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 […]
SBCTC’s new executive director
Jan Yoshiwara is the new executive director of State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC). Yoshiwara was deputy executive director for education at the State Board. She assumed her new role on June 1. Yoshiwara has a bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Davis, and a master’s degree from Western Washington University. She […]
Canton Noodle House closed
Canton Noodle House on 12th Avenue South between King and Weller streets closed two weeks ago. The owner said that the restaurant will reopen in a new location in July, in the Rainier Valley.
CACA dinner
Seven guests attended the C.A.C.A. Seattle Lodge’s annual dinner on May 21. This year’s dinner featured Phillip Yin, 2016 candidate for the Washington State Lieutenant Governor, as emcee. The C.A.C.A. also gave out its Citizens Awards to Harry Shum of Microsoft, fashion designer Luly Yang, and the National Association of Asian American Professionals (NAAAP), Seattle […]
New Consul General of Japan in Seattle
Yoichiro Yamada is the new Consul General of Japan in Seattle. Born in Kobe, Yamada’s postings have included Moscow, Brussels (twice), Warsaw, New York, and Nairobi. Yamada believes that the best service an overseas mission can provide is to facilitate exchanges by connecting good-willed people with potential partners across the borders. Yamada has BA from […]
New public charter school named
Southeast Seattle now has a school with a name that reflects its diverse community and goals for students: Rainier Valley Leadership Academy. Nearly 50 families, students, and stakeholders selected the name for the new charter public middle school that represents the values of the community and school. “Families chose a name for the school that […]
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