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Taiwanese Association of America (全美台灣同鄉會)

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Taiwanese Association of America (全美台灣同鄉會)

Identity Snapshot

  • English: Taiwanese Association of America
  • Chinese: 全美台灣同鄉會
  • Era: Contemporary
  • Geography: Taiwanese American community
  • Core roles: Community organization (TAH directory)

The Taiwanese Association of America (TAA, 全美台灣同鄉會) is a national nonprofit umbrella organization representing Taiwanese American community associations across the United States. Founded in 1970, the TAA serves as the coordinating body for its regional chapters, which are organized into five geographic divisions: Eastern Northern, Eastern Southern, Midwestern, Southern, and Western.

Role in the Community

  • 覆核（TJJ-A09240400-2, 2026-09-25）：本 slice 四篇 TJJ 文章（台美人台加人p354 6f2b431c、NATMA標籤頁 08b82976、挺港聯合聲明 53455d7e、台美人category p3 1a2bdc08）正文再驗證——本頁條目確認見於正文，連結為真，無錯鏈、無虛鏈；2019-09-03 日期事實已在庫 — SKIP，無新材料。

  • 覆核（TJJ-A09162345-18, 2026-09-24）：本 slice 文章 挺港聯合聲明 53455d7e 正文再驗證——subject 連結為真實提及，無錯鏈、無虛鏈；對應日期事實（含該文 wikilink）已在庫 — SKIP，已飽和。

  • Re-verify 2026-09-23 (TJJ-A09170400-12): slice article 53455d7e13136092 signatory list re-checked body-level — this org link confirmed real, dated 2019-09-03 joint-statement fact above stands; no new material. 覆核（TJJ-A09171200-4, 2026-09-24）：本 slice 文章 53455d7e 正文再驗證——本社團連結為真實署名條目，無錯鏈、無虛鏈；2019-09-03 條目已在庫，無新材料。

  • 2021-02-28 ～ 2021-03-13 — 聯合國家人權博物館、加拿大台灣同鄉會、北美洲台灣婦女會、波士頓台灣同鄉會等主辦「2021北美洲海外台灣人二二八紀念活動」線上系列（特展、影展、座談），為期兩週逾1000人次參與、臉書及活動網頁超過5700位同鄉觀賞；會長陳桂鈴於閉幕式總結（全美會官方報導, 2021-03-14）。Re-verify 2026-09-23 (TJJ-A09221200-7): link-check against slice article f6213c1937fa956d body — mention confirmed real, dated fact above stands; no new material. Re-verify 2026-09-24 (TJJ-A09170400-17): 同文再驗證 — 連結為真，條目已在庫，無新材料。覆核（TJJ-A09230700-5, 2026-09-24）：同文第四次再驗證——連結為真，條目已在庫，無新材料。

  • 覆核（TJJ-A09171200-9, 2026-09-24）：slice 09171200-9 四篇與 TJJ-A09170400-17 同文（北市議員缺額 93c0627d、全美會228 f6213c19、長青教室tag 2777c888、會館tag p13 ced69523）正文再驗證 — 本頁條目確認見於正文，連結為真；日期事實已在庫 — SKIP，無新材料。

  • 2019-09-03 — TAA president 鄭紹芳 (Shawfang Jeng) signed the overseas Taiwanese organizations’ joint statement 「拒一國兩制！海外台灣人社團：支持香港反對中國暴政」 as 「全美台灣同鄉會 會長鄭紹芳」 / “Shawfang Jeng, President, Taiwanese Association of America” — a dated record of the TAA national chairmanship during the Hong Kong protests (TJJ record, 2024-02-21 archive of the 2019-09-04 posting).

  • 2019-09-03 — NATWA president 陳彩雲博士 (Dr. Jacy Chen) signed the same joint statement in solidarity with Hong Kong (TJJ record, 2024-02-21 archive of the 2019-09-04 posting).

