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Police raid massage parlors in Chinatown

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By Becky Chan NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY What began as an illicit sex/ prostitution investigation by the Seattle Police Department (SPD) morphed into something more sinister. On Feb. 28, after years of following leads, gathering evidence, and interviewing witnesses, SPD led a multi-agency raid of massage parlors in the Chinatown-International District (ID) and beyond.

The operation was set in motion with a pre-dawn meeting of over 150 officers, including FBI

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Koda Condos groundbreaking protest

Koda executives and other officials pose with shovels during a Feb. 28 groundbreaking ceremony.

By Assunta Ng NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY A protest was held outside Koda Condominiums’

Protesters hold up signs opposing the condo development.

groundbreaking ceremony in Japantown on Feb. 28, creating a rift between the activists and business community.

Located on 5th Avenue and South Main Street, Koda’s property (a parking lot) is part of the Chinatown-International

Introducing ICHS Legacy House SEATTLE — Legacy House announced on March 1 that it is officially part of the International Community Health Services (ICHS)’s Healthy Aging and Wellness Program (HAWP).

Legacy House has been providing culturally competent care to local seniors since 1998. The Seattle

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Chinatown/International District Preservation and Development Authority (SCIDpda) established Legacy House in response to the need for affordable, culturallyresponsive services for the neighborhood’s increasingly aging and low-income population.

The transition from SCIDpda began about a year ago when SCIDpda’s goal to focus on their see ICHS on 4

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■ NAMES IN THE NEWS Zhan selected as finalist of HBO’s short film competition

HBO named Chinese American director Julie Zhan a finalist of its annual Asian Pacific American Visionaries Short Film Competition, an initiative that seeks to lead new conversations about diversity and representation.

Zhan is a Chinese American actress and filmmaker who has been an impassioned advocate for diverse representation in the media. Her film “Zoetic” is a coming-ofJulie Zhan age story about a single, 60-year-old Chinese immigrant mother who reluctantly agrees to join an online dating app with the help of her daughter. “Zoetic” was codirected by Wesley Chan, a co-founder of popular Asian American production company Wong Fu Productions.

The winner of the competition will be announced at a screening and panel event at the upcoming LA Asian Pacific Film Festival. 

Domingo receives MLK Medal of Distinguished Service

The Metropolitan King County Council awarded nine citizens the Martin Luther King, Jr. Medal of Distinguished Service on Feb. 27 — including human rights advocate Cindy Domingo.

Councilmember Jeanne Kohl-Welles recognized Domingo for helping to shine a spotlight on the actions of Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos, the man responsible for the assassination of her brother.

“Cindy Domingo epitomizes public service with her tireless dedication and long string of accomplishments in representing communities so often left from the table,”

Metropolitan King County Councilmember Jeanne Kohl-Welles (second from right) with MLK Medal of Distinguished Service recipient Cindy Domingo (second from left) and her family.

said Kohl-Welles. “Even after many decades of exemplary commitment to her community, she continues to empower the marginalized by giving her time and energy to a myriad of organizations committed to a better King County and a better world.”

Domingo has served on the boards of the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum and the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom. On a local level, Domingo has worked with the Church Council of Greater Seattle and the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance. 

Korean Women’s Association names new CEO

Peter Ansara

community with a proven track record with KWA, guiding the agency during its toughest times. I have no doubt Peter will team with the board to set a strong trajectory for KWA’s next half-century,” said KWA Board of Trustees Chair Grace Kim. Ansara will start his new position on March 18. During his career, Ansara has been responsible for overseeing numerous programs focused on in-home care, low-income housing, domestic violence, healthcare, and other human services programs.

Ansara earned a B.A. in business administration from Columbia College, in Columbia, Mo. and a Masters of Human Relations from the University of Oklahoma, in Norman, Okla. He retired from the U.S. Air Force in 2002 after 25 years of service. 

Snappy Dragon honored

Judy Fu (right) and her son, David.

The Korean Women’s Association (KWA) Board of Trustees announced on Feb. 25 that Peter Ansara has been named to lead the agency as newly appointed Chief Executive Officer.

“Peter Ansara is a well-respected executive in the

Snappy Dragon was named Small Business of the Month for February by Seattle's Office of Economic Development.

Owner Judy Fu came to the United States with children in 1971. Born in Qingdao, China and raised in Taiwan, Fu worked in a couple of north end restaurants before opening Snappy Dragon in 1983. It has been family-owned and operated in Maple Leaf since then.

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■ HEALTH Bloodworks Northwest: The need for diversified blood supply grows more urgent

By John Yeager SENIOR MEDIA CONTENT STRATEGIST/BLOODWORKS NORTHWEST The face of Seattle is changing right before our eyes. Want proof? Take a walk through the Amazon campus. Our population is growing, becoming more diverse and younger. The Puget Sound Regional Council tells us that people of color make up 35 percent of our area’s population today. That’s more than twice what it was in 1990. And while the impact on the local economy has been well documented, the impact on the local blood products industry’s ability to maintain an adequate blood supply, especially as it applies to people of color, is cause for growing concern.

As the Puget Sound area grows, Bloodworks Northwest, the area’s leading blood center and research center, says the need for a more diversified blood supply here in the Pacific Northwest is growing, too. So Bloodworks is reaching out to donors of all ages (especially Asian donors) to help them meet the increasing demand for blood. They’re also looking for financial contributions in order to save lives through transplantation and transfusion.

