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 [...]
As the debate around the recently passed immigration law in Arizona clearly demonstrates, racial and religious profiling continues to be a real and urgent problem across the United States. Washington State is not immune to the scourge of this discriminatory behavior by law enforcement officials. Last October, it came to light that, instead of collecting [...]
What is learned in a classroom shouldn’t stay in a classroom. Knowledge can help shape a better future for the Asian Pacific Islander American community. At South Seattle Community College (SSCC), the campus offers a one-of-a-kind Associate of Arts degree with an emphasis on Asian Pacific Islander (API) Studies, funded by a $2.4 million dollar [...]
Results of the IE Web Poll (as of May 3): 43% - “I believe undocumented workers contribute to this nation and have a right to be here. 30% - I believe in some kind of reform, but not complete legalization or complete deportation of undocumented workers. 26% - I believe undocumented workers are taking away resources from citizens. I support tougher immigration laws. 1% - I believe the current immigration policy is fine. “Clear the visa backlogs and reunite over 2 million Asian Pacific American families who have waited for years for their loved ones; legalize and help over 1 million undocumented APA community members to become citizens; restore human rights and due process for the 9,000 APAs facing [...]
When you drive across the 12th Avenue South Bridge toward the Beacon Hill neighborhood, the unmistakable orangey-hued Pacific Medical Center building looms ahead. You can either go with the flow and veer left onto Golf Drive South to go straight to the heart of this long, daikon-shaped district, or you can get into the right-hand [...]
Not many people would consider farming a typical profession for contemporary Asian Pacific Islanders living in the Northwest, yet there is a rich history behind API farmers extending back to the nineteenth century, when the first wave of API immigrants began farming in Seattle and surrounding communities. Especially on Bainbridge Island, an increasing number of [...]
After Seattle Mayor McGinn’s veto of the pan-handling ordinance on April 23, the ultimate fate of the ordinance will be decided sometime over the next 30 days with a final vote from City Council. The pan-handling ordinance addresses aggressive solicitation, defined as “intimidating behavior targeted at another individual in a public place when combined with [...]
Tomio Moriguchi is a life-long resident of Seattle. He earned a degree in Mechanical Engineering from University of Washington in 1961 and joined the family business, Uwajimaya Inc., in 1962 with the passing of his father, Fujimatsu Moriguchi. Tomio is currently its Chairman of the Board. Uwajimaya businesses include three retail Uwajimaya Asian Food & [...]
The statistics are staggering. Asian Pacific Islander women, aged 15-24, have the highest suicide rate of women in any race or ethnic group in that age group, according to the US Department of Health and Human Services. A recent study released by the University of Washington supports that statistic by finding that 15.93 percent of [...]
More so than ever before, I believe the chasm between adults and the younger generation has never been wider. We have a generation of young people who were born with the Internet and do not know of a life that existed before it. Unlike previous generations that spent time walking and playing in neighborhoods and [...]
Nin Truong from Philip Thangsombat on Vimeo. Nin Truong is just like any Seattleite — he loves his coffee, spending time outdoors, and indulging in the arts. Having worked for several design studios in Seattle, he realized a typical job wasn’t suited for him. He set out to pursue his own line of work and [...]
Veteran documentary filmmaker Loni Ding passed away in February. Her career as an independent filmmaker, university professor and television producer spanned decades. Her numerous film and television projects garnered over 15 awards and fellowships. Best known for the award-winning documentary, “The Color of Honor: The Japanese American Soldiers During World War II”, her film that [...]
It’s a family effort at the Queen Anne Vietnamese restaurant, The Signature, which opened about a year ago. Before Tony Ly and his family opened its doors, he worked in the salon business for several years. Ultimately, the Ly family wanted to help their mother achieve her dream of owning a restaurant. To date, the [...]
This macho-mad movie includes an icily gorgeous bounty hunter (who shoots while standing up on his horse), an attractive but demonic gang leader with a hideous temper, and a goofy train robber on a motor scooter (miraculously dodging every bullet flying directly at him). Together, these three are the good, bad, and weird. Although ostensibly [...]
The next performance of Pork Filled Players, an Asian Pacific Islander comedy troupe, is more sizzlin’ than fresh bacon on a frying pan. With subjects ranging from stereotypes of Asian Pacific Islanders to the absurdity of heterosexual norms, the show will feature skits that are themed around pulp movies of the past. Even though the [...]
Highlights Visual Arts Performing Arts Film/Media Written Arts Art News/ Opportunites Highlights Michelle Cruz Skinner, a Filipino American writer from Hawai’i reads from her new book of short stories entitled “In The Company of Strangers” (Bamboo Ridge Press) on Tuesday, May 18 at 7 p.m. Author R. Zamora Linmark describes the book as “deceptively simple [...]
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 [...]
