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AAPI community loses a legend

March 24, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Professor Don T. Nakanishi, a pioneer in the field of Asian American Studies, died on March 21. He was 66. Nakanishi was the Director Emeritus of the UCLA Asian American Studies Center, the largest and most renowned research and teaching institute in Asian American Studies in the nation. Born in East Los Angeles to former […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2016, AAPI, Asian American Studies, Asian Americans, Asian Pacific Americans, Director Emeritus, East Los Angeles, Japanese American, Vol 35 No 13 | March 26 - April 1

COMMENTARY: What’s going to happen to the C-ID without Donnie Chin?

October 30, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Marie Wong Northwest Asian Weekly It has been almost four months since the murder of Donnie Chin. The sensationalism of the story has waned from the general media as other stories have come to the forefront of the news. But for the people who live and work in the Chinatown-International District (C-ID), the profound […]

Filed Under: Commentaries Tagged With: 2015, Asian American Studies, Associate Professor, Chinatown, Donnie Chin, Kong Yick, Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle Police Department, Seattle University, Urban Planning, Vincent Chin, Vol 34 No 45 | October 31 - November 6

AES open house

October 19, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The American Ethnic Studies (AES) department at the University of Washington celebrated its 30th anniversary Oct. 12 with an open house. AES houses African American Studies, Asian American Studies and Chicano Studies. Students  can major in the three specific areas or be a generalist (comparative American Ethnic Studies).  The department was created by the communities […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, AES, Asian American Studies, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Vol 34 No 43 | October 17 - October 23

EDITORIAL: It’s been a long road for those who worked hard to help unite these states

May 15, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Chinese workers helped make the United States a lot more “united” by building the first

Filed Under: Editorials Tagged With: 2014, Asian American Studies, Asian Americans, Chinese Exclusion Act, Chinese Exclusion Repeal Act, Deputy Secretary, Magnuson Act, Transcontinental Railroad, United States, Vol 33 No 21 | May 17 - May 23, Washington State Rep

UW professor receives lifetime achievement award for Asian American studies

June 10, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Stephen Sumida, professor of American ethnic studies, received the 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association of Asian American Studies, which honors an individual’s contribution to the advancement of Asian American studies. Sumida earned his Ph.D. in English in 1982 from the University of Washington. He committed to Asian American literary studies in 1975, when […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2013, Asian American Studies, Lifetime Achievement Award, Pacific Northwest Asian American Writers Conference, Stephen Sumida, Talk Story Inc, Tokyo, UW, Vol 32 No 24 | June 8 - June 14

San Francisco leaders pick Asian American as mayor

January 13, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — City supervisors on Friday overwhelmingly backed City Administrator Edwin Lee to be the interim mayor

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2011, Asian American Studies, Asian Americans, Chinatown Community Development Center, Chinese American, City Administrator Edwin Lee, Deputy City Administrator Ann Brown, Ed Lee, Gavin Newsom, Human Rights Commission, Mayor Art Agnos, Oakland Mayor Jean Quan, Public Works, San Francisco, Supervisor John Avalos, Vol 30 No 3 | January 15 - January 21, attention

SF students race to save their peer who faces deportation to Peru

December 2, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

More than 80 students and community members gathered outside California Sen. Barbara Boxer’s office on Nov. 12 to protest the scheduled

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2010, Asian American Studies, Barbara Boxer, California Sen, China, Daniel Tay, Ethnically Chinese, ICE, Ike Iloka, Jonathon Jaranilla, Kevin Shue, New America Media, Peru, Professor Chi, SF, San Francisco City College, San Francisco State University, Steve Li, United States, Vol 29 No 49 | December 4 - December 10

John Delloro

July 15, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

John Delloro, the national president of the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA), passed away from a heart attack in Los Angeles, Calif. He was 38.

Filed Under: Obituaries Tagged With: 2009, 2010, APALA, Asian American Studies, Asian Pacific American, John Delloro Memorial Fund, Larchmonth Blvd, Los Angeles, Rix Bradford Associates, Susan Suh, UCLA, Vol 29 No 29 | July 17 - July 23

July 6: Paul Watanabe to serve on Census Bureau committee

July 30, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke has appointed Paul Watanabe to be part of the Asian Advisory Committee for the 2010 Census.

Filed Under: News, Names in the News, Community News Tagged With: Asian Advisory Committee, Asian American Studies, Census Bureau, Commerce Gary Locke, Paul Watanabe, United States, vol 28 no 32 | August 1 - August 7

UW Tacoma in need of Asian American studies

May 2, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

When Kayomi Wada graduated from the University of Washington Tacoma (UWT) in the spring of 2008, she intended to pursue her master’s degree there as well, hoping to expand on her interests in Asian American (AA) and Black communities in North and South America.

Filed Under: News, Community News Tagged With: 2008, 2009, AA, API, African American, Asian American Studies, Asian Americans, Chinatown, Chinese Americans, IAS, Japanese Language School, Native American, South America, UWT, culture, vol 28 no 19 | May 2 - May 8

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