A lawsuit has accused Harvard University of discriminating against Asian American applicants by rating them lower than others on traits like positive personality, likeability, courage, kindness, and being widely respected — thus lowering their chances of admission despite having done better than applicants from other racial/ethnic groups on test scores, grades, or extracurriculars. Harvard’s own […]
NW Emmy Awards
KING 5’s Lori Matsukawa won her first Emmy on June 9, at the 55th annual Northwest Regional Emmy Awards. She posted on Facebook, “First #NWEmmy. Took 40 years! I dedicate it to the Japanese American concentration camp survivors of WWII who were the subject of the stories.” Fellow KING colleagues who also won Emmys: video […]
Pagdiriwang Philippine Festival
The Filipino Cultural Heritage Society of Washington held a two-day Pagdiriwang Philippine Festival at the Seattle Center on June 2 and 3. It was to commemorate Philippine Independence Day, which officially takes place on June 12. Attendees enjoyed a variety of dance and musical performances, and of course, food.
Senate Page Ogaki
Jasmine Ogaki, a junior at Shorewood High School, was appointed by Sen. Patty Murray to serve as a U.S. Senate Page during the spring term of 2018. Ogaki was one of 30 students selected nationwide. Her term lasted for nearly five months, during which time she lived, worked, and went to school in Washington, D.C. […]
Living Future Hero award
At the annual Living Future sustainable design conference held in Seattle in May, King County green building project manager Nori Catabay was honored as a Living Future Hero. Catabay, with King County Recycling and Environmental Services, leads the internal King County Green Building Team and provides green building technical training for County capital projects. She […]
Desi Detour
Bollywood dance group Live2Dance will perform Desi Detour on June 30 at Newport High School in Bellevue. The performance is a benefit for Sukarya — a U.S.-Indian based nonprofit fighting for the health of marginalized population of women and children in India and ensuring they get access to basic health checkups, vaccines, and essential medicine. […]
Leadership transition at PeaceTrees Vietnam
Quang Le, the long-time in-country director for PeaceTrees Vietnam, will be stepping down from his role effective June 30, 2018. Le began his service at PeaceTrees Vietnam in 1997. He worked with Quang Tri Province leadership to design and manage the construction of the PeaceTrees Friendship Village, including 100 homes, a kindergarten, a community hall, […]
Plan to diversify elite NYC schools draws fire from Asians
NEW YORK (AP) — A plan to diversify New York City’s most elite public high schools is drawing fire from the minority group that has come to dominate the schools in recent years: Asian Americans. Mayor Bill de Blasio announced earlier this month that he wants to scrap the test that governs admission to eight […]
Trump, Kim claim big summit success, but details are scant
SINGAPORE (AP) — Claiming success at their whirlwind summit, President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un left Singapore on June 12, praising their face-to-face progress toward ridding the Korean Peninsula of nuclear weapons. Yet Trump faced pointed questions at home about whether he got little and gave away much — including an […]
Connect with SPD
By Staff NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY The Seattle Police Department and the CID Public Safety Council are rolling out the Chinatown-International District (CID) Community History Institute. It’s a series of discussions between eight community members and officers who regularly work in the CID area. The goal is for community members to share their knowledge of the […]