Hiding Taiwanese Identity: https://twitter.com/search?q=taiwanese%20census%202020%20pew&src=typed_query&f=top Pew Research reissues repor

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: Happy Labor Day! We've decided to take a break ourselves, so we are sharing one of our past episodes that I think really stands the test of time. In 2013 I interviewed entrepreneur Yao Huang. That year, she was involved with the Entrepreneur Challenge and Competition, which was organized by the Taiwanese American Professionals, New York Chapter and the Taiwan Merchants Association. Yao talked about how she went from a career in pharmacy to venture capital, and how she founded The Hatchery to grow Silicon Alley, New York City's tech community. I think you'll find that the perspective and advice that she offers in this interview sound and still relevant today. Yao is the founder of The Hatchery and she's been named by Forbes one of 11 women at the center of New York's digital scene. Her entrepreneurship has been written about in Fortune magazine, and various publications. Here's a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode: Yao's connection to Taiwan Yao's involvement with the TAP-NY's (Taiwanese American Professionals, New York chapter) and Taiwan Merchants Association's Entrepreneur Challenge and Competition (ECC) Yao's career prior to becoming an entrepreneur How she advised one of the companies competing in the ECC The first company she started How she made the transition from pharmacy in to entrepreneurship and venture capital What is venture capitalism What The Hatchery does How The Hatchery has been integral in growing New York's tech community The Hatchery's incubator program Why Yao founded The Hatchery Silicon Valley vs. Silicon Alley What it was like leaving her job in pharmacy to start a company What advice she has for people who want to start a business What she loves the most about what she does Her passion project, Win4Causes What she finds so rewarding about what she does Related Links: Yao Huang on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yaohui/ The Hatchery website: https://hatchery.vc/ The Hatchery's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehatchery/ The Hatchery on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thehatchery 2013 Entrepreneur Challenge and Competition (ECC) organized by the Taiwanese American Professionals, New York Chapter and the Taiwan Merchants Association: https://bit.ly/3DMaVpd Nomz, the company that Yao advised during the ECC: https://www.eatnomz.com/ Talking Taiwan Episode 30, TAP-NY's Entrepreneur Challenge and Competition: https://talkingtaiwan.com/tt026-tapny/ Yao Huang's TED Talk, Talent incubator: Yao Huang at TEDxBroadway: https://youtu.be/qjFR0F_5K4g Yao Huang's TED Talk, I for Innovation: https://youtu.be/jbjQYQ3IXj8

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: Tiffany Yu is a disability activist, CEO and founder of Diversability, and host of Tiffany & Yu, a social impact podcast. She's also on the San Francisco Mayor's Disability Council, a three-time TED Talk speaker and has a list of many more impressive accomplishments that appear on her Wikipedia page. She spoke with tremendous vulnerability about her disability origin story, the trauma she's experienced, dealing with shame, and her continued healing. Tiffany also shared about the many exciting projects she's working on for Diversability and in the disability space. CORRECTION: At x:xx when Tiffany mentioned a TED Tallk "The Danger of a Single Narrative" she was referring to the TED Talk "The Danger of a Single Story." Here's a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode: How Tiffany spearheaded the Taiwan Necklace Project to raise money for ITASA (Intercollegiate Taiwanese American Students Association) Tiffany's disability origin story How she came up with the idea for her company Diversability in 2009 while a student at Georgetown University The work that Diversability does How Diversability went from a side hustle to something fulltime years later in 2017 How Diversability is about improving the lives and well-being of disabled people How can Diversability make disability a reason to belong and not a reason to exclude What happened in 2019 that made Tiffany realize that she was experiencing PTSD and how she dealt with it Tiffany's thoughts on her first TED Talk What has changed since Tiffany started Diversability How Tiffany was able to get the mayor of San Francisco to declare July Disability Pride Month in 2020 How Tiffany has evolved since she first founded Diversability News about Diversability The "Disability is not a bad word" T-shirt campaign The Diversabillity Leadership Collective The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) goal of economic self-sufficiency How Tiffany has launched an endowment fund at Georgetown University for disability-related initiatives The comments that Tiffany's mom made about Diversability in 2018 How Tiffany deals with her mother's opinion of the work she does with Diversability Tiffany's podcast Tiffany & Yu, which she started in 2020 during the Coronavirus pandemic Tiffany's favorite episode of her podcast Tiffany & Yu Laverne Cox's term "possibility model" The term ableism How Tiffany enjoys making Tik Tok dance videos The accomplishment that Tiffany is most proud of How the Paralympics may be used as a reason not to care about disability The term inspiration porn How paralympican Rebecca Meyers' request to have a personal care assistant accompany her was denied Related Links: Tiffany Yu's website: https://www.tiffanyyu.com/ Tiffany and Yu podcast: https://www.tiffanyyu.com/podcast Tiffany Yu on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/imtiffanyyu/ Tiffany Yu on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/imtiffanyyu Tiffany Yu on Twitter: https://twitter.com/imtiffanyyuv Tiffany Yu on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tiffanyayu/ Tiffany Yu on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/tiffanyayu Tiffany Yu on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiffany_Yu Diversability: https://mydiversability.com/ Diversability Facebook Group: http://bit.ly/diversabilitycommunity Diversability Leadership Collective: http://diversability.mn.co Diversability Facebook page: http://facebook.com/diversability Diversability on Twitter: http://twitter.com/diversability Diversability on Instagram: http://instagram.com/diversability Disability Empowerment Endowment Fund to support disability initiatives in perpetuity at Georgetown University: https://securelb.imodules.com/s/1686/18/giving.aspx?sid=1686&gid=4&pgid=3975&cid=5816&dids=534.144&bledit=1&sort=1&unit=34&appealcode=21HW001312 The Georgetown Voice article, "Alumna Tiffany Yu looks to cement legacy of disability justice as students push for Disability Cultural Center" about the endowment fund for disability related initiatives at Georgetown University that Tiffany is raising money for: https://georgetownvoice.com/2021/08/09/alumna-cements-legacy-of-disability-justice-students-push-for-cultural-center/ Tiffany's first TED Talk, The Power of Exclusion: https://www.ted.com/talks/tiffany_yu_the_power_of_exclusion?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare Tiffany's second TED Talk, The Truths About Being A Pioneer: https://www.ted.com/talks/tiffany_yu_the_truths_about_being_a_pioneer?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare Tiffany's third TED Talk, The Problem with Positivity: https://www.ted.com/talks/tiffany_yu_the_problem_with_positivity?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare The Danger of a Single Story (TED Talk): https://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_ngozi_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare PTSD (Posttraumatic Stress Disorder): https://www

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: This week I'm welcoming back Dr. Dafydd Fell to talk about the SOAS Center of Taiwan Studies at the University of London. They just had their summer school program in July, which is free and open to the public. It's a tremendous resource for people interested in learning more about Taiwan. The program included speakers on the topics of Taiwan's anti-nuclear movement, environmental activism and movements, Taiwan's Post New Wave Cinema, how to write about Taiwan for a general audience, the campaign to end the death penalty in Taiwan, just to name a few. You can check out their YouTube channel which has videos from the summer school program and other SOAS Center of Taiwan Studies events. Dr. Fell and I talked about how Taiwan studies has changed over the past 20 years and some of the challenges faced by Taiwan studies programs in general. Here's a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode: The establishment of the SOAS Taiwan Studies Program at the University of London How there weren't any other Taiwan Studies programs in Europe when the SOAS Taiwan Studies Program at the University of London was established in 1999 SOAS Taiwan Studies program was founded by Professor Robert Ash Establishment of European Association of Taiwan Studies in 2004 Taiwan Studies programs in Europe How we are currently in a Golden Age of Taiwan Studies Taiwan studies programs in Europe vs. the U.S. The collaboration between SOAS Taiwan Studies program and the University of Texas at Austin Taiwan Studies program The challenges faced by Taiwan Studies programs How the SOAS Taiwan Studies program's focuses on Taiwan Studies teaching programs and publication (of books that come out of conferences) The types of classes and programs offered at the SOAS Taiwan Studies Program Prominent political figures from Taiwan that have been invited to speak at SOAS The second world congress of Taiwan Studies at SOAS (with 80 speakers and 500 in person attendees) How the SOAS Taiwan Studies Program organizes 50-70 events per year How the events present interesting opportunities for students to actually meet some of the figures on their reading lists What graduates of the SOAS Taiwan Studies Program have gone on to do The major research contributions that have some out of SOAS Taiwan Studies Program The challenges of funding Taiwan Studies programs Whether more Taiwan Studies degree programs will be developed worldwide The relationship between Chinese and Taiwanese studies programs The SOAS Taiwan Studies Program Summer School which has been running since 2007 Related Links: SOAS Centre of Taiwan Studies' website: http://www.soas.ac.uk/taiwanstudies/ SOAS Centre of Taiwan Studies' Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ SOAS Centre of Taiwan Studies' Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwlZZGmE1e_6PI2e-HOPOQw Professor Robert Ash: https://www.soas.ac.uk/staff/staff30582.php European Association of Taiwan Studies: https://www.eats-taiwan.eu/ North American Taiwan Studies Association (NATSA): https://www.na-tsa.org/ International Journal of Taiwan Studies: https://brill.com/view/journals/ijts/ijts-overview.xml Taiwan Studies program at the University of Texas at Austin: https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/eastasia/asian-studies-at-ut/Taiwan-program.php Brill Series in Taiwan Studies: https://brill.com/view/serial/BSTS Routledge Research on Taiwan Series: https://www.routledge.com/Routledge-Research-on-Taiwan-Series/book-series/RRTAIWAN Camphor Press: https://camphorpress.com/ Taiwan Studies Revisited, Edited By Dafydd Fell, Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao: https://www.routledge.com/Taiwan-Studies-Revisited/Fell-Hsiao/p/book/9780367201722 Taiwan's Contemporary Indigenous Peoples, Edited By Chia-yuan Huang, Daniel Davies, Dafydd Fell: https://www.routledge.com/Taiwans-Contemporary-Indigenous-Peoples/Huang-Davies-Fell/p/book/9780367553579 Tsai Ing-wen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsai_Ing-wen Peng Min-Ming: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peng_Ming-min Frank Hsieh: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Hsieh Su Tseng-chang: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Su_Tseng-chang Second World Congress of Taiwan Studies held at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) June 18-20, 2015: https://www.soas.ac.uk/news/newsitem94890.html Reflections on the Second World Congress of Taiwan Studies (held in 2015): https://www.soas.ac.uk/news/newsitem104787.htxml Academia Sinica: https://www.sinica.edu.tw/en Hakka singer Lin Sheng-hsiang: https://www.soas.ac.uk/taiwanstudies/events/07jul2016-music-of-lin-sheng-hsiang.html SOAS Centre of Taiwan Studies 2021 Summer School program: https://www.soas.ac.uk/taiwanstudies/summerschool/ The Fourth World Congress of Taiwan Studies (2022) in Seattle, Washington, USA: https://wcts.sinica.edu.tw/wctsIV/zWelcome.html

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: Dr. Dafydd Fell is the author of Taiwan's Green Parties Alternative Politics in Taiwan. He spoke with me about his book, which he started working on in 2012. Topics covered in this episode include the Green Party concept, and the impact that Taiwan's Green Parties have had on Taiwan's other political parties and social movements. Dr. Fell's not only talks about some of the most his most interesting research findings, but how he was personally impacted by the subject matter of his book. He's also the Director of the SOAS Centre of Taiwan Studies at the University of London and we'll have him back on another episode to talk about the SOAS Centre of Taiwan Studies. Here's a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode: How Dr. Fell got interested in Taiwan's politics The Green Party concept and origin Global Greens Network When Taiwan's Green Party was established Dr. Fell's bookParty Politics in Taiwan The focus groups with Green Party activists that led Dr. Fell to write Taiwan's Green Parties How Dr. Fell is working on a Chinese language version of his book, Taiwan's Green Parties The main accomplishments and impact of Taiwan's Green Party How Taiwan's Green Party compares to other Green Parties around the world The role of Taiwan's Green Party in the anti-nuclear movement in Taiwan How Taiwan's Green Party was the first party to advocate same sex marriage and nominate openly LGBT candidates How Taiwan's Green Party raises alternative issues (death penalty, euthanasia for terminally ill) The Taiwan Green Party's influence on mainstream political parties How the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has poached figures from the Green party The Taiwan Green Party's electoral performance Taiwan's alternative parties The splinter Green Parties, the Trees Party and GPT-Social Democratic Alliance The most surprising or interesting finding that Dr. Fell discovered in his research for his book, Taiwan's Green Parties How Taiwan could participate in the Green Party's global network and gain some international visibility The Asia Pacific Greens network Keli Yen, Global Greens Convenor (2017-2020) How England and Wales Green Party Leader Penny Kemp went to Taiwan in 1996 to show support The current status of Taiwan's Green Party How Dr. Fell's book offers a different perspective on Taiwan's history through the lens of small political parties and social movements How Dr. Fell is now working on the Chinese language version of his book, Taiwan's Green Parties with three Taiwanese scholars who were formerly leaders of Taiwan's Green Party How Dr. Fell started working on the book, Taiwan's Green Partiesin 2012 Related Links: Taiwan's Green Parties by Dr. Dafydd Fell: https://www.routledge.com/Taiwans-Green-Parties-Alternative-Politics-in-Taiwan/Fell/p/book/9780367650315 Dr. Dafydd Fell on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dafyddfell Facebook Page for Taiwan's Green Parties: https://www.facebook.com/Taiwans-Green-Parties-Alternative-Politics-in-Taiwan-101639718636953 Wild Lily Student Movement: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Lily_student_movement https://oftaiwan.org/social-movements/wild-lily-student-movement/ 1989 Elections in Taiwan: https://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/03/world/nationalists-lead-taiwan-elections.html Global Greens Network: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Greens Taiwan's Green Party: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Party_Taiwan Taiwan's first direct presidential election (1996): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_Taiwanese_presidential_election Taiwan's cross strait missile crisis of 1995-1996: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Taiwan_Strait_Crisis#:~:text=The%20Third%20Taiwan%20Strait%20Crisis,1995%20to%2023%20March%201996. https://www.jstor.org/stable/2626754 Party Politics in Taiwan by Dr. Dafydd Fell: https://www.routledge.com/Party-Politics-in-Taiwan-Partay-Change-and-the-Democratic-Evolution-of-Taiwan/Fell/p/book/9780415650700 Blocking of Taiwan's fourth nuclear power plant: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_Taiwan Reuters article, "Taiwan to halt construction of fourth nuclear power plant": https://www.reuters.com/article/taiwan-nuclear/taiwan-to-halt-construction-of-fourth-nuclear-power-plant-idUKL3N0NJ08C20140427 Keli Yen, Global Greens Convenor (2017-2020): https://www.asiapacificgreens.org/profile/keli-yen England and Wales Green Party Leader Penny Kemp: https://greenworld.org.uk/article/obituary-penny-kemp-1949-2021 Democratic Progressive Party (DPP): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Progressive_Party https://www.dpp.org.tw/en/about Ko Wen-je: https://en.xn--wikipeadia-65a.org/wiki/Ko_Wen-je Taiwan's People Party: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan_People%27s_Party Kuomintang (KMT): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuomintang

