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A horrific murder of an American teenager by two other American teenagers in 1985 led to some serious soul-searching: How could the international community in Taiwan (some of whom don't speak Chinese well enough to get help from local sources) aid those going through mental health crises, are in need of counseling, or simply need better ways to gather and bond?
The answer became the Community Services Center, a place where, for almost 40 years now, people help each other, organize public service activities, take language, weaving, or you-name-it classes, and much more. Adam McMillan (stepping down soon after 11 years as director) has some stories to tell.
Cover images via the Community Services Center (The Center). Right: Centered on Taiwan, a magazine published by the center. Top middle: Headline from local newspaper on the murder in 1985 that spurred the international community to work together and create The Center. Others: Images of classes and hiking events organized by The Center.
Below: News clippings from 1985-1986 describe the murder of a Taipei American School student by two of his classmates (all US nationals). Read UPI archive article HERE.
All images below via the Community Services Center.
The Center's magazine "Centered on Taiwan."
An image from the annual charity auction.
Building the new Center in 2022.
CPR workshop
Newcomer orientation.
Poetry night.
Hiking tour.
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Check our very first episode, the story of a very white man who showed up in London in 1703... and claimed to be from Formosa. Or try a foodie episode from Season 3. Or, for those who want some harder-core history, hear the tale of the Lockheed U-2 pilot Wang Hsi-chueh 王錫爵, who became famous for defecting to the PRC by hijacking China Airlines Flight 334 on May 3, 1986.
