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KWA employees get raise

January 7, 2019 By Northwest Asian Weekly

1,200 current employees of Korean Women’s Association (KWA) are getting a raise. At the December board meeting, the proposal to increase KWA’s starting wage to $15 per hour received a unanimous vote of approval. “As an organization designed to help people find ways out of poverty, it was impossible to justify paying some of our […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: KWA, VOL 38 NO 2 | JANUARY 5 - JANUARY 11

KWA contributes to affordable housing in Tacoma

November 5, 2018 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Tacoma Housing Authority, Pioneer Human Services, and Korean Women’s Association (KWA) announced the funding of 61 affordable housing units in downtown Tacoma. KWA will reserve 48 units at the Olympus Hotel on 815 South Pacific Avenue for low-income families. Half of these will serve families at 60 percent of the area median income, another half […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2018, KWA, VOL 37 NO 45 | NOVEMBER 3 - NOVEMBER 9

Chong Dameron — Contributing to the Korean community on multiple levels

November 20, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Kim Northwest Asian Weekly Nearly three decades ago, Chong Dameron was a busy lady working at North Pacific Bank (now Heritage Bank) in Tacoma. In addition to working at the bank, she was raising two daughters and running her own separate property management business. While working at the bank, she couldn’t help but […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2015, Andrew Kim, Chong Dameron, DMV, International Place, KWA, Korean Women, Las Vegas, NUAC, Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle Chapter, Senior City Apartments, Vice President, Vol 34 No 48 | November 21 - November 27, Washington State

Companionship found at Tacoma’s Korean Women’s Association

March 28, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By James Tabafunda NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Marlene Rosevear, who retired over a decade ago, looks forward to her weekly six-mile commute to Tacoma. With her husband’s retirement last year, she now has someone to accompany her.

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2011, 2013, Chinese, Executive Director Peter Ansara, Fort Lewis Army Base, Half Filipino, James Tabafunda, KWA, Key Bank, Kim Nam Hui, King County Green Globe Award, Korean Women, Marlene Rosevear, Senior City Apartments, Senior Meals, Vietnamese, Vol 32 No 14 | March 30 - April 5, Western Washington

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