On Feb. 17th the Fourth Annual Chinese Expulsion Rally and March took place at Hing Hay Park in Seattle’s Chinatown.
WA state could get a Chinese American Heritage month — Local community groups working on making January the official month
A group of local Chinese Americans are hoping to get the state to pass a bill that would honor and celebrate the accomplishments of Chinese Americans during the month of January.
BLOG: Lunch with Deputy Mayor Kim
Deputy Mayor Hyeok Kim of Seattle invited Northwest Asian Weekly’s summer youth leadership program to have lunch at City Hall this summer. Our kids have no social status. They still […]
Fundraiser for Nepal
NAAAP-Seattle had a unique celebration of Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month and helped raise funds for the earthquake victims of Nepal on May 15. The event started off with a mixer […]
BLOG: Make her proud
By Assunta Ng Former educator Carol Simmons knows how to express gratitude.
Race, place, and culture
On October 14 (at Naked City Brewing in Greenwood) and October 22 (Royal Room in Columbia City) Humanities Washington presented a program entitled Loud and Proud, Washington State’s Asian American Civil Rights Movement.
PICTORIAL: All the Pomp and Circumstance
On June 15, over 40,000 Huskies, friends, and family members crowded CenturyLink Field to take part in the pomp and circumstance of the graduation of the Class of 2013. The […]
IDENTITY: Being half Asian
By Addison Wright SYLP student This year, I participated in the Summer Youth Leadership Program, which is run by Northwest Asian Weekly. I am going to be a senior at […]
RACISM: Beyond the skin
By Chloe Choi SYLP student The Summer Youth Leadership Program focuses on educating, empathizing, and empowering the youth of today. One of our main focuses was on the discrimination against […]
MODEL MINORITY: Stereotypes … can we put this flame out?
By Chris Lee SYLP student Stereotypes … now where do I begin? Stereotypes are extremely common in our culture. Whether you are judged by your race or by how you […]