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June 2015Volume 10 Issue 6
asian avenueUP-AND-COMING
ARTISTS Meet four of Mile High’s up-and-coming Asian
American artists
Restaurant Peeks 285 Asian Landing
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on the coverThis issue we take a look at four up-and-coming
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Dear Asian Avenue readers,
We have been thinking about the people and families affected by the Nepal earthquake and tremors this past month. Amuda Mishra, the founder of Ujyalo Foundation, based in Colorado, shares an update of what she is currently seeing in Nepal. The infrastructure and resources are being rebuilt, as well as the spirit of the people. We wish them the very best luck and utmost resilience during this time.
As summer begins, we would like to invite you to visit the Metro Den-ver Farmers’ Market weekdays and weekends, now through October.
The markets are free and located in Southwest Plaza, Lakewood, Highlands Ranch, Littleton, and Wheat Ridge. They are hoping to diversify their reach and invite all of your families to stop on by!
In this issue, we interview four talented up-and-coming Asian American artists on their in-spiration and art mediums. We feature several articles on food, including our chef’s recipe on how to make chicken lettuce wraps and our staff Sarah Shirazi’s experience learning how to make sushi at Kitchen Table Cooking School. Our restaurant peeks feature the delicious dishes of 285 Landing and P17. We hope you try them out this summer.
Our next issue will celebrate our 9th anniversary. Asian Avenue magazine began in July 2006. We thank you for your support over the years and hope the magazine continues to serve the mile-high community for years to come. Please do not hestitate to reach out to us with any article suggestions, comments or feedback. Thank you!
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Find Inside >> Table of Contents
June 2015 | Table of Contents6
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8 Event Calendar
10 Inside Story Learn how to roll your own sushi at the Kitchen Table Cooking School
11 Book Review Meet Me in Venice: A Chinese Immigrant’s Journey from the Far East to the Faraway West
COVER STORY
12 Up-and-Coming Asian American Artists
FOOD
18 Restaurant Peek P17
20 Restaurant Peek 285 Landing
21 Chef’s Recipe Chicken Lettuce Wraps
TRAVEL
22 Beijing, China Summer Palace is a must-see
MILE HIGH SOCIETY: ON SCENE
24 Visitors go on annual pilgrimage to Amache, a Japanese internment camp
Judge Kerry Hada speaks at Colorado Heights University graduation
25 Denver’s Thai Temple celebrates Songkran Festival (water festival) Denver Public Schools Asian Education Advisory Council celebrates 30th anniversary, while students visit Wells Fargo to learn about the banking industry
26 National News
FEATURE
27 Update on Nepal earthquake
HEALTH
28 Women’s Wellness Connection offers free women’s exams
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Meet Me in Venice: A Chinese Immigrant’s Journey from the Far East to the Faraway West
Emerging trends unfold in this nonfiction narrative of how Chinese immigrants are considering new continents for
places to live. Instead of the United States, Chinese immigrants are more and more looking into Europe as a place to settle and make a living. Author, Suzanne Ma is a former journalist who decided to take a traveling fellowship to research and shadow Chinese natives who immigrated to Europe. Owning a home, cre-ating a business or making money are some of the ambitions of Chinese immigrants wanting to leave their homeland.
As the issues of immigration heat up in political debate in the United States, what are other countries doing on these emerg-ing trends. Are they instituting language requirements? What are some integration policies?
In Meet Me in Venice: A Chinese Immigrant’s Journey from the Far East to the Faraway West Suzanne Ma explores how Chinese immigrants are immigrating to Europe, particularly Venice, Mi-lan or Florence. Stories of labor laws, worker treatment and wage benefits abound all over the countryside. Ma highlights these sto-ries as she attempts to better understand aspirations for a better life outside of China.
“These are stories happening now,” said Ma during a phone interview.
Her curiosity about Chinese immigrants moving into Europe started back in 2007. Struggling with dual identities of Chinese and Canadian, Ma wanted to “get in touch with roots.” She learned how to speak Mandarin by moving to Beijing and enrolling in an intensive language program. During the program she met “Chi-nese Born Canadians” also known as CBC, “American Born Chi-nese,” also known as ABC, Chinese from Australia, Chinese from France, Chinese from Germany, Chinese from Sweden. She even met her future husband, who was Dutch born Chinese, also taking a year off for the same program.
Intrigued by the Chinese settling in Europe, she discovered that sociology patterns differ from Chinese migrating to the United States. “Migration to Europe is a completely different narrative than the United States,” said Ma, who took the plunge by quitting her 9-to-5 job as a journalist in New York to conduct research and shadow Chinese families moving to Europe.
Ma shares the personal stories of Ye Pei, who fantasizes about Venice, a city of gondolas, canals and floating buildings. With compassion, Ma weaves the story of hardship for Pei and her
Title: Meet Me in Venice: A Chinese Immigrant’s Journey from the Far East to the Faraway WestAuthor: Suzanne MaPages: 192 pagesPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield PublishersISBN: 14422239360
Interested in learning more about Suzanne Ma and her photo exhibition of those she met researching her book?Visit her website at www.suzannema.com. You can also follow her on Twitter @Suzannebma.
Reviewed by Mary Jeneverre Schultz
Book Reviewfamily, who settled hours away from Venice, the enchanted city.
