Vice President Joe Biden addresses the Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Opening Ceremony, at the U.S. Department of the Interior in Washington, D.C., May 6, 2014. (Official White House Photo by David Lienemann) WASHINGTON, DC – Vice President Joe Biden, highlighting the achievements of generations of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs), spoke at the opening ceremony for …

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Asian Fortune is an English language newspaper for Asian American professionals in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. Visit fb.com/asianfortune to stay up to date with our news and what’s going on in the Asian American community.

Asian Fortune is an English language newspaper for Asian American professionals in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. Visit fb.com/asianfortune to stay up to date with our news and what’s going on in the Asian American community.

Federal Asian Pacific American Council-Business Advisory Partnership (FAPAC-BAP) held a celebration dinner successfully for the Asian Pacific American Heritage Month in April 26th. The dinner was held in Tony Cheng ‘s Seafood Restaurant, located in Chinatown, DC. Ten Asian Pacific American government contractor founding members and guests gathered together to celebrate the Asian Pacific American Heritage Month as well as …

By Aurora de Peralta Photos credit: Will Kim On the warm spring evening of May 6, 2014, many of the AAPI community’s most influential members gathered for the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS) 20th annual Gala Awards Dinner at the Washington Hilton Hotel. The founder of APAICS, the Honorable Norman Y. Mineta, was present to celebrate the …

Mix humility, intuition, and charisma and you get Duke Chung, the DMV’s homegrown entrepreneur who has sold a million dollar company to Microsoft at the age of 35. By Jenny Chen Although he didn’t know he was going to be an entrepreneur when he was a boy, Duke Chung always knew he wanted to solve problems. At 12 years old, …

By Yi Chen Named one of the 100 “Leading Global Thinkers of 2013” by Foreign Policy for “using art to show how inequality breeds violence”, awarded Best Screenplay for his new film at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival – it’s been a high-profile year for Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke. Like most of his feature films, A Touch of Sin is …

By Aurora de Peralta Richmond, VA – Gov. Terry McAuliffe signed the East Sea bill into law, initiating a change in state textbooks that has pitted Northern Virginia’s Korean American community against the government of Japan and other minority groups. McAuliffe (D) signed the bill on March 31, which requires all textbooks approved by the Virginia Board of Education after …

By Aurora de Peralta Every year in the month of May, dragon boats race through the Potomac in celebration of the DC Dragon Boat Festival, sponsored by the Chinese Women’s League of Washington, D.C. Team members pound on drums to keep paddlers on beat, while crowds of spectators flood the river banks to cheer on the teams. The DC Dragon …

Compiled by Mary Tablante 1. Asian American Voter Turnout Low Asian Americans voted less than whites and blacks in midterm elections since 1998, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of Census Bureau data released April 9. About three-in-ten Asian Americans cast ballots in this time span. The Asian American turnout in 2010 was 31 percent, while the turnout for …

by Suchi Rudra In just three months, Panda Sunglasses moved from Kickstarter project to Nordstrom showrooms. While still in school at Georgetown University, Ko and two of his friends had come up with the perfect fashion accessory: bamboo sunglasses. Like TOMS Shoes, a brand that donates one pair of shoes for each purchase, the sunglasses would be both eco-friendly and …

By Derek Mong “Civic engagement isn’t an action; it’s a lifestyle.” Those were the final words from my internship supervisor at Asian Pacific Islander American Vote (APIA Vote) in 2009. At the time, it had little meaning to me and I stumbled out from the marble steps of our K Street lobby with eyes set on my college and career …

By Suchi Rudra It’s a fairly troubling practice—but it’s been going on for years. Due to the lack of a solid database on Asian Americans, data taken from Asian people living in Asia have long been used in studies and surveys regarding Asian Americans. For example, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) has only begun to use Asian American data …

As beautiful as spring may be once the flowers have bloomed, it’s also a season for allergies and lingering colds. We talked to alternative and integrative medicine doctors in the area about ways you can stay healthy this spring. Clarence Lam, physician in preventive medicine at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health 1)  With the weather warming, take …

By Aurora de Peralta DC APA Film held its general kickoff meeting on Thursday, March 14 at the George Washington University Marvin Center. The meeting was an introduction to the organization’s current staff members. It was also an opportunity for new people to join either as executive staff members or as volunteers. 2014 will be a new “rebirth year” for …

Steven Kolberg is the 27 year old Director of Analysts at Bright Power, a company that provides energy management and solar energy solutions for building managers in New York City. In February, Kolberg was diagnosed with AML or acute myeloid leukemia – a rapidly progressing cancer of the blood and bone marrow. To fight his cancer, Kolberg would need a …

The Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation announces its Annual Pilgrimage, with the focus of honoring the service of veterans to the country. With the theme of “Honoring Selfless Service” this year’s events will recognize soldiers who were incarcerated at Heart Mountain during World War II. The events will take place at the Heart Mountain World War II Japanese American Confinement Site …

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Asian American LEAD (AALEAD) hosted their 15th Annual Dinner at the Silver Spring Civic Building in downtown Silver Spring from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m with 300 guests in attendance on March 27. During the program part of the event, hosted by anchor and reporter Kathy Park, guests had the opportunity to hear testimonials from current AALEAD youth Jessa Martinez, …

On March 20th, Asian Fortune and Asian American Chamber of Commerce co-hosted their first Diversity Job Fair in 2014.  The job fair was a success with over 15 employers and 400 job seekers in attendance. Employers who participated in the job fair included Maryland Live Casino, Fairfax County Sherif, State Farm, Farmers Insurance, Morgan Stanley, Premier Financials, Fairfax County Public …

By Aurora de Peralta Richmond, VA – A bill mandating that Virginia textbooks note that the Sea of Japan is also known as the East Sea was approved by the House of Delegates on Wednesday, March 5. The bill has been passed to Gov. Terry McAuliffe, who has one month to consider signing the bill into law. McAuliffe, who promised …

By Yi Chen The A.C.T.O.R. (A Continuing Talk on Race) series is a monthly open discussion produced and hosted by Busboys and Poets. The February series featured Tony Award-winning playwright David Henry Hwang, who talked about his own experience as an Asian American as well as his play Yellow Face, a comedy about mistaken racial identity. “I began writing because …

Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu is Assistant Professor of Asian Pacific American Studies at New York University. In her most recent book, The Beautiful Generation, Tu explores the rise of Asian Americans in high fashion and what ramifications it has for the fashion industry as a whole. She draws on conversations with design students, fashion curators, and fashion publicists; interviews with …