  • 覆核（TJJ-A09221500-6, 2026-09-24）：本 slice 四篇（台美人台加人p354 6f2b431c、NATMA標籤頁 08b82976、拒一國兩制聯合聲明 53455d7e、台美人category p3 1a2bdc08）正文再驗證 — 本頁條目確認見於正文，連結為真；日期事實已在庫 — SKIP，無新材料。

  • Earliest corpus periodical: 全美台灣同鄉會1970會刊 (1970/10), confirming the founding-year founding record — [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/545-e5-85-a8-e7-be-8e-e5-8f-b0-e7-81-a3-e5-90-8c-e9-84-89-e6-9c-831970-e6-9c-83-|TAHS #545]]

  • National convention documented in [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/conferences31|TAHS #31 全美台灣同鄉會代表大會]]

  • Chapter records in the corpus: TAA 南加州南灣分會, TAA Atlanta eNewsletter, and a chapter-published history [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/history-of-taa-manhattan-ks|TAH #10 Brief History of TAA / Manhattan, KS 曼哈頓台灣同鄉會簡介]]; further chapter directory records: 愛荷華分會 Iowa City, 匹玆堡分會 Pittsburgh, 威奇塔市分會 Wichita.

  • 1979–2021 — Chicago: 芝加哥台灣同鄉會 operated as an underground organization through the 1970s (its first presidents deliberately anonymous under martial law), held its first democratic election in 1979 under 王圭雄, and later became the TAA Chicago Chapter — 2021.

  • Pre-1982 — the 台獨聯盟 and 全美台灣同鄉會 jointly won the 20,000-person Taiwan immigrant quota, the first time the US treated Taiwan separately from China — 張月英’s oral history — 10.

  • 1982 — in 蔡同榮’s account of FAPA’s founding, the sitting TAA president 杜哲 (Tu Chen) served as FAPA’s organizer in its first committee, alongside WFTA and other movement bodies — 蔡同榮.

  • 1990 — TAA president 蔡銘祿 (Los Angeles) hosted the census-campaign joint meetings (2/25 & 3/11) and TAA distributed the campaign videotapes nationwide; TAA was one of the twelve organizations in the joint 1990 census project — [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys253|TAH Our Journeys #253 (1990人口普查運動)]]

  • Oral history: 王博文 Powen Wang, advisor of the TAA Greater Philadelphia Chapter — 187. Advisor of TAAGPC – 王博文 Powen Wang’s Journey | TAH Oral History Project

  • Published 台灣通訊 / The Taiwan News jointly with 世界台灣同鄉會聯合會 (WFTA 世台會) — Taiwan Bulletin record; chapter journal 休士頓台灣鄉訊

  • 2015-05 — 范振聲’s organizational profile 「全美台灣同鄉會簡介 / The Formosan Club of America」 documents the association’s history within the TAH story corpus — [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/135-e5-85-a8-e7-be-8e-e5-8f-b0-e7-81-a3-e5-90-8c-e9-84-89-e6-9c-83-e7-b0-a1-e4-b|TAH #135 (范振聲, 2015/05)]]

  • 2021-09-18 — 蔡英文总统以录影方式为「全美台灣同鄉會成立50週年庆祝大会」致辞（台语），称成立50年为台美人大事，并谈台美关系、TIFA与疫情下口罩疫苗互助的「善的循环」；报道注明为2020年成立的50周年，庆祝大会因疫情于2021年举行（与本页1970 founding record consistent）— TJJ report, 2021-09-18

  • Chapter 50-anniversary milestone: TAA Greater Washington Chapter (華府台灣同鄉會, TAA-GWC) celebrated its 50th in Gaithersburg, MD on 2018-11-10 — [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/15-taagwc-50|TAH #15]]

  • Founding memoir of two chapters named above: 陳淮崇 (Cheng-Hui Chen)‘s account of 「華府與巴城TAA的誕生」 (Greater Washington and Baton Rouge chapters) — [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys-138|TAH #138 華府與巴城TAA的誕生 / 陳淮崇 / 2015/05]]

