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2 months ago | 
asamnews.com | Jake Chang
This past Lunar New Year, a U.S. postal office in Boston was renamed after the late Chinatown activist Caroline Chang. The Caroline Chang Post Office marks the first federal building in Massachusetts named after an individual from the Asian American and Pacific Islander community, according to Sampan. “Caroline made history, even though she never set out to do it. She was just doing the work of advancing civil rights and public health and equity. But she made history.
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2 months ago | 
asamnews.com | Jake Chang
Housing rights attorney Ysabel Jurado was sworn into the Los Angeles City Council as its first Filipino American member during a public ceremony on Feb. 1. Jurado, 35, represents the city’s 14th district which spans downtown LA, Boyle Heights, Lincoln Heights, El Sereno, and Northeast LA. The councilmember ran as a progressive and won her election in November last year, overcoming incumbent Kevin de León, MyNewsLA reported.
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2 months ago | 
asamnews.com | Jake Chang
The Equal Protection Project (EPP), a nonprofit watchdog group, filed a civil rights complaint on Jan. 28 against four Pennsylvania universities alleging racial discrimination against students. The accused universities include Millersville University, Slippery Rock University, East Stroudsburg University and West Chester University.
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Oct 19, 2024 | 
asamnews.com | Jake Chang
Blackpink’s Rosé and Bruno Mars released a new single “Apt.” this Friday, the first track of Rosé’s first full-length studio album, Rosie. The collaboration marks the Korean artist’s first song since 2021. According to Vogue, the song title is a nod to the singer’s favorite Korean drinking game, Apartment. “I remember going home [from the studio] kind of freaked out,” Rosé told Vogue.
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Aug 7, 2024 | 
msn.com | Jake Chang
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Aug 7, 2024 | 
asamnews.com | Jake Chang
The planning board of Westbrook, Maine, unanimously approved plans for the construction of the state’s first community center serving Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Tuesday night. Led by the Cambodian community group Khmer Maine and the Cambodian Buddhist Watt Samaki Temple, plans include the construction of a a new Cambodian Buddhist worship hall, temple, and Asian American community center on over 30 acres of land, Mainebiz reported.
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Aug 7, 2024 | 
asamnews.com | Jake Chang
Patti Yasutake, a Japanese American actress best known for her roles on the Netflix series “Beef” and “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” died of cancer this past Monday in a Los Angeles hospital. She was 70. Yasutake started her 30-year theater career at East West Players, the country’s longest-running Asian American theater, working with the company’s co-founder and acclaimed Japanese American actor Mako, according to Variety.
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Jul 20, 2024 | 
newsbreak.com | Jake Chang
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Jul 20, 2024 | 
asamnews.com | Jake Chang
More than 350 AANHPI political leaders nationwide convened in Las Vegas this past month to launch the national membership organization AAPI LEAD (Leadership Elected and AppointeD). The three-day summit in Las Vegas was the largest gathering of AANHPI elected and appointed officials convened in US history, according to the Senate Press Office. AAPI LEAD is the first national membership organization for and by elected and appointed officials.
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Jul 20, 2024 | 
asamnews.com | Jake Chang
Authorities and family members are searching for a missing 15-year-old girl last seen on Tuesday evening in Monterey Park, California. Alison Jillian Chao went missing after she rode a blue mountain bike from her father’s house around 5:30 p.m., headed to her aunt’s house in San Gabriel less than four miles away, according to ABC7. Chao never arrived. Chao’s mother Annie Chao described her daughter as bubbly, upbeat and full of energy.
