Asian

WAVES at Shoreline Community College

Shoreline,

Community Focus: Asian, Pacific Islanders
Geographic Region: Seattle Area
Asian / Pacific Islander (API)

A culturally relevant and student-centered program that seeks to remove barriers for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, & Pacific Islander students.

Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience

Seattle,

Community Focus: Asian, Pacific Islanders
Geographic Region: Seattle Area
Asian / Pacific Islander (API)

Explore what it means to survive and thrive in a new culture. Tour the very hotel where countless Asian Pacific immigrants first found a home, a meal and refuge in Seattle. Challenge your perspective on what it means to be, and become, American. Immerse yourself in contemporary Asian Pacific American issues through authentic stories, bold art and community driven exhibits. It’s all at The Wing, America’s only museum devoted to the Asian Pacific American Experience.

Wow Seattle

Edmonds,

Community Focus: Eastern Asian
Geographic Region: Seattle Area
Korean

Korean News Outlet

WSU Asian American/Pacific Islander Student Center

Pullman,

Community Focus: Asian, Pacific Islanders
Geographic Region: Southeast Washington
Asian / Pacific Islander (API)

The Asian American & Pacific Islander (AAPI) Student Center is committed to provide holistic services and programs that assist Washington State University to retain, develop and assist AAPI students in achieving their highest education potential.

Yang Family Tai Chi

Bothell,

Community Focus: Eastern Asian
Geographic Region: Seattle Area
Chinese

Yang Family Tai Chi is an association of centers, schools, instructors, and members who practice the art of Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan. It offers one of the most complete training systems in Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan and is organized to include a teacher academy, instructor registry, judge registry, and ranking system. This allows members to progress from beginner level to advanced level or to become a highly qualified instructor of Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan, depending on their goals.

Yoona Lee

Seattle,

Community Focus: Americas, Eastern Asian, North American
Geographic Region: Seattle Area
Korean, Korean American

Yoona Lee is a Seattle-based visual artist, writer, and racial justice activist. Her artwork has been shown at Sotheby’s NYC, the Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience, Vermillion, Ghost Gallery, Gary Henderson Gallery, and Zeitgeist Coffee, among other venues. Her art and writing have been published in the Los Angeles Review of Books, Seattle Journal for Social Justice, Breadline 4-Year Anthology, and The Stranger (a Seattle news and culture biweekly) and its daily blog.

Yukiyo Kawano

Portland,

Community Focus: Eastern Asian
Geographic Region: Oregon
Japanese

Yukiyo Kawano is a third-generation hibakusha (atomic bomb survivor) who grew up decades after the bombing of Hiroshima. Her work is personal, reflecting lasting attitudes toward the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Kawano received her MFA from Vermont College of Fine Art in 2012. Since then, Kawano’s work has been seen in U.S., Japan and Australia. Kawano has also given lectures at Aspen Institute in Tokyo, Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Main, Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Joan Mitchell Center, New Orleans, Louisiana among many others and also appeared in radio shows, such as OPB Radio, Portland, Oregon and 3CR Community Radio, Melbourne, Australia. Kawano has received numerous grants, including the Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA Grant in 2012 and Project Grant in 2015; a Regional Arts and Culture Council grant in 2016, 2018 & 2019; The Oregon Arts Commission in 2017 & 2019; and The Andy Warhol Foundation, Precipice Fund, 2019. Since 2016, Kawano’s project Suspended Moment has been selected by New York Foundation of the Arts’ fiscal sponsorship program. She teaches through VCFA studio mentorship program (AT) and is an Advisory Board Member of Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility (Oregon PSR). Kawano currently lives in Portland, OR.