Dear Editor, I don’t object to improving opportunity shelter for the unsheltered as with Mayor Ed Murray’s proposed Navigation Center on 12th Avenue South. I do challenge the location because […]
PICTORIAL: The Asia Pacific Cultural Center’s 19th annual New Year event featuring Guam
Photos by Arlene Dennistoun/NWAW
Guam honors its Chamorro culture at the 2017 new year’s celebration
The Asia Pacific Cultural Center’s 19th annual New Year event featured Guam this year, and Guamanians cheerfully shouted, “Hafa Adai!” which means ‘welcome’ in the Chamorro language.
“The Great Wall”
By Andrew Hamlin NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Zhang Yimou’s latest pull-out-all-the-stops historical thriller seems to be making more headlines for its casting and its reception, rather than strictly for […]
AAPIs to rally in Olympia
SEATTLE — More than a thousand Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community members from across Washington State are expected to gather at the Capitol Building in Olympia on Feb. […]
Filmmaker mixes multiracial folks for life-saving matches
By Andrew Hamlin NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Canadian director Jeff Chiba Stearns, of mixed Japanese and European heritage, shot a feature documentary, “One Big Hapa Family,” and a number of […]
University of Washington marks 75th anniversary of injustice and American concentration camps
By James Tabafunda Northwest Asian Weekly When race prejudice, war hysteria, and a failure of political leadership combine to cause the removal of University of Washington (UW) students, professors, […]
Smile, you’re excellent!
By Janice Nesamani NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY The new Food Safety Rating System has made its presence felt in the International District (ID). While not all restaurants have been […]
Seattle vows to never go back to racial exclusion on Day of Remembrance
By James Tabafunda Northwest Asian Weekly Moving forward from prejudice-motivated exclusion of Japanese Americans and American Muslims requires change. Seattle’s Day of Remembrance provided a public opportunity to reflect […]
Navigation Center backlash
By Stacy Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly On Feb. 20, community organizations — mostly Vietnamese American — sent out a letter to the City of Seattle requesting “a pause on the […]