Talking Taiwan

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: Happy Labor Day! We’ve decided to take a break ourselves, so we are sharing one of our past episodes that I think really stands the test of time. In 2013 I interviewed entrepreneur Yao Huang. That year, she was involved with the Entrepreneur Challenge and Competition, which was organized by the Taiwanese American Professionals, New York Chapter and the Taiwan Merchants Association. Yao talked about how she went from a career in pharmacy to venture capital, and how she founded The Hatchery to grow Silicon Alley, New York City’s tech community. I think you’ll find that the perspective and advice that she offers in this interview sound and still relevant today. Yao is the founder of The Hatchery and she’s been named by Forbes one of 11 women at the center of New York’s digital scene. Her entrepreneurship has been written about in Fortune magazine, and various publications.   Here’s a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode:   Yao’s connection to Taiwan Yao’s involvement with the TAP-NY’s (Taiwanese American Professionals, New York chapter) and Taiwan Merchants Association’s Entrepreneur Challenge and Competition (ECC) Yao’s career prior to becoming an entrepreneur How she advised one of the companies competing in the ECC The first company she started How she made the transition from pharmacy in to entrepreneurship and venture capital What is venture capitalism What The Hatchery does How The Hatchery has been integral in growing New York’s tech community The Hatchery’s incubator program Why Yao founded The Hatchery Silicon Valley vs. Silicon Alley What it was like leaving her job in pharmacy to start a company What advice she has for people who want to start a business What she loves the most about what she does Her passion project, Win4Causes What she finds so rewarding about what she does   Related Links: Yao Huang on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yaohui/   The Hatchery website: https://hatchery.vc/   The Hatchery’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehatchery/   The Hatchery on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thehatchery   2013 Entrepreneur Challenge and Competition (ECC) organized by the Taiwanese American Professionals, New York Chapter and the Taiwan Merchants Association: https://bit.ly/3DMaVpd   Nomz, the company that Yao advised during the ECC: https://www.eatnomz.com/   Talking Taiwan Episode 30, TAP-NY’s Entrepreneur Challenge and Competition: https://talkingtaiwan.com/tt026-tapny/   Yao Huang’s TED Talk, Talent incubator: Yao Huang at TEDxBroadway: https://youtu.be/qjFR0F_5K4g   Yao Huang’s TED Talk, I for Innovation: https://youtu.be/jbjQYQ3IXj8

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin:   Tiffany Yu is a disability activist, CEO and founder of Diversability, and host of Tiffany & Yu, a social impact podcast. She’s also on the San Francisco Mayor’s Disability Council, a three-time TED Talk speaker and has a list of many more impressive accomplishments that appear on her Wikipedia page.   She spoke with tremendous vulnerability about her disability origin story, the trauma she’s experienced, dealing with shame, and her continued healing.   Tiffany also shared about the many exciting projects she’s working on for Diversability and in the disability space.     CORRECTION: At x:xx when Tiffany mentioned a TED Tallk “The Danger of a Single Narrative” she was referring to the TED Talk “The Danger of a Single Story.”   Here’s a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode: How Tiffany spearheaded the Taiwan Necklace Project to raise money for ITASA (Intercollegiate Taiwanese American Students Association) Tiffany’s disability origin story How she came up with the idea for her company Diversability in 2009 while a student at Georgetown University The work that Diversability does How Diversability went from a side hustle to something fulltime years later in 2017 How Diversability is about improving the lives and well-being of disabled people How can Diversability make disability a reason to belong and not a reason to exclude What happened in 2019 that made Tiffany realize that she was experiencing PTSD and how she dealt with it Tiffany’s thoughts on her first TED Talk What has changed since Tiffany started Diversability How Tiffany was able to get the mayor of San Francisco to declare July Disability Pride Month in 2020 How Tiffany has evolved since she first founded Diversability News about Diversability The “Disability is not a bad word” T-shirt campaign The Diversabillity Leadership Collective The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) goal of economic self-sufficiency How Tiffany has launched an endowment fund at Georgetown University for disability-related initiatives The comments that Tiffany’s mom made about Diversability in 2018 How Tiffany deals with her mother’s opinion of the work she does with Diversability