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Local districts make gains in graduation rates, new report shows

February 26, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Road Map Project’s “2015 Results Report,” an annual report card with data on indicators of student success, shows progress being made on education milestones in the South Seattle and South King County region, but also illustrates that more work must be done to help all students succeed. The Road Map Project is a region-wide […]

Filed Under: Briefs, Community News Tagged With: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, Advanced Placement, Black African American, ELL, International Baccalaureate, Results Report, Road Map Project, Seattle, South King County, South Seattle, Vol 35 No 9 | February 27 - March 4

Vietnamese man dead from Jungle shooting

January 29, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

A deadly shooting occurred at a homeless encampment at Airport Way and South Atlantic Street in a greenbelt adjacent to the I-5 freeway, known as The Jungle, on Tuesday night, Jan. 26, around 7:15 p.m., according to the Seattle Police Department (SPD).

Filed Under: Features, Community News Tagged With: 2016, Harborview Medical Center, Northwest Asian Weekly, SPD, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray, South Seattle, Vietnamese, Vol 35 No 5 | January 30 - February 5, parking

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

Columbia City teen reportedly killed over shoes

December 10, 2015 By Jason Cruz

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly A pair of Nike Air Jordans may have been the reason that 24-year-old Si Phu reportedly killed his 14-year-old niece Christy Phu. Si Phu was arrested by the Seattle Police Department on Tuesday after leaving the scene on Sunday. According to Christy Phu’s father, Si Phu’s brother, she texted […]

Filed Under: Features, Community News Tagged With: 2015, Chief Sealth High School, Christy Phu, Columbia City, Jason Cruz, King County Jail, Nike Air Jordans, Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle Police Department, Si Phu, South Seattle, Vol 34 No 51 | December 12 - December 18, West Seattle

Wrong path — Missed deadlines by developer creates difficulties for Othello project

October 22, 2015 By Jason Cruz

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly Former monk, turned developer Lobsang Dargey is under investigation for possible fraud charges and as a result, the purchase of a commercial development in South Seattle that would revitalize the area near the Othello light rail station may not go forward.  This has drawn the ire of the Seattle […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2012, 2015, Andre Agassi, Chinese, Exchange Commission, Lobsang Dargey, Northwest Asian Weekly, Path America, Potala Tower, SHA, Seattle Times, South Seattle, Tami Agassi, United States, Vol 34 No 44 | October 24 - October 30, WNPA2016, letter

Yay Team Seattle JACL!

July 6, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Team Seattle JACL participated in the annual the Walk for Rice this past weekend at Seward Park in South Seattle. The Walk for Rice raises funds for the Asian Counseling and Referral Service (ACRS) food bank, one of the largest in Washington state and the only food bank that regularly offers Asian food staples. The […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, Bill Tashima, Paul Tashima, Seward Park, South Seattle, Toshiko Hasegawa, Vol 34 No 28 | July 4 - July 10, Walk for Rice

COMMENTARY: Diversity: Moving beyond zip codes

February 20, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Halimah Hussein Northwest Asian Weekly Diversity is a beautiful thing; it adds a pop of color to a community, like an abstract painting. I remember when I was a student at Franklin High School, where the diversity was so rich.  Being in South Seattle, Franklin had a lot to be proud of, as it […]

Filed Under: Education, Commentaries Tagged With: 2015, African Americans, Diversity Makes a Difference 2015, Franklin High School, Halimah Hussein, Northwest Asian Weekly, South Seattle, Though Nova, Vol 34 No 9 | February 21 - February 27

VOICES FROM THE YOUTH: I define who I am

September 4, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Mike Guevarra SYLP Growing up in America, I always felt as if I was floating, like a drifting ghost, searching to find a place in a foreign world. Even as a naive child, I questioned why I never saw anyone on TV shows who looked like me, or why I couldn’t find a Filipino […]

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: 2014, Asian Americans, Filipino American, Philippines, SYLP, SYLP 2014, South Seattle, TV, Vol 33 No 37 | September 6 - September 12, culture

Nonpermanent residents — Part 1 of a three-part series on Cambodian men who are facing deportation for crimes committed when young

June 5, 2014 By Stacy Nguyen

By Stacy Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly “I burglarized a gas station. I was young, naïve. I just — wasn’t thinking,” said Ram Son, a Cambodian man who lives in South Seattle. <!–more–> Son’s parents fled Cambodia’s killing fields and the genocidal Khmer Rouge. He was 7 years old when their family arrived in a Thai […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2008, 2014, Aneda Kim, Assistant Federal Public Defender Jay Stansell, Dori Cahn, ICE, Khmer Rouge, Northwest Asian Weekly, Phnom Penh, Ram Son, Rithy Yin, Seattle-area Cambodian, Social Work, South Seattle, Southeast Asians, United States, Vol 33 No 24 | June 7 - June 13, language

Creativity inspired by nature and Japanese heritage

May 16, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Nina Huang Northwest Asian Weekly From a distance, Naoko Morisawa’s artwork looks like a painting, but look closer, and you will notice that they are wood mosaics. Her art is made from hundreds of thousands of small slices of natural and oil-dyed woodchips on a palette. Her art style is transformed from a traditional […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles Tagged With: 2013, 2014, Dublin Biennial International, Issey Miyake, Kate Arkarni Gallery, Leonard Fujita, London Creative Award Competition, Naoko Morisawa, Northwest Asian Weekly, South Seattle, Tama Art University, Tokyo, United States, Vol 33 No 21 | May 17 - May 23, Wing Luke Museum, Yoshioka Takujin, letter

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