Mar
9
Tue
Join us online for a virtual TAPpy Hour!
Bring a drink or dinner and mingle with old friends and meet new ones! We’ll be using Discord (a chat and streaming platform) and will have breakout rooms to allow for smaller conversations and meeting new people every 20-30 minutes.
Bring a drink or dinner and mingle with old friends and meet new ones! We’ll be using Discord (a chat and streaming platform) and will have breakout rooms to allow for smaller conversations and meeting new people every 20-30 minutes.
Feel free to join or invite your friends, even if not in Seattle!
TAP-Seattle Discord server link: https://discord.gg/9nCHx98TSb
Set up: You will need a Discord account to communicate with others.
***Please set up your Discord account, if you don’t have one yet:
https://discordapp.com/
***Instructions: https://support.discordapp.com/…/360033931551-Getting…
***Joining a server: https://support.discordapp.com/…/articles/360034842871
***Please set up your Discord account, if you don’t have one yet:
https://discordapp.com/
***Instructions: https://support.discordapp.com/…/360033931551-Getting…
***Joining a server: https://support.discordapp.com/…/articles/360034842871
Mar
25
Thu
Join us to shake off the stress with some Zumba!
We are excited to have instructor Grace Wu to lead us in this hour long fun session. Grace has been a licensed Zumba instructor since June 2014. She loves teaching Zumba classes because every class feels like a party! So, come party with us with some latin hits, Flamenco, and K-pop!
No experience is needed. Just come and have some fun!
This class is free!!! But please register with the Eventbrite link to receive the zoom link.
Setup: No workout equipment needed. Do make sure you have a decent space to move around with the screen in front of you to follow along and working audio hear the music. Stay hydrated!
We have a limited amount of tickets to a free showing of “Boogie”! RSVP here and show up (virtually) early as its first-come first-served “seating”: http://focusfeaturesscreenings.com/BOOGIETAPSEA
This is the director debut of Eddie Huang.
Synopsis: “Coming-of-age story of Alfred “Boogie” Chin, a basketball phenom living in Queens, New York, who dreams of one day playing in the NBA. While his parents pressure him to focus on earning a scholarship to an elite college, Boogie must find a way to navigate a new girlfriend, high school, on-court rivals and the burden of expectation.”
Instructions:
After you RSVP, approximately one hour before your screening start time, you will receive your link to access the screening.
Space is limited to view the screening, and availability is first come, first served to those that click on the link.
After you RSVP, approximately one hour before your screening start time, you will receive your link to access the screening.
Space is limited to view the screening, and availability is first come, first served to those that click on the link.
Mar
26
Fri
Grab some tea, get cozy, and join us for a fireside chat. TAP-LA and TAP-Seattle commit to create a safe space discussion that normalizes conversations about the ongoing hate crimes and harassment against the Asian Americans and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Community. #StopAAPIHate
Admission is free, registration is required. Please fill out the sign-up form, and our team will send you the discussion link: https://forms.gle/jccLH4jKN7aHjBjD9
If you have any questions, please contact cindy.lee@tap-la.org.
Community Agreement:
1. Listen for understanding and with empathy
2. Allow everyone a chance to speak, no interrupting
3. Be kind and brave
4. Use “yes, and…” and “I” statements (I feel…I experienced…)
5. Criticize ideas, not individuals and keep the focus on the conversation
6. No fixing or correcting
7. Respect the silence that comes with thinking, learning, and processing
8. Avoid assumptions about others and recognize that not all values align
9. Lean into discomfort
10. Expect that we will leave/end with session with unanswered questions
11. Have fun!
1. Listen for understanding and with empathy
2. Allow everyone a chance to speak, no interrupting
3. Be kind and brave
4. Use “yes, and…” and “I” statements (I feel…I experienced…)
5. Criticize ideas, not individuals and keep the focus on the conversation
6. No fixing or correcting
7. Respect the silence that comes with thinking, learning, and processing
8. Avoid assumptions about others and recognize that not all values align
9. Lean into discomfort
10. Expect that we will leave/end with session with unanswered questions
11. Have fun!
About Us:
Taiwanese American Professionals (TAP) is a non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing and empowering the Taiwanese & Taiwanese American community through networking and professional development, while emphasizing the preservation of Taiwanese American Identity.
