By Staff NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Candidates running for Seattle mayor have been invited to speak about issues that affect the Asian Pacific Islander (API) community. Gary Bose, Tiniell Cato, Jenny Durkan, Jessyn Farrell, Bob Hasegawa, Mike McGinn, Cary Moon, James Norton, Larry Oberto, and Nikkita Oliver have confirmed they will be present at the June […]
Women of color heat up Seattle Port Commissioner race
By Janice Nesamani NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Challenging the status quo at the Port of Seattle Commission are two women of color running for Position 1. While one is a seasoned politician, the other is a young Port of Seattle staffer. We get a look at what they hope to change if they get a seat […]
Two sides to 14 stories — Understanding the controversy behind the SpringHill hotel development in the ID
By Peggy Chapman Northwest Asian Weekly The controversy regarding the large-scale hotel development in Seattle’s International District (ID) has escalated this summer due to the proposed development schedule and increasing debate in the community. Opposite ends of the arguments range from the new development that will help introduce commerce and industry in a neighborhood which […]
Julie Pham on Community Involvement Commission
The mayor and Seattle City Council recently announced the initial 13 appointees selected to serve on the City of Seattle’s new Community Involvement Commission (CIC). One of the appointees is Julie Pham, co-owner of Nguoi Viet Tay Bac – Northwest Vietnamese News, the founder of Sea Beez, a capacity-building program for Seattle’s ethnic media, and […]
2017 A&S Graduate Medalists
Shuxuan Zhou and Jane Wong received the University of Washington College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) Graduate Medals in Social Sciences and Humanities, respectively. The medal is awarded to exceptional graduate students, based on faculty recommendations. Zhou grew up in Fujian, China, and she wrote her dissertation on gender, women, and sexuality studies that presented […]
MiMi Globe Goods wins award
MiMi Globe Goods took home the Baylor Social Innovation Award on May 23, at the 2017 Seattle University Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center (IEC)’s 19th Annual Harriet Stephenson Business Plan Competition. MiMi Globe Goods, created by Ming-Ming Tung-Edelman, is a nonprofit that helps stay-at-home immigrants by empowering them with skills and equipment to design, create, and […]
Vanita Gupta is new Leadership Conference president
Vanita Gupta began her tenure on June 1 as president and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. She served previously as Acting Assistant Attorney General and Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division. Appointed by President Barack Obama as the chief civil rights prosecutor […]
Frances Walton Competition winners
On June 3, 15 aspiring classical artists, ages 20-35, from all over the world participated in the annual Ladies Musical Club (LMC)’s day-long Frances Walton Competition, at Magnolia Lutheran Church in Seattle. The winners were Xiao Chen, piano; Bokyung Byun, guitar; Yasmina Spiegelberg, clarinet; and Xenia Deviatkina-Loh, violin. The four winners performed a free public […]
Ocean Star fire scare
By Staff NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY There were some tense moments earlier thís week at the Ocean Star Seafood Restaurant near 7th Avenue and Weller Street. Residents in the nearby Asia Condominiums saw smoke pouring from the building the morning of June 12 and called 911. Eyewitness Liana Woo told the Northwest Asian Weekly, “There were […]
Washington granted REAL ID extension through mid-July
By RACHEL LA CORTE Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Even though Washington state officials asked for an extension from compliance from enforcement of federal requirements for state driver’s licenses and ID cards through October 2020, they said federal officials have informed them that at this point their extension will only be granted through the […]
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