Organizers: Dr. James Tsai 蔡宜長教授 (Georgia Tech) and Dr. Catherine Chang 張嘉蘭 (CAPASUS President)
Panelists: Dr. Jeff Wu 吳建福博士 (美國國家工程院士、中研院院士與Georgia Tech的講座教授), Dr. Steven Liang 梁越昇博士 (Georgia Tech講座教授、華新麗華前總經理與玉山科技協會1995年會長), Ms. Nancy Tai 戴念華女士(永奕科技前總經理與2018年玉山科技協會), Dr. Ross Wang 王介博士(美國國家能源部的Oak Ridge National Laboratory研究員), Dr. Chih-Wei Chang 張致維博士 (Emory University住院醫學物理師）
Time September 11th (Saturday), 10:00 A.M. 11:30 A.M.
Webinar Cisco Webex
CAPASUS has rich, high-quality human resources, including many passionate leading academics and professionals since its establishment in 1977. Its long-term goal is to build a sustainable experience-sharing platform and mentorship mechanism for the transfer of knowledge and experience among senior and junior scholars/professionals, helping them to achieve leadership in the United States.
美東南區中華學人協會自1977年設立以來，擁有許多充滿熱情的學界與業界領導者，這是協會最豐富、優質與寶貴的資源。學人協會的長期目標，也在於建立一個可永續的經驗分享平台與諮詢機制，協助世代間的知識經驗傳承，並幫助年輕學者與專業人士成長為領導者。
This event is titled “Career Development in the US: Challenges and Opportunities,” and it will consist of two topics presented in sequence: 1) Science and Engineering Scholars/Professionals’ Career Development, and 2) Short-Term/Temporary Appointment Outside the Home Institution. Panelists will share their professional experiences at different stages of their careers from junior to senior levels. Afterward, the panelists will answer questions raised by the audience.
由美東南區中華學人協會的蔡宜長教授與我主持籌辦，希望協會能建立一個長期的經驗分享與導師諮詢機制mentorship mechanism，以協助更多在美的學者與專業人成功並成為社區領導者。此活動將包括兩大主題：1) 科學與工程方面的學者專家的職涯發展經驗分享，包括如何發現良好的工作機會，與針對單位所需發展面試技巧；2) 在本業或原單位外發掘其他短期職涯發展機會，以促進第一職涯發展。主講人包括各世代菁英：美國國家工程院士、中研院院士與Georgia Tech的講座教授吳建福博士；Georgia Tech講座教授、華新麗華前總經理與玉山科技協會1995年會長的梁越昇博士；永奕科技前總經理與2018年玉山科技協會的戴念華前會長；直屬美國國家能源部的Oak Ridge National Laboratory 的王介博士；以及Emory University住院醫學物理師的張致維博士，這些資深與新生代的學術與專業人士將分享經驗，並回答問題。許多在學界業界經驗豐富的前輩也會參與活動，必可激盪出更多精彩討論內容。
日期：10/23/2021 (周六) 時間：9:00 A.M. 在藍嶺火車站集合 , 火車 10 A.M. 開動 集合地點：241 Depot Street, Blue Ridge, GA 30513
1. 停車地點 在繞著火車站 The Depot 附近的街道都可免費停車，除非有收費標示。另外在 BlueRidge Parking (204 West Main St.), 周末每日每車$10。
2. 由亞城出發之路線 走 I-75 向北到 I-575 出口向北，變成 Hwy 515，直走到 Blue Ridge。 第二個紅綠燈 右轉入 Cook St (角落有 Burger King)，直行過紅綠燈，來到 Mountain St 再直開約 one block 可停車;或跨過鐵軌，停入左邊的市區停車 地。火車站就在 Depot St 上鐵 軌的東邊。請在火車開動前一小時抵達!火車不等人，鄭重建議，務必早到!
3. Carpool 請於 7:00 am 集合在 Sweet Hut Bakery in Duluth 前面。假如您有多餘車位可 carpool，請跟Alice 魏鳳珠 (678-614-0861 or on Line)。 Alice會在出遊前兩周公布 carpool list。
4. 購票 這次的 Fall Foliage Ride，我們將搭 10am 的火車。Please make sure to look for October 23 tickets. 請至 https://brscenic.com/www and book coach ADULTS ($57.00) or SENIOR ($52.00) plus tax.
