The following is testimony submitted by OCA Greater Seattle President Connie So to the Snoqualmie City Council regarding the impact that the Snoqualmie Mill development would have on Japanese American historic preservation: March 26,...
OCA-Greater Seattle and OCA National joined with Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Atlanta and more than 400 organizations in calling for reflection and action one year after the Atlanta spa shootings. Read the collective statement below:...
OCA-Greater Seattle supports Governor Jay Inslee’s Executive Order for Equity in Public Contracting and intention to rescind Directive 98-01. According to the national 2020 Asian American Voter Survey, 70% of Asian Americans support affirmative...
Today, at 5:30pm, Gary Locke, President of Bellevue College, called Connie So, President of OCA Asian Pacific Advocates of Greater Seattle to assure OCA-GS that the situation is being resolved. An Asian American Studies...
OCA Asian Pacific Advocates of Greater Seattle is dismayed by the dismissal of Asian American Studies (AAS) classes in the Bellevue College 2021-2022 curriculum.
By Connie SoOCA Greater Seattle Since 1992, the month of May is dedicated to Asian American and Pacific Islander Americans (AAPI). Yet 30-31 days is inadequate to make up for our “invisibility.” While acknowledging the...
OCA Greater Seattle Chapter Calls on Elected Leaders to Take Action with Long Term Solutions Following Rise of Anti-AAPI Hate FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 26, 2021 Contact:Connie So, PresidentEmail – info@ocaseattle.org February 23, 2021 … OCA Greater...
June 25, 2020 Mr. Gary LockePresidentBellevue CollegeBellevue, WA Dear President Locke, On behalf of OCA Asian Pacific Advocates of Greater Seattle, we object to the termination of Ms. Yuko Kodama from her position at...
June 1, 2020 OCA-Asian Pacific American Advocates, Greater Seattle Chapter, is deeply disturbed and saddened by the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Monday, May 25. Mr. Floyd was an unarmed Black...
The Seattle Chapter of the OCA-Asian Pacific American Advocates as an organization condemns the atrocities committed against the members of the Islamic community in Christchurch, New Zealand. We too denounce the senseless, barbaric attack...
iexaminer.org
In a blow to supporters of a new Chinatown International District (CID) light rail station on 4th Avenue, Sound Transit shared results of studies that cast doubt on the feasibility of building a new C...
