Dear Editor, I don’t object to improving opportunity shelter for the unsheltered as with Mayor Ed Murray’s proposed Navigation Center on 12th Avenue South. I do challenge the location because the City twice now has allowed the International District (ID)/Chinatown to be the default location for the City’s homeless population. Last summer, social services, business […]
PICTORIAL: The Asia Pacific Cultural Center’s 19th annual New Year event featuring Guam
Photos by Arlene Dennistoun/NWAW
Guam honors its Chamorro culture at the 2017 new year’s celebration
The Asia Pacific Cultural Center’s 19th annual New Year event featured Guam this year, and Guamanians cheerfully shouted, “Hafa Adai!” which means ‘welcome’ in the Chamorro language.
“The Great Wall”
By Andrew Hamlin NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Zhang Yimou’s latest pull-out-all-the-stops historical thriller seems to be making more headlines for its casting and its reception, rather than strictly for what’s shown onscreen. The director and producers took some flak after reports revealed that Matt Damon would play the starring role in a film set […]
AAPIs to rally in Olympia
SEATTLE — More than a thousand Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community members from across Washington State are expected to gather at the Capitol Building in Olympia on Feb. 23 at 10:30 a.m., to hear Gov. Jay Inslee and speak with their legislators about issues of concern to the AAPI community. AAPI attendees will […]
Filmmaker mixes multiracial folks for life-saving matches
By Andrew Hamlin NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Canadian director Jeff Chiba Stearns, of mixed Japanese and European heritage, shot a feature documentary, “One Big Hapa Family,” and a number of animated shorts, including one rendered entirely on Post-its, before and around his new feature documentary, “Mixed Match.” But the new film, about the difficulties of […]
University of Washington marks 75th anniversary of injustice and American concentration camps
By James Tabafunda Northwest Asian Weekly When race prejudice, war hysteria, and a failure of political leadership combine to cause the removal of University of Washington (UW) students, professors, and others, the annual Day of Remembrance takes on a special meaning. The university held a panel discussion entitled “How Could Concentration Camps Happen?” on […]
Smile, you’re excellent!
By Janice Nesamani NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY The new Food Safety Rating System has made its presence felt in the International District (ID). While not all restaurants have been inspected as per the new system yet, we checked with those that have and found that the process is painless, but makes an impact on […]
Seattle vows to never go back to racial exclusion on Day of Remembrance
By James Tabafunda Northwest Asian Weekly Moving forward from prejudice-motivated exclusion of Japanese Americans and American Muslims requires change. Seattle’s Day of Remembrance provided a public opportunity to reflect on the actions of U.S. military commanders against those born of Japanese ancestry living in Washington, Oregon, and California. It was standing room only for […]
Navigation Center backlash
By Stacy Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly On Feb. 20, community organizations — mostly Vietnamese American — sent out a letter to the City of Seattle requesting “a pause on the location of the new Navigation Center.” The authors of the letters were representatives from Friends of Little Saigon, Helping Link, Summit Sierra Public School, Viet […]