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Al Sugiyama street sign

July 23, 2018 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Alan Sugiyama Honorary Street Sign Committee said a sign honoring the late community leader will be approved by the Seattle City Council on July 23. Committee member Larry Matsuda said they received an email on July 11 from City Council President Bruce Harrell’s office of the approval. Because of a proposed Seattle Department of […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2018, Alan Sugiyama, VOL 37 NO 30 | JULY 21 - JULY 27

Sugiyama street naming

March 2, 2018 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY The Alan Sugiyama Street Naming Project Committee said it has raised enough money for the project. The street signs were supposed to be unveiled last September — which would have been Sugiyama’s 68th birthday. Now the committee hopes to have the signs installed by spring. Committee member Larry Matsuda said, […]

Filed Under: Features, Briefs, Community News Tagged With: 2018, Alan Sugiyama, VOL 37 NO 10 | MARCH 3 - MARCH 9

Proposal to rename city intersection after Al Sugiyama

July 13, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

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 […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2017, Alan Sugiyama, VOL 36 NO 29 | JULY 15 - JULY 21

Memorial set for the late Alan Sugiyama

January 13, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

SEATTLE — The memorial service for Alan Sugiyama, a longtime Seattle community activist and the first Asian-American elected to the Seattle school board, will be held at Fisher Pavilion at Seattle Center on Sunday, Jan. 29 2:00 p.m. Sugiyama died on Jan. 2 at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle after a battle with cancer. He […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Obituaries, Community News Tagged With: 2017, Alan Sugiyama, VOL 36 NO 3 | JANUARY 14 - JANUARY 20

Community mourns passing of Al Sugiyama

January 5, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Long time community activist Al Sugiyama passed away on Jan. 2 at Swedish Hospital, surrounded by family and an intimate group of friends.

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Obituaries, Community News, Featured stories Tagged With: 2017, Al Sugiyama, Alan Sugiyama, VOL 36 NO 2 | JANUARY 7 - JANUARY 13

Remembering Al Sugiyama

January 5, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

“I have fond memories of going over to the Sugiyama house to play basketball in their backyard while we were kids. The “court” was an uneven dirt area with a rickety hoop attached to the side of the house. Every time you dribbled the ball, it went off in a crazy direction. Every time Al […]

Filed Under: Features, Community News, Featured stories Tagged With: 2017, Al Sugiyama, Alan Sugiyama, VOL 36 NO 2 | JANUARY 7 - JANUARY 13

The gifts Al Sugiyama left us

January 5, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Assunta Ng NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY When Al Sugiyama died on Jan. 2, so many people felt they had lost a great friend. That’s the way Al was — personable, caring, and committed to helping and supporting the people he knew. I don’t remember exactly when I met Al. But he quickly impressed many of […]

Filed Under: Publisher Ng's blog Tagged With: 2017, Al Sugiyama, Alan Sugiyama, SUPER AL, VOL 36 NO 2 | JANUARY 7 - JANUARY 13

EDITORIAL: Want police diversity? Members of API community need to cop to it

May 26, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

As people around the city of Seattle and the nation celebrated and observed Asian Pacific Islander American Heritage Month, the topic of diversity and API representation in the Seattle Police Department (SPD)’s top ranks entered my mind. A study entitled “An Assessment of the Seattle Police Department’s Community Engagement: Through Recruitment, Hiring, and Training” released […]

Filed Under: Editorials Tagged With: 2016, API, Alan Sugiyama, Asian Pacific Islander American Heritage Month, King County Sheriff, SPD, Seattle Police Department, United States, VOL 35 NO 22 | MAY 28 – JUNE 3, letter

A party for Superman Al

September 18, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Assunta Ng Northwest Asian Weekly What is celebration for Superman like? Last Sunday, Al Sugiyama, who is battling cancer, found out that he is much loved by many.  A rainbow of over 500 (Asians, blacks, Native Americans and whites), packed the gymnasium of Blaine Memorial Methodist Church. Al’s fans spread from young and old—those […]

Filed Under: Publisher Ng's blog Tagged With: 2015, Al Sugiyama, Alan Sugiyama, Vol 34 No 39 | September 19 - September 25

Asian Community airs concerns with new Seattle Police Chief

June 18, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Mark Okazaki Special for Northwest Asian Weekly “We were totally left out.” That is how long-time community activist Alan Sugiyama characterized the recent appointment of four Assistant Police Chiefs, none of whom were Asian Pacific Islanders, under the relatively new command of Seattle’s top cop, Kathleen O’Toole.  Sugiyama went on to say that there […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2015, APDC, API, Alan Sugiyama, Asian Community, Asian Pacific Islanders, Assistant Chief, Assistant Police Chiefs, Beacon Hill, Dorothy Wong, Executive Director, International District Chinatown, Mark Okazaki, Northwest Asian Weekly, Ron Chew, Seattle, Seattle Police Chief, Vol 34 No 26 | June 20 - June 26

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