Taiwanese Association of Tampa Bay (佛州天霸市台灣同鄉會)
Identity Snapshot
- English: Taiwanese Association of Tampa Bay
- Chinese: 佛州天霸市台灣同鄉會
- Era: Contemporary
- Geography: Taiwanese American community
- Core roles: Community organization (TAH directory)
The Taiwanese Association of Tampa Bay (佛州天霸市台灣同鄉會) 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 Tampa Bay area of Florida.
Role in the Community
- The chapter has its own historical record in the TAH story corpus: Taiwanese Association of Tampa Bay, FL 佛州天霸市台灣同鄉會 (published 2014-10-12, value band B), which documents the chapter within the national TAA network.
- The Tampa Bay area also hosted a parallel community institution, the Taiwanese Chamber of Commerce of Tampa Bay Florida (天柏灣台灣商會), recorded at 35. Taiwanese Chamber of Commerce of Tampa Bay Florida 天柏灣台灣商會 (2016-05-06) — a business association distinct from this hometown association.
- The Tampa Bay movement scene included a FAPA (台灣人公共事務會) chapter, recorded at FAPA 台灣人公共事務會佛羅里達坦帕分會 (2015-12-14) — a public-affairs organization alongside the hometown association.
- Community activism in Tampa is also documented by a 2010 public screening of Formosa Betrayed: Screening of Formosa Betrayed in Tampa, FL (2010-07-23, taiwaneseamerican.org).
Note (2026-09-25, deepen-x slice 09250500-11): re-verified — fresh grep 佛州天霸市台灣同鄉會 / “Taiwanese Association of Tampa” in works+articles returns only the chapter’s own record ta-tampa-bay-fl + index line (already absorbed); no memoir material. Verified-saturated.
Note (2026-10-08, deepen-x slice 10070600-11): broadened the probe from the exact chapter name to “Tampa” across all five corpus dirs — two new community records surfaced and are now linked above: the FAPA Florida Tampa Chapter (2015) and the 2010 Formosa Betrayed screening in Tampa. Still no memoir text naming the chapter itself; no conflicts held.
Sources
Note (2026-09-25, deepen-x slice 09231400-2): fresh grep 佛州天霸市台灣同鄉會 / “Taiwanese Association of Tampa” across works+articles returned only the chapter’s own bibliographic record ta-tampa-bay-fl (already absorbed above) plus its works/index.md line — no memoir material beyond the existing Role section; nothing new absorbable.