Jerome Keating’s Breakfast Club will host three notable social activists, all of whom are running for legislature: Victoria Hsu (許秀雯), running as at-large candidate of the Green/Social Democratic Alliance and a LGBT rights activist and lawyer, Wang Pao-hsuan (王寶萱), PhD, who is active in land development and running for legislature in Taoyuan and Aquia Tsay (蔡丁貴), PhD, chairman of the Free Taiwan Party and a supporter of non-violent activism.
■ The discussion will take place on Saturday from 10am to noon at Room 101 in the Legislative Yuan, 1 Jinan Rd, Taipei City (台北市濟南路1號)
■ Breakfast cost is NT$100. Badge needed to get in. Mandatory preregister by contacting Jerome Keating. jkeating@ms67.hinet.net before midnight tonight. If driving, provide your license plate number.
Photo: Chen Kuan-bei, Taipei Times
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