Tiffany’s podcast Tiffany & Yu, which she started in 2020 during the Coronavirus pandemic Tiffany’s favorite episode of her podcast Tiffany & Yu Laverne Cox’s term “possibility model” The term ableism How Tiffany enjoys making Tik Tok dance videos The accomplishment that Tiffany is most proud of How the Paralympics may be used as a reason not to care about disability The term inspiration porn How paralympican Rebecca Meyers’ request to have a personal care assistant accompany her was denied   Related Links:   Tiffany Yu’s website: https://www.tiffanyyu.com/   Tiffany and Yu podcast: https://www.tiffanyyu.com/podcast   Tiffany Yu on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/imtiffanyyu/   Tiffany Yu on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/imtiffanyyu   Tiffany Yu on Twitter: https://twitter.com/imtiffanyyuv   Tiffany Yu on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tiffanyayu/   Tiffany Yu on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/tiffanyayu   Tiffany Yu on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiffany_Yu   Diversability: https://mydiversability.com/   Diversability Facebook Group: http://bit.ly/diversabilitycommunity   Diversability Leadership Collective: http://diversability.mn.co     Diversability Facebook page: http://facebook.com/diversability   Diversability on Twitter: http://twitter.com/diversability   Diversability on Instagram: http://instagram.com/diversability   Disability Empowerment Endowment Fund to support disability initiatives in perpetuity at Georgetown University: https://securelb.imodules.com/s/1686/18/giving.aspx?sid=1686&gid=4&pgid=3975&cid=5816&dids=534.144&bledit=1&sort=1&unit=34&appealcode=21HW001312   The Georgetown Voice article, “Alumna Tiffany Yu looks to cement legacy of disability justice as students push for Disability Cultural Center” about the endowment fund for disability related initiatives at Georgetown University that Tiffany is raising money for: https://georgetownvoice.com/2021/08/09/alumna-cements-legacy-of-disability-justice-students-push-for-cultural-center/   Tiffany’s first TED Talk, The Power of Exclusion: https://www.ted.com/talks/tiffany_yu_the_power_of_exclusion?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare   Tiffany’s second TED Talk, The Truths About Being A Pioneer: https://www.ted.com/talks/tiffany_yu_the_truths_about_being_a_pioneer?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare   Tiffany’s third TED Talk, The Problem with Positivity: https://www.ted.com/talks/tiffany_yu_the_problem_with_positivity?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare   The Danger of a Single Story (TED Talk): https://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_ngozi_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare   PTSD (Posttraumatic Stress Disorder): https://www.psychiatry.org/patients-families/ptsd/what-is-ptsd   Post-traumatic growth (PTG): https://www.apa.org/monitor/2016/11/growth-trauma   Dr. Robert Bullard: https://drrobertbullard.com/ https://www.unep.org/championsofearth/laureates/2020/robert-bullard   Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): https://adata.org/learn-about-ada   Tiffany &Yu Episode 18, Disability Pride, ADA30 & Diversability’s D-30 Disability Impact List ft. Alex Locust (Glamputee): https://www.tiffanyyu.com/podcast/018   Laverne Cox Calls Herself a 'Possibility Model' on Katie Couric: https://taggmagazine.com/laverne-cox-on-katie-couric/   Laverne Cox On Why She Still Has Something To Prove: https://www.forbes.com/sites/moiraforbes/2016/06/30/laverne-cox-on-why-she-still-has-something-to-prove/?sh=433c972b5638   Talila Lewis’ Working Definition of Ableism: https://www.talilalewis.com/blog/january-2021-working-definition-of-ableism Tiffany &Yu Episode 17, Leadership Lessons from Yoga Journal Racism & Controversy ft. Nicole Cardoza (Anti-Racism Daily): https://www.tiffanyyu.com/podcast/017 Stella Young’s TED Talk, I’m not your inspiration, thank you very much: https://youtu.be/8K9Gg164Bsw   Paralympian Rebecca Meyers’ Op Ed in USA Today, “Paralympic swimmer: I don't want to pull out of Tokyo Games, but I've been given no choice”: https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2021/07/20/paralympic-swimmer-becca-meyers-covid-19-tokyo-olympic-games/8006062002/   Paralympian Rebecca Meyers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Meyers   Tiffany and the Taiwan necklace project featured on Outreach for Taiwan (2014): https://oftaiwan.org/2014/11/13/talk4tw-tiffany-yu/   Tiffany talks about being Taiwanese, ITASA and the Taiwan necklace project: https://youtu.be/uaZC9fgdRwo   Taiwanese American.org:  https://www.taiwaneseamerican.org/   ITASA (Intercollegiate Taiwanese American Students Association): https://itasa.org/   TACL (Taiwanese American Citizens League): https://tacl.org/

