Latest Content for APA Compass

Writer Vani Natarajan reads her poem, "Spirit of the Staircase," protesting the September execution of Troy Davis. She read her work at the annual literary festival of the South Asian Women's Creative Collective at Revolutionary Books in New York City. Read more

Seattle architect and philanthropist Jerry Lee was recently honored by the White House for his volunteer work. He talks with APA Compass about his latest projects. Read more

Ariko Iso is Oregon State University Football's head athletic trainer. Though the Beavers' season has sadly come to an end, Iso will stay busy working with student-athletes in the off-season. Iso was the first and only female athletic trainer to work in the NFL, leaving a n... Read more

Manvee Vaid is a practicing artist and curator of Indian Art based out of Chicago, Illinois. She experiments with various art media ranging from acrylic, oils, gold gilding and faux finishing to murals. She has a bachelors in fine arts from Sir JJ school of Arts, Mumbai Ind... Read more

Actress Diane Farr speaks frankly about multicultural and mutiracial love in today's America.  In this interview with APA Compass's Andrew Yeh, Diane tells us how she fell in love with an American from a different cultural background, how the relatives learned to accept the... Read more

Sarika Mehta sounds off on some blissful ignorance directed at her as a child and as an adult. She reminisces on Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom from third grade as well as some more recent experiences. Read more

APA Compass's Andrew Yeh interviews June Arima Schumann, co-chair for APANO's (Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon)'s board of directors.  Ms. Schumann discusses the extensive research that's been done over the past few years on people of color in Multnomah County, Ore... Read more

Anna Preble interviews artist Sharon Inahara and her father Dr.Toshiro Inahara, who speak about the Japanese-American experience and internment during World War II.  Sharon Inahara's exhibit "The Day We Left" and Oregon Nikkei Endowment's "Taken: FBI" are showing at the Was... Read more

APA Compass' Andrew Yeh speaks with artist Laura Kina. Read more

Kushlani de Soyza sounds off about racism in a recent column published in the Washington Times. Although the author makes some good points about harmful beauty standards promoted by the media, the choice of photos inspired Kushlani to pronounce, "That's racist!" You can che... Read more