Tony Chin, a long-time BloodworksNW Donor at our BloodworksNW Central location on Terry Avenue

Bloodworks faces continuing challenges in getting more donors of Asian heritage to donate. And the need is great. Bloodworks needs more than 900 units of blood EVERY SINGLE DAY simply to keep up with demand.

Dr. Yanyun Wu, Chief Medical Officer

at Bloodworks Northwest, said, “Although blood donations from the Asian community are increasing, they are still low compared to other ethnic groups in our area. We want people to donate for many diseases and conditions, including transplantations and to help stem cell recipients. We need red blood cells and platelets, and we need as many people from diverse ethnic backgrounds to donate as possible.”

In some cases, Dr. Wu said, “Because blood from the local Asian community is so low, we’re often forced to reach out to states like Hawaii for the right blood to match an Asian patient because there are simply more Asians living there.” Dr. Wu says with the growing Asian population in the Northwest, there’s an increasing number of Asian patients needing blood transfusions. According to the latest numbers, more than 90,000 Chinese Americans live within a 25-mile radius of the Seattle area and that number is only expected to increase. Dr. Wu said, “The consequences of not meeting that need are literally a matter of life and death.”

Sometimes the story of one little girl can draw attention where numbers fail.

The case of 3-year-old Zainab, a South Florida Pakistani girl suffering from a lifethreatening disease who needs a special

kind of blood, drew national attention to the need for finding a suitable donor with a rare blood type. OneBlood, a South Florida blood center, has put out the call for possible matches that reached all the way up here to the Pacific Northwest. They’re looking for a donor exclusively of Pakistani, Indian, or Iranian descent, but so far, no suitable donor has been found.

But other challenges linger in the blood products industry. The age of most donors continues to climb. And as their donor base continues to age, Bloodworks says it is also looking for younger Asian donors, especially millennials, to step up as well. As a result, they’ve developed a new mobile app.

Bloodworks says it’s now easier than ever to make a donation appointment. They’re asking donors to text the word “bloodapp” to 91985. Developers of the new app say millennial donors appreciate the feature of the app that encourages donors to form donor “communities.” Their research has told them that donating as part of a community resonates with younger donors.

Juan Cotto, Bloodworks’ Director of Social Impact, says money can be a lifeblood, too.

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Huawei pleads not guilty to trade secrets charges in Seattle

By GENE JOHNSON ASSOCIATED PRESS

SEATTLE (AP) — The Chinese tech giant Huawei pleaded not guilty on Feb. 28 to U.S. trade-theft charges in a case that has heightened a trade dispute between the world’s two largest economies.

The pleas were entered in federal court in Seattle, where a 10-count indictment was unsealed in January against two Huawei units, Huawei Device Co. and Huawei Device USA. Charges include conspiracy to steal trade secrets, attempted theft of trade secrets, wire fraud, and obstruction of justice. The conspiracy charge carries a potential fine of

$5 million or three times the value of the stolen trade secret, whichever is greater, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.

U.S. District Judge Ricardo S. Martinez set a March 2020 trial date.

The United States has accused China of using predatory tactics to turn Chinese companies into leaders in tech fields, such as robotics and electric vehicles.

From 2012 to 2014, prosecutors allege, Huawei engaged in a scheme to steal the technology behind a robotic device that Bellevue, Washington-based T-Mobile used to test smartphones, according to the charges.

Prosecutors say one Huawei worker even removed the robot’s arm from T-Mobile’s lab, took detailed measurements and photos of it, and then sent the information about it to

China. The company says the worker acted independently and was later fired.

A federal jury in Seattle awarded T-Mobile $4.8 million in damages in 2017.

Huawei, the No. 2 smartphone maker and an essential player in global communications networks, has also been charged in New York with lying to banks about deals that violated economic sanctions against Iran. The daughter of the company’s founder has been arrested in Canada and is awaiting extradition to the United States. No arraignment has been set in the New York case, but Huawei denies the charges. 

Suit against Sawant over ‘brutal murder’ comments dismissed SEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge has thrown out a defamation lawsuit filed against Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant by two Seattle police officers over public statements she made calling the 2016 police shooting of Che Taylor a racially motivated “brutal murder.’’

The Seattle Times reports U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman threw out defamation claims against Sawant as an individual and said they couldn’t be refiled.

Pechman concluded that officers Scott Miller and Michael Spaulding could not show that Sawant was talking about them specifically when she condemned the shooting.

When they initially filed the lawsuit, the officers named Sawant only, but after the case moved to federal court, they added the city as a defendant and included a claim alleging city officials retaliated against them after they sued. Those claims will continue. 

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CEO. “We’re hoping to elevate it to another level as we continue to expand our senior programs to meet future needs.”

Located in the same complex as ICHS’ Chinatown/ International District clinic, HAWP will continue to provide Legacy House’s current services — assisted living with 75 units, adult day care, and a congregate meal program.

This is the first time for ICHS to operate a program that is 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

“Legacy House staff have served our community in amazing ways. Legacy House is the only affordable assisted-living

facility in the state, maybe the country, with an emphasis on serving multi-Asian clientele,” said Maiko Winkler-Chin, SCIDpda executive director. “The leadership and expertise of ICHS convinced us that ICHS would be an excellent partner and the right organization to take over.”

