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APAMC disappointed with lack of diversity in Oscar nominees

January 24, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

On January 15th, 2015, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences released their nominations for the 2015 Oscars.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2015, ABC, APAMC, Academy Award, Asian American Justice Center, Asian Americans, CBS, Dan Mayeda, East West Players, FOX, Japanese American Citizens League, NBC, OCA, Visual Communications, Vol 34 No 5 | January 24 - January 30

Jenny Yang confirmed to Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

May 6, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Senate confirmed Jenny R. Yang as a commissioner on the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on April 25. The EEOC is responsible for enforcing federal laws that make it illegal to discriminate against a job applicant or an employee because of the person’s race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetic […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2013, Asian American Justice Center, Commissioner Yang, EEOC, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Jenny Yang, Mee Moua, President Obama, Vol 32 No 19 | May 4 - May 10

APA Community Summit held in Tacoma

September 28, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Asian Pacific American Community Summit was held in Tacoma on Friday, Sept. 21, by the Asian Pacific Islander Coalition of Washington State. The event was aimed at increasing civic engagement in the Asian Pacific American community by registering voters and convincing those who have not been naturalized to become citizens.

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2012, Asian American Justice Center, Asian Pacific American, Asian Pacific Islander Coalition, Diane Narasaki, Jay Inslee, Keynote Speaker Mee Moua, Labor Leader Celso Tolman, Minnesota State Senator, Representative Bob Hasegawa, Representative Sharon Tomiko Santos, Rob McKenna, Seattle, Senator Patty Murray, Vol 31 No 40 | September 29 - October 5, Washington State

Census seeks changes in how it measures race

August 18, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

To keep pace with rapidly changing notions of race, the Census Bureau wants to make broad changes to its surveys that would treat “Hispanic” as a distinct category regardless of race, end use of the term “Negro,” and offer new ways to identify Middle Easterners …

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2010, African Americans, American Indian Alaska Native, Angelo Falcon, Arab American Institute, Arab Americans, Asian American Justice Center, Asian Americans, Asian Indian, Census, Census Bureau, Census Director Robert Groves, Middle Easterners, Nicholas Jones, Terry Minnis, Vietnamese

Former Minnesota State Senator Mee Moua to lead AAJC

January 24, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Board of Directors of the Asian American Justice Center (AAJC), a member of the Asian American Center for Advancing Justice (Advancing Justice), has named Mee Moua as president and executive director of one of the nation’s premier civil rights organizations. On March 19, Moua will succeed Karen K. Narasaki, who announced in June she […]

Filed Under: News, National News Tagged With: AAJC, APIAHF, Advancing Justice, Asian American Justice Center, Asian Americans, Asian Pacific American Legal Center, Brown University, CEO, Hmong American, Judiciary Committee, Kathy Lim Ko, Mee Moua, Minnesota Senate, Pacific Islanders, San Francisco

EDI Hosts gala dinner for 2011 graduates

November 28, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Executive Development Institute (EDI) held a gala dinner honoring 62 graduates, with more than 250 sponsors, mentors, friends, and family in attendance, at the Hilton Bellevue on Nov. 4. The EDI graduates represent emerging leaders and managers from leading Pacific Northwest companies. 

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2011, Asian American Justice Center, EDI, Hilton Bellevue, Karen Narasaki, Pacific Northwest, Vol 30 No 48 | November 26 - December 2

House and Senate approve repeal of the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell

June 24, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The House of Representatives and Senate Armed Services Committee approved a repeal of the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy, regarding homosexuals in the military, late last month.

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2008, 2010, Asian American Justice Center, Dan Choi, Iraq War, Vol 29 No 26 | June 26 - July 2

White House task force on minority contracting good for AAPIs

May 13, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

President Barack Obama signed an executive order that will benefit Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities and AAPI business owners.

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2010, AAPI, Asian American Justice Center, President Barack Obama, Vol 29 No 20 | May 15 - May 21, White House, poverty

Editorial: Confirmation of Denny Chin to open doors for APAs

April 29, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

More than six months after President Obama nominated him, Judge Denny Chin has finally been confirmed by a vote of 98–0 for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, which covers New York, Connecticut …

Filed Under: Editorials Tagged With: 2010, APA, Asian American Justice Center, Asian Americans, Bernard Maddoff, Chinatown, Chinese, Hong Kong, Judge Denny Chin, New York City, Ninth Circuit, President Obama, Princeton University, Second Circuit, Supreme Court, Thurgood Marshall, Vol 29 No 18 | May 1 - May 8

Reform Immigration FOR America urges immigration reform

January 28, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Asian and Pacific Islander Americans (APIA) worked on the Reform Immigration FOR America Campaign in January. During the National Asian American Pacific Islander week of action, which began on Jan. 12, The Campaign is a collaborative effort urging local, state, and national APIA organizations to take part in the immigration reform debate.

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2010, APIA, Asian American Justice Center, National Asian American Pacific Islander, United States, Vol 29 No 5 | January 30 - February 5

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