The Seattle Chapter of Ascend, a pan-Asian American professional leadership organization, will host the Diversity Career Expo and Appreciation Gala on September 2, 2010. Both events will be held in downtown Bellevue, Wash. at the Westin Hotel. Over 20 diversity employers are expected to exhibit and will be hiring for positions ranging from entry to [...]
See more photos of the event here. Photos by Don Pham/Nguoi Viet Tay Bac-Northwest Vietnamese News.
(SPOILER ALERT! Stop here if you haven’t already read this book.) On a soggy Wednesday evening, several avid readers gather at the International Examiner’s offices. As eggrolls, chips and popcorn are spread across a table, someone rips open a giant bag of wasabi-flavored peanuts. The 3rd Edition of the InspirAsian Book Club is on! Organized [...]
The Community Voice Awards, hosted by the International Examiner on Wed., May 19, was attended by approximately 400 people. Guests gathered for an evening of entertainment, inspired and empowering speeches and to honor the heroes of our community. The awardees were Sharon Maeda for the Lifetime Achievement Award; the Asian Pacific Islander Community Leadership Foundation [...]
Three individuals from the local APA community will be honored on Saturday, May 22 at the Verizon Wireless APA Heritage Bash Community Roast Awards. The 2nd annual Verizon Wireless APA Heritage Bash puts a spin on community awards with some laughs and recognition for our up-and-coming APA community leaders: Ryan Catabay, My Tam Nguyen and Joyce Pisnanont. Free Spirit [...]
SEE PICTURES HERE Every year, OneAmerica holds an Annual Dinner and Awards Ceremony to celebrate the breadth and depth of the movement for immigrant, civil and human rights. Between 600 and 700 members, donors and supporters join them as they honor the courage of key individuals and organizations, celebrate our victories and prepare for the [...]
Robert “Bob” Mizukami, Nisei Vet and 442nd member, and former Mayor of Fife, WA. & past president of The Puyallup Valley JACL & board member of NIKKEI CONCERNS & Fife Lion Club. He will be buried in a private ceremony @ Mount Tahoma National Cemetery in Kent. A public memorial service is scheduled for 11 AM [...]
Experience the Law of Contribution in your life with everyone, everywhere all the time and your life will become easy, effortless and enjoyable. What makes this so compelling and amazing is just how simple it is to do. You’ve probably attended or heard about past CNP’s (Contribution Networking Party). Now come see and experience what [...]
Sharon Maeda is the epitome of a community activist — passionate, outspoken, politically savvy, and tenacious. Her life has been a series of change of address cards — born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; growing up in Portland; high school and college in Seattle; with employment stops in Berkeley, Washington D.C., and New York, but always returning [...]
Vu Le is either the funniest or humblest community activist ever. When told that a story about him was being written, the Executive Director of the Vietnamese Friendship Association (VFA) quipped, “If this is going to be about my accomplishments, then it’s going to be a short article.” On May 19, Le will receive the [...]
Cassie Chinn reminds me of the girl I wanted to be in high school — the one who was always working on some philanthropy project and still had time to spend with friends, work, and be the kindest person around. The 39-year-old graduate of Franklin High School studied Art History at UC Berkeley and completed [...]
Carmella Ennis, King County Council. Dale Watanabe, Office of International Affairs at Seattle University. Anna Kim Novakowski, The Max Foundation. They may be working in different fields around Seattle, but they have at least one thing in common: they are all alumni of the Asian Pacific Islander Community Leadership Foundation (ACLF), an 11-year-old non-profit that [...]
SAVE THE DATE! International Examiner’s 19th Annual Community Voice Awards Dinner & Benefit The International Examiner (IE) is proud to present our 19th Annual Community Voice Awards Dinner & Benefit on Wednesday, May 19, 2010 at The New Hong Kong Restaurant in Chinatown-International District! Our nation is facing hard economic times, but we are working [...]
National Association of Asian American Professionals (NAAAP) – Seattle held a fundraiser for Haiti Relief at O’Asian on February 27th. Andy Yip, NAAAP Senior Advisor, gave a compelling speech on giving back and making an impact on others. All funds raised were donated to Central Emergency Relief Fund-United Nation.
Hong Kong Association of Washington had their 2010 Chinese New Year Gala at Seattle Sheraton on February 20th. In celebration of lunar new year, they showered their 700 attendees with lion dance performance, Luly Yang’s Fashion Show, and incredible entertainments. Proceeds from the event benefits Celebrate Asia! and other API community non-profits.
February 4, 2010 marked yet another APA Legislative Day in the State’s capital. Riding with the community members of the International Community Health Services (ICHS), the primary concern amongst ICHS as well as many other local organizations is the upcoming reforms in healthcare.These proposed budget cuts will dramatically affect the local API community, especially the [...]
The “Friends of the International Examiner” are a group of people from the community who work in different fields and industries but have a common philosophy to give back to the API community in a meaningful way. As the oldest, most respected, and only non-profit API publication of its kind in the West coast, the [...]
Fourth Street Grill From oceanside Nha Trang, Vietnam to the Renton Highlands: one woman’s mission to feed children in Vietnam and residents of a Renton suburb. History’s best art, food and inspiration for social change can come from its worst tragedies, war and struggle. After the Vietnam War, more than 300,000 orphans and 800,000 children [...]
Marpac Construction held their annual Holiday Party at Wing Luke Asian Museum on December 11, 2009. Marpac Construction celebrated the holidays with their community members and partners through giving to International District Food Bank. Many guests came through the door with bags of rice and boxes of ramen for the local ID food bank. What [...]
Hundreds of healthcare supporters gathered in Westlake Center on Thursday, September 3rd to send a message to Washington D.C. that the time for healthcare reform is now. The event’s theme, “Let’s get it done,” echoed crowd sentiments of frustration at the current healthcare system as well as the determination of grassroots activists and human service [...]
On Sept. 13, the Tacoma Dome was the scene of a massive Filipino American crowd, cheering on a popular Filpino gameshow import, called Wowowee!, now touring the US. Beloved Filipino songstress, Charice Pempengco, performed. Wowowee LIVE – Tacoma – Images by Alan Alabastro Wowowee VIP Meet & Greet – Images by Alan Alabastro
Doug Chin’s “Seattle’s International District: The Making of a Pan-Asian American Community, 2nd Ed.” was celebrated with a book release event on Sept. 3 at the Wing Luke Asian Museum. Attendees enjoyed a reading, Q&A session with the author and a brief lesson on the API history of the neighborhood.
