May 1
Seattle Sites of the Day:

North Seattle 99.5 Grassroots Radio

NSGR "is a radio station being built and organized by folks who believe in free speech and want to get a decent radio station on the air. We believe that Seattle radio is not only plain bad, but there is no way to change these radio stations to make them better. So we are building our own instead."

Voice of Cambodia Radio International
Brief History of Cambodia
Chronology of Events in Recent Cambodian History

"April 1967 - Peasant uprising begins in western district of Samlaut over rice tax.
...

May 1, 1970 - US forces invaded Cambodia From South Vietnam."

Korean American Historical Society

"Until about 1910 or thereabouts, according to one story, there were ten to twenty Korean men, all bachelors of advanced age, who had lived in Seattle's Chinatown since the turn of the century, immediately following the first Korean emigration to Hawaii between 1903 and 1905. These men went to work in the Alaskan canneries during the fishing seasons and returned to Chinatown in Seattle to while away winter months, gambling and drinking, until the next season.

"Could those Korean names found among the graffiti in the Alaskan cannery possibly belong to some of the Koreans who passed away after living part of their lives in Seattle's Chinatown? Who were they? How did they get there? What went through their minds and hearts?"

Korean Identity Development Society

KIDS "is a volunteer, non-profit organization that serves Korean-American families in Western Canada and the Pacific Northwest. ... KIDS focuses on families created through adoption. It provides educational programs, summer camps and holiday celebrations designed to teach children and their parents about Korean culture and to address the opportunities and challenges facing bicultural families."

Korean American Professionals Society: Seattle Asian Art Museum's A Visit to Grandfather's House

"Drop in any time between 11 a.m. and 1:45 p.m. on Free First Saturdays to enjoy special hands-on activities for children... Sun-Hak International Children's Choir Saturday, May 6 ... traditional, folk and popular Korean songs... 11-11:30 a.m. and 1-1:30 p.m., Fuller Garden Court. ... Korean games such as jacks, cheggi (like hackey sack) and the board game yut. Children can also make pins from folded paper to wear home as well as kites to fly outside in the park."

In a letter to the editor in the April Seattle JACL newsletter, Robert Shimabukuro writes, in part:

"I had heard the moans and groans from other parents checking out schools for their kids, but I didn't know what they were going through until I was faced with the same situation... It should be obvious to the most casual observer that some schools and communities in Seattle are getting shortchanged...

"... few rocket scientists and brain surgeons will be coming out of southend schools unless drastic changes in policy are made and carried out. ... It has to do with recognizing the inequities and doing something about it. ... Nobody is mentioning the words racism or classism anymore, but they obviously should be.

"... where is the outrage over the state of the school itself, regardless of the name? ... Could the lack of outrage possibly be because the student body is 88% non-white? Could it possibly be because 71% of the school's students are on free or reduced lunch? ... Somebody, convince me that this isn't about race and money. ...

"Show that you care, that you really are concerned about the students. Show some support, along with dig deep-down heartfelt dollars, to help turn the school around, to help the community around the school in improving Aki Kurose Middle School. And when the school starts producing not only rocket scientists and brain surgeons, but well-informed, thinking students, prepared for high school, we can all rejoice together."

May 20 - 23
CPSR Conference:
Shaping the Network Society