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	Columbus Day Dissent Strengthens Solidarity Between APAs and Indigenous Peoples By Samantha Kiyomi Witt Special to AsianWeek Does your calendar cite “Indigenous People’s Day” on Oct. 14? Probably not, as it is still marked as the official Columbus Day holiday. Six hundred and ten years after Christopher Columbus “discovered” the Americas, celebrations continue to honor the man who brought war, colonialism and genocide to the home of Native Americans. We all know the story: in 1492, Columbus, backed by the Spanish monarch, set sail in search of goods and wealth in Asia, accidentally landing on islands currently known as Haiti, Trinidad and Cuba, among others, and finally shipwrecking in Panama. Behind him, the land and natives of the islands were left disordered and bloody, and were targeted for hundreds of years of exploitation by generations of Europeans... COMPLETE STORY...		APAs in the Elections & Endorsements 2002: San Francisco and California (Feature) Columbus Day Dissent Strengthens Solidarity Between APAs and Indigenous Peoples (in National News) Honda Opposes Bush Administration’s Force in Iraq (in Bay Area News) Fashion and Compassion (in Business) Lowell High School Wins First Place in Dragon Boat Championship (in Sports) From ‘Oriental’ to ‘Asian American’ (in A&E) Emil Amok: Don’t Be Fooled By Kung Fool Company (in Opinion)

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New York Asian Women’s Center Celebrates 20 Years of Courage and Strength By Shirley Lin Special to AsianWeek When the New York Asian Women’s Center hotline first went live in 1984, for six hours each week, its counselors had to store the phone inside the file cabinet of a public agency when they were not there. The NYAWC has stayed true to its grassroots origins in outreach and support, but today operates a 24-hour multilingual hotline, fielding over 3,000 calls a year...

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