5. 車廂
Option One: for Open BOX Car #2929 Note: If open airbox car 2929 is sold out (and it seems so), please book open car #2975 first; if #2975 is sold out, please book open car 114. If these 2 cars are sold out, then just book whatever box car you can get the tickets. We will have enough time on-site to chat.
Restaurants open for lunch at McCaysville, GA
Option Two: Close Coach Car #332 請只就以上車廂號與選擇次序做選擇，如此我們才能坐在一起，暢談、暢遊。建議大家在盡早購票。秋天是旅遊旺季，若不從早，可能買不到票和我們同去。若買到票，請在我們的 Line 上接龍，填上您的車廂號和人数。歡迎邀請您的朋友和家人同遊。
6. 午餐 在 McCaysville, GA。由於我們必須準時回到火車站，如果大家要一起用餐，請至 Burra Burra and Twisted Tomato. These two restaurants have many options and vegetarian dishes.
7. After Trip Optional Activity Mercier Orchards 8660 Blue Ridge Dr. Blue Ridge GA 30513
Call us at 706-632-3411
All-Year 9 AM to 5 PM every day(closed on Christmas, New Year’s Day, Easter, and Thanksgiving)
講者: Dr. Chu-Chu Wu 吳珠菊教授, Georgia Southwestern State University / Dr. Emily Lin 林彥君教授, University of North Georgia
時間: May 8 (Saturday) at 10:00 AM (Eastern Time, US and Canada)
地點: Webinar via Zoom (全程中文）
The challenges to parenting and child development during the pandemic are huge. Dr. Chu-Chu Wu and Dr. Emily Lin both specialize in early childhood education and parent-child relationships. In this webinar, they will touch on three sub-topics: 1) How to support family and children in the pandemic, 2) What can family/children learn from the pandemic, and 3) How to maintain relationships during the pandemic. 新冠疫情對於家庭內部關係以及親子教育的挑戰極其巨大。吳珠菊博士現任教於喬治亞西南州立大學教育學院，林彥君教授任職於北喬治亞大學，她們將針對三個主題進行討論：1)疫情中如何支援家庭與子女；2)各個家庭或兒童可以從疫情中獲取何種經驗；以及3)如何在疫情中維繫家庭中的良好互動。
超吸睛的眼球秘史—從名人八卦談你不能不知道的眼科疾病 The Secret History of Eyes: From Historical Figures to the Eye Diseases That You Must Know
講者: Wei-Li Chen, MD., Ph.D 陳偉勵 (陳映瞳)教授/醫師, National Taiwan University and National Taiwan University Hospital 時間: April 10 (Saturday) at 10:00 AM (Eastern Time, US and Canada)
地點: Webinar via Zoom, The webinar will be in Chinese and there will not be recordings of this event (研討會將全程中文進行且無錄影)
Dr. Wei-Li Chen is a winner of the Taipei Literature Award and the Taiwan Literature Award. A prolific writer, Dr. Chen applies her expertise and insightful analysis to write for Tianxia magazine and The Mandarin Daily Newspaper particularly on students’ learning experiences and child-rearing. In this webinar, Dr. Chen will bring her expertise and cultural interest together to generate our audience’s interest in medical history.
by Catherine Chang President of CAPASUS, 2021-2022
Asian Americans are Americans. Constituting 5.6% of the American population in 2019, Asian Americans work hard, study hard, and live hard to contribute to the United States and to be recognized. The stereotypes and misconceptions about Asian Americans, which are abundant in American society since the 19th century, continue to divide people living on this free land. The American Dream that all Asian Americans hold up is the guarantee of the unalienable rights of “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness” revealed in the Declaration of Independence. To realize this dream, it is a must for all Americans, including Asian Americans, to know the life experiences of Asian Americans and the roots of anti-Asian violence in American history.
