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You are here: Home / Archives for VOL 39 NO 34 | AUGUST 22 – AUGUST 28

Riot breaks out near ID—Community convinces protesters to relocate

August 20, 2020 By Northwest Asian Weekly

SEATTLE — Six Seattle police officers were hurt in a riot that broke out on Aug. 16 in SoDo. One officer was hospitalized and released, but has not returned to duty. Officers arrested 18 people when the riot was declared during an anti-police union demonstration. The march began in the Chinatown-International District (CID) around 7:00 […]

Filed Under: Community News Tagged With: 2020, VOL 39 NO 34 | AUGUST 22 - AUGUST 28

Sugiyama daughters’ journeys show broader meanings of school name change

August 20, 2020 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Mahlon Meyer Northwest Asian Weekly To the city leaders, school officials, and state representatives that advocated for the name change, it meant the resurrection of a sacred trust. South Lake High School was tentatively confirmed last week to have its name changed to the Alan T. Sugiyama High School at South Lake. Final approval […]

Filed Under: Community News Tagged With: 2020, VOL 39 NO 34 | AUGUST 22 - AUGUST 28

Democrats make it official, nominate Biden to take on Trump—Asian DNC speakers: Harris, Yang, Duckworth

August 20, 2020 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By STEVE PEOPLES and MICHELLE L. PRICE NEW YORK (AP) — Democrats formally nominated Joe Biden as their candidate for president on Aug. 18, with party elders, a new generation of politicians and voters in every state joining together in an extraordinary, pandemic-cramped virtual convention to send him into the general election campaign to oust […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2020, VOL 39 NO 34 | AUGUST 22 - AUGUST 28

The winners are? — Chinatown-International District Community Mural Art Contest

August 20, 2020 By Northwest Asian Weekly

This is our way of acknowledging and honoring what has happened recently with the Black Lives Matter movement, and the show of community force after looters destroyed or vandalized parts of the Chinatown-International District (CID). Artists of all ages, races, and creed came together to transform a blighted CID filled with storefronts covered with plywood, […]

Filed Under: Community News Tagged With: 2020, VOL 39 NO 34 | AUGUST 22 - AUGUST 28

Lori Matsukawa is Japanese American of the Biennium

August 20, 2020 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Seattle JACL nominated Lori Matsukawa as one of two Japanese Americans of the Biennium. The retired KING 5 anchor was presented the title by the National JACL. Normally, this award is presented at the Sayonara Banquet at the JACL National Convention. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the announcement was made during the Aug. 15 online JACL […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2020, VOL 39 NO 34 | AUGUST 22 - AUGUST 28

Dr. Zhongping Chen receives prestigious recognition

August 20, 2020 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Washington State Historical Society recognized Dr. Zhongping Chen with its Charles Gates Memorial Award. This longstanding award recognizes the most significant achievement among all articles published in the Pacific Northwest Quarterly during the previous year. Chen was honored for his 2019 article, Chinese Labor Contractors and Laborers of the Canadian Pacific Railway, 2880-2885, published […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2020, VOL 39 NO 34 | AUGUST 22 - AUGUST 28

Ruth Asawa stamps

August 20, 2020 By Northwest Asian Weekly

On Aug. 13, the United States Postal Service released postage stamps showcasing 10 sculptures of Ruth Asawa. “To have our mother’s art featured on stamps is the highest honor,” says Addie Lanier, Asawa’s daughter. Born in 1926, the Japanese American sculptor spent much of World War II with her family in an internment camp. Even […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2020, VOL 39 NO 34 | AUGUST 22 - AUGUST 28

Morikawa wins PGA

August 20, 2020 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Collin Morikawa, 23, won the PGA Championship on Aug. 9, in just his second appearance in a major. The California native and Berkeley graduate joined Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods, and Jack Nicklaus as 23-year-olds to win the PGA. Morikawa has three victories in 29 career starts on the PGA Tour. He is the first player […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2020, VOL 39 NO 34 | AUGUST 22 - AUGUST 28

CID murals dismantled

August 20, 2020 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Crews with Seattle Public Utilities have begun dismantling plywood over boarded up businesses in the Chinatown-International District. They will be recycled but the ones with murals painted on them following the protests over George Floyd’s murder, will either be kept by business owners, or stored at King Street Station.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2020, VOL 39 NO 34 | AUGUST 22 - AUGUST 28

CISC, SCIDpda join coalition against hate and bias

August 20, 2020 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Chinese Information and Service Center (CISC) and the Seattle Chinatown International District Preservation and Development Authority (SCIDpda) recently joined the newly formed Coalition Against Hate & Bias (Coalition), which is supported by the King County Office of Equity and Social Justice (OESJ). The Coalition is a community-led initiative to address hate and bias incidents by […]

Filed Under: Community News, Local Tagged With: 2020, VOL 39 NO 34 | AUGUST 22 - AUGUST 28

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