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LETTER: There are options for non-immigrant survivors of violence

November 27, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Minal Ghassemieh Attorney at Law (WA State) In 2015 women and children are still being forced into dark corners due to domestic violence. As a child survivor of domestic violence, I am all too familiar with the feeling that a certain violent incident was so bad that it can never get worse, and then […]

Filed Under: Letters to the Editor Tagged With: 2015, Board Chair Elect, Minal Kode Ghassemieh, South Asian, Vol 34 No 49 | November 28 - December 4

Yours Mallika: Exploring dance and story — Sold-out performances (and all volunteer run!)

April 24, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Charuta Fadnis Northwest Asian Weekly “Yours Mallika,” Pratidhwani’s flagship dance show for 2015 played to a sold-out audience of 800 on April 10th and 11th at the Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue. Pratidhwani, which means “echo” in Sanskrit, is a volunteer run not-for-profit 501c(3) organization dedicated to promoting South Asian arts and artists in the […]

Filed Under: Features, Community News Tagged With: 2015, Charuta Fadnis, Greater Seattle, India, KUOW, Meri Awaaz Suno, Meydenbauer Center, Northwest Asian Weekly, South Asian, Vol 34 No 18 | April 25 - May 1, Yours Mallika Exploring

Cricket in March Madness — A sport that is not as niche as you might think

March 19, 2015 By Jason Cruz

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly While the NCAA college basketball tournament has many hoop fans filling out their brackets to see who will make it to the Final Four and win the NCAA Championship, another tournament is taking place on the other side of the world with just as much fandom and probably as […]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: 2015, Australia, Bangladesh, British Empire, Final Four, ICC, India, Ireland, Magnuson Park, Marymoor Park, NCAA, New Zealand, Scotland, Seattle, South Asian, Sri Lanka, United Arab Emirates, United States, Vol 34 No 13 | March 21 - March 27, West Indies, Zimbabwe

API Chaya 20th Annual Vigil Program — Kapwa 2: Continuing a Legacy of Survivorship

March 6, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The public is invited to join API Chaya’s 20th Annual Candlelight Vigil programs. As an organization that provides domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking services to Asian, South Asian, and Pacific Islander communities, API Chaya offers spaces of   healing to honor lives lost to domestic and sexual violence. This year, the vigil will be […]

Filed Under: Briefs, Community News Tagged With: 2011, 2015, Annual Candlelight Vigil, Artspace Hiawatha Lofts, Community Healing Gathering, FB, King County Courthouse, Pacific Islander, Phoebe Dizon, South Asian, Susanna Remerata Blackwell, Veronica Laureta, Vol 34 No 13 | March 21 - March 27

Sherpa performs for Goodwill

January 19, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

  Karma Sherpa, the popular singing star of Indian TV show SaReGaMaPa, performed at the Sadbhavna Samaroh (Goodwill Gathering concert) in Bellevue.  With an objective of providing a common platform for the local non-profits serving various ethnic groups within the local South Asian community the event was sponsored by the Asian Counseling and Referral Services […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, ACRS, Debadutta Dash, Diane Narasaki, Diane Nrasaki, Karma Sherpa, Mohan Gurung, Nepal Seattle Society, SAMPARC, Sadbhavna Samaroh Goodwill Gathering, South Asian, Vol 34 No 4 | January 17 - January 23, WASITRAC

U.S. hospitals compete for aff luent immigrant patients

June 28, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Ramit Plushnick-Masti Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) – When it comes to ordering meals at Houston’s Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital, immigrant patients can choose from dishes similar to those they might eat at home, including dumplings or noodles for Asian palates, and curry to accommodate Indian tastes.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2009, 2014, Associated Press, Census Bureau, China, Chinese, India, Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital, Pakistan, South Asian, Tan Nguyen, United States, Vietnamese, Vol 33 No 27 | June 28 - July 4, language

Festival brings South Asian films to Chinatown/ID

June 27, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly The Tasveer South Asian International Documentary Festival takes place on June 28 and June 29, sponsored by the local Tasveer organization. All films will be shown at the Wing Luke Museum in Seattle’s International District/Chinatown.

Filed Under: At the Movies Tagged With: 2014, Amit Virami, Chris Evans, Ed Harris, Ewan Bremner, Goddess Bhagwati, John Hurt, Joon-ho Bong, Menstrual Man, Nepal, Seattle, South Asian, South India, Tamil Film Industry, Tilda Swinton, Vol 33 No 24 | June 7 - June 13, Wing Luke Museum

Film shows what life in a wheelchair is like

June 27, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Sue Misao Northwest Asian Weekly Seattle is ranked number one among most livable U.S. cities for wheelchair users, according to a 2010 study by the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation. Christopher Reeve, who died in 2004, was the actor best known for his lead roles in many of the “Superman” movies. In 1995, he […]

Filed Under: At the Movies Tagged With: 2010, 2014, Christopher Dana Reeve Foundation, Christopher Reeve, East Africa, India, KCTS, Northwest Asian Weekly, PBS, POV, Seattle, South Asian, Sundance Film Festival, Vol 33 No 27 | June 28 - July 4

Immigrants fueling a U.S. boom in cricket

June 7, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Frank Eltman Associated Press EAST ISLIP, New York (AP) – Cricket, the international game of bats and balls that isn’t baseball, is enjoying a surge of popularity in America, with the debut of a national league this spring and higher demand to build “pitches” across the country.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2014, American Cricket Champions League, American Cricket Federation, Associated Press, Bangladesh, David Martin, His Brooklyn International High School, John Aaron, Los Angeles, New York City, Silicon Valley, South Asian, United States, Vol 33 No 24 | June 7 - June 13

New report on language diversity and English proficiency among AAPIs

June 6, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Center for American Progress, in conjunction with AAPI Data, released a report in May on language diversity and English proficiency among Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. This release is part of the report series “State of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.”

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2012, 2014, AAPI, Among Asian, Asian Americans, Census Bureau, Chinese, Korean, Pacific Islanders, South Asian, United States, Vietnamese, Vol 33 No 24 | June 7 - June 13, Voting Rights Act, language

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