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THEY BELIEVE: 10 organizations named SheBelieves ambassadors
Feb 16, 2021 | U.S., Women's National Team |
CHICAGO – U.S. Soccer has launched a new SheBelieves program to unite and elevate nonprofits, women's sports organizations, and influencers with a shared goal of positively impacting girls and women, it was announced Tuesday.
Ten organizations will participate in the inaugural year of the SheBelieves Ambassadors program.
The first class of SheBelieves Ambassadors features a range of organizations in sports, STEM, the arts, and professional development. Approximately half the organizations focus on serving girls and women in underserved or minority communities.
The ambassadors program will highlight the important work these organizations do for women and girls, while bringing the SheBelieves mission of inspiration and empowerment to an even broader audience.
"In sports, we know that you can always achieve more when you work together as a team," U.S. Soccer President Cindy Parlow Cone, herself a former USWNT player, World Cup champion and Olympic gold medal winner, said in a statement. "We are honored to welcome these SheBelieves Ambassadors as our new teammates in creating positive and lasting change in the world. By sharing our missions, resources and people, together we can support, impact and lift more girls and women."
SheBelieves was launched in the run-up to the 2015 Women's World Cup and has since evolved into a special series of events and programming to inspire and encourage girls and young women to reach their dreams, in soccer and beyond. Over the past five years, the SheBelieves platform, driven by programs focusing on Career, Confidence and Community, has empowered girls and women by helping give them a vision and tools to achieve their goals.
The newly established SheBelieves Ambassadors program will broaden and deepen that community, while amplifying meaningful conversations and resources for more girls and women.
SheBelieves Ambassadors will have the opportunity to benefit from U.S. Soccer's extensive social media network, creative collaboration with U.S. Soccer staff and events, connection with fellow Ambassadors, and participation in unique SheBelieves programs, including the SheBelieves Summit, presented by Deloitte. The program is designed to be easy-to-access and customize-able for both large and small-shop nonprofits with bold missions.
Each year, U.S. Soccer will invite a select group of organizations and individuals to participate cost-free in the SheBelieves Ambassadors program. Organizations and individuals must be or be associated a nonprofit organization, women's professional organization, women's sporting body, or influencer platforms. All Ambassadors will be groups or individuals who champion the SheBelieves ethos of inspiration and empowerment or who reflect the core SheBelieves pillars of Career, Confidence & Community to their audiences.
U.S. Soccer will work proactively to engage organizations and influencers who represent a diverse population. Ambassadors will be announced ahead of the SheBelieves Cup each year, and work with U.S. Soccer throughout the duration of the calendar year.
The 2021 SheBelieves Ambassadors are:
Brown Girls Do Ballet
Promoting diversity in the arts through annual scholarships, a mentor network, and community programs to empower young girls, and increasing participation of underrepresented populations in ballet programs through ballet performances, photo exhibitions, and resources.
Female Coaching Network
Empowering, enabling, and inspiring female coaches to be the best they can be whilst creating cultural change within sport to achieve gender equality in high performance coaching.
IF/THEN
Creating a culture shift among young girls to open their eyes to STEM careers by elevating women in STEM as role models, convening cross-sector partners, and inspiring girls with better portrayals of women in STEM through media and learning experiences.
National Women's Soccer League (NWSL)
Delivering a ten-team Division-1 women's professional soccer league in the United States, featuring national team players and world-class female athletes from around the world.
Play Like A Girl!
Leveraging sports to build a diverse pipeline of young women in STEM fields by helping more than 1,250 girls annually to build confidence and leadership skills during their critical middle school years.
Advancing the lives of girls through sports and helping them grow physically, emotionally, and academically stronger through confidence-building athletics and play.
Providing underserved communities access to innovative play spaces and programs that instill hope and foster well-being, while increasing girls' and women's participation through the Foundation's United for Girls initiative.
WISE Chicago & WISE Greater Orlando Chapters
Helping women in sports and events maximize their professional potential and advance their careers through peer support, mentoring, professional development, networking and training.
Women in Soccer
Connecting all women who love the beautiful game – including athletes, fans, business leaders, aspiring professionals, and passionate changemakers – through free memberships for women seeking jobs, community, allies, professional development and more.
WriteGirl
Building a world where teens live, write, and speak boldly through nationally-recognized creative writing and mentoring programs with a 100% success rate in helping its seniors graduate from high school and enroll in college.
Ambassadors will be featured on the SheBelieves virtual hub at ussoccer.com/shebelieves/ambassadors and on U.S. Soccer videoboards at all 2021 SheBelieves Cup matches, together with a thank you announcement. Ambassadors will also see their organizations amplified across the USWNT social media accounts to millions of followers and receive an Ambassadors toolkit with graphics and information to feature SheBelieves on their websites and social media accounts. Ambassadors also will be invited to the annual SheBelieves Summit and to participate in other uniquely identified opportunities derived from discussion and collaboration.
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Hyper-religiosity
My mother-in-law is an awesome person. She's done a lot of growing since I came into her son's life. She's accepted that he's gay, that we're married, and even that we're Jews. It's been a lot for a conservative, Catholic Republican to take in, and mostly, she's managed to take it in.
But I still can't take the hyper-religiosity. With her it's mainly through Facebook. Around this time of year, I know I'm going to be using "Hide Post" quite a bit when it comes to her posts.
