Healthy self-esteem is sorely lacking among many Asian Americans. While some can try and hide behind their careers, wealth, beauty, family connections, or accomplishments, its become apparent that our culture has done a poor job in building self-esteem. Healthy self-esteem is rooted in our uniqueness as human beings and not on what we can do [...]
Seattle’s Tsue Chong Co. is producing 2 million fortune cookies with special messaging in an effort to raise awareness of the 2010 Census. “You will find fame and fortune,” reads one cookie’s fortune. The other side says, “Put down your chopsticks and get involved in Census 2010!” The first batch of Census fortune cookies was [...]
Pinay sa Seattle–GABRIELA USA rallied with other Asian and Pacific Islander groups on the steps of the capitol building in Olympia on Feb. 4 to advocate for senior services such as medical interpretation, the Basic Health Plan, Medicaid adult dental, long-term care and programs that are funded by the Senior Services Act and are proposed [...]
People go on vacation for many reasons. Some go to relax or to get away. Yet, how many trips bring about profound changes in one’s life? I interviewed two individuals who were fortunate enough to have this journey. Peter Tran, who works as a Youth Supervisor in the Seattle Youth Employment Program, came back from [...]
“Using no way as a way, using no limitations as a limitation.” - Bruce Lee With the end of the Vancouver Olympics freshly imprinted in our collective memory, not many people know that the 2010 Winter Paralympics are about to begin in those very same Vancouver and Whistler venues. From March 12th to the 21st, 650 physically and visually-disabled participants from 45 countries compete for medals and demonstrate to [...]
Since the second wave of the feminist movement in the 1960s, women have made significant strides integrating into the US workforce. According to a 2008 statistic from the US Department of Labor, women comprise forty-eight percent of the workforce, a considerable shift from a twenty percent ratio recorded in 1950. But when looking closely at [...]
Asian Americans are considered one of the fastest-growing ethnic groups in the country. With this continual increase, it’s inevitable that Asian Americans will be observed in many facets of American life. One influence is in the news media. Nowadays, an Asian American reporter and news anchor—ususally female—is just a remote control click away. Connie So, [...]
Asian American women have historically had to overcome many barriers, such as legal restrictions when U.S. laws limited their immigration to the states; segregation; and later, stereotypes when Hollywood began portraying them in the 1920s. In Hollywood, anti-miscegenation beliefs kept Asian American actresses from kissing any Caucasian actors. Asian Americans also had to compete with [...]
Since 1965, when a surge in the Asian Pacific Islander population found refuge in America, there has been a shift in predominant illnesses that afflict women’s health. Currently, the US Department of Health Services notes that API women currently have the highest life expectancy ranging from 81 to 86 years of age compared to other [...]
George Suyama’s second career as an art gallery owner began serendipitously, with a vacant room. In 1996, he moved his architectural firm into a century-old building in Belltown. The 1907 concrete structure was a challenging space with multiple levels above and below the street, connected by ramps. Formerly a livery stable that survived the Denny [...]
Although the Portland Japanese Garden turns 45 this year, as a garden it’s barely an adolescent, says its new landscape architect, Sadafumi Uchiyama. “In the past, the greatest concern was the health of the plants, and making them grow bigger and better,” Uchiyama said. “Now we’re making a sort of shift from the construction mode [...]
“What have we done to democracy? … What happens when each of its institutions has metastasized into something dangerous? What happens now that democracy and the free market have fused into a single predatory organism?” —Arundhati Roy Arundhati Roy raises provocative and sometimes uncomfortable questions in her latest collection of essays, “Field Notes on Democracy: [...]