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: In May of 2020 I interviewed Valerie Soe and Kristina Wong about the Auntie Sewing Squad, a sewing circle that was formed on March 24th during the global Coronavirus pandemic. Initially the group sewed masks for frontline medical and essential workers, and then for vulnerable marginalized communities. From the outset, Kristina described the Auntie Sewing Squad as a stop gap measure, and said that she had no intention of turning it into a nonprofit. In fact, she stated that the nature of what the Auntie Sewing Squad does is not sustainable in the long run and that the goal would be for the group to eventually retire. The work of the Auntie Sewing Squad, has gone beyond mask making. So, when I learned that the Auntie Sewing Squad had set a date to retire, I had to invite Valerie and Kristina back on to talk about the Auntie Sewing Squad's retirement. Here's a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode: Why and when the Auntie Sewing Squad is going into retirement The work that the Auntie Sewing Squad has done aside from sewing masks How the Auntie Sewing Squad is spending $10,000 on N-95 masks for farmworkers who have to work during the wildfires How Kristina and the Auntie Sewing Squad allocates food and supplies from the L.A. food bank to communities in need The Super Aunties of the Auntie Sewing Squad How the Auntie Sewing Squad is not the alternative to FEMA The other ways that Aunties are trying to support communities in need Dealing with the recent passing of Auntie Sally Super Auntie Constance Parng's breakout case of COVID How Kristina has been able to do more to affect change as an Auntie than an elected official The statement that the Auntie Sewing Squad put out after the Atlanta Spa Shootings The book about the Auntie Sewing Squad that will be coming out this fall (The Auntie Sewing Squad Guide to Mask Making, Radical Care and Racial Justice) The full-length documentary being made about the Auntie Sewing Squad (We Go Down Sewing) How COVID hospitalizations have affected people in need of other medical treatments/procedures The Auntie Sewing Squad retirement party How the Auntie Sewing Squad is nonhierarchical The term mutual aid The unique community and bonds that have formed amongst the Aunties and members of Auntie Sewing Squad What will happen to the group after it retires, and will the community still exist online Kristina's show about the Auntie Sewing Squad which is set to be performed in New York in November Related Links: The Auntie Sewing Squad's website: http://auntiesewingsquad.com/ The Auntie Sewing Squad on Instagram: www.Instagram.com/AuntieSewing Auntie Sewing Squad Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2764362993676831/ Auntie Sewing Squad Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/auntiesewing The Auntie Sewing Squad's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQrlwkZu_l6F1d9D_M5ZnGQ The Auntie Sewing Squad's book, The Auntie Sewing Squad Guide to Mask Making, Radical Care and Racial Justice, 30% off code 17M6662, valid for UC Press website only: https://bit.ly/3iwyEBb The Auntie Sewing Squad's HQ (list of notable Aunties): http://auntiesewingsquad.com/about/what-is-hq/ FEMA: https://www.fema.gov/ World Harvest Food Bank: https://www.worldharvestla.org/ Mutual Aid: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutual_aid_(organization_theory) Super Auntie Constance Parng's Talking Taiwan interview: https://talkingtaiwan.com/constance-parng-super-auntie-to-native-nations-of-the-auntie-sewing-squad-ep-108/ Atlanta Spa Shootings: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Atlanta_spa_shootings The Auntie Sewing Squad's Statement on Rising Anti-Asian Hate and Violence: http://auntiesewingsquad.com/blog-posts/anti-aapi-hate-statement/ Kristina Wong's website: http://kristinawong.com/ Kristina Wong's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ilovekristinawong/ Kristina Wong's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYVB9L Valerie Soe's blog: https://beyondasiaphilia.com/ Valerie Soe's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Valerie-Soe-1397194727164610 Valerie's previous Talking Taiwan interview about her documentary film, Love Boat Taiwan: https://talkingtaiwan.com/love-boat-taiwan-interview-asian-american-studies-professor-film-maker-valerie-soe-ep-66/ Talking Taiwan Episode 75: Auntie Sewing Squad Combats Covid-19 One Mask at a Time: https://talkingtaiwan.com/auntie-sewing-squad-combats-covid-19-one-mask-at-a-time-ep-75/ Talking Taiwan Episode 107: Auntie Sewing Squad 2: Supporting Communities On the Fringe Through Caring: https://talkingtaiwan.com/auntie-sewing-squad-2-supporting-communities-on-the-fringe-through-caring-ep-107/

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: This is part two of my interview with Sergeant Steven Lee, a 16-year veteran of the NYPD, and whistleblower fighting to reform police corruption. Previously, in part one, we talked about Sergeant Lee's undercover work and the police corruption that he's witnessed. If you haven't had a chance to hear part one, you might want to go back and listen to it first. In part two Steve talks about what happened after his undercover work and the related court case, his thoughts on how to combat corruption within the NYPD, and why he plans to run for State Assembly next year. Here's a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode: What happened to Steve after his undercover work and the related court case The corruption that Steve has seen in Internal Affairs Bureau of the NYPD Steve's suggestions for how to independently monitor the NYPD and Internal Affairs Bureau How Steve believes that the police should identity with culture and customs of the communities they work in, and that there are enough police able to speak the languages spoken in their precincts How Steve deals with the pressure of being a whistleblower Steve's 2020 run for State Assembly in District 40 and how he's running again next year What changes Steve has seen with the NYPD since the murder of George Floyd Hoops over Hate Ron Kim, Steve's opponent for State Assembly in District 40 Related Links: Ostracized NYPD whistleblower runs for state office in Queens: https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-steven-lee-ron-kim-assembly-20200211-mp26mhghpnen5altiqxahree3m-story.html Queens Daily Eagle article, " 'You can't have cops watching cops' — NYPD officer, ex-cop lawyer sue NYC": https://queenseagle.com/all/cops-corruption-harassment-nypd-lawsuit-lee-murray NYPD 109th Precinct: https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/bureaus/patrol/precincts/109th-precinct.page https://twitter.com/nypd109pct?lang=en https://www.facebook.com/NYPD109PCT/ Queens Daily Eagle article, "Flushing assembly race gets ugly with claims of 'cyberbullying' burner accounts": https://queenseagle.com/all/flushing-assembly-race-gets-ugly-amid-claims-of-cyberbullying-burner-accounts Steven Lee on Ballotpedia: https://ballotpedia.org/Steven_Lee_(New_York) Edwin Raymond: https://www.edwinraymond.com/ https://nypost.com/2020/06/28/cop-suing-nypd-for-racial-profiling-running-for-city-council/ NY Post article, "Teen assaulted in anti-Asian attack on Queens basketball court": https://nypost.com/2021/03/17/teen-assaulted-in-anti-asian-attack-on-queens-basketball-court/ Hoops over Hate: https://www.facebook.com/events/1811972852291087?ref=newsfeed https://www.facebook.com/asiansinamericainc/posts/111180254400558 NY Assemblyman Ron Kim: https://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/Ron-Kim Crime + Punishment (the award-winning Hulu original documentary): https://youtu.be/C6lB9HQnSac

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: Sergeant Steven Lee is a 16-year veteran of the NYPD. He's a whistleblower fighting to reform police corruption and he shared his story with me. This is part one of my interview with Steve. In part two, next week, you'll hear what happened to him after his undercover work and the related court case, how he's dealt with the pressure, his thoughts on how to combat corruption within the NYPD, why he ran for State Assembly in 2020 and his plans to run again next year. Here's a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode: What Steve was doing before becoming a police officer How Steve became a police officer Scandals involving police officers writing fake summons What led Steve to go undercover The police corruption that Steve saw when he was undercover What happened during the two years that Steve was undercover Related Links: Ostracized NYPD whistleblower runs for state office in Queens: https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-steven-lee-ron-kim-assembly-20200211-mp26mhghpnen5altiqxahree3m-story.html Crime+Punishment (the award-winning Hulu original documentary): https://youtu.be/C6lB9HQnSac

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: Liz Williams is one of the co-founders of The Afara Collective and Jennifer Ho, heads Afara's film club team. Seeing how the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and others last year sparked Black Lives Matter protests globally, and led to greater dialogue about systemic oppression and anti-racism, Liz and her co-founder Jules Sanders were inspired to create Afara. Afara invites everyone, regardless of ethnic background to work on their personal biases Liz and Jen talked about why the work of Afara matters to them, the types of training and programs that Afara will offer, and how Afara is about creating safe, brave spaces to have difficult conversations about systemic oppression, racism and bias. Liz has been a guest on Talking Taiwan. In episode 88 she and Elissa Russell talked about Being Black in Taiwan and Racism in the United States. Here's a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode: What inspired Liz and her co-founder Jules Sanders to create The Afara Collective? What is the mission of The Afara Collective? How Afara is about including everyone (regardless of ethnicity, not just Blacks and Whites) in the work of being an anti-racism What does the word afara mean? What is anti-racism? How Afara is about creating safe spaces to discuss racism and bias What have been the challenges in running The Afara Collective? Their approach to working with and managing their team of volunteers Afrara's film club and book club Afara's See and Unseen Film Club How Afara creates safe brave spaces for people to discover personal biases The types of training, courses and programming that Afara offers Afara's Go Fund Me crowdfunding campaign Afara's vision of empathy in action Related Links: The Afara Collective's Go Fund Me campaign: https://www.gofundme.com/f/The-Afara-Collective-antiracism?qid=68c382c4dac86653f790901ee54ada06&fbclid=IwAR1DTLBW2pLMC5Brdt2KwsNwdqgpYm34KqIL9r4ZLh9epnXzI-RoIFH-A-U The Afara Collective: http://www.weareafara.org/ The Afara Collective on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/weareafara/ The Afara Collective on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/weareafara George Floyd: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Floyd Breonna Taylor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Breonna_Taylor https://www.nytimes.com/article/breonna-taylor-police.html BBC News article, "Ahmaud Arbery: What do we know about the case?" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52623151 March 16, 2021 Atlanta Spa Shootings: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Atlanta_spa_shootings Liz Williams and Elissa Russell's Talking Taiwan interview about Being Black in Taiwan and Racism in the United States: https://talkingtaiwan.com/being-black-in-taiwan-and-racism-in-the-united-states-ep-88/

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: When Taiwan went in to soft lockdown in May, a group of diaspora who had moved there decided a Covid 19 Taiwan fundraiser for organizations assisting society's most vulnerable was needed. They created the Taiwan Covid Relief Fundraiser and before they launched it, I spoke with three of the seven organizers- Catherine, Kevin and Jane. We talked about how the charities benefitting from the fundraiser provide direct assistance to the homeless, disabled, migrant workers and survivors of domestic violence, and how all donations will go directly to the participating organizations. The fundraiser's organizing team has pledged to match the first $10,000 donated. The team's novel approach to organizing the Taiwan Covid Relief Fundraiser has given the charity organizations greater exposure to English language speakers and international donors. The #TaiwanCovidRelief Fundraiser Organizing Team: Catherine Chou is a second-generation Taiwanese-American who writes on Taiwanese history and identity, and tweets at @catielila. Kevin Lin is the Co-Founder and former Chief Operating Officer of Twitch. He was born and raised in New Orleans. Through co-founding groups like Gold House, Kevin is giving back to communities that he cares about through sustainable investing, hoping to support creators of all shapes and sizes. @kevinlin Jane W. Wang is founder of Build Great Bridges Around Taiwan (BGBAT) and a self-actualization coach who helps multiculturalites navigate their Multicultural Hero's Journey, so they can find home within and live their joy & purpose. Remaining Members of the #TaiwanCovidRelief Fundraiser Organizing Team (not shown): Jonathan Liao Kathy Cheng @trickytaipei Laura Huang @laurahuangla Tait Sye Here's a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode: How Catherine, Kevin and Jane, three of the organizers of the Taiwan Covid Relief Fundraiser met and their connection to Taiwan How they came up with the idea for the fundraiser Who's on the organizing team What it's been like being under soft lockdown in Taiwan How the fundraiser is meant to benefit vulnerable communities affected by COVID in Taiwan The five charity organizations that that will benefit from the fundraiser: Homeless Taiwan, Hsichulun Hpme, 1919 Foodbank, Serve the People, and Garden of Hope Donations will go directly to the organizations How the Taiwan COVID Relief Fundraiser committee will be matching the first $10,000 of donations made How Catherine approached 15 organizations initially about being a part of the fundraiser How the five charity organizations had to build English landing pages to receive foreign donations NetiCRM, the company that worked with the charities to create new landing pages and donation websites How the Taiwan COVID Relief Fundraiser will help the five charities to internationalize their donor market The fundraiser was initially targeted at diaspora, but it is also for one who may not be able to read Chinese language websites, are primarily English speakers, and friends of Taiwan around the world Related Links: The Taiwan Covid Relief Fundraiser: www.taiwancovidrelief.com ITASA (Intercollegiate Taiwanese American Students Association): https://itasa.org/ TaiwaneseAmerican.org feature about ITASA - Inspire, Empower, and Activate: ITASA's "Coming of Age": https://www.taiawaneseamerican.org/2011/01/inspire-empower-and-activate-itasas-coming-of-age/ BGBAT (Build Great Bridges Around Taiwan): https://www.facebook.com/groups/1798268263828078/ Articles related to the April 2, 2021 Hualien train crash: NPR article, "More Than 50 Dead, Dozens Injured As Taiwan Train Derails Inside Tunnel": https://www.npr.org/2021/04/02/983763089/nearly-50-dead-as-taiwan-train-derails-inside-tunnel The News Lens article, "Taiwanese American Investors Hold Fundraiser To Support Taroko Train Crash Victims" (about the fundraiser Kevin organized for the April 2, 2021 Hualien train crash): https://international.thenewslens.com/article/149825 GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/ Tiltify: https://tiltify.com/ NetiCRM, a Taiwanese constituent relationship management system for non-profits: https://netivism.com.tw operated by NETivism: https://neticrm.tw