Many personal and heartfelt stories surround Pei. The author compels readers to understand the hardships of learning another language and the strict rules of integration regarding obtaining a driver’s license, ins and outs of buying property and changing jobs for better benefits and hours. The stark reality of living in another country squashes Pei’s romantic notion of Europe.
The vivid description of Italian towns, cuisine and culture in-dicates the author spent time and visited places in person. It feels real, transporting the reader to the European countryside.
Ma, 31, hopes this book inspires readers to sit up and pay atten-tion to all the immigrant stories unfolding around them. “I want everyone to realize immigrants all around us might look like or-dinary people with extraordinary stories.”
“I want everyone to realize immigrants all around us might look like ordinary people with extraordinary stories.” - Suzanne Ma
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11Inside Story | asian avenue magazine
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As a sushi lover, I pride myself on know-ing all the hot sushi spots, the best all-you-can-eat sushi buffets, the best happy hour specials, but I never thought of making sushi at home, I mean where would I start? So when I saw an advertisement for the Kitch-en Table Cooking School’s “Roll Your Own Sushi Night,” I thought I should give it go.
I arrived in the eventing at the new lo-cation of Kitchen Table Cooking School in Greenwood Village, it was easy to find, and there was plenty of free parking. There was a small group of 13 of us, and we were set up at two rows of tables.
Before we started, we enjoyed some wine and appetizers. I instantly made friends with a young lady sitting next to me who also happened to be there alone. Her brother gave her a gift card for Christmas and she was just as curious as I was about learning the art of sushi rolling.
Our instructor, Diego Coconati kicked off the class with introductions and an expla-nation of the class format and class packets provided. H-Mart, Pacific Mercantile, and Pacific Ocean Marketplace were listed as the top places to buy sushi ingredients and tools.
Chef Diego set us up at our cooking sta-tions in pairs, and we immediately got started on making the sushi rice. As the rice cooked,
we cooked a mixture of vinegar, sugar and kombu (dried seaweed) to use later as the fla-vor for the rice. As we waited for the rice to cook, we prepared miso soup, which I must say was more flavorful than most miso soups i’ve eaten at some of the best sushi restau-rants. Needless to say, I will be making more miso soup at home.
We sat down to enjoy our miso soup, and then dove into a knife and cutting demon-stration by Chef Diego. He taught us how to properly hold a knife to use our free hand as a guide on the knife blade to control the size of each piece. From there, we made a variety of sushi rolls, taking a final break to enjoy our completed rolls. My favorite was the crab and avocado roll with micro-greens and toasted sesame seeds.
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By Sarah Shirazi, Asian Avenue magazine
Just as their ancestors have done for centuries before them, Asian American artists bridge different cultures, connect
different experiences, and express their unique visions that reflect different faces of the Asian American community.
From art to performing arts, writing and architecture, Asian Americans contribute significantly to the artistic landscape in the United States. As with any other form of expression, there can certainly be a lot of debate and disagreement over the merits or meaning of particular works and how it represents Asian American culture, by Asians and non-Asians alike. But this kind of artistic and cultural diversity is ultimately a testament to the talent and creativity that exists within the Asian American community.
Asian Avenue magazine set out to find some of Colorado’s up-and-coming Asian American artists to get their perspectives on how their cultural backgrounds influence their art. These young Asian American artists will inspire you by their talent and love for art.
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Colorado native Akemi Camille Tsutsui takes a look at racial minority subjects through a portrait artist’s lense. With a special focus on Japanese American
culture, her work is both realistic and illustrative.Asian Avenue (A.A) - What medium(s) do you prefer to work in? Akemi Camille Tsutsui (A.C.T) - I like that in charcoal I can create dimension and the illusion of space by manipulating the lights and darks of the image, pulling and pushing things back in “space.” Charcoal can also have a very dramatic feeling with the strong blacks and whites you make with the medium. Colored pencil has a great vibrancy to it. It’s perfect to use when I want the image to have a liveliness or a pop to it. A.A - What’s your inspiration for doing your work?A.C.T - I take a lot of inspiration for the subject matter of my work from my experi-ences in the Asian American community, my studies in the Ethnic Studies department at University of Colorado Denver and my family history. Much of my work considers the role of Asian Americans in United States history. Other pieces draw more on Japanese American cultural influences. In this sense I use Japanese motifs and iconic cultural images. I’m also very inspired by the struggles of other ethnic minorities around the world. I’m deeply influenced by the work of Hung Liu, Michael Shapcott, Stephen Chow, and Hayao Miyazaki. A.A - How do you see your art developing in the future? A.C.T - I have a number of concepts lined up for new pieces. Now I just have to execute them! Most of the concepts deal with the balance, as well as conflict, between tradition and modernity. Being a martial arts practitioner (I’ve trained in Shotokan karate for 18 years), I’m constantly reflecting on the idea of tradition in the modern age. A.A - Do you have any advice for aspiring artists? A.C.T - Draw from what you see around you and be very conscious of space, color, texture. Even if the content of your work doesn’t convey scenes from real life or even resemble the world we live in, studying how the human eye perceives life is very im-portant in understanding how to convey what you want in your work.
