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100 women, 100 miles

October 5, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

We Belong Together is a campaign of the National Domestic Workers Alliance and the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum, with the participation of women’s organizations, immigrant rights groups, children, and families across the country. 100 women are walking 100 miles, starting from a detention center in PA to the Nation’s capitol in Washington DC, […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, National Asian Pacific American Women, National Domestic Workers Alliance, Vol 34 No 41 | October 3 - October 9, Washington DC

Ever-changing headlines — Maybe priorities should be gun control

September 3, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Donnie Chin was murdered from shots fired by a gun. That is the damn issue here, another human life lost by a gun-toting killer. The Asian Pacific American communities need to step up to the National Rifle Association (NRA) and demand that they support GUN CONTROL. To NRA members, keep guns to protect your family—don’t […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 2015, Bob Santos, CAPACD, Danny Woo Garden, Donnie Chin, Inter Im, International District Neighborhood, Seattle Police Department, Vol 34 No 37 | September 5 - September 11, Washington DC, attention

CACA Seattle in the other Washington

June 1, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Bettie Luke, Ali Lee and Ming-Ming Tung-Edelman represented the Chinese American Citizens Alliance (CACA) Seattle in the CACA national legislative and education team to Washington DC last week.  They participated in the first summit for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders where President Obama’s cabinet members and API leaders discussed issues regarding AAPIs. Three key issues […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, API, Albert Shen, Ali Lee, Asian Americans, Bettie Luke, CACA, Korean War, Pacific Islanders, President Obama, Vol 34 No 23 | May 30 - June 5, Washington DC

Seattle Colleges awards Albert Shen

August 30, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Albert Shen, Seattle Colleges Board of Trustees chair, has been officially appointed to be National Deputy Director of the Minority Business Development Agency, which is part of the U.S. Department of Commerce in Washington DC as of Aug. 15. Shen had a going away party at the Amber Lounge where friends and colleagues said their […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Albert Shen, Amber Lounge, Minority Business Development Agency, Seattle Colleges Chancellor Jill Wakefield, Washington DC

US, Vietnam far apart on human rights

April 27, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Chris Brummitt and Matthew Pennington The Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnamese authorities seeking to stop a well-known democracy activist from meeting an American diplomat last weekend deployed an unusual weapon — a group of elderly ladies.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2012, 2013, American Embassy, Asia, BBC, China, Communist Party, Daniel Baer, Father Ly, HANOI, Human Rights Watch, Phil Robertson, Several Vietnamese, South Vietnamese, United States, Vol 32 No 18 | April 27 - May 3, Washington DC

Locke denies rumor of Obama job

November 15, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The problem with rumors is that sometimes it gets too big and takes on a life of its own. The Northwest Asian Weekly first learned of former Gov. Gary Locke’s so-called ‘talks’ with President-elect Obama from a Chinese news agency that called to talk to the NWAW’s publisher, Assunta Ng.

Filed Under: News, National News Tagged With: 2008, API, Asian Americans, Assunta Ng, Chinese American, NWAW, Northwest Asian Weekly, President-elect Obama, Stacy Nguyen, Washington DC, gary locke, vol 27 no 47 | November 15 - 21

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