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: A few months ago, before Taiwan went on COVID alert level 3, I spoke with Michael Turton, about biking around Taiwan. I remember when there was a push to make Taiwan more bike-friendly and it became popular for people to bike around the island or along the coast. Michael shared why he loves biking around Taiwan and how it is one of the best places to bike in the world. Surprisingly he advised avoiding cycling route number 1, which is the bicycle route around the island of Taiwan developed by the Taiwan Ministry of Transportation and Communications. He also talked about what he's learned about Taiwan's history and aborigines by biking around Taiwan. Michael is a political commentator, Taipei Times columnist and blogger. We've had Michael on Talking Taiwan previously in episode 119 when he spoke with me about China's ban of Taiwan's pineapples. Here's a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode: What brought Michael to Taiwan How/why he started biking Michael's website about Taiwan in the 1990s which led to his blog Blogs that have inspired him How he's learned things about Taiwan's local history and aborigines while biking around Taiwan How interacting with the land is a way to get to know the land How biking is a way to discover and learn about Taiwan Why Taiwan is one of the best places to bike Tips on how to get around the island easier with a bike How long it takes to bike around the entire island The lighthouse to lighthouse bike ride How he's able to track changes in Taiwan by regularly biking certain routes The difference between driving around in a car vs. riding around on a bike How Taiwan and Madagascar are the only tropical places in the world that have Badlands Where he recommends you should bike or not Taiwan's steep bike routes Related Links: Michael Turton's blog: http://michaelturton.blogspot.com/ U.S. Peace Corps: https://www.peacecorps.gov/ Michael Fahey: http://www.winklerpartners.com/?page_id=622 Scott Sommers/Summers: https://www.intellectbooks.com/scott-sommers TC Lin's blog: http://poagao.org/pjournal/ Roland Soong's blog East West North South: http://www.zonaeuropa.com/weblog.htm Andrew Kerslake's blog: https://taiwanincycles.blogspot.com/ The award winning Wikipedia page on Taiwan aborigines that Andrew Kerslake wrote: https://bit.ly/3qSTFbS Bunun tribe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunun_people The film, Island Etude: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_Etude Yushan aka Jade Mountain (Taiwan's highest peak): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yu_Shan Sun Moon Lake Swim: https://www.sunmoonlake.gov.tw/en/event/calendardetail/673 Sun Moon Lake: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Moon_Lake Taroko: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taroko_National_Park https://wikitravel.org/en/Taroko_Gorge Badlands: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badlands Moonscape area of Tainan aka Taiwan's Badlands: https://spectralcodex.com/exploring-the-badlands-of-southern-taiwan/ Taiwan Cycling Route 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan_Cycling_Route_No.1 Taipei Times article, "Ride to the clouds" by Mark Roche: https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2021/03/11/2003753620 Mark Roche's Blue Sky Adventures: http://www.blueskiestaiwan.com/ Alishan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alishan_National_Scenic_Area Alishan tea farms: https://www.teafromtaiwan.com/blog/alishan-tea-districts/

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: Lee Wong, is an elected official and Chairman of the board of trustees in West Chester Township, Ohio. During a meeting of the West Chester Township Board of Trustees on March 23rd he stood up and literally bared his chest to make a point about the discrimination and hate that Asian Americans have experienced. That moment was caught on video and went viral. Mr. Lee spoke with me about what compelled him to speak up that day and what's happened since. Here's a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode: Lee's upbringing in Malaysia (previously British Borneo) What brought him to the U.S. The Asian hate incident that happened to Lee in 1972 and how that changed the trajectory of his life Lee's 20 years of service in the U.S. army and the chest injuries he sustained during that time How Lee first got elected to the West Chester Township Board of Trustees What prompted him to speak up at the March 23rdmeeting The feedback and reaction that Lee has gotten since the video clip of him went viral The problem with Asians being perceived as a model minority How Lee works with the Midwest USA Chinese Chamber of Commerce to promote Asian culture and to build more bridges between Asian Americans and the community at large Lee's message of hope to Asian Americans in these times of increased Asian hate incidents How Lee is now working on writing his memoir The website for Lee Wong that is in the works: wwe.LeeWong.us The voicemail that Lee received from another military service man that recognized Lee after his March 23rdvideo went viral Related Links: The video of Lee Wong speaking at the March 23rd meeting of the West Chester Township Board of Trustees that went viral: https://abc7ny.com/lee-wong-scars-asian-american-hate-west-chester-ohio-military-service/10454881/?fbclid=IwAR0tx9rs7QdKwaANPO0wwohb3UJA3_n0CLchV4sEu_qekuAsJSbK6WE68rA Atlanta Spa Shootings: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Atlanta_spa_shootings The voicemail Lee received from another military service man who recognized Lee after his March 23rd video went viral: https://www.facebook.com/759509573/posts/10159651061469574/?d=n Midwest USA Chinese Chamber of Commerce on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/midwestchamber The Sun Poem by Sara Ting: http://worldunityinc.org/thesunpoem.html

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: Minnie Sun is one of the co-founders of Taiwan Mixed, a platform that aggregates English content on Taiwan. She was in Taipei when I spoke with her recently about Taiwan Mixed and her perspectives on how Taiwan or the Taiwanese Can Help when it comes to the stigmatization of COVID-19 which has been attributed to the recent rise in anti-Asian sentiment. How #CanTaiwanHelp #StopAsianHate? Here's a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode: Where the idea for Taiwan Mixed came from Project Taiwan How Taiwan Mixed provides TLDR (too long didn't read) articles in English about Taiwan How Taiwan Mixed got started The 228, Decolonization and Transitional Justice event that Taiwan Mixed hosted on Clubhouse in March The challenges they've experienced with Taiwan Mixed How Taiwan Mixed chooses its partners and news sources to feature What feedback Taiwan Mixed has gotten so far What she hopes to accomplish with Taiwan Mixed The future of Taiwan Mixed The origin of the hashtag #TaiwanCanHelp The CommonWealth article, #TaiwanCanHelp curb anti-Asian sentiment: stop saying "Wuhan pneumonia" written by Minnie Sun The #StopAsianHate community forum hosted by Taiwan Mixed What the Taiwanese can do to combat anti-Asian sentiment The criticisms of and reactions to Minnie's CommonWeath article How to apply to be a partner of Taiwan Mixed Related Links: Taiwan Mixed: https://www.taiwanmixed.org/ Taiwan Mixed on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/taiwanmixed Taiwan Mixed on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tw.mixed/ Taiwan Mixed on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tw_mixed Project Taiwan: https://www.projecttaiwan.org/ Taiwan Can Help: https://taiwancanhelp.us/ The article, #TaiwanCanHelp curb anti-Asian sentiment: stop saying "Wuhan pneumonia" written by Minnie Sun: https://english.cw.com.tw/article/article.action?id=2962 Video of a DPP Representative, at a forum in Dubai on COVID-19, explicitly using the term "Wuhan Virus" in English: https://twitter.com/tw_mixed/status/1385142073188229122 Taiwan Mixed's Twitter Conversation Thread about the article, #TaiwanCanHelp curb anti-Asian sentiment: stop saying "Wuhan pneumonia" written by Minnie Sun: https://twitter.com/tw_mixed/status/1385140250922557440

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: My guest on this episode of Talking Taiwan, Lisa Cheng Smith, has channeled her love of Taiwanese food, cooking and premium ingredients into creating Yun Hai Taiwanese Pantry. Yun Hai sources premium ingredients for Taiwanese cooking, directly from artisans, farms, and soy sauce breweries in Taiwan. In this interview Lisa not only talks about how and why she started Yun Hai, and her vision for the business, but she shares her favorite Taiwanese restaurants, cookbooks, and some great resources for tips on Taiwanese cooking. Taiwanese food lovers, this episode is definitely for you! I initially spoke with Lisa earlier this year but so much has happened with Yun Hai since then, so a week or so ago we spoke again to get some updates. Be sure to listen to the end of the interview to hear about all of the exciting developments. Here's a little preview of what we talked about in the podcast: What inspired Lisa to start Yun Hai Taiwanese Pantry Where Lisa's love of Taiwanese food comes from The chili sauce that inspired her to start Yun Hai The slow food movement What Lisa loves about the food in Taiwan How long it took Lisa to set up Yun Hai The story behind the name Yun Hai The challenges of running a small online business How Lisa met her business partner Yun Hai's collaboration with Rose Bakery for the Lunar New Year Lisa's favorite Taiwanese holidays and festivals Lisa's Taiwanese cookbook recommendations Other sources recommended by Lisa for Taiwanese recipes (blogs, YouTube) Products offered by Yun Hai New products How Lisa choses products for Yun Hai Yun Hai's connection to Win Son Lisa's Taiwanese restaurant recommendations Future plans for Yun Hai The short documentary that Yun Hai produced about soy sauce makers in Taiwan The newest developments with Yun Hai since the initial interview with Lisa earlier this year Yun Hai's Kickstarter campaign for Yun Hai Selection Dried Fruit Line (pineapple, mango, guava) New products that Yun Hai is introducing How Yun Hai has been growing Yun Hai's plans to open a store in East Williamsburg Brooklyn, NY The Yun Hai Stories newsletter Related Links: Yun Hai Taiwanese Pantry website: https://yunhai.shop/ Yun Hai Taiwanese Pantry on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yunhaishop/ Sign up for the Yun Hai newsletter: https://yunhai.substack.com/ Yun Hai's mini-documentary, Time, Terroir, Taiwan: Soy Sauce Brewing in XiLuo: https://youtu.be/UhJ5wU1jY0E Yun Hai Taiwanese Pantry on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yunhaishop "9 Recipes for a Vibrant Lunar New Year Celebration" by Lisa Cheng Smith for Bon Appétit Magazine: https://www.bonappetit.com/gallery/lunar-new-year-menu-lisa-cheng-smith Taipei Times article about Yun Hai Pantry: https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2019/07/13/2003718573 Yun Hai + Rose Bakery Year of the Ox Collaboration: https://yunhai.shop/blogs/articles/year-of-the-ox-yun-hai-rose-bakery Dover Street Market: https://www.doverstreetmarket.com/ Alice Waters: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Waters Food of Taiwan by Cathy Erway: https://www.amazon.com/Food-Taiwan-Recipes-Beautiful-Island/dp/0544303016/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Food+of+Taiwan&qid=1623571715&s=books&sr=1-1 All Under Heaven cookbook by Carolyn Phillips: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=All+Under+Heaven&i=stripbooks&ref=nb_sb_noss_2 Carolyn Phillips' blog, Madame Huang's kitchen: https://www.madamehuang.com/blog Choochoo-ca-Cchew (Taiwanese recipes with locally sourced ingredients): https://www.choochoocachew.com/ Taiwan Duck (Taiwan Cooking) on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TaiwanCooking Win Son Restaurant and Bakery: https://winsonbrooklyn.com/ Trigg Brown and Josh Ku of Win Son: Taiwanese Restaurant in NYC: https://talkingtaiwan.com/trigg-brown-josh-ku-win-son-taiwanese-restaurant-nyc/ Ho Foods restaurant: https://www.hofoodsnyc.com/ 886 restaurant: https://www.eighteightsix.com/ Happy Stony Noodles (restaurant in Elmhurst Queens): https://www.happystonynoodle.com/ Q Town restaurant: https://www.qtownasiancuisine.com/ Pulau Pinang restaurant: https://menupages.com/pulau-pinang-malaysian-and-taiwanese-cuisine/82-84-broadway-elmhurst Taipei Times Columnist Michael Turton Talks About the Taiwan Pineapple Ban by China: https://talkingtaiwan.com/taipei-times-columnist-michael-turton-talks-about-the-taiwan-pineapple-ban-by-china-ep-119/ Taipei Times article about China's ban of Taiwan's pinapples, "PRC bans import of Taiwan pineapples": https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2021/02/27/2003752913 Yun Hai's Kickstarter campaign for Yun Hai Selection: Dried Pineapple, Mango, Guava from Taiwan: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/yunhaishop/dried-fruits-made-in-taiwan

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: There has been a surge in Taiwan's coronavirus cases since about mid-May, and Taiwan is now on COVID alert level 3, one level before full lockdown. I've invited Courtney Donovan Smith on to Talking Taiwan to talk about what led to the increase in COVID cases, the current situation and what's happening with Taiwan's efforts to acquire COVID vaccines. Courtney Donovan Smith is the central Taiwan correspondent for ICRT News, and one of the co-founders of the Taiwan Report, which I highly recommend as a really great news resource for what's happening in Taiwan. Since Courtney and I spoke on June 3rd, Taiwan remains at COVID alert level 3, on Friday, Japan sent over one million doses of AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine to Taiwan, and the U.S. has promised to donate 750,000 Covid-19 vaccine doses to Taiwan. Here's a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode: The current situation and atmosphere in Taiwan since COVID cases started to spike How the increase in COVID cases were linked to commercial airline pilots who stayed at the Novotel airport hotel Taiwan is currently at COVID alert level 3 What does COVID alert level 3 entail What's happened since Taiwan has been at COVID alert level 3 How the increase in COVID cases in Taiwan are due to the more virulent UK variant of COVID How one of the factors to determine whether Taiwan will go to level 4 (full lockdown), is the number of cases with unknown origin and what constitutes a case of known or unknown origin Taiwan is tentatively going to remain at level 3 until June 14 Reasons for the low COVID vaccination rate in Taiwan Why Taiwan has not been able to procure Pfizer vaccines from German firm BioNTech and what happened to the deal What China's Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group (which claims to handle the Greater China market which includes Taiwan) has to do with Taiwan's efforts to access COVID vaccines The Chinese made COVID vaccine China's interference in Taiwan's efforts to secure COVID vaccines China's reaction to the Japan's offer to donate vaccines to Taiwan How China interfered with relief efforts during the 921 Earthquake in Taiwan The most well-known cases of COVID outbreaks in Taiwan involving the Taipei Wanhua district teahouses and "Grape Mother" Related Links: Taiwan Report: https://report.tw/ Taiwan Report News Brief – Covid conundrums: https://youtu.be/YCFkROxHjcM Taiwan Centers for Disease Control press releases: https://www.cdc.gov.tw/En Taiwan tightens 5 rules under Level 3 alert: https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4210925 Taiwan announces 1st local coronavirus case in 254 days (Latest domestic COVID-19 infection is woman who came in close contact with New Zealand pilot): https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4084077 2 women in Taipei tea houses test positive for COVID: https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4201655 Taiwan, feuding with China, gets vaccines from Japan: https://apnews.com/article/europe-china-taiwan-business-japan-0c31ddf65eaa81ac101f592ec5697c37 'Urgent need': US to donate 750,000 Covid vaccine doses to Taiwan: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/06/us-taiwan-covid-vaccine-doses-senators-visit-tsai-ing-wen

