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You are here: Home / Archives for Vol 34 No 18 | April 25 – May 1

Celebrating Earth Day with Goodwill

April 27, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

  Seattle Goodwill is celebrating Earth Day with local musicians, CEOs, athletes and community leaders who are “breaking up” with an outfit, Breakup4Good, and publicly donating it to Goodwill – and keep it from the landfill. Some of the outfits will be auctioned off to benefit Goodwill’s job training and education programs.   Over 60 individuals […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, CEO, Daryl Campbell, Earth Day, Executive Director, Geekwire Co-founder John Cook, Nan Stoops, Seattle Chinese Post, Seattle Goodwill, Seattle Opera, Vol 34 No 18 | April 25 - May 1

Yu speaks on entrepreneurship

April 27, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Arry Yu, CEO and founder of Gift Starter was guest speaker for KAC-WA’s first happy hour of the year April 16th at the Stout Pub in Seattle. Yu is an entrepreneur and functional designer who has been immersed in business leadership roles growing new offices in services, entrepreneurial ventures and in the world of startups. Prior […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, Arry Yu, CEO, Cornell University, Gift Starter, Google, NY, Seattle, Vol 34 No 18 | April 25 - May 1, technology

Doane elected to Bar Association of Governors

April 27, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

James K. Doane, a Seattle resident, was elected as a member of  the Washington State Bar Association Board of Governors, District 7-South, securing 54 percent of the vote against two other lawyers. The Board oversees the mission and finances of  the 36,000 member bar association, and holds public meetings throughout the state every six weeks. […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, Bar Association, Costco Wholesale, Preston Gates Ellis, Seattle, Tokyo, Vol 34 No 18 | April 25 - May 1

Helping the Filipino community

April 27, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Philippine Consular Outreach team hosted the first Consular Services program at the Community Resource Center in Everett for the 18,350 Filipino population in Snohomish County, April 17-19. The Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco sent Vice Consul Rachel Oronce and her consular team to help with dual citizenship, Philippine e-passports, civil registry, legal and […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, Congressman Rick Larsen, Consular Services, Ellen Mabellera, Filipino, Mike Schanche, San Francisco, Shirley Sutton, Snohomish County Executive John Lovick, Vice Consul Rachel Oronce, Vol 34 No 18 | April 25 - May 1

Summons of Japanese media raises complaints of interference

April 25, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Mari Yamaguchi Associated Press TOKYO (AP)  — Japan’s ruling party summoned executives from two leading television networks Friday, the latest in a series of actions that opponents say endanger press freedom and intimidate the media. The Liberal Democratic Party’s panel on information and communications strategy questioned the executives from Asahi TV and public broadcaster […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, 2015, Although Japan, Asian Studies, Democratic Party, Foreign Correspondents Club, Hodo Station, Jeff Kingston, Jiro Kawasaki, Katsuto Momii, Koichi Nakano, LDP, NHK, Shigeaki Koga, Sophia University, Temple University, Tokyo, Vol 34 No 18 | April 25 - May 1, Yoshihide Suga, censorship

China activist more determined after lockup

April 25, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Didi Tang and Jack Chang Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — The most prominent of five recently released Chinese feminists feels her dedication to activism has grown only stronger after spending 37 days in detention with interrogators who blew smoke onto her face and insulted her sexual orientation, her girlfriend, and her, her lawyer said. […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, AP, Associated Press, Beijing, China, Chinese, Communist Party, Eve Ensler, Feminists Li Tingting, Foreign Ministry, HIV, Hillary Clinton, International Women, Vagina Monologues, Vol 34 No 18 | April 25 - May 1, Wang Yu, Wei Tingting, attention, social media

Manny Pacquiao fights back at Mayweather’s “reckless” jabs

April 25, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Greg Beacham Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Manny Pacquiao intends to put on a show when he faces Floyd Mayweather Jr. in 2 1/2 weeks. He really hopes Mayweather is also coming to fight, for the fans’ sake — and maybe for his own strategic purposes as well. Pacquiao radiated confidence and excitement […]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: 2012, 2015, Associated Press, Bob Arum, Filipino, Floyd Mayweather Jr, Juan Manuel Marquez, Las Vegas, Manny Pacquiao, Miguel Cotto, Philippines, Trainer Freddie Roach, Unlike Mayweather, Vol 34 No 18 | April 25 - May 1, Wild Card, attention

“Man From Reno”

April 24, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly Dave Boyle’s “Man From Reno” begins with a gray screen. Slowly, we see that the camera is aimed dead on at a car windshield in the rain, droplets snaking down. With the rain comes the fog, and through the fog comes a man, a car, another car, a sudden […]

Filed Under: At the Movies Tagged With: 2015, Akira Kazuki Kitamura, Andrew Hamlin, Ayako Fujitani, Capitol Hill, Dave Boyle, Japanese American, Northwest Asian Weekly, Northwest Film Forum, Pepe Serna, San Francisco, Seattle, Sherlock Holmes, Soon Aki, Stephen Segal, Vol 34 No 18 | April 25 - May 1

COMMENTARY: Orcas and the big spill — Whale watchers standing by to help endangered whales

April 24, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Capt, Hobbes Buchanan, San Juan Island Whale & Wildlife Tours, and Michael Harris, Puget Sound Express Whale Watching Seattle/Edmonds To whale watchers in Washington State and British Columbia, the recent oil spill in Vancouver’s English Bay was a wake-up call. While a container ship bled bunker fuel into the bay, three hours passed before Canadian […]

Filed Under: Commentaries Tagged With: 2015, BC, British Columbia, Canada, Canadian Coast Guard, Endangered Species Act, English Bay, Kinder Morgan, Michael Harris, National Energy Board, North America, PWWA, Puget Sound Express Whale Watching Seattle Edmonds, Salish Sea, San Juan Island Whale Wildlife Tours, San Juan Islands, Southern Resident Community, Southern Residents, Tar Sands, Vol 34 No 18 | April 25 - May 1

Yours Mallika: Exploring dance and story — Sold-out performances (and all volunteer run!)

April 24, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Charuta Fadnis Northwest Asian Weekly “Yours Mallika,” Pratidhwani’s flagship dance show for 2015 played to a sold-out audience of 800 on April 10th and 11th at the Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue. Pratidhwani, which means “echo” in Sanskrit, is a volunteer run not-for-profit 501c(3) organization dedicated to promoting South Asian arts and artists in the […]

Filed Under: Features, Community News Tagged With: 2015, Charuta Fadnis, Greater Seattle, India, KUOW, Meri Awaaz Suno, Meydenbauer Center, Northwest Asian Weekly, South Asian, Vol 34 No 18 | April 25 - May 1, Yours Mallika Exploring

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