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Rev. Jesse Jackson called Korematsu a founding father of the new America.

By Christine McFadden Correspondent

Rev. Jesse Jackson and have more in common than filSt meets the eye. Both are civil rights leaders and activists who dedicated their lives to fighting injustice and racial discrimination. On Jan. 30, California's first Fred Korematsu Day, one civil rights icon carried on the message of the other. Jackson described Korematsu, who passed away in 2005, as someone with "courage and selflessness"and whose strong legacy has carved outa designated day on the state calendar. Last September, Calif. Gov. Arnold &hwarzenegger signed Assembly Bill 1775 into law designating Jan. 30 as Fred Korematsu Day. It marked what would have been Korematsu's 92nd birthday and the first day in U.S. history named after an Asian Pacific American. (Top) Jesse Jackson, INith Karen "This is important," Jackson said in an interview with the Korematsu, keynoted the Jan. 30 event Pacific Citizen. "Fred is a huge mall of force in our society celebrating the first Korematsu Da y. ... who has not gotten the attention he deserves here or in the Jackson met Korematsu (left) for the first whole mix of authoritative leadership, and so coming to the time in 1999 Vutlen the Nisei leader was event ... is a big deal to me." honored with the PUSH/Rainbow Jackson, who met Korematsu for the first time in 1999 Coalition Award. when the Nisei leader was honored with the PUSHtRainbow Coalition Award, was the keynote speaker of the celebration held at Wheeler Auditorium at the University of California, PHOTO LEFT ER e PIoU L FOOFNEM OFE~TSU 1~ITlJTE Berkeley. The event celebrated and stressed the importance of protecting civil liberties and standing up for rights. During States, just two years apart -1998 and 2000, respectively. Korematsu freshman campus at San Leandro High &hool. World War II, Korematsu gained national attention when he "I don't know why I received it," laughed Jackson. "I In the past few weeks, schools from all around California evaded and refused to be incarcerated think I got it because they had a surplus, he got it because it as well as otherstates, have received free Korematsu teaching after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. E.O. 9066 authorized the was intentional." kits. The kits, designed for both kindergarten through 12th secretary of war to designate certain areas as military zones He said Korematsu Day should have come earlier. gIade, contain lesson plans (in addition to videos, posters, and cleared the way for the incarceration of over 100,000 "Korematsu, Chavez, 1furtin Luther King, these guys are bookmarks, and pencils for elementary classrooms) specific Americans of Japanese ancestry. founding fathers of the new America, unlike Jefferson and to educating students about Korematsu's legacy and the JA In 1944, his case was taken all the way up to the Supreme Washington and 1-1adison," Jackson said. "He's one of the incarceration. Court in Korematsu v. , where he lost 6-3 in new founding fathers of this country." Karen Korematsu said students have been learning "that a ruling that constitutionally justified incarceration solely Jackson's main message for the celebration was one he one man can make a difference," and how "you can stand up based on race in times of military necessity to uphold said Korematsu would have agreed with, "Human rights against all odds, because he did." national security. must remain non-negotiable ... in the end, human rights will Additionally present at the program were the lawyers who "Fred emerges as kind of a ... quiet, unassuming guy, just prevail." made up the legal team that successfully reopened his case refuses to submit to racial discrimination," said Jackson. and vacated his criminal conviction in 1984. After University "And the historic Constitutional case - the case that upheld Carrying on Her Father's Legacy of California, San Diego professor Peter Irons and researcher the incarceration of Japanese Americans - he wouldn't UC Berkeley's Wheeler Auditorium holds 705 seats; Aiko Yoshinaga Herzig discovered evidence revealing that submit to that ... just as she [Rosa Farks] refused to go to Korematsu Day was not only a sold-out event, but the government had purposefully withheld - and in one the back of the bus, Fred refused to be incarcerated based accumulated a waitlist instance, destroyed - intelligence infonnation denying any on race "I'm amazed by the response and the attendance," said JA wrongdoing, Korematsu's 1944 case suddenly resurfaced. Karen Korematsu, the daughter of Fred Korematsu, in an On the basis of governmental misconduct, Korematsu's 'Human rights must remain non-negotiable' interview with the Pacific Citizen. case was reexamined under a writ of error coram nobis. Jackson, who was raised in &:luth Carolina, noted that he The turnout, said Karen Korematsu, reaffirmed that her Although the U.S. district court in San Francisco under Judge didn't have any JA classmates growing up, but when he got father's legacy is still going. 1furilyn Hall Fatel overturned his previous conviction, the involved in the 1984 presidential campaign, he became more "I already knew that my father was well-respected," she 1944 Supreme Court case ruling still stands to this day. exposed and "got put deeper into the culture." explained. "His legacy has just been absolutely amazing in Coram nobis team members Dale Minami, Don Tamaki "After all, while JapaneseAmericans were in concentration its growth. People have realized that his story is so powerful." and Seattle University &hool of Law professor Lorraine camps, we were deep in the cotton fields and we were behind Sponsored by the Fred T. Korematsu Institute for Civil Bannai were present, among others. the walls too ... we were locked out too," he said. "In some Rights and Education at the Asian Law Caucus in San "All these people paved the way for this day," said Karen sense, Fred became that one light in the office that refused to Francisco, the Korematsu Day celebration also featured Korematsu, who co-founded the Fred T. Korematsu Institute be extin guished. Assembly members Warren Furutani and 1furty Block, both for Civil Rights and Education onApril30, 2009. "My father "The scars of those camps are passed on generation co-sponsors of AB 1775, DefFbetry Jam spoken word artist was my motivation in carrying on his legacy," she said. to generation, really," said Jackson about the WWII Beau Sia, and a video message from Rep. Keith Ellison of At the event, Karen Korematsu brightened at the idea of incarceration of JAs. "It helps to shape your consciousness. Minnesota, the first Muslim American elected to Congress. Fred Korematsu Day becoming a national holiday. No matter how fast you run, you know someone is always "This first Fred Korematsu Day is a historic occasion for "There's been talk about that, which has been very just over [your] shoulder. There's always a shadow - but all Californians and all Americans," said Ling Woo Liu, the exciting," she said. "This is certainly just the beginning. As he [Korematsu] helped eliminate the darkness for we as a Fred T. Korematsu Institute's director. ''We are thrilled that the KDA [Korematsu Discovery Academy] kids said [during people, not just in the Bay Area, but around the world really." the comm unity came out in full force to show their support." the program]: 'We're reaching for the stars. "'. Both Korematsu and Jackson received the Presidential &veral institutions also bear his namesake, including 1-1edal of Freedom, the highest civilian awam in the United the Fred T. Korematsu Discovery Academy and the Fred T. On the web: www.korematsuinstitute.org 4 FEB. 4-17,2011 NATIONAL NEWS PACIFIC ~CITIZEN Remembering Ellison Onizuka On the 25th anniversary of the Challenger tragedy, friends continue to honor the astronaut's legacy.