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: In celebration of Asian heritage month (which takes place in May), Talking Taiwan participated in United We Stand, the 42nd Annual Asian Pacific American Heritage Festival, and on May 17th, organized a Panel Discussion and Q&A on the topic: What To Do If You Are The Target Of Asian Hate. The event was recorded and this is Part 2, which features the Q&A portion with panelists- Chris Kwok, Steve Lee, Suelain Moy, and Peter Yang Zhao. If you don't want miss out on any of the useful information shared be sure to go back and listen to Part 1, which was the opening discussion with our panelists and shared in the previous episode, Episode 132. Panelist bios: Christopher M. Kwok, is a mediator and arbitrator with JAMS, Board Director and Issues Committee Chair for the Asian American Bar Association of New York, and an Adjunct Professor at Hunter College/CUNY and New York City College of Technology/CUNY. Sergeant Steven Lee, is a 16-year veteran of the NYPD, a whistleblower fighting to reform police corruption, and Anti-Asian Hate Crime Activist. Suelain Moy, is a New York City mother, writer, journalist, author, and editor who wrote "The 16 Safety Guidelines for the Parents of Asian Children." Peter Yang Zhao, is an Anti-Asian Hate Crime and Tourette Activist. Here's a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode: How we have to fight the legacy of law that perceived nonwhites as legal nonpersons What should/can bystanders or upstanders do if they witness a hate crime Hollaback organization Why panelist Steve Lee does not recommend carrying mace or pepper spray Why panelist Steve Lee recommends carrying around a tactical flashlight What constitutes self-defense The Flushing Bakery case Suggestions of what items are acceptable or not to carry for self-defense What constitutes a hate crime What was done to get Patrick Mateo of the Flushing Bakery case charged with a hate crime and what you can do get an Asian hate crime prosecuted Adopt a case that you want to rally behind or support No matter what your immigration status is you are protected under the law if you are the target of Asian hate Police officers are not allowed to ask about your immigration status It should take 24-48 hours for a police report to be in the system The difference between harassment, assault, and reckless endangerment The stabbing of an Asian man in the Seattle area The importance of connecting with non-Asian communities Suggested action items for event participants from the panelists The importance of self-care and mental health Related Links: United We Stand- 42nd Annual Asian Pacific American Heritage Festival: Https://beacons.ai/aapifest An example of now nonwhites were not considered human or to have the same rights: The 1854 Supreme Court of California case of People v. Hall, which reversed the murder conviction of George W. Hall, "a free white citizen of this State," because three prosecution witnesses were Chinese: https://www.aabany.org/events/event_details.asp?legacy=1&id=1513147 Hollaback: https://www.ihollaback.org/ Flushing Bakery incident: [INSERT the 2 jpgs] The stabbing in Seattle that Jolene referred to: Asian American groups push for Bothell murder to be investigated as hate crime: https://www.king5.com/article/news/crime/john-huynh-asian-american-advocates-hate-crime-investigation/281-fd824596-7856-4dc4-ab96-dfc3956764ff Reaction to the murder of an Asian Man being stabbed in Bothell. WA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=794MprgRsRA CeFaan Kim: https://abc7ny.com/about/newsteam/cefaan-kim/ https://twitter.com/CeFaanKim Dion Lim: https://abc7news.acom/about/newsteam/dion-lim/ https://twitter.com/DionLimTV Coalition of Asian Pacific Americans (CAPA): http://capaonline.org/ Korean American Story: https://koreanamericanstory.org/ Project by Project: https://www.projectbyproject.org/ Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA): https://www.apalanet.org/ OCA-NY Asian Pacific American Advocates: http://www.oca-ny.org/contact.html Asian Women Giving Circle: http://asianwomengivingcircle.org/ Free yoga class that panelist Suelain Moy mentioned that she took with Joyce Wu, "Gentle Yoga for Terrible Times": https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gentle-yoga-for-terrible-times-tickets-107646048228 More about the class: https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/wellness/gentle-yoga-for-terrible-times-offers-hour-long-wellness-session/ar-BB17kInE Joyce's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oneandonlyjoyce/ Asian Mental Health Collective: https://www.asianmhc.org/

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: May is Asian heritage month and Talking Taiwan was one of over 100 organizations and groups that participated in United We Stand, the 42nd Annual Asian Pacific American Heritage Festival, organized by CAPA the Coalition of Asian Pacific Americans. Usually festival is a one-day outdoor event held in New York City, but this year it was run virtually online for the entire month of May. As I thought about how Talking Taiwan could go beyond just being another virtual booth in the festival, and give back to the community, I realized that we could put together an online event simply by inviting some of our past guests, namely Suelain Moy, Steven Lee and Peter Yang Zhao for discussion and Q&A on the topic of: What to do if you are the target of Asian hate. And with the help of my friend Chris Chen, who's a part of CAPA, the festival's organizing committee, we added another panelist Chris Kwok, an attorney doing a lot of great work related to anti-Asian hate. The event was held on May 17th and recorded. We are sharing it here in two parts. This is part one featuring a discussion with our panelists. Part two will be the Q&A discussion that followed. Panelist bios: Christopher M. Kwok, is a mediator and arbitrator with JAMS, Board Director and Issues Committee Chair for the Asian American Bar Association of New York, and an Adjunct Professor at Hunter College/CUNY and New York City College of Technology/CUNY. Sergeant Steven Lee, is a 16-year veteran of the NYPD, a whistleblower fighting to reform police corruption, and Anti-Asian Hate Crime Activist. Suelain Moy, is a New York City mother, writer, journalist, author, and editor who wrote "The 16 Safety Guidelines for the Parents of Asian Children." Peter Yang Zhao, is an Anti-Asian Hate Crime and Tourette Activist. Here's a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode: United We Stand, the 42ndAnnual Asian Pacific American Heritage Festival, organized by CAPA the Coalition of Asian Pacific Americans Panelist Suelain Moy talks about an anti-Asian hate incident that happened to her and her son Suelain's practical tips for dealing with harassment on the street How parents should talk to their kids about how to protect themselves Where to report Asian hate incidents When reporting a hate crime, what constitutes a hate crime When reporting a crime it is important to mention all the details and speak up about what exactly happened Why Asian hate crimes have been underreported You don't have to file a police report in the precinct where it happened The anti-Asian hate incident that happened to panelist Peter Yang Zhao's wife Peter's Tourette activism and mention that May 15-June 15 is Tourette's Syndrome month Why what happened to Peter's wife was considered a criminal case The difference between a criminal and civil case How AALDEF does not offer personal direct legal services but does impact litigation What is impact litigation The MinKwon Center does offer personal direct legal services, but only in very specific areas How the timing and prevalence of Asian hate crimes impacted how Peter's wife's case was handled When filing a police report the perpetrator is given your information by the district attorney's office within 48 hours, so it's not necessary to give all of your personal information (e.g. address or date of birth), you can just give your first name and an email address How Asians need to be more politically active and speak up Related Links: United We Stand- 42nd Annual Asian Pacific American Heritage Festival: Https://beacons.ai/aapifest Panelist Suelain Moy's 16 Safety Guidelines for the Parents of Asian Children: https://suelain.com/2021/03/25/16-safety-guidelines-for-the-parents-of-asian-children/?fbclid=IwAR2tbE5J3vbKAASQwZBdxEiZRsnyQ34phgyyqxCyX-4NX2ztxRPY-FCYZJk Panelist Peter Zhao's Op Ed about the Anti-Asian Hate crime that happened to his wife: https://asamnews.com/2021/03/23/oped-finding-real-solutions-to-ending-anti-asian-hate-crimes/ Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF): https://www.aaldef.org/ MinKwon Center for Community Action: http://minkwon.org/ Flushing Bakery Incident: Queens County's District Attorney, Melinda Katz: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melinda_Katz

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: My guest on this episode is Eva Lou a writer and publisher and the founder of Madeleine Editions, a multi-lingual children's book publishing company, that offers books in English, French and Mandarin Chinese. Madeleine Editions published Monster Dance, a children's book created to help children deal with and understand the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. For every copy of Monster Dance sold, a donation will be made to Donate PPE. Eva spoke with me about the uniqueness of what Madeleine Editions is doing with their digital books, which are a multisensory experience, that combines animation, and the beauty of the spoken word and music. She shared a particularly memorable story that involved the recording of music for the book, The Little Baby Airplane. We also spoke about her personal writing projects and her perspectives on what It takes to be a writer. Here's a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode: How Madeleine Editions got involved in publishing the children's book, Monster Dance What it took to get Monster Dancepublished so quickly and in a timely fashion What inspired Eva to start Madeleine Editions How Madeleine Editions publishes multi-lingual books in three languages: Chinese, English and French The Taste of a Strawberry, the first book that led to the creation of Madeleine Editions' How Madeleine Editions' books combine animation, the spoken word and music How Madeleine Editions collaborated with Deutsche Grammophon: How 3-7 years of age is a critical time for children to be exposed languages How Taiwanese supermodel Chiling Lin (林志玲) got involved as the Chinese narrator for Monster Dance How Eva's personal background set her on the path to run a multi-lingual publishing house How Eva relates differently she when speaks English, Mandarin Chinese and French Eva's connection to Taiwan The many different languages spoken in Eva's household The joys and challenges of running Madeleine Editions What it was like working with illustrator Guy Gilchrist One of the highlights of her work with Madeleine Editions involved the recording of music for the book, The Little Baby Airplane The uniqueness of what Madeline Editions does as a multilingual children's book publisher How Madeleine Editions' books can expose children to other nonnative languages The musicality of language Eva's career as a writer The novel that Eva has been working on that is related to Taiwan Madeleine Editions' plans to adapt The Little Princefor children 3-7 years of age The series of essays that Eva is working on about homes vs. houses Eva's writing routine The difference between a career in publishing vs. being a writer Eva's perspective on being a writer and what it takes to be a writer Related Links: Madeleine Editions: https://madeleineeditions.com/ Madeleine Editions on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MadeleineEditions Madeleine Editions on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/madeleine_editions/ Monster Dance (On the Apple App Store): https://apps.apple.com/us/app/monster-dance/id1533424890 Monster Dance on Apple iBooks: https://books.apple.com/us/book/monster-dance/id1533431014 Monster Dance on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Monster-Dance-Eva-Lou/dp/0578747707 Monster Dance on Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.madeleineeditions.ebook.monsterdance&hl=en_US&gl=US Monster Dance's Kickstarter campaign: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/madeleineeditions/monster-dance The Taste of a Strawberry: https://madeleineeditions.com/stories/the-taste-of-a-strawberry/ Deutsche Grammophon: https://www.deutschegrammophon.com/en/ The Little Baby Airplane: https://madeleineeditions.com/stories/little-baby-airplane/ Guy Gilchrist's website: https://www.aguygilchristproduction.com/ d'extases rapture by Eva Lou: https://www.amazon.com/dextases-rapture/dp/2851573047 228 (February 28, 1947 incident): https://www.taiwandc.org/228-intr.htm Donate PPE: https://donateppe.org/ Talking Taiwan Episode 120: Dr. Karen Tsai Brings Monster Dance Children's Book to Life: https://talkingtaiwan.com/dr-karen-tsai-brings-monster-dance-childrens-book-to-life-ep-120/

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: The wave of Anti-Asian hate crimes over the past year have largely been attributed to blaming the Chinese for the spread of the Coronavirus. However, Asian Americans have experienced hate, social injustice and discrimination since they started immigrating to the U.S. I've invited Richard Chen on to the podcast to talk about the history of discrimination toward asian americans, and some of the major events that have galvanized Asian Americans in the past. Richard is Creator of StopAAPIHate.us, Board member of Asian American Action Fund. Founding moderator of the FB group Asians Now a FB group of Asian diaspora for social awareness. Here's a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode: What motivated Richard to create StopAAPIHate.us Why the model minority myth is problematic Asiatic exclusion league Yellow Peril Page Act Chinese Exclusion Act Geary Act Tydings–McDuffie Act Asiatic Barred Zone Act Immigration Act of 1924 Burning of Santa Ana Chinatown Japanese internment camps The Murder of Vincent Chin Rodney King Incident and the 1992 LA Riots Related Links: Richard Chen on Twitter: https://twitter.com/richardc020 Asian American Action Fund: https://aaafund.org AsiansNOW, a 14,000 member Facebook group to raise the Asian diaspora's social awareness: http://facebook.com/groups/asiansnow StopAAPIHate.us: https://stopaapihate.us Xenophobia and racism related to the COVID-19 pandemic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenophobia_and_racism_related_to_the_COVID-19_pandemic#New_York Anti-Chinese sentiment in the United States: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Chinese_sentiment_in_the_United_States Atlanta Spa Shootings: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Atlanta_spa_shootings Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA): https://www.aaja.org/ Asiatic Exclusion League: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asiatic_Exclusion_League 1875 Page Act: https://www.history.com/news/chinese-immigration-page-act-women#:~:text=On%20paper%2C%20the%20Page%20Act,for%20the%20purposes%20of%20prostitution.%E2%80%9D Why Santa Ana, CA Deliberated Burned Down Its Chinatown in 1906: https://www.ocweekly.com/santa-ana-deliberately-burned-down-its-chinatown-in-1906-and-let-a-man-die-to-do-it-6446664/ 'Model Minority' Myth Again Used As A Racial Wedge Between Asians And Blacks: https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2017/04/19/524571669/model-minority-myth-again-used-as-a-racial-wedge-between-asians-and-blacks The model minority myth says all Asians are successful. Why that's dangerous: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/model-minority-myth-says-asians-are-successful-dangerous-rcna420 Geary Act: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geary_Act#:~:text=An%20Act%20to%20prohibit%20the,persons%20into%20the%20United%20States.&text=The%20Geary%20Act%20was%20a,Congress%20on%20May%205%2C%201892. https://immigrationhistory.org/item/geary-act/ Tydings–McDuffie Act: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tydings%E2%80%93McDuffie_Act Asiatic Barred Zone Act aka the Immigration Act of 1917 and the Literacy Act: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Act_of_1917 Immigration Act of 1924: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Act_of_1924 Angel Island: https://bit.ly/3wjiW0m Japanese Internment Camps: https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/japanese-american-relocation Murder of Vincent Chin: https://www.history.com/news/vincent-chin-murder-asian-american-rights National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP): https://naacp.org/ American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU): https://www.aclu.org/ Asian Americans (PBS documentary): https://www.pbs.org/show/asian-americans/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkIjSx2Ax0U We Need To Talk About Anti-Asian Hate: https://youtu.be/14WUuya94QE Anti-Asian violence has surged in the US since COVID-19. But it didn't start there: https://www.today.com/news/anti-asian-violence-history-anti-asian-racism-us-t210645https://www.today.com/news/anti-asian-violence-history-anti-asian-racism-us-t210645