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Inspired by anime powerhouses (like Studio Ghibli) from a young age, Sage
Mirei Asakawa incorporates her Japanese background with the fantasy world in highly detailed pen and ink manga drawings. Asian Avenue (A.A.) - What medium do you prefer to work in? Sage Mirei Asakawa (S.M.A.) - I like us-ing pen best because I can work on a piece or draw anywhere. Pen has no boundaries until you run out. As a child, it was what I’d use most because it was always there and I could get the fine details I wanted. A.A. - How does your cultural background influence your work? S.M.A. - My cultural background serves as a wonderland for my work. A great num-ber of my pieces have a Japanese element to them. Additionally, from a young age I started watching Studio Ghibli films and was blown away by the dreamy elements and beautiful animation. In middle school I discovered anime and manga and those real-ly served to inspire me, especially the latter. Manga has such fine details and is almost al-ways hand drawn. The illustrations serving to tell a story was right up my alley.A.A. - How do you see your art developing in the future? S.M.A. - The great thing about art is that it’s always developing. I think every time I draw my style develops and I gain more skill. It’s going to be a journey and there are definitely things I need to improve on but I’m confident that my work will grow in the best way. I also know I need to start teaching myself the ins and outs of digital art thoroughly.A.A. - Do you have any advice for aspiring artists? S.M.A. - Keep making art! Anyone could tell you that, but from my personal expe-rience, the more you make art, the better you’ll get. When I start slacking and not drawing as much my work takes a nose dive and even my creativity suffers. You learn something from everything you make, even if you don’t consider it a success. Just keep creating. Also, something that I find helpful is to look at other art. There are great sites like deviantArt, Pixiv, tumblr, etc, that peo-ple will put their work on and it can be really motivating to create your own. It’s import-ant to find your own style and by looking at other artists work you can realize how you want to proceed with your own. Art is most of all a personal journey.
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Colorado grown, Cory Feder is a Korean American animation and sculp-ture artist. Her work blends the ordinary with the peculiar in her explo-
ration of the human experience. Asian Avenue (A.A) - How did you start doing art? Cory Feder (C.F.) - I started doing art just as soon as I did anything else like walking or speaking. I started taking it more seriously as I grew older because I was lucky enough to develop those skills and ideas in youth art classes under Lindy Lyman and then later in high school at Denver School of the Arts.A.A. - What is your process for beginning a new piece? C.F. - I record ideas in my sketchbook for at least a couple weeks and write down my own experiences in accordance to those concepts. Even though I al-ways extract the ideas from my own life, my goal is to make those concepts universal in the sense that anyone could connect with them because they stem from the basic human experience. A.A. - What’s your inspiration for doing your work?C.F. - I like finding magic in small everyday gestures and moments. Tradition, domesticity and ritual are things I can’t help but constantly return to in terms of having to live within those limits but also finding ways to escape through the imagination. The balance of both is what keeps things interesting for me. A.A. - What mediums do you prefer to work in? C.F. - I have been working mostly in animation and soft sculpture for the past few years...When I make animated films, I am able to make the entire world where my creations will live and exist... Film allows me to sculpt, make music, draw and write which are all things I’ve always done separately. A.A.- How does your cultural background influence your work? C.F. - Growing up as a half Korean girl in United States has ultimately been a confusing and humorous experience for me. I always found it funny that everyone set me apart because of that side of my heritage, yet the only part of the culture I knew was what my mom had decided to raise me with...The idea of pseudo-culture is an idea that I’m always thinking about and always find as a foundation to build from.
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I like finding magic in small
everyday gestures and moments.
Chris Haven’s energetic style brings a unique vibe to the Colorado art scene both on the streets and in galleries. Based in Westminster,
Colo., the artist/DJ’s work uses location to his artistic advantage. Asian Avenue (A.A) - What medium do you prefer to work in?Chris Haven (C.H.) - The medium I prefer is spray paint. Once I began using this medium I knew it would be my favorite. It’s fast, you’re able to cover a large area quickly and the color selection now is vibrant and great to use.A.A.- What is your process for beginning a new piece?C.H. - My process for beginning a piece differs each time. Sometimes I will have thoughts of what I want done before I even know what wall or canvas I am going to paint Other times I will sketch what the client wants or freestyle somethingA.A.- How does your cultural background influence your work? C.H. - My Japanese culture influences my work a lot in letters because of the flowing style of characters used. I use some Asian influences in colors and subject matter, depending on what my final product will be.A.A. - How do you see your art developing in the future?C.H. - In the future I see my art develop by doing more large scale mu-rals as well as more personal art shows. Once someone has found their style it’s more about fine tuning than developing. Though I always try and switch styles up and be creative and original.A.A. - Do you have any advice for aspiring artists? C.H. - My advice for future artists is don’t get discouraged. Everyone wants to do art, everyone is an artist and to a certain degree everything is art. So don’t judge your works on someone else’s keep developing your style, pushing your self. It’s really about self progression. Get involved with whatever you can to show your works. Utilize your time wisely. Be original, which Is hard now with so many creative minds out there. Be creative and inspire!!
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Chris HavenAge: 35City: Westminster, COMedium: Spray paint
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P17 offers a variety of small and big plates, signature drinks, and everything in between; it also has separate lunch, dinner and brunch menus, but many of the offer-ings overlap. Brunch is a great time to stop by and take advantage of the bottomless mimosas for $10!
