Latest Content for APA Compass

Actor and activist George Takei discusses civil liberties and the WWII internment of Japanese-American citizens. He was featured at the Japanese American Citizens League's Day of Remembrance. Read more

Poet and activist Purvi Shah shares an Angry APA Minute -- her poem entitled "The Enemy Within." Her book, Terrain Tracks, is published by New Rivers Press. Read more

Kushlani de Soyza talks with poet Tamiko Beyer about her new chapbook, Bough Breaks, just out from Meritage Press. Tamiko's website is www.wonderinghome.com. Read more

We talk with the community organization API Pride about their upcoming Lunar New Year's Banquet, and interview professor Patti Duncan about her documentary “Finding Face,” which documents the controversial case of Tat Marina, a young woman who was attacked with acid in 1... Read more

Normal 0 ThuVan Hoang and Liz Rogers consider “Tiger Moms”, adoptive dads and Rush Limbaugh in this edition of “PopWatch”. Read more

Normal 0 Sarika Mehta speaks with film-maker and professor of Womens’ Studies at Oregon State University, Patti Duncan. Her film,“Finding Face”, explores acid violence against women in Cambodia. This film has been featured at a number of festivals and won a number of awa... Read more

Liz Rogers speaks with Dennis Lo and Sogene Mah of Portland's API Pride. Read more

This Friday, January 7 at 9am PST, hear some of our favorite APA Compass segments from 2010 including our interviews with Jeff Chang, hip hop journalist, author and activist; Judy Yung, author of "Angel Island: Immigrant Gateway to America"; Jay Sario, Filipino American ... Read more

Today on APA Compass we'll celebrate the holiday season, exploring food and holiday traditions for Asian Pacific Americans including an audio postcard from downtown Portland food carts and a roundtable discussion with special guests James Louie, co-owner of Huber's and Timo... Read more

To celebrate the holiday season, Marie Lo hosted a roundtable discussion with Timothy Nishimoto, owner of Vino Paradio and member of Pink Martini, and James Louie, co-owner of Huber's. They discussed family, food and holiday traditions from an Asian Pacific American perspec... Read more