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 A. S. U. Graduate Student wins P. E. O. Scholar Award |
| Christine Mari Yoshikawa, a graduate student at Arizona State University and a prominent international pianist from Vancouver, B.C., is one of the 85 recipients of the Philanthropic Educational Organization (P.E.O.) Scholar Award. |
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| Asian LEAD Academy 2002 |
| It was the look in their faces that I remember.
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| Chinese American Citizens Alliance DC Lodge celebrate 30th Anniversary |
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“Do we make a difference?” queried Lodge President David Leong at the start of the program. After an evening’s program that reviewed the Lodge’s legacy of thirty years of service and a year of outstanding youth and community programs, the answer from the assembly could be a resounding, “We DO make a difference!” |
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| Chinese celebrate 4th of July |
| Ivy Rou Feng captures Miss Phoenix Chinese United title
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| I am from Nothing more |
| This is the first of a series of poems, essays, etc. written by the graduates of the ASU Asian LEAD Academy, a summer camp on the ASU campus for high school students. Sponsored by ASU and coordinated by community leaders, students learn leadership skills, find and explore their Asian American identity and become aware of issues that impact their lives as Asian Americans. |
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| JACL National Convention |
| AZ Chapter wins Citizenship Award
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| JACL hosts National Conference |
AZ Chapter wins Citizenship Award
Congratulations Arizona!
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| NAPALC and Other APA Groups Raise Flag in Commemoration of Vincent Chin |
| The National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium (NAPALC)-along with the Organization of Chinese Americans (OCA), the South Asian American Leaders of Tomorrow (SAALT), the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), the Leadership Conference for Civil Rights (LCCR), and the offices of Congressmen David Wu (D-OR) and Robert Underwood (D-GU) raised an American flag on Capitol Hill on June 18th, 2002 in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of Vincent Chin's death. |
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| The Asian population: 2000 |
| Census 2000 showed that the United States population was 281.4 million on April 1, 2000. Of the total, 11.9 million or 4.2 percent, reported Asian. This number included 10.2 million people or 3.6 percent, who reported only Asian and 1.7 million people or 0.6 percent, who reported Asian as well as one or more other races. |
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| Columns |
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| ARIZONA LOTTERY FACTS... |
| ARIZONA LOTTERY ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF “DESIGN YOUR OWN SCRATCHERS” CONTEST |
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| Chef Sy’s Culinary choice for July |
Pad Thai
Vanilla Ice Cream |
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| Feng Shui and the Business Owner |
| As a result of a contact that I made at the Asian Pacific American Business Expo (here in Phoenix), I met an extremely interesting person by the name of Cathryn Jung. Cathryn is the owner of “Eastern Feng Shui – Natural Design.” After spending some time with Cathryn, I began to better understand how Feng Shui can help business owners and their business (also athletes, actors, homes, etc.). |
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| History of the Chinese in Phoenix |
| Preface: As unlikely as it may seem, the construction of a new sports arena for the Phoenix Suns Basketball Association franchise provided the opportunity to study the history of the Chinese in Arizona and their role in economic and social development of the City of Phoenix. |
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| Joe's Roundup |
JAPANESE SENIOR CENTER
JAPANESE FRIENDSHIP GARDEN
IRA H. HAYES AMIERICAN LEGION POST 849 SACATON, ARIZONA HONORS JAPANESE AMERICANS WHO WERE KILLED IN ACTION DURING WORLD WAR II
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| Kadomoto's Komments |
LOTS OF GREED, NO MORALS IS DESTROYING AMERICAN FIRMS
It is most regrettable that excessive greed among ranking officers of some firms are destroying their companies.
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| MJ’s Korner….. |
Thank you Bobby for all your thoughts over the years. I still remember how you wrote about high school in your freshman year and told us not to worry about it. I hope you will write about your college experiences if you have time. I wish you the best of luck at Purdue and I am sure all our readers do, too.
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By Robert Tam
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| Straight Talk….. |
| Now, that’s a mouthful isn’t it? I’ve been making some observations this past year about the dynamic of human interactions as they relate to ethnicity and race. I have noted a few things. One of them is that some ethnic groups tend to avoid interacting with those outside their groups. |
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| The Best Way Out |
| One fine Tuesday night, though in actuality it felt more like a stifling, restless summer night, I went cycling to 7-11 for an unsweetened ice tea refill. You know how it feels during one of Arizona’s pleasant summer nights. You just can’t help but to go out there somewhere for a nice, refreshing drink. |
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| Womanly Speaking... |
| Hawaiian Plantation Village Part III
Martha Stewart is only a fly in the ointment
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| “Kaoshiung: The First Democracy on Chinese Soil” |
| Today Kaoshiung is an urban sprawl, some of it built on reclaimed land between the South China Sea and a ridge of green hills that is often hidden behind a shimmering screen of industrial pollution. |
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| Business News |
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| Cox Communications Communicates Commitment to Customers with New Brand Campaign in Digital Age |
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Cox Communications, Inc., one of the nation’s leading providers of advanced broadband communications services, is defining its brand image with a new advertising campaign that introduces the tagline, “Your Friend in the Digital Age.” |
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| Chamber News |
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| A YEN FOR ART |
| Joan Yen, who has taught studio art at Scottsdale Community College for 25 years, has created a series of eighteen pieces of artwork called The Immigrant. Through nine pieces of ancient Chinese poetry from the Tang and Sung Dynasty, she was inspired to depict, on acrylic and canvas, the journey of the Immigrant¡¦s departure and life in aƒn new country. |
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| Asian arts groups get a boost From the city of Phoenix Arts Commision |
| The city of Phoenix, through the Phoenix Arts Commission, has awarded nearly $15,000 in community arts project grants to local organizations that present Asian-American art forms and culture to the community. |
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| Chamber Echoes |
| President’s Message
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| FORMER FBI AGENT EXPANDS INVESTIGATION CAPABILITY OF EMPLOYMENT LAW PRACTICE |
| “Agent Sakato-Ahearn brings a unique capability and experience to our fast growing Employment Law practice, and we are pleased to have her on board,” said Michael C. Manning, managing partner. |
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| UPS Among Fortune’s Top Twenty-Five “Best Companies for Minorities” |
| Minorities comprised 52 percent of UPS new hires in 2001 and represent more than one-third of the company's U.S. workforce of 330,000. In addition, nearly 28 percent of UPS managers are minorities, including representation on the UPS Management Committee and the company's Board of Directors. |
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