Nothing but the Truth - Essay Contest

An Essay Contest for 12-24 year olds. First Prize is a $5,000 scholarship. Justina Chen Headley is a Taiwanese American young adult novelist, and her new book, Nothing but the Truth (and a few white lies), has been selected as a Borders Bookstores Original Voices selection! Hapa (Half Asian and half white) Patty Ho has never felt completely at home in her skin. Life at House Ho is tough enough between her ultra-strict Taiwanese mom (epic-length lectures and all) and her Harvard-bound big brother. But things get worse when a Chinese fortune teller channels Patty's future via her bellybutton...and divines a white guy on her horizon. Her mom then freaks out and ships her off to math camp at Stanford. Yes, math camp. Just as Patty writes off her summer of woe, life starts glimmering with all kinds of probabilities. For details about the Essay Contest, click here!

Will Tiao & Formosa Betrayed - World Taiwanese Congress

Will Tiao will be presenting at the World Taiwanese Congress conference held July 28th in Toronto. He will be promoting the production of his upcoming film, Formosa Betrayed. Check out the "Spotlight" section for more information about Will and his work, and click on the picture to proceed to the film's newly revamped website! We think this is the site, and if you can read Mandarin (and I can't), this site might be of help: World Taiwanese Congress. EDIT: A Formosa Betrayed trailer is now available at www.formosabetrayed.com! A password is required however, e-mail info@formosabetrayed.com to get it!

North American Taiwan Studies Association The 12th Annual North American Taiwan Studies Conference Crossing the Borders, Fostering the Future: Taiwan Studies in the Intersections Location: University of California at Santa Cruz Date: July 03-05, 2006 Organizer: North American Taiwan Studies Association Co-Organizer: Department of History, University of California at Santa Cruz Sponsor: Taiwan Research Fund Supporter: National Youth Commission * Keynote speaker: Prof. Mayfair Yang（楊美蕙教授), Department of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara. “The Meaning of Marginality: How Can Taiwan Studies Cross the Borders”

TAC/EC & TANG 2006

TACEC/TANG 2006 July 1st-3rd 2006 University of Connecticut http://www.tacec.org/ TANG is the Taiwanese American Next Generation summer conference. It covers a weekend at the beautiful University of Connecticut. There are four programs, spanning from Junior High, High School, College, and Young Professional. The vision of TAC is to nurture the community through the exploration of our historical, cultural, and immigrant histories; establish professional and social networks as foundation for the community; address the concerns of the Taiwanese American Community; teach our next generation Taiwanese Americans through example and peer leadership; ensure the perseverance of our Taiwanese heritage through intellectual, artistic, and cultural exploration; and develop and encourage responsible and exemplary leadership within the Taiwanese American community and the larger society. -- Update: If you wish to contact the executive directors, you can email them at: Jon Lee - jonlee28 at gmail dot com Jennifer Chung - jennifer dot chung at gmail dot com Or click HERE to download the Registration Form.