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin:   This week I’m welcoming back Dr. Dafydd Fell to talk about the SOAS Center of Taiwan Studies at the University of London. They just had their summer school program in July, which is free and open to the public. It’s a tremendous resource for people interested in learning more about Taiwan. The program included speakers on the topics of Taiwan’s anti-nuclear movement, environmental activism and movements, Taiwan’s Post New Wave Cinema, how to write about Taiwan for a general audience, the campaign to end the death penalty in Taiwan, just to name a few. You can check out their YouTube channel which has videos from the summer school program and other SOAS Center of Taiwan Studies events. Dr. Fell and I talked about how Taiwan studies has changed over the past 20 years and some of the challenges faced by Taiwan studies programs in general.   Here’s a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode:   The establishment of the SOAS Taiwan Studies Program at the University of London How there weren’t any other Taiwan Studies programs in Europe when the SOAS Taiwan Studies Program at the University of London was established in 1999 SOAS Taiwan Studies program was founded by Professor Robert Ash Establishment of European Association of Taiwan Studies in 2004 Taiwan Studies programs in Europe How we are currently in a Golden Age of Taiwan Studies Taiwan studies programs in Europe vs. the U.S. The collaboration between SOAS Taiwan Studies program and the University of Texas at Austin Taiwan Studies program The challenges faced by Taiwan Studies programs How the SOAS Taiwan Studies program’s focuses on Taiwan Studies teaching  programs and publication (of books that come out of conferences) The types of classes and programs offered at the SOAS Taiwan Studies Program Prominent political figures from Taiwan that have been invited to speak at SOAS The second world congress of Taiwan Studies at SOAS (with 80 speakers and 500 in person attendees) How the SOAS Taiwan Studies Program organizes 50-70 events per year How the events present interesting opportunities for students to actually meet some of the figures on their reading lists What graduates of the SOAS Taiwan Studies Program have gone on to do The major research contributions that have some out of SOAS Taiwan Studies Program The challenges of funding Taiwan Studies programs Whether more Taiwan Studies degree programs will be developed worldwide The relationship between Chinese and Taiwanese studies programs The SOAS Taiwan Studies Program Summer School which has been running since 2007   Related Links:   SOAS Centre of Taiwan Studies’ website: http://www.soas.ac.uk/taiwanstudies/   SOAS Centre of Taiwan Studies’ Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/   SOAS Centre of Taiwan Studies’ Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwlZZGmE1e_6PI2e-HOPOQw   Professor Robert Ash: https://www.soas.ac.uk/staff/staff30582.php   European Association of Taiwan Studies: https://www.eats-taiwan.eu/   North American Taiwan Studies Association (NATSA): https://www.na-tsa.org/   International Journal of Taiwan Studies: https://brill.com/view/journals/ijts/ijts-overview.xml   Taiwan Studies program at the University of Texas at Austin: https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/eastasia/asian-studies-at-ut/Taiwan-program.php   Brill Series in Taiwan Studies: https://brill.com/view/serial/BSTS   Routledge Research on Taiwan Series: https://www.routledge.com/Routledge-Research-on-Taiwan-Series/book-series/RRTAIWAN   Camphor Press: https://camphorpress.com/   Taiwan Studies Revisited, Edited By Dafydd Fell, Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao: https://www.routledge.com/Taiwan-Studies-Revisited/Fell-Hsiao/p/book/9780367201722 Taiwan’s Contemporary Indigenous Peoples, Edited By Chia-yuan Huang, Daniel Davies, Dafydd Fell: https://www.routledge.com/Taiwans-Contemporary-Indigenous-Peoples/Huang-Davies-Fell/p/book/9780367553579   Tsai Ing-wen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsai_Ing-wen   Peng Min-Ming: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peng_Ming-min   Frank Hsieh: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Hsieh   Su Tseng-chang: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Su_Tseng-chang   Second World Congress of Taiwan Studies held at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) June 18-20, 2015: https://www.soas.ac.uk/news/newsitem94890.html   Reflections on the Second World Congress of Taiwan Studies (held in 2015): https://www.soas.ac.uk/news/newsitem104787.htxml   Academia Sinica: https://www.sinica.edu.tw/en   Hakka singer Lin Sheng-hsiang: https://www.soas.ac.uk/taiwanstudies/events/07jul2016-music-of-lin-sheng-hsiang.html   SOAS Centre of Taiwan Studies 2021 Summer School program: https://www.soas.ac.uk/taiwanstudies/summerschool/   The Fourth World Congress of Taiwan Studies (2022) in Seattle, Washington, USA: https://wcts.sinica.edu.tw/wctsIV/zWelcome.html