To start, try the lettuce wraps— a nod to Korean beef bulgogi with toasted sesame seeds on top for added texture, served with a side of scallions, picked vegeta-bles, sliced apples, and butter lettuce. The combination of beef, vegetables and crispy apples wrapped inside the butter lettuce creates a nice soft and crispy burst of flavor with each bite. The duck confit tacos were also the perfect introduction to our feast, with adobo, pine-apple crema, kale, cilantro, and grated cotija cheese. These plates were both fun to share and eat.
1600 E. 17TH AVE DENVER, CO 80218 TEL: 303.399.0988
WEBSITE: WWW.P17DENVER.COM
June 2015 | Restaurant Peek 18
P17 recently celebrated its 10th anniversary, but a lot has changed. About a year ago, P17’s owner and head chef, Mary Nguyen decided to rebrand “Parallel 17” from a higher end, Asian-fusion restaurant to more of a neighborhood bistro with European and Asian influences.
“I wanted to open a neighborhood bistro with quality regional food, no pretension at great prices,” says Nguyen. “If you look at America there are so many multicultural influences from many diverse cultures. For me, P17 is a reincarnation of a real neighborhood bistro.”
By Sarah Shirazi, Asian Avenue magazine
P17’s attention to quality and fresh ingredients shine, especially in their entrees. The trout is per-fect example of this—seared whole rainbow trout served on top pf asparagus and a white bean, ol-ive, tomato and caper salad, topped with frisee. You get a wonderful saltines from the capers that is the perfect contrast to the citrus from the lemon, the silky earthiness from the white beans, and the bitterness of the frisee. The niçoise salad is also a great choice, if you’re looking for something light and full of fresh flavors.
If you feel like indulging, try the roasted duck breast served over a mixture of bacon, sweet yams, pear, walnuts, and kazoo sauce. The kazoo sauce is par-tially made by scrapping the film off of saki, and add-ing a bit of sweetness and saltiness to create almost a caramel like consistency that really ties the whole dish together. In one word: heaven.
The new bistro concept has served P17 well, and luckily for us this neighborhood bistro has the potential to be around for the long haul. See you there!
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Ramen lovers must try the P17 Ramen, which is like the mac daddy of all ramen’s with a soft boiled egg, bean sprouts, scallions, bok choy, corn, ground pork, pork belly, ramen noodles, and chili oil.
Photos by Anastasia Yagolnik
3650 S Wadsworth BlvdLakewood, CO 80235
303.988.0870www.285landing.com
Hours:Mon - Thurs: 11:00am – 9:00pm
Fri: 11:00am – 10:00pmSat: 4:30pm – 10:00pm Sun: 4:30pm – 9:00pm
This family-owned restaurant promises to be a quite haven from the bustle of
South Wadsworth and Highway 285, offering a range of pan- Asian flavors, classic Chi-nese dishes, sushi and a variety of unique and healthy soups.
New owners Kenny and Jeannie Yu launched 285 Asian Landing earlier this year. Prior to that the Mu-Lan Landing Chinese restaurant had occupied the space for years gaining a sol-id reputation in the neighborhood. Dr. Jeannie Yu, who runs an acupuncture practice by day, used her background in medicine to inspire a few dishes on the menu.
The bone marrow soup or “medicine soup” as Jeanie likes to call it is a perfect starter: a soothing soup with a dark, rich broth, ginger, mixed herbs, and shiitake mushrooms. Then there’s Dr. Yu’s chicken soup, so special that you have to order it 24 hours in advance. It takes up to 8 hours to prepare and has a hearty cast of ingredients including organic chicken, codonopsis, astragalus, Goji wolf berry, Chi-nese red dates, Chinese yam, shiitake mush-room and ginger. According to Jeannie this soup will stimulate your immune system, in-crease energy and promote overall health.
The interior traditionally Chinese in aes-thetic—lends a hand to the warm atmosphere, which contains an elegant balance of intima-cy and informality. Traditional musical in-
struments and cultural artifacts are displayed throughout the restaurant, demonstrating the pride that Jeannie and Kenny have for their Chinese roots.
There’s something for everyone here, and the regulars who dine at 285 Asian Landing have favorites as diverse as the menu. Sushi Chef Mason Rhee serves up a variety of sashimi and sushi rolls. My favorite happened to be the 285 Sushi Roll with Tempura shrimp, avocado,cucumber, topped with spicy tuna and crunch. Try the spring rolls or the crab cheese wantons, both are perfectly wrapped and paired with de-licious dipping sauces.
The entrees take everything up a notch. The Hunan Duck follows Chinese culinary philoso-phy to an exact science, balancing flavors and consistency with equal skill. The crispy1/2 duck was cooked perfectly, served with hunan sauce, a rich sauce with a medley of vegeta-bles, the perfect balance of sweet and spicy. The Chicken Lo Mein was one of the best I’ve had in a while, perfectly coated noodles in a delicious sauce, crispy sautéed vegetables and tender bits of moist chicken.
285 Asian Landing might be a little hard to find, although its right off of S. Wadsworth; but one things for certain, once you land there, you will love it. The food is delicious, the prices are reasonable, and the service feels like family— what else can you ask for?
