LOCAL Official Chinese Expulsion Day in Seattle On February 7, King County Council member Bob Ferguson announced February 10 as the official Chinese Expulsion Day in Seattle. To examine the historical racism, hostilities and expulsion against Chinese immigrants in Washington State in the 19th Century, escalating to a violent removal of Chinese in 1886, the [...]
Cutting Down a Tree in the National Forest Now until December 23, 2011 | Mt. Baker National Forest, Olympic National Forest Want to get your Christmas tree the old-fashioned way? Who needs a Christmas tree farm when you can venture into a national forest and cut a tree in the wilderness? Check the rules and [...]
Kollaboration-Seattle, held on October 15, 2011 can be described as a three-hour talent competition for Asian and Pacific Islander Americans. But for the dedicated supporters behind the scenes, that description is only a nutshell that holds the core of an arts movement. The breadth of talents discovered is living proof of the empowerment created [...]
For the Asian American Pacific Islander immigrant population, the spectra of socioeconomic barriers for students are real. And for parents, that reality can be even more poignant as they face challenges in understanding their child’s academic journey. The Asian Model Minority Myth is a detriment to the reality of Asian immigrant parents who face unique [...]
The “sandwich generation” — a label that describes those who provide care for both their children and parents — is prevalent among the Asian Pacific Islander American community. The idea of caring for the elderly is taught as a cultural tradition in which filial piety anchors the children to take care of their parents. In [...]
The Yellow Peril. Remember that? It was when the surge of Asian immigrants arrived in America and white counterparts felt threatened: Chinese were apparently taking over the labor force, the Japanese were promoting military expansion and Filipino men were attracting white women. Yellow Peril first emerged in the nineteenth century and continued to be a [...]
The financial crisis and the slow healing from the recession has plummeted employment opportunities. While every group is suffering, the Asian Pacific Islander community seems to inch slightly better than the rest. Based on the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the API community has the overall lowest unemployment rate in the country. Perhaps employers are grouping [...]
Your vegetable and fruit consumption possibilities can be endless. Inside the produce aisles can lay rows of deep forest-green cucumbers or perfectly assembled round red skin tomatoes. In another market, carefully aligned Gai Lan (Chinese broccoli) are stacked into healthy green architecture and next to them can be the colorful mild and hot Japanese peppers [...]
It can be filial piety, cultural traditions or family values. For many Asian Pacific Islander families, they have taken the responsibility as caregivers or sole providers for their ailing and aging loved ones. But within the intricate family structures, complexity of generation gaps and immigration patterns, taking care of the Asian Pacific Islander elders can [...]
Some remember Seattle’s International Children’s Park with a wooden bridge that sat on a stampede of gigantic rocks. Some remember the park with the slender slide. And for others, the dragon sculpture that still remains, from Seattle’s local artist, Gerry/Gerard Tsutakawa. Over the last 30 years, the petite 0.2 acre landscape of the park has [...]
There is nothing quite as rewarding when you can fuse a career and hobby together that defines your purpose and who you are as an individual. For Pai Pongsupaht, he is just straddles away from finding that satisfaction. By summer 2010, Pongsupaht will launch his very own “Pai” food truck—serving Thai-born and Hawaiian-raised cuisine in [...]
After spending his education in the sciences and even traveling to Panama to work in ecology conservation, Andrew Hida called it quits. His itch for the sciences waned. Years of building his resume for the science field suddenly lost its appeal. His niche and calling made a 360 degree turn when he picked up a [...]
History. Culture. And, integrity. These three elements were spoken by Jonathan Chen, Seattle’s Danny Woo Garden Manager, to an intimate crowd of community supporters, International District elders, children and families during the groundbreaking ceremony for the Danny Woo Children’s Garden on May 15, 2010. History: The garden was built in 1975 by the efforts of [...]
For many Seattle residents, South Park, located west of Boeing Field, is an unknown and hidden neighborhood. Contrary to what outsiders think, it is one of Seattle’s most historic areas and home to a rich population of immigrants and a working class of multi-ethnic families. “The community has been neglected for so long,” says Ammara [...]
Sub Sand 419 6th Avenue S (between Jackson St & Jefferson St), Seattle, WA 98104 With crispy and toasted sub-sandwiches with regular condiments, Sub Sand offers a variety of toppings that entices our sweet and spicy taste buds. An order of the barbeque pork sandwich includes a pile of dai-kon, freshly stripped carrots, cilantro, choice of onion [...]
Seattle’s Ballard Avenue and Columbia City are two examples of once sleepy derelict neighborhoods that are now lively and prosperous at night. Both, like the International District, have preserved their physical structure and pedestrian scale by being historic districts. But unlike the other two neighborhoods, the International District (ID) has yet to find its night [...]
Sharon Yen (pseudonym for privacy purposes) remembers that nagging pain inside her abdomen. That nagging pain later became unbearable. She remembers clearly that night while working as a waitress—carrying loads of dishes back to the kitchen like any normal night—when suddenly, the load became too heavy. Her balance was shifting and the pain internally led [...]
Like any 17 year old, Jenny Le (pseudonym) needed to finish high school and start planning for college and career. The setback? She got pregnant. Her boyfriend was 24 years-old and she only started a relationship with him six months beforehand. But Le had to make a decision despite her parent’s disapproval. She continued with [...]
