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You are here: Home / Archives for Vol 35 No 11 | March 12 – March 18

LIHI’s Sharon Lee explores homelessness solutions in Hawaii

March 14, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Last month, Sharon Lee, Low Income Housing Institute (LIHI) executive director, was invited by Joey Manahan of the Honolulu City Council to explore solutions to the homelessness crisis in Honolulu, including Chinatown and areas around Waikiki. Lee also met with Gov. David Ige who had declared a state of emergency due to the large numbers […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2016, Chinatown, David Ige, Hawaii Gov, Honolulu City Councilmember Carol Fukunaga, Honolulu City Councilmember Joey Manahan, Kimo Carvalho, LIHI, Low Income Housing Institute, Seattle, Sharon Lee, Urban Rest Stops, Vol 35 No 11 | March 12 - March 18

Seattle’s Aaron Balagtas receives Navy’s Sailor of the Day award

March 14, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Religious Program Specialist 3rd Class Aaron Balagtas, from Seattle, received the Sailor of the Day award from Capt. Gregory Huffman, commanding officer of the USS John C. Stennis. Providing a ready force supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific, Stennis is operating as part of the Great Green Fleet on a regularly scheduled 7th fleet […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2016, Class Aaron Balagtas, Great Green Fleet, Gregory Huffman, Mass Communication Specialist, Religious Program Specialist, Seattle, Vol 35 No 11 | March 12 - March 18

Vandana Shiva keynotes resilience symposium

March 14, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

On Feb. 25 and 26, scholars and thought leaders from a broad range of disciplines gathered at Pacific Lutheran University (PLU) to explore the concept of “resilience” during the seventh biennial annual Wang Center Symposium, titled “The Countenance of Hope: Towards an Interdisciplinary and Cross-Cultural Understanding of Resilience.” The two-day conference was keynoted by award-winning […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2016, PLU, Vandana Shiva, Vol 35 No 11 | March 12 - March 18, Wang Center Symposium

Obama nominates Sharon Yuan to key administration post

March 14, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

On Feb. 12, President Barack Obama announced his intention to nominate Sharon Yuan as a member of the Panel of Arbitrators of the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes. Yuan is a principal with The Asia Group, LLC, a position she has held since 2015. She served as deputy assistant secretary for Trade […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2009, 2012, 2015, 2016, LLC, President Barack Obama, Sharon Yuan, Vol 35 No 11 | March 12 - March 18

Bharti Kirchner releases new novel, “Goddess of Fire”

March 14, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Bharti Kirchner’s sixth novel, “Goddess of Fire,” a literary history, is now out in hardcover. Kirchner is also the author of four cookbooks. Her second, Indian Inspired (Lowell House), was selected among top ten cookbooks of 1993 by USA Today and one of the best cookbooks of 1993 by Chicago Tribune. Prior to becoming a […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2016, Bharti Kirchner, Chicago Tribune, Europe, IBM, San Francisco, Vol 35 No 11 | March 12 - March 18

Robert Shimabukuro featured speaker for Day of Remembrance

March 14, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

On Feb. 18, South Seattle College hosted noted author and historian Robert Shimabukuro as the featured speaker for the annual Day of Remembrance. This annual event marks the anniversary that President Franklin D. Roosevelt authorized the evacuation and incarceration of 120,000 persons of Japanese ancestry, living on the West Coast, most of whom were U.S. […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2016, Camp Minidoka, Executive Order, Robert Shimabukuro, South Seattle College, Vol 35 No 11 | March 12 - March 18, West Coast

Nod to India’s female lawmakers highlights how few there are

March 12, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Ashok Sharma Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — What was meant as a gesture of respect toward women ended up reminding India that it needed to improve female representation in politics. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call for only female lawmakers to address the Indian parliament on International Women’s Day included silence — because there […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2016, Afghanistan, Associated Press, India, International Women, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Reservation Bill, Shatabdi Roy, Shiv Sena, Sonia Gandhi, Sreemathi Teacher, Trinamool Congress, Vol 35 No 11 | March 12 - March 18, West Bengal

Japan study: 1/3 of working women were sexually harassed

March 12, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Yuri Kageyama Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese government study has found nearly a third of working women who responded to a survey reported being sexually harassed on the job, such as being subjected to unwanted physical contact or degrading comments. The study, released March 1 and the first of its kind, examined […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2016, Although Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Associated Press, Vol 35 No 11 | March 12 - March 18, World Economic Forum, japan

Former U.S. Rep. Joseph Cao enters Louisiana Senate race

March 12, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Kevin McGill Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Another Republican is joining the U.S. Senate race in Louisiana. Former U.S. Rep. Joseph Cao announced his candidacy March 1 in a news release. Cao became the nation’s first Vietnamese American congressman with his unexpected defeated of a scandal-plagued incumbent Democrat, William Jefferson, in 2008. Two […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2016, Air Force Col, Caroline Fayard, Cedric Richmond, Charles Boustany, David Vitter, GOP, Hurricane Katrina, John Fleming, Joseph Cao, New Orleans-based, President Barack Obama, Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell, Rob Maness, Treasurer John Kennedy, Vietnamese American, Vol 35 No 11 | March 12 - March 18

Asian American jab at Oscars reveals deeper diversity woes

March 12, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Lynn Elber Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — TV’s “Fresh Off the Boat” creator Nahnatchka Khan was reveling in Oscar host Chris Rock’s deft comedic assault on white-fixated Hollywood. Then three Asian American kids were brought onstage for a gag mocking them as ethnic stereotypes. “It’s like going on a road trip with your […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2016, Allison Ng, Angry Asian Man, Asian Americans, Asian Pacific American Media Coalition, Biola University, Black Americans, Chris Rock, Constance Yu, Daniel Mayeda, Emma Stone, Jason Lew, Nahnatchka Khan, Nancy Wang Yuen, Presenter Sacha Baron Cohen, Sundance Film Festival, TV, Vol 35 No 11 | March 12 - March 18

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