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin:   Dr. Dafydd Fell is the author of Taiwan’s Green Parties Alternative Politics in Taiwan. He spoke with me about his book, which he started working on in 2012. Topics covered in this episode include the Green Party concept, and the impact that Taiwan's Green Parties have had on Taiwan's other political parties and social movements. Dr. Fell's not only talks about some of the most his most interesting research findings, but how he was personally impacted by the subject matter of his book.   He’s also the Director of the SOAS Centre of Taiwan Studies at the University of London and we’ll have him back on another episode to talk about the SOAS Centre of Taiwan Studies.       Here’s a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode: How Dr. Fell got interested in Taiwan’s politics The Green Party concept and origin Global Greens Network When Taiwan’s Green Party was established Dr. Fell’s bookParty Politics in Taiwan The focus groups with Green Party activists that led Dr. Fell to write Taiwan’s Green Parties How Dr. Fell is working on a Chinese language version of his book, Taiwan’s Green Parties The main accomplishments and impact of Taiwan’s Green Party How Taiwan’s Green Party compares to other Green Parties around the world The role of Taiwan’s Green Party in the anti-nuclear movement in Taiwan How Taiwan’s Green Party was the first party to advocate same sex marriage and nominate openly LGBT candidates How Taiwan’s Green Party raises alternative issues (death penalty, euthanasia for terminally ill) The Taiwan Green Party’s influence on mainstream political parties How the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has poached figures from the Green party The Taiwan Green Party’s electoral performance Taiwan’s alternative parties The splinter Green Parties, the Trees Party and GPT-Social Democratic Alliance The most surprising or interesting finding that Dr. Fell discovered in his research for his book, Taiwan’s Green Parties How Taiwan could participate in the Green Party’s global network and gain some international visibility The Asia Pacific Greens network Keli Yen, Global Greens Convenor (2017-2020) How England and Wales Green Party Leader Penny Kemp went to Taiwan in 1996 to show support The current status of Taiwan’s Green Party How Dr. Fell’s book offers a different perspective on Taiwan’s history through the lens of small political parties and social movements How Dr. Fell is now working on the Chinese language version of his book, Taiwan’s Green Parties with three Taiwanese scholars who were formerly leaders of Taiwan’s Green Party How Dr. Fell started working on the book, Taiwan’s Green Partiesin 2012     Related Links:   Taiwan’s Green Parties by Dr. Dafydd Fell: https://www.routledge.com/Taiwans-Green-Parties-Alternative-Politics-in-Taiwan/Fell/p/book/9780367650315   Dr. Dafydd Fell on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dafyddfell   Facebook Page for Taiwan’s Green Parties: https://www.facebook.com/Taiwans-Green-Parties-Alternative-Politics-in-Taiwan-101639718636953   Wild Lily Student Movement: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Lily_student_movement   https://oftaiwan.org/social-movements/wild-lily-student-movement/   1989 Elections in Taiwan: https://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/03/world/nationalists-lead-taiwan-elections.html   Global Greens Network: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Greens   Taiwan’s Green Party: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Party_Taiwan     Taiwan’s first direct presidential election (1996): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_Taiwanese_presidential_election   Taiwan’s cross strait missile crisis of 1995-1996: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Taiwan_Strait_Crisis#:~:text=The%20Third%20Taiwan%20Strait%20Crisis,1995%20to%2023%20March%201996.   https://www.jstor.org/stable/2626754   Party Politics in Taiwan by Dr. Dafydd Fell: https://www.routledge.com/Party-Politics-in-Taiwan-Partay-Change-and-the-Democratic-Evolution-of-Taiwan/Fell/p/book/9780415650700   Blocking of Taiwan’s fourth nuclear power plant:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_Taiwan   Reuters article, “Taiwan to halt construction of fourth nuclear power plant”:  https://www.reuters.com/article/taiwan-nuclear/taiwan-to-halt-construction-of-fourth-nuclear-power-plant-idUKL3N0NJ08C20140427   Keli Yen, Global Greens Convenor (2017-2020): https://www.asiapacificgreens.org/profile/keli-yen   England and Wales Green Party Leader Penny Kemp: https://greenworld.org.uk/article/obituary-penny-kemp-1949-2021   Democratic Progressive Party (DPP): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Progressive_Party   https://www.dpp.org.tw/en/about   Ko Wen-je: https://en.xn--wikipeadia-65a.org/wiki/Ko_Wen-je   Taiwan’s People Party: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan_People%27s_Party   Kuomintang (KMT): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuomintang

