AsAmNews is proud to announce this year’s inductees into the AsAmNews Bad Ass Asian Wall of Fame.

Each of these readers is being recognized for their donations to keep AsAmNews financially solvent and strong and for their support of our scholarship fund as we put the spotlight on Asian America.

Asian American Media Inc, the non-profit that publishes AsAmNews 365 days a year, has been approved by the IRS as a 501c3. That means your donations are now tax deductible.

Contributions through this link are being accepted. Receive a thank you of 1 AsAmNews logo hat for contributions of $40 or more or 3 for $100 while supply lasts.

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Bad Ass Asian Wall of Fame Gold Members

$100,000 or more

• California Public Library Stop the Hate Project

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Bad Ass Asian Wall of Fame Silver Members

$50,000 or more

• California Local News Fellowship
• California Public Library Civil Liberties Project

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Bad Ass Asian Wall of Fame Premier Super Elite Members

$10,000 or more

Bad Ass Asian Wall of Fame Premier Elite Members
$5,000 or more

• California Office of the Small Business Advocate California Dream Fund
• Randall & Gale Yip

Bad Ass Asian Wall of Fame Elite Members
$1,000 or more

• Vivek Basrur
• Teresa and Steve Chan
• Daisy Chan
• Jeffrey Hsi
• Brenda Lee Kang
• Nelson & Tina Lam
• Paul & Wendy Leung
• Dickson Louie
• Project Voice Fund

Bad Ass Asian Wall of Fame Super Premier Members
$500 or more

• Henry Chan
• Ravi Chandra
• Gerard Wen

Bad Ass Asian Wall of Fame Premier Members
$100 – $499 or did not take thank you gift

• Shoshana Arai
• Association of Asian American Podcasters
• Jane Chin
• Rowena Chow
• Clement Cheung
• Marjorie Chung
• Peter Cooper
• John Fong
• Katheryn Fong
• Jon Funabiki
• Cynthia Gouw
• Alvin Ho
• Linh Hoang
• Gail Kaneshiro
• Ken Kashiwahara
• Keith Kojimoto
• Nina Kuo
• Bonnie Kwong
• Mike & Cara L.
• Chester Lee
• Edwin Lee
• Veronica Li
• Nancy Lin
• Yvonne Liu
• Vanita Louie
• Randall Lowe
• Frank & Jeannie Mah
• Karyl Matsumoto
• Daniel Mayeda
• Justin Mendoza
• Mary Morris
• Brian Nagata
• Kim Maso Mochizuki
• Michelle Oyakawa
• Brian Pang
• Gaylin Presbury
• Peter Quinto
• Linda Rio
• William Sugimoto
• Gail Sunagawa
• Vera Sung
• Steven Tamanaha
• Cindy Tong
• Amy Tse
• Nancy Wang Family Fund /G&G Educational Foundation/NW Connecticut Community Foundation
• Martha Watson
• Edwin Wong, in memory of Corky Lee & Geoff Lee
• Nancy Yee
• Wun Yin
• Candice Yokomizo
• Melmie Young
• Jessica Xiao

Bad Ass Asian Wall of Fame Supreme Members
$45 – $99

• Tia-Hua Chang
• Check the Weather
• Harry Chuck
• Nina Ha
• Nancy Hung
• Tong Kwok
• Erica Lando
• Ellen Lee
• Veronica Li
• Diana Leong
• Lowedown Productions
• Kathy Pucci
• Jeffery Ogata
• Sylvia Omoto
• Erica Rualo
• Helen Chin Schlichte
• Joe Sum
• Gary Szelc
• LS Szeto
• David Tsang
• Edward Wong
• Paul Wong
• Sau-Ling Wong
• Virginia Yee
• Sophia Yen
• Marion Yuen

Bad Ass Asian Wall of Fame
$20 – $44

• Benita Benavides
• Anthony Calcagno
• David Eng
• Darlene
• Shakufta Hakeem
• Guatlian Kreamer
• Jeanine Lee
• Perry Lee
• Pei-Te Lien
• Hazel Lynn James
• John Liang
• Scharlene Oxendine
• Conrad Panganiban
• Dat Pham
• Rahadyan Sastrowardoyo
• Thomas Shih
• Si Tran
• Allen Wan
• Julie Yip
• Donna Young
• Linda Young

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