My husband's mom and one of his older aunts LOVE Jesus, okay? They don't just think Jesus was a good guy, or even just that he was the son of God. They LOOOOOOVE him the way teenage girls LOOOOOOVED Elvis back in the day, and they're militant about it.
It's disturbing to me.
So far this morning, I've had to hide three posts my mother-in-law made to Facebook which were so Jesus-y that even the other Merry Christmas posts from fairly religious friends were mild by comparison. The cross-shaped birthday cake, for example, was just… over the top for me. The memes that demand a "Merry Christmas" instead of a "Happy Holidays" were downright offensive. But that's not something I can say to my mother-in-law without hurting her, because she wouldn't understand. She's hyper-religious.
Hyper-religiosity and fundamentalism aren't the same thing, for me. Fundamentalism is Mike Huckabee, or the W*stb*r* Baptists, or Hamas/Daesh/Hezbollah, or the haredim who are zealously guarding the Western Wall from – gasp shock horror – women who want to pray with a Torah scroll. Fundamentalism is the attitude that "I have the ONE TRUE WAY and if you don't agree with me I will, at minimum, make your life miserable."
Hyper-religiosity may go along with fundamentalism, but it's not the same. Hyper-religiosity is the sense that of COURSE you'll agree with me! Why WOULDN'T you agree with me? It makes no SENSE that you wouldn't agree with me, because this is just The Way Things Are, don't you see? How can you have a problem with a Nativity scene on the front lawn of City Hall? Why can't you understand that saying anything other than "Merry Christmas" is offensive? What's wrong with you for not understanding that Jesus Is The Reason For The Season? Well, bless your heart, as they say in the South. You'll understand eventually.
Unlike fundamentalism, which is generally in-your-face and usually aggressive about your refusal to accept their views as the One True Way, hyper-religiosity is passive-aggressive. It never comes right out and says "You must believe what I believe," but it's patronizing and condescending. A gigantic cross-shaped birthday cake? A meme saying "It's MERRY CHRISTMAS, not HAPPY HOLIDAYS"?
Those are hyper-religiosity.
In a way, it's like dealing with fans of a certain sports team, or even in the sci-fi/fantasy fandom world (fights about who was the better captain – Kirk or Picard?). You don't want to get on the wrong side of someone's fandom. And the hyper-religious Christians like my mother-in-law and my husband's aunt are Jesus fangirls. It's almost like they've turned Christianity into a cult of personality, where Jesus is the focus.
When I look at it like this, I can relax a little bit. It's just the way they are, and they're not going to change.
But it's why I'm glad that Facebook comes with a "hide post" option.
Tagged as Christians, fundamentalism
(Jewish) Life, in a Nutshell
My semester is pretty much done. I filed my grades on Thursday and Friday, and hopefully I can plan better for the next semester. This semester was insane – I overloaded myself with grading, and because I was sick early in the semester, I was running behind right up through the last week of classes. That wasn't fair to me or to my students. I have resolved to do better in the coming semesters.
Before our last Intro class on Wednesday, the husband and I also had to go to the make-up class on Yom Kippur, which we missed because we were both sick with the flu in the fourth week of the class. That was interesting as it was just 45 minutes in the rabbi's office with two other people who were also taking the make-up. There was no Mr. C. We had a good class, and part of me feels that it was because he was not there.
My husband made an observation that "Yom haKipurim" had "Purim" in it, which floored Rabbi. He said "You've gone about six levels deeper than I'd planned to!" Then he told us how the Kabbalists feel that "kipur" – the root of "kipurim" – can be read either as "kipur," or "to afflict," or it could be read as "ki" – "like, or similar to" and "purim" – the celebration of Purim. Some Kabbalists apparently feel that in the World to Come there will only be two holidays observed – Yom Kippur, and Purim. They are balances to one another; Yom Kippur is about repairing our over-indulgence, while Purim is about repairing our under-indulgence.
My husband is going to be a Kabbalist. I can see this happening.
Our Intro class finished up on Wednesday. The class was about Shavuot, but most of the class time was taken up with Mr. Christian once again trying to hijack the discussion. By this point, my husband and I knew that everyone in the class finds Mr. C irritating, so it wasn't as bad as it could have been otherwise, but I did finally have to get up and leave for a few minutes (ostensibly for the bathroom) when Mr. C. got into it with one of the other group members, who had finally called him out on something he said. Later, I told her that I hadn't left because of what she said, but because I wanted to brain Mr. C with my laptop. (Her comment: "That'd be a waste of a good laptop.")
Thankfully, Mr. C. won't be in the later class for those who will be converting. Rabbi sent out an email saying that for those who are formally embracing Judaism, the new class will start in June. Since Mr. C. is only interested in "learning" (read here: telling us all about how HIS religion does what we're talking about, even though none of us could care less), he isn't part of that group.
Rabbi also took Mr. C. aside during the break of the last class and informed him that it would not be appropriate for him to be part of the new class. Apparently Mr. C. got upset (his back was to me, and it was loud, so I couldn't hear his reaction – but those who could hear confirmed he was upset) but oh well for him. I have so little sympathy for him at this point that it's sad.
Another class member said to me, "Now he'll say that the Jews hate him, too." (He's already said the Episcopalians hate him. Gee. I WONDER WHY. Christians, if you want people to take you seriously, trying to hijack a class that's about a different religion so you can talk about your religion is not the way to go about it. I know that 99% of you don't do this, but the 1% that do make all of you look bad, just as the behavior of the haredim at the Kotel makes all Jews look bad to the rest of the world.) As an autistic man, I know I'm socially clueless, but this guy makes me look like a social virtuoso by comparison.