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: In May of 2020 I interviewed Valerie Soe and Kristina Wong about the Auntie Sewing Squad, a sewing circle that was formed on March 24th during the global Coronavirus pandemic. Initially the group sewed masks for frontline medical and essential workers, and then for vulnerable marginalized communities. From the outset, Kristina described the Auntie Sewing Squad as a stop gap measure, and said that she had no intention of turning it into a nonprofit. In fact, she stated that the nature of what the Auntie Sewing Squad does is not sustainable in the long run and that the goal would be for the group to eventually retire. The work of the Auntie Sewing Squad, has gone beyond mask making. So, when I learned that the Auntie Sewing Squad had set a date to retire, I had to invite Valerie and Kristina back on to talk about the Auntie Sewing Squad’s retirement.   Here’s a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode:   Why and when the Auntie Sewing Squad is going into retirement The work that the Auntie Sewing Squad has done aside from sewing masks How the Auntie Sewing Squad is spending $10,000 on N-95 masks for farmworkers who have to work during the wildfires How Kristina and the Auntie Sewing Squad allocates food and supplies from the L.A. food bank to communities in need The Super Aunties of the Auntie Sewing Squad How the Auntie Sewing Squad is not the alternative to FEMA The other ways that Aunties are trying to support communities in need Dealing with the recent passing of Auntie Sally Super Auntie Constance Parng’s breakout case of COVID How Kristina has been able to do more to affect change as an Auntie than an elected official The statement that the Auntie Sewing Squad put out after the Atlanta Spa Shootings The book about the Auntie Sewing Squad that will be coming out this fall (The Auntie Sewing Squad Guide to Mask Making, Radical Care and Racial Justice) The full-length documentary being made about the Auntie Sewing Squad (We Go Down Sewing) How COVID hospitalizations have affected people in need of other medical treatments/procedures The Auntie Sewing Squad retirement party How the Auntie Sewing Squad is nonhierarchical The term mutual aid The unique community and bonds that have formed amongst the Aunties and members of Auntie Sewing Squad What will happen to the group after it retires, and will the community still exist online Kristina’s show about the Auntie Sewing Squad which is set to be performed in New York in November   Related Links:   The Auntie Sewing Squad’s website: http://auntiesewingsquad.com/   The Auntie Sewing Squad on Instagram: www.Instagram.com/AuntieSewing   Auntie Sewing Squad Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2764362993676831/   Auntie Sewing Squad Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/auntiesewing   The Auntie Sewing Squad’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQrlwkZu_l6F1d9D_M5ZnGQ   The Auntie Sewing Squad’s book, The Auntie Sewing Squad Guide to Mask Making, Radical Care and Racial Justice, 30% off code 17M6662, valid for UC Press website only: https://bit.ly/3iwyEBb   The Auntie Sewing Squad’s HQ (list of notable Aunties): http://auntiesewingsquad.com/about/what-is-hq/   FEMA: https://www.fema.gov/   World Harvest Food Bank: https://www.worldharvestla.org/   Mutual Aid:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutual_aid_(organization_theory)   Super Auntie Constance Parng’s Talking Taiwan interview: https://talkingtaiwan.com/constance-parng-super-auntie-to-native-nations-of-the-auntie-sewing-squad-ep-108/   Atlanta Spa Shootings: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Atlanta_spa_shootings   The Auntie Sewing Squad’s Statement on Rising Anti-Asian Hate and Violence: http://auntiesewingsquad.com/blog-posts/anti-aapi-hate-statement/   Kristina Wong’s website: http://kristinawong.com/   Kristina Wong’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ilovekristinawong/   Kristina Wong’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYVB9L   Valerie Soe’s blog: https://beyondasiaphilia.com/   Valerie Soe’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Valerie-Soe-1397194727164610   Valerie’s previous Talking Taiwan interview about her documentary film, Love Boat Taiwan: https://talkingtaiwan.com/love-boat-taiwan-interview-asian-american-studies-professor-film-maker-valerie-soe-ep-66/   Talking Taiwan Episode 75: Auntie Sewing Squad Combats Covid-19 One Mask at a Time: https://talkingtaiwan.com/auntie-sewing-squad-combats-covid-19-one-mask-at-a-time-ep-75/ Talking Taiwan Episode 107: Auntie Sewing Squad 2: Supporting Communities On the Fringe Through Caring: https://talkingtaiwan.com/auntie-sewing-squad-2-supporting-communities-on-the-fringe-through-caring-ep-107/

