Sara Miura Zolbrod, coordinator of the 1,000 Hopes project, holds some hopes, dreams and wishes created by local elementary students. She will add about 1,000 of these papers to the fence at the Eugene Public Library by the end of May.
Credit Aubrey Bulkeley
“I remember tying a long white piece of paper onto a tree that had thousands of other pieces of paper on it.”
As a child, Zolbrod thought this was a wishing tree. After some research, she learned it is a tradition called Omikuji where people can pay for a range of fortunes. And all the fortunes tied together, get amplified.
‘It’s important to have someone who looks like you’: Orange County epidemiologist shares experience on pandemic frontlines
Alvina Chu explains representation builds stronger community
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ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Alvina Chu calls herself a disease detective.
Working with the Florida Department of Health in Orange County, the epidemiologist has been tracking the virus and determining the next moves in the fight against COVID-19.
Chu said she has had life-long interest in science building up to this moment. Both of her parents are physicians from Hong Kong.
Dr. Raul Pino, the health department’s director said she has been key as the Orange County navigated the coronavirus pandemic over the past year.
MUMBAI — With a marked increase in anti-Asian discrimination, stereotyping and violence making international headlines earlier this year, Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month has embraced a renewed sense
by Janey Wong • May 24, 2021 at 10:00 am
Cute packaging featuring the restaurant’s signature eye-catching food print Janey WongAt the Indonesian-Chinese inspired restaurant Gado Gado (the name was plucked from the salad dish of the same name, which is a hallmark of Indonesian cuisine), bartender Scout Caldwell switches up menus to keep cocktails seasonal-ish. Two of the current menu’s cocktails include nods to
Arrested Development there’s a rye based drink called the “Never Nude,” and a tribute to the show’s late matriarch, Jessica Walter, which includes both gin AND vodka; definitely speaking Lucille Bluth’s language. A little inside info for y’all: Caldwell is planning on shouting out
JMRL to host anti-Asian violence presentation Photo: clipart.com
May 24, 2021, News Release
May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and JMRL is honored to host Dr. Sylvia Chong, Director of the Asian Pacific American Studies Program at the University of Virginia, for an important and timely virtual presentation entitled The History of Anti-Asian Violence in the U.S. This Zoom program is scheduled for Tuesday, May 25 at 7:00pm.
The recent wave of anti-Asian hate crimes, coupled with mass shootings in Atlanta and Indianapolis that targeted a large number of Asian victims, have received increased levels of attention in the national media. Coverage of these events has also exposed widespread ignorance of the history of Asian Americans’ presence in the U.S., along with the acts of mass violence, harassment and discrimination that they have faced.