Legacy House has received multiple awards for its innovative approach and has become a model for multicultural service providers across the nation. 

main mission of community development, converged with planning for a new Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly that involved ICHS, Kin On, and SCIDpda. Over the last several months, ICHS emerged as the main organization to take over Legacy House as Kin On chose to be a contractor.

“We’re excited and honored to be taking over a program that has an incredible track record serving the seniors within our community,” said Teresita Batayola, ICHS

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Parents of dead West Point cadet retrieve his sperm

Peter Zhu

WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) — The parents of a 21-yearold West Point cadet fatally injured in a skiing accident raced the clock to get a judge’s permission to retrieve his sperm for “the possibility of preserving some piece of our child that might live on.”

U.S. Military Academy Cadet Peter Zhu was declared brain dead on Feb. 27, four days after the California resident was involved in a skiing accident at West Point that fractured his spine and cut off oxygen to his brain.

“That afternoon, our entire world collapsed around

us,” Monica and Yongmin Zhu of Concord, California, said in a court petition. But they saw a brief window to fulfill at least part of Peter’s oft-stated desire to one day raise five children.

On March 1, the parents asked a state court judge for permission to retrieve his sperm before his organs were removed for donation later that day at Westchester Medical Center. They argued the procedure needed to be done that day.

“We are desperate to have a small piece of Peter that might live on and continue to spread the joy

and happiness that Peter bought to all of our lives,” read the parent’s filing in state court in Westchester County.

The first documented post-mortem sperm removal was reported in 1980 and the first baby conceived using the procedure was born in 1999, according to medical journals. Usually, the request comes from a surviving spouse.

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Jury recommends 30 years for guard who killed Pokemon player Jiansheng Chen

Johnathan Cromwell

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (AP) — A Virginia jury has recommended a 30-year prison sentence for a Chesapeake security guard who killed a man prosecutors say was playing “Pokemon Go.” The Virginian-Pilot reports the jury recommended the sentence for 23-year-old Johnathan Cromwell on March 4, days after jurors found him guilty of second-degree murder in the 2017 death of 60-year-old Jiansheng Chen.

Authorities say Chen was sitting in a minivan in a parking

lot and playing the video game when he was confronted and shot by Cromwell.

Cromwell said the vehicle was moving and he opened fire, and his lawyer argued he acted in self-defense. But prosecutors said broken glass found under the van’s shot-out windows disproved Cromwell’s claim.

Cromwell is set to be sentenced on June 24. His attorney, Andrew Sacks, says they plan to appeal. 

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Learning to lead with purpose and intention

By Joshua Holland NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Careers can be long winding paths that from a distance seem like a series of randomly connected pathways. But as Deborah Kang Gentzen, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA)’s Chief Strategy Officer, can tell you, it’s anything but random.

For Gentzen, who’s a distinguished panelist speaking about the subject at the 2019 Seattle Women in Leadership Symposium on March 21, it’s an issue she’s deeply invested in. As an active mentor who regularly engages with women at various stages of their careers via the Stanford Business school alumni association and locally in the Seattle area, she has developed a broad view into how careers take shape.

For women in particular, she’s observed that historical norms have started to break up and reconfigure into new options over the last few years.

“Some of our organization’s younger colleagues are teaching us to redefine what we’re looking for in a career and what to settle for in terms of what the job has to offer, what the organization has to offer, and what the lifestyle around it has to offer,” said Gentzen. “And, you know, I see a lot of folks just not willing to compromise on important personal issues and values.”

As a leader, this has led Gentzen to ask,

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is the C Suite still the brass ring that most employees reach for?

Increasingly she’s discovered through leading numerous teams, a more individual approach based on an employee’s personal values, purpose, and broader life goals that are vital to supporting employees whose north star might not be the corner office. Gentzen has committed herself to helping create a work environment for her team that allows them to pursue various paths, whether it’s being a manager of a team they love, being a strong individual contributor, or taking time to care for their family at home as needed. Whatever the path, Gentzen thinks it’s important to help

people feel good about their choices and support their career growth and potential pivots between different directions. It is especially important for some women who may choose to leave rapid trajectory careers and stay home to be the primary caregiver for their family, but then desire to re-enter the workforce at a later date.

Having made her own strategic choices throughout her career, Gentzen can personally relate to the deliberate choices that must be made when growing a career.

“My husband and I moved to Seattle 20 years ago, so we could both navigate our careers and start a family,” said Gentzen. “It

turned out to be the career side had a little bit more weight on my side, leading my husband to pick up a lot of the kid stuff. But that could have been different; who knows, a butterfly in the forest could have flapped its wings somewhere and it could have gone the other way. And I think going in it with that openness has served us well.”

Since arriving in Seattle decades ago, Gentzen has focused her career on healthcare working for institutions, including Premier Healthcare Services and Providence Health and Services, before being recruited to help see CANCER CARE on 11

“My educational background and process orientation are where I can contribute to improving the healthcare system. I can’t contribute to helping your direct pain go away, but I can contribute to try to make the collective pain of the system get reduced. We’re seeing consolidation of healthcare, making the team to team view more important. The need to minimize the friction of all the handoffs that happen within the healthcare system is something we’re working on.”