I've friended almost all the other class members on Facebook, and most of them are going on to the formal class. I've sent in my final exam, so I should be getting a shiny certificate saying that I completed the class. Whee!
One of the things that came up when we finally did get into the Shavuot lesson was how Shavuot was a move from just celebrating the harvest to celebrating the receipt of Torah, and the argument about how to measure the calendar days to it. The Sadducees (who were the urban, upper-class, priestly class, who rejected the Oral Torah) wanted to measure it in a way where it would not be the same date every year; the Pharisees (predecessors of the Rabbis, who were the regular Joes who argued for the Oral Torah, among other things – the liberal group) wanted it measured so it would always fall on the same date every year. The Pharisees won that argument.
I find it somewhat amusing that so many Christians lack the context of rabbinic argument, so they read the Christian Bible and see its stories of the Pharisees and the Sadducees challenging Yeshua ben Yosef on points of Torah interpretation as "they're trying to trip him up and make him look stupid!" when that isn't the case at all. It was, frankly, description of a discussion between rabbis of different branches, and in many ways similar to what we see in the Talmud of descriptions of rabbis arguing fine points of Torah law and interpretation. There is some evidence that Yeshua was an Essene (another, smaller sect of Jews at the time of the Second Temple's destruction). In that case, the "challenges" from the Pharisees and the Sadducees were simply rabbis arguing points of Torah interpretation. That sort of knocks the props out from under Christianity for me (again).
One other thing that came up just in passing during that last class: the Mishnah is the Law, and the Talmud is the interpretations of that Law. Good to know! If the beit din asks me that in September, I won't look like a fool when I answer them.
In other news, the husband and I are planning to go to the Tikkun Leil Shavuot at our shul later this month. It'll be interesting to see how it's different from the one I went to last year at the Shul Down the Street.
My husband has told me he's not ready to go to the beit din and the mikveh yet, and he's planning on spring for that. I'm fine with that; it's totally his decision, of course. But the other day he said "We're Jewish," for the first time. Up until now he's avoided saying it because he hasn't been to the beit din or the mikveh, but I think something clicked for him that becoming Jewish isn't something that just happens when you go into the mikveh. It happens along the way.
I read an article a few months ago about the mikveh (I wish I could find it, but a Google search hasn't helped me). I liked the idea behind it – it was a convert saying that going to the mikveh does not wash away his past. Rather, it adds a layer of Judaism to what's already there. The mikveh as an additive process, rather than a subtractive one, is a powerful idea for me.
So that's what's going on in Shocheradam land. How about you?
Filed under Conversion Process, Day-to-Day, Identities, Judaism
Tagged as Christians, intro classes, Jewish conversion, mikveh, Mishnah, Pharisees, Talmud
Update on Mr. Christian
It's been a busy few weeks, so I haven't had time or energy to post here. But here's an update on what's going on with Mr. Christian in our Intro class.
Two weeks ago tomorrow, we got out of class (a great class on Purim). As my husband and I were leaving, Mr. Christian … not quite confronted us. He was asking about the "next class," meaning the one being held for the people who are converting after the Intro class is over. It's going to be a fairly intense seminar and only (I hope) for the people who are actually going through conversion, which wouldn't include him since he's not converting. He seemed very disappointed when my husband and I both said that it was probably only for people who were planning to convert.
Then he said, as we got to our car, "Am I monopolizing the class?"
So I was honest with him. Uncomfortably so, and not aggressively so, but I did say the following.
"The thing is, it's a class on Judaism. Many of the people here came from Christianity and we're not interested in hearing about that. We're interested in learning about the religion we've chosen. It's hard when you keep mentioning Jesus. I know that you are very passionate about your faith, and I'm not saying there's anything wrong with that, but several people in there, including me, came from a Christian background and found it lacking or abusive or both. I admit it does make me uncomfortable when you bring up your religion, because I'm not here to learn about your religion. I'm here to learn about my religion."
He chewed that over for a moment and then said "So I should dial it back about ten notches."
When I said "That would help," he said, "Maybe twenty notches."
So we'll see. I spoke my truth to him, at least, and maybe now he'll realize how much he's made people uncomfortable. We'll see. There was no class on Purim (last Wednesday) so we'll see how it goes tomorrow…
Tagged as anxiety, Christians, classes, intro classes, Jewish conversion

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Last year I met Victoria Linchong at the North American Taiwanese Women's Association (NATWA II) Annual Convention. Victoria is a Taiwanese-American actress, writer, producer and director working in both theater and film. Her feature directorial debut, Almost Home: Taiwan, is currently in post-production. Almost Home was inspired by a 2008 family road trip back to Taiwan. Victoria recently held a successful campaign via Indiegogo where she raised over $5,000 to complete the production of the film. She was also featured in Asian Cinevision's Cinema Spotlight last December where she discussed her film, as well as her journey as an actor, entrepreneur, and filmmaker. Almost Home: Taiwan is a feature-length documentary that examines the legacy of political repression and the emergence of Taiwanese identity and independence through a family union that takes place after 22 years. In the documentary, Victoria returns to Taiwan with her family searching for long-lost connections. She becomes re-acquainted with the unique culture of the island and its beauty. Bridging the deeply personal and globally political, Almost Home clarifies the controversies surrounding Taiwan, while introducing viewers to Taiwanese culture via raucous night markets, aboriginal festivals, saint trees, and kissing fish.
