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APIA contributors honored at dinner

December 9, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Tim Gruver Northwest Asian Weekly Stories of struggle, triumph, and transformation defined the Northwest Asian Weekly Foundation’s annual top contributors to the Asian community dinner on Dec. 2. Held at the House of Hong, the event honored eight recipients — Chung-Hyung Lee, president of the Seattle Ewha Woman’s University Alumni Association; Kim Pham, publisher […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2016, VOL 35 NO 50 | DECEMBER 10 - DECEMBER 16, top contributors

PICTORIAL: Top Contributors Honored

December 9, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Eight people were honored on Dec. 2 at the House of Hong Restaurant in Chinatown. Photos by George Liu and Eugene Tagawa

Filed Under: Feature stories, Pictorials Tagged With: 2016, VOL 35 NO 50 | DECEMBER 10 - DECEMBER 16, top contributors

Chung-hyung Lee transforms Korean alumnae chapter into community powerhouse

November 18, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly When asked about a pivotal memory from growing up, Chung-hyung Lee, an honoree of this year’s Top Contributors to the Asian Community Awards, reached back to her childhood in Seoul, where she lived until age 36, when she immigrated to Moscow, Idaho with her husband and three children. “In […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2016, Chung-hyung Lee, VOL 35 NO 47 | NOVEMBER 19 - NOVEMBER 25, top contributors

Nurturing a greater humanity

November 11, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Life in public service as the director of a nonprofit was not something that Dorothy Wong dreamed of.

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2016, Dorothy Wong, VOL 35 NO 46 | NOVEMBER 12 - NOVEMBER 18, top contributors

Leadership and community

November 11, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

A gorgeous home on Lake Washington is what Jason Lee and his wife Mia call home.

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News, Feature stories Tagged With: 2016, Jason Lee, VOL 35 NO 46 | NOVEMBER 12 - NOVEMBER 18, top contributors

Rick Polintan — Fighting for immigrant rights

December 3, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff Northwest Asian Weekly Rick Polintan has had over 35 years of community and union organizing experience since his migration to the United States in 1980 from the Philippines. He was a member of the Union of Democratic Filipinos, doing community organizing against the Marcos dictatorship and helping Filipinos in their struggle for immigrant […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2011, 2015, APALA, Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, Asian Pacific Islander Americans, David Della, Filipino, First Quarter Storm, Legislative District Democrats Treasurer, Northwest Asian Weekly, Pacita Bunag, Philippines, Rick Polintan Fighting, Seattle, Service Employees International Union, United States, Vietnam, Vol 34 No 50 | December 5 - December 11, Washington State, top contributors

Ming-Ming Tung-Edelman — Key role in helping local chapter of Chinese American Citizens Alliance

November 13, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff Northwest Asian Weekly The Asian Weekly is proud to recognize both Ming-Ming Tung-Edelman and Chinese American Citizens Alliance (CACA) as top contributors. Tung-Edelman masters and manages an unusual variety of  tasks. She is a pharmacologist at the busy Polyclinic in Seattle, where she deals with anything related to pharmacology and prescriptions. She is […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2015, Bettie Luke, Biennial Convention, Biennial National Convention, CACA, Chinese American Citizens Alliance, Chinese Americans, Chinese Exclusion Act, Civil Rights Act, Kirk Lee, Magnuson Act, San Francisco, Seattle, United States, Unites States, Vol 34 No 47 | November 14 - November 20, top contributors

Top Contributors honored

December 12, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Minal Singh Northwest  Asian Weekly Every year, the Northwest Asian Weekly and Northwest Asian Weekly Foundation hold a banquet in honor of the Top Contributors to the Asian Community in the past year. These honorees are passionate about improving their communities in such areas as education, health, activism, and politics.

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2014, API, Asian Community, Cornerstone Medical, Fred Yee, Frieda Takamura, Hong Restaurant, Korean, NAAAP, Nisei Veterans Club, Northwest Asian Weekly Foundation, Pearl Harbor, Sherwin Tsao, Top Contributors 2014, Vol 33 No 51 | December 13 - December 19, WWII, Washington State Senator-elect, top contributors

EDITORIAL: Contributors, you’re the tops!

December 12, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Last week, many in the Asian community came together to honor their own — if anyone can call the wildly diverse countries of China, Korea, Vietnam, Nepal, Japan, and Philippines all one’s own, which they do. It was the Northwest Asian Weekly’s annual Top Contributors celebration at the House of Hong.

Filed Under: Editorials Tagged With: 2013, Austin Huang, Bjong Wolf Yeigh, Bryan Yambe, Chinese Information Service Center, Jae Hoon Kim, Korea, My-Linh Thai, Nepal, Northwest Asian Weekly, Philippines, Rey Pascua, Sue Taoka, Vietnam, Vol 32 No 51 | December 14 - December 20, culture, top contributors

Top Contributor: Bryan Yambe

December 5, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

From crayons to council By Sue Misao Northwest Asian Weekly Bryan Yambe’s earliest foray into politics began when he was only 7 years old, sitting quietly in the corner of a

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2013, Asian Americans, Browns Point United Methodist Church Staff Parish Relations, Bryan Yambe, Decatur High School, Fife City Council, Fife City Hall, Hong Restaurant, Japanese American, Legislative Democrats, Mizu Sugimura, Pierce County Young Democrats, Robert Mizukami, Sue Misao, Top Contributors 2013, Vol 32 No 50 | December 7 - December 13, WWII, top contributors

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