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How to eat healthy while dining out

By Assunta Ng NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY How do I depict the Lunar New Year?

Superabundance.

It is probably not the ideal time to eat healthy — just count the number of rich meals on my calendar. Some are splendid dinners, while some I would rather not discuss.

Too many parties, countless tempting snacks, excessive goodies...If I count the calories of each meal, it would be scary and explosive (for my body).

Fortunately, I have developed an effective plan to counter the number of meals I have to consume.

Ask for hot water first

Hot water aids digestion, according to health reports. If you cleanse your body with water first and keep your stomach full, you don’t tend to overeat.

At any event, the first thing I do is ask the wait staff to bring me hot water. Since I am busy networking with other guests at events, I tend to forget that I should keep myself hydrated. Whenever I get a chance to sit down, I train myself to drink water.

Now, my family members and friends are good at taking care of me — asking restaurants or hotel staff to serve me hot water in advance.

Share, share, share

I hate wasting food. It makes no sense to me when people order individual dishes when dining out together. Go with familystyle. If you have four friends eating together, why not order three entrees for sharing instead of four? You end up not wasting food, you get to try a variety of food, and pay a lesser bill. The chances of you overeating is much smaller.

Dealing with oily food

There are certain dishes I can’t say “no”

to, such as Beijing duck. So I ask for paper napkins to soak up the duck fat from the skin. You say, why not de-skin the duck, and avoid eating the skin? But that’s the best part. I love the crispy duck skin.

Generally, I resist deep-fried food. Funny enough, my resistance paid off. Now, I don’t really care for deep-fried stuff.

and worried that it wouldn’t taste good. I reassured them that it would be fine. And it was actually perfect without the additional sugar.

Whenever I order hot chocolate or bubble tea, I tell the barista to decrease the amount of sugar. It’s music to my ears when she says, “You can have whatever you want.”

Choose good fats

Hold the MSG

Did you know that you don’t have to eat butter with your bread? Whenever I dine in American restaurants, I ask for olive oil, the good fat. We do need fat in our body.

Never ask for margarine, it consists of more trans fat, which is bad for your heart.

Whereas, butter has less trans fat and more saturated fat.

If you shop for groceries, read labels to educate yourself on the amount of trans or saturated fats in the items you buy.

Hold the sugar

Are you aware that many drinks are filled with tons of sugar? One time, a waiter was trying to put syrup into the watermelon juice I ordered.

“What’s that?” I asked.

“Syrup,” he said.

“No, no, no,” I responded.

“It won’t taste good without the syrup,” he explained.

“When I said no, I mean no,” I said.

Reluctantly, he followed my instructions,

No extra bites

Anytime people dine out, they tend to eat more. For me, I’d rather have leftovers to take home than overeat. When I am full, I stop. Several times, I would take one bite of the dessert and take the rest of it home.

When you attend a banquet, most waiters refuse to give you to-go boxes for leftovers, for fear that you might get sick after the food has been sitting out so long. What

When I dine in Asian restaurants, I request that the food be MSG free. Some restaurants say, “We already marinated the meat.”

Although I still order the food, the wait staff would alert the kitchen that no additional sodium should be added.

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■ COMMENTARY Are new Chinese immigrants selfish?

By Mahlon Meyer NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY When some new immigrant Chinese parents got their hands on a videotape of a school assembly last year, they translated the entire video into Chinese. A school official had apparently implied that the district hoped to admit more kids from marginalized backgrounds (Latino, for instance) into the district’s gifted program.

“She said that the Northshore high cap should ‘mirror’ the whole district,” said parent Kan Qiu, referring to the official. “It was caught on tape, later she recanted it.”

“The whole Chinese community was shocked,” he added. “It was totally unacceptable.”

Even as the state legislature is set to pass another law governing gifted programs, many Chinese parents see it as a betrayal.

“There is genocide and misery all over the place.

America at least has a basic concept of fairness, so long as you don’t break the rules. China is like a dictatorship,

if you belong to a particular group, then you’re not going to college. Now, the more you manipulate the results, the more you’re bringing me back to China,” said Qiu, who has two sons in the gifted program in the Bellevue School District.

For their part, local educators are often puzzled by the vehemence of Chinese reactions. Unlike many Asian Americans that have lived in the United States for generations and primarily support programs like affirmative action, first generation immigrants from China are often stridently against such programs. Some school officials call them selfish and are shocked when they protest against policies that try to redress hundreds of years of injustice.

Yet Chinese like Qiu are horrified when authorities use family background of whatever kind to redistribute opportunities. In China, there was a constant movement by inconstant authorities to use family background to “correct” society. During socialist movements in the mid 20th century, millions of landlords were slaughtered.

During the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976), more were tortured and killed because of their class or politics. Many educated Chinese with kids here have a parent that was not allowed into college because of some political “stain.” With no exposure to race issues, the new Chinese immigrants now see decisions here as a repetition of the same violence.

Such fear lingers underneath everyone’s consciousness.

Attempts at social engineering are seen through the lens of the past in China, particularly the Cultural Revolution.

“It’s all about your version of justice and your experience of injustice,” said Jing Xu, an anthropologist who studies Chinese attitudes toward education. “They rely on that experience to make sense of what’s happening here.”

