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Tuesday, 29 September 2009 |
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Metropolitan King County Council
Please join the King County
Council for a special Town Hall Meeting:
Public Transit
Wednesday, Sept. 30
6:00 p.m. – Public Reception
6:30 p.m. – Program
Rainier Vista Boys & Girls Club
4520 MLK
Jr. Way. S., Seattle
Our Town
Hall will feature briefings and discussion on light rail, recent changes to
Metro bus service, and the current Metro budget gap.
We’ve
already seen big changes in our public transit system in recent months,
including the launch of Link Light Rail and a restructuring of Metro bus routes
around this new service.
Now, Metro
is facing a $213 million budget gap over the next two years. In the coming
months, the Council must find a way to balance Metro’s budget while maintaining
the best transit system possible. We have been working on this problem and
through a major performance audit we have identified millions of dollars in
potential savings. However, more efficient systems alone will not close the
budget gap.
We need
your input on whether bus fares should be raised, service hours cut, routes
eliminated, or what other creative solutions can be found.
Our Town
Hall will provide you a chance to ask questions, share your ideas, and provide
public testimony on public transit or any other issue.
We hope to see you there!
 Sincerely,
Bob
Ferguson Larry
Gossett
Chair, Committee of the Whole Councilmember,
District 2
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Sunday, 20 September 2009 |
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PHOTOSTORY
"Uncle" Bob Santos and "Auntie " Dolly Castillo, two honorrees of the night.
FCS board members with guests.
Guest line for dinner buffet catching up with one another.
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Monday, 14 September 2009 |
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Where: ACRS 3639 Martin Luther King Jr S
When: Sept 27 1-5; Sept 30 6-8pm
Come help us shape the future of your neighborhood by commenting on proposed strategies to address your community growth, transportation and quality of life.
Interpreters are availalbe for: Amharic, Cantonese, Khmer, Mandarin, Oromiffa, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Tigrinya and Vietnamese.
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Monday, 14 September 2009 |
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Wednesday, 09 September 2009 |
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Only four Asian Pacific groups participated in the 1909 exposition: Chinese, Japanese, Filipinos and Hawaiians. How and why their cultures were presented to fairgoers has been a neglected subject. As part of Seattle City's centennial celebration for the Alaskan, Yukon, Pacific Exposition, the symposium is intended to reveal stories of its participants as a way of understanding the development of their communities. For more information go to cinarc.org/aype.html>
Where: National Archives and Records Administration
6125 Sandpoint WayNE Seattle, WA 98115- 7999
Time 9:00- 16:30
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Monday, 07 September 2009 |
PRESS RELEASE
The International Examiner
The Newspaper of the Northwest Asian American Communities.
International Examiner Press
622 So. Washington Street
Seattle, Washington 98104
206/624-3925
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Seattle’s International District: The Making of an Asian American Community, Second Edition
By Doug Chin
The original Seattle’s International District: The Making of a
Pan-Asian American Community was published nearly a decade ago. This
second edition contains an update, and revisions to the original book
and is being issued to coincide with the 100th year birthday of the
District.
“Seattle's International District is an essential book to read for
scholars and the general public who want to understand the history,
developmental phases, and growth dynamics of Seattle's pan-Asian
inner-city neighborhood. Author Doug Chin brings his personal
knowledge growing up in this neighborhood and his years of professional
experience as an author, community leader, and activist into telling
the stories of the people and passages that created the International
District."
Marie Rose Wong, Associate Professor, Urban Planning, Asian American Studies,
Institute of PublicService, Seattle University
Doug Chin’s book is a must-read for anyone interested in the dynamic
history and culture of Seattle’s Asian American community. Doug’s book
stands out for its authenticity and depth of knowledge. It is inspired
by the unique insights Doug gained while growing up in Seattle, working
as a regional activist, and serving the needs of the general public as
a government officer, journalist and publisher. Seattle's
International District: The Making of a Pan-Asian American Community is
an eloquent account, written from the heart, as only a true native son
could, about the Asian Americans who have settled in Seattle and made
the International District their home.
Connie So, Senior Lecturer, American Ethnic Studies, University of Washington
The International District or Chinatown, as others would call
this Asian American community, has reached the century mark. It was 100
years ago, in 1909, that the City celebrated the completion of the
Jackson Street Regrade phase that downsized of what was a very steep
Jackson Street hill. The hill was substantially reduced to provide
better access to the city center from South Seattle and, just as
important, opened up new land for development. Early Asian immigrants,
particularly the Chinese, quickly took advantage of the opportunity to
construct new buildings or acquire property in the area. The newly
regarded area was adjacent to a growing Japanese settlement on Main
Street and thus a new and expanded Asian American district had begun.
Seattle’s International District traces the journey of the early
Asian immigrants to Seattle, describes their early settlements, and
chronicles the evolution of the International District from its early
times to the present. It covers the ebb and flow of the area, the
challenges to preserve the area, the internal and external conflicts,
and the vital events and forces that the sharp the District. It is a
story about the movement of the Chinatowns, the District’s heydays in
the 1920s, Filipino immigrants and union organizing, Japantown and the
removal and internment of Japanese, and the decline and resurgence of
this unique pan-Asian American district. The book illustrates the
changing accommodations and relationships between the District’s Asians
and city, and how the area has become an integral part of Seattle’s
fabric -- an important piece that substantially adds to the city’s
color, diversity and excitement.
Doug Chin is a Seattle native who spent many years involved with the
International District and has written for the International Examiner.
For any inquiries or to receive your copies of Seattle’s International
District, please contact the International Examine r
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or call 206.624.3925. Thank you.
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