Asian Council

09/21/2020

LANE COUNTY, Ore. — In recent weeks, Eugene Police report there have been several incidents of stolen property and valuables from vehicles. Mostly from vehicles that may have been packed up in the case of an evacuation from the wildfires. Police say if ever an evacuation occurs in the Eugene a...

09/11/2020

SPRINGFIELD, Ore. - Photojournalists visiting the evacuation center at Silke Field asked volunteer coordinator Joshwa Martin:“So what do you need? ”“Volunteers overnight, especially people willing to handle some harder situations," he said. If you can volunteer, please go tohttps:/...

09/10/2020

SPRINGFIELD, Ore. - The Holiday Farm Fire has burned over 100,000 acres as firefighters scramble to contain the blaze - and residents forced to evacuate their homes await word on what the fire did to their communities. The Oregon RAPTOR map listed the fire size as 105,523 acres as of 1:31 a. m. Sept...

06/03/2020

03/19/2020

Hi, my name is Jimmy and I am a Vietnamese American who was born and raised in North Carolina. I started printing REFUGENE shirts to connect with my heritage. As a father and as a minority, I worry our cultural identity will fade with each generation. The REFUGENE project exists to...

03/12/2019

Administrators from Paterson are taking another trip to Puerto Rico to try to find bilingual teachers.

05/26/2018

The Chinese Exclusion Act barely gets mentioned in U.S. history classes. A new PBS documentary from directors Ric Burns and Li-Shin Yu could change that.

04/28/2018

He was among the founders of East West Players, a theater troupe that sought better roles for Asian-American actors and more representative stories.