Coming from a non-immigrant society, new Chinese immigrants may struggle to understand the fundamentals of race in the United States. According to many scholars of Chinese history, American history is about race, while Chinese history is about spreading literacy, even among

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“I like SCCA, because it’s still close to patient care,” said Gentzen. “You see patients every day and have a chance to empathize with what they’re going through. That connection means a lot to me. And then I think the added piece about being part of a larger alliance conducting research, like searching for new discoveries for how to treat lymphoma, or how to bring online a crazy way to do radiation treatment, or how to understand the nutrition needs of patients, that will make a difference in their outcomes in support of the greater good is another layer to all of it.”

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1/2 sandwiches

Several restaurants have a 1/2 sandwich or smaller entree with soup for people who don’t want to eat that much. I welcome those choices. The price is also cheaper than a full-sized plate.

No French fries

I never like restaurants that just give you French fries with the food you order. Those fries are damaging to your health. All you get is additional calories. Of course, they charge you even without eating the fries. I don’t like to waste food. It’s wise to ask for a substitute, such as mashed or baked

potato. And if they can substitute it with a small salad or veggies side order, go for it. I don’t even mind paying more.

Insist on serving yourself

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BONE MARROW from 1 at a disadvantage because there just aren’t enough donors on the registry. Filipino pop star Guji Lorenzana is calling for more Asians aged 18-44 to register to be donors and save lives.

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It was February 2016, a day after Guji Lorenzana was married. The festivities had hardly died down, then his family learned Lorenzana’s mother was diagnosed with cervical cancer.

“It was an emotional rollercoaster — from the height of the wedding to finding out she had cancer,” recalled the popular singer, songwriter, and actor. His mother did chemotherapy and radiation and Lorenzana saw how strenuous it was for her.

“I wrote a song — Be Alright — to encourage, give her hope and decided to surprise her by releasing it on Mother’s Day in 2018,” he said.

Unfortunately, the cancer spread to her lungs and Lorenzana’s mother passed away in June 2018.

“That’s when my song took on new meaning. It became an anthem of hope and encouragement, not just for my mom but everybody going through the same thing. I decided to make a music video to honor my mom’s memory,” Lorenzana said.

The music video features cancer survivors and started to make some noise within the Filipino community. It soon grew into a campaign advocating cancer awareness and prevention, and Lorenzana found himself getting involved with organizations within the Philippines, Asia, and the United States. Recently, the pop star collaborated with the Asian American Donor Program (AADP) and Be the Match to make an impact in the Filipino and Asian communities.

“I started to learn about the disparity in registry numbers.

There’s such a huge gap — only 0.4 percent of the registry is recognized as Filipino, which is sad because we have a huge Filipino community in the U.S.,” Lorenzana said.

“Every three minutes, somebody is diagnosed with a type of blood cancer. If you are Caucasian, you have a 90 percent or better chance of finding a genetic bone marrow match.

But in the Asian or Filipino community, that number goes down drastically,” he said. “Once you go into specific Asian ethnicities, it becomes much more difficult to find a match — whether it’s for the Cambodian, Vietnamese, or any other group. I encourage all Asian ethnicities to register as donors, it’s so easy,” he added. Lorenzana calls out to students in college, who have time to do this.

“I know students are eager to help and looking for encouragement, I encourage them to do so,” he said.

Treasurer and AADP Executive Director Carol Gillespie said, “Guji’s message is very powerful and personal. I believe his story will resonate with not just Filipinos, but people all over the world. I am really happy about this collaboration. It does take somebody with a personal story like that to be motivated to help.”

AADP started 30 years ago. Gillespie said,“We’ve been recruiting in the Asian American community for about 10 years, and realized other ethnicities needed our help and expanded to all ethnic minorities.” AADP is affiliated with and are partners of Be the Match registry. It hosts about 500 drives throughout the Bay Area and sometimes beyond Northern California. “We’ve been registering anywhere from 8,000 to 15,000 donors a year,” Gillespie said.

Lorenzana’s Be Alright campaign focuses on the Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) community.

“We have a large community of Filipinos that live internationally and many of them form my fan base. I wanted to use my platform to inform them that they can be a big help and should register. A lot of my fans live in the United States and it would be beneficial if they could realize the number gap and learn that becoming part of the registry could significantly help a Filipino brother or sister diagnosed with cancer,” he said.

Waiting for a new lease of life Martin Lintag worked as an accountant for an auctioneering firm in British Columbia. He played in leagues for 10-pin bowling, volleyball, and ultimate frisbee. He would lift weights daily or go for a jog. He coached kids in a 10-pin bowling league and served as a treasurer for a nonprofit that promotes the sport in British Columbia. In June 2018, Martin started getting tired quickly. By mid-June, he had strep throat and took a week’s worth of antibiotics, but didn’t get better.

It was then that his family doctor suggested further tests, which showed his white blood cell counts were through the roof.

“I had just turned 30 on June 30, 2018 and I was diagnosed with mixed Phenotype Acute Leukemia on July 5, 2018. The two types of Leukemia I have are Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Acute Lymphocytic or Lymphoblastic Leukemia. I’ve been waiting for a match as soon as they started treating me, but at this point, there hasn’t been one. My mother is a backup, but she is not an ideal candidate because of her advanced age,” Lintag said.