  • 1970-01-28 / 1970-07-01 — founding record from the first-hand account of TAA figure 吳木盛: on 1970-01-28 the New York (鄭義和 Yi-Ho Cheng), Los Angeles (許和瑞 Ho Rui Hsu) and Chicago (林錦弘) associations jointly petitioned the local chapters to form a national body; TAA was founded 1970-07-01 in New York as 「the Formosan Club of America」 (英文名 The Formosan Club of America, 後改為 Taiwanese Association of America — footnote in 吳木盛’s TAH memoir citing 張炎憲 et al., 《自覺與認同》 pp. 333–370). First committee (term 1970-07-01–1972-06-30): president 鄭義和, vice-president 許和瑞, secretary 陳隆豐, treasurer 吳錫賢, bulletin editor 范振聲 (Cheng-Shen Fang); 28 founding chapters listed with their first presidents (Ann Arbor 吳裕昭, Austin 吳木盛, Baltimore 鄭敏雄, Boston 郭清江, Greater Chicago 林錦弘, Houston 林榮長, Los Angeles 許和瑞, Manhattan 王康陸, Greater New York 鄭義和, Philadelphia 李儒英, Washington D.C. 陳哲仁, et al.); six founding purposes from 敦睦鄉誼 to acting as coordination center — 2014 (English: Mu-Sheng Wu)

  • TAA national presidency lineage confirmed in corpus: 莊承業 (Cheng Y. Chuang, described as 全美台灣同鄉會會長 at the 1976 WFTA annual meeting in Los Angeles, where he cited Houston’s 1975-06 first Taiwanese credit union — 周實; also Cheng Y. Chuang) — Dr. Mu-Sheng Wu president 1974–1976 per Who’s Who — 吳木盛 as Austin chapter founding president 1970, and as the 1975-era figure who introduced 呂秀蓮 to the 1975 US East summer assembly ( 黃根深) — 鄭紹芳 (2019) — 陳桂鈴 (2021, 228-series closing summary). HOLD: 244 (周實 memoir) names 莊承業 as 全美會會長 at the 1976 WFTA annual meeting, conflicting with Who’s Who’s 吳木盛 1974–1976 term — never auto-merged; the 244 reference may be chapter-level.

  • 1970s Austin origin story: the Austin association was founded March 1970 in an Austin church by 40+ students under surveillance; registered at the University of Texas as the student club “the Formosan Club” to avoid KMT retaliation, with 吳木盛 as first president — same memoir 吳木盛.

  • 2015 — TAA Minnesota Chapter history published as TAH #123 by Chi-Ming Tseng — Brief History of TAA Minnesota

  • 1994 — 外交大突破: the TAA national president was invited to visit the White House, recorded as a diplomatic breakthrough for the association — [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/taa-to-white-house|TAH #74 外交大突破-全美台灣同鄉會會長應邀訪問白宮 1994]]

  • Further chapter records in the corpus: [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/history-taannj|TAH #43 北澤西台灣同鄉會 / Northern New Jersey]], 克里夫蘭分會 Cleveland, 巴頓魯治分會 Baton Rouge, 西洛杉磯分會 West Los Angeles, 明州台灣同鄉會 Minnesota, 09, plus chapter newsletter 芝加哥分會鄉訊 Newsletter.