By Joseph Craig Special to the Pacific Citizen

When Linda Onizuka first met her brother-in-law in 1969, she said one wom came to mind, "Humble." It's a word that many of those who knew the man would use in describing Ellison Onizuka, even as the nation commemorates one of the most memorable tragedies in U.S. history. On Jan. 28, 1986, people around the world watched in horror as the Space Shuttle Challenger was destroyed by a ruptured fuel tank 73 seconds after taking off. Remembered in large part d ue to the inclusion of Christa McAuliffe, a 37 year-old schoolteacher from Concord, New Hampshire who was selected from more than 11,000 applicants to participate in the NASA Teacher in Space Project, often overlooked are the six others who were Onizuka (left, back row), 39, told loved ones he IMlnted to go into space and bring back knowledge for the next generation. aboard that flight. One in particular remains a prominent figure in the Asian Facific American community. The incident, which took place a quarter of a century At the University of Hawaii, Hilo, Onizuka Day was According to Muruwshi, timing for a potential ago, set off a wave of emotions for those watching and established 11 years ago to allow students between grades refurbishment of the Space Shuttle Challenger has been had a lasting impact on theAPA community who lost one 4-12 and teachers to celebrate space and science in Ellison's tricky, with discussions running past what the board had of their own, U. Col. Ellison Onizuka, 39, in the accident. memory. hoped wouk! be the deadline - the 25th anniversary of the As one of seven astronauts who boarded that fateful flight Rose Tseng, Ph.D., who started Onizuka Day, said Space Shuttle Challenger's explosion. looking to take the next venture into space, Onizuka was Ellison's message to students indicates his appreciation for "Each year we have a space and science day at El Camino excited to be joining a crew that would become forever education, which can be seen by a message heonce delivered College and we were hoping to get the refurbishment done engrained in history. to students. by that date to coincide with that celebration, which would Now 25 years after that tragic event, Ellison's memory "In Ellison's message to the students of Hawaii, he said, have been April 30 of this year," Murakoshi said. "But we continues to live strong within acommunity that continues 'Your vision is not limited by what your couldn't meet that date. &:l now, to embrace his legacy. eyes can see, but only by what your if we end up going through with "I once asked him if he was afraid to go into space," mind can imagine,'" Tseng said. '''From it, we're hoping to get it done by said Linda. "He said he wasn't because the reward was your vantage point, your education Ellison Onizuka's birthday, which is always worth the risk. He even mentioned that sitting on and your imagination will take you to in June." the space shuttle was like sitting on a ticking time bomb places we won't believe. &:l make your With such a momentous until the rockets separated, but he always felt as though it life count and the world will be a better anlllversary commemoratin g was worth it." place because you tried.'" Ellison, Culp was quick to point out Ellison, who graduated from KonawaenaHigh &hool in 1-hny of those who witnessed how he felt Ellison would like to be Kealakekua in 1964 didn't always dream about becoming the exploding space shuttle can still remembered. an astronaut, according to Robert D. Culp, a professor in remember where they were and what "If he had a choice, I believe he the department of aerospace engineering sciences at the they were doing as they watched the would wish to be remembered as University of Colorado at Boulder (aJ) who served as tragedy unfold. And still, Ellison holds a consummate professional space Ellison's adviser throughout the astronaut's time in college. a place in the hearts of many APAs who explorer," Culp said. "He would "He spent many hours in my office," Culp said. "At that hold the astronaut - posthumously want to be thou ght of as a role model time he was primarily interested in flying. The astronaut named a colonel - in the highest for youth, and one who led the way to bug, while probably inside him somewhere, did not drive regards. the expansion of the space frontier." him until later after he left aJ. Then, he became the perfect Ellison started off as a test pilot before His life is celebrated with memorials Tseng said that Ellison would example of a space enthusiast" joining the astronaut program in 1978. across the nation including a Onizuka appreciate the desire for youth to Upon departing aJ, where Ellison earned his bachelor's Air Fbrce Station in Sunnyvale, Calif., travel to space and the efforts of degree and master's degree in the same year, Ellison started Ellison S. Onizuka Space Center at Kona International another native of Hawaii as it pertains to the space program. off as a test pilot before rising up the ranks and joining the Ail]JOrt and a memorial and street in Los Angeles' Little "Ellison wanted the students of Hawaii to reach for the astronaut program in 1978. Tokyo. stars, both figuratively and literally," said Tseng. "We Going through the program, Onizuka joined his first The memorial, a 12.5-feet-tall model of the space shuttle certainly would know that he would be very excited by space mission on Jan. 24, 1985, on the Space Shuttle Challenger, is in need of refurbishment. Ann Murakoshi, the increased interest in science, technology and especially Discovery, which orbited Earth 48 times. According to president of the Ellison Onizuka Board, said the process of in robotics. One of President (barna's objectives is to re• Linda, Ellison viewed his entry and subsequent success in refurbishing the statue is still in the talking stages, but that inspire the youth of today about space, so certainly Ellison taking part in the space program as a way to educate others should it be approved by the city of Los Angeles. The cost, wouk! support that endeavor to carry on his enthusiasm and who had the dream of one day following his footsteps by however, could be fairly immense. commitment to learning more about space." entering the space program. "We're wolking with the city of Los Angeles to get