April 25, 2025 | Vol. 54, Issue 8
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Eddie Ahn Draws From His Life as an ‘Advocate’: Artist Chats About Creating Graphic Novel Vietnamese Americans Tell Story of Diaspora in Own Words at 50-Year Anniversary Event Chinatown Eatery Owner Speaks Out Editorial: These Two Judgments Are Worth Reading ‘No One Can Walk It For You’ – Iranian-American Haleh Liza Gafori to Appear in Hub to talk about Her Translation Life

Month: October 2022

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R’Bonney Gabriel as the First Asian American Miss USA: Asian Representation in America

by Aili Liu

In early October, Miss Texas, R’Bonney Gabriel, was crowned Miss USA 2022. She is the first Filipina American as well as first Asian American to win the Miss USA title. Now a 28-year-old model and fashion designer who owns a sustainable fashion label R’Bonney Nova, Gabriel was born in San Antonio, Texas, to a Filipino father and an American mother. Gabriel has always embraced her mixed heritage. She told ABC News, “My dad moved to America from the Philippines on […]

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A Cup of Tea with Boston Chai Party

by Jeff Millman

Vishal Thapar learned early in his career about the importance of back-up plans. It was the early 2000s, and the future entrepreneur and co-founder of Boston Chai Party had recently graduated from Punjab Engineering College in India with a degree in computer science. Life was pretty good: he’d been offered a job by an American company based in Pittsburgh, and was planning to move to the U.S. as soon as the company sent him a plane ticket. Visa in hand […]

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A Sneak Peek at the Boston Asian American Film Festival

by Sonia Cavazos

ArtsEmerson is leading the way as documentaries, narratives and short films abound in this year’s line-up for the Boston Asian American Film Festival. The director of the festival, Susan Chinsen, and the director and co-director of one of the films were able to give some insight into the stories present and the work behind it. The festival has two formats with different films. Susan Chinsen commented that, with the surprise of COVID, another way to interact and be a part […]

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Protecting Women, Combatting Misinformation

by Sasha Lianski

During this time of division, Massachusetts has chosen to serve as a state which will support women’s rights to abortion, alongside New York, California, Washington, and others. However, not everyone in the state has the same opinion. Misinformation is being spread about abortion to try and prevent people from going ahead with these procedures. For Massachusetts to become a haven for women, it is vitally important for the state to grant straightforward protection for people in need of abortions and […]

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QArts Gallery is Quincy’s Loving Nod to Art and the Artist

by Sonia Cavazos

The QArts Gallery celebrates its first anniversary this month and this reporter had the pleasure of speaking with Linda Santoro, their Program and Outreach Coordinator.   Linda described that their first exhibit was only one year ago this month. It was a members’ show featuring over 100 pieces of artwork in all mediums. “Today, our members continue to from all ethnic backgrounds, and they display their work based on those origins as well as trying new techniques as they grow,” […]

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Harvard Square Celebrates Its First Filipino American Festival

by Sampan Staff

In celebration of Filipino American History Month, the Harvard Square Philippine Alliance (HSPA), collaborating with the Philippine Consulate General in New York, held the first Filipino American Festival on October 9, 2022 at Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts, coinciding with the 43rd Annual Oktoberfest and Honk Parade. Consul Ricarte Abejuela III headed Consulate delegation, which joined the HSPAA organizers in the nearly two hour long Honk parade starting from Davis Square to Harvard Square. Spectators were entertained by Filipino-American contingents from […]

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White House Conference on Hunger and Health: Commitments and Challenges 

by Max Wei

On September 28th, the Biden-Harris Administration hosted the second White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health. Historically, the first conference on the issues of hunger, nutrition, and health in America took place in 1969, which resulted in the momentous establishment of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC), and the National School Breakfast and Lunch Program. The support for the second conference can be traced to Massachusetts Congressman James […]

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College Closures After COVID: The New Reality

by Kristen Si

In May 2020, Pine Manor College in Newton, Massachusetts, announced that it would no longer be able to independently open its doors for me the next fall semester. Driven by a lack of enrollment and revenue during the COVID-19 pandemic, the small liberal arts college was forced to make a tough decision. Announcing a $50 million deal with Boston University, Pine Manor College chose to merge with the larger institution, saving its doors from closing once and for all.  This […]

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Eugene Welch Retiring: The End of an Era for South Cove Community Health Center

by Aili Liu

After 23 years of service at South Cove Community Health Center (SCCHC), the current CEO, Eugene Welch, will be stepping down from his position at the end of 2022.  Started by a group of community activists in 1972 in response to the inadequate health care services for the local residents in Boston Chinatown, SCCHC now operates in five locations in the greater Boston area and serves more than 32,000 patients annually. SCCHC aims to improve the health and wellbeing of […]

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Stories that Bind: An Exclusive on Stories from the Stage

by Sonia Cavazos

Since the beginning of time, stories and tales have been used in different cultures to communicate. They have been used to teach, to preserve history, to entertain, to evoke emotion. From early Greek writers to the stage owned by Shakespeare, stories, regardless of their intended purpose, do so much. However, to tell a story firsthand, to evoke emotion through a first person testimonial of a challenging experience can be a different situation entirely, and GBH’s General Manager of Television, Liz […]

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