The Asian & Pacifi c Islander American Scholarship Fund has created the APIASF Community College Scholarship Program with scholarships ranging from $2,250 to $5,000 during the 2012 to 2013 academic year. The new scholarship fund is designed to give AAPI students access to higher education and help develop role models and train future leaders in their communities. The APIASF Community Scholarship [...]
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New API scholarship available for SSCC students
Posted on 22 August 2012.
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WASITRAC hosts first U.S.–India Trade Summit
Posted on 21 August 2012.
While there are known U.S. companies investing in India, there are many opportunities for successful Indian companies to invest in the United States. From Sept. 27 through Sept. 28, Washington’s first Summit on U.S.-India Trade and Commerce will touch on these prospects, focusing on agriculture, bio-tech and medical research, education, clean-tech, infrastructure, manufacturing, nano-technology, pharmaceuticals, real estate and investment, tourism, and renewable energy. The summit is organized by the [...]
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Yvonne Feng Chin weds Kiel Lawrence McDougall
Posted on 20 August 2012.
Yvonne Feng Chin married Kiel Lawrence McDougall at the Seattle Chinese Garden …
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Judy Chu starts anti-hazing petition
Posted on 20 August 2012.
Chu has created a petition calling for the Department of Defense to enforce a zero-tolerance policy for hazing in the military …
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Wing Luke Museum debuts “Fashion: Workroom to Runway” exhibit
Posted on 20 August 2012.
The Wing opened its “Fashion: Workroom to Runway” exhibit on Aug. 9, with an opening reception featuring designs from national and local designer …
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Japanese students, Seattle Police, and community volunteers embark on graffiti project
Posted on 20 August 2012.
Japanese students from Matsuyama Island, eight Seattle community volunteers, and a team of Seattle Police offi cers participated in a coordinated effort to paint over graffiti in Little Saigon …
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Pacific Software Publishing CEO spearheads project to help Japanese children
Posted on 20 August 2012.
Mayumi Nakamura, CEO of the Pacific Software Publishing, Inc., started the 2012 Summer Experience to help children who were severely affected by the 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami …
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Vietnam airline fined for in-flight bikini show
Posted on 20 August 2012.
Bored by inflight safety demos? A group of bikini-clad beauty queens in Vietnam recently strutted through a packed airplane as dance music blasted a song with the lyric “I’m crazy for banana” …
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South Korean leader’s islets visit draw Japan protest
Posted on 20 August 2012.
South Korea’s president has made a surprise, election-year visit to islets also claimed by Japan, which quickly reasserted its sovereignty there, recalled its ambassador from Seoul and warned that the trip would worsen the countries’ strained relations …
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U.S. starts landmark Agent Orange cleanup in Vietnam
Posted on 20 August 2012.
The United States began a landmark project last week to clean up a dangerous chemical left from the defoliant Agent Orange — 50 years after American planes fi rst sprayed it on Vietnam’s jungles to destroy enemy cover …
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Report alleges racial profiling at U.S. airport
Posted on 18 August 2012.
Transportation Security Administration officers at Boston’s Logan International Airport are alleging that a program intended to help flag possible terrorists based on passengers’ mannerisms has led to rampant racial profiling …
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Census seeks changes in how it measures race
Posted on 18 August 2012.
To keep pace with rapidly changing notions of race, the Census Bureau wants to make broad changes to its surveys that would treat “Hispanic” as a distinct category regardless of race, end use of the term “Negro,” and offer new ways to identify Middle Easterners …
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Anne Ni’s Myanmar micro-business training reverses brain drain
Posted on 17 August 2012.
The key to understanding Anne Ni and her business-training mission for Myanmar is first knowing that she is a fourth-generation Anglican. Her friend, the Archbishop of Myanmar, helped arrange her trips to Myanmar with Five Talents, an Anglican microbusiness organization …
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EDITORIAL: Being blind to hazing in our community creates a much larger problem
Posted on 17 August 2012.
Over the years, as immigrants struggle to empower ourselves and each other, the quickest way to impede progress is through hazing. This is because hazing, in any organization and on all levels, carries with it the basic psychology of having to prove oneself or earn one’s keep in order to be granted with acceptance and belonging. …
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BLOG: Cookies for a Chinese wedding banquet?
Posted on 17 August 2012.
Blending Eastern and Western traditions creates a fascinating wedding experience. Having cookies for a Chinese wedding
banquet instead of a cake was novel and fun …
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BLOG: Remembering Kathi Goertzen
Posted on 16 August 2012.
I first met Kathi in 1983. She called me and wondered if she could interview me about the Wah Mee Massacre. Her sweet voice made it hard for me to say no …
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