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West Coast Helps Launch National Hepatitis Testing Day
22 May 2012 11:30 PM | No CommentsU.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) highlights Hep B Free and Hep C Task Force for Los Angeles and San Francisco as part of nearly 100 testing events across U.S. SAN FRANCISCO AND LOS ANGELES, CA – May 19, 2012 – Fresh on the heels...
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Free Hep B and Hep C Testing at AHSC’s Healthy Living Pavilion
18 May 2012 11:42 PM | No CommentsThe Healthy Living Pavilion at the 8th Annual Asian Heritage Street Celebration taking place at San Francisco’s Civic Center on May 19th, will provide free and low-cost health services, professional medical advice, interactive activities with prizes and health-related education materials. Located on Larkin Street between...
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Amok again: Have a “Lin-sane” Street Fair!
18 May 2012 11:35 PM | 1 CommentWhat, another year? Another heritage month? Why not let your friendly longtime amok columnist slice and dice things up for you nicely? This year we replaced poor Asian American YouTube hater, Alexandra Wallace, the blonde buxom bully of Asian Americans in the library, with basketball...
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SF Hosts Largest Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Celebration Saturday, May 19 at Civic Center
18 May 2012 11:11 PM | No CommentsSAN FRANCISCO – The City is hosting the largest pan Asian street fair nationwide to celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage month on Saturday, May 19th at San Francisco’s Civic Center. The 8th Annual Asian Heritage Street Celebration, produced by the AsianWeek Foundation, will feature a...
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Rob McKenna Opens WA Campaign Office In Seattle Chinatown/ID
18 May 2012 1:53 AM | No CommentsI got this in my e-mail box. I first ran into Rob McKenna when he ran for Attorney General back in 2000 on the campaign trail for Supt of Public Instruction. Now he’s a favorite to be the next governor against Jay Inslee. While Rob...
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Washington Journal Archive
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Meow if the Cat is White or Black
Posted on June 23, 2011 | 1 CommentCHIU VS. THE GUARDIAN: There’s a classic saying on political pragmatism attributed to Deng Xiaoping: “It doesn’t matter whether a cat is white or black, as long as it catches mice.” Evidently, the cat’s color does matter for Board of Supervisors President David Chiu as he broadens... -
Asian Pacific Americans During the Great Depression
Posted on December 31, 2008 | 6 CommentsAs we begin 2009, economists tell us that we are officially in a recession. Some say we are heading into the worst economic conditions since the global Great Depression that lasted from 1929 until the Second World -
Spam Musubi
Posted on December 22, 2008 | 4 CommentsI can officially confirm that Barack Obama will be our first Asian Pacific American president. Not only does he have an Indonesian American half-sister, a Chinese Canadian brother-in-law, several APA staffers, many APA friends and years spent living in Hawai‘i and Indonesia, but he and... -
APA Person of the Year: Swati Dandekar
Posted on December 17, 2008 | No Comments2008 was a year when Asian Pacific Americans came into their own politically. Barack Obama was elected with significant Asian Pacific American support, and each of the other top contenders also had APA supporters, staffers or both. -
Human Rights at 60
Posted on December 10, 2008 | No CommentsOn Dec. 10, 1948, the United Nations ratified the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It was a unique moment in time because the horrors of World War II were still fresh, but the polarization of the Cold War was not yet an impediment to global... -
Calavera Highway
Posted on December 4, 2008 | No CommentsIt is fitting that Renee Tajima-Peña released Calavera Highway, just months before the victory of Barack Obama, a multi-racial, multi-cultural man. Every person is multi-cultural, a product of diverse influences that include race, religion, language, national origin, sexual orientation, social class and more. -
Celebrating Michi Weglyn
Posted on November 26, 2008 | No CommentsAuthor, researcher, costume designer, poet, painter and civil rights activist Michi Nishiura Weglyn died on April 25, 1999, at age 72, but her life continues to serve as an inspiration. As we approach the tenth -
Next Generation Leaders
Posted on November 19, 2008 | No CommentsDespite a decisive Democratic tidal wave on Nov. 4, the ninth annual Leadership Academy for Asian Pacific American Elected Officials that is run by the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS) continued its slow, steady, multi-partisan approach to growth this week. Three Republicans,... -
Jobs, Parades and APA Studies
Posted on November 13, 2008 | No CommentsHere in Washington, the excitement surrounding the Obama win continues, with inauguration-related event tickets being snapped up, and Obama Administration jobs being pursued by applicants from across the nation. A major gala by and for the Asian Pacific American community on Jan. 19, 2009, the... -
What It All Means
Posted on November 6, 2008 | No CommentsAt a polling place in Bethesda, Md., just outside D.C., someone had placed a life-sized cardboard figure of Barack Obama near a table staffed by Democratic Party activists on Election Day. As voters emerged from the polls, many of them stopped to have their picture...