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You are here: Home / Archives for Vol 30 No 41 | October 8 – October 14

Got green? Lack of fresh produce damages immigrant communities

October 6, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Tiffany Ran Northwest Asian Weekly As a young girl growing up in San Francisco, Violet Lavatai gathered the boxes that came in the mail, boxes of taro and other vegetables still fresh with the dirt of her native land clinging to its roots. “My mom said that the [prices of] vegetables at the store […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: 2011, Asian Pacific Islanders, Chase Bank, Food Access Policy Council, Green Economy, Secret War, Southeast Seattle, Tammy Nguyen, Theresa Fujiwara, Tiffany Ran, United States, Vietnam War, Violet Lavatai, Vol 30 No 41 | October 8 - October 14, Yaofou Chao, attention, language, women of color

Asians convert home gardens into food sources

October 6, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Nan Nan Liu Northwest Asian Weekly Green is in.

Filed Under: Features, Community News Tagged With: 2011, Asian Americans, Canada, Chinatown, Chinese, Hejing Hong, Jing Liu, Labor Statistics, Liping Liu, Nan Nan Liu, New York, Northwest Asian Weekly, Qin Xin, Uwajimaya, Vol 30 No 41 | October 8 - October 14, language

Women of color bust environmental myths

October 6, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Stacy Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly “Tell me your zip code, and I can tell you what problems you suffer from, or the problems you will suffer from. And I can tell you how long you’re going to live and how long your children are going to live,” said Ngozi Oleru. “That is a very […]

Filed Under: Features, Community News Tagged With: 2011, Amanda Bruner, Danny Woo Garden, Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition, Elizabeth Leavitt, Emily Washines, Jane Zepp, Jourdan Keith, Jump Start, LIHI, Las Margaritas Catering Cooperative, Leda Chahim, Lekelia Jenkins, Maria Batayola, Ngozi Oleru, Northwest Asian Weekly, Paulina Lopez, Seattle, Sharon Sutton, Shefali Ranganathan, South Park, Urban Wilderness Project, Vol 30 No 41 | October 8 - October 14

Yale Wong: Generating positive energy for a brighter future

October 6, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Evangeline Cafe Northwest Asian Weekly   Yale Wong learned life’s most important lessons while growing up in a crowded home in Seattle’s Beacon Hill neighborhood. “My grandparents, my parents, and my aunt all lived together in one house,” said Wong.

Filed Under: Profiles Tagged With: 2011, Asian Americans, Aunt Judy, Beacon Hill, COO, Clarence Pascua, Compass Communications, Dean Allen, EPA, General Biodiesel, Jeff Haas, Northwest Asian Weekly, Pioneer Awards, Rick Noji, Seattle Business Magazine, Vol 30 No 41 | October 8 - October 14, Yale Wong, Yale Wong Generating

Kelly Ogilvie: An innovative, outside-the-box entrepreneur

October 6, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jeffrey Osborn Northwest Asian Weekly Kelly Ogilvie, CEO of Blue Marble Energy, has worked with local communities and events and has an illustrious history of working with high profile people, including taking an early role in Gary Locke’s re-election campaign for governor of Washington in 1999 and 2000. For these reasons and numerous others, […]

Filed Under: Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2011, Alan Ogilvie, Asian American Pioneers Awards Gala, Blue Marble Bio-materials, Blue Marble Energy, CEO, Colby Underwood, Filipino, Greg Nickels, Kelly Ogilvie, Matteo Ricci College, Northwest Asian Weekly Foundation, Ruth Woo, Seattle University, Vol 30 No 41 | October 8 - October 14, WAPIFASA, Wapi Community Services, culture, gary locke

BLOG: Bye, Phyllis Wise

October 6, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Assunta Ng Northwest Asian Weekly This will be the first big week for our former Interim President Phyllis Wise of the University of Washington. She takes the helm as chancellor of the University of Illinois, Champagne with a student body of 41,000.

Filed Under: Publisher Ng's blog Tagged With: 2011, Asian American, Interim President Phyllis Wise, Michael Young, Northwest Asian Weekly, Phyllis Wise, Publisher Ng's blog, UW, Vol 30 No 41 | October 8 - October 14, women of color

BLOG: A garden with a purpose

October 6, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Assunta Ng Northwest Asian Weekly   You might notice that fall has changed the color of many green trees to dry, yellow brown. However, the Danny Woo Garden in Chinatown/International District remains in lush greens.

Filed Under: Publisher Ng's blog Tagged With: 2011, Bob Santos, Chinatown International District, Danny Woo Garden, ID, Northwest Asian Weekly, Publisher Ng's blog, Seventh Avenue South, Vol 30 No 41 | October 8 - October 14

BLOG: Libyan ties with Seattle’s Asian community

October 6, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Assunta Ng Northwest Asian Weekly A few weeks ago, my Arab friend and I were talking about Ali Tarhouni, former Seattleite and now Libya’s finance minister. While I am happy that Ali is from our state, has taught at University of Washington’s business school, and is now a big shot with the Libyan government, […]

Filed Under: Publisher Ng's blog Tagged With: 2011, Ali Tarhouni, Libya, Mary Li Tarhouni, Northwest Asian Weekly, Publisher Ng's blog, Seattle, Vol 30 No 41 | October 8 - October 14, Washington Attorney General

BLOG: McKenna’s headline draws fire

October 6, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Assunta Ng Northwest Asian Weekly Last Thursday, my blog irked two Asian American supporters of Rob McKenna’s governor race. Within the first hour of the Northwest Asian Weekly hitting the streets, the two showed up at our door.

Filed Under: Publisher Ng's blog Tagged With: 2011, Asian American, Bill Bryant, Last Thursday, Northwest Asian Weekly, Port of Seattle, Publisher Ng's blog, Rob McKenna, Vol 30 No 41 | October 8 - October 14, blog

EDITORIAL: Go green for the good of your family

October 6, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

When we picture people enjoying the natural world, for example, by surfing, hiking, rock climbing, or even biking along trails, what kind of person comes to mind?

Filed Under: Editorials Tagged With: 2011, General Biodiesel, Kelly Ogilvie, Ngozi Oleru, Seattle, Vol 30 No 41 | October 8 - October 14, Yale Wong

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