When I attended the NATWA II Convention last year, I had just returned from reuniting with my birthfamily in Taipei. I knew very little of Taiwan's history. Victoria helped give me a better understanding of Taiwan's political past, something you don't learn about in the textbooks! I look forward to seeing the film and understanding more of Taiwan's political past and how it's shaped the country it is now. Currently, Victoria is busy with another production, Big Flower Eater, which she also wrote and stars in. Big Flower Eater is a whimsical collage of folktale, ritual, dance, and historical text that explores the untold history of women in Asia through shamanism in three different cultures: Hmong, Korean, and Taiwanese. It premiered February 7th on stage in New York City. Break a leg, Victoria!
Please stop by and read Victoria's interview at Cinevision in full at this link. It's super interesting! Also visit and like the Almost Home: Taiwan facebook page here.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged Almost Home: Taiwan, film documentary, Taiwan, Taiwanese American on February 9, 2013 by Mj.
I recently read a book called, "The Language of Flowers," by Vanessa Diffenbaugh. It is the heartbreaking, yet poignant story of a young woman who grows up in the foster care system. Until the age of 9, Victoria is shuffled from one family and group home to the next never quite meeting the "standards or expectations" of the adults in her life. Victoria's social worker, jaded and quite unsympathetic, believes she is nothing more than a troublemaker. Victoria is hurt and traumatized and acts out the only way she knows how to after years of abuse and abandonment – through defiance. She mistrusts everyone around her and has great difficulty developing and maintaining relationships, that is, until she's placed with Elizabeth. Victoria eventually learns to trust Elizabeth after a period of opposition that would send most of us over the edge and grows to share her passion for flowers. However, circumstances arise that threaten Victoria's new found sense of security with Elizabeth. Out of desperation, Victoria engages in a dangerous ploy to win over Elizabeth's undivided love and attention once and for all, again inviting havoc into her life. We watch Elizabeth come of age and struggle with the demons of mistrust, betrayal, and an injurious lack of self-worth as she is forced to reconcile her past and risk everything for the sake of finding the happiness she deserves.
I was genuinely moved by the story of this prickly and difficult young woman. Although I never experienced the level of abuse, nor the traumatic events that occurred in Victoria's life, the lack of self-acceptance and identity she felt and difficulty developing and maintaining relationships deeply resonated with me. She was imprisoned by her own self-loathing and inability to let others into her life. I totally get that. Yet, she had a special ability and desire to help others through the flowers she chose for them, having learned under Elizabeth's careful tutorship the meaning of flowers.
For many years, I wrestled with gaining a sense of identity like Victoria. I spent my 20's chasing after the dream of becoming an actress. I even moved to California to pursue this "folly," as though acting would help me gain the acceptance I longed for. Like most people in their 20's, I was exploring my identity and what I wanted to do with my life. However, my search was compounded with all of the insecurities that stemmed from my past – the trauma of being raised in a culturally non-diverse environment, an Asian girl trying to fit in with her predominantly white peers and never ever quite feeling worthy enough. This insecurity plagued me for years and manifested itself in deeply rooted feelings of inferiority, passivity, shyness, and an inability to communicate my feelings. I was a "wallflower" as one incredibly insensitive individual once told me.
I attribute those years of damaged self-image to a couple of things: my inability to express what I was experiencing and feeling to my parents, or to any other person who could have helped me and the lack of positive role-models in my life- by that, I mean other people of the same ethnicity. I'm not positive that my adoptive parents would have known how to help me as I struggled with issues of self-identity and the extreme pressure I felt, mostly self-imposed, to fit into mainstream America. We lived in a predominantly white area, so naturally, I just wanted to be like everyone around me, white. It never occurred to me that being Asian was a positive thing. Having been teased at an early age about my outward appearance, I learned that Asian was not attractive or popular. It makes me sad looking back that I felt so unhappy and insecure about myself. I must mention here that not all transracially adopted children will experience what I did, or have the same issues that I've had to wrestle with. Each adoptees' experiences are unique, and no two families, or circumstances are alike.
Having stated the previous, the growth of my identity has come in small spurts. A huge turning point for me occurred after I had our one and only daughter. I was 31 years old. It literally transformed me. Being a mom opened up my heart in a way I'd never experienced. I'd always had difficulties in developing deep friendships with others, both men and women. My husband often told me that other women in our small church family group didn't feel "close" to me. I felt hurt by his comments and argued the point, but after having our daughter, I understood a little more clearly. There was an unconditional love and bond that connected me to my daughter, which expanded my heart and inspired the capacity to build deeper and more meaningful friendships. I began to "like" myself because I cherished being a mom. My daughter taught me to give love and to accept love. For once, I felt confident in my role as a mother.