Eight Treasure Soup, Small, $3.95 ; Large $5.95
Slow cooked soup made with red rice, black rice, red beans, black beans, black sesame,
lotus seeds, coix seeds and walnuts. This high protein and high fiber vegetarian
soup nourishes the heart, blood, kidneys and brain and is also good for the skin,
hair and memory.
Singapore Rice Noodles, $11.95 Stir-fried noodles w/onions, cabbage, bean
sprouts with curry flavor.
Five Spice Flavor Duck, $18.95Duck breast and leg cooked with our unique
mixture of Asian five spice powder.
Honey Walnut Shrimp, Lunch $10.95, Dinner $15.95
Battered shrimp with honey baked walnut and sesame.
Carpaccio, $11Thinly sliced raw fish topped with greens
and house dressing. Your choice of Salmon, Tuna or Red Snapper.
Menu Highlights
June 2015 | Restaurant Peek 20
By Sarah Shirazi, Asian Avenue magazine
CHICKENLETTUCE WRAPS
Lettuce wraps are fast becoming a popular appe-tizer at restaurants across the country, though it can also be served as a light meal, which with summer approaching might make for a healthier option. Try this version of lettuce wraps with marinated chicken, crisp vegetables, and crunchy pine nuts—guaranteed to make a delicious hands on meal.
Main Ingredients:
2 c chopped skinless chicken breast2 c chopped vegetables: water chestnut, carrot, celery, cabbage, green bell pepper and garlic paste.½ c pine nuts 8 large leaves iceberg lettuce
Sauce Ingredients:
salt, pepper, sesame oil, and rice wine to taste2 tsp garlic paste 1 tsp oyster sauce
1 tsp sugar 1 tsp soy sauce 2 tsp potato starch 2 Tbsp vegetable oil
Method:
1. In a medium bowl, combine chicken, salt, pepper, and rice wine. Mix and set aside.
2. To prepare the sauce: in a small bowl, combine oyster sauce, salt, sugar, sesame oil, soy sauce, and pepper with 1/4 cup of water. Mix and set aside.
3. Add one tablespoon vegetable oil to a medium pan and heat on a low/medium setting. Add pine nuts, and stir-fry until fragrant. Separate pine nuts from oil and set aside.
4. Add one tablespoon of oil to the pan, and stir-fry chicken breast. Remove the chicken breast and set aside.
5. Add the garlic paste to the pan and stir-fry until fragrant. Add vegetables and diced chicken breast to the pan, stir-fry until fragrant. Pour the mixed sauce and wet potato starch into the pan. Add pine nuts and stir mixture well.
6. Cut the lettuce into round pieces with the diameter of five inches.
7. To eat, place mixture in center of lettuce, wrap, and enjoy!
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There are many cultural sites that make Beijing a vacation destination; the Great Wall, the Forbidden City, Linggu
Temple, Dr. Sun Yat-sen’s Mausoleum, the Temple of Heaven, and Tiananmen Square to name a few. I traveled to all of these sites, but none of them impressed me as much as the Summer Pal-ace. Don’t get me wrong, the Great Wall is certainly impressive and not to be missed, but after about an hour of walking you still are looking at a lot of bricks.
The Summer Palace is located about 9 miles northwest from the heart of Beijing. This imperial palace sits atop a lush, green hill overlooking the large, blue Kunming Lake. Originally built in 1153 under the Jin Dynasty, the palace received its name in 1888 when Empress Dowager Cixi used silver to repair and restore it. Walking through the palace you are instantly taken back in time.
In order to tour the Summer Palace, you must climb several small stairs that wind and cut through large boulders – but this cultural tour is not dangerous nor is it strenuous (there were even women performing Tai-Chi in a stone courtyard midway up the hill). When you reach the top there is a breathtaking, nearly pan-oramic view of the Lake and the land. But the tour doesn’t stop there.
Next you must walk through the vibrantly painted rooms and halls, past the towering pagoda, to the lakeshore. There you will take a dragon-shaped boat across the Lake to an island. The neatly manicured island is attached to the 17-Arch Bridge. Cross over this magnificent bridge to a vendor-lined, cobblestone street. Make sure to enjoy an ice cream treat before riding another drag-on boat back to the entrance of the remarkable Summer Palace.
Summer Palace PleasureIf you’re headed to Beijing, this enchanting palace is a must see
by Kelly Kasic
June 2015 | Travel 22
You will want to have an empty memory card to take several pictures of this bright-ly painted Palace set atop a hill.
Whether traveling to China for busi-ness or pleasure, it is helpful to
know what to expect when you hit the ground. Starbucks is the first thing that you will see upon leaving Customs in Beijing. This capital city is growing and updating rapidly; construction cranes decorate the horizon. Yet, red and pink roses beautify street medians, while trees line the immac-ulate sidewalks. The skies are clear and blue as the government has stepped up pollution control tactics.
As I traveled from one cultural icon to the next (don’t miss the Great Wall), I had no problem locating a good restaurant. While I preferred to avoid the ‘bat on a stick’ (seri-ously), I did make my way into several local restaurants. Many offer pictures or English on their menus, but for those that didn’t, communication was not too difficult and I was always able to order a delicious meal – often for less than eight dollars. For those visitors that must have “American Food” while traveling abroad – McDonalds, KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, and Starbucks are ev-erywhere.