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin:   This is part two of my interview with Sergeant Steven Lee, a 16-year veteran of the NYPD, and whistleblower fighting to reform police corruption. Previously, in part one, we talked about Sergeant Lee’s undercover work and the police corruption that he’s witnessed. If you haven’t had a chance to hear part one, you might want to go back and listen to it first. In part two Steve talks about what happened after his undercover work and the related court case, his thoughts on how to combat corruption within the NYPD, and why he plans to run for State Assembly next year.   Here’s a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode:   What happened to Steve after his undercover work and the related court case The corruption that Steve has seen in Internal Affairs Bureau of the NYPD Steve’s suggestions for how to independently monitor the NYPD and Internal Affairs Bureau How Steve believes that the police should identity with culture and customs of the communities they work in, and that there are enough police able to speak the languages spoken in their precincts How Steve deals with the pressure of being a whistleblower Steve’s 2020 run for State Assembly in District 40 and how he’s running again next year What changes Steve has seen with the NYPD since the murder of George Floyd Hoops over Hate Ron Kim, Steve’s opponent for State Assembly in District 40   Related Links:   Ostracized NYPD whistleblower runs for state office in Queens: https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-steven-lee-ron-kim-assembly-20200211-mp26mhghpnen5altiqxahree3m-story.html   Queens Daily Eagle article, " ‘You can't have cops watching cops' — NYPD officer, ex-cop lawyer sue NYC": https://queenseagle.com/all/cops-corruption-harassment-nypd-lawsuit-lee-murray   NYPD 109th Precinct: https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/bureaus/patrol/precincts/109th-precinct.page   https://twitter.com/nypd109pct?lang=en   https://www.facebook.com/NYPD109PCT/   Queens Daily Eagle article, "Flushing assembly race gets ugly with claims of ‘cyberbullying’ burner accounts": https://queenseagle.com/all/flushing-assembly-race-gets-ugly-amid-claims-of-cyberbullying-burner-accounts   Steven Lee on Ballotpedia: https://ballotpedia.org/Steven_Lee_(New_York)   Edwin Raymond: https://www.edwinraymond.com/ https://nypost.com/2020/06/28/cop-suing-nypd-for-racial-profiling-running-for-city-council/   NY Post article, "Teen assaulted in anti-Asian attack on Queens basketball court": https://nypost.com/2021/03/17/teen-assaulted-in-anti-asian-attack-on-queens-basketball-court/   Hoops over Hate: https://www.facebook.com/events/1811972852291087?ref=newsfeed   https://www.facebook.com/asiansinamericainc/posts/111180254400558   NY Assemblyman Ron Kim: https://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/Ron-Kim   Crime + Punishment (the award-winning Hulu original documentary): https://youtu.be/C6lB9HQnSac

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin:   Sergeant Steven Lee is a 16-year veteran of the NYPD. He’s a whistleblower fighting to reform police corruption and he shared his story with me. This is part one of my interview with Steve.  In part two, next week, you’ll hear what happened to him after his undercover work and the related court case, how he’s dealt with the pressure, his thoughts on how to combat corruption within the NYPD, why he ran for State Assembly in 2020 and his plans to run again next year.   Here’s a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode:   What Steve was doing before becoming a police officer How Steve became a police officer Scandals involving police officers writing fake summons What led Steve to go undercover The police corruption that Steve saw when he was undercover What happened during the two years that Steve was undercover   Related Links:   Ostracized NYPD whistleblower runs for state office in Queens: https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-steven-lee-ron-kim-assembly-20200211-mp26mhghpnen5altiqxahree3m-story.html   Crime+Punishment (the award-winning Hulu original documentary): https://youtu.be/C6lB9HQnSac

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin:   Liz Williams is one of the co-founders of The Afara Collective and Jennifer Ho, heads Afara’s film club team. Seeing how the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and others last year sparked Black Lives Matter protests globally, and led to greater dialogue about systemic oppression and anti-racism, Liz and her co-founder Jules Sanders were inspired to create Afara.   Afara invites everyone, regardless of ethnic background to work on their personal biases   Liz and Jen talked about why the work of Afara matters to them, the types of training and programs that Afara will offer, and how Afara is about creating safe, brave spaces to have difficult conversations about systemic oppression, racism and bias.   Liz has been a guest on Talking Taiwan. In episode 88 she and Elissa Russell talked about Being Black in Taiwan and Racism in the United States.   