the While millions around the world remember Ellison for "One of the main things he wanted to do was go necessary paperwork done to get it refurbished, something his passion to the space program and for the incident, which into space and bring back that knowledge for future that wasn't done when it was first erected in the late 1980s," ultimately took his life, family members recall a different generations," Linda said. Murakoshi said. "If the project is approved, it's going to run side of the astronaut. Beyond his profession, Linda said she Fbllowing this first mission, Culp said Ellison took great somewhere between $50,000 to $100,000 to refurbish the remembers Ellison the person and misses being around the care to return to his alma mater to share his experiences. statue." man who left two daughters behind. "He often visited my class and inspired the new The memorial's electrical components are in need of "I'll always remember him being a very humble person," aerospace engineering students. We have many mementos repair. The committee is wolking with the Community said Linda. "He was always there for you whenever you from when he flew into space and returned to visit us," he RedeveiopmentAgency in Los Angeles. needed anything from him.". added. PACIFIC;;:: CITIZEN NATIONAL NEWS FEB. 4-17, 2011 5 Remembering Parallel Experiences 10 Years After Sept. 11 th As communities across the nation commemorate Day of Remembrance ceremonies, one focuses on the continued fallout in the Muslim American community.

By Christine McFadden Correspondent

Nearly seven decades ago at the age of 12, former Sec. of Transportation Norman Y. Mineta received wom from Executive Order 9066 that he had to report to an assembly center. Signed by President Roosevelt on Feb. 19, 1942, the order uprooted Mnetaand 120,000 other people of Japanese ancestry. The evacuation signs were placed everywhere and addressed to "Japanese ancestry alien and non-alien." ''When you think about it, you say well, who's a non-alien?'" said Mneta to the Pacific Citizen. "So already they were starting to fight psychological warfare against us. They weren't even willing to acknowledge us as citizens. Now when's the last time you stood up, beat your chest, and said '. non-alien of the United States of PHOTO: M,£lV FRAlE R America?'I don't think you ever have." On Feb. 19, nearly seven decades after DOR ceremonies like this one in San Jose, Calif., have expanded to include Muslim and Arab Americans. E.O. 9066 pelSonally affected his life, Mneta will be one of the keynote speakelS for the Day of Remembrance (DOR) ceremony at "I only saw my dad cry three times," said important for us to remember the parallels have been dedicated to organizing the the Japanese American National Museum Mineta. that exist between what happened on 9/11 Redress movement and bringing attention to (JANM) in Los An geles' Little Tokyo. The tealS came on Dec. 7, 1941, when and what happened for the JAs during those who were denied Redress. After Sept. Speaking alongside Muslim American artist Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, when his WWII," said Stacy Toyota, JACL PSW 11, 2001, DOR has expanded to include and activist Imam Hamza Perez, the theme mother passed away in 1956 and when the program coordinator. "We thought it was Muslim and Arab Americans in the wake of for this year's DOR ceremony is based on family boamed the train in San Jose to go really important because it's been 10 yealS similar discrimination. another historic event that touched Mneta's off to the Santa Anita Assembly Center in and we want to stand to gether with the "As we approach the 10th anniversary life: the 10th annivemary of the Sept 11th Arcadia, Calif. Muslim American community. We know the of 9/11 attacks, it is important to remember terrorist attacks. "As we were pulling out of San Jose, stru ggles that they're going through." what makes our beloved country what she I looked up and here were all these tealS JACL PSW is in its third year of a new is, the upholding of our Constitution both Avoiding a Repeat of coming down." program called "Bridging Communities," in times of peace and conflict," said Munira Racial Profiling Mneta was incarcerated atHeart1-1ountain which pailS Muslim high school students Syeda, communications manager of CAIR Mineta believes that this year's theme is in Wyoming until December 1943, when he with JA high school students. Los An geles. appropriate "given the issues that came up was allowed to join his father in Chicago, "The youth is our future and if they're not "We have finally begun to acknowledge after 9/11 about racial profiling." where he was teaching Japanese to Anny aware of these issues, then who is going to the atrocities committed during WWII Mineta was serving as secretary of pelSonnei in the Army Specialized Training do something about it? We thought it was against Japanese Americans, based solely transportation when the planes struck the Pro gram (AS1P). important to make a program that really on their heritage. This year must especially World Trade CentelS and the Pentagon. It fell "I always remember how cold the day connected youth to the hrger issues," said remind us that treating one of our own as the under his responsibility to create the security was when we got there," he said about Heart Toyota. other undermines our core values and does regimen under which airlines woukl be able Mountain. "The wind was blowing, the Imam Hamza Perez, another DOR speaker nothing to keep our nation stronger or more to get back into the air. He described a cry temperature was low, and being Californians of Puerto Rican descent, turned his life secure for keeping Middle EasternelS and Muslims we didn't have any clothes to take care of us around to become an Imam, quitting his Kay Ochi, of the NCRR, said the JA off airplanes. in that kind ofcokl." former life as a drug dealer. The FBI raided wartime experience has created a legacy of He told both his staff and the press that After the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the his mosque in Pittsburgh. Perez is currently responsibility "to support other communities he himself was subjected to racial profiling JACL was one of the filSt organizations to a hip-hop artist who had his story featured in who have