Ep 41 | Lawrence Lin about American Citizens for Taiwan

Jan 31, 2014

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A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin:

Here is an interview with Lawrence Lin about American Citizens for Taiwan.

In this episode we speak with Lawrence Lin the media spokesperson for American Citizens for Taiwan (ACT). ACT was established in 2009. The mission of ACT is to educate Americans on the importance of Taiwan to the U.S. and working to strengthen the U.S. Taiwan relationship.

Here’s a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode:

· How American Citizens for Taiwan (ACT) was started

· In the beginning ACT focused on serving Taiwanese organizations

· How ACT is focused on online advocacy work

· How ACT uses popbox an online tool to facilitate letter writing campaigns for Congressional bills related to Taiwan

· HR419 the Taiwan Policy Act

· How ACT gets Americans involved or concerned about Taiwan by focusing on Democracy security and the economy

· How ACT tries to make it easier for Americans to contact their congressperson about supporting bills related to Taiwan

· How ACT is trying to reach others outside of the Taiwanese American community

· Why it’s important for Taiwan to be represented in the United Nations

· The petition on Change.org regarding Taiwan being listed on ISO as Taiwan, Province of China

· The challenges of ACT’s work

· ACT is a 501(c)(4) organization

· Plans to set up American Citizens for Taiwan Foundation which will be a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to creating educational resources about Taiwan

· One of the ideas for educational resources about Taiwan is a teacher’s guide to teach about Taiwan

· ACT’s future projects and initiatives

· New York’s Passport to Taiwan

· Canada’s Taiwanfest