Asian

TurkFest

Seattle,

Community Focus: Western Asian
Geographic Region: Seattle Area
Turkish

Seattle Center Festál presents Turkfest in partnership with the Turkish American Cultural Association of Washington (TACAWA). The festival boasts a lively marketplace, food, music, dance, and more. Turkfest is an annual cultural festival in Seattle, whose mission is to foster friendship, to highlight the diversity and richness of Turkish culture and Turkish speaking countries, and cooperate throughout the greater community by organizing educational, entertaining, and engaging cultural programs that celebrate Turkish and Turkic cultures and heritage. This event is free and open to the public.

Turkish American Cultural Association of WA (TACA-WA)

Bellevue,

Community Focus: Western Asian
Geographic Region: Seattle Area
Turkish

Turkish Women Charity and Aid Organization (TURKCHA)

Seattle,

Community Focus: Gender, Western Asian
Geographic Region: Seattle Area
Turkish, Women

Two Cranes Institute

Seattle,

Community Focus: Eastern Asian
Geographic Region: Seattle Area
Japanese

Two Cranes Aikido opened its doors on October 1, 1995. Today, we offer classes to children, teens, and adults 7 days a week. Chief Instructor Kimberly Richardson. 6th Dan.

UAF Namaste India Club

Fairbanks,

Community Focus: Southern Asian
Geographic Region: Alaska
Indian

Namaste India is a voluntary and non-profit UAF student organization.

Unit Souzou

Portland,

Community Focus: Eastern Asian
Geographic Region: Oregon
Japanese

‘Souzou’ can be written in three ways meaning ‘creation’ (創造), ‘imagination’ (想像), or ‘noisy’ (騒々), alluding to a force by which new ideas are born and take shape in the world. Inspired by these words, the mission of Unit Souzou is to build creative, imaginative works while honoring the history and roots of the taiko art form. The core of Unit Souzou’s artistic voice is personal and authentic, sound shaped and inspired by form and by movement. The essence of Unit Souzou is an expressive blend of taiko and Japanese folk dance, forging new traditions for evolving communities. In addition to creating groundbreaking professional theatrical works, Unit Souzou is deeply committed to share taiko through community performances and collaborations, public classes for adults and youth, and school-based education programs.

United Seattle & Bellevue Korean School

Bothell,

Community Focus: Eastern Asian
Geographic Region: Seattle Area
Korean

UTSAV

Bothell,

Community Focus: Southern Asian
Geographic Region: Seattle Area
Indian

UTSAV is a platform to connect South Asians living in the Pacific Northwest with local communities while developing and empowering civic leaders to serve & support a wide range of youth, adult & family needs.

Uttoron

Bellevue,

Community Focus: Southern Asian
Geographic Region: Seattle Area
Indian

Registered in 2003, Uttoron is an IRS 501(C)(3) non-profit organization of People of Bengal based in Greater Seattle area of Northwest USA. The word “Uttoron” means “UPLIFTMENT”. Uttoron undertakes and promotes social /cultural events unique to Bengal and India. It’s activities supports the uniqueness of the diverse US cultural canvas and help build a bridge between the east and the west. Uttoron’s activities spans adjacent cities like Bellevue, Redmond, Issaquah, Sammamish, Everett, Tacoma and Olympia and currently enjoy the participation of Bengalis coming from various regions of India and Bangladesh.

UW Awaaz

Seattle,

Community Focus: Southern Asian
Geographic Region: Seattle Area

UW Awaaz is a South-Asian fusion a cappella group which takes songs from South-Asian and Western culture and creates harmonious arrangements of all varieties. Founded in 2009 by UW alumni Joyita Banerjee and Pratyusha Banik, Awaaz has followed in the tradition of other South-Asian a cappella groups while continuing to innovate the genre by incorporating elements from different cultures and media. From classic Bollywood hits by A.R. Rahman to popular American songs from different genres, we aim to cultivate fusions that provoke emotions of joy and nostalgia, while appealing to audiences of all musical backgrounds!

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