The birth of the Utah Asian Chamber of Commerce

Story and photo by TAUNA LYNNE PRICE The Asian American community maintained their lives. They worked, ran their businesses, supported their families and were contributing members of society. However, no business network existed among the Asian culture in Utah. There was no business community in place to help them stay connected and support one another. [...]

Utah Asian Chamber of Commerce looking to expand scholarship program

Story and photos by KAREN HOLT BENNION Growing up near a small village in the Philippines, she would often go to bed on an empty stomach. She spent her summers selling snacks like a vendor at a baseball game just to earn enough money to buy school supplies. She and her 10 brothers and sisters [...]

Finding the needle to success

Story and photos by EMILY RODRIGUEZ-VARGAS A 3-year-old boy sits barefoot on the pavement at 2248 S. 440 East in South Salt Lake City, with a weary look on his face. Watching other children laugh and play at the Hser Ner Moo community center for refugees, he remains on the sidewalk alone. Unfortunately, not all [...]

Affirmative action is debated at Utah 2010 general session

Story and photo by ANDREAS RIVERA In 1969, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law an executive order that stipulated employers must “take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and that employees are treated during employment, without regard to their race, color, religion, sex or national origin.” Other laws, policies and initiatives like this [...]

UACC strives to educate people about the organization

But outreach takes time, money by KEITH R. ARANEO-YOWELL The Utah Asian Chamber of Commerce (UACC) was founded “to foster Asian … small businesses with activities that result in a prosperous and economically healthy Asian community,” according to its online mission statement. But, leaders in Salt Lake’s Asian community say the city’s demographics — and [...]