Building Community Within Diversity
By DIANA CHENG aapress.com CALGARY (July 8, 2016) — Just a few days after the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences extended a membership invitation to Abbas Kiarostami, the Iranian[…]
The Minneapolis City Hall tower bells will play Prince songs in tribute to the Minneapolis music legend. The bells will play “Kiss,” “1999,” “Nothing Compares 2 U” and “When You[…]
LOS ANGELES (March 22, 2016) — It is with a truly heavy heart that we share the news of the passing of Professor Don T. Nakanishi’s on Monday, March 21, 2016 in[…]
LOS ANGELES (Mar. 8, 2016) — Sir George Martin, the producer who was considered “the fifth Beatle” for his studio work with The Beatles in the 1960’s has died at[…]
HONOLULU (Jan. 26, 2016) — Hawaiʻi State Senator Gil Kahele was hospitalized last week for undisclosed health issues and passed away Tuesday morning. U.S. Sen. Mazie K. Hirono (HI-D) released the[…]
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Oct. 5, 2015) — Grace Lee Boggs, a Detroit based civil rights activist and author who has been a leader in many of the social movements that have shaped the United[…]
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Aug. 17, 2015) — OCA – Asian Pacific American Advocates offers its condolences to the family of civil rights icon Julian Bond, following his passing on Saturday. Mr.[…]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – OCA – Asian Pacific American Advocates mourns the loss of OCA Co-Founder Kung-Lee Wang. Last Friday, Kung-Lee (K.L.) Wang passed away. His death comes only three months[…]
WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 25, 2015) — The U.S. delegation to attend the State Funeral Service of Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, founding Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore, was announced Thursday. The[…]
The first Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew, passed away Monday, March 22, 2015. He was 91 and had reportedly been suffering from pneumonia. Recognized as the founding father[…]