The people of Beijing were very friend-ly, curious, and polite. The taxis, however, were not – be careful as you walk down the street, taxis do not always obey road rules. All in all, Beijing is an exciting city that can accommodate nearly anyone.
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On Saturday, May 16, more than 50 peo-ple of all ages attended the annual Pilgrim-age to Amache, one of ten major U.S. con-centration camps for Japanese Americans during WWII. At its peak, Amache held nearly 8,000 prisoners behind barbed-wire. Surrounded by towers manned by military guards carrying rifles, the inmates stood in line for everything - to eat in messhalls, to do laundry and to use the latrines.
There was no running water in the bar-racks and the searing heat on the eastern plains on the edge of the dust bowl took its toll on the prisoners. The constant sand-storms left dust on everything including grit in their nostrils and mouths. Except for what they could carry to camp, a total of 120,000 inmates lost all of their physical possessions and Constitutional rights as they were forc-ibly removed from their homes along the west coast of the U.S. into flimsy barracks for the duration of the war. Two-thirds of the inmates were U.S. citizens by birth.
Colorado’s Consul General from Japan, Makoto Ito, joined former incarcerees, their descendants and supporters at the Amache cemetery to commemorate those who died in U.S. military service during WWII as well as those who perished while prisoners.
For several decades, students from Grana-da High School have cared for the camp site under the direction of John Hopper, currently Principal of the school located a mile east of Amache in the town of Grana-da. With graduate students, DU Associate Professor of Anthropology Dr. Bonnie Clark holds summer excavations every two years at Amache. Artifacts unearthed have added immeasurably to the history of the site which holds National Landmark status. The 40th anniversary of the first formal Pilgrimage to Amache will be held on the Saturday before Memoral Day weekend in May of 2016. A reunion of the original organizers and at-tendees is being planned. Further informa-tion is available at www.amache.org.
Annual pilgrimage to Amache, an American concentration camp
Every person that attends a Colorado Heights University graduation cannot help but to be inspired by the diversity of the student population. The graduating class featured students representing 27 different countries. With such a diverse group of students, it was fitting to have the Honor-able Judge Kerry Hada deliver the keynote address. Judge Hada is a strong advocate for diversity having grown up as a 3rd gen-eration citizen of the U.S. whose lineage is Japanese. He has overcome great obsta-cles in life to achieve great success while amassing interesting life experiences.
Judge Hada addressed the graduates stating that while they are graduating in a time where the “world’s hope and future rests on (their) shoulders”, it is also a time of great opportunity. The world is growing increasingly globalized yet diversity still poses obstacles.
“People look at us differently because we are brown, black and yellow”, re-marked the Judge. He inspired laughter as he told stories of how he had been com-plemented on his English throughout life. From army commanders to grocery store clerks, many have been impressed with
this American born citizen’s command of the English language.
Judge Hada noted that he would trade all of his accomplishments for the grad-uate’s youth. His parting words of advice were:
“If you do your best and outwork every-one else, you will achieve your goals. Set your goals high. Diversity is important. We are all different but you are the ones that have embraced that difference. Don’t lose your mother tongue. Learn more lan-guages, travel the world and embrace ev-erybody in the world.”
Colorado Heights University graduation
By Marge Taniwaki
24 June 2015 | On Scene
Photo Credit: KGNU News
By Jennifer Manhoff, Colorado Heights University
Photo Credit: Xiaowen (Mary) Xu
Out of the vast nationalities at Hamilton Middle School in Denver Public Schools, we proudly represent the Asian-Pacific Is-lander group. We had a great opportunity to have the chance to experience Wells Fargo Bank, with our knowledgeable guide, Travis Tom.
Tom works at Wells Fargo as an Invest-ment Banker. Allen Wong, our teacher at Hamilton and Priscilla Rahn, Chair-person for the Denver Public Schools (DPS) Asian Education Advisory Council (AEAC) were our chaperones.
To start off, we would like to thank AEAC funding and organizing our trip, as well as Wells Fargo for allowing us to come. On our trip, we learned about sev-eral different aspects of banking such as investments, loans, and mortgages. We also learned about foreign banking and
exchange, including, multi-national cur-rencies. Upon arrival, we were greeted at the front entrance to the public Wells Fargo branch where we soon began our tour. We entered into the bank, and im-mediately to the left there was a replica of the original Wells Fargo Stagecoach! Not only did these coaches transport curren-cy and valuable items they also served as transportation for mail. The coaches held a maximum of 18 people.
At the teller station they showed us counting machines, as well as numerous foreign currencies. We were also shown how to distinguish counterfeit money, from real currency as well as ways that the U.S. Treasury prevents counterfeit bills. Unfortunately, we were not able to go visit the main bank vaults, but we were excited to visit the Safe Deposit boxes.
We spent the lunch period eating sand-wiches from the cafe, in the beautiful cov-ered atrium. Then we took the sky tunnel into the adjacent Wells Fargo building and up to the 50th floor to the executive offices and the main conference room, where we had the opportunity to glance at the amaz-ing views from the office windows. Once again, we would like to thank the AEAC as well as Wells Fargo, for this opportunity and our chaperones; Allen Wong, Priscilla Rahn and Travis Tom.