From the record

  • 2013-04-05 — taiwaneseamerican.org published the Taiwanese American Community Scholarship Awards notice: the Taiwanese Association of America Greater Philadelphia Chapter (TAAGP) awards a scholarship open to college-bound seniors regardless of race, national origin or financial need, recognizing Greater Philadelphia high-school seniors for scholastic achievement, leadership and service, each award $600 plus a plaque — TaiwaneseAmerican.org record, 2013-04-05
  • 2015-07-21 — TAH story corpus record 10, 「台美人社區獎學金/明尼蘇達」 (Taiwanese American Community Scholarship Awards / TAA Minnesota Chapter), documents the Minnesota chapter’s community scholarship program in the historical record — [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/10-taiwanese-american-community-scholarship-awards-taa-mn|TAH #10, 2015-07-21]]
  • 2015-07-21 — TAH story corpus record 11, 「台美人社區獎學金/紐澤西」 (Taiwanese American Community Scholarship Awards / TAA New Jersey Chapter), documents the New Jersey chapter’s community scholarship program — [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/11-taiwanese-american-community-scholarship-awards-taa-n-j|TAH #11, 2015-07-21]]
  • 2015-07-23 — TAH story corpus record 18, 「北澤西台灣同鄉會獎學金」 (TAA Northern New Jersey Chapter / TAA-NNJ Scholarship Award), documents the Northern New Jersey chapter’s scholarship award — [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/18-taiwanese-association-of-america-northern-new-jersey-chapter-taa-nnj-scholars|TAH #18, 2015-07-23]]
  • 2015-08-13 — TAH story corpus record 46, 「辛辛那提台灣同鄉會獎學金」 (TAA of Cincinnati Scholarship Award), documents the Cincinnati chapter’s scholarship award — [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/46-e8-be-9b-e8-be-9b-e9-82-a3-e6-8f-90-e5-8f-b0-e7-81-a3-e5-90-8c-e9-84-89-e6-9c|TAH #46, 2015-08-13]]
  • 2018-11-04 — TAH story corpus record 74, “T-Shirt of Taiwanese Association of America/NJ”, preserves a chapter identity artifact (branded T-shirt) of the TAA New Jersey chapter — [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/74-t-shirt-of-taa-nj|TAH #74, 2018-11-04]]
  • 2019-01-20 — TAH story corpus record 「Taiwanese Association of America Greater Philadelphia Chapter (TAA/GP)(大費城台灣同鄉會的活動)」 documents the Greater Philadelphia chapter’s activities in the historical record — TAH record, 2019-01-20
  • 2019-01-22 — TAH story corpus record 「Taiwanese Association of America (全美台灣同鄉會的活動)」 documents the association’s activities in the historical record — TAH record, 2019-01-22
  • 2019-01-18 — TAH story corpus record 「Taiwanese Association of America Minnesota Chapter (TAA/MN) (明州台灣同鄉會的活動)」 documents the Minnesota chapter’s activities in the historical record — TAH record, 2019-01-18
  • 2019-01-16 — TAH story corpus record 「Taiwanese Association of America New Jersey Chapter (TAA/NJ) (紐澤西台灣同鄉會的活動)」 documents the New Jersey chapter’s activities in the historical record — TAH record, 2019-01-16
  • 2019-01-14 — TAH story corpus record 「Taiwanese Association of America Northern New Jersey Chapter (TAA/NNJ) (北澤西台灣同鄉會的活動)」 documents the Northern New Jersey chapter’s activities in the historical record — TAH record, 2019-01-14
  • 2018-11-17 — TAH story corpus record 381, 「Dr. Min-Ten (Milton) Lee (李明典博士): Own the Longest Membership of A Taiwanese American Association: TAA/Greater Washington Chapter (TAA-GWC 華府台灣同鄉會) 1971 to 2018」 — a 47-year continuous membership record at the Washington D.C. chapter — [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/dr-minten-lee|TAH #381, 2018-11-17]]
  • 2015-12-27 — TAH story corpus record 「Taiwanese Association of America Boston Chapter 全美台灣同鄉會波士頓分會」 documents the Boston chapter in the historical record — TAH record, 2015-12-27
  • 2015-12-20 — TAH story corpus record 「Taiwanese Association of America – Colorado 科羅拉多州台灣同鄉會」 documents the Colorado chapter in the historical record — TAH record, 2015-12-20
  • 2015-12-13 — TAH story corpus record 「Taiwanese Association of America East Tennessee Chapter 東田納西台灣同鄉會(諾城台灣同鄉會)」 documents the East Tennessee (Knoxville) chapter in the historical record — TAH record, 2015-12-13
  • 2014-10-12 — TAH story corpus record 「Atlanta Taiwanese Association of America (ATAA) 亞特蘭大台灣同鄉會」 documents the Atlanta association in the historical record — TAH record, 2014-10-12