Here’s a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode: What inspired Liz and her co-founder Jules Sanders to create The Afara Collective? What is the mission of The Afara Collective? How Afara is about including everyone (regardless of ethnicity, not just Blacks and Whites) in the work of being an anti-racism What does the word afara mean? What is anti-racism? How Afara is about creating safe spaces to discuss racism and bias What have been the challenges in running The Afara Collective? Their approach to working with and managing their team of volunteers Afrara’s film club and book club Afara’s See and Unseen Film Club How Afara creates safe brave spaces for people to discover personal biases The types of training, courses and programming that Afara offers Afara’s Go Fund Me crowdfunding campaign Afara’s vision of empathy in action     Related Links:   The Afara Collective’s Go Fund Me campaign: https://www.gofundme.com/f/The-Afara-Collective-antiracism?qid=68c382c4dac86653f790901ee54ada06&fbclid=IwAR1DTLBW2pLMC5Brdt2KwsNwdqgpYm34KqIL9r4ZLh9epnXzI-RoIFH-A-U   The Afara Collective: http://www.weareafara.org/   The Afara Collective on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/weareafara/   The Afara Collective on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/weareafara   George Floyd: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Floyd   Breonna Taylor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Breonna_Taylor https://www.nytimes.com/article/breonna-taylor-police.html   BBC News article, “Ahmaud Arbery: What do we know about the case?” https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52623151   March 16, 2021 Atlanta Spa Shootings: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Atlanta_spa_shootings   Liz Williams and Elissa Russell’s Talking Taiwan interview about Being Black in Taiwan and Racism in the United States: https://talkingtaiwan.com/being-black-in-taiwan-and-racism-in-the-united-states-ep-88/

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin:   When Taiwan went in to soft lockdown in May, a group of diaspora who had moved there decided a Covid 19 Taiwan fundraiser for organizations assisting society’s most vulnerable was needed. They created the Taiwan Covid Relief Fundraiser and before they launched it, I spoke with three of the seven organizers- Catherine, Kevin and Jane.   We talked about how the charities benefitting from the fundraiser provide direct assistance to the homeless, disabled, migrant workers and survivors of domestic violence, and how all donations will go directly to the participating organizations. The fundraiser’s organizing team has pledged to match the first $10,000 donated. The team’s novel approach to organizing the Taiwan Covid Relief Fundraiser has given the charity organizations greater exposure to English language speakers and international donors.   The #TaiwanCovidRelief Fundraiser Organizing Team:   Catherine Chou is a second-generation Taiwanese-American who writes on Taiwanese history and identity, and tweets at @catielila.   Kevin Lin is the Co-Founder and former Chief Operating Officer of Twitch. He was born and raised in New Orleans. Through co-founding groups like Gold House, Kevin is giving back to communities that he cares about through sustainable investing, hoping to support creators of all shapes and sizes. @kevinlin Jane W. Wang is founder of Build Great Bridges Around Taiwan (BGBAT) and a self-actualization coach who helps multiculturalites navigate their Multicultural Hero's Journey, so they can find home within and live their joy & purpose.    Remaining Members of the #TaiwanCovidRelief Fundraiser Organizing Team  (not shown):   Jonathan Liao   Kathy Cheng @trickytaipei   Laura Huang @laurahuangla   Tait Sye     Here’s a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode:   How Catherine, Kevin and Jane, three of the organizers of the Taiwan Covid Relief Fundraiser met and their connection to Taiwan How they came up with the idea for the fundraiser Who’s on the organizing team What it’s been like being under soft lockdown in Taiwan How the fundraiser is meant to benefit vulnerable communities affected by COVID in Taiwan The five charity organizations that that will benefit from the fundraiser: Homeless Taiwan, Hsichulun Hpme, 1919 Foodbank, Serve the People, and Garden of Hope Donations will go directly to the organizations How the Taiwan COVID Relief Fundraiser committee will be matching the first $10,000 of donations made How Catherine approached 15 organizations initially about being a part of the fundraiser How the five charity organizations had to build English landing pages to receive foreign donations NetiCRM, the company that worked with the charities to create new landing pages and donation websites How the Taiwan COVID Relief Fundraiser will help the five charities to internationalize their donor market The fundraiser was initially