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APA Spotlight: Diem Ly, Editor in Chief, International Examiner
APA Spotlight is a weekly interview of Asian Pacific Islander Americans (APIA) community leaders. It is a spotlight on individuals who have dedicated their careers to issues surrounding the APIA community with the goal of bringing much deserved recognition to their work and cause(s). Diem Ly is the Vietnamese American Editor in Chief of the International Examiner (IE), the only non-profit pan-Asian American publication in the country. She both serves as a pseudo-executive director of [...] Continue »
8Questions with Electro Pop Group IAMMEDIC Leader Enik Lin
About a month ago, I kept getting pinged by people sending me links to the video of California-based electronic pop band IAMMEDIC jumping around in Star Trek uniforms. I’m a sucker for a Starfleet uniform, so I got in touch with IAMMEDIC’s starship captain leader, Enik Lin, and it turns out these guys aren’t even Trekkies! So who are these guys who they call their fans “Paramedics,” anyway? Read on for more about IAMMEDIC, Enik’s [...] Continue »
8 Questions: Chef Tai Lee, Winner of Food Network’s America’s Favorite Food Truck
Chef Tai Lee, the recent winner of America’s Favorite Food Truck, is a Korean American who came to the States when he was 13 years old. He moved to College Station and attended Texas A&M University and graduated with Finance Degree. Tai started his culinary career even before he graduated from college. When he was in college, he worked at a local sushi bar and eventually became an Executive Sushi Chef. After working briefly for [...] Continue »
8Questions With Filmmaker Derek Shimoda, June Bride: Redemption of a Yakuza
One of my favorite Asian American documentaries is The Killing of the Chinese Fortune Cookie, so when I heard the filmmaker, Derek Shimoda, was making another doc, I wanted to find out more. I had an opportunity to sit down with Derek and ask him 8Questions. Derek Shimoda is a Los Angeles native. He produced the feature film In My Life as well as the acclaimed documentary Secret Asian Man, an official selection of the [...] Continue »
APA Spotlight: Mari Watanabe, Executive Director, Oregon Nikkei Endowment
APA Spotlight is a weekly interview of Asian Pacific Islander Americans (APIA) community leaders. It is a spotlight on individuals who have dedicated their careers to issues surrounding the APIA community with the goal of bringing much deserved recognition to their work and cause(s). Mari Watanabe is the Executive Director of the Oregon Nikkei Endowment (ONE), a non-profit that preserves the history and culture of the Japanese Americans in Oregon. Prior to joining ONE, Ms. [...] Continue »
APA Faith Matters: Bruce Reyes-Chow, 218th Moderator of General Assembly, Presbyterian Church
APA Faith Matters is a periodic interview of Asian Pacific American (APA) leaders in various religious contexts. It highlights those leaders who are passionate about social justice issues that matter to APA communities and work from within their religious contexts Rev. Bruce Reyes-Chow is a native Northern Californian and third generation Chinese/Filipino who from 2000-2011 was the founding pastor of Mission Bay Community Church, a church of 20/30-somethings in San Francisco and from 2008-2010 was Moderator of the 218th [...] Continue »
APA Spotlight: Daphne Kwok, Executive Director of Asian & Pacific Islanders with Disabilities of California
APA Spotlight is a weekly interview of Asian Pacific Islander Americans (APIA) community leaders. It is a spotlight on individuals who have dedicated their careers to issues surrounding the APIA community with the goal of bringing much deserved recognition to their work and cause(s). Empowerment of all Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) has long been one of Daphne Kwok’s core values. In July 2010, President Barack Obama appointed Ms. Kwok, Chair of his Advisory [...] Continue »
APA Faith Matters: Rita Nakashima Brock, Faith Voices for the Common Good
APA Faith Matters is a periodic interview of Asian Pacific American (APA) leaders in various religious contexts. It highlights those leaders who are passionate about social justice issues that matter to APA communities and work from within their religious contexts. Rev. Rita Nakashima Brock, PhD, is the director of Faith Voices for the Common Good, a non-profit organization that works on innovative, creative strategies for social change. The group brings diverse religious leaders and organizations [...] Continue »
APA Spotlight: Doua Thor, Executive Director, Southeast Asia Resource Action Center
APA Spotlight is a weekly interview of Asian Pacific Islander Americans (APIA) community leaders. It is a spotlight on individuals who have dedicated their careers to issues surrounding the APIA community with the goal of bringing much deserved recognition to their work and cause(s). Doua Thor is the Executive Director of the Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC). She and her family were among the many thousands of Hmong refugees who were resettled in the [...] Continue »
APA Spotlight: Kendee Yamaguchi, Executive Director, Washington State Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs
APA Spotlight is a weekly interview of Asian Pacific Islander Americans (APIA) community leaders. It is a spotlight on individuals who have dedicated their careers to issues surrounding the APIA community with the goal of bringing much deserved recognition to their work and cause(s). Kendee Yamaguchi is the Executive Director of the Washington State Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs. She was a director in the Office of Management and Administration at the White House. [...] Continue »
The Working APA Actor: James Huang
The Working APA Actor is a bi-monthly interview of Asian Pacific Islander American actors in the entertainment world, whether it be theater, film, television, the internet, or commercials. It is an inside look at these actors exploring their passion in their craft and how they balance their personal lives with their work. But more importantly, this column is dedicated to knowing these busy actors a little better as individuals. It’s been quite some time since [...] Continue »
APA Spotlight: Marilyn Tokuda, Co-Chair, Asian Pacific American Media Coalition
APA Spotlight is a weekly interview of Asian Pacific Islander Americans (APIA) community leaders. It is a spotlight on individuals who have dedicated their careers to issues surrounding the APIA community with the goal of bringing much deserved recognition to their work and cause(s). Marilyn Tokuda has been working for East West Players (EWP) since 2002 and is the organizations first Arts Education Director. She was one of the founding members of COLD TOFU, the [...] Continue »
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