Hi, I’m Tammy, Project Pengyou Fall intern and former Project Pengyou Leadership Fellow. I study journalism and mass communications and East Asian studies at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. Let me tell you how I made my family’s story my story.
We are proud to announce our new class of Fall 2015 Project Pengyou Leadership Fellows!
It has been one year since we launched the Project Pengyou Leadership Fellows Program. On June 19th and 20th, 2015 Project Pengyou Leaders from over 20 states gathered in DC to share what they learned.
The Pengyou Interns had the pleasure of hearing Kaiser Kuo, legendary rocker and bridge-builder, speak about the need for ‘informed empathy’ in cross-cultural interactions.
After one year of Chapter Building, we held our first Chapter Reunion and Leadership Retreat at the University of Maryland to share our challenges and accomplishments and grow closer as a network of Pengyous!
Partnered with Asia Society’s China Learning Initiatives, Fulbright Scholar and cross-cultural comedian, Jesse Appell has launched a new web series called The Great LOL of China to help bridge the U.S. and China through laughter.
A Speakers Forum exploring the historical, social, and political backdrop of Sino-American relations as well as the current issues as seen from Washington today. Co-organized by Project Pengyou, Johns Hopkins University – SAIS China, and the Committee of 100
Jack and the Alibaba group see their mission as one to “level the playing field”, empowering small but entrepreneurial American businesses with the means and the channels to find consumers, especially the rapidly growing Chinese middle class.
Project Pengyou Intern, Kimberly Chen, shares her transformation from Asian in America, to Asian-American, and why going abroad was a life-changing experience for her.