Taiwanese Association of America in Greater St. Louis
聖路易台灣同鄉會
TAA-STL is organized for cultural and educational purposes, more specifically
- to preserve Taiwanese American heritage, to advance the interest in and the understanding of Taiwanese culture and society, and to contribute to the cultural diversity in America, cultivating fellowship and harmony between and among the citizenry of the community.
- to thus further maintain its purpose and thereby attain its objective, TAA-STL shall at all times predicate its policies upon established principles that enrich human personality and group association through educational, cultural, and other related activities and through policies that conduct forums, panels, lectures or other similar programs for the entire community in general and for all segments of Taiwanese and Taiwanese American community in particular.
- to firmly establish TAA-STL as an American institution adhered to the promotion of Taiwanese identity and welfare and appreciation of the Taiwanese heritage, TAA-STL shall as its further purpose and objective be perpetually committed to the acceptance of the individual’s communal obligation, the advocacy of responsible citizenship and the protection, maintenance and retention of the American democratic way of life, its creed and its philosophy; and be committed to the defense of human and civil rights secured by law; and to the elimination of prejudice and discrimination.