One might say that the life and career of Sharon Lee, founding executive director of the Low Income Housing Institute (LIHI), has been a crusade against homelessness.
Kin On adopts new health care model
By Mahlon Meyer Northwest Asian Weekly Sitting in the lobby, a man with two amputated legs and steel bars where his ankles should be, sits waiting. An hour later, he […]
Betty Patu resigns from Seattle School Board
By Staff NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Longtime community leader and educator Betty Patu announced her resignation from the Seattle School Board. Patu, who moved to Seattle from American Samoa as a […]
API CEOs challenge model minority myth
By Carolyn Bick NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Whenever Linda Akutagawa would meet someone in a professional setting, she found they almost always assumed she was extremely smart. “On the one hand, […]
Bruce Harrell is UW Bothell Commencement speaker
Seattle City Council President Bruce Harrell has been selected to be the 2019 University of Washington (UW) Bothell commencement speaker. The UW graduate and former Husky football player will address […]
2019 Asian Hall of Fame inductees
The Robert Chinn Foundation welcomed four people to the Class of 2019 Asian Hall of Fame. The annual event, held on May 11 at Seattle’s Fairmont Olympic Hotel, honored Filipino […]
Plymouth Housing chooses sculpture created by artists with ID ties
A sculpture created by Asian American artists Louis Chinn (Jyun Jyun) and Huangmeng Yu (MissTANGQ) has been selected as the permanent public art project at Plymouth Housing’s new building in […]
Marchesa donates “Crazy Rich Asians” gown
Marchesa is donating the iconic blue dress that Constance Wu wore in the film “Crazy Rich Asians” to the National Museum of American History. The dress was presented on May […]
SPD disrupts drug rings in Chinatown-International District, Pioneer Square encampments
By Staff NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Seattle police arrested 10 people on May 15 — associated with predatory drug dealing and behavior at encampments located in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District and Pioneer […]
HSD awards $1 million for projects in Chinatown-International District, Pioneer Square
By Staff NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY SEATTLE — Historic South Downtown (HSD) announced grants on May 13 totaling nearly $1 million to 19 community-based organizations in the Chinatown-International District and Pioneer […]
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