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CID happenings

March 31, 2022 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Filed Under: Features, Community News, Feature stories Tagged With: 2022, VOL 41 NO 14 | APRIL 2 - APRIL 8

Edmonds Lunar New Year

February 10, 2022 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Over 600 people attended the City of Edmonds’ first-ever Lunar New Year Edmonds celebration on Jan. 29. Participants were treated to a traditional lion dance performance and kung fu demonstration by Master David Leong and Northwest Kung Fu & Fitness. Lunar New Year Edmonds grew out of a discussion among members of the Edmonds Diversity […]

Filed Under: Features, Names in the News, Community News Tagged With: 2022, VOL 41 NO 7 | FEBRUARY 12 - FEBRUARY 18

Steeped in two worlds, law professor crusades for women’s rights

January 20, 2022 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Mahlon Meyer Northwest Asian Weekly Sital Kalantry was a young girl when her parents sent her back to India to stay with her grandmother. During that summer, her grandmother told her that she was going to “marry her off to a rich man” so she’d never have to worry about anything except her household. […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News, Last Week's Front Page Tagged With: 2022, VOL 41 NO 4 | JANUARY 22 - JANUARY 28

After 24 years, affirmative action awakens—How one question will lead to a new era of equity in Washington state

January 13, 2022 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Mahlon Meyer Northwest Asian Weekly When is defeat not defeat? Jesse Wineberry, one of the architects of Initiative 1000 (I-1000), which was aimed at restoring affirmative action in Washington state, was at the downtown Bellevue FedEx shortly after the initiative was overturned by 1% of the vote in November 2019. In walked John Carlson, […]

Filed Under: Features, Community News Tagged With: 2022, VOL 41 NO 3 | JANUARY 15 - JANUARY 21

Maiko Winkler-Chin leaving SCIDpda, joining City of Seattle

January 12, 2022 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Ruth Bayang NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY The executive director of the Seattle Chinatown International District Preservation and Development Authority (SCIDpda) is joining the Bruce Harrell administration. Maiko Winkler-Chin, who has served as executive director for more than 12 years, has been appointed as Director of the City of Seattle’s Office of Housing, contingent on City […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2022, VOL 41 NO 3 | JANUARY 15 - JANUARY 21

Burien has a new mayor: Sofia Aragon

January 12, 2022 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Ruth Bayang Northwest Asian Weekly “I have some really big shoes to fill.” That’s what Sofia Aragon said in her speech on Jan. 10, after the Burien City Council voted to elect her as mayor for a two-year term. Aragon is the executive director of the Washington Center for Nursing, a nonprofit organization focused […]

Filed Under: Features, Community News, Politics Tagged With: 2022, VOL 41 NO 3 | JANUARY 15 - JANUARY 21

Kendee Yamaguchi named Seattle Deputy Mayor—More AAPIs join Harrell administration

January 6, 2022 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell was sworn-in on Jan. 4, and joined by members of his executive team. A week prior, Harrell announced the latest round of hires joining his administration’s cabinet. Kendee Yamaguchi will serve as deputy mayor of external affairs. Yamaguchi, a former City employee who currently serves as executive director for Snohomish County, […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2022, VOL 41 NO 2 | JANUARY 8 - JANUARY 14

New owners of Young’s Restaurant promise continuity

January 6, 2022 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Kai Curry Northwest Asian Weekly “The foundational story of the restaurant is—one, they’ll never go hungry again. And two, they can employ their family when they come.” So explained Janice Young, daughter of Van and Ella Young, who in 1982 opened Young’s Restaurant in White Center. The Youngs worked tirelessly to make their American […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Business, Community News Tagged With: 2022, VOL 41 NO 2 | JANUARY 8 - JANUARY 14

APCC live event returning

January 6, 2022 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Asia Pacific Cultural Center (APCC) announced that it will return to an in-person event for its 24th Annual Asia Pacific New Year Celebration, featuring China. This is APCC’s largest annual event, and the first time it will host a live, in-person event since the start of the pandemic, to celebrate Lunar New Year and the […]

Filed Under: Features, Community News Tagged With: 2022, VOL 41 NO 2 | JANUARY 8 - JANUARY 14

Top 10 local stories of 2021

December 22, 2021 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Ruth Bayang Northwest Asian Weekly 10. Tommy Le’s family wins $5 million settlement The King County Sheriff’s Office (KCSO) agreed to pay $5 million for the June 14, 2017 shooting death of Tommy Le. The settlement was reached less than a month before the civil rights lawsuit was set to go to trial. Le’s […]

Filed Under: News, Features, Community News Tagged With: 2021, VOL 40 NO 51 | DECEMBER 18 - DECEMBER 24, VOL 40 NO 52 | DECEMBER 25 - DECEMBER 31

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