Another huge turning point for me occurred just recently. As many of you know, I reunited with my birth family in Taiwan at the beginning of the year and discovered that, after eons of believing that I was Japanese and Vietnamese (41 years to be exact), I'm actually Taiwanese. Many people ask me if I feel closure now. At first, I thought this was such an odd question because it's not really an ending but a new beginning for me. I understand, though, from others' perspective, it appears like closure because I found my true cultural roots and birth family. I guess it is closure in a sense that I accept who I am unequivocally. There's no mistaking that I'm Taiwanese and finally feel a sense of pride about my ethnicity. I have a renewed sense of identity. I'm still exploring this new identity and what it means to be Taiwanese American. I want to support and become more involved in the Taiwanese American community and greater Asian community in our area. I hope to take more trips to Taiwan and hope to help somehow in the transnational adoption community. Like everyone else, my identity is a culmination of family and life experiences that's shaped who I am. At times, it's been a painful process, but nonetheless, one that's taught me self-preservation, resilience, compassion, and self-worth.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged Adoption, Self-Identity, Taiwanese American, transracial adoption on June 14, 2012 by Mj.
When I received an email in January from Ho Chie Tsai, founder of the popular website TaiwaneseAmerican.org, little did I know that I would soon find passage into the world of Taiwanese America. I was relatively unaware that the Taiwanese community in the U.S. is a growing and vibrant populace that reaches across the states, branching into Canada and other countries outside of Taiwan. It all began with an article Ho Chie wrote and posted on TaiwaneseAmerican.org about my adoption journey and, at that time, impending reunion with my birth family in Taiwan. I couldn't be more thrilled about this inception into my birth culture, having ignored its existence for far too long.
Last weekend, I attended the North American Taiwanese Women's Association (NATWA II) 24th Annual Convention in Milpitas, CA. I had never heard of the organization until recently, but am beyond excited to have connected with so many other Taiwanese American women, 1st and 2nd generation! The event was coordinated by Jen Kuo, Deana Chuang, and Joann Lo. College students, graduate students, and professionals attended from all across the U.S. and Canada. There were several mothers and daughters. Over the course of the weekend, I met 2 women from Tuscon, AZ. It's nice to know that there are other Taiwanese American women in AZ!
I was invited to participate in a speaker's panel at the convention with 2 other women, Victoria Linchong, actress, writer, producer and director and Marilyn Fu, screenwriter. I had such a blast getting to know both women, so bright and talented! Victoria is currently working on directing a film project called Almost Home: Taiwan, a feature length documentary about Taiwan's struggle for democracy as told through the perspective of a family who return to Taiwan. Marilyn recently wrote a screenplay called The Sisterhood of Night, a narrative film project and story about "how teens connect with each other through art, friendship, and the power of secrets." One of the teen characters portrayed in her film is Taiwanese American.
The speaker's panel was a lot of fun. The room was packed full of 1st and 2nd generation attendees. We each answered a series of questions related to mother/daughter relationships and what it was like being raised Taiwanese in America. I talked mostly about what it was like to be raised Taiwanese in a white family (although I didn't know I was Taiwanese until I was 40 years old!), and how my sense of racial and cultural identity has developed slowly along my journey. I was a little nervous at the beginning of our panel, especially because I didn't want to go too long in my responses, as we answered each question individually. I brought along a powerpoint slideshow of pictures of my adoptive family and of the reunion with my birth family. I was so surprised and encouraged by the incredible show of support I felt after speaking about "my long journey home." It was amazing and felt like a huge welcome home.
The weekend was packed with roundtables, keynote speeches and performances! Ho Chie was one of the keynote speakers on Saturday morning. He gave an impressive presentation on "Nurturing the Next Generation of Taiwanese America: Past Successes, Present Challenges, and New Horizons." Ho Chie is an amazing speaker and has made it his personal mission to inspire young people to make an impact by discovering their values and passions. He spoke of the influence of the 1st generation Taiwanese and formation of community organizations, the growth of 2nd generation Taiwanese Americans who are paving the way for community and identity in mainstream America, and how we all play a role in defining the future of Taiwanese America as the 3rd generation grows up. I enjoyed participating in the "Learn your Love Language" roundtable facilitated by Michi Fu and Monique Hawthorne and found it so interesting that no matter what culture you come from, no family is perfect and we're not so different cross-culturally. Although I grew up in a white household in comparison to the other Taiwanese women present who grew up in more traditional Taiwanese households, our parents shared similar communication styles – for the most part, our parents were not very communicative or expressive, and rarely, if ever, communicated words of affirmation. We had a great time discussing and laughing about our own love languages and getting to know each other in our small groups.
Saturday evening, each chapter of NATWA (1st generation women) gave a performance, including NATWA II. I have to admit, I steered clear of participating in the NATWA II skit, but the volunteers who did participate were quite entertaining!
Perhaps one of the best parts of the convention was going out to eat with all the NATWA II ladies! Other than the Taiwanese food I ate in Taiwan, I have not been exposed to much Taiwanese cuisine, so the girls made sure that I sampled plenty! We were right next to an Asian plaza with numerous Chinese and cross cultural restaurants. I was completely stuffed the whole weekend!
The convention went by entirely too fast. I feel like I was just getting to know everyone when it was time to come back home and wish that I had stopped to take more pictures. It seems that I have added to my family 30 something new Taiwanese American sisters. I'm already looking forward to next year's convention in Los Angeles and am planning to take my family along. One of the things I appreciated most about the convention was how welcomed I felt into the Taiwanese American community, at least into the community of women and families who attended. It felt like a true sisterhood. For so long, I didn't know that I was Taiwanese. It's almost like a part of me was missing, though I could never quite put my finger on what exactly it was before. During a conversation I had recently with a friend, I told her that there are many different pieces of my identity. At one time, I believed that I was part Vietnamese and Japanese, but tried so hard to be white. Now that I've discovered what my true cultural roots are, the pieces are beginning to fit. There will always be a part of me that's a southern girl from Bossier City, LA. I love my family back in LA, my sister and her kids. Another part of my identity, the one that I rejected for so many years, has finally emerged. That part of me would like to go back to Taiwan one day to see my biological sisters again and to get to know the country better. I would also love to get to know some of the women I met at the convention better. There's always next year in LA!