Taiwanese American Professionals (TAP) is a non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing and empowering the Taiwanese & Taiwanese American community through networking and professional development, while emphasizing the preservation of Taiwanese American Identity.
Apr
22
Thu
Join us online for a virtual TAPpy Hour!
Bring a drink or dinner and mingle with old friends and meet new ones! We’ll be using Discord (a chat and streaming platform) and will have breakout rooms to allow for smaller conversations and meeting new people every 20-30 minutes.
Bring a drink or dinner and mingle with old friends and meet new ones! We’ll be using Discord (a chat and streaming platform) and will have breakout rooms to allow for smaller conversations and meeting new people every 20-30 minutes.
Feel free to join or invite your friends, even if not in Seattle!
TAP-Seattle Discord server link: https://discord.gg/9nCHx98TSb
Set up: You will need a Discord account to communicate with others.
***Please set up your Discord account, if you don’t have one yet:
https://discordapp.com/
***Instructions: https://support.discordapp.com/…/360033931551-Getting…
***Joining a server: https://support.discordapp.com/…/articles/360034842871
***Please set up your Discord account, if you don’t have one yet:
https://discordapp.com/
***Instructions: https://support.discordapp.com/…/360033931551-Getting…
***Joining a server: https://support.discordapp.com/…/articles/360034842871
Apr
29
Thu
We are excited to have instructor Grace Wu to lead us in this hour long fun session. Grace has been a licensed Zumba instructor since June 2014. She loves teaching Zumba classes because every class feels like a party! So, come party with us with some latin hits, Flamenco, and K-pop!
No experience is needed. Just come and have some fun!
This class is free!!! But please register with the Eventbrite link to receive the zoom link.
https://www.eventbrite.com/…/tap-sea-zumba-workout…
https://www.eventbrite.com/…/tap-sea-zumba-workout…
Setup: No workout equipment needed. Do make sure you have a decent space to move around with the screen in front of you to follow along and working audio hear the music. Stay hydrated!
Come join us for a night of comedy and drag from AAPI performers all around the world – that’s right, we’re an international baby! The Asian American community is not only resilient and strong, but creative and talented, and we are bringing it all together. As we enter into Asian American Pacific Heritage Month, we bring you the best and brightest API performers from Comedy Central, Netflix, NBC Asian America, and more in an evening of laughs with 100% of ticket sales going to support #STOPAAPIHATE.
Performers include:
ATSUKO OKATSUKA
GARRON CHIU
JES TOM
JULIA SHIPLETT
MISS SHU MAI
ATSUKO OKATSUKA
GARRON CHIU
JES TOM
JULIA SHIPLETT
MISS SHU MAI
Hosted by TERESA LEE
Allies & chill audience all welcome!
Get your tickets at https://tapla.org/event-4268960
If you just want to donate to the cause, click this link https://tapla.org/Donate and select “TAP-LA General Fund”, but in the comments put “Comedy Show”.
What is TAP?
