By Staff NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY The City’s new Navigation Center, a shelter that accepts people with pets, partners, and possessions, as well as substance abuse disorders — started accepting referrals on July 12. On July 11, Mayor Ed Murray and Downtown Emergency Service Center (DESC) Executive Director Daniel Malone toured the facility, located at the […]
Navigation Center discord continues
By Staff NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Dozens of seniors, who attended a June 29 meeting to discuss the new Navigation Center in Little Saigon, called it a waste of time. The community members were hoping to engage city officials. But some in attendance called the event a celebratory soft opening instead. The Seattle Japanese American Citizens […]
Little Saigon protests at City Hall, demands to be heard, meets with councilmembers
By Stacy Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly On Monday, March 6, Friends of Little Saigon organized a protest at Seattle City Hall. According to its press release, the protest, “is to demand that the mayor (Ed Murray) and city council give the neighborhood and communities the proper respect and recognize their voice as residents, families, business […]
PICTORIAL: Little Saigon protests at City Hall
Photos by Stacy Nguyen/NWAW
Navigation Center backlash
By Stacy Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly On Feb. 20, community organizations — mostly Vietnamese American — sent out a letter to the City of Seattle requesting “a pause on the location of the new Navigation Center.” The authors of the letters were representatives from Friends of Little Saigon, Helping Link, Summit Sierra Public School, Viet […]