By Stacy Nguyen
Northwest Asian Weekly
Chang-rae Lee is a Korean American novelist who has written four novels. He is currently teaching at Princeton University. (Photo by David Burnett)
Born in Seoul, acclaimed novelist Chang-rae Lee immigrated to the United States at age 3. Lee knew from a young age that he wanted to be a writer. Read the full story
By Jason Cruz
Northwest Asian Weekly
Marcine Anderson (Photo provided by Marcine Anderson)
Secretary, teacher, or nurse.
Being a woman, these were the only choices that counselors gave Marcine Anderson when she graduated from an Oregon high school in a small town in 1973. Read the full story
By Stacy Nguyen
Northwest Asian Weekly
Eric Liu
About a month after announcing his intention to run for the ethnically diverse 37th district seat in the Washington State Senate, Eric Liu has made the tough decision of stepping down. Liu is an acclaimed author, former speech writer and politic adviser, and a civic activist.
Liu, who had a slew of supporters and endorsements, would have run against incumbent Sen. Adam Kline, who is in his 14th year as senator and seeking re-election.
So what drew Liu away from what was to be an exciting race?
Family.
On his website, Liu wrote, “I have been unable to be both the candidate I want to be and the father I want to be.” Read the full story
From left to right, top to bottom: Kaycee Keegan, Allegra Keys, Amira Khablein, Bo Kim, Grace Kim, Sokleng Kin, Michelle Lam, Matthew Law-Phipps, Juliet Le, Jun Ming Lei, Sofia Locklear, Katherine Ly, and Irina Manita
Northwest Asian Weekly’s Diversity Makes a Difference scholarship program celebrates young people who are committed to reaching out across cultural lines. Students are nominated by their school as being champions of diversity. Read the full story
King County is gearing up for the 2010 U.S. Census, which, for many area residents, translates to well-paying temporary jobs while helping out the community and the country. Read the full story
The Government of India has issued following instructions to ensure proper use of all categories of the tourist visa:
1. In respect of foreign national holding tourist visas with a multiple entry facility, there should be gap of at least two months between two visits to India. Read the full story
Last month, Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) CEO Beverly Scott said that the transit agency would change the name of its Yellow train line, which goes to Doraville, home to a large Asian American community. The line will now be called Gold. MARTA serves the Atlanta area. Read the full story
CISC Executive Director Alaric Bien (seventh from left) with CISC staff members and their families
The Chinese Information and Service Center (CISC) held its first annual walkathon fundraising event at Safeco Field. Read the full story
Jeffrey Hattori
Jeffery Hattori was appointed by the Nikkei Concerns (NC) Board of Directors as NC’s new chief executive officer (CEO).
Hattori was the Public Affairs Liason of State Governement Affairs at Eli Lilly and Company’s Pacific Northwest Region. From 1998–2001, he was an administrator at NC.
NC is the nation’s second largest skilled nursing and assistant living facility for the Japanese American community. ♦
Daniel Nguyen
The Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation named 253 finalists in its 2010 Class of Scholars from a pool of 2,200 semifinalists.
The finalists from Washington state are:
On March 25, the students will join other finalists as they travel to Atlanta, the headquarters for The Coca-Cola Company, to compete for 53 four-year college scholarships of $20,000 and 200 four-year scholarships of $10,000. ♦
The Seattle Chinese Women's Club with Director General Daniel Liao (front row, middle, left) and Director Jeffrey Yu (next to Liao on the right) of Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Seattle (TECO).
The Seattle Chinese Women’s Club (SCWC) was held at the Bellevue Hilton and was attended by 300 people including Director General Daniel Liao and Director Jeffrey Yu of Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Seattle (TECO). Read the full story
Sunday, March 14
Riverhead Books invites you to meet Chang-Rae Lee, as he signs copies of “The Surrendered”
Costco
1801 10th Ave. N.W., Issaquah
12 p.m.
For Costco members only Read the full story