Taiwanese American Professionals Los Angeles (TAP-LA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing and empowering the Taiwanese & Taiwanese American community in Greater Los Angeles through networking and professional development, while emphasizing the preservation of Taiwanese American Identity. Our programs and events are focused in five main areas: Community Building, Professional Development, Promoting Taiwanese/Taiwanese American Culture and Identity, Health and Wellness, Community Service. For more info, check out our website: https://tapla.org/
Taiwanese American Professionals Los Angeles (TAP-LA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing and empowering the Taiwanese & Taiwanese American community in Greater Los Angeles through networking and professional development, while emphasizing the preservation of Taiwanese American Identity. Our programs and events are focused in five main areas: Community Building, Professional Development, Promoting Taiwanese/Taiwanese American Culture and Identity, Health and Wellness, Community Service. For more info, check out our website: https://tapla.org/
May
16
Sun
NW PREMIER- Film Screening, Interview Emmy Award Director & Producer, Raffles
Buy tickets at Eventbrite: https://abovethedrowningsea.eventbrite.com
2:30 pm | Welcome & Intro
2:40 pm | Film Screening
4:10 pm | Meet Director Rene Balcer & his team
4:30 pm | Raffle drawing
2:40 pm | Film Screening
4:10 pm | Meet Director Rene Balcer & his team
4:30 pm | Raffle drawing
To celebrate API and Jewish Heritage Month in May, NAWMBA Seattle is hosting an award-winning film “Above the Drowning Sea”, directed by Emmy Award director & producer Rene Balcer and narrated by Golden Globes & Emmy Award-winning actress Julianna Margulies.
Buy tickets at Eventbrite: https://abovethedrowningsea.eventbrite.com
STORY
Above the Drowning Sea, a stylish documentary, tells the story of the dramatic escape of European Jews from Nazi-controlled Europe to Shanghai on the eve of World War II. As Hitler’s forces sought to expel the Jews from Europe, no other country would open its doors to the refugees. Their lives at stake, the refugees desperately looked for a way out from what would become the Holocaust. Then, a door opened on the east coast of far-away China, in Shanghai, an “open city” itself in chaos from foreign invasion and civil war. But getting there required a “golden” document to get out of Nazi Europe — a visa from China….
Above the Drowning Sea, a stylish documentary, tells the story of the dramatic escape of European Jews from Nazi-controlled Europe to Shanghai on the eve of World War II. As Hitler’s forces sought to expel the Jews from Europe, no other country would open its doors to the refugees. Their lives at stake, the refugees desperately looked for a way out from what would become the Holocaust. Then, a door opened on the east coast of far-away China, in Shanghai, an “open city” itself in chaos from foreign invasion and civil war. But getting there required a “golden” document to get out of Nazi Europe — a visa from China….
May
20
Thu
Join us online for a virtual TAPpy Hour!
Bring a drink or dinner and mingle with old friends and meet new ones! We’ll be using Discord (a chat and streaming platform) and will have breakout rooms to allow for smaller conversations and meeting new people every 20-30 minutes.
Bring a drink or dinner and mingle with old friends and meet new ones! We’ll be using Discord (a chat and streaming platform) and will have breakout rooms to allow for smaller conversations and meeting new people every 20-30 minutes.
Feel free to join or invite your friends, even if not in Seattle!
TAP-Seattle Discord server link: https://discord.gg/9nCHx98TSb
Set up: You will need a Discord account to communicate with others.
***Please set up your Discord account, if you don’t have one yet:
https://discordapp.com/
***Instructions: https://support.discordapp.com/…/360033931551-Getting…
***Joining a server: https://support.discordapp.com/…/articles/360034842871
***Please set up your Discord account, if you don’t have one yet:
https://discordapp.com/
***Instructions: https://support.discordapp.com/…/360033931551-Getting…
***Joining a server: https://support.discordapp.com/…/articles/360034842871
May
29
Sat
Do you always wish that you could be more fluent in Chinese-Mandarin?
TAP-ATX and TAP-SEA are coming together to bring you VIRTUAL LANGUAGE EXCHANGE: AAPI Heritage Edition!
You will have an opportunity to practice your Chinese in a judgment-free zone while making new friends. No matter what your level of Mandarin, you can come connect with us and learn about Taiwanese culture!
Join us on Saturday, May 29th 4-5:30PM (CDT), 2-3:40PM (PDT) virtually for an evening of fun conversation.
We will be using Gather.
Link here: https://gather.town/…/oezpEZlJMn…/TAPLangExchangeMay2021
Link here: https://gather.town/…/oezpEZlJMn…/TAPLangExchangeMay2021
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