OCA Greater Seattle presented a Situational Awareness and Self-Defense Workshop on November 21 at Othello-UW Commons. The workshop was led by Michael Nguyen of OCA National and Han Eckelberg of Mak Fai Kung Fu...
The International Examiner interviewed OCA-Greater Seattle board members Connie So and Frank Irigon about the significance of Bruce Harrell being elected Seattle’s first Asian American elected mayor, and the city’s second African American mayor....
Anming Hu, a former University of Tennessee professor who faced fraud charges and accusations of hiding ties to China, but whose case raised concerns about lack of evidence and potential FBI misconduct, was acquitted by a federal judge on Thursday—effectively ending the U.S. Department of Justice’s second attempt to prosecute him.
OCA’s free virtual summit on July 15-17 is open to the public.
The high court dealt another blow to the Voting Rights Act and likely cleared the way for states to enact rules that disproportionately burden voters of color
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 are proud of the work by Representatives Grace Meng and Senator Mazie Hirono, the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, and many others, in advocating for the passage of...
AAPI Against Hate and community organizations demand justice for John Huynh and an end to anti-Asian violence and hate. AAPI Against Hate is a coalition of Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander nonprofits,...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 6, 2021 Contact:Connie So, OCA – Greater Seattle PresidentEmail: info@ocaseattle.org On May 6, 2021 — Today, Asian American social justice groups joined the family of John Huynh in a meeting...
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...
March to remember Chinese expulsion in Seattle highlights immigrants
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The weather—and everyone’s spirits—held for the 5th Annual Chinese Expulsion Remembrance March for the Future on Feb. 23.
Pike Place Market apologizes for withdrawing from nonprofit's Day of Remembrance event
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Tsuru for Solidarity planned on hosting a Day of Remembrance and Resistance event at Pike Place Market on Feb. 19, with the theme of “Stop Repeating History.”
