VIA Times – June 2014 Issue Vital News, Vibrant Views for Asian Americans in Chicago & Midwest

By: Christian & Maya Leighton   Meet the Resilient Angel of our Family – Isabella Milagros Rivas, Our One Beautiful Miracle   The Rivas Family First Place-PIWC 2014 Essay Writing Contest – May 17, 2014 Wright College Francine Almeda – University ...

By: Lena Remigio   Dear Ate Lena, Ako ay matagal ng biyuda, may isang anak na babae at dalawang apo. Ako ay nakatira sa kanila at ako ay natutuwa na ako ang nagbaby-sit sa aking mga apo na ngayon ay ...

By: Maria Victoria A. Grageda-Smith   There’s a place in me where no one goes, but I. That I’ve kept only for myself—that not even my husband or mother or friends know, or that my children could drink up dry, or ...

By: Joe Mauricio   Independent – Freedom from outside control or support, a time when a country gains political freedom from outside control. During the American Revolution, the legal separation of the thirteen colonies from Great Britain occurred on July ...

By: Mark Javier   Last month Chicago restaurateur, and Filipino American, Billy Dec, was appointed to President Obama’s Advisory Commission on Asian American Pacific Islanders (Commission). This commission works under the President’s Initiative on Asian American Pacific Islanders (AAPI) and ...