2022 Fred yee citizens award Honorees

2022 Honorees

Ron Chew is a lifelong and dedicated Seattleite, fighting for Asian American and social justice causes in his hometown.  Ron has served as the executive director of the Wing Luke Museum, editor and current board member of the International Examiner, community-scholar-in-residence at the University of Washington, as well as the executive director of the International Community Health Services (ICHS) Foundation. Ron is also the author of My Unforgotten Seattle documenting the tight-knit community and unsung champions of the Chinatown-International District.   

Shawn Wong is the author of two novels, Homebase and American Knees.  He is also the co-editor and editor of six Asian American and American multicultural literary anthologies including the pioneering anthology Aiiieeeee! An Anthology of Asian American Writers.  The award-winning film version of American Knees will be released soon.  In 2019, he started his own book series at the University of Washington Press, reissuing notable Asian American books such as Eat a Bowl of Tea by Louis Chu, Awake in the River and Shedding Silence by Janice Mirikitani, and a new work, Uncle Rico’s Encore: Mostly True Stories of Filipino Seattle by Peter Bacho. Wong is Professor of English and the Byron and Alice Lockwood Professor in the Humanities at the University of Washington.