Do you want to learn more about the Taiwan Strait Issue? Are you interested in meeting young people from mainland China, Taiwan and the United States? Are you open-minded and prepared to engage in an intellectually-stimulating dialogue with people from across the Strait?
If you answered “yes” to all three questions, then you are ready to apply to the 2013 Brown University Strait Talk Symposium!
What is Strait Talk?
Strait Talk is a nonpartisan, youth-run organization that exists to foster peaceful progress on the Taiwan Strait issue through educating, connecting, and empowering young leaders from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and the United States. Currently in its ninth year, Brown University Strait Talk has brought together more than 250 Chinese, Taiwanese, and Americans to learn and take action on the cross-Strait issue. The symposium has inspired many people to initiate programs and activities that promote a
peaceful cross-Strait future in their hometowns in mainland China, Taiwan and the US.
What will you do at the symposium?
The week-long symposium will bring together 15 delegates from Taiwan, US and mainland China to engage in over 35 hours of constructive dialogue sessions as well as conflict resolution workshops to generate feasible proposals for a sustainable cross-Strait future. Prominent speakers and professors from different US universities such as Cornell University, Dartmouth University and Middlebury College will also meet and speak with the delegates and discuss cross-Strait issues in various panels throughout
the week. At the end of the week, delegates will have the chance to discuss and present their proposals to various policy think tanks in New York. We provide full and partial scholarships for international and domestic travels. Food and accommodations will be provided during the symposium.
How to Apply?
We hope to recruit interested students or young professionals (ages 18 - 30) to apply as part of the American and Taiwanese delegations for the symposium. Please see the attached for the application forms. More information is available on our website: http://straittalkbrown.org/. Should you have any questions, please feel free to email us at straittalkus@gmail.com. Also, check out the Strait Talk promo video here!
The application deadline is Friday, September 27, 2013, at 23:59. All applications are accepted on a rolling basis.