The Intercollegiate Taiwanese American Students Association (ITASA) is a non-profit organization providing events and resources that explore and celebrate Taiwanese American identity in order to inspire, empower, and activate its community.
Objectives

As a 501(c)(3) non-for-profit organization, ITASA aims to:

• EXPLORE the perspectives that exist within the Taiwanese American identity;
• INSPIRE our participants to think about their identity, how it relates to the world, and what place they have in it;
• EMPOWER our participants with the resources to further develop their personal identities wherever they may go;
• ACTIVATE our community, create a voice that represents us in larger arenas, making Taiwanese Americans an influential force in society;
• BUILD unity and STRENGTHEN relationships amongst the Taiwanese American Student Associations;
• GUIDE participants towards becoming better leaders by redefining their TASA's and themselves.

As a corollary to these objectives, ITASA specifically strives to accomplish the following:

• DEVELOP the next generation of successful Taiwanese American leaders who will be responsible members of the Asian American community and the rest of society.
• PROMOTE a culture of good citizenship, giving back and volunteerism in the Taiwanese American student community.
• CELEBRATE diversity in culture, heritage, identity, and ideas both within and outside the Taiwanese American community, including traditional Chinese culture and indigenous Taiwanese culture.
• ENGAGE in discussion of Taiwan's democratic advancements in relation to the world community and especially in relation to the People's Republic of China.

Approach

While setting goals, the National Board identified 3 levels of student activism. The community at large needed more resources to educate, unite, and equip the general body of Taiwanese Americans across the United States. The campuses at each school needed support in getting linked to the nationwide network and founding new chapters of Taiwanese American student groups. The individual students needed more information, ideas, contacts, outlets, and guidelines for personal and collective activism.

ITASA employs a three-pronged approach to directly address these 3 levels of the general Taiwanese American student body.

1. Regional Conferences held in the East, Midwest, and West provide students with annual conventions promoting awareness, activism, leadership, culture, and friendship.
2. Leadership Retreats provide campus leaders with training, peer support, and shared ideas to start each year with a clear game plan and stronger leadership skills.
3. The ITASA Website provides students everywhere with an interactive community, leaders' guidelines, student organization contacts, vital links, scholarship and internship information, and up-to-date news on ITASA's events.