Posted on 14 January 2013. Tags: 2013, Heidi Park, Vol 32 No 3 | January 12 - January 18
Heidi Park
The Seattle Chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) announced their 2013 president, Heidi Park, during their annual year-end Bonnenkai party hosted at Hiroshi’s Restaurant on Dec. 18. She will be following 2012 President Ryan Chin.
Park is currently working as a policy analyst for the office of Mayor Mike McGinn and is of Korean descent. She has previously worked in the office of Congressman Jim McDermott as a community liaison.
The Japanese American Citizens League, founded in 1929, is the nation’s oldest and largest Japanese American civil rights organization. Originally created to defend the rights of Japanese Americans, today, the JACL serves all segments of the Asian and Pacific American community. (end)
Posted in Names in the News, Vol 32 No 3 | 1/12-1/18
Posted on 02 December 2010. Tags: 2010, Heidi Park, Vol 29 No 49 | December 4 - December 10
Civic engagement in the Asian American and Pacific Islander community
Heidi Park
By Heidi Park
For Northwest Asian Weekly
Washington state faces a $4.8 billion budget deficit, and our community cannot afford to sit on the sidelines. We must engage friends, families, neighbors, and ourselves on issues of education, economic development, and health and human services. If we don’t speak up for ourselves, how can we be sure that someone else will? Read the full story
Posted in Commentaries, Vol 29 No 49 | 12/4-12/10
