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 BRABEC NAMED DEPUTY CITY EQUAL OPPORTUNITY DIRECTOR |
| Brabec will oversee the department’s Community and Business Relations Division, which is responsible for certification of minority, woman, small and disadvantaged business enterprises; federal contract compliance; external affirmative action; staffing the Human Relations and Phoenix Women’s commissions; and coordinating issues addressing human and civil rights, and issues facing women. |
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| Catholic Church Appoints First Asian-American Bishop |
| Monsignor Ignatius Wang will serve in the Archdiocese of San Francisco, where 25 percent of the 450,000 members is Asian American, according to Maurice Healy, a spokesperson for the diocese. |
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| JACL Congratulates Representative Matsui on Being Named DCCC Chair |
| New Position Puts Matsui Among Top Democratic Leaders in House
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| Janet Napolitano becomes Arizona’s 21st Governor |
| January 6th was a beautiful morning for the inauguration of Janet Napolitano, 21st governor for the state of Arizona. |
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| MARICOPA COMMUNITY COLLEGES NAMED 2003 BELLWETHER FINALISTS |
| December 2002 - The Community College Futures Assembly announced in December that the Maricopa Community Colleges are among the finalists for its 2003 Bellwether Awards. The Bellwether Awards were established to recognize outstanding and innovative programs that are leading colleges in the 21st Century. |
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| Madeline Ong-Sakata’s 65th Birthday Roast |
| More than one hundred-fifty of Madeline’s closest friends, business associates, and family attended the gala. The roast was a complete surprise to Madeline, who thought she was attending a friend’s retirement party, only to be surprised at the door with a raucous “Surprise, Happy Birthday” cheer. |
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| New Jersey Farmers trade in Corn for Bok Choy |
| “It’s increasingly more difficult to conduct agriculture in the state due to economic conditions and competition,” Orton said. “We can no longer grow products that can be produced elsewhere, so increasingly, our agriculture producers are turning to specialty crops and new emerging markets.” |
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| On turning 65! |
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As they sat all snuggled in my grandsons’ bedroom in the back of the house with daughter Lisa talking for hours, I thought they must have major problems that they were discussing and never thought to interfere, feeling they needed a younger person’s ear. |
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| Question on race was changed for Census 2000 |
Continued from last month
Why did Census 2000 ask the question on race? |
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| Terry Goddard sworn in as Attorney General in Tucson |
| Inauguration Day for Terry was an equally beautiful day being the same day as Janet’s in Tucson, AZ, Goddard’s hometown. |
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| ARIZONA LOTTERY FACTS... from the Executive Director |
| Responsible Gambling Web site, a
public service of the Arizona Lottery.
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| ASU LEAD Academy |
| LEAD Academy sponsored by Arizona State University, is a hands-on two week summer program for teen age high school students. Students learn about their culture and who they are by finding their identity as Asian Americans or teaching others about Asian Americans and the issues and barriers they face. |
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| CHARGE IT RIGHT |
| Part 2 Paying It Back
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| Chef Sy’s Culinary choice for January |
| Beef Wellington / Chocolate Rum Mousse |
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| History of the Chinese in Phoenix |
| It is important to remember that although Chinatowns have died out throughout much of the American West, Chinese remain a vibrant component of the various ethnic groups that “rendevoused “ in the American West (see Limerick 1990). |
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| Kadomoto's Komments |
| GREAT NEED FOR PARENTAL “LEADERSHIP AND GUAIDANCE”
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| New Product Puts Healthcare Costs in Check |
| It has been said that necessity is the mother of invention. And if ever there was a time and issue that needed some good old-fashioned attention from mom, it is the seemingly never-ending, unrelenting rise in healthcare costs. |
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| PRAC PERSPECTIVE: AN ASIAN IS NOT AN ASIAN IS NOT AN ASIAN |
| When people ask me where I’m from, I say “Texas.” I know very well that what they really want to know is what kind of Asian I am, but sometimes, and just sometimes, I like to make it difficult for no good reason. “No, no, where are you FROM,” they stress. |
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| Round-Up |
| Local JACL news |
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| Straight Talk... |
| Fixin’ What Needs Fixin’ |
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| Ten Tips for Fiscal Fitness |
| Fiscal fitness can be as important an impact on your future quality of life as regular health check ups and maintenance. |
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| The Teaching of Traditions |
| And the teaching of traditions continues. Student, like teacher learns, grows and passes on the knowledge of the history, the movement of the art and the skill of the science. |
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| Womanly Speaking... |
| I met Madeline when I was in the midst of practicing my profession of helping others clear their minds of the present day stressors of life. Together, we shared and learned how to survive the rigors of being an Asian woman, an Asian sister, and an Asian worker. |
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| ‘Year of the Goat’ Chinese |
| Here we are again, the Year of the Goat Lunar New Year celebration will commence on February 1, 2003. For Mainland Chinese and traditional oversea Chinese who celebrated the event, it is the 4700th New Year celebration. |
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| APA Community Should Tell Shaquille O’Neal to ‘Come down to Chinatown.’ |
| Shaq’s ethnic slurs deeply offend one Yao fan |
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| Japanese American farmer is big support for AZ Diamondbacks |
| When this reporter first spotted Sakata in the audience seated with Diamondback general managing partner Jerry Colangelo, someone described him as, “that Japanese man is a rich executive who flies into Phoenix from Japan each week to watch the games. He’s probably an investor in the team.”
Sakata laughs when he hears that story. |
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| Medical Notes |
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| Mastectomy More Likely for Asian Cancer Patients |
| Compared with white women, US Asian/Pacific Islander women with breast cancer are more likely to undergo mastectomy than breast-conserving surgery, according to a new study. |
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| Chamber News |
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| Chamber Echoes |
| President’s Message |
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