“In the beginning, I felt I was physically fit and that would pull me though. Unfortunately, because I have been waiting so long for a match and with all the medications and chemotherapy, it’s been hard,”

Lintag said.

Not finding a match soon enough has complicated Lintag’s situation.

“In November, I was in early relapse even though I had achieved remission back in September,” Lintag said. Last month, he learned his cancer cells had jumped from an early relapse of 4 percent to 60 percent. “They are offering only palliative care at this point. That changes things because in order to get a stem cell transplant, you have to be in remission,” he said. “Because my cancer is so active right now, I can’t get a transplant until I get back into remission.”

Lintag finds the strength to keep going through his parents, girlfriend, and friends.

“They help me with daily tasks, especially when I was having a tough time physically from the chemotherapy.

They are my support group, they cheer me and keep me going.”

He urges people, especially those from the Asian community, to take the time to sign up as donors and get tested.

Martin’s family and friends have set up a GoFundMe page and will organize a fundraiser so he can explore treatment options outside Canada. To contribute, visit gofundme.com/martinlintagsupportfund.

A lifesaver April Cruz (name changed) works in the technology industry in Northern California and is mother to a little boy. She’s an active, outdoors person who’s always been interested in the medical field and heard about a donor drive.

“I figured it was an opportunity for me to help, and I decided to go ahead. It was a no-brainer.”

Cruz remembers the day she got a phone call and was told she was one of five potential donors and needed to do tests to see if she would be a match.

“I thought I was pretty lucky to be the match. There was no special diet, there wasn’t anything extra,” she said. The procedure Cruz had to undergo was an older hip extraction method which required an overnight hospital stay. Today, the more common method for bone marrow donations is Peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) donations, which is a non-surgical procedure.

Lorenzana acknowledges that becoming a donor does not top most people’s to-do lists.

“They don’t realize how easy it is. All they need to do is log onto bethematch.org/bealright and register. You get a kit in the mail with a cotton swab for your DNA. Return it and if everything matches, you get put on the registry.

Then you wait. If somebody with a genetic match needs a stem cell donor, you get contacted,” he explains. To him, what holds people back from signing up is the lack of urgency and sometimes it’s not somebody close to them but a stranger that’s going to need their donation.

“Concerns people have are whether it is an expense, whether it is painful, and how long will it take. For the most part, it doesn’t cost you anything, it’s not painful at all, and doesn’t take long to do. I need them to realize it is closer to home than they think.” Gillespie observes that in the Asian American community, the Japanese community has only 34,000 registered donors, while the Filipino community has 79,000.

“It’s going to be difficult for someone to find a bone marrow donor using those numbers. So, we continue outreach to all ethnic minority communities, addressing each group’s quirks,” she said.

Lorenzana is using his platform to get people involved and working closely with Be the Match.

“We are trying to plan several events this year. I suggested touring colleges on the West Coast and

Usually, donors are given injections of filgrastim to increase the number of blood-forming cells in their bloodstream for five days before the procedure.

“When I made my donation, I was in the hospital overnight and was back at work in a couple of days.

What was amazing was that people knew this was an attempt to try to save someone’s life. They offered me vacation days, which I didn’t need. It wasn’t painful.

There was some soreness, but I remember I took only Tylenol and was back at work,” she said.

“Whether it’s a day or two days, or a couple of years, it makes a huge difference to a person’s life or a family’s life. A lot of people don’t realize they can help people right now.,” she said. “It’s kind of like air.

Imagine if you were the one person who could provide air for someone to live or extend their life. Why would you not do it?”

talking to Filipino organizations on campuses. We have something planned with Loyola College, Chicago. I manage artists, too, some of them are based in Los Angeles and are popular on YouTube and in the Asian community. I plan on getting them involved as an incentive to college students.”

Gillespie said, “Lorenzana and I talked about hosting mini-shows when he was in the U.S., I thought it was fantastic. These are the ideal people we want on the registry, the younger generation aged between 18 and 44.”

That’s because their bone marrow is more viable, transplant outcomes are better, and they are probably more willing than the older generation.

“Even doctors are selecting younger donors for transplantation. Colleges are a perfect venue and yes, we are going to work with him and get a little mini-show going. I think it will be fabulous and people will really love it,” she said.

Lorenzana also plans on starting a registry in Asia.

“The world is a lot smaller today. I don’t think we need to concentrate only within the U.S. to find donors, we have facilities in Asia, too. Be the Match has partners in Singapore, Hong Kong, China, and Canada, and the Philippines is just a few hours away from some of those places. We can try and set something up so there are more Filipinos readily available to donate stem cells. That is why I’m targeting the OFW community,” he said. “There is a plan for things we are trying to get going this year. It’s just starting now, but I foresee it continuing and we just want to get more people involved and raise awareness,” he added.  To register to be a donor, go to join.bethematch.org/ BeAlright, or text the word BEALRIGHT to 61474.

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By Sun Lee Chang Rat — While course corrections can be beneficial, too many detours may cause you to lose sight of your original goal.

Dragon — Your tastes run the gamut from simple to quite extravagant. Avoid indulging too much in the latter.

Ox —A new project will require you to think outside the box. A good place to start is by looking at it from different angles.