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: May 15 to June 15th is Tourette Syndrome Awareness Month. Tourette Syndrome is usually diagnosed in childhood or adolescence. According to the Tourette Association of America 1 out of every 160 children between the ages of 5-17 in the United States has Tourette Syndrome and 1 out of every 100 children has Tourette Syndrome or another Tic Disorder. In doing research for this interview, I visited the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Tourette Association of America websites. On these websites, I noticed that resources for children with Tourette Syndrome and their parents to deal with bullying were prominently displayed. It's an important reminder that there needs to be more awareness, tolerance and understanding of Tourette Syndrome, but not just in childhood but in society in general, amongst people of all ages. My guest on this episode of Talking Taiwan is Tourette Activist, Peter Yang Zhao who we've had on previous episodes with Sergeant Steven Lee to talk about the topic of Asian hate. In this in depth interview, Peter explains what living with Tourette Syndrome is, how he got diagnosed, and speaks frankly about the challenges he's had to overcome as a Touretter, and how he advocates for more awareness of Tourette Syndrome. Here's a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode: Peter's connection to Taiwan Georges Gilles de la Tourette What is Tourette Syndrome Coprolalia The Tourette Syndrome iceberg People with Tourette Syndrome are often affected by another co-occurring condition like Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Depression The connection between OCD and Tourette Syndrome How Peter's mother dealt with his Tourette Syndrome Peter's evolution of vocal tics and how he changed his vocal tics over years How Peter was diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome How tics can change over time Cognitive behavior training Peter's first tic which appeared at 8 years old The stress Peter experienced while being bullied at school The reflexology treatment that Peter initially received to treat his Tourette Syndrome How Peter had to fight other students at school to defend himself and stop the bullying What happened when Peter started taking an antipsychotic drug (pimozide) to control his tics Coprographia How Peter's mother and doctors reacted to his complaints of increased intrusive thoughts The physical and mental addiction that Peter developed to the drug How tics are triggered How Peter's only escape from his intrusive thoughts was to sleep How Peter started having suicidal thoughts How Peter decided to stop taking the antipsychotic drug What happened when Peter quit taking the drug How Peter's tics are seasonal Tourette Association of America which is located in Bayside, NY How Peter didn't want to have kids because he was afraid of passing along the genes for Tourette Syndrome Tourette's Facebook support groups How Peter was interviewed for the Tourette Syndrome podcast #7DaysOfTourettes movement The article Peter wrote about Ted Cruz's tweet about Tourette Syndrome Related Links: Georges Gilles de la Tourette: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Gilles_de_la_Tourette Coprolalia: https://bit.ly/2RhyGl9 John Hopkins Medicine: What causes Tourette Syndrome and How Tourette Syndrome can occur differently in boys and girls: https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/tourettes-disorder#:~:text=It%20is%20an%20autosomal%20dominant,gene%20on%20to%20each%20child. Tourette Association of America: https://tourette.org/ CDC data and statistics on Tourette Syndrome: https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/tourette/data.html Dr. Arthur K. Shapiro: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_K._Shapiro Twitch and Shout: A Touretter's Tale by Lowell Handler: https://www.amazon.com/Twitch-Shout-Touretters-Lowell-Handler/dp/0816644519 Coprographia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coprographia Pimozide: https://medlineplus.gov/druginfo/meds/a686018.html Jumaane Williams: https://bit.ly/3ebDRvW Jumaane Williams talks about Tourette Syndrome: https://council.nyc.gov/jumaane-williams/2017/07/12/jumaane-williams-talks-about-tourette-syndrome/ Tourette's Podcast group on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/664680327265761/?ref=share Tic and Tourette's support page https://www.facebook.com/groups/477065749007938/?ref=share Tourette's Syndrome support group https://www.facebook.com/groups/tourettessyndromesupport/?ref=share Tourette's Podcast page www.Tourettespodcast.com https://asamnews.com/2021/01/30/oped-asian-am-with-tourette-tired-of-being-punch-line/ Asian In New York: http://www.asianinny.com/ ORIENTED.com: http://oriented.com/ The Sunflower Movement: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunflower_Student_MovementA note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin:

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: In this episode I'm welcoming back Peter Yang Zhao and Steve Lee to continue talking about the topic of Asian hate picking up after part 1, episode 125. Both have been active in the fight to stop Asian hate crimes, and have lots to share on the topic. Peter Yang Zhao, is an anti-Asian hate crime activist, and Tourette's syndrome activist. Sergeant Steven Lee is a 16-year veteran of the NYPD, a whistleblower fighting to reform police corruption and anti-Asian hate crime activist. In 2020 he ran for State Assembly in District 40. Here's a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode: What happened to Peter's wife after she was punched in the face and the police came Why Peter's wife was handcuffed by police and remained handcuffed when taken to the hospital to get stitches Bail reform What happened when Peter reached out the Flushing Chamber of Commerce, Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), Ron Kim and the MinKwon Center for help How Peter's wife's case was classified as a criminal case instead of a civil case How the case was delayed and dropped due to the COVID-19 pandemic How Peter wrote an article for AsAmNews about what happened with his wife What a COP program is The Guardian Angels Flushing block watch groups Main Street Patrol and PSP 5 D's of self-defense: deter, detect, delay, deny defend What is considered self-defense Why Asian hate crimes are underreported What can people do to help stop Asian hate crime Why Steve is fighting police corruption Related Links: Peter Yang Zhao on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fabulously_tourette/ Peter's account of the anti-Asian crime involving his wife: https://asamnews.com/2021/03/23/oped-finding-real-solutions-to-ending-anti-asian-hate-crimes/ Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALEDF): https://www.aaldef.org/ MinKwon Center for Community Action: http://minkwon.org/ Shomrim (Jewish COP): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shomrim_(neighborhood_watch_group) Guardian Angels: http://guardianangels.org/

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: My guest on this episode of Talking Taiwan is Eric Chang, a writer for Taiwan News. On April 18th we spoke about China's April 12th incursion into Taiwan's air defense identification zone, the largest one to date at the time. We also spoke about the longstanding military threat that China poses for Taiwan and the Asia Pacific region, what this means for Taiwan, how Taiwan has responded, the U.S.'s response and why it matters, and how the support and cooperation from neighboring countries is essential to keeping peace in the region. Here's a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode: The difference between a country's airspace and ADIZ (air defense identification zone) When Taiwan's ADIZ was set up When China's ADIZ was set up How China's air intrusions increased during the last year of Trump's presidency What prompted China's April 12th incursion into Taiwan's ADIZ U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken's recent comments about Taiwan The Taiwan Relations Act What the median line is When Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense started to publicly report China's incursions into Taiwan's ADIZ How many incursions there have been this year by China to Taiwan's ADIZ The significance of Alex Azar (24th U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary) and Keith Krach's (Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment) visits to Taiwan Taiwan's response to China's incursions What damage China can do to Taiwan with their fighter planes The strategy/motivation behind China's incursions The war of attrition Gray zone tactics China's history of military aggression aimed at Taiwan China's reaction to Taiwan's first direct presidential election in 1996 How willing China is to attack Taiwan How concerned people in Taiwan are about the China's military threat China's increasing military aggression in the Asia region Taiwan's defense abilities The new multimission amphibious ships that Taiwan recently launched Asymmetric warfare capabilities and how Taiwan can defend itself U.S. arms sales to Taiwan How the Biden administration has reacted to China's April 12th incursion How Taiwan can benefit from cooperation and intelligence sharing with neighboring countries in the Asia Pacific region Good sources to learn about Taiwan's military situation Related Links: Eric Chang on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ahbying Taiwan reports largest incursion yet by Chinese air force: https://www.reuters.com/world/china/taiwan-reports-largest-incursion-yet-by-chinese-air-force-2021-04-12/ 25 Chinese military aircraft intrude into Taiwan's ADIZ: https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4175573?fbclid=IwAR3m993hnw9io6q-IOayFBd2ljslUV4HgENika9nj2hshgFrPlAerfXlw_w The Taiwan Relations Act: https://www.ait.org.tw/our-relationship/policy-history/key-u-s-foreign-policy-documents-region/taiwan-relations-act/ Biden sends unofficial delegation to Taiwan in 'personal signal': https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-taiwan-delegation-idUSKBN2C02MS U.S. President Biden and Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's April 16th meeting in Washington D.C.: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/17/biden-and-japans-suga-project-unity-against-chinas-assertiveness.html Taiwan's first direct presidential election in 1996 and China's missile tests aimed at Taiwan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_Taiwanese_presidential_election Ian Easton – Project 2049 Institute: https://project2049.net/author/ianeaston/ U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken calls Taiwan 'country': https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4148761 Taiwan launches new amphibious vessel with anti-ship missiles: https://bit.ly/3no5Xa9 Taiwan's National Ministry of Defense on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mondefense Taiwan's National Ministry of Defense's real-time updates of military activity around its borders: https://bit.ly/3nnkK4U Focus Taiwan: https://focustaiwan.tw/

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: Dr. Jeng Yen is a NASA scientist and the "driver" of the Perseverance Mars rover. I initially interviewed Dr. Yen on April 9th. We spoke about how he was first inspired to join NASA by the first Mars rover Sojourner, what's been discovered about Mars since then, the age of space exploration, the work of Mars rover Perseverance and the Mars helicopter Ingenuity which is poised to be the first aircraft to fly on Mars. I spoke with Dr. Yen again this past Friday, April 16th and he gave me an important update on the Mars helicopter Ingenuity which has had to delay the date of its first flight on Mars. We are excited to learn that on Monday April 19th Ingenuity has indeed made history as the first aircraft humans have flown on another planet- Mars! You can watch the first flight of the Ingenuity Mars helicopter live from mission control here on YouTube: https://youtu.be/p1KolyCqICI I'm so pleased to be sharing my full interview with Dr. Yen on this momentous day. Here's a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode: How Dr. Yen's interest in working for NASA was inspired by the first rover on Mars the Sojourner in 1997 How Dr. Yen's previous work in Minnesota on army high performance computing involved vehicle design What it's like to live and work in Mars time The Mars helicopter Ingenuity The four Mars exploration missions that Dr. Yen has been on and what each accomplished Mars exploration rovers Spirit and Opportunity's discovery that there was past surface water on Mars Mars rover Curiosity and where it is in relation to the Perseverance rover What the interface used to drive the rover is like The Phoenix lander mission The InSight mission which is still running and learning about the core of Mars What happens if a part of the Perseverance rover breaks What happened when the Curiosity rover dropped its drill How long Perseverance will be on Mars The power that Perseverance runs on that allows it to last for years What is involved in landing a rover How video footage of Perseverance's landing was captured How the Mars helicopter Ingenuity communicates with the Perseverance rover China's plans to land a rover on Mars How Perseverance will be taking samples from Mars to see if there is any evidence of life on Mars and how these samples will be found and retrieved by a future rover If Elon Musk's SpaceX could be the first to land humans on Mars Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin Will it be possible to colonize Mars in the next 30 years Which planet surface will NASA explore next The Europa clipper Why NASA uses the discovery of water as a standard to explore for life The Phoenix lander mission Where the name "Perseverance" for the current Mars rover came from Who names the Mars rovers The quest to answer the question are we alone in this universe STEM (Science Technology Engineering Mathematics) education How Dr. Yen founded the San Marino High School FRC (First Robotics Competition) Dr. Yen's advice for people interested in working in the field of space exploration or aeronautics Related Links: About Dr Jeng Yen: https://www-robotics.jpl.nasa.gov/people/Jeng_Yen/personFull.cfm NASA Website: https://www.nasa.gov/ NASA YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLA_DiR1FfKNvjuUpBHmylQ NASA on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NASA NASA on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NASA NASA on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/nasa Watch NASA's Perseverance Rover Land on Mars! (Full video and reporting on NASA's Perseverance Rover): https://youtu.be/gm0b_ijaYMQ Nasa Mars rover: Key questions about Perseverance: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-53129281 First Flight of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter: Live from Mission Control: https://youtu.be/p1KolyCqICI Sojourner NASA's first rover on Mars: https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/july-4-1997-sojourner-arrives-on-the-red-planet https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/nasas-first-rover-on-the-red-planet Info about the Mars rovers: https://go.nasa.gov/2QG5Uuo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_rover Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars-exploration/missions/mars-exploration-rovers/ Mars rover Curiosity: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/index.html Europa Clipper: https://europa.nasa.gov/ Phoenix Mars lander: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/phoenix/main/index.html InSight mission: https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InSight Who names NASA's Mars Rovers? https://share.america.gov/who-names-nasas-mars-rovers/

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: My guests on this episode of Talking Taiwan about the topic of Asian hate are Peter Yang Zhao and Steve Lee. Both have been active in the fight to stop Asian hate crimes, and have lots to share on the topic of Asian hate. Peter Yang Zhao, is an anti-Asian hate crime activist, and Tourette's syndrome activist. A quick glance at his Instagram handle @fabulously_tourette reveals how outspoken he is on these topics. We will have him back on as a guest on a future episode to talk about his Tourette's syndrome and advocacy work. Sergeant Steven Lee is a 16-year veteran of the NYPD, a whistleblower fighting to reform police corruption and anti-Asian hate crime activist. In 2020 he ran for State Assembly in District 40. Here's a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode: The 89-year-old woman who was set on fire in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York on July 14, 2020 They Can't Burn Us All rallies and movement Guardian Angels How early on in the COVID-19 pandemic Steve donated N-95 masks to seniors Early reactions within the Asian community when the Chinese started being blamed for spreading the Coronavirus How Steve posted about crimes against Asians on Facebook saying that we need to start neighborhood block watches How Steve created Asians in America which donated cooked food to first responders The two block watch programs in Flushing: Main Street Patrol and PSP How the Asian Hate Crime Task Force is volunteer-based and not an actual official unit The pushback that the Asian Hate Crime Task Force is getting from cops How cops need to understand the culture of neighborhoods that they work in Peter's various encounters with Taiwanese after moving to the U.S from China where he was born and raised The Asian hate crime that happened to Peter's wife Related Links: Peter Yang Zhao on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fabulously_tourette/ Elderly woman set on fire in Brooklyn: https://abc7ny.com/woman-set-on-fire-elderly-attack-89-year-old-attacked-bensonhurst-crime/6333749/ BREAKING: Teen Suspects Arrested, Charged After 89-Year-Old Woman Set on Fire in Brooklyn: https://nextshark.com/bensonhurst-brooklyn-suspects-arrested-89-year-old-grandma/ #TheyCantBurnUsAll: https://www.theycantburnusall.org/ Guardian Angels: http://guardianangels.org/ The first They Can't Burn Us All/Asian Unity Rally that started in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York: https://asamnews.com/2020/08/02/asian-americans-rally-to-protest-hate-crimes-in-bensonhurst-neighborhood/ The second They Can't Burn Us All Rally that started in New York's Washington Square Park: https://nextshark.com/china-mac-second-protest-nyc-chinatown/ Asian In New York: http://www.asianinny.com/ Su Beng, the Taiwan Independence Revolutionary: http://aboutsubeng.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Su_Beng Talking Taiwan on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/talkingtaiwan