Therefore, we collect some information below for your information. We appreciate very much the contribution and assistance of our CAPASUS members to put together this list: They are Jimmy Chao, Esther Chiu, Mac Liu, Oliver Tu, and Ray Wang (in the alphabetical order of the last names). The first few parts – websites, articles, videos, and articles – are brief. If you are interested in learning more, welcome to move on to the section of books in the 2nd half of this document. While there are much more articles, links, videos, and books out there, we hope this list will help you to build the foundation.
“The Chinese Exclusion Act.” A Special Presentation of American Experience. Directed by Ric Burns and Li-Shin Yu. PBS, 2017. 160 minutes. (available in DVD for sale)
If you want more detailed and academic books on Chinese Americans and Asian Americans in general, here they are.
Books
Cassel, Susie Lan ed. The Chinese in America: A History from Gold Mountain to the New Millennium. Walnut Creek: Altamira Press, 2002.
Hsu, Madeline Y. The Good Immigrants: How the Yellow Peril Became the Model Minority. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2015.
Kurashige, Lon ed. Pacific America: Histories of Transoceanic Crossings. University of Hawaii Press, 2017.
Kwong, Peter, and Dušanka Miščević. Chinese American: The Untold Story of America’s Oldest New Community. New York: The New Press, 2005.
Ling, Huping. Surviving on the Gold Mountain: A History of Chinese American Women and Their Lives. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1998.
Liu, Haiming. The Transnational History of a Chinese Family: Immigrant Letters, Family Business, and Reverse Migration. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2005.
Loewen, James W. The Mississippi Chinese between Black and White. Second Edition. Long Grove: Waveland Press, Inc., 1988 [1971].
Ma, Laurence J. C. and Carolyn Cartier eds. The Chinese Diaspora: Space, Place, Mobility, and Identity. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2003.
Masuoka, Natalie, and Jane Junn. The Politics of Belonging: Race, Public Opinion, and Immigration. University of Chicago Press, 2013.
McKeown, Adam M. Melancholy Order: Asian Migration and the Globalization of Borders. New York: Columbia University Press, 2008.
Pan, Lynn. Sons of the Yellow Emperor: A History of the Chinese Diaspora. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1990.
Tchen, John Kuo Wei, and Dylan Yeats eds. Yellow Peril! An Archive of Anti-Asian Fear. London: Verso, 2014.
Wong, Janelle S., S. Karthick Ramakrishman, Taeku Lee, and Jane Junn. Asian American Political Participation: Emerging Constituents and their Political Identifies. Russell Sage Foundation, 2011.
Yung, Judy. Unbound Voices: A Documentary History of Chinese Women in San Francisco. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1999.
[Many more books, book chapters, and journal articles about transnational migration, including labor migration and marriage migration, are not listed here.]
We, the representatives of Taiwanese Chamber of Commerce of Gainesville Georgia (TCCGG), Global Federation of Chinese Business Women of Atlanta (GFCBWA-ATL), the Chinese-American Academic and Professional Association in Southeastern United States (CAPASUS), Monte Jade Science & Technology Association of Southeastern Region (MJSTA), and Asian Pacific American Advocates Georgia (OCA) express strong condemnation of shootings of March 16, 2021, when several Asian women were killed. We also strongly encourage the local officials to fully investigate this crime, to protect the life and property rights of all people, and to consider the century-long racial bias against Asian Americans that has unconsciously imprinted in the minds of some people but has never been well addressed in society and in education.
We want to express our deepest condolences to the loss of the victims’ families. These victims were not rich and stayed in the bottom of US social hierarchy, but they worked hard to earn a living in this land of liberty, hoping to fulfill their American Dreams. They did not deserve to die this way. They died because the Asian massage or spa businesses were the easy targets. They died because the society did not know the fear hidden behind the silence and in everyday life of many Asian Americans. Injustice is here.
