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VOICES FROM THE YOUTH: Cake analogies and human rights

September 4, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Katie Wong SYLP Equal rights can also be referred to as human rights (rights held by everyone without the restriction of the government.) Only nineteen out of the fifty states in the United States recognize same-sex marriage. Several states have tried to bar federal

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: 2009, 2014, Africa, Asia, Canada, DOMA, HB, Kansas House Bill, LGBTQAPI, New York, Questioning Queer, Russia, SYLP, SYLP 2014, Supreme Court, United States, Vol 33 No 37 | September 6 - September 12, adoption

Orphaned as a child, attorney seeks to serve as judge

July 18, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly Marcus Naylor was born into a South Korean orphanage and was without a family until he was 9 years old. Taken from his native country, he was adopted by a family in the United States that did not speak Korean. He spoke no English at the time. Naylor’s adopted […]

Filed Under: Features, Community News, Politics Tagged With: 2014, Jason Cruz, Jennifer Cruz, Justice Mary Yu, King County District Court Judge, Marcus Naylor, Neighborhood Legal Clinic, Northwest Asian Weekly, Northwest Defenders Division, Seattle University, South Korean, Trinity Lutheran, United States, Vol 33 No 30 | July 19 - July 25, adoption, language

Cheers, jeers, and a lawsuit for Seattle’s $15 wage

June 6, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Sue Misao Northwest Asian Weekly The Seattle Restaurant Alliance called it “disappointing,” City Councilmember Kshama Sawant called it a “historic victory,” the immigrant-rights group OneAmerica said it was “a critical first step,” and the International Franchise Association is filing a lawsuit against the City of Seattle — all because Seattle City Council unanimously approved […]

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2014, 2015, Beginning April, Councilmember Bruce Harrell, ECC, Effective April, Ethnic Community Coalition, IFA, International Franchise Association, Mayor Ed Murray, Northwest Asian Weekly, President Obama, Rich Stolz, Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant, Vol 33 No 24 | June 7 - June 13, adoption, poverty

Finding motherhood a different way — A local mom’s long, rewarding road to motherhood through adoption

May 9, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Evangeline Cafe Northwest Asian Weekly After Alma Corpuz married her husband over a decade ago, she knew that she had more love to give.

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2013, Alma Corpuz, China, Ethiopia, Evangeline Cafe, Filipino American, India, Korea, Northwest Asian Weekly, Taiwan, Thailand, United States, Vol 32 No 20 | May 11 - May 17, WACAP, adoption, letter, parking

US senator hopeful Vietnam adoptions to begin again

March 2, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Chris Brummitt The Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam and the United States are close to an agreement allowing Americans to adopt Vietnamese children again, five years after a ban was imposed amid allegations of baby-selling and babies offered without parents’ consent, a visiting U.S. senator said. Vietnam was a popular destination for […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2008, 2009, 2013, Guatemala, HANOI, Haiti, Ireland, Luong Thanh Nghi, Mary Landrieu, Newcastle University, Peter Selman, US, United States, Vietnamese, Vol 32 No 10 | March 2 - March 8, adoption

Born “Somewhere Between”

October 19, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly The documentary “Somewhere Between” begins with the adoption of a tiny Chinese girl by an American family. The family turns out to be that of the director, Linda Goldstein Knowlton, who has previously worked on documentaries about cooking and “Sesame Street” as well as  helped produce prominent dramatic films […]

Filed Under: At the Movies Tagged With: 2012, Andrew Hamlin, China, Chinese, Director Goldstein Knowlton, Linda Goldstein Knowlton, Northwest Asian Weekly, One Child Policy, Seattle, Sesame Street, United States, University District, Varsity Theatre, Vol 31 No 43 | October 20 - October 26, Whale Rider, adoption

Woman adopted as baby faces deportation

June 2, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By P. Solomon Banda The Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Attorneys are scrambling to find a way to prevent the deportation of a woman who was adopted from an orphanage in India as a 3-month-old baby, following a determination by the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that she is in the country illegally.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2012, Child Citizenship Act, Chuck Johnson, Circuit Court, Customs Enforcement, Erlene Shepherd, India, Kairi Abha Shepherd, Kairi Shepherd, Salt Lake City Tribune, Salt Lake County Adult Detention Complex, United States, Virginia Kice, Vol 31 No 23 | June 2 - June 8, adoption, attention, language

Attorney Steven Kim goes to South Korea to teach other prosecutors

February 2, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office’s Senior Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Steven Kim left for Seoul over the weekend.

Filed Under: Profiles Tagged With: 2008, 2012, American Criminal Justice System, King County Prosecuting Attorney, PAO, Prosecuting Attorney Dan Satterberg, Seattle, Senior Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Steven Kim, South Korean, Steven Kim, United States, Vol 31 No 6 | February 4 - February 10, adoption

Seven who were adopted from overseas get their citizenship papers tomorrow

November 17, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

On Nov. 18, the Seattle Field Office of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) will observe National Adoption Month by presenting citizenship certificates to seven people, including four children, all of whom entered the U.S. by being adopted by American parents.  The event looks like a naturalization ceremony, but all of those receiving certificates had […]

Filed Under: News, Briefs, Community News Tagged With: East Africa, Ghana, National Adoption Month, Philippines, Seattle Field Office, South Korea, Thailand, Uganda, WA, adoption

Senate confirms first U.S. special envoy to Myanmar as well as Vietnam envoy

August 13, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Matthew Pennington The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has confirmed the nomination of the first U.S. special envoy to Myanmar and a new ambassador to Vietnam whose appointment had been blocked for months by lawmakers.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2008, 2011, Alex Burgos, David Shear, Democrat Sen, Derek Mitchell, Europe, Hague Convention, Marco Rubio, Mary Landrieu, Myanmar, President Barack Obama, Republican Sen, SENATE, State Department, Vietnamese, Vol 30 No 33 | August 13 - August 19, adoption

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