A Note From Talking Taiwan Host Felicia Lin: I just interviewed Dr Yen the driver of Mars Rover Perseverance for Talking Taiwan and he shared some exciting news with me. My full interview with Dr. Yen will be published Monday April 19th. Talking Taiwan is pleased to be the first podcast to interview the NASA scientist. Don't miss this important and historic interview! Related Links: 6 Things to know about NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/6-things-to-know-about-nasas-ingenuity-mars-helicopter

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: It's been nearly a year since we started publishing episodes of Talking Taiwan on a weekly basis at the beginning of this pandemic, and I've really enjoyed seeing the listenership grow. I'd like to acknowledge our listeners here, especially those who have reached out to me directly. One listener who reached out, said that episode 99 with Professor Scott Simon was particularly eye opening. That led me to think about how to cover the topic of Taiwan's indigenous people and to interview Tony Coolidge (in episodes 112 and 113) about discovering his indigenous roots and his work with the indigenous people of Taiwan. The two episodes I did with Tony are now among the most listened to. Recently we've also gotten some wonderful anonymous reviews from listeners: "Amazing podcast. Really enjoy listening to it, love the variety of people that come on!" and just a few days ago, another listener wrote: "Love all the topics that has been discussed in Talking Taiwan!" We are so grateful for all of this feedback. Your reviews help Talking Taiwan to get discovered. It's great to know that we have a regular listener base, and that our content is resonating with you. Thank you for reaching out and letting us know how we're doing! This week's episode features part two of my interview with Dr. Karen Tsai about her work with Donate PPE, a nonprofit that she has co-founded and that has raised over $150,000 to date. This is part two of my interview with her after speaking with her previously in episode 120 about how she spearheaded the creation of Monster Dance, a children's book created to address the needs of children dealing with a world changed by COVID-19. Here's a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode: How and why Dr. Tsai started the nonprofit organization Donate PPE with Deyu Kong How the Donate PPE team is entirely Asian American The work of Donate PPE and how it has delivered PPE to different low income, communities in need The various companies and organizations that Donate PPE has worked with to get donations distributed How Donate PPE has made donations internationally How Donate PPE has adjusted as the situation with the pandemic has changed over time How Donate PPE's initially targeted hospitals and health care workers but later expanded to nursing homes, free clinics, schools, underprivileged communities, Navajo Nations, rural areas in the Midwest, vaccination sites Asian hate crime advocacy organizations The different distribution challenges that Donate PPE has had to deal with How Donate PPE dealt with the distribution challenges presented by the partnership with Norwex to Distribute a Million Masks to Healthcare Workers and how Citizens of Humanity assisted How Donate PPE got its nonprofit 501(c)(3) status during the pandemic by May 2020 How Dr. Tsai has worked full-time as a physician while running Donate PPE How the Donate PPE website has changed over time What's in the future for Donate PPE once COVID-19 gets more under control Related Links: Donate PPE: https://donateppe.org/ Donate PPE on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/donateppeorg/ Donate PPE on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/donateppe/ Donate PPE on Twitter: https://twitter.com/donateppe Guy Gilchrist's Doodles, the FREE coloring pages he created to educate kids about COVID: https://donateppe.org/doodles/ DonatePPE.org has Partnered with Norwex to Distribute a Million Masks to Healthcare Workers: https://donateppe.org/2020/04/18/donateppe-org-has-partnered-with-norwex-to-distribute-a-million-masks-to-healthcare-workers/ For anyone in need of PPE email Donate PPE at: [email protected] Hate Is A Virus: https://hateisavirus.org/ Stop AAPI Hate: https://stopaapihate.org/

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: Since the beginning of the pandemic I'd been hearing about more and more cases of Asian hate attacks that seemed to be related to blaming the Chinese for spreading COVID. It's been a year so you could say that I'm kind of late to the game in addressing it here. Perhaps it's because there wasn't a single galvanizing event like the murder of George Floyd that mobilized the Black Lives Matter movement. So why now? It wasn't because of the Atlanta spa shootings that left 8 dead, 6 of whom were Asian women. It was due to a text conversation between friends. In early March, my friend Ariane reached out to me on a group text conversation expressing how troubled she was about all the attacks on Asians and wondering what she could do stop it. Last summer I'd found myself asking similar questions after the murder of George Floyd which is why I specifically sought guests who could talk about Black Lives Matter and what had led up to this latest iteration of the movement and the deeply rooted historical background. I realized that we all need to speak up when we see things like this happening and to let others know that it will not be tolerated. We need to create more awareness with whatever resources and platforms we have. Now it's time for me to walk the talk on the issue of Anti-Asian hate attacks by addressing it here on Talking Taiwan. I don't think what's been happening is strictly a COVID-related issue that is going to go away. Actually, anti-Asian sentiments have been around and have surfaced and resurfaced in many different forms in the past. This will be the first of a few episodes about Asian hate. For this episode I've invited Suelain Moy and her son Otter on to the podcast to talk about how they recently dealt with being the target of Asian hate. About Suelain Moy Suelain Moy is a New York City mother, writer, journalist, author, and editor. Her writing has appeared in many outlets, including Parenting, American Baby, Entertainment Weekly, aMagazine, Good Housekeeping, The Fiscal Times, and the New York Daily News. She is the author of Names to Grow On: Choosing A Name Your Baby Will Love. She graduated from Yale, where she earned a BA in English and studied with bell hooks. Suelain was the first Asian face in the Children's Division of Ford Models. She comes from a long line of merchants, small business owners, teachers, and law enforcement officers in the Chinatown community, where her family has lived for generations since 1922. She wrote "The 16 Safety Guidelines for the Parents of Asian Children" in 2021, during a wave of anti-Asian violence and hate crimes in the U.S. They are based on her experiences with racism and misogyny on the streets of New York. You can read her personal essays, including the safety guidelines, at suelain.com. About Otter Lee Otter Lee is a queer actor, comedian, writer, and voiceover artist born and raised in New York City. He currently plays Otter Lin on Stephen Colbert Presents: Tooning Out the News, a political cartoon on Paramount+ that airs as part of The Late Show. His standup, sketch, and improv have appeared at such venues as Buzzfeed, UCB, Face-Off Unlimited, Caveat, Union Hall, The Magnet, and The Asian American Writer's Workshop. Otter co-produced, hosted, and took the stage for NYC's First Asian Comedy Festival at the PIT in January 2020, selling out multiple blocks and empowering numerous comedians and groups. He followed this with Crazy Talented Asians and Friends, a virtual showcase at Flushing Town Hall. A graduate of NYU's Gallatin School of Individualized Study with a degree in acting, playwriting, and history, Otter also trained extensively in the disciplines of classical and musical theatre, improv, and voice acting. Otter's performances and projects have been written up and featured in The New York Times, Time Out New York, AsianCrush, and World Journal. Here's a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode: Suelain and Otter's account of an Asian hate crime incident that happened to them while in New York City's SoHo district in February of this year How and why Suelain and Otter reacted to their harasser the way that they did How Suelain and Otter's past experiences with hate crimes has prepared them to react The bystanders who stopped check on Suelain and Otter and offered to help How the incident was the second Asian hate speech incident in a week that happened to Otter The strategies that Suelain's father suggested to protect her when she had to ride the New York City subway alone after commuting to school in Manhattan from Long Island How Suelain learned to protect herself on the New York City subway What Suelain wants to share with parents and others about how they can handle incidents Asian hate speech or crimes What defines something as a hate crime What defines something as Asian hate speech vs. an Asian hate crime How a lot of incidents seem to happen when people are standing on th

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: March 23rd will mark the seventh anniversary of the short-lived occupation of the Executive Yuan by students involved in the Sunflower Movement of 2014. The Sunflower Movement began when students and activists occupied the Legislative Yuan on March 18, 2014 in an effort to block the passage of a trade pact between Taiwan and China. At a press conference on March 23, then President Ma Ying-jeou stated his resolve in passing the trade pact. This led to the students attempt to occupy the Executive Yuan. Five days afterward, on March 28, 2014, I spoke to Eric Chang also known as Ahbying, who was there that night about what he saw firsthand and experienced that night. Here's a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode: His candid conversation with a cop at the Executive Yuan before the scene turned violent His firsthand account of what he saw and experienced the night that students tried to occupy the Executive Yuan How he reacted when the police hit him The media's coverage of what happened on March 23rdat the Executive Yuan His thoughts of the occupation of the Legislative Yuan and Sunflower Movement Related Links: Eric's Ahbying YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/ahbying Sunflower Movement: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunflower_Student_Movement

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: Learn about the Taiwan connection (namely a physician, publisher and supermodel) that made Monster Dance children's book story come to life. Monster Dance was created to help children deal with and understand the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Karen Tsai is a physician based in Los Angeles who has spearheaded the creation of the children's book, and she spoke with me about how she got some heavy hitters involved in the project like cartoonist and illustrator Guy Gilchrist (best known for his work with the Muppets), Eva Lou (founder of the multi-lingual children's book publishing company Madeleine Editions, which published Monster Dance), actor Denis O'Hare (who did the English narration for the book) and Taiwanese supermodel Chiling Lin (林志玲) who did the Mandarin Chinese narration. For every copy of Monster Dance sold, a donation will be made to Donate PPE. Dr. Tsai is a co-founder of Donate PPE a nonprofit that has already raised over $150,000. In part two of my interview with her we will talk about her work with Donate PPE. Here's a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode: Dr. Tsai's connection to Taiwan What motivated Dr. Tsai to initiate the creation of children's book, Monster Danceto help children to deal with COVID How Dr. Tsai got Guy Gilchrist (cartoonist and illustrator), Eva Lou (founder of the multi-lingual children's book publishing company Madeleine Editions), actor Denis O'Hare and Taiwanese supermodel Chiling Lin (林志玲) involved in Monster Dance How things started with Guy Gilchrist's drawings as coloring pages that educated children about social distancing, handwashing, mask wearing and other thing related to COVID Free coloring pages drawn by Guy Gilchrist to educate kids about COVID are available on https://donateppe.org/doodles/ How Dr. Tsai was able to get Monster Dancepublished in short time to be relevant for the pandemic How Monster Danceis available in English and Mandarin Chinese How they came up with the title and concept for Monster Dance How Dr. Tsai, Guy Gilchrist and Eva Lou worked on Monster Dancevirtually and have never met in person How Monster Dancestarted as a Kickstarter campaign How Monster Dancehas helped children to deal with COVID For every copy of Monster Dancesold a donation will be made to Donate PPE How copies of Monster Dancehave been donated to children's hospitals How Monster Dancehas a presence in Taiwan with the Mandarin Chinese version through the involvement of Taiwanese supermodel Chiling Lin (林志玲) Related Links: Monster Dance: https://madeleineeditions.com/stories/monster-dance/ Monster Dance Kickstarter campaign: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/madeleineeditions/monster-dance Monster Dance on the Donate PPE website: https://donateppe.org/monster-dance/ Access FREE coloring pages created by Guy Gilchrist to educate kids about COVID: https://donateppe.org/doodles/ Madeleine Editions (International children's publisher): https://www.facebook.com/MadeleineEditions Madeleine Editions (International children's publisher): https://www.instagram.com/madeleine_editions/ Donate PPE: https://donateppe.org/ Guy Gilchrist, cartoonist and illustrator (best known for his work with the Muppets) at the Whitehouse 1984. Guy Gilchrist's website: https://www.aguygilchristproduction.com/ Taiwanese supermodel Chiling did the Mandarin Chinese narration for Monster Dance. Taiwanese supermodel Chiling's Charity Foundation: https://www.chilicngjj.org/ Eva Lou founder of the multi-lingual children's book publishing company Madeleine Editions, which published Monster Dance: https://madeleineeditions.com/ Actor Dennis O'Hare did the English narration for Monster Dance.

