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Black and Brown Male Summit — Empowering young men of color

November 20, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Kari Canty Highline College More than 700 students and chaperones from across South King County attended the 2015 Black and Brown Male Summit on Nov. 14 at Highline College. What started in 2011 with about three dozen young men of color has quickly grown to hundreds attending the free day-long event. The Black and […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Education, Community News Tagged With: 2011, 2015, Community Engagement, Des Moines, Green River College, Guam, Highline College, Michael Tuncap, Rashad Norris, Rotary Club, South King County, Vol 34 No 48 | November 21 - November 27, Western Washington

Lawsuit accuses Port of Seattle of discrimination — Concessionaires claim racial disparity of minority-owned businesses at Sea-Tac Airport

May 28, 2015 By Jason Cruz

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly The next time you head to Sea-Tac Airport take notice of the concessions at the terminals. A lawsuit claims that the way the Port of Seattle issues its leases for businesses at Sea-Tac Airport is discriminatory.  Three minority-owned businesses have filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court of […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Business, Community News Tagged With: 2015, ACDBE, African Americans, Asian Americans, Central Terminal, Chief Executive Officer Tay Yoshitani, District Court, Executive Director, Jason Cruz, Mark Reis, Northwest Asian Weekly, Port of Seattle, Seatac Bar Group, Vol 34 No 23 | May 30 - June 5, Western Washington

Chen loses retrial of racial discrimination case

August 29, 2014 By Jason Cruz

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly A 12-person jury which included one Asian American determined that former Medina police Chief Jeffrey Chen was not a victim of racial discrimination which forced him out of his job. The U.S. District Court of Western Washington verdict contrasts the original jury decision which awarded Chen $2 million. Although […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Asian American, Chief Jeffrey Chen, Chinese, City Manager Donna Hanson, District Court, Marianne Jones, Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle Police Department, Thanksgiving, Western Washington

Choose May 6 to give big

April 25, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Seattle Foundation hosts a one-day, online charitable giving event in which it will add a prorated portion to any donation given to one of the participating nonprofits on its website: www.seattlefoundation.org. You can donate between midnight and midnight on Tuesday, May 6.

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2014, API, Asian Pacific American Experience, Asian Pacific Islander Community Leadership Foundation, Executive Development Institute, Filipino Community, Helping Link, International Community Health Services, Lao Heritage Foundation, Nikkei Concerns, Nisei Veterans Committee, Refugee Women, Seattle, Vietnamese Friendship Association, Vol 33 No 18 | April 26 - May 2, Western Washington, Wing Luke Museum

Tacoma area man sentenced for murder plot claims it was just ‘a joke’

March 27, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly A University Place man, who pleaded guilty last September to federal conspiracy and solicitation charges for attempting to hire assassins to kill his own relatives in Vietnam, will serve 14 years in jail for his crime. Long Van Nguyen, 45, was sentenced on March 13 before the Honorable Robert […]

Filed Under: Features, Community News, National News Tagged With: 2014, Canada, Criminal History, East Indian, HSI, Honorable Robert Lasnik, Judge Lasnik, Long Van Nguyen, Nghia Neal Pham, Phuong Tina Pham, Shoreline Community College, Tukwila Starbucks, United States, Vietnamese, Vol 33 No 14 | March 29 - April 4, Western Washington, letter

New citizens take oath on Independence Day

July 15, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Four-hundred eighty-seven new citizens of the United States took their oaths of allegiance on July 4 at the Seattle Center as part of the Ethnic Heritage Council’s 29th Annual Naturalization Ceremony.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2013, Annual Naturalization Ceremony, Ethnic Heritage Council, Independence Day, India, Jagdish Sharma, Jay Inslee, Jim McDermott, King County Executive Dow Constantine, Nargis Dutt Cancer Foundation, Philippines, Seattle Center, South Korea, United States, Vol 32 No 29 | July 13 - July 19, Western Washington

Cheryl Chow, educator and former city council member, passes away at 66

April 5, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Cheryl Chow, former member of the Seattle School Board and city council and daughter of the late Chinatown leader Ruby Chow, passed away at her home on Friday, March 29. She was 66 years old.

Filed Under: Community News Tagged With: Charlie Chong, Cheryl Chow, Chinatown, Fifth Ave, Franklin High School, Hamilton International Middle School, Northwest Asian Weekly, Ruby Chow, Sarah Morningstar, Seattle Chinese Community Girls Drill Team, Seattle Chinese Girls Drill Team, Seattle City Council, Seattle School Board, Town Hall, Western Washington

Companionship found at Tacoma’s Korean Women’s Association

March 28, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By James Tabafunda NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Marlene Rosevear, who retired over a decade ago, looks forward to her weekly six-mile commute to Tacoma. With her husband’s retirement last year, she now has someone to accompany her.

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2011, 2013, Chinese, Executive Director Peter Ansara, Fort Lewis Army Base, Half Filipino, James Tabafunda, KWA, Key Bank, Kim Nam Hui, King County Green Globe Award, Korean Women, Marlene Rosevear, Senior City Apartments, Senior Meals, Vietnamese, Vol 32 No 14 | March 30 - April 5, Western Washington

Some things you should know about breast cancer, and some you can forget

January 10, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Elisa Del Rosario Director of Grants, Education, and Advocacy

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: 2013, Asian Pacific American, Education, Elisa Del Rosario, Komen Puget Sound, National Cancer Institute, Northwest Asian Weekly, United States, Vol 32 No 3 | January 12 - January 18, Western Washington

Asians, Latinos win it for Inslee

November 29, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Manuel Valdes The Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — If pollster Matt Barreto is right, then Latino voters in Washington were one of the key factors in Gov.-elect

Filed Under: Features, Profiles Tagged With: 2012, Affordable Care Act, Asian American, Chris Vance, Current Republican, GOP, Gangnam Style, Jay Inslee, Latino Decisions, Matt Barreto, Mitt Romney, President Barack Obama, Randy Pepple, Rob McKenna, Vol 31 No 49 | December 1 - December 7, Western Washington, attention

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