targeted at diaspora, but it is also for one who may not be able to read Chinese language websites, are primarily English speakers, and friends of Taiwan around the world   Related Links:   The Taiwan Covid Relief Fundraiser: www.taiwancovidrelief.com     ITASA (Intercollegiate Taiwanese American Students Association): https://itasa.org/   TaiwaneseAmerican.org feature about ITASA - Inspire, Empower, and Activate: ITASA’s “Coming of Age”: https://www.taiawaneseamerican.org/2011/01/inspire-empower-and-activate-itasas-coming-of-age/   BGBAT (Build Great Bridges Around Taiwan): https://www.facebook.com/groups/1798268263828078/   Articles related to the April 2, 2021 Hualien train crash:   NPR article, "More Than 50 Dead, Dozens Injured As Taiwan Train Derails Inside Tunnel": https://www.npr.org/2021/04/02/983763089/nearly-50-dead-as-taiwan-train-derails-inside-tunnel   The News Lens article, "Taiwanese American Investors Hold Fundraiser To Support Taroko Train Crash Victims" (about the fundraiser Kevin organized for the April 2, 2021 Hualien train crash): https://international.thenewslens.com/article/149825   GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/   Tiltify: https://tiltify.com/   NetiCRM, a Taiwanese constituent relationship management system for non-profits: https://netivism.com.tw operated by NETivism: https://neticrm.tw

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin:   A few months ago, before Taiwan went on COVID alert level 3, I spoke with Michael Turton, about biking around Taiwan. I remember when there was a push to make Taiwan more bike-friendly and it became popular for people to bike around the island or along the coast. Michael shared why he loves biking around Taiwan and how it is one of the best places to bike in the world. Surprisingly he advised avoiding cycling route number 1, which is the bicycle route around the island of Taiwan developed by the Taiwan Ministry of Transportation and Communications. He also talked about what he’s learned about Taiwan’s history and aborigines by biking around Taiwan.   Michael is a political commentator, Taipei Times columnist and blogger. We’ve had Michael on Talking Taiwan previously in episode 119 when he spoke with me about China’s ban of Taiwan’s pineapples.   Here’s a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode:   What brought Michael to Taiwan How/why he started biking Michael’s website about Taiwan in the 1990s which led to his blog Blogs that have inspired him How he’s learned things about Taiwan’s local history and aborigines while biking around Taiwan How interacting with the land is a way to get to know the land How biking is a way to discover and learn about Taiwan Why Taiwan is one of the best places to bike Tips on how to get around the island easier with a bike How long it takes to bike around the entire island The lighthouse to lighthouse bike ride How he’s able to track changes in Taiwan by regularly biking certain routes The difference between driving around in a car vs. riding around on a bike How Taiwan and Madagascar are the only tropical places in the world that have Badlands Where he recommends you should bike or not Taiwan’s steep bike routes   Related Links:   Michael Turton’s blog: http://michaelturton.blogspot.com/   U.S. Peace Corps: https://www.peacecorps.gov/   Michael Fahey: http://www.winklerpartners.com/?page_id=622   Scott Sommers/Summers: https://www.intellectbooks.com/scott-sommers   TC Lin’s blog: http://poagao.org/pjournal/   Roland Soong’s blog East West North South: http://www.zonaeuropa.com/weblog.htm   Andrew Kerslake’s blog: https://taiwanincycles.blogspot.com/   The award winning Wikipedia page on Taiwan aborigines that Andrew Kerslake wrote: https://bit.ly/3qSTFbS   Bunun tribe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunun_people   The film, Island Etude: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_Etude   Yushan aka Jade Mountain (Taiwan’s highest peak): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yu_Shan   Sun Moon Lake Swim: https://www.sunmoonlake.gov.tw/en/event/calendardetail/673   Sun Moon Lake: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Moon_Lake   Taroko: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taroko_National_Park   https://wikitravel.org/en/Taroko_Gorge   Badlands: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badlands   Moonscape area of Tainan aka Taiwan’s Badlands: https://spectralcodex.com/exploring-the-badlands-of-southern-taiwan/   Taiwan Cycling Route 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan_Cycling_Route_No.1   Taipei Times article, “Ride to the clouds” by Mark Roche: https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2021/03/11/2003753620   Mark Roche’s Blue Sky Adventures: http://www.blueskiestaiwan.com/   Alishan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alishan_National_Scenic_Area   Alishan tea farms: https://www.teafromtaiwan.com/blog/alishan-tea-districts/