On May 3, AEAC held its 30th annual awards ceremony honoring students, par-ents, educators, and community volunteers for outstanding achievements and contri-butions to Asian/Pacific Islander commu-nities. Asian Avenue magazine President Annie Guo was the keynote speaker, while Asian Avenue magazine received the com-munity organization award. More informa-tion available at www.aeac.dpsk12.org.
The Songkran Festival, widely regarded as the “Water Festival”, is an annual event that is celebrated in mid-April. The tradi-tion of soaking people with water is meant as a symbol of washing away sins and bad luck. In Thailand, people, young and old, can be seen splashing water on passersby using simple items (a tin cup) to complex ones (Nerf SuperSoaker!).
The Songkran festival is celebrated in Thailand as the traditional New Year’s Day from April 13 -15. During this holi-day period, businesses and shops in Thai-land close up shop so that their workers could go back home to visit family (usual-ly in the countryside).
Here in the Mile High City, the Thai community had its distinctive ways of Songkran celebration as well. Wat Bud-dhawararam of Denver held events the weekend of April 11-12 that both Thais
and non-Thais alike gathered to celebrate and participate. Throughout both days, the weather was great (unlike what we have been seeing in May)! As to be suspect-ed, the food festival was a huge success; from Khow Neow (sticky rice) and Laarb (ground beef salad) to Hoi-Todd (Mussels Omelet), the food vendors kept busy feed-ing the crowd of people who streamed in all day and evening long.
On Saturday morning, the mobile Thai consulate from Los Angeles was present to help with renewing Thai passports or citi-zenship documents.
This year’s pageant show contestants were students of the Thai cultural and lan-guage classes, and they were all under 10 years old. The crowd had a great time sup-porting and cheering on the talented young ladies! The biggest turnout was Sunday morning’s Making Merit, where more than
100 people gathered to make donations to the temple and to the monks. Donations came in the form of money, cooked rice, dish liquid detergent, paper towels, and oth-er items for the temple’s use. There were kids who tossed water balloons, and later that day, Thai dancers and musicians led the crowd in a jovial procession around the block of the temple. That’s right – a parade!
Sawasdee kaa! May you and your family have a Happy New Year! The Thai temple is located near I-70 and Federal Blvd. For more information, see the temple’s Facebook page at: www.facebook.com/watthaidenver.
Songkran Festival, “Water Festival” at Thai Temple
25Mile-High Happenings | asian avenue magazine
By Pok Sergent
Asian Education Advisory Field Day By Zachary Wieland, Hamilton Middle School
Photo Credit: Allen Wong
June 2015 | National News 26
A new report released today by the UCLA Study for the Center for In-equality and the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional
Studies (APAICS) shows that by 2040 the Asian American electorate will more than double, and grow by 107%.
The study comes 50 years after the passage of the Immigration & National-ity Act of 1965 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
“Our report finds that in 2015, there are 20.5 million Asian Americans, and a quarter of a century from now, 35.7 million,” said Paul Ong, Director of the UCLA Center on the Study of Inequality. “In 2040, nearly 1 in 10 Americans will be Asian American. During the same period, the number of Asian Ameri-can registered voters will increase from 5.9 million to 12.2 million.”
“These trends have notable implications for Asian American political em-powerment [and] significant meaning for the very nature of American politics, said Franklin Gilliam Jr, Dean of UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs.
Ten New Fact Sheets about Asian Americans
Grace Lyo could not believe what she was seeing two weeks ago
during the height of the Baltimore rioting after the death of Freddie Gray in police custody.
“It’s smoking, and the fires and the fire engine. But I can’t believe, ‘Oh this is my store!’” she said to PRI. “And my heart was so trembling … how can this happen to me? But we’re still living, you know?”
Lyo is an integral part of the West Bal-timore neighborhood of Sandtown-Wind-chester. Children bring them their report cards when they get good grades. She tells them one day they could be presi-dent like Barack Obama. Customers say when money is tight, Lyo will let them pay her later. When Lyo has to work on Thanksgiving and Christmas, neighbors
Two Las Vegas residents have filed a class-action lawsuit against
Manny Pacquiao, his manager and his promotional team following his loss to Floyd Mayweather.
The suit is seeking more than $5 mil-lion in damages and hinges on whether Pacquiao and his team failed to disclose a fight-determining shoulder injury to the Nevada Athletic Commission before the public bet on and purchased tickets or pay-per-view access to the fight.
According to The Associated Press, Pacquiao filed paperwork before the match that indicated he did not have a
The Center for American Progress has released ten new fact sheets about the
Asian American community.The sheets were published in cooperation
with Karthick Ramakrishnan of AAPI Data.The fact sheets include data about educa-
tional attainment, income and poverty, civic participation, language diversity, immigra-tion and nativity, labor-force participation, and access to health insurance.
• The Cambodian American population of 320,000 in the United States has grown 15 percent in just three years from 2010 -2013. They are much more likely to be first genera-tion immigrants than the US average.
• The share of poverty among Chinese American children is 20 percent.
