By Staff Northwest Asian Weekly On Sunday, July 16, the Seattle Times reported that the Oregon’s Department of Human Services (DHS) finally released unearthed old records — records previously thought to have been destroyed — in the name of public interest. The child welfare investigation records indicate that Oregon’s DHS found that Seattle Mayor Ed […]
Proposal to rename city intersection after Al Sugiyama
By Ruth Bayang NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Over his 30-year career, the late Alan Sugiyama gave a helping hand to thousands of people who needed mentoring, job training, advice, or friendship. Now, there is a proposal to rename a Seattle city intersection after the community activist. “The late Mr. Sugiyama used the intersection for over 20 […]
Navigation Center opens
By Staff NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY The City’s new Navigation Center, a shelter that accepts people with pets, partners, and possessions, as well as substance abuse disorders — started accepting referrals on July 12. On July 11, Mayor Ed Murray and Downtown Emergency Service Center (DESC) Executive Director Daniel Malone toured the facility, located at the […]
Hing Hay Park Expansion opens
By Staff NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY The Hing Hay Park Expansion, at the corner of 6th Avenue South and South King Street, in Seattle’s Chinatown International District, opened on June 29. The park has doubled in size and serves as an important community gathering place for the neighborhood. The new park design includes a cultural performance […]
Navigation Center discord continues
By Staff NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Dozens of seniors, who attended a June 29 meeting to discuss the new Navigation Center in Little Saigon, called it a waste of time. The community members were hoping to engage city officials. But some in attendance called the event a celebratory soft opening instead. The Seattle Japanese American Citizens […]
Are safe heroin injection sites really safe?
By Stacy Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly “It’s just the whole idea of having a so-called safe injection site [for heroin] doesn’t make sense to me,” said Bellevue resident Kan Qiu. “I’m a first generation immigrant from China. It’s ingrained in our culture, that we don’t touch drugs. In China, we have a vivid history of […]
‘Bubbly kid’ fatally shot by deputy hours before graduation
By CHRISTINE WILLMSEN The Seattle Times SEATTLE (AP) — When Tommy Le’s photo appeared in the screen during the slideshow fellow graduates cheered and hollered. The 20-year-old and about 45 fellow students had just graduated from Career Link, an alternative high-school completion program at South Seattle College. But they also didn’t understand why the wide-smiling, […]
Outdoors enthusiasts travel cross-country to promote diversity in public lands
By Tim Gruver NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Ambreen Tariq was just 8 years old when she traveled halfway across the world to the United States from India. The daughter of immigrant parents who both worked two jobs to make ends meet, Tariq grew up all across the country as a part of what she calls a […]
With Fourth of July just around the corner, we asked: What values are important to you on this holiday, in a Trump presidential era?
“For me, America represents the freedom to achieve your own happiness to whatever extent you can. We are the only country founded on the moral principle that your life does not belong to a king, a bureaucrat, or a neighbor — that your life belongs to you. That’s what brought my parents here decades ago […]
Forum for mayoral candidates provides needed answers for API community
By James Tabafunda Northwest Asian Weekly The cheers and jeers at the Mayoral Candidate Forum were just some of the many sounds that could be heard at the pre-election, public event at the Nagomi Tea House. Ten candidates for the chief executive’s job in Seattle attended a forum on June 22 specifically for the city’s […]