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With humble beginnings, Asian American film fest sets down new roots and looks to the future

February 18, 2016 By Andrew Hamlin

Adrian Alarilla, filmmaker liaison at this year’s Seattle Asian American Film Festival (SAAFF), grew up in Manila and spent some time on the Philippine island, Cebu, and Chicago, before moving to Seattle in 2010.

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles Tagged With: 2010, 2016, Adrian Alarilla, Asian Americans, China, Cocktails Karaoke, Filipino American, King Street Media, Kona Kitchen, NFL, Northwest Asian American Film Festival, Outdoor Summer Series, SAAFF, Salt Lake City, San Francisco Bay Area Ann Arbor, Seattle, Vancouver Asian Film Festival Photo, Vol 35 No 8 | February 20 - February 26, Wes Kim, Who Killed Vincent Chin

BLOG: My top 10 lunar new year wishes NO TRUMP and …

February 18, 2016 By Assunta Ng

By Assunta Ng Northwest Asian Weekly In the Year of the Monkey, I raise my glass, celebrating that most of my 2015 wishes for the community came true. Last February, I shared with readers my Lunar New Year wishes — to see Latino American Ana Mari Cauce become the University of Washington president —  Black […]

Filed Under: Publisher Ng's blog Tagged With: 2016, Asian Americans, Black American Leslie Holt, Every Seahawks, Go Hawks History, Golden Monkey, Henry Chan, Latino American Ana Mari Cauce, Louisa Hotel, Lunar New Year Fashion Show, Lunar New Year Festival, NBC, Northwest Asian Weekly, Publisher's Blog, Remember Steve Jobs, Ruby Luke, Sarah Palin, Seahawks Doug Baldwin, Seattle Rotary Club, Seattleite David Chan, Vol 35 No 8 | February 20 - February 26, Wanxie Ye, Washington State Supreme Court Justice Yu, gary locke

Community and commissions want to tackle unequal student discipline

February 12, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Ador Pereda Yano Northwest Asian Weekly Around fifty parents, youths, educators, and community members attended a Saturday afternoon event at El Centro de la Raza in Seattle Jan. 30 to discuss unfair school discipline practices, especially the unequal distribution of suspensions and expulsions among students of color in Washington state’s school system. To encourage […]

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: 2012, 2016, Asian Americans, CAAA, Courtney Chappell, Education Ombuds, El Centro, James Smith, Mike Brunet, Native Hawaiians Pacific Islander, Panelist Sukien Luu, Sara Franklin, Sheila Stanton, Special Education, Vol 35 No 7 | February 13 - February 19, Wanda Billingsley, Washington Appleseed, White House, White House Initiative, culture

EDITORIAL: APIs and Latinos Americans are underrepresent in all levels of government — this has to change now

January 29, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

A report released this week by the New American Leaders Project, a nonpartisan organization, found that fewer than 2 percent 500,000 seats in state and local offices nationwide are held by Asian Americans or Latino. There is a clear disparity in representation here, as these voters comprise 20 percent of the U.S. population. The report […]

Filed Under: Editorials Tagged With: 2016, Asian Americans, Jim McDermott, Latinos Americans, New American Leaders Project, Phillip Yin, Pramila Jayapal, United States, Vol 35 No 5 | January 30 - February 5

In U.S., Asian night markets bring taste of the old and new

January 23, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Christine Armario Associated Press WESTMINSTER, Calif. (AP) — Beneath the giant red sign illuminating the Asian Garden Mall in Southern California, slabs of jumbo, white squid are seared on a smoky grill. Nearby, children pluck fried potato slices off a stick and couples dance to Vietnamese ballads. It reminds Audrey Dinh of the stories of night […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2010, 2016, Anthony Bourdain, April Bloomfield, Asian Americans, Asian Garden Mall, Audrey Dinh, Ben Thanh, China, Fuchsia Dunlop, Ho Chi Minh City Saigon, Jonny Hwang, Los Angeles, New York City, Night Market, Taiwanese American, Vietnamese, Vol 35 No 4 | January 23 - January 29

White House groups urge APIs to enroll in health insurance by Jan. 31

January 22, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Beginning Jan. 19, the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs), in collaboration with the Action for Health Justice, will launch the third annual AAPI Affordable Care Act Week of Action, a public awareness drive to encourage AAPIs to enroll in the Health Insurance Marketplace by Jan. 31. To enroll, individuals can […]

Filed Under: Community News Tagged With: 2013, 2016, AAPI, Asian Americans, Doua Thor, Health Insurance Marketplace, Pacific Islanders, President Obama, Vol 35 No 4 | January 23 - January 29, White House Initiative

Clinton woos Asian Americans, slams ‘hateful’ GOP rhetoric

January 16, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

SAN GABRIEL, Calif. (AP) — On Jan. 7, Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton courted Asian American voters, telling members of the nation’s fastest growing racial minority that she disagrees with the “hateful rhetoric” of her Republican challengers.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2008, 2012, 2016, Alma Harrison, Asian Americans, Filipino, GOP, James Sobredo, Karthick Ramakrishnan, Ninio Fetalvo, Pacific Islanders, Philippines, Republican National Committee, Sacramento State University, San Francisco, San Gabriel Valley, Southern California, Suzette Lopez, Vol 35 No 3 | January 16 - January 22

Top 11 Asian achievements of 2015

January 14, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Last year was a banner year for Asian and Asian Americans, who pushed forth advancements in technology, science, art, academia, and politics. One even went to space.

Here are our top 10 events of note:

11. Two spelling bee champs tie

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2015, 2016, Asian Americans, Chinatown, Gokul Venkatachalam, Japanese American Citizens League, Jennifer Lee, Kennedy Center Honors, Kjell Lindgren, Lei Liang, Lunar New Year, Min Zhou, Minoru Yasui, Naval Ravikant, Pacific Rim, Presidential Medal, Seiji Ozawa, Tu Youyou Chinese, Vanya Shivashankar, Vol 35 No 3 | January 16 - January 22, technology

Strike a pose, a monkey pose — NWAW to hold its first-ever Lunar New Year fashion show Feb. 6

January 14, 2016 By Stacy Nguyen

Do you like lunar new year activities? Do you like fashion? Do you like monkeys? Do you like creating clothing ensembles featuring monkeys and lunar new year themes?

Well, you are in luck. Northwest Asian Weekly is holding a competition, Celebrate with Style! Year of the Monkey 2016 Fun Fashion Contest and Show.

Filed Under: Features, Community News Tagged With: 2016, APCC, Asian Americans, Chinatown, Gei Chan, Hong Restaurant, Keiro Northwest, Lunar New Year, NWAW, Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle, Stacy Nguyen, The Wing, Vol 35 No 3 | January 16 - January 22

A-pop! Top 15 of 2015 — The headlines, good and bad, that rocked Asian American pop culture

January 7, 2016 By Vivian Nguyen

By Vivian Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly From headlining ground-breaking television shows to dominating award ceremonies and industry promotions, 2015 was truly a banner year for Asian Americans in the media. Let’s reminiscence about this year’s top 15 highs — and lows. 15. “Sanjay’s Super Team” features first human protagonist of color in Pixar film Pixar […]

Filed Under: Column: Pop Culture Tagged With: 2015, 2016, ABC, ABT, Asian Americans, David Henry Hwang, Ken Watanabe, MFA, Miss Colombia Ariadna Gutierrez Miss Universe, Miss Philippines Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach, Priyanka Chopra, Ruthie Ann Miles, Super Team, The Slants, Tony Award, USPTO, Vol 35 No 2 | January 9 - January 15, culture, social media

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