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Summer Youth Leadership Program 2016

April 7, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

  CLICK TO DOWNLOAD APPLICATION Deadline to submit is June 4, 2016. APPLICATION DURATION: June 27—July 14, 2016 PLACE: Massive Monkees Studio 664 South King St., Seattle TIME: Monday – Friday: 9 a.m.—3 p.m. CREATING LEADERS FOR THE FUTURE The Summer Youth Leadership Program is an all expenses-paid program designed for high school youths and […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 2016, Asian American, Bob Santos, International District, Lori Matsukawa, Massive Monkees Studio, Monday Friday, PLACE, Puget Sound, Seattle, South King St, Summer Youth Leadership Program, TIME, communication

Helping families navigate through race, identity, culture, and ethnicity

March 24, 2016 By Nina Huang

Inspired by her mother’s passion for international travel and global citizenship, Amy Pak started Families of Color Seattle (FOCS), an organization dedicated to building a strong community by supporting families of color through parenting programs, resource sharing, and fostering meaningful connections.

Filed Under: Features, Feature stories, Health Tagged With: 2016, API, Amy Pak, FOCS, Korean American, Nina Huang, Northwest Asian Weekly, Puget Sound, Seattle, South Korea, Totem Star, Vol 35 No 13 | March 26 - April 1, culture, social media, women of color

Literacy champ Higashi to get Seattle Arts & Lecture award

March 7, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Seattle Arts & Lectures (SAL) announced that it will present the third annual Sherry Prowda Literary Champion Award to Chris Higashi, program director for the Washington Center for the Book at Seattle Public Library. Higashi will receive her award SAL’s annual Words Matter benefit gala on March 10. Programs such as Seattle Reads, co-founded with […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2016, Chris Higashi, Nancy Pearl, Puget Sound, SAL, Seattle Arts Lectures, Seattle Public Library, Seattle Reads, Vol 35 No 10 | March 5 - March 11, Washington State Book Awards, Words Matter

H Mart to finally open downtown after delays

February 19, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

H Mart, a Korean grocery chain store, will finally open its fifth store in downtown Seattle after its opening announcement three years ago. It is going to be at Second Avenue and Pine Street, where a Nordstrom Rack Store was. Three years ago, in order to provide the growing number of residents in downtown with […]

Filed Under: Features, Briefs, Community News Tagged With: 2016, Han Ah Reum, Korean, New York, Nordstrom Rack Store, Pine Street, Puget Sound, Seattle, Second Avenue, Vol 35 No 8 | February 20 - February 26

Bipartisan bill aims to preserve affordable housing statewide

January 22, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Across the Puget Sound region, as real estate values and rents rise, cities large and small are struggling to preserve existing lower-cost, market-rate housing. A bipartisan plan to enact a local-option property tax exemption for existing rental homes aims to preserve lower rents and prevent the displacement of long-time tenants, even as landlords seek to […]

Filed Under: Community News Tagged With: 2016, AMI, King County, Puget Sound, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray, Vol 35 No 4 | January 23 - January 29

Oregon and Washington delay crab season because of toxin

November 27, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP)  — Oregon and Washington have joined California in delaying the start of their commercial crab seasons after dangerous toxin levels were found in the crabs. Officials say elevated levels of domoic acid were found in crabs in all three states. The toxin is naturally produced by microscopic algae in the Pacific Ocean, […]

Filed Under: Features, Community News, Food Tagged With: 2015, Grays Harbor, John Corbin, PORTLAND, Pacific Ocean, Puget Sound, Thanksgiving, Vol 34 No 49 | November 28 - December 4

New members appointed to CAPAA

September 28, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Gov. Jay Inslee recently announced the reappointment of Lori Wada and made the following appointments to the Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs (CAPAA). Lori Wada immigrated to Washington from Seoul, South Korea when she was 18 years old. She has been a state government employee for over 25 years and has been an active […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, BA, Beijing, China, Commissioner Wada, International Community Health Services, Jay Inslee, Lori Wada, Martins University, NHPI, Native Hawaiian, New Mexico, Public Health, Puget Sound, Russia, South Korea, United States, Vol 34 No 40 | September 26 - October 2, World Women

Miss Chinese Seattle 2015

September 10, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Greater Seattle Chinese Chamber of Commerce will be hosting historical Seattle Miss Chinatown Pageant Sept. 20th 5:30 p.m. at Meydenbauer Center, Bellevue. Every year, the Scholarship for Women Program educates thousands within the Puget Sound region about the importance of Chinese heritage, culture and tradition. Through this goodwill competition, the program allows the opportunity […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: Meydenbauer Center, Miss Chinese Seattle, Puget Sound, San Francisco, Seattle Miss Chinatown Pageant Sept, Vol 34 No 38| September 12 - September 18, culture

Aegis Gardens unlocks hidden Chinese history

August 7, 2015 By Assunta Ng

By Assunta Ng Northwest Asian Weekly Unexpected history was revealed July 30 at the groundbreaking ceremony for Aegis Gardens, which will be the first Chinese retirement home in Washington state. Why was the city of Newcastle picked? Some factors might be that it is one of the highest-income areas in our state, ranked one of […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News, Health Tagged With: 2015, Aegis Gardens, Aegis Living, Assunta Ng, China Creek, Chinese American, Coal Creek Parkway, Dwayne Clark, Groundbreaking Photo, King County Executive Director Dow Constantine, King County Executive Dow Constantine, Lake Boren, Newcastle Mayor Steven Buri, Northwest Asian Weekly, Puget Sound, US, Vol 34 No 33 | August 8 - August 14, gary locke

Donnie Chin, ID community protector, slain — Police continue search for killer

July 30, 2015 By Jason Cruz

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly Seattle Police have no leads as to who killed International District mainstay Donnie Chin. The 59-year-old Chin was fatally shot in the early morning on Thursday, July 23rd near 8th Avenue and South Weller Street in the neighborhood he protected for most of his life. According to Seattle Police, […]

Filed Under: Features, Community News Tagged With: 2015, Chinatown, Crawfish King Restaurant, Dicky Mar, Donnie Chin, Find It, Fix It, Harborview Hospital, IDEC, International District Special Review Board, Jason Cruz, Middle Eastern, Puget Sound, Seattle Police, South Lane Street, South Weller Street, Vol 34 No 32 | August 1 - August 7, WNPA2016, hing hay park

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