Dear Mayor Harrell, I’m writing to congratulate you on becoming the first Asian American mayor of the city of Seattle! We, at Helping Link, are eager to work with your administration on issues that face Little Saigon-CID. First off, I want to thank you for following up on your pledge to address the crime and […]
BLOG: What China and Taiwan see in the war in Ukraine
The Year of the Rat brought a pandemic in 2020. The Year of the Tiger has ushered in a war and a continued pandemic. Russia invaded Ukraine without provocation more than a week ago. On the surface, the Asian community does not appear to be connected with this war.
“Embodied Change” — South Asian art show redefines what it means to be female
The Seattle Asian Art Museum (SAAM) has a vision of itself as a wellspring of diversity, inclusion, rich history, and contemporary lessons, and that vision is fully realized in its newest exhibition, “Embodied Change: South Asian Art Across Time,” running through July 10, 2022.
Made-in-Japan manga goes global with Webtoon, Deadpool
Deadpool, meet All Might.
In Buddhism, women blaze a path but strive for gender equity
Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo, born in England, has devoted her life to attaining enlightenment in a female form—at one stage spending years isolated in a cave in the Himalayas to follow the rigorous path of the most devoted yogis.
US drops name of Trump’s ‘China Initiative’ after criticism
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is scrapping the name of a Trump-era initiative that was intended to crack down on economic espionage by Beijing but has been criticized as unfairly targeting Chinese professors at American colleges because of their ethnicity. The decision to abandon the China Initiative and to […]
New ISRD board tackles Jasmine saga
The fifth International Special Review District (ISRD) board meeting—about the Jasmine project on 614 Maynard Avenue South—appeared to move the project forward.
Joël Barraquiel Tan joins Wing Luke as executive director
Social justice advocate and nonprofit executive Joël Barraquiel Tan has been hired as the new executive director of the Wing Luke Museum, capping a yearlong national search led by Wing Luke board of directors co-presidents Ellen Ferguson and Jill Nishi, who also co-chaired the search committee.
King County youth discuss various advocacy avenues at community event
Young Asian small business owners and creatives gathered in early February at Pass the Mic, an Asian Counseling and Referral Services (ACRS) youth forum event, to discuss with other youth in attendance how they have used their creative outlets to promote social justice in their communities.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s son dies
Microsoft Corp. told its executive staff in an email this week that Zain Nadella, son of Chief Executive Officer Satya, died on Feb. 28. He was 26 years old and had been born with cerebral palsy. Last year, Seattle’s Children’s Hospital, where Zain received much of his treatment, joined with Nadella and his wife Anu […]