• More Filipino Americans are registered Republican than Democrat, 27 to 24 percent. But 45 percent don’t belong to either party.
• 89 percent of Hmong American voters voted in 2012. That’s higher than the US av-erage.
• 80 percent of Indian Americans speak a language other than English at home.
• The Japanese American population grew 22 percent from 2000 – 2013.
• 25 percent of Korean Americans do not have health insurance.
• 32 percent of Laotian Americans have less than a high school diploma.
• The population of Pakistani Americans grew 132 percent from 2000 – 2013.
• 82 percent of Vietnamese Americans are American citizens.
You can find all these fact sheets at the Center for American Progress.
Lawsuit seeks $5 million from Pacquiao for not disclosing shoulder injury
bring her dinner.Now some have launched a crowd
funding campaign to help Lyo reopen her store. Some have come by to personally hand her checks. Still others plan to hold a benefit on behalf of Lyo.
“They call her ‘Mama,’” said Marvin Warfield, who lives nearby. “She was like a mama of the community.”
Neighbors in Baltimore come to aid of Korean American grocer vandalized during rioting
shoulder injury. Attorney Daniel Petro-celli, who represents Pacquiao’s promo-tional company, told ESPN the shoulder injury in question was sustained during the fight, rather than hidden from officials beforehand. The Nevada State Attorney General’s office is investigating the pa-perwork.
Asian American electorate to more than double by 2040
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REBUILDNepal By Amuda Mishra, Ujyalo Foundation
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• A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.8 rocked Nepal on April 25, 2015, killing more than 2,500 people• It struck between the capital Kathmandu and the city of Pokhara• The landmark Dharahara tower is among buildings reduced to rubble in Kathmandu• On May 12, 2015, there was a magnitude 7.3 aftershock of the April earthquake
There is a lot of chaos especially in the hard hit areas and re-gions closer to the epicenter of both the major earthquakes on April 25 and May 12. There are a lot of CBOs, NGOs, INGOs, government bodies, and volunteer groups actively working to re-build the communities. I think Nepalese—locally and globally—are more unified in their efforts to help fellow citizens to over come this catastrophic event.
With the monsoon approaching, individuals who have lost their houses need temporary/mid-term shelters. The tents and traps that were initially provided were of great help to get some roof above their heads but these tents, especially made from traps, will not be able to get these people through the monsoon season. The focus needs to be on building sustainable shelters either out of metal sheets or bamboos. Health and sanitation for the people is key.
People living in the tents do not have access to proper latrines and hygienic water. In most of the tents, people openly defecate so if we do not provide these things there is a very high chance of disease breakdown.
Also, a lot of the schools in rural areas have been destroyed and these schools might not be running for a while so we need to focus on education. Moreover, being out of school and in these open tents mean increased chances of child trafficking so tem-
porary learning centers might be of great help to continue the education while keeping the kids safe.
Right now, Ujyalo Foundation is focused on running tempo-rary learning centers for the victims evacuated from Yarmasing, Sindhupalchowk and Langtang regions in Kathmandu. If these learning centers go as planned we will expand it to other tempo-rary campsites as well.
We also plan on rehabilitating 50 households in Jhagajhuli, Sindhuli by building midterm shelters. So all the donations will go towards the learning center initiative project and rehabilitation project.
We have lost of lot of things in the last few weeks from roofs above our head to our cultural heritage and assets. But what is amazing is that despite all this our spirits are up and our resilience to support each other and rebuild Nepal is stronger than ever.
With this attitude, alongside our tireless efforts and dedication, and unconditional support at the local and global level, we will rebuild a stronger Nepal together.
Amuda Mishra is the executive director of Ujyalo Foundation, a non-profit organization founded in Aurora, Colorado that fo-cuses on sustainable development in rural Nepal by promoting innovation and increasing capacity building.
Donate to Ujyalo Foundation and the people of Nepal at: www.ujyalofoundation.org
June 2015 | Health 28
Today, nearly 100 percent of women who find breast or cervical cancer early survive it. And the best way to find
cancer early is to make sure you get routine breast and cervical cancer screenings.
Why is finding breast cancer early so important?Ninety-eight percent of women survive breast cancer when
it’s found early through regular screenings. Most breast cancers take years to develop. Early on, most breast cancers don’t cause any physical symptoms, so without a screening, there’s no way of knowing you have it. When breast cancer is found early, it doesn’t get a chance to spread to other places. Eighty percent of breast lumps are not cancer.
Why is finding cervical cancer early so important?Ninety-two percent of women survive cervical cancer when it’s
found early through routine tests. A Pap test can find abnormal cervical cells years before any cancer actually exists. Getting a Pap and/or HPV test every three to five years can help you detect and even prevent cancer of the cervix.
You can’t control what you find, but you can control when you find it. There’s no reason to wait. Getting regular breast and cer-vical cancer screenings may save your life.
Find out if you qualify for free screenings through Women’s Wellness Connection.
Community clinics like the Colorado Alliance for Health Eq-uity and Practice (CAHEP) offer Women’s Wellness Connection exams for qualifying patients. CAHEP also offers free translation services for exams.
Call or e-mail Jennifer Gross to set up an appointment or see if you qualify for a free exam through the Women’s Wellness Connection, 303-954-0058 or [email protected].
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