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The Layup Drill Best of 2021

January 8, 2022 By Admin

Welcome to the year-end edition of The Layup Drill. In this edition, we take a look at the top 10 Asian American athletes of 2021.

New AAPI and Black officials to bridge divide

January 6, 2022 By Admin

As a wave of newly elected and appointed officials from minority communities reaches to all corners of the state, leaders of the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) and Black communities are building alliances.

Tsao is Kin On’s new board president

January 6, 2022 By Admin

Kin On announced on Jan. 3 that Sherwin Tsao is its new board president. Also joining the board is Konnie Kong, who will serve as the co-chair of the Fund […]

“Polar Preet” makes history

January 6, 2022 By Admin

Preet Chandi, 32, made history on Jan. 4 becoming the first woman of color to complete a solo expedition in Antarctica. She completed the 700-mile journey in 40 days. “It […]

Sam Mararac remembered

January 6, 2022 By Admin

A memorial service was held on Dec. 21 for Samantha “Sam” Mararac, a resident services coordinator for Seattle Chinatown International District Preservation and Development Authority (SCIDpda). She was killed on […]

American Girl’s 2022 Girl of the Year is Asian

January 6, 2022 By Admin

American Girl revealed the company’s 2022 Girl of the Year doll on Dec. 30. Corinne Tan is a young girl living with her Chinese American family in Aspen, Colorado. She […]

Swearings in of AAPI leaders

January 6, 2022 By Admin

Mike Fong was sworn-in in the early morning hours of Jan. 5, as Region 10 Administrator for the Small Business Administration, serving residents and small businesses of Washington, Alaska, Idaho, […]

In locked down Chinese city, some complain food hard to get

January 6, 2022 By Admin

By KEN MORITSUGU BEIJING (AP) — Residents of the Chinese city of Xi’an are enduring a strict coronavirus lockdown, with business owners suffering yet more closures and some people complaining […]

‘Our time now’: 1st Cambodian American mayor in US sworn in

January 6, 2022 By Admin

By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — He came to the U.S. as a young refugee, having survived Khmer Rouge’s brutal rule. Now, Sokhary Chau is the nation’s first […]