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Aviation CHECAs enhance the 2025 King County Climate Plan for community

For the first time, King County’s climate action plan recognizes aviation health harms. Families worry that aviation emissions impact their  health, the environment and...

Celebrating Filipino American History Month: From quotas to communities

Headquartered in Seattle, the Filipino American National Historical Society (FANHS) commemorates the 90th Anniversary of the 1935 Filipino Repatriation Act and the 60th Anniversary...

Velma Veloria honored with Lifetime Achievement Award from the Equity in Education Coalition

Former representative Velma Veloria is well known to many for her savvy community leadership, organizing, and activism. On August 13, the Equity in Education Coalition...

When an icon turns 90: Celebrating Auntie Dorothy

Dr. Dorothy Laigo Cordova is the mother of eight, grandmother of 17, and great-grandmother of 22.  To many across the nation, she is affectionately...

Filipino American History Month forever celebrates brown brilliance

On October 5, the Filipino American National Historical Society (FANHS) rocked Washington Hall in Seattle’s Central District with “Dancing with the Spirits”. Dancing, singing...

Celebrating CAPAA (part 2): A trail of accomplishments with Pan Asian lens

The Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs (CAPAA) celebrated its 45th anniversary with a trail of accomplishments that reflect strong community building efforts and...

Pan Asianism and the birth of CAPAA

This year marks the 45th anniversary of the Washington State Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs (CAPAA). This three-part article highlights its origins, pan...

Celebrating Filipino American History Month — “1946: A Turning Point” to “2016: Be The...

Filipinos are the second largest Asian Pacific Islander group in Washington state. This year, the Filipino American National Historical Society (FANHS) established “1946: A...

Commentary: American multiculturalism in mainstream theatre

The most common debate seems to be on the inclusiveness of the term “multiculturalism.” Why? Because it goes beyond the usual people of color desire for ethnic American theatre to include non-American ethnic theatre such as American European ethnic specific material and non-American African, Eastern European, Irish, etc. material. The common ground is the solid importance of theatre in our lives.

Column: Congressional bill filed to recognize Filipino WWII veterans

Leaders asked to spread word about project