On May 16, Puget Sound Energy (PSE) was announced as an Asian American Advertising Federation (3AF) Creative Excellence Awards winner at the 3FA Federation Marketing Summit held in Las Vegas, Nev. 3AF is a nonprofit trade organization comprising of Asian American advertising agencies, market advertisers, media companies, and other industry specialists. As the leading energy […]
Komen Puget Sound raises $825,000 in fight against breast cancer
About 360 benefactors gathered on March 3 to save lives and end breast cancer. They raised $825,000 for the Puget Sound affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure at the annual Grace Notes Gala, held at The Fairmont Olympic Hotel in Seattle.
Oct. 5: Boeing honors three Chinese Americans with Special Invention Awards
Each year, Boeing gives awards to individuals and teams who create intellectual property most valuable to Boeing and aerospace. In 2011, out of hundreds of nominations, 20 inventions were recognized, most of which have been granted patents or are awaiting them.
New faces in new places: Salon Divas finds a new home
Salon Divas, a hair salon, found a new home in Seattle’s Belltown at 2518 4th Avenue. It held its grand reopening last month on June 1.
May 20: NWAW reporters earns four SPJ awards
At an awards banquet at Safeco Field, the Western Washington chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists presented its Excellence in Journalism Awards. Northwest Asian Weekly earned four in its alternative weeklies division. — Mark Lee got first place for his column, “You talkin’ to me?” in the editorial and commentary category. — Vivian Luu […]
Blog: Hip hip hurray!
Cheryl Chow, former Seattle School Board president and City Council member, showed up at The Wing Luke Asian Museum’s dinner with a relaxed face.
Blog: The Big Scout is retiring
Grace Chien, CEO of Girl Scouts of Western Washington is retiring this year. A search firm is looking for her replacement. It might not be easy to find a leader
Blog: A star that towers above the crowd
“Standing Above the Crowd,” is a new book by former NBA star James Donaldson. He literally stands above the crowd. At 7’4”, the ceiling above the New Hong Kong Restaurant’s stage was almost not high enough for James.
Local charities need public help to make holidays brighter for Asian American families
Are you looking for a way to make the holiday season brighter for Asian American and Pacific Islander families in Western Washington?
A note about SYLP from Publisher Ng
Breaking the mould for Asian American youth What do you do with high-achieving students who are bad leaders? I am not blaming parents. We, as parents, lack awareness of the importance of leadership because of how we were raised — not to lead, but to be great students so that […]