This tragedy brings chills to the Asian community; however, we the American people cannot allow such injustice to happen again. Regardless of the shooter’s motive, the police need to be vigilant in their investigations and uncover his motive and put our Asian community at ease as soon as possible. Asians have long been seen as a “model” minority because we do not “create” problems and because we seemly accept whatever treatment from the government or the society. This has to stop. We demand the government officials conduct a proper investigation
before declaring this case solved. We also urge the government to provide proper assurance to the Asian community that this type of violence is not tolerated now and will never be tolerated in the future.
– Taiwanese Chamber of Commerce of Gainesville Georgia (www.tccgg.org)
– Global Federation of Chinese Business Women of Atlanta (www.gfcbwatlanta.org)
– The Chinese-American Academic and Professional Association in Southeastern United States (www.capasus.org)
– Monte Jade Science & Technology Association of Southeastern Region (www.montejadese.org)
– OCA-Georgia – Asian Pacific American Advocates Georgia (www.facebook.com/OCAGEORGIA1983)
Types of Criminal Activities during the Covid-19 Pandemic
新冠疫情下的網路犯罪型態
March 13 (Saturday) at 10:00 AM by Dr. Edward Huang 黃建中教授, George Mason University
Dr. Edward Huang’s research focuses on supply chain analysis, and he has participated in projects funded by NSF, AFOSR, IARPA, CICMHE, and POSTECH. Dr. Huang will focus on the operations of illicit actors in the cyberworld, in both the open web and dark web, and the supply chains and payment systems for online drug sales, counterfeit pharmaceuticals, and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). These illicit supply chains of vital medical products pose an unprecedented risk to public health (and security). 黃建中教授任教於George Mason 大學，並與不同美國聯邦組織如國家科學基金會、空軍科學研究室等機構合作從事各類數據分析的研究。黃教授將在這個專題座談中，運用數據分析指出新冠疫情中假藥、劣質醫療產品與疫苗等如何充斥線上銷售市場，並危及公衛安全。
The Promotion and Preservation of Chinese Language Heritage: Experience from Homeschooling, Facebook, to Chinese Debate International
推廣中文的承 傳:從臉書到國際網絡辯論課的里程
講者: Dr. Oliver Tu 杜立崑醫師 時間: February 27 (Saturday) at 10:00 AM (Eastern Time, US and Canada)
The preservation of a minority language heritage in an anglophone society is full of difficulties, particularly for a language, such as Chinese, which is three to four times as difficult to learn for English speakers compared to other Germanic or Romance languages. Dr. Tu will share his family’s journey in homeschooling their two teenage daughters’ Chinese, the online promotion of similar effort to other families around the country, and the establishment of online Chinese debate classes to aid in such effort in the era of COVID-19. 學習中文的困難程度是學習德文等歐系語言的三、四倍以上。杜立崑醫師在臉書與部落格上向全美各地分享推廣他與孩子在家學習中文的經驗，最終創辦了「國際中文辯論課」網站，提供網路中文朗誦與辯論課程，在疫情中繼續推動中文學習。
If you missed the Webinar, you can now find it on our Youtube Channel: CAPASUS Media.
“Promotion and Preservation of Chinese Language Heritage: Experiences from Homeschooling, Facebook, to Chinese Debate International,” by Dr. Oliver Tu, Feb 27, 2021
Dr. Oliver Tu is a physician who emigrated from Taiwan at 11 years of age and finally to the US for college, but he establishes an online platform to help many second- or third-generation Taiwanese students and Americans to learn and apply the Chinese language in real life. The preservation of a minority language heritage in an anglophone society is full of difficulties, particularly for a language, such as Chinese, which is three to four times as difficult to learn for English speakers compared to other Germanic or Romance languages. He will share his family’s journey in homeschooling their two teenage daughters’ Chinese, the online promotion of similar effort to other families around the country, and the establishment of online Chinese debate classes to aid in such effort in the era of COVID-19. As the Republic of China (Taiwan) and the United States has launched “The U.S.-Taiwan Education Initiative” in December 2020, this event is particularly meaningful to both countries. Dr. Tu will share his teaching philosophy in this webinar to help Chinese language learning. You can find Dr. Du’s blog and Chinese course information at Raising Bilingual and Bliterate Children in Chinese and English and Chinese Debate International.
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