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: Michael Turton is a political commentator, writer and Taipei Times columnist based in Taichung, Taiwan. I first learned about him through his long running blog, The View From Taiwan when I lived in Taiwan myself and started blogging about living there. I've invited him on to the podcast to talk about China's recent Taiwan pineapple ban. We talked about what's really behind the ban and how trade issues between China and Taiwan led to the 2014 Sunflower Movement and occupation of Taiwan's Legislative Yuan building. CORRECTION: At 1:28 when Michael says "over in Xiamen" he meant to refer to Fujian. There several towns in Fujian- Yongfu and Qingliu but not Xiamen, that are now using agricultural techniques learned from Taiwan. See link to the CommonWealth Magazine article, "Is Taiwan's Farm Sector Selling Out to China" for reference. Here's a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode: Why China banned pineapples imported from Taiwan What has happened since the ban How the ban will impact Taiwan What are the larger issues behind what happened and why China banned Taiwan's pineapples What can people overseas can do to support Taiwan, aside from buying Taiwan pineapples How consumption is related to Taiwanese identity What trade issues with China have to do with the Sunflower Movement What precipitated the occupation of the Legislative Yuan building by the Sunflower Movement activists in March 2014 How the caucus system in Taiwan is set up to slow down the legislature The problems with Taiwan's constitution How the spat between then President Ma Ying-jeou and Speaker Wang Jin-pyng contributed to the occupation of the Legislative Yuan by the Sunflower Movement activists in March of 2014 How the Sunflower Movement strengthened the Taiwanese identity of a generation that grew up in a democratic Taiwan vs. those who previously grew up under Kuomintang rule in the 1970s and 80s Related Links: Taipei Times article, "PRC bans import of Taiwan pineapples": https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2021/02/27/2003752913 Taipei Times article, "China pineapple ban offset in four days": https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2021/03/03/2003753138 Guardian article, "Taiwanese urged to eat 'freedom pineapples' after China import ban": https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/02/taiwanese-urged-to-eat-freedom-pineapples-after-china-import-ban?fbclid=IwAR226v7PM6yXUM7UqWsPOyD_jwwpkQNKWpyFnXakMYUgDbtTNJd_OKsWxgc Taiwan News article, "Japanese with 'Taiwan pineapple fever' empty store shelves": https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4145007?fbclid=IwAR0TLArguULOz7Y3iiZ0VIBHRjFrChPosZu8-fTbqxSJGxAnw6AKe7ANE1g CommonWealth Magazine article, "Is Taiwan's Farm Sector Selling Out to China": https://english.cw.com.tw/article/article.action?id=965 Michael Turton's podcast, Taiwan Context: https://anchor.fm/taiwancontext/episodes/Taiwan-Context--Human-Rights-Defender-epmtsm Michael Turton's blog, The View From Taiwan: https://michaelturton.blogspot.com/ Ian Rowen's research on Chinese tour groups in Taiwan: https://cpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com/blogs.ntu.edu.sg/dist/f/1564/files/2017/12/Rowen-2014-Tourism-as-territorial-strategy-x64350.pdf Sunflower Movement: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunflower_Student_Movement An article about Taiwan's pineapple industry in 1960: https://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=8%2C8%2C29%2C32%2C32%2C45&post=14054&fbclid=IwAR1bP4UHEg3rbTacOf9g9N4lPd7rQaSPFOWrcc1lR6a4GMIWV3KuOH6JV8I

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: Dr. Michi Fu is a professor, psychologist, writer, public speaker and experience creator. She spoke with me about how her mother's decision to retire in Taiwan led her to decide to take a one-year sabbatical in Taiwan and to apply for Taiwan citizenship- which proved to be an arduous process but well worth it in the end. It has allowed her to more easily travel and straddle between living in the U.S. and Taiwan. As she's spent more time residing in Taiwan, she's faced challenges adulting in Taiwan due to limited language and cultural proficiency. We spoke in depth about how she's dealt with all this by learning to let go of cultural norms and expectations, and found ways to build a community for herself in Taiwan. While in Taiwan she's connected with expat communities like the Black lives Matter and Burning Man Taiwan communities, participated in a bilingual version of the Vagina Monologues, and she's also been invited to participate in the 228 Transitional Justice Project. I found that to be a timely topic of conversation indeed, with the 74th anniversary of the 228 Incident having just passed. Also referred to as The 228 Massacre, or The 228 Uprising, 228 is February 28, 1947, the date that the arrest of a cigarette seller in Taipei sparked protests over the corruption and repression of the ruling Kuomintang party at the time. What followed were the disappearance and execution of thousands by the Kuomintang. Some say up to 20 thousand were murdered. It led to the declaration of martial law and it was the beginning of the reign of White Terror in Taiwan that lasted for decades. CORRECTION: At the 45-minute mark of Michi's interview when she stated that she had arrived on holiday for her dissertation, she had arrived during the Dragon Boat Holiday for her sabbatical not her dissertation. Here's a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode: Michi's upbringing and where she grew up Michi's connection to Taiwan The study tour that Michi has co-organized with Dr. Tsuann Kuo (Founder of NATWA II) How Michi's perception of Taiwan has changed over time How she's met expats who have made Taiwan their home and out be interested in applying for citizenship in Taiwan The reason why Michi decided to apply for citizenship and residency in Taiwan, and to split her time between the U.S. and Taiwan What's involved in the process to apply for citizenship and residency in Taiwan if you have a Taiwan birthright (i.e. parents born in Taiwan, and have residency and citizenship in Taiwan) What the Yo yo card is and how to use it Residency status that children of Taiwanese nationals can apply for to stay longer than a passport visa The number of days required to stay in Taiwan in order to able to apply for citizenship Michi's sense of Taiwanese and Taiwanese American identity Michi's participation in the 228 Transitional Justice Project The challenges of learning a language later in life How Michi sometimes feels like a Third Culture Kid How Michi has learned from cultural misunderstandings How Michi has connected with and made friends through the expat community in Taiwan What Michi misses about the U.S. when she's in Taiwan What Michi misses about Taiwan when she's in the U.S. What advice Michi has for those considering applying for Taiwan residency and citizenship What advice Michi has for those considering spending more of the calendar year living in Taiwan The different cultural expectations of Taiwan and the U.S. The challenges of adulting in Taiwan with limited language and cultural proficiency The wage gap for certain professions in Taiwan vs. the U.S. The things Michi considers in deciding to live in Taiwan full-time How Michi built her own sense of community by connecting with the expat community and Facebook groups Related Links and Terms: Michi's Psychology Today Profile: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/los-angeles-county-monterey-park-ca/73177 The local love boat program that Michi attended: The 2006 Overseas Young Health Professionals Program OCAC Taipei, Taiwan Love Boat Study Tour Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Boat_(study_tour) OCAC (Overseas Community Affairs Council): https://www.ocac.gov.tw/OCAC/Eng/ NATMA (North American Taiwanese Medical Association): https://www.natma.org/ NATWA (North American Taiwanese Women's Association): http://www.natwa.com/ NATWA II: http://natwa.com/natwa2/about.html TECO (Taipei Economic and Cultural Office) TECRO (Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States): https://www.taiwanembassy.org/us_en/index.html Yo yo card 悠遊卡 (Pinyin: Yōu-yóu Kǎ) aka EasyCard: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EasyCard https://www.easycard.com.tw/en/about Hong Kong's Octopus card: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octopus_card www.octopus.com.hk Shēnfènzhèng (民身分證) the national identification card of Taiwan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_identification_card_(Taiwan) What is 228

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: This week we welcome back Anthony Kao, the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Cinema Escapist to Talking Taiwan. I've asked him to recommend films that help familiarize people with Taiwan. He'll be recommending films about Taiwan that best represent certain decades, eras or significant historical events. Here's a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode: Anthony's recommendations are of films made after the lifting of martial law in Taiwan 1987 In selecting films to recommend Anthony tried to select a variety of film genres to suit the different tastes of Talking Taiwan listeners The films Anthony recommends represent a diverse array of Taiwan's culture and historical phenomena The five films that Anthony recommends: A City of Sadness (1989), Yi Yi (1999), Cape No. 7 (2008) The historical and political relevance of Anthony's film recommendations The Taiwan history film trilogy by film director Hou Hsiao-hsien (侯孝賢): A City of Sadness (1989), Good Men, Good Women (好男好女1995), The Puppetmaster (1993) New Taiwanese Cinema Second New Wave of Taiwan Cinema Related Links: Cinema Escapist: https://www.cinemaescapist.com/ Cinema Escapist on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cinemaescapist Cinema Escapist on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cinemaescapist A City of Sadness (1989): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_City_of_Sadness https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096908/ Good Men, Good Women (好男好女 1995): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Men,_Good_Women https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113256/ The Puppetmaster (1993): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Puppetmaster_(film) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107157/ Hou Hsiao-hsien (侯孝賢), Film Director: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hou_Hsiao-hsien https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0396284/ Yi Yi (1999): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yi_Yi https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0244316/ Edward Yang (楊德昌), Film Director: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0945981/ Three Times (2005): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Times Cape No. 7 (2008): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_No._7 Seediq Bale (2011): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warriors_of_the_Rainbow:_Seediq_Bale https://www.imdb.com/title/att2007993/ We Te-sheng, Film Director: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wei_Te-sheng https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0917669/ On Happiness Road (2017): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Happiness_Road https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7543904/ Hsin Yin Sung, Film Director: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3403663/?ref_=tt_ov_dr New Taiwanese Cinema: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_Taiwan#New_Taiwanese_Cinema,_1982%E2%80%931990 Second New Wave of Taiwan Cinema: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_Taiwan#New_Taiwanese_Cinema,_1982%E2%80%931990 The 10 Best Taiwanese Movies of 2019: https://www.cinemaescapist.com/2019/12/best-taiwanese-movies-2019/

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: Anthony Kao is Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Cinema Escapist, which is often the first or only publication that covers Taiwanese film or television shows. I've found it has some really great reviews and recommendations of films from and about Taiwan. Cinema Escapist also covers films from all around the world and takes a look at their social and political context. Anthony spoke with me about how he started Cinema Escapist and their unique approach to discussing film. Next week we'll have Anthony back to recommend films about Taiwan that represent different decades or historical events significant to Taiwan. Here's a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode: Where Anthony's interest in film comes from Film as a way to explore the world Cinema Escapist's focus on international films and the social and political context of films Anthony's interest in Taiwanese film and television How Cinema Escapist is often the first or only publication that covers Taiwanese film or television shows Publications about Taiwan recommended by Anthony Anthony's approach to writing about film When and why Anthony started Cinema Escapist How Cinema Escapist has changed over time What's behind the name "Cinema Escapist" The challenges of running Cinema Escapist which has a completely volunteer staff The interesting experiences and people that Anthony has met through Cinema Escapist Cinema Escapist's plans to go into podcasting Related Links: Cinema Escapist: https://www.cinemaescapist.com/ Cinema Escapist on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cinemaescapist Cinema Escapist on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cinemaescapist Goodbye Lenin (film): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0301357/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Bye,_Lenin! Yi Yi (film): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yi_Yi New Bloom Magazine: https://newbloommag.net/ CommonWealth Magazine: https://english.cw.com.tw/ The News Lens: https://international.thenewslens.com/ Talking Taiwan Episode 91 about the Austin Asian American Film Festival: Prismatic Taiwan: https://www.talkingtaiwan.com/austin-film-festival-prismatic-taiwan-a-series-celebrating-queer-taiwanese-cinema-ep-91/ Film Director Jean Luc Godard: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Luc_Godard https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000419/ Cinema Escapist articles on The News Lens: https://international.thenewslens.com/author/Cinema%2520Escapist The Great Buddha+ (film): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Buddha%2B https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7010412/ The 10 Best Taiwanese Movies of 2019: https://www.cinemaescapist.com/2019/12/best-taiwanese-movies-2019/

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: This week's guest is Jason Wang who we've had on Talking Taiwan previously. In Episode 102 Jason spoke with me about how his advisory firm Cypress Rivers started producing PPE to support health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, through an effort called Face Shields for the First Line. At the time he mentioned that Face Shields for the First Line would be transitioning into the making of face masks. So we're welcoming Jason back to tell us what's happened since we last spoke. Here's a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode: The continuing spread of COVID-19 and new variants which necessitates continuing to practice safe hygiene measures such as social distancing, hand washing and wearing masks The double mask that STC Next Health is producing which consists of an outer shell and inner filter The masks are antimicrobial due to the use of nano-coated silver Other products that STC Next Health produces like antimicrobial zinc oxide tape for use on common high touch/high traffic areas such as door handles or hand railings Talking Taiwan listeners can use the code: talkingtaiwan at checkout to get a 10% discount off their purchase of items from STC Next Health Related Links: STC Next Health: https://stcnext.health/ STC Next Health's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/stcnexthealth/ STC Next Health's Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/stcnext_health/ Talking Taiwan Episode 102 featuring Jason Wang: https://www.talkingtaiwan.com/jason-wang-how-his-advisory-firm-makes-coronavirus-face-shields-for-the-front-line/

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: Charles Yu is a Taiwanese American writer, author of the novel Interior Chinatown, and winner of the 2020 National Book Award for fiction. He spoke candidly with me about how he and his family are dealing with the pandemic, his writing process, what it was like appearing on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah and how he transitioned from a career as a lawyer to television writing. Here's a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode: · How Charles and his family are doing during the pandemic · The piece that Charles wrote for The Atlantic about life during the pandemic · How Charles first started writing poetry as a child · How Charles' Taiwanese parents' reactions to his interest in writing have changed over time · How Charles recently found some of the poetry that he wrote when at Berkeley · Charles' connection to Taiwan · How Charles started writing Interior Chinatown in 2013 and the concept changed over time · How/why Interior Chinatown is written in a screenplay-type format · Charles' approach to writing · His appearance on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah · Charles' writing for TV · How Charles was previously a lawyer and quit to work in TV in 2014 · The difference between writing books and for TV · Charles' interest in writing his own TV series · How Charles feels about being compared to Franz Kafka, Kurt Vonnegut and Douglas Adams · Why/What motivates Charles to write · What themes inspire Charles to write · Advice Charles has for some struggling to write their first book · Why it took Charles seven years to write Interior Chinatown Related Links: Charles Yu's website: https://www.charlesyuauthor.com/ Charles Yu's Atlantic article " The Pre-pandemic Universe Was the Fiction": https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2020/04/charles-yu-science-fiction-reality-life-pandemic/609985/ Order a copy of Interior Chinatown here: https://www.amazon.com/Interior-Chinatown-Novel-Charles-Yu/dp/0307907198/ TAF (Taiwanese American Foundation): https://www.tafworld.org/ TACL (Taiwanese American Citizens League): https://tacl.org/ Charles' interview on TaiwaneseAmerican.org: http://www.taiwaneseamerican.org/?s=charles+yu How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe | Charles Yu | Talks at Google: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckmJt3AsU4c Charles' appearance on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0afVYOb4kA Charles on Twitter: https://twitter.com/charles_yu

