Last week Sunday, Feb, 21st, 2016. We were honored to have Mr. Peter Lin (林博智) as a speaker of our monthly community forum.

Peter Lin (林博智) was born in 1934 near Tainan, Taiwan, as a Japanese because Taiwan was then occupied by Japan. His family moved to  Shanghai when he was six years old. Through his English studies after his family returned to Taiwan in 1946 and his later life experiences once he came to the U.S in 1960, he continued to focus on building relationships through involvement with the United Church of Christ churches, serving as a local leader in the UCC and American Citizens League (TACL), organizing events with other Asian American minority groups to coordinate their political actions. Even Peter’s decision to study law after coming to  the U.S stemmed from his desire to help people and give back to society. As an eyewitness of 2.28 incident, he spoke about what he saw and remember about the 2.28 incident. The incident influenced many Taiwanese against the Kuo-Ming Tan.

Special Guest: Woei Ren Chen was born in 1939 in Lodung, I-Lan. Mr. Chen earned his Master of Divinity at Yale University Divinity School in 1968, and received his M.L.S at University of Pittsburgh, School of Library and Information Science in 1969. As an eyewitness of 2.28 incident, he made a impressive eyewitness report for at the forum.

UW East Asia Library Director Zhijia Shen Introduces Mr. Lin and Mr. Chen

Q&A Session: Mr. Lin answers the audiences’ questions

Special Guest Mr. Chen makes his eyewitness report

Next month, Sunday, March. 20th, 2016. We will be hosting another Community Forum, starting at 3:00 pm. Please feel free to join us in another great speech!