By Stacy Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly In this country, 6,500 young men turn 18 every day, but something that many are unaware of may come back to haunt them years […]
Albert Shen: business owner ties community service with commerce
By James Tabafunda Northwest Asian Weekly Despite these tough economic times, Albert Shen maintains a positive attitude. His businesses are doing well, but it’s what he does during his off-hours […]
Michael Son Pham: a businessman with a passion for helping kids
By Ninette Cheng Northwest Asian Weekly Son Michael Pham directs a team of up to 400 people on more than seven projects and visits Vietnam on a regular basis. Shockingly, […]
Secret Asian Man by Tak Toyoshima
The joys of SYLP
For three weeks, dozens of students from the Puget Sound region came together and celebrated the International District, community-building, leadership — and made a lot of friends along the way. […]
A stuggling identity
By Erik Wagner SYLP student Identity is an interesting thing. Struggling to find our identities can be difficult. In fact, it can be completely miserable and utterly confusing. How do […]
Defining Asian Americans
By Vicki Tang SYLP student The words “Dude, stop being so Asian” have become typical words in a young Asian American’s vocabulary. However, most people don’t think about what the […]
The path to success
By Jessica Lee SYLP student Born and raised in Saigon, Vietnam, she came to the United States all by herself when she was only 17 years old. With no extra […]
Racial slurs (chink)
By Karen Liang SYLP student Words can be extremely powerful, and when they are used negatively, they can be harmful. There are many offensive words out there these days, but […]
What is the Summer Youth Leadership Program?
By Kabrina Wright SYLP student The Summer Youth Leadership Program, or SYLP for short, is a program organized by the Northwest Asian Weekly Foundation, a nonprofit organization of the Northwest […]