Organized by Asian Counseling Referral Service (ACRS), the API Mayor’s Forum allows people of the community to engage in dialogue with Seattle’s mayor, Mike McGinn, joined by other officials. Among many community requests to Mayor MicGinn, OCA-Greater Seattle board member Doug Chin had requested the mayor to issue a resolution to recognize the early Chinese American pioneers and their contribution to the city of Seattle.
Turning the tide: The resurrection of China Harbor Restaurant
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Despite a Facebook post that stated China Harbor Restaurant would permanently close on Sept. 30, the restaurant reopened six days later for a previously planned banquet on Oct. 6.
Empathy for people on the street should extend to Little Saigon residents
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These two things are both true: criminalizing poverty and addiction is wrong. And we shouldn't dismiss the safety concerns of CID residents, who are also marginalized people, Naomi Ishisaka writes.
