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· Michelle De Pacina
Street corner in Queens to be renamed ‘Little Manila’ in honor of Woodside Filipino community
The southwest corner of Roosevelt Avenue and 70th Street in Woodside, Queens, will be renamed to “Little Manila” to reflect the large Filipino community in the area. A petition to install the street sign garnered more than 3,000 signatures last year, leading councilmember Jimmy…
· Carl Samson
Suspect wanted for vandalizing Portland Asian community center with graffiti linked to terrorists
Portland police are looking for an individual accused of vandalizing an Asian immigrant and refugee community center in the northeast part of the city. The suspect, who was caught on surveillance camera, reportedly wrote “NPA” and “CPP” and also drew a gold hammer and a sickle…
· Editorial Staff
4 trailblazers whose work shaped the APA community today
This Asian American Pacific Heritage Month (APAHM), through colorful illustrations by artist Michelle Lam (MewTripled), we honor four icons whose legacies continue to impact us today. Who to thank for APAHM Jeanie Jew, a former Capitol Hill staffer and board member of the…
· Jane Nam
President Biden touts community funding, COVID Hate Crimes Act signing in AANHPI Heritage Month proclamation
President Biden released the White House’s annual proclamation on Asian American, and now Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month for May, laying out how his administration is supportive of these communities. Biden’s administration announced earlier this…
· Jenny Wang
Mental health in Asian American communities: Why we must break the silence together
Editor’s note: The opinions expressed in this piece are those of the author’s and do not necessarily represent the views of NextShark. May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month as well as Mental Health Awareness month. It is a unique time to be an Asian American…
· Michelle De Pacina
Community members show up to restore defaced ‘8 Immortals’ mural in Vancouver’s Chinatown
Members of Vancouver’s Chinatown community reportedly lined up on East Georgia Street on April 16 to help restore the “Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea” mural that was defaced last month by graffiti taggers. Artists Sean Cao and Katharine Yi of the Bagua Artist Association…
· Michelle De Pacina
Glendale unveils monument honoring its Filipino American community
The Filipino American Business Association of Glendale (FABAG) in California unveiled the Filipino-American Friendship Monument outside of the Adult Recreation Center in the city’s downtown area. The 6-foot-tall marble monument is Glendale’s first Filipino landmark. It pays…
· Daniel Anderson
‘I want to communicate with the world!’: Vietnamese woman’s efforts to learn English go viral on TikTok
TikTok user @usukoo posted a now-viral video in which a woman from Vietnam practices her English for a homework assignment. Uploaded on March 19, the video has now accumulated over 25,000 likes and 334,000 views. The poster captioned the video asking how many could understand…
· Rebecca Moon
Chinese woman develops unique numeral code to communicate with her husband after he loses ability to talk
A Chinese woman invented a unique numeral code to communicate with her husband, who lost the ability to speak after a sudden heart attack and cerebral hemorrhage in 2012. Luo Caiyun, 37, and her husband Hu Minglang, 51, met in 2007 at a nonprofit event and married two years…
· Bryan Ke
Philippine Consulate tells Fil-Am community to be vigilant after shoving attacks on 2 elderly women in NYC
The Philippine Consulate General in New York reminded the city’s Filipino community to “always be vigilant and to take the necessary precautions, especially when taking the subway or when outside their residences” after two Filipino women were attacked on the subway on Thursday.…
· Ryan General
Neo-Nazi group disrupts reading of ‘The Communist Manifesto’ at Rhode Island library
A group of alleged neo-Nazis and fascists reportedly harassed a reading group at a nonprofit library in Providence, Rhode Island, on Monday night. The incident occurred while Red Ink Community Library was hosting a reading of “The Communist Manifesto” by Karl Marx and Friedrich…
· Bryan Ke
UCLA community put on alert over white supremacist rally flyer that praised Atlanta spa shooter
A flyer stating a white supremacist rally would be held on the University of California, Los Angeles campus on Feb. 14 caused concern among community members. The flyer, sent to the Asian American Studies Center via mail on Feb. 9, reportedly contained xenophobic remarks and…
· Carl Samson
Republican bill seeks to ban Chinese communists from owning land in Arizona
Republican lawmakers in Arizona have advanced a bill that will ban the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its members from owning any land in the state. The legislation, introduced by State Sen. Wendy Rogers (R-Flagstaff), was inspired by a similar bill in Texas that prevents…
· Carl Samson
California’s Asian Republican congresswomen urge community to vote GOP to fight anti-Asian attacks
In an op-ed for the Lunar New Year, California Reps. Michelle Steel (R-48) and Young Kim (R-39) addressed issues faced by the Asian American community under Democratic leadership. The pair of lawmakers cited the recent surge in reported hate crimes, purported discrimination in…
· Carl Samson
SF Chinatown attack victim’s legal team says suspect was on foot, DA never communicated potential plea
A week after Anh Lê filed a federal lawsuit against the San Francisco District Attorney, his lawyers are accusing the office of releasing “misleading” responses. The legal team insists that their client was never told of a potential plea deal and was only informed after a…
· Sarah Yukiko
‘A community I never knew existed’: Asian American Writers’ Workshop turns 30
The Asian American Writers’ Workshop (AAWW) celebrated their 30-year anniversary in 2021 with a series of events celebrating the workshop’s legacy. Writers Alex Chee, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Monica Youn and Amitava Kumar spoke with New Yorker columnist Hua Hsu about what the…
· Carl Samson
Incoming NYC school chancellor vows support for Asian American community
Incoming New York City Schools Chancellor David Banks has responded to frustrations voiced by the Asian American community over a previous proposal to alter current admissions policies in specialized high schools, where Asian American students predominate. What he said: Banks,…
· Ryan General
Open Society Foundations pledges over $40 million in grants to Asian, Arab, Muslim communities
Advocacy groups in minority communities will be receiving a $42.5 million grant from nonprofit Open Society Foundations (OSF). Much-needed support: Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) and Muslim, Arab and South Asian (MASA) communities will be getting a financial boost…
· Dennis Huang
Survival of AAPI-owned businesses depends on health of Los Angeles communities
Editor’s Note: The opinions expressed in this piece are those of the author’s and do not necessarily represent NextShark’s views. The emergence of the recent Omicron variant demonstrates that the pandemic is not over, and few know this disheartening fact better than our Asian…
· Jiselle Lee
Texas AAPI communities in Houston counties split into different districts, lessening voting bloc power
The Asian communities in Texas’ Harris County and Fort Bend County have been split up into new districts. Diversity in Texas: Gov. Greg Abbott approved Texas’ redrawn congressional districts in late October, spreading out higher concentrations of Asian votes across more districts
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