With the earth month approaching, I have organized the following four actions for each week to complete.
Week 1:
The first week I had plan to talk to people about their awareness of the Taiwan political status. If people does not know anything about that issue, then I will be the lecturing them about the issue, from the end of Chinese civil war in 1949 to current time. I will also bring up some key events that are important because some events, including the three Taiwan Strait crises, the diplomatic turnover between PRC and ROC, and the UN General Assembly Resolution 2758. The primary goal is for people to be aware of the current issue that is still ongoing, and if I can, make people feel sympathize for Taiwan’s situation. The difficult part of this action is to stay bias free and stay calm and patience when people do disagree with me.
Week 2:
My actions for second week will be attending clubs like Taiwanese student association in OSU or Taiwanese American Association in OSU. The goal for such action is to stay up top of news in Asia Pacific, and reconfirmed the history and current events I talked to people about from week 1 are correct. The tough part about this action is to find a time from my already busy schedule to attend the club meetings.
Week 3:
For my third action, I will try to get involve with UNPO (Unrepresented Nations And Peoples Organization). I know they currently do not have any volunteer or internships offers. But if I can write a letter for them to update the page about Taiwan’s status, that will give the public viewer a more current, ongoing issue. The difficult part of this action is to reach out and stay connect to the organization effectively.
Week 4:
The final week of my action plan is to write letters to US legislator branch and/or State Department to urge them to not ignore the overall events that escalating tension in East Asia in general (The heighten tension between S. Korea and PRC because of THAAD, South China sea issue, the growing gap between PRC and Taiwan’s military… etc.) All these situations threaten or potential threaten the current stability in Asia Pacific. In the letters, I will especially stress the strategic importance of Taiwan to the U.S. and to persuade the US to approve more arm sale to Taiwan for the island to defend itself. The difficult part of this action is to pick which senators or congressmen to write who are traditionally side with Taiwan.