This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged Almost Home: Taiwan, Northern Taiwanese Women's Association, Taiwanese American on April 26, 2012 by Mj.
I'm speaking at the upcoming NATWA II (North American Taiwanese Women's Association) Convention! I was invited to join the speaker's panel to share a little of my adoption story, as well as to address the topic of identity, more specifically the journey in discovering my Taiwanese identity. The NATWA II Convention is held annually. This year's theme is "Love and Compassion." I'm thrilled to have the opportunity to meet so many other Taiwanese American and Canadian women, as well as to rub shoulders with the other speakers who include Marilyn Fu, screenwriter and Victoria Linchong, actress, writer, producer and director. Furthermore, I'm excited about becoming a part of the Taiwanese American community. I've never attended anything like this related to my Taiwanese heritage.
You can check out NATWA II's website and find more information on the convention and speakers at http://natwa2.org/. Both NATWA and NATWA II will present separate and joint programs. The convention will be held in San Jose/Silicon Valley, CA from April 19-22. I'm looking forward to it!
This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged Cultural Identity, Identity, NATWA II, Taiwanese American, Taiwanese Identity on March 2, 2012 by Mj.


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Q: how to get a field from nested JSON in Javascript? I want to take a field from nested JSON object as a string which is used as parameter.
I'm using a github project https://github.com/bencripps/react-redux-grid.
this react component is used for tree-grid.
I have a data and I want to map it as a tree-grid view.
My nested JSON object is below. It comes from an API. I want to take "2020.total" as a parameter (line 4)
 "id": 1,
 "parentId": -1,
 "Name": "Category 1",
 "2020": {total:120, tax:12},
 "children": [{
                "id": 11,
                "parentId": 1,
                "Name": "Category 11",
                "2020":  {total:23, tax:2},

            }]

when i finally get this parameter i use it as a variable in below code (line 16)
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    showTreeRootNode: false,
    data:datafromAPI,
    gridType: 'tree',
    dragAndDrop: true,
    columns: [
        {
            name: 'Name',
            className: 'additional-class',
            dataIndex: 'Name',
            sortable: false,
            expandable: true
        },
        {
            name: 'Total Payment',
            dataIndex: 2020.total,
            sortable: false,
            className: 'additional-class'
        }],

};

"Name" attribute is working fine but "Total Payment" is not working.
i tried those syntax;
'2020.total'
'[2020].total'
'[2020][total]'

I know this is a little bit syntax question but i don't know how to search for it.
thanks for all answer.

A: let a = {
"id": 1,
"parentId": -1,
"Name": "Category 1",
"2020": {total:120, tax:12},
"children": [{
     "id": 11,
     "parentId": 1,
     "Name": "Category 11",
     "2020":  {total:23, tax:2},
   }]
}

Try a[2020].total

A: You can access it like this:
let a = {
  "2020": {total:120, tax:12},
}

a[2020].total
a["2020"].total

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José M. Fernández-Fernández - Spain
José M. is a PhD Geography student at the Complutense University of Madrid (Spain). Since he was a child he knew that he would study something directly linked to maps. So he studied BSc in Geography, and then a Master's in Geographical Information Technologies. His research within the High Mountain Physical Geography (GFAM) research group aims to develop a multidisciplinar methodology to use glaciers as indicators of climatic change (extant glaciers) and as proxies of palaeoclimatic information (palaeoglaciers), at decadal-to-millennial timescales. An important part of his research is focused on applying detailed geomorphological mapping (over extant and palaeo- glaciers, rock glaciers and debris-covered glaciers), physical-based rheological numerical models (ice perfect plasticity) to achieve palaeoglacier reconstructions, and the application of glacier-climate models to approach to palaeoenvironmental situations. The physical and chemical lab procedures for rock sample processing for the further application of cosmic-ray exposure dating (10Be, 36Cl) is also a cornerstone for the timing of climatic events with special impact on non-extant mountain glaciers.
Roxanne Frappier - Canada
Roxanne is a PhD student at the Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics at the University of Ottawa (Ontario, Canada), interested in ice-rich permafrost. Her research falls within the context of the ongoing climate warming and focuses on its effects on permafrost. Degradation of permafrost terrain can lead to the formation of thermokarst landscapes, which have important impacts on ecosystems, biotas, snow depth, slope stability, soil strength, and infrastructures. Her main research goal is to describe and predict the extent of permafrost degradation and its effects on the landscape in response to environmental and climatic changes. She has been involved in PYRN-NA, the north american branch of PYRN, since October 2017 and is now also PYRN's canadian national representative.
