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You are here: Home / Archives for Vol 29 No 13 | March 27 – April 2

Bothell 5th-grader gets a role on the big screen

March 24, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BOTHELL, Wash. (AP) — Fifth-grader Karan Brar went to school this week like most kids his age. He also got to do something few kids get the chance to ever do.

Filed Under: Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2010, BOTHELL, Century Fox, Chirag Gupta, Emily Dagg, Everett Public Library, Greg Heffley, Harry Brar, India, Jeff Kinney, John Robert Powers, Los Angeles, Seattle, Tim Burton, Vol 29 No 13 | March 27 - April 2

Senate resolution aimed to expose neglected Filipino history

March 24, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Halloween has some competition. The Washington State Senate unanimously voted earlier this month to recognize October as Filipino National History Month.

Filed Under: Community News Tagged With: 2010, Biennial National Conference, Filipino American Community, Filipino American History Month, Filipino American National Historical Society, Filipino National History, Fort Blakely, Pacific Northwest, Philippines, Rey Pascua, SCR, Senate Resolution, United States, Vivian Luu, Vol 29 No 13 | March 27 - April 2, Yakima Valley, attention

Cross-Pacific neighbors touch hands for first time

March 24, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

On March 12, a delegation of American Indians and representatives of the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture traveled to Hokkaido, Japan, visiting four different regions, in an effort to support the revitalization of cultural heritage of the Ainu, who were formally recognized by Japan’s government in 2008 as Japan’s indigenous people.

Filed Under: Cultures Tagged With: 2008, 2010, Ainu Box, Ainu Burke Box, American Indians, Barbara Aoki Poisson, Burke Museum, Kurile Islands, Native Americans, Neah Bay, Northwest Asian Weekly, Philippa Fogarty, Sakhalin Island, Seattle, Squaxin Island, Two Ainu, Vol 29 No 13 | March 27 - April 2, culture, japan, language

McGinn picks ID for first neighborhood tour

March 24, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn entered the Wing Luke Asian Museum on Thursday, March 18, for his first neighborhood tour in the city. There was no red carpet, receiving line, or bowing from his audience. What was notable, though, was that the crowd was much bigger than the crowd McGinn’s predecessors had gathered.

Filed Under: Community News Tagged With: 2010, Alan Lai, Assunta Ng, Chinatown International District, Education Committee, Faye Hong, Historic Chinatown Gate Foundation, Hyeok Kim, King Street South, Phnom Penh Restaurant, Pioneer Square, Public Safety, Sam Ung, Stella Chao, Vol 29 No 13 | March 27 - April 2, Wing Luke Asian Museum, parking

Diversity Makes a Difference – Part 5

March 24, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Northwest Asian Weekly’s Diversity Makes a Difference scholarship program celebrates young people who are committed to reaching out across cultural lines. Students are nominated by their school as being champions of diversity. Of those students, a judging panel will choose five winners who will receive $1,000 scholarships and eight finalists who will receive $200 scholarships.

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: 2010, Bella Bikowsky, Bellevue High School, Dan Jurdy, East African Girls Club, Ethiopia, Filipino Club, Holly Tanhueco, Jumbo Chinese Restaurant, LINK, Laurie Chesley, Maureen Travaille, Nathan Hale High School, Paul Sevig, Peninsula High School, Sam Reed, Seattle, Senior Project, Vol 29 No 13 | March 27 - April 2, culture

Net produces new generation of China activists

March 24, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BEIJING (AP) — Lin Xiuying believes her daughter bled to death after being gang-raped two years ago by a group of thugs that had ties to the police in their southern Chinese town.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, Beijing, China-based Google, Chinese Internet, Communist Party, Fan Yanqiong, Great Firewall, Guo Baofeng, Inner Mongolian, Liu Xiaoyuan, Mawei Distrist People, SOS, Vol 29 No 13 | March 27 - April 2, Wang Shuai, Wu Baoquan, Zhou Ze, attention, technology

Sacramento charters school focusing on Hmong

March 24, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — School board trustees have approved a Sacramento charter campus focusing on Hmong children.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2010, SACRAMENTO, Vol 29 No 13 | March 27 - April 2, Yav Pem Suab Academy, language

Serial killings highlight Indonesian child abuse

March 24, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — When a seemingly kind street vendor confessed to the sexual abuse and murders of 14 boys, it was a story that was both shocking — and familiar.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, Andreas Harsono, Associated Press, Febri Irmansyah, Frans Hendra Winarta, Haposan Nainggolan, Indonesian Advocates Association, JAKARTA, New York-based Human Rights Watch, Nico Afinta, Robot Gedek, Sarlito Wirawan Sarwono, Seto Mulyaqdi, Southeast Asian, Vol 29 No 13 | March 27 - April 2

Renton’s Imago Dei seeks to bridge cultures with Christianity

March 24, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

“A lot of us see ourselves as a misfit church,” said Pastor John Kim of the Imago Dei church, located in Renton at Kennydale Elementary School. Kim founded the church in April 2009.

Filed Under: Features, Community News Tagged With: 2010, African American, Allison Koh Wilder, Antoinne Caldwell, Asian American, Easter Egg Scramble, Imago Dei, Korean American, Northwest Asian Weekly, Steven Cong, Vision House, Vol 29 No 13 | March 27 - April 2, WA, culture

Wages of native-born disproportionate to immigrants’ wages

March 24, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Native-born workers in the United States at every educational level experience modest wage increases relative to foreign-born workers in the United States as a result of new immigration, according to a new report from the Economic Policy Institute.

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2010, EPI, Economic Policy Institute, Heidi Shierholz, United States, Vol 29 No 13 | March 27 - April 2, language

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