Snake — It is hard for you to let go of a long-held ambition. That said, there are other dreams to pursue that will soon take its place.

Tiger—Are you concerned that you were not clear? A misunderstanding can easily be rectified if you communicate what has happened.

Horse — Although you did not see it coming, there is no turning back once you realize what you want.

The clarity will help you to channel your energies more effectively.

Rabbit — Have you stumbled upon an interest that is blooming into something else? Your hobby has the potential to be fun and profitable.

Monkey — Does it seem as though you keep coming back to the same thing? What you are actually drawn to could be quite surprising, once you take a closer look.

Rooster — Setting up a timeline can be helpful.

However, recognize that it is a tool and might require some adjustment as you go along.

Dog — Looking to reclaim what was once yours?

Even if you get it back at this stage, it will be different than what you had before.

Pig — Deciding whether to stay or go depends largely on which you value more— the journey or the destination.

Goat — Is someone trying to convince you to come on board? While the offer may seem attractive, consider what you are leaving behind.

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PARLORS from 1 special agents and professional interpreters. Before the roosters had time to crow, the group fanned out and executed search and arrest warrants at five houses and 12 massage parlors, with seven parlors being in the ID. Two patrons were arrested but released.

SPD’s Capt. Mike Edwards, Commander of the Internet Crimes Against Children Unit, said the case has many layers with a group of individuals in control.

“It didn’t just happen. There was an organized effort.”

However, he stopped short of connecting it to organized crime.

Edwards said this operation is focused not only on the criminal elements but also on victim assistance. Processing the information is hampered by cultural and language constraints. The 26 female victims were from China and spoke Cantonese and Mandarin, the oldest being 62 years old. SPD is reviewing them “case by case,” rendering support and referring them to social services when deemed appropriate.

According to Lt. Jim Fitzgerald, head of SPD’s High-risk Victims Section, the case began in 2015, with neighborhood complaints of suspected prostitution at ID massage parlors.

Subsequent undercover operations at these locations yielded unsolicited sex offerings. Rumors circulated that teenage girls were employed, but further undercover operations proved that to be untrue.

SPD, working with federal partners, had hoped to

prosecute federally a year ago, but it didn’t pan out.

Fitzgerald said the federal agencies would have the capability of “following the money across the world.”

Fitzgerald wants to know where the money is going.

Balancing the act of appeasing the community, who wanted these massage parlors gone, Fitzgerald’s team worked “to take out the head of the snake.” The two female and three male owners arrested — all from China — ran the targeted 12 parlors. Fitzgerald did not want to name the parlors. All five owners were arrested at their homes, four in Seattle, one in Federal Way. The extent of their involvement is still being investigated. It is likely the five may merely be middle managers.

Travel agencies in Southern California, suspected to be the hub of the West Coast operation, were used to lure these women into the country, sometimes as tourists, sometimes as students. From Southern California, these women were flown elsewhere — many to the Seattle area.

SPD surveillance revealed one owner picking up eight women at Sea-Tac airport and taking them to the massage parlor. The subtle coercion came in the form of the women being in a foreign land, speaking no English, being without transportation, and being misled as to the nature of their employment. The owners offered no medical help and held the women’s passports. The newcomers had no social circle but the massage parlor.

Fitzgerald said the women may be making more money than they’d make in China, but weren’t living the life they’d envisioned in the United States. They became indentured

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IMMIGRANTS from 11 ethnic minorities. In China, with a few exceptions, “even the people that are different from you look the same,” said Stevan Harrell, emeritus professor of Anthropology at the University of Washington.

Moreover, in Chinese culture, how you perform on a test is an expression of how virtuous you are as a person and your

servants.

Fitzgerald considers the women victims. The Department of Homeland Security had a presence during the raid but mainly because there was a human trafficking element.

SPD, with available community resources, is working to help these women gain legitimate residency.

“You can lead a horse to the water, but you can’t make it drink,” Fitzgerald said. “You do your best in trying to help them.” Fitzgerald hopes they will leave this, live a normal life, and perhaps lead them to the head of the snake.

Human trafficking is modern day slavery. Many prosecutors are hoping to curb the problem by targeting the customers, not the massage providers, and going for the owners of these businesses, not the employees. And true to many of these cases, money is king. Following the money may lead to the throne.

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such a difficult time.”

Such requests by parents are rare, but not unheard of.

In 2009, 21-year-old Nikolas Evans died after a blow during a bar fight in Austin, Texas. His mother, Missy Evans of Bedford, Texas, got permission from a probate judge to have her son’s sperm extracted by a urologist, with the intention of hiring a surrogate mother to bear her a grandchild.

In 2018, the American Society for Reproductive Medicine issued ethical guidelines for fertility centers on posthumous collection of reproductive tissue. It said it’s justifiable if authorized in writing by the deceased. Otherwise, it said, programs should only consider requests from the surviving spouse or partner.

Peter Zhu was president of the Cadet Medical Society and was planning to attend medical school at the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences.

“Peter was one of the top cadets in the Class of 2019, very well-known and a friend to all,” Brig. Gen. Steve Gilland, commandant of cadets, said in a release. “He embodied the ideals of the Corps of Cadets and its motto of Duty, Honor, Country and all who knew Peter will miss him.” 

