Venice Buhain

Venice Buhain is an online and print journalist whose work has appeared on TVW News, AOL/Patch, The Olympian and other news organizations. She is also the former Editorial Director at The Seattle Globalist. Venice has covered diversity, education, local news and politics. She also is a past Seattle chapter president of the Asian American Journalists Association.
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Luncheon attendees are encouraged to network with the speakers (Photo courtesy of Twentyfour Students via Flickr)

Workshops on government contracts aimed at women and minority business owners

by Venice Buhain
Women and minority business owners can learn how certifications can help win government contracts at upcoming workshops throughout the state.
Jan 16, 2015

International sales of Washington apples spoiled in ports dispute

by Venice Buhain
Washington's apple growers, others who rely on ports of Seattle and Tacoma say Pacific Maritime Association's and ILWU's contract dispute has hurt business.
Jan 15, 2015
Seattleites joined Mayor Murray, Rep. Adam Smith and immigrant rights advocates at a rally outside the Federal Building Thursday, heralding Obama's executive action and demanding further steps toward immigration reform. (Photo by Alex Garland)

Obama immigration actions, DREAMers targeted in House vote

by Venice Buhain
House Republicans passed a bill linking Department of Homeland Security funding with moves to undo President Barack Obama's immigration policies.

Language, culture divide brings challenges to Yakima church

by Venice Buhain
St. Joseph Parish in Yakima is one church, split by two cultures. As in many other facets of life in Yakima, the Catholic congregation is split between Spanish-speakers and English-speakers — with very little crossover, reports Northwest Public Radio of Spokane, with little crossover between the two groups. Reporter Rowan Moore Gerety reports, “There are duplicate ministries […]
Jan 12, 2015
Nestora Salgado addresses the community police force she lead in Olinalá, Mexico, prior to her arrest last year. (Still from Youtube)

Mexican governor calls for release of militia leader from Renton

by Venice Buhain
Nestora Salgado, the Renton woman who returned to Mexico to head a community police force, should be a free woman, said Guerrero's interim governor, Rogelio Ortega.
Jan 9, 2015

Seattle journalists, politicians respond to deadly attack on French cartoonists

by Venice Buhain
The Seattle area reacted this week to the deadly attack in Paris on the offices of satirical newspaper “Charlie Hebdo” on Wednesday, with vigils and statements expressing sadness over what many saw as an attack on freedom of expression. Two brothers, Cherif and Said Kouachi, accused in the deadly attack were killed Friday after three-day manhunt […]

Wing Luke Museum seeks stories, art for Immigration Act exhibit

by Venice Buhain
Your stories, artwork, music or poetry about immigrating to the United States could be part of an upcoming online exhibit commemorating the Immigration Act of 1965 at the Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience. The Wing is seeking submissions for an upcoming exhibition on the Immigration Act of 1965, which abolished the United States’ […]
Jan 7, 2015
(Photo by Brett Konen)

Report: Can coffee save Haiti?

by Venice Buhain
How the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere is recovering from disaster — with a little help from Seattle.
Jan 6, 2015

Judge with tribal background appointed to Superior Court

by Venice Buhain
A longtime tribal judge will become Washington's only Native American Superior Court judge when she starts this month on the bench in Whatcom County.
Jan 1, 2015
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Man pleads not guilty in alleged Seattle hate crime

by Venice Buhain
A man accused of beating a Somali American taxi driver while calling him a “terrorist” pleaded not guilty Monday to hate crime and assault charges. Jesse Alexander Fleming, a U.S. Navy sailor based in Everett, is charged with second degree assault and malicious harassment, a charge that alleges that the Dec. 7 attack was motivated […]
Dec 31, 2014

Report: Shoreline woman’s family on crashed AirAsia flight

by Venice Buhain
KIRO-TV reported Tuesday that a Shoreline family says that six of their Indonesian family members were among the passengers who were on AirAsia 8501, which crashed on Sunday. Jack Song of Shoreline told the TV station that his wife’s father, Soetikno Sia, and her mother, listed on the passenger manifest as Jou Christien Yuanita, were on […]
A Syrian family waits at Zaatari Refugee Camp to board a bus back across the border. According to the UNHCR, at least a hundred people return to Syria each day citing frustration with living conditions in the camp, or a desire to reunite with family, despite the risks.(Photo by Alisa Reznick)

Top Seattle Globalist stories of 2014

by Venice Buhain
What did the year look like for multicultural and international Seattle news? What were some of the stories that made an impact in 2014? Here’s a roundup of just some of The Seattle Globalist stories that made people stand up and take notice in Seattle and around the world.

Columbia City movie theater to screen “The Interview” in Seattle

by Venice Buhain
Ark Lodge Cinemas in Seattle's Columbia City is among the 200 indie theaters nationwide that will show the nearly shelved "The Interview" on Christmas Day, according to entertainment site Deadline.com and the theater's website.
Dec 23, 2014

Seattle groups applaud U.S.-Cuba policy changes

by Venice Buhain
Cindy Domingo's annual delegation to Cuba might start looking a little different.
Dec 22, 2014

What are the top Seattle Globalist stories of 2014?

by Venice Buhain
2014 has been quite the year. We’d like to know what you think are some of the top Seattle Globalist moments from 2014. What Globalist stories or issues struck you as notable this year? Let us know via Facebook, Twitter, here in the comments below or via email at editor@seattleglobalist.com what we should include in our news roundup. […]
Dec 18, 2014

Sony cancels release of “The Interview” after threats to theaters

by Venice Buhain
"The Interview," a comedy about a fictional plot to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, has been canceled by Sony Pictures on Wednesday following threats made to theaters that had been scheduled to show the film.
Dec 17, 2014

U.S. and Cuba to re-establish diplomatic relations

by Venice Buhain
The United States and Cuba will seek to re-establish diplomatic relations, according to a statement released by the White House Wednesday morning.
Summer days make the view of the Seattle skyline from Kerry Park worth the trek up Queen Anne. (Photo by Annaliese Davis)

Study seeks college-educated immigrants from Seattle

by Venice Buhain
Are you an immigrant with a degree from abroad who can’t find a position in the field you studied? Then the nonprofit World Education Services is looking for your input on a study on “underutilized” college-educated immigrant workers. The group is conducting a Knight Foundation-funded study on college-educated immigrant workers, and seeks respondents from the Seattle area. World Education Services is […]
Dec 16, 2014
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Somali American cabbie beaten in alleged Seattle hate crime

by Venice Buhain
A 26-year-old man is accused of a hate crime after allegedly beating a Somali American cab driver while calling him a “terrorist” and asking him if he was a member of ISIS. Two other passengers who rode with him allegedly participated in the early Sunday morning assault, according to police. Jesse Alexander Fleming, 26, was charged […]
Dec 10, 2014

Tukwila community rallies around 7 refugee children from Burma after mother’s death

by Venice Buhain
Nine months ago, Zam Khup, a refugee from Burma, finally was able to welcome his wife, Ciin Nuam, and their six oldest children to the United States. He had immigrated from the Chin state in Burma in 2012, and was living and working in south King County. The family connected with the local community of immigrants from Burma […]
Dec 8, 2014