  • 2015-12-10 — TAH story corpus record 「Taiwanese Association of America, Greater Philadelphia Chapter (TAAGP) 大費城台灣同鄉會」 documents the Greater Philadelphia chapter in the historical record — TAH record, 2015-12-10
  • 2015-12-08 — TAH story corpus record 「Taiwanese Association of America in Greater St. Louis (TAA-STL) 聖路易台灣同鄉會」 documents the Greater St. Louis chapter in the historical record — TAH record, 2015-12-08
  • 2015-12-07 — TAH story corpus record 「Taiwanese Association of America Greater Washington Chapter (TAA-GWC) 華府台灣同鄉會」 documents the Greater Washington DC chapter in the historical record — TAH record, 2015-12-07
  • 2015-12-06 — TAH story corpus record 「Taiwanese Association of America Hawaii Chapter 美國台灣同鄉會夏威夷分會」 documents the Hawaii chapter in the historical record — TAH record, 2015-12-06
  • 2017-10-27 — TAH story corpus record 25, 「Brief History of Taiwanese Association of America / Chicago Chapter 芝加哥台灣同鄉會簡介」, a chapter-published history of the TAA Chicago Chapter — [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/history-of-taa-chicago|TAH #25, 2017-10-27]]
  • 2017-10-27 — TAH story corpus record 21, 「Brief History of Taiwanese Association of America / East Tennessee Chapter 東田納西台灣同鄉會簡介」, a chapter-published history of the TAA East Tennessee Chapter — [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/history-of-taa-east-tennessee|TAH #21, 2017-10-27]]
  • 2018-02-12 — TAH story corpus record 48, 「History of Taiwanese Association of America / Boston Chapter 全美台灣同鄉會波士頓分會簡介」, a chapter-published history of the TAA Boston Chapter — [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/history-of-taa-boston|TAH #48, 2018-02-12]]
  • 2018-02-22 — TAH story corpus record 49, 「History of Taiwanese Association of America / Greater Washington, DC 華府台灣同鄉會簡介」, a chapter-published history of the TAA Greater Washington DC Chapter — [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/history-of-taa-greater-washington-dc|TAH #49, 2018-02-22]]
  • 2017-10-04 — TAH story corpus record 8, 「Brief History of Taiwanese Association of America – Colorado 科州台灣同鄉會簡介與感言」, a chapter-published history of the TAA Colorado chapter — [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/history-of-taiwanese-association-of-america-colorado|TAH #8, 2017-10-04]]
  • 2017-10-04 — TAH story corpus record 9, 「Brief History of Taiwanese Association of America / Syracuse 雪城台灣同鄕會簡介」, a chapter-published history of the TAA Syracuse chapter — [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/history-of-taiwanese-association-of-americasyracuse|TAH #9, 2017-10-04]]
  • 2017-10-05 — TAH story corpus record 11, 「Brief History of Taiwanese Association of America / Wichita Chapter 威其塔台灣同鄉會簡介」, a chapter-published history of the TAA Wichita chapter — [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/history-of-taiwanese-association-of-america-wichita-chapter|TAH #11, 2017-10-05]]
  • 2017-10-06 — TAH story corpus record 12, 「Brief History of Taiwanese Association of America / Clear Lake, TX 明湖城同鄉會簡介」, a chapter-published history of the TAA Clear Lake (TX) chapter — [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/history-of-taiwanese-association-of-america-clear-lake-tx|TAH #12, 2017-10-06]]
  • 2017-10-27 — TAH story corpus record 20, 「Brief History of Taiwanese Association of America / Ithaca, NY 伊薩卡臺灣同鄉會的簡介」, a chapter-published history of the TAA Ithaca (NY) chapter — [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/history-of-taiwanese-association-of-america-ithaca-ny|TAH #20, 2017-10-27]]
  • 2017-10-27 — TAH story corpus record 22, 「Brief History of Taiwanese Association of America / New York Chapter 大紐約區台灣同鄕會簡介」, a chapter-published history of the TAA New York chapter — [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/history-of-taany|TAH #22, 2017-10-27]]
  • 2017-11-15 — TAH story corpus record 28, 「Brief History of Taiwanese Association of America / Minnesota Chapter 明州台灣同鄉會簡史」, a chapter-published history of the TAA Minnesota chapter — [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/history-of-taiwanese-association-of-america-minnesota-chapter|TAH #28, 2017-11-15]]