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child of the Zhu family and that if they don’t obtain the genetic material, “it will be impossible to carry on our family’s lineage, and our family name will die.”

The judge later that day directed the medical center to retrieve the sperm and ordered it stored pending a court hearing March 21 regarding the next steps.

The Zhu’s attorney declined comment, saying the case remains pending.

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bought it from Uwajimaya’s owners, the Moriguchi family, in 2015. Uwajimaya was located there 73 years ago.

Koda’s 17-story building with 201 units received design approval from the City of Seattle’s Department of Construction and Inspections, and also the International Special Review District (ISRD) that regulates design and development within the ID. Koda also paid over $4 million to the City’s Housing Affordability Living Assistance program in compliance with the up-zoning requirements to increase the building from 15 (150 feet) to 17 stories.

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The Koda project will build market rate housing in the ID, Tomio Moriguchi, Uwajimaya’s former chairman said. That’s the reason the family decided to sell the property to Da Li despite several offers, including agencies for affordable housing units. There are close to 200 small businesses in the ID. Market rate housing would bring in income to support not only Uwajimaya, but all the small businesses in the ID, he added.

Protesters from the ChinatownInternational District Coalition, inspired by the late leader Bob Santos’ slogan and the name of his book, “Humbows, Not Hot Dogs!” said the district should build more affordable housing, not luxury high rises.

Santos was also the founder of Interim.

The group is fighting the displacement of low-income residents in the ID. “They continually dismissed people’s concerns and failed to conduct adequate community outreach,” said one of the CID Coalition organizers in a statement to the Northwest Asian Weekly. “We felt at this point there was no choice but to protest. The City of Seattle has identified the CID community as extremely vulnerable to displacement (in fact there has already been a rise in economic evictions and flipping of once-affordable

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properties into market rate housing) and we are concerned that Koda will contribute the gentrification and eventual displacement of current CID residents and small businesses (as has happened in other Chinatowns around the country).”

“The property is a parking lot, we are not displacing anyone,” said Kevin Hsieh, vice president of Da Li. “This will be a new building. We are creating more affordable housing. Compare our price to South Lake Union condos, our prices are much lower.

“Our project is not new to the community,” Hsieh continued. “Some of these protesters have attended ISRD meetings. We have made changes according to community input.”

About 20 percent of Koda buyers are ID renters and businesses, and they are excited about home ownership in the ID, he said.

Hsieh said deposits have been received for 90 percent of the units.

Hsieh said Koda will provide a building “with all the lighting improvements on the street, and a safer environment” in the neighborhood, including retail space and restaurants.

The protesters, made up of senior residents and young activists, said the Koda development is not meeting the needs of the ID. Hsieh said his company is taking a lot of risks and making sacrifices.

“We have families, too. We have to make a profit. And we are creating jobs for the

community.”

“They (protesters) don’t represent the community,” said Moriguchi, who was one of the speakers at the groundbreaking ceremony.

“The seniors are being misguided.”

About one-third of the more than 60 protesters were seniors. Some Chinese seniors carried signs with the English F-word.

“Shame on the protesters, embarrassing the seniors to carry foul-language signs,” said Tony Au, leader of the International Lion Dance Team. “I don’t think the seniors understand the meaning of the sign. They shouldn’t use the seniors to hold those signs.” Au is a fundraiser and organizer of appreciation dinners for seniors.

Peng Qiu Fung, 87, one of the active seniors in Chinatown, but didn’t participate in the protest, said she supports the development of tall buildings.

“We should have more development in Chinatown, including hotels and condos.

It will bring more vitality and people to the community, and it will enhance public safety and prosperity. It will discourage the homeless tents in the area.”

Peng also pointed out one of the senior protesters, who helped bring other seniors to the protest, to support her grandson, one of the protest organizers.

During the groundbreaking ceremony, the protesters disrupted many of the speakers with loud noises, including hitting hard objects outside the fenced property.

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If Santos were alive, would he have organized the protest?

“He (Santos) would not do such terrible things,” said Moriguchi.

Santos’ was a strong advocate for lowincome housing. Later, through the influence of Moriguchi, he supported the idea of mixed housing, too. Apparently, the protesters didn’t know of the five-decade friendship between Moriguchi and Santos. Don’t take my word for it. You can check with Santos’ wife, Rep. Sharon Tomiko Santos.

When asked what the protesters were trying to achieve, Moriguchi said he didn’t exactly know.

The CID Coalition said the protest has raised “awareness that this is the first luxury high rise in the neighborhood and there is community opposition to it.” It also said it had “met its immediate objective of raising awareness and sending a message to Koda, City of Seattle, ISRD, and other developers in the neighborhood and City that they need to make real commitments to this community.”

Da Li chairman and founder, James Hsieh (Kevin’s father), said he felt good about his event, even with the activists’ disruption.

“We have done everything we could,” James said. “We have to persist to get it done — to build it. Why should Chinatown keep the image of being old, dirty, and poor?”

James sees Koda as a bridge between the old and new, since part of his building will face the ID and the other part towards downtown.

A non-Asian guest at the Koda event said he was not surprised by the protest.

“This is happening in many major cities.

What Koda tries to do, is building community.

What the protesters are doing is building community through the protest.”  Assunta can be reached at assunta@nwasianweekly.com.

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