Taiwan Benevolent Association of California
Taiwan Benevolent Association of California (加州台灣同鄉聯誼會) is listed as a group member of the |Taiwan Center Foundation of the Greater Los Angeles.
Identity Snapshot
- Chinese: 加州台灣同鄉聯誼會
- English (as listed): Taiwan Benevolent Association of California
- Relation: Taiwan Center group member (official listing)
- Source: https://www.taiwancenter.org/group-members ·
taiwancenter-org-group-members.md
Role in the Community
- 2021-05-13 — Co-initiating organization (共同發起單位) of the 南加州僑界支持台灣參與世界衛生大會(WHA)聯合聲明, announced at a press conference at the LA 華僑文教服務中心 alongside 大洛杉磯台灣會館, 台美人歷史協會, and ~40 other groups (cited as 加州台灣同鄉聯誼會): 2021年南加州僑界支持台灣參與WHA聯合聲明 (recorded 2021-06-16).
- A second corpus copy of the same 聯合聲明 (archived 2025-11-08, publisher 楊嘉猷) preserves the full three-point statement text and the complete list of 共同發起單位/共同發起人, with 加州台灣同鄉聯誼會 among the co-initiators: (second corpus copy, full statement text).
- Corpus re-grep 2026-09-22 (加州台灣同鄉聯誼會 / Taiwan Benevolent Association of California): the only corpus hits are the two 聯合聲明 copies already absorbed above (co-initiator listing, full 共同發起單位/共同發起人 rosters); no new material. Re-confirmed slice-09220800-26 (fresh grep, same two hits only). Re-verified 2026-09-24 (slice 09230317-25): fresh grep 加州台灣同鄉聯誼會 / Taiwan Benevolent Association returned the same two 聯合聲明 copies only, both absorbed above — SKIP: no new corpus material. Re-verified 2026-09-25 (slice 09240317-30): fresh grep again returned the same two 聯合聲明 copies only — SKIP: no new corpus material. Re-verified 2026-09-25 (slice 09250800-28): fresh grep returned the same two 聯合聲明 copies only — SKIP: no new corpus material.
- Disambiguation note: the 1989 magazine record 01 names a different organization (北加州台灣同鄉聯合會) — not absorbed here.
- Corpus re-verified 2026-10-06 (slice 10051200-22): fresh grep 加州台灣同鄉聯誼會 / ‘Taiwan Benevolent Association’ across works/articles/sources/events/topics returns only the two 聯合聲明 copies already absorbed above. Other sweep hits are different organizations and correctly NOT absorbed: 全美台灣同鄉聯誼會 (1978 KMT-formed rival, named in our-journeys-378), 北加州台灣同鄉聯合會 NCFF (our-journeys-357), and generic ‘Benevolent Association’ references (Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association in ourjourneys9-eng; Taiwanese Hakka Benevolent Association of the East Coast in ourjourneys169-eng). SKIP — no new corpus material.
Source Notes
- Content priority A: Name on Taiwan Center group-members page
- Hub: |taiwancenter.org
- Content priority C: Independent history not expanded from listing alone