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Community Focus
Location
Community Focus
African, Middle Eastern, American (US), Asian, Australian, Canadian, Indian
Location
Mercer Island, WA
TiE Seattle is the area chapter of The Indus Entrepreneurs, a global nonprofit dedicated to growing and fostering entrepreneurship all over the world.
Community Focus
South Asian
Location
Seattle, WA
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!
Community Focus
Asian
Location
Seattle, WA
The National Bureau of Asian Research is committed to advanced independent research on issues affecting U.S. relations with Asia. Much of NBR’s research is undertaken by the world’s best specialists, working under contract on specific research projects.
Community Focus
South Asian, Asian, Bangladeshi, Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan
Location
Seattle, WA
Community Focus
Asian
Location
Seattle, WA
With over 400 employees, Uwajimaya is one of the largest Asian grocery retailers in the Pacific Northwest. Since 1928, Uwajimaya has evolved beyond providing basic grocery staples and become known as a tourist and destination store. Our reputation is built on being known as the information specialist on all things Asian and part of our mission is to educate the customer on all aspects of Asian culture. Uwajimaya's pre-eminence among Asian stores comes from its use of modern technology, its emphasis on cleanliness and its adherence to its business philosophy.
Community Focus
OR, Asian, Asian American, Asian / Pacific Islander (API), Pasifika
Location
Portland, OR
Theatre Diaspora is Oregon’s only professional Asian American/Pacific Islander (AAPI) theatre company.
Community Focus
South Asian, WA, Hinduism, Asian, Indian
Location
Bellevue, WA
Hindi Time Kids is a language & culture enrichment program that teaches children outside South Asia how to communicate in Hindi and celebrate the South Asian culture in a fun & engaging way.
Community Focus
LGBTQ, American (US), Asian, Asian American, Black, Hawaiian / Kanaka Maoli, Indigenous, Native American, Pasifika
Location
Spokane, WA
ACLS centers the power of Asians and Asian Americans to build a just, healthy, and thriving community for all.
Community Focus
Asian, Hawaiian / Kanaka Maoli, Pasifika
Location
Eugene, OR
Started in 2005 by Jason Mak & features juried films that support social justice themes and break the Asian American and Pacific Islander stereotypes
Community Focus
American (US), Asian
Location
Seattle, WA
The Seattle Asian American Film Festival (SAAFF) showcases feature-length and short format films by and about Asian Americans across North America, with an emphasis on filmmakers from the Pacific Northwest.
Community Focus
South Asian
Location
Redmond, WA
We envision an informed and just society where honest stories of lived experiences are heard loud and clear. And through this we strive to empower, transform, inspire, heal, and entertain the community. Our mission is to always go one step further to inspire social change in the changing times.
Community Focus
East Asian, Asian, Japanese
Location
Kikagaku Moyo have come a long way –both literally and metaphorically– since their humble beginnings busking on the streets of Tokyo back in 2012. A tight-knit group of five friends who bonded over the desire to play freely, and explore music associated with space and psychedelica, their initial ambitions were modest semi-regular slots in the cramped clubs of the city’s insular music scene. Yet the band’s progressive, folk-influenced take on psychedelica marked them out from their peers and re-started Japan’s psych rock scene; it also brought them international acclaim.
Community Focus
Southeast Asian, Asian, Vietnamese
Location
Garden Grove, CA
Vietnamese News Outlet
Community Focus
East Asian, American (US), Asian, Asian American, Japanese, Japanese American
Location
, CA
Tsuru for Solidarity is a way to give voice to the moral outrage of the Japanese American community at ongoing mass detentions in the US and to show solidarity with front-line immigrant communities fighting injustice, mass incarceration and deportation.
Community Focus
Southeast Asian, Asian, Vietnamese
Location
Garden Grove, CA
Saigon Broadcasting Television Network (SBTN) is the first and largest 24-hour Vietnamese television network outside Vietnam.
Community Focus
Middle Eastern, South Asian, Asian, Iranian, Persian
Location
Coquitlam, BC
Nejat Church is a Iranian Christian Community whose focus is to reach all people with the life-changing Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Community Focus
ID, Middle Eastern, West Asian, Asian, Iraqi
Location
Boise, ID
Luma Jasim is an interdisciplinary Iraqi-born artist.
Community Focus
East Asian, ID, Asian, Japanese
Location
Boise, ID
Luan (Lu-on) Teed is a Freelance Illustrator living in Boise, Idaho.
Community Focus
East Asian, Asian, Korean
Location
Los Angeles , CA
Korean News Outlet
Community Focus
Asian, Black, Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC), Indigenous, Latina/e/o/x
Location
, CA
The Just Solutions Collective (formerly the 100% Network) identifies and promotes just solutions to climate change from Black, Latinx, Asian, Indigenous, and Frontline diasporas.