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EDITORIAL: Want police diversity? Members of API community need to cop to it

May 26, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

As people around the city of Seattle and the nation celebrated and observed Asian Pacific Islander American Heritage Month, the topic of diversity and API representation in the Seattle Police Department (SPD)’s top ranks entered my mind. A study entitled “An Assessment of the Seattle Police Department’s Community Engagement: Through Recruitment, Hiring, and Training” released […]

Filed Under: Editorials Tagged With: 2016, API, Alan Sugiyama, Asian Pacific Islander American Heritage Month, King County Sheriff, SPD, Seattle Police Department, United States, VOL 35 NO 22 | MAY 28 – JUNE 3, letter

True and blue: the sports fan living in your community

April 14, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Melanie Hoshino, petite, pretty, with a golden tan, and long, light brown hair and a trim, athletic build, is dwarfed by the huge gray doors of the CenturyLink Seahawks Pro Shop she manages. Hoshino seems a bit shy at first as she peeks around the door, but warms up instantly and flashes an irresistibly brilliant and welcoming smile, as she invites you into her world of blue and green hats, bikinis, pet outfits, and everything else designed to melt the heart of a Seattle Seahawks fan.

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2012, 2016, API, Bon Odori, Bryan Carter Jr, Doug Baldwin, Guam, Ireland, Japanese Americans, Melanie Hoshino, Melissa Carney, Minidoka Wartime Relocation Center, Patrick Herman, Richard Sherman, Russell Wilson, Seahawks Life, Seattle Seahawks, Super Bowls, VOL 35 NO 16 APRIL 16 – APRIL 22, Vietnamese, WWII

Unstable work schedules hit API women hardest

April 7, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Survey finds unpredictable work schedules are pervasive in Seattle’s service industry, particularly for women and people of color

Filed Under: Features, Community News Tagged With: 2016, API, Seattle, VOL 35 NO 15 | APRIL 9 – APRIL 15, Working Washington

The thin blue line: SPD struggles with recruiting API community members

April 7, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Police brutality, misconduct, and shootings have dominated news headlines in the past few years and Seattle has been no exception.

Filed Under: Features, Community News Tagged With: API, Al Sugiyama, Although Asians, Andrew Kim, CPC, International District, John Williams, Mike Fields, Native American, SPD, Sarah Baker, Seattle Chapter President, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray, Seattle Police Department, United States, letter

JACL demands APIs in top SPD ranks

April 1, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

FROM JACL PRESIDENT: To the Honorable Mayor Ed Murray, the Honorable Police Chief Kathleen O’Toole, and the Honorable Seattle City Councilmembers: The Seattle Chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), the nation’s oldest and largest Asian American civil rights organization, is deeply alarmed by the lack of Asian Pacific Islander (API) representation in the […]

Filed Under: Letters to the Editor Tagged With: API, African American, Alan Sugiyama Community Leader, Asian American, Baker Japanese American Citizens League Seattle Chapter President Response, Community Leader, Dear Ms, Deputy Chief Carmen Best, Donnie Chin, Honorable Mayor Ed Murray, Honorable Seattle City Councilmembers, International District, JACL, Japanese American Citizens League, SPD, Seattle Chapter President, Seattle Police Department, letter

Helping families navigate through race, identity, culture, and ethnicity

March 24, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Inspired by her mother’s passion for international travel and global citizenship, Amy Pak started Families of Color Seattle (FOCS), an organization dedicated to building a strong community by supporting families of color through parenting programs, resource sharing, and fostering meaningful connections.

Filed Under: Features, Feature stories, Health Tagged With: 2016, API, Amy Pak, FOCS, Korean American, Nina Huang, Northwest Asian Weekly, Puget Sound, Seattle, South Korea, Totem Star, Vol 35 No 13 | March 26 - April 1, culture, social media, women of color

ICHS seeks nominations to honor health advocates

February 19, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Nominations are now being accepted by International Community Health Services (ICHS) and the ICHS Foundation for the 2016 Bamboo Award for Health to recognize the outstanding work of people and organizations in supporting ICHS and its mission. The nominations will be accepted until March 18. Awardees will be contacted by March 28. The award will […]

Filed Under: Features, Briefs, Community News Tagged With: 2016, API, Bamboo Award, ICHS, Nikkei Concerns, Seattle World School, Tosh Okamoto, Vol 35 No 8 | February 20 - February 26

API council leader ref lects on Boston’s newfound youth, diversity

January 23, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Bob Salsberg Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Before entering the office of Boston’s city council President Michelle Wu, visitors pass a wall lined by photographs of the council’s past leaders, faces that are mostly male, mostly white and nearly all middle-aged or older. Recently elected president by colleagues on the 13-member board, Wu is […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2016, API, Asian American, Associated Press, China, Elizabeth Warren, Harvard Law School, LGBT, Michelle Kwan, President Michelle Wu, Professor Warren, Pure Socratic, Taiwan, Terrifying Socratic, Vol 35 No 4 | January 23 - January 29, culture

EDITORIAL: Our 5 wishes for Seattle’s ID in 2016

January 7, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

At the beginning of January, it feels natural to do a retrospective of the year before, take lessons, and think on how we’d want 2016 to look different. Here are five of our wishes: Wish 1: For no more senseless deaths in the ID There have been three known homicides in the International District (ID) […]

Filed Under: Editorials Tagged With: 2015, 2016, API, Benito Benny Enriquez, Chinatown, Christina Enriquez, Eighth Avenue South, ID, Kenny Chesney, Seattle Police Department, Seattle Streetcar, South Seattle, South Weller Street, Summit Sierra, TBD, Vol 35 No 2 | January 9 - January 15

AZ abortion law affects Asian Americans

December 17, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals denied an effort to revive a lawsuit challenging an Arizona state law banning abortions based on the race or sex of the child. The National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum and the NAACP’s Maricopa County branch sought to oppose the law which is […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2015, ACLU, API, AZ, African American, Asian Americans, China, Circuit Court, Frederick Douglass Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act, India, Jason Cruz, Maricopa County, Miriam Yeung, NAACP, National Asian Pacific American Women, Representative Steve Montenegro, Vol 34 No 52 | December 19 - December 25

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