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Filip Hrbáček - Czech Republic
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Alexey Maslakov - Russia
Alexey Maslakov is a PhD student at Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Geography. His fields of study are arctic coastal dynamics, seasonal freezing and thawing processes and permafrost changes due to climatic and anthropogenic factors. His study area is Eastern Chukotka, where he works since 2012. Alexey was involved in PYRN community in 2012 during Tenth International Conference on Permafrost (TICOP) and staying an active member. In 2014 he was elected as PYRN ExCom member and national correspondent for Russia. The second election will allow him to continue current activity and facilitate work of new ExCom members. Alexey is responsible for PYRN newsletter, promotion and outreach; he also takes part in organizing scientific and social events for young Russian permafrost researchers.
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Carla Tapia is a PhD student in the Argentine Institute of Nivology, Glaciology and Environmental Research (Ianigla). Her PhD project focuses on the characterization of cryospheric systems and mountain permafrost determination in Central and Dry Andes of Argentina (http://www.mendoza-conicet.gob.ar/portal/ianigla/paginas/index/geocriologia). The research approach is at the regional scale using remote sensory data, permafrost indicator's databases and long-term meteorological registers, geotechnical sampling and testing, combined with intense field work. Carla is also interested in periglacial geomorphology in mountain environments, mountain permafrost modelling, landslides and natural hazards related with permafrost destabilization. She is also working as a Secretary of Argentine and South-American Permafrost Association (AASP) and as a webmaster of AASP webpage.
Ingo Hartmeyer - Austria
Ingo Hartmeyer is a member of the scientific staff at the Georesearch Institute in Salzburg, Austria (http://www.georesearch.at/de/). His background is in high mountain geomorphology and he is currently finishing his PhD at the University of Salzburg. Ingo is co-responsible for running the "Open Air Lab Kitzsteinhorn", a long-term monitoring site for alpine permafrost in the Hohe Tauern Range (Austria) that comprises extensive borehole and gelectrical measurements. Based on terrestrial laserscanning surveys Ingo is investigating spatial patterns of rockfall and their relationship with glacier retreat, high mountain permafrost dynamics and frost weathering.
Matthias Winkel - Germany
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Samuel Weber - Switzerland
Samuel Weber research interest concerns heterogeneous environments and climate change, especially process understanding and quantification of phenomena in mountain permafrost related to climate. His vision is to investigate fracture kinematics, to improve the understanding of processes in mountain permafrost using geophysical methods, to detect rupture processes in instable rock masses, assess rupture imminence and to design an early warning system for rock instabilities. For this, the combination of geo-science and engineering is very useful and enables field measurements at locations in hardly accessible environments. He greatly enjoy doing field work in alpine environments and being able to combine my knowledge as well as his experience with my alpine skills.
Li Han - China
Li is a PhD candidate in hydrology and climatology at the University of Heidelberg, Germany. Her research focuses on the permafrost hydrology and it's response to changing climate in Siberia. Before that, Li first did her BSc in hydrology and water resources at Lanzhou University, China. Then she continued her MSc at Sichuan University, focusing on the spatial-temporal characteristics of hydrological processes and their response to climate change in the Yangtze River source region.
Sebastian Viveroandrade - Chile
Sebastián is a PhD student at the Institute of Earth Surface Dynamics (IDYST), University of Lausanne, Switzerland, where he studies different Chilean and Swiss rock glaciers using direct and remotely sensed measurements. His PhD aims to test UAV platforms and age-dating techniques for studying rock glacier velocity variations in different regions and improving our understanding of landform evolution. He previously worked as a glaciologist at the Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Zonas Áridas (CEAZA), Chile. He has fieldwork experience in several regions such as the European Alps, Southern Alps of New Zealand, Chilean Andes, Pamir Alay in Kirghizstan, and Antarctic Peninsula.
Matthew Whitely - USA
Matthew is a Master's graduate from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. His uses the lens of remote sensing to study permafrost geomorphology and hydrology. His Master's thesis focused on mapping sporadic permafrost on the Yukon Kuskokwim Delta of Alaska, but if you ask him, he'll talk your ear off about aufeis.
Florence Magnin - France
Florence Magnin is a postdoctoral fellow in the Universities Savoie Mont Blanc (France) and of Oslo (Norway). Her research interests focus on high mountain permafrost distribution and changes at various spatial and temporal scales, as well as on geomorphological processes related to permafrost dynamics. Her research aims at improving the understanding of morphodynamics such as rock wall destabilisation and related cascading effects in permafrost areas. She uses bedrock temperature measurements, modelling and geophysics.
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Elena Kuznetsova is working as a researcher at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, Norway. She has a background in permafrost engineering from Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia. Elena took her PhD in 2011, and since 2012, she has been living and working in Norway. Two years she was working as a research scientist in SINTEF, the largest independent research organization in Scandinavia, and since 2014 she has been working at NTNU. Her main research interest is transport infrastructure built in areas of deep seasonal frost and permafrost. Elena was involved in PYRN ExCom in 2014-2015 and now she serves as a PYRN National Representative.
Majbritt Westring Sørensen - Greenland
Majbritt Sørensen is the project manager for weather observations in conducted by Asiaq – Greenland Survey under the Greenlandic self-Government (http://www.asiaq.gl/). She has the responsibility for collecting climate data along the coast of Greenland for the benefit of the Greenlandic people. This includes soil temperature observations since the permafrost changes in Greenland are rapid and have huge implications for the infrastructural maintenance and planning and therefore it is an essential parameter to monitor continuously. The climate data collected by Asiaq are used in various research projects as well as being added to several databases, such as GEM (http://g-e-m.dk/) and GTN-P (http://gtnp.arcticportal.org/) databases. Due to their extensive experience in surveying and monitoring climate and hydrology in Arctic areas, they are an active partner in both research, infrastructural and logistical projects conducted in Greenland.