suffered similar injustices." during World War II. come out in support of the Muslim American the film "New Muslim Cool." The country is on the path of "continuous "And so one of the things I put in there community. Ten yealS later, that support has "The main goal that I had with the film progress," said Mneta. was that there woukl be no racial profilin g," remained strong. initially was really to try to humanize the "It's always said that our democracy he said. Mneta believes that "there was a big way that American Muslims are seen and is continually evolving and even the Followin g Sept. 11, Mneta said durin g impact in recognition by the JACL coming to find a story that would be very rich, Constitution talks about a 'more peIfect a cabinet meeting, Rep. David Bonior of out very quickly at the time [of 9/11]." very realistic, and very nuanced - it was union' and that's what we all strive for. Michigan said his hrge Arab American Community leadelS say the Muslim and less in my mind that there were historical through the freedoms that we have. constituency was concerned about the Arab American communities have many parallels," said Jennifer 1-hytorena Taylor, "But that is part of what makes this rhetoric being raised against them. parallels with the JA experience during "New Muslim Cool" director. country so great," he continued. "Because it "The president responded by saying, WWII. "It was really more a sense of just what does allow us the opportunities to ... peIfect 'David, you're absolutely correct. We are was happening at the time in the aftermath our system." • also concerned about all that's going on. We Bridging Communities of 9/11. I was sort of vexed by what I found want to make sure that what happened to The Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress to be media depictions ... I was just really EXTRAI Nonn in 1942 does not occur today, '" said (NCRR), JANM, and the JACL Pacific bothered by what I saw." Mineta. Southwest District are among the membelS The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre Find a Day of Remembrance ceremony near you in the pc.'s Ten yealS hter, Mneta says people of the DORorganizing committee. recently named Perez one of the year's "500 recognize it's wrong to round up and "We came up with the theme as a most influential Muslims in the world." special DOR listing. PAGE 14 incarcerate people based on race. committee and we thought it was really In the past, Los An geles' Dffi ceremonies 6 FEB. 4-17, 2011 COMMUNITY NEVVS PACIFIC i!:l:CITIZEN

The search for the identity of the Girl Scouts began with Buell, who wanted to document their experiences in the Finding Poston's Girl Scouts troop. Buell says every internment camp had Girl Scout troops. But each Girl Scout has a different story to tell, she says. "As many as I can talk to the better," Buell said. "It's a continuing puzzle." But like 11asada many ofthe other Girl Scouts say their memories of the troop are limited. "We weren't very active so I guess that was one of the reasons," said 11ay Sasao, 77, who now lives in San Jose, Calif. "We really didn't do that much while we were in camp. I remember going for a hike, but I don't remember any major projects we did or any thin g like that." The details about their time in the Girl Scouts are a little fuzzy. But most remember the troop going on a hiking trip to the Colorado River and gettin g lost. Oka recalls another hiking trip to the mesas. Buell was interested in learning how the Poston Girl &outs obtained their uniforms. But each Girl &out had a different theory. &:lme thought their mothers sewed the uniforms. "We had to buy them. I think they ordered it at &ars or 1-1ontgomery Ward," said 78-year-old Nancy "Nobuko" Mukai, "I don't know whether we had to buy our unifonns - we probably did," aka explained. "I was looking at the photograph and I thought 'Oh, my COd! My parents had to buy that. They were earning $156 a month!" Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, some 120,000 Japanese Americans and Japanese nationals were incarcerated beginning in 1942. Poston was comprised of three different camps, which were built along the Colorado River Indian Reservation. At Poston, which was opeIated by the War Relocation Center, internees were used as laborers. &:lme 18,000 internees were housed atPoston, according to the Poston PHOTOG COORTESY ~ w,s,o,[),\ F ~ l,jO LY RestoIation Project. Detainees were released in 1945. The girl scout troop from the Poston II internment camp included Marion Masad3., 12 (back row, second from left). Those in the Girl &out troop say the living conditions at Fbston were cramped and dusty. An Arizona historian's search to identify for the Girls &outs 100th anniversary in 2012, 1-hsada put "I remember how hot it was. We got sick when we first Girl Scouts in a black and white photo from a notice in Asian Pacific American publications to locate the rode the train. We were from Salinas," said 78-year-old Kaye a World War II internment camp reunites a scouts. The notice, published in tandem with 1-1asada's Girl "Kuni" Nakayama. "They had scorpions and rattlesnakes. Things like that I remember." group of women over six decades later. &out troop photo, requested help in locating those in the Image. }k)st of the former Girl &outs say they joined the troop ByNaleaJ.Ko Friends and relatives contacted to occupy their time at camp. Reporter many of the Girl &outs soon after the photo was published. "I know we made origami for the popcorn to sell. We used After over six decades, certain memories from 1-hrion "There's so many people sending to sell those," Mukai said, who 1-1asada's time at the Fbston internment camp in Arizona me these articles," explained added that they did not sell have faded from her mind. She remembers munching fonner Girl &out Sally HiIai, 77, a Washington state resident. "I'm cookies then. "I used to take popcorn and staying up late the night before her family was care of my grandma so she forced from their home and incarcerated behind barned wire. the one in the pigtails. I must have would give me her share." The identification number 13141 that was assigned to her been mad that day [laughs]." &:lme of the former Girl family was burned into her memory by her mother, who With the assistance of other &outs say they have kept in feared that her children would become lost in the identical community members, the notice contact with a few of the other barrack housing. would eventually help locate women from their troop. But the 78-year-old can't recall other details of being the nine Girl &outs and leader 1-hsada hopes to hold a incarcerated like the trip from her family home in Salinas, pictured in 1-1asada's photo. 