Taiwanese American Association East San Gabriel Valley (洛杉磯聖東台灣同鄉會)
Identity Snapshot
- English: Taiwanese American Association East San Gabriel Valley
- Chinese: 洛杉磯聖東台灣同鄉會
- Era: Contemporary
- Geography: Taiwanese American community
- Core roles: Community organization (TAH directory)
The Taiwanese American Association East San Gabriel Valley (洛杉磯聖東台灣同鄉會) is a regional chapter of the Taiwanese Association of America (TAA, 全美台灣同鄉會), the national umbrella organization for Taiwanese American community associations in the United States. The chapter serves the Taiwanese American community in the East San Gabriel Valley area of Los Angeles County, California, a region that has long been home to a significant concentration of Taiwanese Americans in communities such as Hacienda Heights, Rowland Heights, Walnut, and Diamond Bar. The chapter is listed under the TAA’s Western (美西) regional division.
Role in the Community
The chapter appears repeatedly in the TAH corpus record:
- Publishes its own annual specials: the 1998 year special 聖東台灣同鄉會1998年會特刊 and the 2001 year special 聖東台灣同鄉會2001年會特刊.
- Organizes the Independence Day Parade in Hacienda Heights (哈崗地區遊行), documented in 18. 美國獨立紀念日哈崗地區遊行.
- Won overall first prize (總冠軍) in the 2003 U.S. Independence Day Parade Hacienda Heights parade, as recounted by 沈培志 in 125. 洛杉磯聖東台灣同鄉會榮獲2003年美國獨立紀念日哈崗地區遊行總冠軍.
- Listed in the TAA directory as the Los Angeles East San Gabriel Valley chapter (全美台灣同鄉會洛杉磯聖東分會): TAA.
- Co-initiator (共同發起單位) of the 2021 大洛杉磯台灣會館 228事件線上追思紀念會與系列活動 — the chapter stood with the LA Taiwan Center and ~50 other Southern California groups for the online 228 memorial (TJJ, 2021 228紀念會).
- Co-signatory of the 2021-05-17 南加州僑界支持台灣參與世界衛生大會(WHA)聯合聲明, listed among the sponsoring SoCal community organizations (TJJ, WHA聯合聲明).
- Sister fellowship group in the same district: the 聖東生活座談會 (East San Gabriel Valley life-seminar circle), founded October 1992 by 林富文夫婦 (inspired by the 輕鬆生活座談會 and 沈富雄’s oratory) together with 孫嘉璘、郭漢甫、賴淑遠、許貞華, later joined by 陳秀真、林碧玉、許寬正、林文政、賴慧娜、黃瑞祥 — noted as women-majority, with members’ community service directed to 北美州婦女會、陳文成基金會、同鄉會、FAPA、公民協會 per the movement-wide 生活座談會 memoir (Our Journeys 212, 生活座談會史); a 2016 bibliographic record of the circle: 聖東生活座談會 (2016).
- Runs community gardening outreach of its own: 園藝分享會 (e.g. 3/12) and hosting the 蔬果秋收嘉年華會 on 9/9, as reported under TJJ’s 園藝 coverage (TJJ, 園藝).
- Initiator of the LA recall-station drive (大罷免站): the chapter launched the 洛杉磯大罷免（賣台立委）站 announced 2025-03-20 — recall-signature drives at the 大洛杉磯台灣會館 on 3/22 and 3/29, with signed 連署書 carried back to Taiwan by returning travelers and handed to 霸團 (TJJ, 2025 大罷免站) — a rare case of a local TAA chapter initiating a cross-strait electoral campaign operation.
- Recurring co-organizer (協辦單位) in the 大洛杉磯台灣會館 228 memorial series: listed among the co-sponsoring groups of the 2-28台灣介心靈日 77週年紀念音樂會 at Arcadia Community Church (TJJ, 77週年紀念音樂會) and of the 會館 二二八紀念會轉型正義研討會 series (TJJ, 轉型正義研討會); also counted among the co-sponsoring SoCal groups of the 會館’s 0921 关怀故鄉 救災 drive (TJJ, 南臺灣大地震救災).
- Corpus re-grep 2026-09-21 (slice 09210051-1): all 聖東 / East San Gabriel Valley works hits (year specials 1998/2001, parade works 18/125, TAA directory) already absorbed; new material absorbed = the 2025 大罷免站 initiative and the 228 音樂會/研討會 co-organizer listings; remaining TJJ hits are tag/category index pages with no new facts.
Corpus re-grep 2026-09-20 (slice 09191100-2): all 聖東 / East San Gabriel Valley hits reviewed — year specials 1998/2001, parade works 18/125, and the TAA directory entry were already absorbed; the only new absorbable material was the 聖東生活座談會 founding note, added above.
From the record
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1998 — The academic record of the east-SGV settlement (eScholarship dissertation, carried in the East San Gabriel Valley topic hub) dates the founding of the “Taiwan American Association of East San Gabriel Valley” to 1998, consistent with the chapter’s first year special published that year.
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2022-03-11 — The TJJ event hub 洛杉磯聖東台灣同鄉會 tracks the chapter under its Chinese name across 5 Tier-1 pages, including the dated record “洛杉磯聖東台灣同鄉會3/12園藝分享會” (posted 2022-03-11) — the chapter hosted the 園藝分享會 with OGBY natural-farming club as co-organizer, alongside the 會館 二二八轉型正義研討會 co-sponsor listing.
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Taiwan Center network — listed as a group member of the Taiwan Center Foundation of the Greater Los Angeles under the full form “大洛杉磯聖東台灣同鄉會 / Taiwanese American Association of Los Angeles-East San Gabriel Valley (TAA-ESGV)” (source: https://www.taiwancenter.org/group-members ·
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2021-02 — recorded among the 友情宣傳 community supporters (台權會南加會, NATWA 南加分會, NATMA 南加州分會, 台灣會館台灣學校) of the 台灣人聯合基金會 / 台灣優社 228 線上追思紀念會 series (TJJ 2021-02-24) — same coalition standing as the 2021 WHA statement.
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2022-02-25 — 協辦單位 of the 大洛杉磯台灣會館 75 週年二二八紀念會轉型正義研討會記者會 (2/27 線上研討會), indexed under event hub 洛杉磯聖東台灣同鄉會.
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Membership footprint — TAHS co-founder 鄭炳全’s 旅美五十周年 memoir lists 聖東同鄉會 among the 同鄉會 he joined after moving to LA (TJJ memoir).
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2026-10-14 merge ruling (Leonard): the near-duplicate page
taiwanese-american-association-of-los-angeles-east-san-gabriel-valley(Taiwan Center listing form) is merged into this page as a redirect; both forms describe the same 聖東 chapter.