With over 500 attendees, the 2019 White Center Khmer New Year Celebration hosted by the Cambodian Cultural Alliance of Washington (CCAW) celebrated its annual street festival on April 27.
Celebrating the Chinese accomplishments of the Transcontinental Railroad 150 years later
This year marks the 150th anniversary of the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad in Utah, where it all began. The completion was marked by the “Golden Spike Ceremony,” when the railroads built by the Central Pacific from the west and the Union Pacific from the east were joined at the Promontory Summit in Utah.
Mona Das’ crazy dream that led to the WA State Senate
Mona Das was in the shower during a visit to her brother’s house when she had an epiphany. She got out of the shower, looked to her brother and his girlfriend, and told them, “I’m going to be a senator.”
Northwest Detention Center releases Filipino man, underscores greater issue with facility
A Filipino man with a history of mental issues will be released to his family on bond after being held for nearly nine months at the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC) in Tacoma.
WAYNE’S WORLDS: Keeping tabs on our tabs
I have a strong marriage. I can prove it, too.How’s that, you say? How can I possibly know with complete certainty that my wife Maya and I are built to last?
EDITORIAL: College bribery scandal: Chinese family paid $6.5M
A Chinese family allegedly paid a whopping $6.5 million to crooked college prep adviser William “Rick” Singer in the nationwide admissions scandal — but still haven’t been charged in the […]
White-owned NYC Chinese eatery heats up cultural appropriation debate
A New York City restaurant owner who touted her “clean” American Chinese cuisine and derided Chinese dishes as swimming in “globs of processed butter,” sodium and MSG is renewing the long-simmering debate about stereotyping and cultural appropriation in the restaurant world.
See history: Chinese Exclusion Act case files available on web
The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was passed in order to limit the number of Chinese laborers entering the United States and prevent the Chinese already here from becoming naturalized citizens. When the Act was renewed 10 years later, it required the Chinese to register and obtain a certificate of residency or identity as proof of their right to be in the United States. This created voluminous amounts of paperwork.
ECCC labor laws workshops seeks more engagement from community
For the past month, the Ethnic Chambers of Commerce Coalition (ECCC) has been hosting and organizing workshops and meet and greets, with the goal of engaging the local Asian and Pacific Islander (API) American communities with their workshops. In ECCC workshops, ECCC representatives and subject matter experts go to API-owned businesses to inform owners and managers of sustainable business practices and labor laws.
COMMENTARY: California Asian American firm uses systems thinking to improve education
Over a lunch of all-you-can-eat sushi, a friend excitedly pulled out his cell phone and showed me an animated Chinese lesson his daughters were using to learn Mandarin. In the lesson, a river flowed through a Chinese landscape.
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