My takeaway from the guest speakers of last class was that non-profit organization can have many different objective and initiative. Before the class all I could think about the for non-profit was to try to eradicate poverty, hunger, or advocating for sustainability. (Well technically, CRIS’s objective does fall under trying to fix the issue of poverty by helping the refugees and immigrants to be economically self-sufficient). Since both speakers came from trying to fix the social issue. The objective is a different from UNPO organization I found from Through the Lens writing, the only similarity the organizations have is to serve the humanity. After doing both the political action assignment and the non-profit assignment. I think the best way for me to approach the issue is to combine both lens together, with a little more focus on political action than non-profit since my issue is a political issue. A rough idea for the potential action are as follow: write letters to US government officials to voice my concerns (political action). Talking to people to try to “educate” or spread awareness of Taiwan political status issue (neither non-profit nor political action, but more of citizen duty). Trying to get involve with UNPO regarding Taiwan’s issue, but it will be a stretch because they currently do not need any volunteering or internship (non-profit). And lastly, trying to get involve with on-campus club organizations that are relates to Taiwan (a somewhat non-profit action). Details are to follow with a more specific plan of action for my issue.