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: This is part two of my interview with Tony Coolidge. Tony is the Founder of the Atayal organization, which is named after his mother's indigenous tribe. In this interview Tony talks about his work with Indigenous Bridges through his nonprofit, the Atayal organization, and shares his perspectives on some of indigenous people he's interacted with from around the world. Here's a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode: The work of Indigenous Bridges Why Tony moved back to Taiwan in 2009 How Indigenous Bridges serves to connect indigenous people from all over the world How the mission of the Atayal organization shifted from sharing the culture of indigenous people to connecting indigenous people with each other How Indigenous Bridges is about building trusted relationships based on shared cultures and cultural exchange The sister city relationship between Orlando, Florida and Tainan, Taiwan Sister tribe programs that are being developed The indigenous youth ambassador program of Indigenous Bridges Virtual cultural exchanges and conferences that are now being developed due to the onset of COVID-19 The common experiences and challenges of indigenous people Possible solutions to the economic hardship that is often experienced by indigenous people around the world How the rights of indigenous people in the U.S. compares to Taiwan and other parts of the world The connection between the Maori indigenous people of New Zealand and the indigenous people of Taiwan The migration of Austronesian people and how they originated from Taiwan What Tony learned from the Maori indigenous people of New Zealand How the Maori are a source of pride for New Zealand The government's role in preserving indigenous culture How indigenous rights are protected by the United Nations and indigenous people can create treaties with each other The struggles in trying to return property to the indigenous people of Taiwan How the recognition of tribes gives them access to resources The fight over resources between the different indigenous people of Taiwan How Tony hopes that his work reveals that Taiwan is a far more diverse and interesting place than people have originally thought How former President Lee Teng-hui's role in changing the perception of indigenous people in Taiwan Tony's experience representing indigenous people at the UN headquarters in New York Related Links: Indigenous Bridges programs of the Atayal organization: https://www.indigenousbridges.org/ Voices in the Clouds, the documentary based on Tony's 2004 trip to Taiwan: https://www.cultureunplugged.com/documentary/watch-online/play/5485/Voices-in-the-Clouds?fbclid=IwAR1qjJPdz9cglu_NIK3X399mbSiZiAsTT4hztaHXbRDbYX1nZBo_vbqbk2A A link to the "Village in the Clouds" article about Tony's trip to Taiwan in 1996 that led him to discover his indigenous roots: https://indigenousbridges.blogspot.com/2021/01/village-in-the-clouds.html Video footage from indigenous language competitions: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpdlwzeeA3YU19JZsJMbYqA/videos General information about Taiwan's indigenous people: https://oftaiwan.org/taiwan-101/taiwan-indigenous-people/ A video produced about Tony's work creating the Taproot Cultural Exchange program with New Zealand Maori: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cV64quV53m0 A blog page about the Taproot Cultural Exchange program with New Zealand Maori: http://aceca-taiwan.blogspot.com/

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: Did you know that there are 16 indigenous tribes officially recognized in Taiwan and up to 29 self-identified tribes? Also, Taiwan's current President Tsai Ing-wen's paternal grandmother was from the Paiwan tribe. My guest on this episode of Talking Taiwan is Tony Coolidge. Tony is the Founder of the Atayal organization, which is named after his mother's indigenous tribe. In this interview Tony talks about finding his indigenous roots and the indigenous people of Taiwan. This is part one of a two part interview. In part two of our interview, Tony will talk about his work with Indigenous Bridges through his nonprofit, the Atayal organization. Here's a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode: How Tony discovered his indigenous roots Tony memories of his mother and the lessons she taught him Tony's mother's connection to Taiwan and her indigenous roots The first time that Tony visited Taiwan and met his mother's family Tony's mother's village Wulai The documentary film that was made about Tony's month-long trip to Taiwan with his brother during which time he met with several indigenous peoples and learned more about the culture Tony's mother's struggles as an indigenous person and why she may have hidden her indigenous background from him The pressure that Tony's grandfather (his mother's father, who was the chief/mayor of Wulai) had to show allegiance to the Chinese under the Kuomintang regime How the indigenous peoples' identity was suppressed under the Kuomintang regime and led to discrimination and abuse of indigenous people The discrimination that indigenous people faced under the rule of the Kuomintang and Japanese How the discrimination and abuse of indigenous people has changed over time Tony's desire to preserve indigenous culture How policies of former President of Taiwan, Chen Shui-bian and the changing attitudes of the media contributed to changing people views of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan Some key facts about the Atayal tribe (that Tony's mother belonged to) The mountainous and lowland indigenous tribes of Taiwan How many indigenous tribes are presently recognized in Taiwan The story of how the Atayal tribe's custom of headhunting was ended How Tony's sons are learning the Atayal language Tony started his nonprofit organization in 2001 In 2004 Tony's nonprofit had its first indigenous cultural festival in Orlando, Florida Alice the teacher of indigenous cultures that Tony met in 2004 and how she was instrumental in arranging the trip during which much of the documentary about Tony's life was filmed Tony's trip to Taiwan in December 2004- January 2005 with his brother and the documentary film crew How the trip to Taiwan affected Tony's brother How the death of Tony's father-in-law happened in the middle of the trip and film The challenges that Tony and his brother faced during the trip The similarities and differences amongst Taiwan's indigenous tribes How the lives of indigenous peoples changed overnight when the Japanese removed them from their villages in the mountains How have the indigenous peoples of Taiwan have adjusted over time Social issues facing young indigenous peoples The story of an indigenous policeman, Sakino who created a hunting, survival club through with he passed down indigenous knowledge The most memorable moments of Tony's 2004 trip to Taiwan The abandoned village in the mountains (in Pintung) that Tony visited in the documentary film How the 16 tribes now recognized in Taiwan were mostly originally mountainous tribes because the lowland tribes have been assimilated so long ago Research has shown that more than 70% of Taiwanese have some indigenous DNA Related Links: A link to the "Village in the Clouds" article about Tony's trip to Taiwan in 1996 that led him to discover his indigenous roots: https://indigenousbridges.blogspot.com/2021/01/village-in-the-clouds.html Film Director Wei Te-sheng: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wei_Te-sheng Voices in the Clouds, the documentary based on Tony's 2004 trip to Taiwan: https://www.cultureunplugged.com/documentary/watch-online/play/5485/Voices-in-the-Clouds?fbclid=IwAR1qjJPdz9cglu_NIK3X399mbSiZiAsTT4hztaHXbRDbYX1nZBo_vbqbk2A Indigenous Bridges programs of the Atayal organization: https://www.indigenousbridges.org/ Video footage from indigenous language competitions: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpdlwzeeA3YU19JZsJMbYqA/videos General information about Taiwan's indigenous people: https://oftaiwan.org/taiwan-101/taiwan-indigenous-people/

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: When I first interviewed Elena in 2013, she had just won the Entrepreneur Challenge and Competition. She was launching her Taiwanese tea business Té online. Since then, I've wondered how she was doing and a couple of years later, I learned that Elena had opened a tearoom in the West Village. I've visited the tearoom and it is a place of pure zen where tea drinking becomes a ritual. A true ambassador of tea, Elena sees the tearoom as a way to connect with others, to experience tea, and to demonstrate how it is brewed. Many of her customers are dedicated tea drinkers who first cultivate their tea drinking habits there. In this space, tea drinking is an activity of tranquil introspection. In October of 2017 I invited Elena back on to Talking Taiwan for an update. Here's a little preview of what we talked about in the podcast: What's happened since the last time Elena was interviewed on Talking Taiwan in 2013 What it was like opening and running the tea shop The tea education and tea tastings that Té offers How Elena was able to get press for Té Advice for people who want to open a brick and mortar store like Té What's next, her future plans for Té Related Links: Té Company: https://www.te-nyc.com/ Té Company on Instagram: www.instagram.com/tecompany/ Té Company on Facebook page: www.facebook.com/tecompany Té Company on Twitter: www.twitter.com/tecompany Elena's 2013 interview on Talking Taiwan: https://www.talkingtaiwan.com/tt027-elena-liao/

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: The last time I had my guest Supei Liu on was six years ago to talk about her work with Nomi Network. Supei is the VP of Global Initiatives and Co-founder of Nomi Network. Nomi Network combats human trafficking by creating pathways to safe employment, empowering women and girls to break cycles of slavery in their families and communities. After spending seven years based in Cambodia and India, she's relocated to the U.S. Last week we got caught up and talked about what's she's learned from her experience working with Nomi Network, and how she's come to see herself as an entrepreneur. She also shared some thoughts on how to navigate parent-child relationships. Here's a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode: How Nomi Network has grew and developed up to 2014 What learnings there have been for Nomi Network since 2014 How Nomi Network focused on providing job skills training How Nomi Network faced a bottle neck after 2016 and switched from trying to create employment opportunities to partnering with businesses or organizations that have employment opportunities How world view and the definition of success varies depending on cultural context What Supei has learned about happiness, fulfilment and success (from working and living in Asia for seven years) Supei's return and relocation from Asia to the U.S. Personal stories of how women have grown and been helped by Nomi Network's training How Nomi Network started doing virtual training through Zoom How the Coronavirus pandemic affected Nomi Network How Nomi Network selected 240 graduates of their training programs to become community outreach workers; these community outreach workers were trained to become contact tracers, and they would educate and inform the community about the best health and safety practices related to COVID-19 Since May of 2019 Nomi Network has been able to reach 160,000 people through its 240 community outreach workers and staff Supei's upbringing and background How Supei was able to work through parent-child issues with her mother when she lived with Supei in Cambodia for three years Supei's transition from the corporate to nonprofit world in 2008 When Supei realized that she's an entrepreneur Entrepreneurship as the pursuit of solving problems How Supei worked with a distillery to create liquor from a cashew apple fruit Supei's proudest accomplishments How Supei's work is going to change now that she's relocated to the U.S. Why Supei has decided to return to the U.S. What Supei is working on beyond and outside of Nomi Network How courage is not the absence of fear Related Links: Nomi Network: https://nominetwork.org/ Nomi Network products: https://www.buyherbagnotherbody.com/ Nomi Network on Facebook: www.facebook.com/nominetwork Nomi Network on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nominetwork/ Nomi Network on Twitter: https://twitter.com/nominetwork Nomi Network on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7UaUlyqMy2B1KL1S2_l5HQ Supei's previous interview on Talking Taiwan: https://www.talkingtaiwan.com/nomi-network-cofounder-supei-liu-discusses-human-trafficking-ep-104/

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: Since March of this year, we've been publishing new episodes of Talking Taiwan on a weekly basis, so for our last episode of 2020, we thought it would be fun to look back and see which were the top five episodes of the year. It comes as no surprise that 2 of the episodes are related to the Coronavirus pandemic. Through it all, it's been amazing to see our listenership grow. In fact, I've really enjoyed hearing from listeners who've reached out to tell me how much they've enjoyed listening to Talking Taiwan. Thanks for all of the positive feedback. We look forward to continuing to deliver new episodes about interesting people and stories connected to Taiwan. Which episode was your favorite of 2020? Let us know by leaving a comment below. Don't forget to check out our new feature starting in the new year called "Talking Taiwan Shorts." We will be creating 100 short one-minute videos for our YouTube channel highlighting a GREAT segment from one of our podcast episodes. Be sure to check out Talking Taiwan's YouTube channel, or go to our website here for "Talking Taiwan Shorts." Below are links to the top five Talking Taiwan episodes of 2020. Wishing you a wonderful rest of 2020, and a Happy New Year! CORRECTION: At the 15:32-minute in the interview, Dr. Keating remarks, "We are 75 years at the end of World War I." What he meant to say is that, "We are 75 years at the end of World War II." Related Links: Number 5 Talking Taiwan Episode of 2020 Number 4 Talking Taiwan Episode of 2020 Number 3 Talking Taiwan Episode of 2020 Number 2 Talking Taiwan Episode of 2020 Number 1 Talking Taiwan Episode of 2020

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: Constance Parng, an actress, writer and healer who's earned the title of Super Auntie to Native Nations of the Auntie Sewing Squad. Constance spoke with me about her work to support the highly vulnerable Native American communities and her connection to Taiwan. Through this conversation she reveals that the lack of access to basic things like running water and proper health care on reservations have deeply rooted origins. COVID-19 has exposed this reality that existed pre-pandemic. She hopes that bringing awareness to systemic injustices like this can lead to more people taking action to rectify the situation. As Constance put it "by doing acts of compassion we are not only helping and saving others but also helping and saving ourselves." Here's a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode: Constance's connection to Taiwan How Constance got involved with the Auntie Sewing Squad Why Constance prefers to use the term Native Nations instead of First Nations, Native American, Tribal Nations, Indigenous Nations, Native Communities The living conditions of the Navajo Nation reservation How 35-40% of the Navajo Nation reservation does not have running water Families need to travel a distance to get water which they must then ration for cooking, drinking or washing their hands How violations of treat rights and Systemic racism have contributed to the current living conditions on reservations Why the Lakota Well Being Project is fundraising for an additional ambulance How reservations are like third world nations within the United States How people can donate to the Lakota Well Being Project Medshare providing medical supplies to Standing Rock Constance estimates that she's been responsible for getting 60,000 masks too indigenous communities Winter coat drive for Standing Rock The conditions at Standing Rock The discrimination that exists in the border towns outside of reservations Constance's call out to people who have supported the Dakota Access Pipeline Protests to support Standing Rock now in their time of need during COVID South Dakota has one of the lowest life expectancy rates in the U.S. The Dakota Access Pipeline Protests The lack of adequate health care and the long term effects on the native peoples who live on the on a reservation The April 20th conversation Constance had a with Bettina who was connected to a group of seamstresses who sew for Navajo Nations The uranium mining that has happened on native reservations and its hazardous health effects How people can help by donating to the ambulance fund, the Auntie Sewing Squad, art supplies for kids, winter coats How Constance has been connected to many amazing people from all walks of life through this work she's been doing for the Native Nations The difference between the Navajo Nation and Hopi Nation How deliveries of supplies and essentials are coordinated The "fortress of gratitude" where donations can be dropped off How acts of compassion not only help others but actually can serve to help ourselves How the mother of one of Constance's contacts at Navajo Nation has COVID-19 The impact of curfews that have been imposed on reservations The CARES Act Mutual aid and nonprofit groups that Constance has worked with have told her that the Auntie Sewing Squad and Lakota Well Being Project have done more for them than their own tribal government or the federal government Related Links: Ways to donate to Lakota Well Being Project and Standing Rock: Lakota Well-Being Project (Thanks to a generous matching gift, every dollar you give will be matched up to $10,000): https://bit.ly/3mBMYHn Donate to Standing Rock via Donorbox: https://donorbox.org/standingrockrelief The Lakota Well Being Project on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lakotawellbeing Dakota Access Pipeline Protests: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakota_Access_Pipeline_protests The Fortress of Gratitude where items to be donated to the Navajo and Hopi Nations via the Auntie Sewing Squad are dropped off Portable handwashing stations being delivered to Navajo Nations by the Auntie Sewing Squad Ways to donate to the Auntie Sewing Squad: Tax-deductible donation link thanks to Art2Action who has waived the fiscal sponsor fees: https://donorbox.org/auntie-sewing-squad Kristina Wong PayPal General Donations using (Friends & Family): [email protected] Kristina Wong Venmo General Donations HERE: "GiveKristinaWongMoney" The Auntie Sewing Squad's website: http://auntiesewingsquad.com/ The Auntie Sewing Squad's Core Values: http://auntiesewingsquad.com/about/#ourcorevalues The Auntie Sewing Squad on Instagram: www.Instagram.com/AuntieSewing Auntie Sewing Squad Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2764362993676831/ Auntie Sewing Squad Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/auntiesewing The Auntie Sewing Squad's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQrlwkZu_l6F1d9D_M5ZnGQ The Tom's model: https://bit.ly/3oPzNUJ World