BY MIJAIL BENITEZ Examiner Contributor Tasveer kicked-off their second annual Independent South Asian Film Festival (ISAFF) at the Seattle Art Museum last month with their signature party style – an eclectic mix of DJ music, short films, stand-up comedy and dance performances. The festival launch party was a prelude to the diverse selection of films [...]
BY JUDITH VAN PRAAG Examiner Arts Writer “The Very Small Home” presents stunning design advances in Japan. Eighteen recent houses, from ultramodern to Japanese rustic, are explored in depth. Particular emphasis is given to what the author calls the Big Idea-the overarching concept that does the most to make the house feel more spacious than [...]
BY ANDREA LINGENFELTER Examiner Contributor When the Purple Mountain Burns By Shouhua Qi San Francisco: Longriver Press, 2005 Despite repeated official apologies from Japan for wartime atrocities, Japan’s Asian neighbors have been slow to accept the sincerity of those apologies. Issues that remain unresolved in the minds of the victims include Japan’s use of comfort [...]
Q. As Port Commissioner, what do you plan to do to improve/increase trade relations with Asian countries Position No 1 John Creighton The Port is lagging behind in its role as a jobs creation tool for our region and its responsibility to be a socially inclusive institution. The local Asian community is an invaluable resource [...]
Highlights Tasveer presents their 2nd Annual Independent South Asian Film Festival entitled “Pushing the Edges: South Asia in a New Frame” set for Sept. 14 – 18 at Broadway Performance Hall. This event showcases over 35 independent films from South Asia. For complete schedule, visit www.tasveer.org. Call (206) 325-6500. Seattle Repertory Theatre presents “Cathay: Three [...]
FAPAGOW, the non-partisan Filipino-American Political Action Group of Washington, endorsed candidates based on their qualifications and contributions to improving opportunities and service access for Filipinos, Asian Pacific Islanders and people of color. A highly animated process resulted in the following endorsements: Ron Sims for King County Executive. Rated as Outstanding, Mr. Sims, despite continuing budget [...]
BY EXAMINER STAFF On Aug. 30 and 31, KBCS 91.3 FM sponsored a community media candidates forum with Seattle City Council candidates in Position 2, 4 and 8 at MOHAI. The panelists included Colors Northwest, Real Change, The Seattle Weekly and the International Examiner. This article summarizes the forum on Aug. 30 for Position 4 [...]
BY SUELY NGOUY Seattle Chapter Co-Chair As one of 12 delegates on a human rights delegation through Global Youth Connect, and as a Khmer (Cambodian) American woman, I learned about various issues of human rights violations in Cambodia. Cambodia has been plagued by a history of war such as the infamous genocide of the Khmer [...]
By Hong Vang A conference sponsored by the Washington State Refugee and Immigrant Assistance Program will be held at the Seatac Double Tree hotel to celebrate 30 years of refugee contributions to local communities on Friday, Sept. 16 and Saturday, Sept. 17. According to Someireh Amirfaiz, executive director of the Refugee Women’s Alliance (ReWA), this [...]
by Hong Van From Sept. 14 – 17, the 14th Air Service Group and the 987th Signal Company will be holding their combined reunion in Seattle. This is the largest group of Chinese American Veterans from any era to hold a regular reunion. Chong Wa Hall – located on Seventh Avenue in the Chinatown/International District [...]
The Seattle Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) stands with the “Community Coalition for Contracting and Jobs” consisting of African-American contractors and others and with communities of color to express our deep concern on the impact and potential broader negative implications for minority and women owned firms as a result of the ruling by the 9th [...]
By Doug Chin Amid the outcry over uncounted and improperly counted votes in King County last November and the problems in the Elections Office, and while Democrats and Republicans were clamoring over counting every vote as the gubernatorial race tightened, there was progress being made over equal voting rights. Noticeably absent in the press, independent [...]
Dear Editor, The Olympia JACL (Japanese American Citizens League) has concerns regarding the position taken by some members of the Asian American community in relation to the Washington State Human Rights Commission Task Force Report on Race and Ethnic Relations at Washington State University, the University and the incident itself. The approach of some members [...]
To the Editor: I was amused and entertained with the letter to the editor written by Michael Serizawa Brown in a recent printing of the International Examiner (Vol. 32, No. 14, July 20 – Aug. 2). Mr. Brown was replying to a letter in the International Examiner from the President of Washington State University, V. [...]
Story by NHIEN NGUYEN Examiner Editor Just days before Nina Kim began her fall semester at Washington State University, Asian American activist groups supporting Kim’s fight for justice gathered on Aug. 18 to denounce a recent Washington State Human Rights Commission Task Force Report related to race and ethnic relations at the university. The report [...]
Examiner News Service/NCM Among the thousands of people stranded in New Orleans following the destruction of Hurricane Katrina were hundreds of Vietnamese people who were also desperately seeking help in a small town outside of New Orleans called Versailles, according to Saigon Television Broadcasting Network. Versailles has been the home of more than 10,000 Vietnamese [...]