Emil Mariov Gachev - Bulgaria
Emil Mariov Gachev is an Associate Professor (PhD in Physical Geography) at the Department of Geography, Ecology and Environmental Protection, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences of the South-West University "Neofit Rilski" in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria.
His research interests are present and former mountain glaciation, small glaciers, rock glaciers, permafrost, geography of mountain environments, geomorphology, hydrology, karst processes and speleology.
Emil has been also involved in the following long-term projects: 1) Monitoring programme of present-day small mountain glaciers in the Balkan Peninsula (in cooperation with Serbian and Slovenian colleagues). 2) Exploring permafrost occurrence in the Rila and Pirin Mountains (Bulgaria) (in cooperation with Romanian colleagues): https://www.researchgate.net/project/Exploring-permafrost-occurrence-in-the-Rila-and-Pirin-Mountains-Bulgaria
Renato R. Colucci – Italy
Renato R. Colucci works in the climate and paleoclimate research group (http://www.ismar.cnr.it/research/climate-and-paleoclimate/research-group) of ISMAR at the Department of Earth System Sciences and Environmental Technology, italian CNR. His research is focused on glacial and periglacial geomorphology of high-altitude and high-latitude environments, both in the Alps (Eastern Alps, Dolomites, Stelvio, Austria, Slovenia, Switzerland) and outside Europe (Cordillera Andina – Chile, Karakorum-Pakistan, Antarctica), and their interactions with the climate system. After completed his PhD in Environmental Sciences in 2013, during which he also studied few months at UNIS (Svalbard), he is now involved in several projects aiming at understanding the impacts of climate change to such environments as well as to reconstruct the climate of the past by using geomorphological and geochronological proxies. Since 2016 he is leading the C3project (www.c3project.net) devoted to the study of ground ice in high altitude caves of the Alps.
Jannik Martens – Sweden
Jannik started his PhD studies in Applied Environmental Science at Stockholm University in 2017. His research project investigates historical and geospatial variability of permafrost carbon that was remobilized and transported to Arctic Ocean shelf sediments. This is studied using molecular and isotopic analysis of sediment cores and surface sediments from the Arctic Ocean. With his research he contributes to a better knowledge about carbon cycling in the Arctic which is of relevance for permafrost carbon – climate feedback processes. By attending the International Conference on Permafrost in 2016, Jannik came in contact with other PYRN Members and recognised his motivation to participate in international teamwork for the next years.
Sebastián Ruiz Pereira – Chile
Sebastián is a Biotech., PhD Student at the Geography Institute, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. Has worked in psychrophile adaptation and landscape evolution of periglacial and glacial environments in Southern Patagonia and Antarctic Peninsula.
Current research topic is the role of frozen-ground in semi-arid (33˚S) andean watersheds hydrological cycle . Research interests are hydric resource legislation in arid regions and hydrological interactions between glaciers and glacial forelands.
Avirmed Dashtseren – Mongolia
Avirmed Dashtseren is working as a leading researcher and Head of the Permafrost Division in the Institute of Geography and Geoecology, Mongolian Academy of Sciences. In 2015, he graduated with PhD at Hokkaido University, Japan. His research is focused on the state of the margins of permafrost and glaciers in Mongolia in nexus with the interaction of climate change and ecosystem.
John Kingsley - Nigeria
John Kingsley is a Geographic Information System and Digital Soil Mapping Expert and a prospective Doctoral college student at the University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria, West Africa. His Master of Science Degree Research focused on using digital soil mapping tools in land evaluation and soil characterization for proposed oil palm production at Ekpri Ibami in Akamkpa Local Government Area of Cross River State, Nigeria. His study further explains the classification of soils developed on basement complex parent materials using XRD diffractogram. He has submitted a PhD research proposal on the use of digital soil mapping technique in the evaluation and characterization of soils of permafrostic region of Nigeria on the production of some few selected cold-loving crops. Extensively, his project focuses on monitoring and management of environmental changes occurring within permafrost areas.
Annette Carshalton - New Zealand
Annette is currently in the second year of her Masters at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. Her research is focusing on the changing soil climate and permafrost in the McMurdo Dry Valleys and the coastal areas near Scott Base, Antarctica. She is working with a 17-year long dataset, with data from nine sites, to look for short-term trends and patterns in the area. She is currently focusing on finding if there is a strong enough relationship between atmospheric conditions and the depth to permafrost, in the hope that she can build a spatially predictive model.
Former national representative
Josefine Lenz - Germany (2016-2018)
Josefine Lenz is a postdoctoral researcher at the Alfred Wegener Institute in Potsdam, Germany, and affiliated with the University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA. She works on thermokarst lake dynamics by using lake sediment cores as paleoenvironmental archives. The initiation, multiple phases and drainage of lakes, as well as the carbon dynamic and storage are of special interest for her. Since 2014, Josefine is German Representative within PYRN DACH (Germany, Austria and Switzerland) and stayed involves as Ex-Officio since her activity in the PYRN ExCom 2014-2016. She is an IASC Fellow 2015, APECS Vice-President 2016/2017 and co-founder of APECS Germany.
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