1-hny reunion for all of the former Calif. to the camp. used the opportunity to catch up Fbston Girl &outs in her troop. Other memories of camp life during World War II were with old acquaintances. "We talked for over an hour. We "I'm going to suggest that preserved in time through photos 1-hsada kept over the haven't talked for over 65 years, we meet in San Jose," 1-hsada years. She eventually settled down in Fresno, Calif. or more," said 77-year-old Jane explained. "Wouldn't that be One of those black and white photos was of 12-year-old "Teiko" Oka about speaking with nice?" 1-1asada, her Girl &out troop and leader from the Poston II lhving reconnected with her internment camp. 1-1asada over the phone. old Poston camp acquaintances, On the back on the photograph the scouts scrawled their Looking at the photographed 1-hsada has been addin g her names next to the date, 1945. Those names would become faces from her past, 1-hsada fellow Girl Scouts' contact key information to Arizona historian, Nancy Buell, who had recounted the stories she information in her new address been researching different Girl Scout troops for years. heard about each woman after book. It would also serve to reunite a group of JapaneseAmerican reconnecting with them. 'It W'lS just the most wonderful feeling,· Masad3. "If you saw my address book women over six decades later. Two of the fonner scouts, Akiko said about hearing from some of the women, who now, it's a mess," 1-hsada "It was just the most wonderful feeling, "1-1asadaexplained Nakagawa and 1-1ayumi Yasumoto were pictured in the 1945 Girl Scout photo. (their maiden names), had explained. "I bought myself about hearing from someofthewomen, who were pictured in a new one. I've been little the 1945 Girl &out photo. "I had always in my heart wanted previously died. 1-hsada explained by little sticking in addresses in my book. &:l I have three to locate and hear about what happened to their lives." that the leader, 1-1omoko Iwakiri, was believed to be in a address books now [laughs]." • After hearing from Buell, who was conducting research nursing home in Texas. PACIFIC;: CITIZEN NATIONA/COMMUNITY FEB. 4-17, 2011 7 Hawaii Senate Passes Same-Sex Civil Unions By Mark Niesse into a civil union with the same state Associated Press rights, benefits and responsibilities as marnage. HONOLULU-The Hawaii Senate Advocates of civil unIOns said has passed a bill creating civil unions for November's elections showed that same-sex couples, rushing it on a path voters supported candidates who backed toward becoming law. equal rights for gay and lesbian couples. The Senate voted 19-6 for the bill Only one incumbent state legislator who Jan. 28, sending it to the state House backed civil unions lost re-election. of Representatives for additional Opponents said legal recognition of gay consideration. partnerships would put the state on a path Hawaii would become the sixth state toward same-sex marriage. to grant some of the rights of marriage "It will erode parental rights and to same-sex couples without authorizing undermine the building blocks of society, marriage itself. which is the family unit - father, mother A civil unions bill also passed the and children," Halley Hobson of Ewa Illinois Legislature last December. Five Beach. states and the Districtof Columbia permit 1-hny of those testifying against same-sex marriage. civil unions cited their religious faith Democrats, who control the Hawaii as a reason they couldn't accept the Legislature, have said they phn to approve government starting a new category the bill quickly this year and send it to of partnership that's different from the new Democratic Gov. Neil Abercrombie traditional family. for his signature. Abercrombie has said he "In my love for God ... I cannot stand supports civil unions. by idly in some misguided or blind sense A simihr bill was vetoed hst year by of tolerance and allow this bill to pass," then-Gov. Linda Lingle, a Republican. said 1-hrk Brians of Honolulu. "This is a matter of civil rights. We The legislation now moved to the would no longer feel that we're second• House for further consideration. chss citizens," said Gary Okabayashi of Hawaii nearly legalized gay marriages Fred Korematsu Day Proclamation Honolulu, who has been in a relationship more than a decade ago. Berkeley JACL members and supporters attended the Jan. 25 Alameda County Supervisors with his partner for 32 years. A Hawaii Supreme Court decision meeting In oakland, Galif. where Supervisor Keith Garson presented a proclarrntion ''We would have a sense of pride woukl have allowed the practice, but 70 establishing Fred Korerrntsu Day on Jan. 30. Carson also read a short history of Fred and integrity because the state has percent 0 f voters app roved a co nstitu tio nal (Pictured, /-r) finally recognized us as equal." amendment III 1998 allowing the Korerrntsu's civil rights credentials. Jim Duff, SUpervisor Keith Carson, SUsan The bill would grant both same-sex and Legislature to reserve marriage for Muranishi, Ken Korerrntsu and AI Satake.• opposite-sex couples the ability to enter opposite-sex couples .