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You are here: Home / Archives for Vol 34 No 26 | June 20 – June 26

Campaign to celebrate LGBTQ Pride month

June 19, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

To celebrate June as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer/Questioning (LGBTQ) Pride month, the National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance (NQAPIA) is launching a multilingual outreach campaign to promote acceptance of Asian American LGBTQ individuals. The campaign features a series of public service announcements (PSAs) that hope to diversify the faces and languages of those […]

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2015, Asian American, LGBTQ, Vol 34 No 26 | June 20 - June 26

WAYNE’S WORLDS — “Do as I say, not as I do” — Advice for my son

June 19, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Wayne Chan Northwest Asian Weekly I’ve heard that as parents, we live vicariously through our kids.  While that may very well be true, I think I’ve taken it a step further. Apparently, as my son comes of age, I’ve managed to perfect time travel. A few weeks ago, I went to my son Tyler’s […]

Filed Under: Wayne's Worlds Tagged With: 2015, Northwest Asian Weekly, Vol 34 No 26 | June 20 - June 26, Wayne Chan

Eye-raising issues about eyelid surgery — Seattle filmmaker working on a documentary about the controversy

June 19, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly Local filmmaker Jade Justad is a hapa Korean-American, based in Seattle.  Her new project is a short film, “Creased,” exploring the ever-more-popular phenomenon of double eyelid plastic surgery amongst young Asians, especially, but not exclusively, young women. NWAW:  Did you grow up in Seattle? Tell us about your background. […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles Tagged With: 2015, API, Andrew Hamlin, Asian Americans, Boston University, Emma Stone, Jade Justad, Jim Carrey, Julie Chen, Justad Go, Justad Part, Korean Caucasian, NWAW, North Seattle, Northwest Asian Weekly, PR, Seven Samurai, Vol 34 No 26 | June 20 - June 26

The Layup Drill — Local favorites Lee, Pan make US Open Field, FIFA Women’s World Cup Opens

June 19, 2015 By Jason Cruz

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly Pan, Lee set to compete at U.S. Open There’s a lot of pressure in your last quarter of college. It’s filled with anxiety and pressure. University of Washington senior, and men’s golfer, Cheng-Tsung Pan had a lot of both as he tried to qualify for the U.S. Open Golf […]

Filed Under: Sports, The Layup Drill Tagged With: 2015, Although Thailand, Brazil, Canada, Chambers Bay, China, FIFA, Hao Wei, Homare Sawa, New Zealand, North Korea, Philippines, South Korea, Team Japan, United States, University Place, Unlike Tiger Woods, Vol 34 No 26 | June 20 - June 26, War Elephants, Womens World Cup

COMMENTARY: “Shell drilling is killing us”

June 19, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Katrina Pestano For Northwest Asian Weekly We are Filipino youth, women, workers, queers and artists living in Seattle. We are here in opposition to Shell, its long history of corporate plunder and human rights abuses and its plans to drill in the Arctic. We are in solidarity with the resistance of Iñupiaq people of […]

Filed Under: Commentaries Tagged With: 2013, 2014, 2015, Filipino, Global Climate Risk Index, Global South, Niger Delta, Philippines, Seattle, Super Typhoon Haiyan, United States, Vol 34 No 26 | June 20 - June 26, attention

Recognizing Vietnamese heritage and freedom

June 19, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

On Wednesday, 6/17, 2:00 pm, Councilmember Bruce Harrell will introduce a resolution recognizing the Vietnamese Heritage and Freedom Flag as the symbol for Seattle’s Vietnamese community. The Full Council will vote on the legislation on Monday, 6/22, 2:00 pm. Members from the Vietnamese community were invited to be at the committee table to discuss the […]

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2015, Councilmember Bruce Harrell, Recognizing Vietnamese, Seattle, Vol 34 No 26 | June 20 - June 26

More U.S. Open contenders to watch

June 19, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Kim Northwest Asian Weekly Thongchai Jaidee Thongchai Jaidee is a professional Thai golfer who holds the record for most career earnings on the Asian Tour. He did not turn professional until he was 30 years old, which is unusual (the current number one ranked golfer, Rory McIlroy, is 26 years old and the […]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: 2010, 2015, Andrew Kim, Asian Tour, Chinese, European Tour, Jordan Spieth, Last November, NCAA, Northwest Asian Weekly, Official World Golf Rankings, Richard Lee, Taiwan, Thongchai Jaidee, United States, Vol 34 No 26 | June 20 - June 26

“A world without refugees” — Remembering Luke T. Lee, father, and a fighter for human rights

June 18, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Sharon Lee Special for Northwest Asian Weekly This is the first time I will not be calling my dad and sending him a card on Father’s Day. It is hard to express this sad and empty feeling from losing a parent.  Luke T. Lee passed away suddenly in January at age 91 from Parkinson’s […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2015, Assistant Secretary, China, Chinese, Columbia University, Executive Director, International Law Association, LIHI, Northwest Asian Weekly, Patsy Mink, President Jimmy Carter, Sharon Lee, State Department, UNICEF, Vol 34 No 26 | June 20 - June 26, japan

Asian Community airs concerns with new Seattle Police Chief

June 18, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Mark Okazaki Special for Northwest Asian Weekly “We were totally left out.” That is how long-time community activist Alan Sugiyama characterized the recent appointment of four Assistant Police Chiefs, none of whom were Asian Pacific Islanders, under the relatively new command of Seattle’s top cop, Kathleen O’Toole.  Sugiyama went on to say that there […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2015, APDC, API, Alan Sugiyama, Asian Community, Asian Pacific Islanders, Assistant Chief, Assistant Police Chiefs, Beacon Hill, Dorothy Wong, Executive Director, International District Chinatown, Mark Okazaki, Northwest Asian Weekly, Ron Chew, Seattle, Seattle Police Chief, Vol 34 No 26 | June 20 - June 26

Happy Father’s Day! Major golf comes to Seattle — U.S. Open starts June 18 at Chambers Bay

June 18, 2015 By Jason Cruz

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly The U.S. Open Golf Tournament comes to University Place, Washington June 18 through the 21st. It is a much-anticipated event that the region has been waiting on for years. The event will bring some of the top men’s golfers in the world. Past U.S. Open Champions for the last […]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: 2015, Alex Kim, Amateur Champion Gunn Yang, British Open, Chambers Bay, Hideki Matsuyama, Hiroyuki Fujita, Kevin Na, Masahiro Kawamura, Open Champion Martin Kaymer, Open Championships, Open Golf Tournament, Open Spectator Square, PGA, Richard Lee, Seuk Hyun Baek, Tiger Woods, University Place, Vol 34 No 26 | June 20 - June 26, Washington June, Wenchong Liang

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