New legislation introduced by King County Councilmember Reagan Dunn will assist law enforcement in combating criminal street activities in areas heavily affected by gang activity.
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New legislation combats gang activity in high-impact gang areas
Posted on 20 April 2012.
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YMCA launches new Global Teen Program in Seattle’s sister city, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Posted on 20 April 2012.
On April 14, a group of high school teens from the greater Seattle area packed their bags for the kick-off of YMCA’s new Global Teen Program. The new program takes place in Seattle’s sister city, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Participants in the program will work with various social youth agencies. They will partake in cultural visits around [...]
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Women’s voices amplified in “Yoni Ki Baat”
Posted on 19 April 2012.
By Tiffany Ran Northwest Asian Weekly Before the Yoni Ki Baat (YKB) women discussed their vaginas, they sat around nervously at
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Burmese advocate Bo Kyi calls on the world to help political prisoners in Burma
Posted on 19 April 2012.
By Nan Nan Liu Northwest Asian Weekly During the seven and a half years that Bo Kyi was in prison, he was beaten, tortured,
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Attention turns to Asian Americans in the military in light of recent suicides and increased enrollment
Posted on 19 April 2012.
By Samantha Test Northwest Asian Weekly Asian Americans have fought for the United States for as far back as the 19th century,
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Calif. Congressmember Judy Chu attends swearing-in ceremony of ILF’s Seattle chapter
Posted on 16 April 2012.
On April 7, more than 100 guests attended the inaugural party and dinner for the International Leadership Foundation (IFL)’s Seattle chapter at the home of IFL Seattle
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Seattle filmmaker Jimmy Zhang’s short film selected for NFFTY
Posted on 16 April 2012.
Local Asian American filmmaker Jimmy Zhang’s short film, “The Boy and the Tree,” is an official selection for the 2012 National Film Festival for Talented Youth (NFFTY). The film was selected as one of 225 films from 30 states and more than 20 countries. During his freshman year of college, an interest in Pixar led [...]
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UW Bothell Associate Vice Chancellor Hung Dang receives Fulbright Award
Posted on 16 April 2012.
Hung Dang, University of Washington Bothell’s associate vice chancellor for enrollment and student affairs, has received a Fulbright Award. As a Fulbright scholar, he will participate in the U.S.–Japan International Education Administrators’ Seminar, designed to introduce participants to the society, culture, and higher education system in Germany, India, Japan, or Korea. Dang’s work will aim [...]
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Rainier Valley Community Development Fund turns 10 under the watch of new Executive Director Wayne Lau
Posted on 16 April 2012.
After the previous executive director of the Rainier Valley Community Development Fund (RVCDF) left in 2010, the organization hired Richard McIver to serve as interim director until the end of 2010. The RVCDF then managed to operate without an official executive director until it hired Wayne Lau. Lau has years of banking experience, having worked [...]
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Q&A Rosetta Lee — Anti-bullying expert discusses the role that Asian communities can play in addressing bullying
Posted on 13 April 2012.
By Tiffany Ran Northwest Asian Weekly On April 10, Rosetta Lee, a national anti-bullying expert and science teacher at the Seattle Girls’ School, held a lecture that addressed ways that parents can prevent and address bullying.
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