Press Release

Date:                March 22, 2010

From:               North America Taiwanese Women's Association

Contact:           Helen Loo, (215) 361-3618, synge2010@verizon.net

On Tuesday, March 23 at 10:00 a.m., a delegation representing six major Taiwanese organizations will meet with Director Ted Mann of the Office of Taiwan Coordination, Department of State, and Managing Director of AIT Barbara Schrage at the AIT office in Rosslyn, Virginia.  The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the 17,000 letters to President Obama which the group has collected with assistance from two NGOs in Taiwan.

The letter campaign was kicked off July 2009 by the North American Taiwanese Women=s Association (NATWA).  All major Taiwanese American organizations have joined in this effort.  Many people in Taiwan, Japan and Canada have endorsed and signed the letter, including prominent scholars.

A condensed version of the letter is attached.  The sponsoring organizations are as follows:

Formosan Association for Human Rights
Formosan Association for Public Affairs
North America Taiwanese Professors' Association
North America Taiwanese Women's Association
Presbyterian Church of Taiwan
Taiwan Hakka Association of Public Affairs in North America
Taiwan Association of University Professors
Taiwanese American Association