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You are here: Home / Archives for Vol 34 No 32 | August 1 – August 7

Discussing courageous citizenship

August 3, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

A discussion on July 20, “Being a Courageous Citizen” was met with an engaged audience and dynamic discussion regarding Gordon Hirabayshi and the history of exclusion. The evening complimented what the audience will see in “Hold These Truths” at the ACT Theatre as the discussion touched on Gordon’s resistance and his motives for doing so, […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, Coram Nobis Legal Team Ellis, Courageous Citizen, Director Producer, Frank Abe Moderator, Gordon Hirabayshi, Jeanne Sakata Actor, Korematsu Center, Vol 34 No 32 | August 1 - August 7

Ramasastry appointed to ULC

August 3, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Anita Ramasastry, the UW Law Foundation Professor of Law at the University of Washington School of Law, has been appointed to serve a two year term as Chair of the Executive Committee of the Uniform Law Commission (ULC).  The ULC is a nonprofit entity, formed in 1892, to create nonpartisan state legislation. More than 350 […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, Anita Ramasastry, Executive Committee, ULC, Uniform Commercial Code, Vol 34 No 32 | August 1 - August 7

KAC helps students produce documentary

August 3, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Korean American Coalition (KAC) is collaborating on a civic engagement project with high school and college students to produce a short documentary to elevate the status of Korean language, culture, and history. Under the guidance of KAC member and a film producer, Jay Koh, the students are learning the skills necessary to film and edit. […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, Board Chair, Education, Filming Rod Dembowski, Governor Jay Inslee, Jay Koh, KAC, King County Council, Korean, Vol 34 No 32 | August 1 - August 7, communication, culture

Nella Kwan crowned Miss Seafair 2015

August 3, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Nella Kwan was selected as Miss Seafair 2015. She is an undergraduate at the University of Washington where she is pursuing a degree in business administration with an emphasis in finance and information systems. She recently traveled to Egypt, where she expanded her knowledge and passion for global literacy and education. She has been heavily […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, Egypt, Miss Seafair, Nella Kwan, Seattle South African Scholarship Foundation, South Africans, Talking Rain Ice Ambassador, UW, Undergraduate Business Council, Vol 34 No 32 | August 1 - August 7

Stir about film on white people

August 1, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By David Bauder AP Television Writer NEW YORK (AP) — One of the challenges for makers of the MTV documentary “White People” was getting folks to talk about race when they didn’t feel the issue concerned them — like those quoted as saying they consider white the “default race” or “normal.” So filmmaker Jose Antonio […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2015, Jose Antonio Vargas, MTV, Rush Limbaugh, South Dakota, Vol 34 No 32 | August 1 - August 7, White People, attention

Japanese automaker Mitsubishi Motors to end US production

August 1, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Alan Scher Zagier Associated Press NORMAL, Ill. (AP) — Mitsubishi Motors confirmed Friday that it plans to stop production at its only U.S. factory and sell the plant in central Illinois that has more than 1,200 workers. The Japanese automaker reviewed its global supply chain and decided it was necessary to end production at […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2015, Associated Press, Bill Brady, Dan Irvin, Europe, Indonesia, Kelley Blue Book, Mitsubishi Motors, NORMAL, Philippines, Tesla Motors, Thailand, UAW, US, Vol 34 No 32 | August 1 - August 7, japan, technology

Official says Christian retreat heartbroken over stabbings

August 1, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By David Dishneau Associated Press Operators of a rural Maryland religious retreat where a man was killed in a double stabbing are heartbroken over the weekend attack, a board member said July 28. Given the behavior of a homeless man charged in the case, the board of Anna Prayer Counseling Inc. should become more cautious […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2015, Ae Suk Ko, Anna Prayer Counseling Inc, Assistant Public Defender Elizabeth Stein, Associated Press, Chung Hwan Park, Frederick County Public Defender Mary Riley, Korean, Peter Chang, Song Su Kim, South Korea, Vol 34 No 32 | August 1 - August 7

Malaysia taken off US human trafficking blacklist

August 1, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Matthew Pennington Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic lawmakers and rights groups on July 27 accused the State Department of politicizing its annual rankings of nations on their efforts to combat modern-day slavery, as key trading partner Malaysia was taken off a blacklist. Cuba was also given an upgrade, a week after the U.S. […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2015, Belarus, Cuba, Democratic Rep, Democratic Sen, International Monetary Fund, Libya, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Papua New Guinea, Phil Robertson, President Barack Obama, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Sudan, State Department, State John Kerry, State Sarah Sewall, Thailand, Vol 34 No 32 | August 1 - August 7, World Bank

Feds: 2 men traveled to Philippines for murder-for-hire plot

August 1, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Larry Neumeister Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Two North Carolina men were arrested July 22 on charges that they carried out a contract killing, allegedly leaving a woman dead on a garbage pile in the Philippines before each collected a portion of their $35,000 fee. An indictment unsealed in U.S. District Court in […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2011, 2012, 2015, Associated Press, Attorney Preet Bharara, China, Congo, Drug Enforcement Administration, Filipino, Independent Contractor, New York City, North Carolina, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, United States, Vol 34 No 32 | August 1 - August 7, technology

You are allowed to talk about it — Asian Americans and support systems for dealing with epilepsy

July 31, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Greg Young Northwest Asian Weekly The sun was out and the sky was blue on the day of June 20th. It was the beginning of summer and the local Seattleites and others from surrounding areas, including Sylvia Park and her brother from Gig Harbor, were ready for the warmth and sunshine. A crowd was […]

Filed Under: Features, Community News, Health Tagged With: 2015, Asian Americans, EFN, Edward Rusty Novotny, Epilepsy Foundation Northwest, Epilepsy Northwest Foundation, Fuki Hisama, Gig Harbor, Green Lake Park, Kelsey Crow, Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle Children, South Korea, Sylvia Park, Vol 34 No 32 | August 1 - August 7, technology

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