By Juliet Fang NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Noriko Nasu, a Japanese language high school teacher, was knocked unconscious when an African American man hit her in the face with a rock-filled sock in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District (CID) in February. The man, Sean Holdip, pleaded not guilty to second-degree assault. Nasu’s story of racial violence is one […]
Fundraising underway to help Asian owned-businesses affected by fire
The Edmonds Chamber Foundation is raising money for businesses that were damaged in a fire. The Plum Tree Plaza—a cultural hub for Asian Americans along Highway 99 in Edmonds—burned on Sept. 11. On Sept. 16, the foundation, via its WISH fund, presented a $1,000 check to restaurant owner Bufeng Gao. Her restaurant, Qin Xi’an Noodles, […]
City roils community by funding shelter in Keiro
By Mahlon Meyer Northwest Asian Weekly There was really only one moment when the moderator for Africatown relaxed and smiled. In the course of two community engagement meetings, on Sep. 16 and 23, during which the nonprofit laid out its plans to convert the former Keiro nursing home into a homeless shelter, almost all of […]
Asian Hall of Fame 2021 inductees
Ten distinguished icons from the United States and worldwide will be inducted into the Asian Hall of Fame for their legacy, philanthropy, and inter-racial equity. Class of 2021 inductees are (in last name alphabetical order): Steve Aoki, the first Asian DJ producer to achieve global recognition in electronic dance music; Tani Cantil-Sakauye, the first Filipino […]
Bar association honors John C. Yang
The National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) announced on Sept. 15 that it will award one of its Daniel K. Inouye Trailblazer Awards to Asian Americans Advancing Justice’s President and Executive Director John C. Yang. “The award is given to those who have demonstrated vision, courage, and tenacity that have resulted in substantial and […]
Karen Tei Yamashita to receive honorary National Book Award
The National Book Foundation announced on Sept. 10 that Karen Tei Yamashita has been awarded its medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters (DCAL), a prize with a $10,000 cash award. The 70-year-old Yamashita is an author and playwright who in such fiction (and meta-fiction) as “I Hotel” and “Tropic of Orange’” employs multiple perspectives […]
HUD awards $3.3 to KWA
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)’s Office of Multifamily Housing Programs announced on Sept. 22 that it has awarded $3.3 million to the Korean Women’s Association (KWA) in Tacoma. The money will go towards supporting the development of new affordable multifamily rental housing, along with ongoing project rental assistance for very low-income […]
DOH hosts panel on vaccine information
As high amounts of COVID-19 cases remain constant, intensive care units remain full and vaccination campaigns stagnate, doctors say getting vaccinated has become a “civic responsibility.”
Li Ziqi – Martha Stewart on steroids
Who would have ever thought that a global pandemic could lead to feelings of complete inadequacy?
AAPI groups file amicus brief in support of Roe v. Wade
The National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (NAPAWF) and Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC (Advancing Justice – AAJC) filed an amicus brief, urging the nation’s highest court on Sept. 20, to reject a call by the state of Mississippi to overturn Roe v. Wade and allow individual states to ban or end the legal […]