  • 2018-03-23 — TAH story corpus record 41, 「Honolulu Festival / Taiwanese Association of America Hawaii Chapter 夏威夷台灣同鄕會」, a record of the TAA Hawaii chapter’s participation in the Honolulu Festival — [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/honolulu-festival|TAH #41, 2018-03-23]]
  • 2015-12-05 — TAH story corpus record 「Taiwanese Association of America, Houston Chapter 休士頓台灣同鄉會」 documents the Houston chapter in the historical record — TAH record, 2015-12-05
  • 2015-11-19 — TAH story corpus record 「Taiwanese Association of America New Jersey Chapter / New Jersey Formosan Club 全美台灣同鄉會紐澤西分會」 documents the New Jersey chapter (also known as the New Jersey Formosan Club) in the historical record — TAH record, 2015-11-19
  • 2015-11-17 — TAH story corpus record 「Taiwanese Association of America – North Carolina Chapter (TAA-NC) 北卡台灣同鄉會」 documents the North Carolina chapter in the historical record — TAH record, 2015-11-17
  • 2015-11-16 — TAH story corpus record 「The Taiwanese Association of America Northern New Jersey Chapter 北澤西台灣同鄉會」 documents the Northern New Jersey chapter in the historical record — TAH record, 2015-11-16
  • 2017-01-05 — TAH story corpus record 「大煙山麓 by Taiwanese Association of America – East Tennessee 東田納西台灣同鄉會」, the East Tennessee chapter’s newsletter 「大煙山麓」 (Great Smoky Foothills) preserved in the historical record — TAH record, 2017-01-05
  • 2016-09-06 — TAH story corpus record 460, 「告別休士頓台灣同鄉 / Farewell to the Taiwanese Association of America in Houston / 廖明徵」, the author’s farewell account concerning the TAA Houston community — [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/mystories460-eng|TAH #460, 2016-09-06]]
  • 2018-05-09 — TAH story corpus record 43, 「International Spring Festival 國際春季園遊會 / Taiwanese Association of America, Greater Philadelphia Chapter 大費城臺灣同鄉會」, a record of the Greater Philadelphia chapter’s International Spring Festival — [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/international-spring-festival-philadelphia|TAH #43, 2018-05-09]]
  • 2018-07-11 — TAH story corpus record 68, 「Lifetime Achievement Award by Taiwanese Association of America / Yi-Ho Cheng 鄭義和」, a record of the TAA lifetime achievement award associated with 鄭義和 (Yi-Ho Cheng), named in this page’s 1970 founding record as the association’s first president — [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/lifetime-achievement-award-yi-ho-cheng|TAH #68, 2018-07-11]]
  • 2015-11-15 — TAH story corpus record 「Taiwanese Association of America Oklahoma Chapter 全美台灣同鄉會奧克拉荷馬分會」 documents the Oklahoma chapter in the historical record — TAH record, 2015-11-15
  • 2009-07-04 — 陳美麗’s account of the 2009 US Independence Day parade in Washington DC: the TAA Greater Washington and Baton Rouge chapters co-fielded the 「台美人獨立紀念日遊行團隊 (TAIDP Group)」 entry — a 「Taiwanese Americans」 banner, indigenous dance troupe, and the 「Happy Independence Day / Everlasting U.S.–Taiwan Friendship」 float with Miss Teen Taiwan USA 劉琦 (Cherry Liu) — announced over the parade PA as 「Taiwanese American Interaction Association」 before ~600,000 spectators; organized by former TAA-GWC president 謝榮春 under current chapter presidents 吳玉琴 and 黃美鳳 — 07
  • 1984-03 — 出外人’s editorial in 台灣公論報 #267 argues that as diaspora organizations multiply, 「全美台灣同鄉會及世台會應在社團整合的功能角色上，積極參與或促成整合協調」 — TAA and WFTA should convene group leaders for coordinated summer camps, joint receptions of island dissidents, and shared human-rights/diplomacy work — a dated programmatic mandate proposed for TAA — 03
  • 1993-12 (source of 台僑月刊 /1993; posted 2016-03-21) — 羅榮光牧師 records meeting TAA president 洪茂澤 (Joseph Hong) at the Columbus, Ohio 台灣人夏令會 in July and receiving his 「我愛台僑」 badge — a dated first-hand record of a TAA national presidency appearance — 03 (洪茂澤)
  • 1990-03-26/29 — 吳木盛’s 秀才造反 essay (台灣公論報) lists his magazine inventory under 同鄉會刊物: TAA-published 「全美台灣同鄉會特刊」, 「望春風」, 「台灣文化」 and 「會訊」, alongside WFTA and chapter newsletters — a dated roster of the association’s own periodicals — 05
  • 1994-09-10 — the Greater Washington D.C. Taiwanese Association of America board appointed 黃泰郎 (Tai-lang Huang) to the Taiwan Culture Center preparation committee; the Center was formally opened 2000-03-09 and acquired its Derwood, MD site in 2003 — a dated chapter-founded cultural-institution record — 09
