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Hookah lounge advocates fight back

August 13, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Peggy Chapman Northwest Asian Weekly It was standing room only at Monday afternoon’s Seattle City Council meeting, moderated by Councilmember Tim Burgess. The majority present was there to protest Seattle Mayor Ed Murray’s initiative to ban hookah lounges/bars throughout Seattle. The chamber was filled with loyal customers, lounge owners, community activists, and even health […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Business, Community News Tagged With: 2015, Asian American, City Attorney, Councilmember Nick Licata, Donnie Chin, East African, Frank Irigon, International District, James Bible, Kings Hookah Lounge, Lane Street, Mayor Murray, Northwest Asian Weekly, Police Chief, Seattle City Council, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray, Stop Blaming Hookah Lounges, Vol 34 No 34 | August 15 - August 21, WNPA2016, commentary

Crackdown on controversial hookah lounges — Questions, and hopefully, answers

August 6, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff Northwest Asian Weekly There has been community concern about the presence of hookah bars and lounges in the International District and throughout other Seattle neighborhoods recently, due to the shooting of community figurehead Donnie Chin in late July. Seattle Mayor Ed Murray announced August 3 that the “City will step up enforcement against […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2015, American Cancer Society, Asian American, City Attorney, City Council, Donnie Chin, Harborview Medical Center, India, International District, Kings Hookah Lounge, Lane Street, Mayor Murray, Medina Hookah Lounge, Middle East, Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray, Vol 34 No 33 | August 8 - August 14, WNPA2016

Murray’s move surprises the Asian community — Donnie Chin’s death triggers change

August 6, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Assunta Ng Northwest Asian Weekly If there was any lasting impact residing from Donnie Chin’s murder (aside from permanent sorrow), it would be the city’s decision to shut down Seattle’s hookah bars with a new ordinance. It will be an ordinance that affects all 11 hookah bars in Seattle. That’s not what the Asian […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2015, Asian American, Bruce Harrell Bob Santos, City Attorney, Dorothy Wong, East African, Frank Irigon, King County Health Dept, Kings Hookah Bar, Kings Hookah Lounge, Marguerite Ro, Mayor Ed Murray, Northwest Asian Weekly, Peter Holmes, SPD, Seattle, Vol 34 No 33 | August 8 - August 14

Lan Pham — Connecting the dots with the Office for Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault

January 15, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Laura Ohata Northwest Asian Weekly Lan Pham was only nine-years-old when she left Vietnam. “The refugee <!–more–>experience really defined my passion and what I would like to do as a kid and as an adult,” says Pham. “I witnessed violence, not only experienced through war, but the violence women refugees experience as part of […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2010, 2015, CEASE, City Attorney, Coordinated Effort Against Sexual Exploitation, Craig Sims, Criminal Division Chief, Domestic Violence Response Center, King County Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Lan Pham, SPD, Seattle Human Services Department, Seattle Police Department, Sex Industry Worker, Updated Prostitution Policy, Vol 34 No 4 | January 17 - January 23, YWCA, poverty

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