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Sakurako Fisher, appointed General Trustee of JFK Center for the Performing Arts

October 6, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Fisher, President of the San Francisco Symphony, has been a member of the San Francisco Symphony’s Board of Governors since 1992, and was formerly the Vice President of the Symphony’s Board of Governors and Chair of the Development Steering Committee. Fisher serves as the Chairman of the National Board of the Smithsonian Institution and is a […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2014, Arts Decoratifs, International Studies, Sakurako Fisher, San Francisco Symphony, Smithsonian Institution, Stanford University, Union Centrale, Vice President, Vol 33 No 41 | October 4 - October 10

COMMENTARY: Add a touch of history and heritage to Thanksgiving

November 22, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Curtis S. Chin For Northwest Asian Weekly As families plan reunions and gather in homes across the Pacific Northwest this month to celebrate the most American of holidays — Thanksgiving — the Seattle area offers up one more reason and special means to celebrate the richness and diversity of people who have built this […]

Filed Under: Commentaries Tagged With: 2013, Asian Development Bank, Asian Pacific American Experience, Barack Obama, Canton Alley, China, Curtis Chin, Former Washington, Inmi Kim, International District, Japanese Americans, Pacific Northwest, Philippines, Seattle City Council, Smithsonian Institution, Vol 32 No 48 | November 23 - November 29, Whether Asian American, Wing Luke Museum Photo, gary locke, reunion

Vietnamese Americans try to save stories

November 3, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Amy Taxin The Associated Press IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — The knock came at night more than 30 years ago. Hugo Van, then a young man, had a chance to flee newly communist Vietnam and walk to freedom.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2012, Asian American, Asian Pacific American, Few Vietnamese, Franklin Odo, Hugo Van, IRVINE, Little Saigon, Nancy Bui, Nguyen Van Lanh, Smithsonian Institution, Southeast Asian Archive, Thuy Vo Dang, United States, Vietnam War, Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation, Vol 31 No 45 | November 3 - November 9

Women of color look to the past in order to inspire the future

January 20, 2012 By Stacy Nguyen

Compiled by Stacy Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly French author Andre Maurois famously wrote, “A man cannot free himself from the past more easily than he can from his own body.” <!–more–> On Feb. 3, the Women of Color Empowered Luncheon will attempt to prove this adage true for women also, that the past and one’s […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2012, American Indian Women, Asia Pacific Cultural Center, Bharat Natyam, CEO, Chinatown International District, King County Council, Marianne Scholl, Mount Zion Baptist Church, Nargis Datt Cancer Foundation, Native Action Network, New Hong Kong Restaurant, Seattle Woman Magazine, Smithsonian Institution, Stacy Nguyen, Tulalip Tribes, Vol 31 No 4 | January 21 - January 27, Women Empowered, Women of Color Empowered

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