  • 1994-04 — 台灣公論報 report on the passport place-of-birth campaign: 全美台灣同鄉會 (TAA) is named among the organizations (with CTIR, FAPA, FAHR, WUFI) that made changing the birthplace on Taiwanese-American passports from 「中國」 to 「台灣」 a standing item of the organizations’ joint conference — the joint congressional conference passed the amendment without debate in April 1994 — 10
  • 1979 — 「TAIWANESE LETTERS」 as quoted by 黃武東 lists 「TAIWANESE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, with 65 local chapters in the U.S.」 (P.O. Box 2461, Springfield, Virginia) among the principal Taiwanese organizations in North America; by the 1982 WFTA Houston convention classification it is listed under 聯誼 with 46 chapters counted — a dated national-scale record — 11
  • 2006-05-04 to 05-07 — TAA Minnesota (TAAMN) joined the 2006 Festival of Nations in Minnesota among 97 ethnic groups, presenting to an estimated 80,000 visitors: a recreated Taiwan night-market culture exhibit that won the Award of Excellence in Cultural Exhibits, folk dancing (an A-Mei tribe harvest celebration), dough art, bazaar and café, with 160 volunteer time slots staffed by chapter members and friends — [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys271|TAH #271 (Raymond Lu 呂瑞文, published 2017-01-19)]]
  • 2017-01-20 — 蘇希三 (Anthony H. Su)‘s message ahead of the TAA St. Louis Lunar New Year gathering records that 「同鄉會早已把宗旨改為台美人文化傳統的發展與展現」 — TAA-STL had changed its purpose from mingling as the main end to the development and display of Taiwanese American heritage, with social activities as the means to gather community energy; the gathering itself returned 「人間聖路易」 after the board’s preparation — [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys273|TAH #273 (蘇希三, published 2017-01-23)]]
  • 1970-06-01 — the chapter-published New York history records that on June 1st, 1970 the East Coast, Chicago and Los Angeles Taiwanese Associations merged to form the “Taiwanese Association of America”, registered in Washington under the name “Formosan Club of America, Inc.”; the East Coast Taiwanese Association was reorganized as the TAA New York Chapter, with its Boston, Connecticut, Ithaca, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington D.C. branches reorganized as TAA chapters — [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys300-eng|TAH #300 (published 2017-07-05, translated from New York Taiwan 01/2005)]]. HOLD: this record dates the merger 1970-06-01; the page’s primary founding record (吳木盛’s memoir, [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys76|TAH #76]]) gives the founding as 1970-07-01 — dates not auto-merged.
  • 1987-02 to 1992-07-11 — the Taiwanese Association of America set up a Taiwanese Community Center Fund from February 1987 to March 1991 (charity auctions and donations); 20 representatives of the Houston TAA, the Taiwanese American Federal Credit Union and the Taiwanese Language School evaluated an old child-care center from March to late May 1991; of the $310,000 raised, $30,000 was an interest-free loan from the TAA Houston Chapter, and the Houston Taiwanese Community Center opened 1992-07-11 with the Houston TAA as one of its three anchor tenants — [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys31-eng|TAH #31 (published 2014-09-05)]]
  • 2017-08-25 — Mei-Hsi Chen 程美希’s chapter history (written after 2017-08-21) records the TAA Ithaca NY chapter growing from the 1965 arrival of Joseph H. Chen for Cornell doctoral study through the 1960s–70s student gatherings to nearly 300 members in its heyday, with the Association Newsletter led by Dr. Chao-fu Cheng (Ithaca 1976–2015) — [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys310-eng|TAH #310 (published 2017-08-25)]]
  • 1975-11-27 — the Knoxville Taiwanese Association held its inaugural meeting on Thanksgiving Day 1975 at the UT Baptist Student Center with 50–60 attendees; 陳育明 (Yu-ming Chen) agreed to serve as founding president after 陳耀宗 (Yao-tsung Chen) recruited him, and J. W. Lue was elected vice-president; the name was later changed to the Taiwanese Association of East Tennessee — the founding record of the TAA East Tennessee chapter — [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys313-eng|TAH #313 (張惠雄 Hui-hsiung Chang, published 2017-09-27)]]