• APA Leaders Demand Limbaugh Apology Bill Seeks Full Benefits For WWII Lawmakers are calling for a "He was speaking and they weren't stereotypes," said the JACLin a Jan. 21 press boycott because of the radio show translating. They normally translate every release. Filipino Veterans personality's racist impersonation. couple of words, but Hu Jintao was just There are about 14 million, or 4.5 percent, going, 'ching chong, ching chong, chong,'" AAs in the United States, more if counting By Pacific Citizen Staff Limbaugh said. those of mixed races. In California, Asians By P.e. Staff and Associated Press A new bill has been introduced in He then hunched into a 20-second-long make up more than 12 percent of the state's Congress to grant full benefits to Filipino imitation ofthe Chinese leader's dialect 38 million population. SACRA11ENTO-Rush Limbaugh's sokliem who served under the American The next day, Limbaugh said he "did a While AA hwmakers demand an apology mock imitation of the Chinese language has flag during World War II. remarkable job" of imitating 's president from Limbaugh, some are increasingly stirred a backlash among Asian American Rep. Jackie Speier, who sponsored the for someone who doesn't know a language concerned for Vee's personal safety. Public leadem at the state and federal level. Filipino Veterans Rtirness Act of 2011, California state Sen. Lehnd Vee, a spoken by more than 1 billion people. officials have been put on alert after the said the bill is "an effort to rid ourselves "Back in theokl days, Sid Caesar, forthose Democrat from San Francisco, is leading deadly rampage in Tucson where US. Rep. of our shameful history". of you old enough to remember, was called Gabrielle Giffords was shot while meeting a fight in demanding an apology from It would restore those benefits Limbaugh. a comic genius for impersonating foreign with constituents. including an average monthly pension of "The comments that he made - the languages that he couldn't speak," Limbaugh Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Tony Beard Jr. $1,500, medical care and burial services, mimicking of the Chinese language - said. "But today the left says that was racism; confirmed the Legislature has hunched an supporters say. Widows would also harkens back to when I was a little boy it was bigotry; it was insulting. And it wasn't investigation and is cooperating with other receive benefits under the bill. growing up in San Francisco and those were It was a service." security agencies. About 200,000 Filipinos served hard days, rather insensitive days," Vee said. Limbau gh's station operator Oear Channel "We need to stand up for civility and be alongside US. soldiers during WWII "You think you 'vearrived and all of a sudden Communications Inc. did not respond to respectful of one another. Otherwise the to defend the from the 1941 get shot back to the reality that you're a requests for comment Oear Channel's consequences are dreadful as we can already Japanese invasion and resist subsequent second-class citizen." Premiere Radio Networks Inc. is home to see in the death threats against Senator Japanese occupation. Vee has rallied civil rights groups in a Limbaugh, Jim Rome, Ryan Seacrest, Glenn Yee," said Rep. Judy Chu, a Democrat who After the war, however, Congress boycott of companies like Pro Rowers, Sleep Beck, Bob Costas and Sean Hannity. represents a large Asian district outside Los passed the Rescission Act of 1946, Train and Domino's Pizza that advertise on After Vee complained about Limbaugh's Angeles. stripping Filipino veteIans of their status Limbaugh's talk show. He also hunched crude imitation, Limbaugh poked fun at the Vee, who has a chance to become San as US. veterans. This denied Filipinos an online petition asking people to join the Chinese American lawmaker, who's running Francisco's first elected Asian American the benefits they were promised. boycott. for mayor of San Francisco. Vee also said mayor, said he has no plans to change his The veterans have campaigned for During a Jan. 19 program, Limbaugh said he received racist death threats to his San behavior because doing so would amount decades to win these benefits back. there was no transhtion of President Hu Francisco and SacIamento offices. to "stepping down." He said his staff has They've had some victories, including Jintao's speech during a visit to the White Limbaugh's mimicry "perpetuates an ugly received additional security training. when Congress passed a bill allowing House. practice of usin g Asian and Asian Facific Rep. David Wu, the first Chinese American thousands to immigrate and become He hunched into a 20-second-long Americans as fodder for jokes by caricaturing to serve in Congress criticized Limbaugh's US. citizens. Burial rights in national imitation of the Chinese leader's dialect. them III mindless, one-dimensional antics as "pathetic childishness.". cemeteries came a decade later.• 8 FEB. 4-17, 20" VOICES PACIFIC ill: CITIZEN THE SHIGEKI SHAKE DOWN Purpose in Death, Purpose in Life V RY BY PETER SHIGEKI FRANDSE:N tru Y YQ,!-}X§

One Oshogatsu that the Bunny (2011) Battered

WHEN ''\!TY'' READ 70,000 customers in downtown Las Vegas in early December happily California lost their telephone service because of met the Myamuras there, who stayed overnight the rainstorm four or five days before Cliristmas, and drove home in th e morning - a bonus, even if it included our ho use and service has yet to be you paid 'luition at the slots". restored. Outdoor phone tcchi es came, saying ONE YEAR-END LEITER, dated Jan. 1, 2011, the line was OK. Butstill unsatisfied, we're now is particularly newsworthy for passin g along in the waiting (as this column is beiDg written) for Pacific Citizen, a family-kind of a newspaper 80 an indoortecb ie to check - a hell-bent way to years a go. Excerpts follow. Tragedes like th e ooe In Tucson SInk deep into our emotional core. introduce the Oshogolsu spirit in a ny house. ''Rather than fi ght the stress aDd depression Even more harrowing (fo r us) was drivin g of th e Ho liday Season, I bave decided to forgo midday south bound o n h terstate 5 (tbe West Cbast greetin g cards fo r th e last few years. I s uspect Death is a mysterious beast, striking freeway from th e Canadian bo lde r to Baja) on New people may bave tbougbtlle ft this good eartb or Year's day, tbe D learDin g approx imately 150 miles was in a bospice baltlio g for tbe last brea th of my from its lair abruptly, seemingly inadvertently. from Los Angeles th at th e 'Grapevine" - a 55- life. Fortuoately, itwas oe ithe r a od I bave ma naged It assaul ts with puzzling accuracy, indefinable complexity mile stretch over the (bast Range witb Tejo n P.tss, 10 s urvive the last few years relatively unscathed and devastating tenacity. 4,300 feet elevatton - was completely closed by e.'