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Summer is upon us and in the past it's been a very busy time for the Taiwanese American community with several summer conferences and camps being organized across the country. There's TAF, the Taiwanese American Foundation, TACEC, the Taiwanese American Conference East Coast, TAC-WC, the West Coast version of the Taiwanese American Conference, and TANG just to name a few.

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These conferences and camps have become an annual tradition, the basis for lifelong friendships, a place for reunions of sorts, and a way to build and connect with our community.

After all we've been through these past couple of years, it's good to be back and able to meet again in person.

This year marks the 20th anniversary of TANG (the Taiwanese American Next Generation). This year TANG will be held at West Chester University in Pennsylvania from July 1-4.

You may have heard this organization mentioned in past episodes of Talking Taiwan with my guests Rolla Chng, Peter Lin and Ed Lin (who incidentally are not related to me or to each other). Also, several of my past guests like Michelle Kuo and Tim Chng have been involved with TANG or invited to speak there.

TANG's mission statement is: For the youth to be enriched by a loving Taiwanese community, so they can obtain a stronger sense of self and passionately pursue their convictions.

Since TANG is just around the corner, I thought it would be good to invite Christine Su to stop by Talking Taiwan's podcasting booth at Passport to Taiwan to talk about TANG and how it's connected to TACEC. The Taiwanese American Conference East Coast, is an annual conference organized the TAA, the Taiwanese Association of America, one of the oldest Taiwanese organizations with chapters all across the United States. Each year TACEC is organized by a different East Coast chapter of the TAA.

This episode of Talking Taiwan has been sponsored by NATWA, the North America Taiwanese Women's Association.

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