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How do we describe a hero? — Remembering Donnie Chin

July 30, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

“He loved the kids of this neighborhood. Last month a toddler ran into King St and got hit by a car. Donnie responded first. The three generations of this family just stopped by Sun May to show him the baby was okay. Besides being our safety and medical emergency responder, Donnie was a community history […]

Filed Under: Features, Community News Tagged With: 2015, Asian American, Asian Counseling Referral Service, Bettie Luke, CPR, Chinatown International District, Dean Wong, Ed Peterson, Eddie Rye, First Responder, GSCCC, Gene Lee, IDEC, Jane Nishita, Kenda Gee, Kim Chinn, Lost Years, Remembering Donnie Chin, Sue Taoka, Vol 34 No 32 | August 1 - August 7

Walkers deliver food

July 7, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Nearly 1,000 people gathered at Seward Park on June 28 for the 24th annual Walk for Rice

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2014, ACRS, Asian Counseling Referral Service, Bruce Harrell, Debadutta Dash, Gary Tang, Karen Jackel, Louis Wantanabe, Robert Jojo Cambronero, San Nguyen, Seward Park, Vinod Nazareth, Vol 33 No 28 | July 5 - July 11, Walk for Rice, Zack Hudgins

Walk to feed the hungry June 28

June 27, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Join a 2.5-mile walk (or run) to fight hunger on Saturday, June 28, at Seward Park in Seattle, from 8 a.m. to noon. In its 24th year, the Walk for Rice is a community fundraiser to benefit Seattle’s Asian Counseling & Referral Service food bank.

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2014, Asian Counseling Referral Service, Seattle, Seward Park, Vol 33 No 27 | June 28 - July 4, Walk for Rice

Watanabe will run for senate

March 10, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Louis Watanabe, 1st vice-chair and precinct committee officer for the 37th district Democrats, has announced his candidacy for the Washington State Senate. He is a former Bellevue College teacher and software engineer. He has served on the boards of the Asian Counseling & Referral Service, the UW Consulting & Business Development Center, the National Association […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2014, Asian Counseling Referral Service, Bellevue College, Japanese American Citizens League, Louis Watanabe, National Association of Asian American Professionals, Vol 33 No 11 | March 8 - March 14, Washington State Senate

Diane Narasaki receives ACLU of Washington top award

November 19, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The ACLU of Washington honored civil rights leader Diane Narasaki with its top award for civil liberties at the ACLU of Washington Bill of Rights Celebration Dinner on Nov. 10 at the Seattle Marriott Waterfront Hotel.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2012, ACLU, Asian Counseling Referral Service, Asian Pacific Islander, Diane Narasaki, Douglas Award, Gordon Hirabayashi, Seattle Marriott Waterfront Hotel, Vol 31 No 47 | November 17 - November 23

COMMENTARY: Dealing with mental illness in the Asian community

October 26, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Assunta Ng Northwest Asian Weekly In contrast to the star chefs’ demonstrations at the Asian Counseling & Referral Service benefit gala on Oct. 6, David Ma walked onto the stage without any fanfare. But, despite this, the first words he spoke caught the audience’s attention. He revealed his 30-year struggle of fighting to change […]

Filed Under: Commentaries Tagged With: 2012, ACRS, Asian Americans, Asian Counseling Referral Service, Assunta Ng, Chinese, David Ma, Francis Lu, Hong Kong, Nelson Mandela, Northwest Asian Weekly, South Africa, United States, Vol 31 No 44 | October 27 - November 2, attention

Our top 10 burning questions with Sung Yang

December 1, 2011 By Stacy Nguyen

By Stacy Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly Born in Seoul, Sung Yang is the chief of staff for King County Executive Dow Constantine. In this role, Yang oversees and directs the executive’s major initiatives, the central coordination between policy, communications, and external relations, and the executive’s administrative staff and office operations. Prior to joining the executive’s […]

Filed Under: Profiles Tagged With: 2011, Asian Community, Asian Counseling Referral Service, Asian Pacific Islander Community Leadership Foundation, County Executive Constantine, Jamie Moyer, King County Executive Dow Constantine, Martin Luther King, Northwest Asian American Theatre, Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle City Councilmember Martha Choe, Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels, Seattle University, Stacy Nguyen, Sung Yang, Top Contributors 2011, Vol 30 No 49 | December 3 - December 9, Wing Luke Asian Museum Board, attention, gary locke

BLOG: Inspirational quotes of the week

October 13, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Assunta Ng This week, I’ve benefited from many words of wisdom. I thought I’d share them with you.

Filed Under: Publisher Ng's blog Tagged With: 2011, Antioch University, Asian Counseling Referral Service, CEO, Carolyn Kelly, Diane Narasaki, Education, Navaho Chief Manuelito, Norm Rice, Publisher Ng's blog, Red Lion Inn, Seattle Foundation, Seattle Times, Tama Murotani-Inaba, Vol 30 No 42 | October 15 - October 21

Asian, Jewish communities unite to stop use of ethnic slur

September 2, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

To many U.S. citizens of Japanese ancestry, the use of the term “Jap” is considered a racial slur with a hate-filled history going all the way back to World War II.

Filed Under: Features, Community News, Cultures Tagged With: 2010, AJC, American Jewish Committee Seattle, Asian Counseling Referral Service, Bettie Luke, China, Cory Kahaney, Diane Narasaki, East Coast, James Tabafunda, Japanese American Citizens League, Jewish American Princess, Karen Yoshitomi, Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle Jewish Film Festival, Vol 29 No 36 | September 4 - September 10, language

Awards and cake for an occasion

November 30, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

‘Tis the season to binge on poultry and decorate a tree. ‘Tis also the season to take time to thank those who have been influential and inspirational.Northwest Asian Weekly and the Northwest Asian Weekly Foundation will be honoring top contributors to the Asian community on Dec. 5.

Filed Under: News, Features, Community News Tagged With: 2008, Aaliyah Gupta, Asian Counseling Referral Service, Chinatown, Inter Im, Lara Yamada, NWAW, Northwest Asian Weekly Foundation, Obama, Pacific Islander Americans, SPJ, Seattle Chinese Post Assunta Ng, Seattle City Council, South Asian, Tea Palace Restaurant, top contributors, vol 27 no 49 | November 29 - December 5

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