{cept for a triple bypass aDd aortic valve California Highway Patrol, hig h winds, snow and replacement in August 2007." And then we are leftalone to attempt to put everything back together Ice. Don't hold your breath, as this column ain't again. Of course, we re lied 00 the saying wbo it's from - this Last month, as the nation came face-to-face with the nastiness of the CHPs direction to exit 1-5 at active JACLer of at least 50 vile attack in Tucson, Arizo na, tbe rest 0 f us bad to search for solace in Buttonwillow, some 20 miles yeats will recognize the above as the wreckage. east to Baketsfield and took 'Our will othets inside this wide circle I was sitting in my in -laws' family room on that fateful Saturday State Route \4 so uth, tbe cards usually of fri ends. morning doing my usual Huffington Post read on my iPhone app when alternate route from !vfobave '~ Ith o u g h I resigned I learned about the shooting. My motber-in-law is from Arizona. Her over th is mountlin . In stead, mention the trips from tons of committees and mother is still there. we chose a second alternate organizations, I still support As I recounted th e events as tbey were unfoldin g, the three of us - via US 395 (the way to of the year and many in under the radar ways my wife included - were stunned at the bJasb lunacy that drove a wild ) furtber east and seem to be busy as ever. I man to sucb behavior. The whole thing was in a sense paralyzing - throu gh Cajon Pass, at4,000 for 2010, it was have beeo cooceotrating on end another sbooter wreak in g bavoc 00 tbe innocents. It was borrible. feet. Wbatsbould bave been o f li fe thiogs for myself and my Tb inking about tbe j ud ge and tbe c b ild tbat were slau gbtered that day a comfortable s ix-bou r drive flying to the fami ly. With millio os ofprojects reverberated witbi n me. I thougbtabout th e sense of loss s uddenly thrust from Palo Alto 10 Diamond coolemplated over tbe years, npon tbe ir fa milies. Ba r (bo rne) decomposed to JACL convention eacb yearI realized th attbere's That same loss a nd Ioogiog stuo g me as well as I was forced to face 14 bours - at least we were in Chicago by DO way I caD accompl is b even a the reality of my owo losses ofthose close to me. notstra.nded 0 0 tbe big bway s ma ll iota ofthiogs I wonld like Graod public tragedies like these bring to mind th e qniet, more priva te overnigbt freeziog in the car. Southwest Air in to do. tragedies that ma oy of us have s uffered in o ur o wn li ves. Everyone has Our Christmas cards 'Tberefore, a nnua lly, I bave lost someone intimately close. usually mention the trips June and to Gallup, continuously narrowed my These public tragedies s ink deep into our emotional core whether or of the year and for 20 10, scope to a few projects, wbich not we were acquainted with the victims from the Tucson tra.gedy. These it was fiyin g to tbe JACL New Mexico will require the rest of my life moments bring to s urface the raw emotions of our own private losses convention in Chicago by to complete if I should be lucky and threaten us with disruptive chaos. Southwest Air in June a nd in September eno ugh to live so long. l tell my Surely, there must be some grand purpose that will emerge from the tra.gedy in Tucson. to Gallup, New !vfexico via Amtrak for family t bat r cau go any day and in September via Amtrak r am prepared for th e occasion .. Sell-out proponents of every stripe will seek to drum up support for dedicatio n of Hersbey dedication of '1 work o ut fairly reg ularly. for their own pet projects: more or less gun control, more or less Myamura High School. The I tl)' to bit tlle JCC (Jewis b government, more or less oftbis or tbat. What sacrilege! JACLconvention in ClIicago Hershey Miyamura Community Center) for my 5 We must find a deeper, firmer pUipose in life that is equal in death. was in competent hands. a.m. workout I do free motion Tbe greater the tragedy, th e greater our resolve for tbe better must The '~roup travel" witb tbe High School.' lifting aD d exercise, s badow box, be. As a nation we grieve and mouro to getber and as a nation we must lapaneseAmerican Korean shadow j udo, s badow kaJate rebuiJd and uplift li ste ~ War veterans is a scbeme (teacbio g myselftbrougb book), We canno t cry as we to Presideot Obama im plore us to be as otber o rganizatio os s bo uld jump rope, s boot tbe basketball good a nation as lbesweet 9 -year-o ld , C bristina Taylor Green, born on adopt to save 00 rouod -trip boops a Dd j og aronnd the Sept 11 , 2001 , would bave imagioed, a nd th e n honk onr horns on th e rai l fares. basketba ll court a Dd do some w iod sprints. I do this freeway, las b oUlalcustomer service representatives on theothers ide of Tba oks to th e C bristmas cards we've received in a hot s howe r a Dd tborougbl y massage my head the phone lineor oeglect to bo ld doors open fo r completestrangers. io formation 00 re lated trips otbers bave bad, and face with s ha mpoo, soap a Dd bot water as well The ooly oruer io c baos is to fiod pn rpose in life. Live the life the way especially the November c rnise headed by as scrub my whole body. Tbis is the bestpa rtof my th e departed wou ld have. Break th ro ugb the p resent. Surely, there are Hersbey and Terry Myamura from Los Angd es day." Indeed a routine for baby boomers about to lessons to be found in the li ves o f those who have passed. to the Mexican Riviera to help raise funds for retire. We cannot be prisoners to death. the National Japanese American !\1emorial to To be continued - we' ve j ust passed OU f 750 - There must be some greater purpose in death. I refuse to believe that Patriotism in Wasbington. One expected to meet word limit.. death is the end. I reject t he notion that death is a finale. There must be more supporters. A nother said nearly 60 came, an encore.• adding it was the best cruise ever. Aud those who Harry K. Honda is th e editor emeritus of the attended the ?V1JS -SO uth ern California bonenlwi in Facific Citizen. Peter Shigeki Frandsen is a M OUlIt Olympus JACL member. PACIFIC!li:: CITIZEN ENTERTAINMENT FEB. 4-17, 2011 9 Boxer Cara Castronuova in the '' Ring

