Last week, Asian Counseling and Referral Service joined the National Council of Asian Pacific Americans, 77 organizations, 180 community leaders, 105 students, and nearly 500 educators nationwide, in reaffirming our commitment to serve the needs of our very diverse Asian American and Pacific Islander communities. We are deeply troubled by recent opposition expressed to the […]
LETTER: Our tax system actually penalizes the poor
Note: This is a response to a commentary that ran in the July 15 issue of our paper, “It’s a crime to be rich,” by Ruth Bayang, which opposed a Seattle City Council 2.25 percent income tax for individuals making over $250,000. To the Editor: Because there is no state income tax, here’s the breakdown […]
LETTER: Navigation Center detrimental to ID, City not listening
Note: This letter is an edited version of an email sent to Seattle City Council To the Editor: The Navigation Center in Little Saigon being a “done deal” make us very upset. It involves two ethnic communities and is close to Chinatown ID area. Our community is highly populated and busy with businesses. We’ve got […]
LETTER: No, it’s not a crime to be rich
Note: This is an edited version of an email response to a commentary that ran in the July 15 issue of our paper, “It’s a crime to be rich,” by Ruth Bayang, which opposed a Seattle City Council 2.25 percent income tax for individuals making over $250,000. To the Editor — No, it’s not a […]
With Navigation Center, City of Seattle not doing enough to engage community
To the Editor, The City has finally opened its Navigation Center in the Little Saigon area of the International District (ID) — on its own terms and without having sought sincere input and engagement with the community [in regards to] where it will be situated. This experiment in unsheltered services will affect all of us, […]
LETTER: Terminology matters, we need to eliminate use of word ‘foreign’ when referring to non-English languages
To the editor: “Tagalog is WA’s most commonly spoken foreign language after Spanish,” [an article that appeared in the July 15 issue of Northwest Asian Weekly,] is well-developed and written. My educator hat is reeling, however, with the combination of “foreign” and “language” in the headline and throughout the article. At least 30 years ago, […]
LETTER: Reader urges lawmakers for more Alzheimer’s help
Dear Editor, More than 15 million Americans provide unpaid care for people with Alzheimer’s or other dementias. This means that in 2016, these caregivers provided an estimated 18.2 billion hours of care valued at over $230 billion. While this is done out of love, compassion, and a sense of family duty, caregiving can be emotionally, […]
LETTER: Reader reacts to SCV reunion story
I was thrilled to learn that there was a reunion of the great folks who produced the KRAB-FM Seattle Chinese Voice. I only wished I had known they were going to have such an event — I would have loved to crash their party, especially to see Cecilia Fung. The program started way before I […]
LETTER: An open letter to the U.S. Supreme Court
Dear Justices, When I became an American citizen, it was because I believed in the values that the United States represents: freedom, opportunity, and equality. As a girl growing up in India, my family gave me whatever they could. However, in order to thrive and live a life with those basic rights, I moved halfway […]
LETTER: Summit gives thanks to the Chinatown-International District
Dear Editor, For more than two years, Summit Sierra (Washington’s first charter public high school) has had the privilege of calling the Chinatown-International District (CID) home. The community has made our students, families, and faculty feel welcome, as we provide this public school option to Seattle. Just as the community has welcomed us with open […]
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