When my grandparents came to this country from China, they came for the dream of a government of the people, by the people, and for the people. They knew there were more opportunities here for them, their children, and their grandchildren. But we now have a government of the wealthy, by the wealthy, and for […]
Reader responds to blog about homeless camps in ID
Editor’s note: This is in regards to our publisher’s blog last week titled, “How Chinatown battles homeless encampments.” Although street crime has repeatedly victimized me, it was not the homeless who did it. Further, I never give up on a home that bridges the homeless community. Those of us who have found safety can be […]
A letter, and a plea, about Donnie Chin
[On Aug. 8], I managed a visit to beloved Chinatown after several years in a Pittsburgh college. I came by train. I went by the antique shop in Canton Alley to say hello and stopped short when I saw the door all decorated and learned of what befell Mr. Chin. Everybody knew Mr. Chin. I’m […]
Letter in support of Asian American Studies at UW
The Washington State Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs and numerous Asian Pacific American community leaders from across the state sent the letter below to University of Washington (UW) President Cauce regarding their concern for the future of the Asian American Studies program at the UW. President Ana Mari Cauce University of Washington Office of […]
Reader angry over publishing of crowdsourced open letter about Black Lives Matter
Dear Editor, We need to talk. Your inflammatory anti-police hysteria has gone too far. The July 16 article, “Dear Mom, Dad, Uncle, Auntie: Black Lives Matter to us, too,” stated that, “Last week in Louisiana, two white police officers killed a Black man named Alton Sterling, while he sold CD’s on the street.” Such a […]
LETTER: Re: Donnie Chin’s Legacy
Dear editor, I attended a ceremony [on June 16] for the renaming of a park in the Seattle Chinatown International District (CID) to the Donnie Chin International Children’s Park. I made the effort to attend because I was hoping that Mayor [Ed] Murray would acknowledge why the renaming of the park was so important. If […]
WA representative blasts Seattle Colleges choice of new chancellor
By Sharon Tomiko Santos For Northwest Asian Weekly May 16 Steven Hill Chair, Board of Trustees Seattle Community College District 1500 Harvard Avenue Seattle, WA 98122 Dear Mr. Hill, I write to express my bitter disappointment in the decision of the Seattle Community College District Board of Trustees to pass over a highly qualified native […]
Housing crisis — help available for API seniors
By John Wilson King County Assessor The housing crisis in King County does not discriminate when it comes to affordability. Old or young, far too many of our neighbors struggle to pay the rent or to cover the costs of staying in their home. Asian and Pacific Islander communities — 20 percent of King […]
Chinatown-International District safety concerns
Dear Editor, I am writing in response and in solidarity with the many cosigners of a letter to Mayor Ed Murray in the April 30-May 6 issue of Northwest Asian Weekly. The cosigners urged the mayor to pay attention to a severe public safety and public health issue in the Chinatown ID: that of illegal […]
Letter to Seattle’s mayor about public safety concerns in Chinatown-International District
Dear Mayor Murray, The International District Chinatown is the oldest existing ethnic neighborhood left in Seattle. Working with property owners, business owners, district employees, and most importantly, neighborhood residents, our community service agencies have worked to keep the Chinatown-International District (C-ID) a vibrant and safe neighborhood for all. Several new housing developments are scheduled to […]
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