  • 2018-07-10 — the TAH story corpus preserves the photo album 「134. Photos of Taiwanese Association of America (TAA) 全美台灣同鄉會相片集」, a photographic record of the national association — [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/photo-albums-activities-134|TAH photo album #134, 2018-07-10]]
  • 2016-04-26 — the TAH corpus preserves 「台灣同鄉會的歷史進程 / History of Taiwanese Association of America」, a project-history record of the national association — TAH project-3-1-eng, 2016-04-26
  • 2017-10-18 — TAH story corpus record 17, 「大費城台灣同鄉會的簡介 / Brief History of Taiwanese Association of America, Greater Philadelphia Chapter (TAAGP)」, a chapter-published history of the TAA Greater Philadelphia Chapter — TAH project-3-17-eng, 2017-10-18
  • 2017-10-27 — TAH story corpus record 23, 「Brief History of Taiwanese Association of America / Houston Chapter 休士頓台灣同鄉會簡介」, a chapter-published history of the TAA Houston Chapter — TAH project-3-23, 2017-10-27
  • 2017-10-27 — TAH story corpus record 24, 「Brief History of Taiwanese Association of America / Pittsburgh Chapter 匹茲堡台灣同鄉會簡介」, a chapter-published history of the TAA Pittsburgh Chapter — TAH project-3-24, 2017-10-27
  • 2017-12-29 — TAH story corpus record 35, 「Brief History of Taiwanese Association of America, New Jersey Chapter (TAA-NJ)」, a chapter-published history of the TAA New Jersey Chapter — TAH project-3-35-eng, 2017-12-29
  • 2018-01-18 — TAH story corpus record 39, 「北卡台灣同鄕會簡介 / Brief Introduction to the Taiwanese Association of America, North Carolina Chapter」, a chapter-published history of the TAA North Carolina Chapter — TAH project-3-39-eng, 2018-01-18
  • 2016-08-23 — TAH story corpus record 「2. Taiwanese Association of America Election 全美台灣同鄉會會長選舉」, a corpus record of a national TAA presidency election — TAH projects22-2, 2016-08-23
  • 2020-01-23 — TAH story corpus record 1331, 「Member Directory of Taiwanese Association of America, The Greater Chicago Chapter 全美台灣同鄉會芝加哥分會」 (12/2019, magazines), a membership directory of the TAA Greater Chicago Chapter — [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/publications1331|TAH #1331, 2020-01-23]]
  • 2015-11-08 — TAH story corpus record 「Taiwanese Association of America San Antonio 聖安東尼臺灣同鄉會」, documenting the San Antonio chapter as part of TAA’s Southern-region network; the chapter has its own directory page TAA San Antonio — TAH record, 2015-11-08
  • 2016-01-01 — TAH story corpus record 「Taiwanese Association of America (TAA) 全美台灣同鄉會」, a record of the national association in the taiwaneseamericanhistory.org story corpus — TAH record, 2016-01-01
  • 2017-01-18 — TAH story corpus record 「TAA BULIETIN 台僑月刊」, preserving the association’s monthly magazine (台僑月刊, published by the Taiwanese Association of America 全美台灣同鄉會) in the historical record — TAH record, 2017-01-18
  • 2017-01-24 — TAH story corpus record 「74. Taiwanese Association of America / Minnesota Chapter Youth Award 明州台灣同鄉會青少年獎」, a record of the Minnesota chapter’s youth award — TAH record, 2017-01-24
  • 2019-01-21 — TAH story corpus record 「Taiwanese Association of America Detroit Chapter (底特律台灣同鄉會的活動)」, documenting the Detroit chapter’s activities in the historical record — TAH record, 2019-01-21
  • 2025-07-31 — the TAH Taiwanese Americans Oral History Project published 「180. President of TAA – 宋明麗 Mingly Song’s Journey」: an interview with 宋明麗 (Mingly Song), President of the Taiwanese Association of America (TAA) 2025, on her leadership journey, dedication to the Taiwanese American community, and vision for empowering future generations — [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/video-180|TAH Oral History #180, 2025-07-31]]
  • 2025-08-01 — the TAH Taiwanese Americans Oral History Project published 「185. President of TAAGPC – 謝己 James Jii Shieh’s Journey」: an interview with 謝己 (James Jii Shieh), President of the Taiwanese Association of America Greater Philadelphia Chapter (TAAGPC) 2024 and Chairman of the 2024 Taiwanese American Conference East Coast, on his leadership journey and vision for the community — [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/video-185|TAH Oral History #185, 2025-08-01]]

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