Pacific Citizen: Being one of the new trainers worked her butt off to make sure that we had on "The Biggest Loser" ranch you must have everything we needed. People always say, 'Oh, had to prove yourself. your dad probably affected you because he was a Cara Castronuova: It just required a lot of hard 1furine and he was a fighter.' Of course he affected work and dedication. It means living with them, me. But my mom just had this warrior spirit where spending the majority of my time here in California she never let anythin g get her down. at the ranch. So I really put my work into getting to know them so that they see I'm coming from a P.C.: Her 'warrior spirif must have influenced good place, and I really do want to help them. you alot Castronuova: It was an infl uence as a kid just to P.C.: Contestants on 'The Biggest Loser' seem see such a strong person. She grew into her voice. to shed as many tears as they do pounds. When I was 26, which was four years ago, Have you cried yet? she passed away in a car accident, which was Castronuova: I cry all the time [laughs]. I'm the bothersome to me especially because she worked trainer that probably cries the most The contestants so hard to get to the point she did. She was finally are always crying, but I have my meltdowns. It's ready to retire after fighting her whole life to give usually because I'm really touched by something us what we needed and to get to a good place someone does. herself. Then she's driving and she gets into a car P.C.: Was it intimidating to come on board accident It was just heartbreaking to me. At that as a new trainer since fans of the show love point in my life I was boxing I was trying to really, trainers and Bob Harper? really competitively box at the time. I just stopped Castronuova: It's nerve racking somewhat. But for a little bit. I was like, 'I can't do it without my I like it when it's challenging and intimidating. mother. That's when I perform the best. Knowing that Bob She was always there in my corner at every and lillian have set these high standards and these single fight, pushing me mentally.' Because I loved high bars, it challenges me to be the best that I it, I came back to it. I picked myself up and kept could be. fighting. That all led me to being here right now, it allied to this. P.C.: You've said on the show that everyone has an inner fighter. How do you bring out that P.C.: I know you said your dad was obese. Is fighter? itemotionai now to work with 'The Biggest Castronuova: It's justa day-by-day thing that you Loser' contestants? do by spending all the time with them, showing Castronuova: It's emotional. Of course it is. them that they're strong, showing them that they We have a father and daughter couple and I know can surpass limitations that they had set in their how it feels to grow up without a dad. fur me I mind. get emotional. I don't want this girl to know what it feels like to not have a dad go to your wedding. P.C.: You've been boxing since you were a kid right? P.C.: Do you share your story with the Castronuova: Yeah, I've been boxing since I was contestants? five. I started learning when I was five from my dad Castronuova: Yeah, I do. I'm like, 'It stinks.' who was a 1furine boxer. He really was big on me I'm like, 'You don't want that, trust me, for your and my brothers learning how to fight. Whenever daughter. Every time you feel weak just think we'd have fights as kids my dad would have us about that.' [laughs] box itout with each other with gloves on. PHOTO: TRAE P ~ TT ON IJoe:; P.C.: Do you still compete as a boxer? P.C.: I know you've had a difficult life. How has Castronuova: I'm not competing right now. I wish Castronuova is of Chinese descent. that shaped you as a fighter? I could. I was actually thinking about that today. Castronuova: It's shaped me as a fighter. It's I don't have the time to train like a boxer trains, shaped me as a ''The Biggest Loser" trainer and as which is a job in and of itself. But I plan on doing Cara Castronuova, a two-time Golden Gloves champ, a person. The more adversity you have in your life so in the future. brought her boxing training to 'The Biggest Loser' ranch to it's kind of how you react to it. My dad he passed help contestants lose weight in the ring. away when I was 14 from - he was obese but he P.C. I saw you in the History Channel's 'Warrior also was very affected by the war, the . Women' where you said you have a shirt from By NaleaJ.Ko So when I was 14, he passed away. And my mom your first fight Is that right? Reporter was left basically with four kids. My mom was Castronuova: Yeah, I still have the shirt. It had Chinese, born in the Philippines. She's Chinese blood on it from the other girl and I kept the shirt. Contestants on "The Biggest Loser" have shed weight and tears on camera Filipino. She was from another culture, so she It sounds pretty sick, but it's true. I have a lot of came to this country, raising four kids who were mementos like that [laughs]. And my mom was at for 10 seasons, but Cara Castronuova says it is also an emotional experience like Americanized and completely running amok. that fight. I'll always remember that! for the show's trainers. She had no choice but to work IS-hour days. It was A professional boxer and certified trainer, Castron nova says she was "crying really hard for us. P.C.: What will you do after 'The Biggest Loser' all the time" with contestants on season 11 of the NBC show. Once ranked as season 11 ends? the No.2 boxer in the nation by USA Boxing, the New York native says she P.C.: Did you rebel after your father's death? Castronuova: I would like to continue on with brought her training to the weight loss show. The 30-year-old explained that Castronuova: Yeah, I rebelled for a little while. 'The Biggest Loser' and really learn as much everyone has an inner fighter. I was very an gry. I just really didn't want to deal as I can. I could really use it to continue to help She went toe-to-toe with some contestants in the boxing ring to help them with much, not going to school. I just was angry. I morbidly obese people lose weight. tap into their inner fighter and lose weight. On the show's premiere, contestants wound up just not doing well in school and getting It is something that is extremely important to me were given the choice to work with the original "Biggest Loser" trainers or kicked out of a school actually. I went on to my considering how much it has affected my life. In take a chance with the "unknown" trainers: Castronuova and Brett Hoebel. next school and wound up picking myself up and my mind it's the closest thing I could ever be to getting A's and getting into a really good college a doctor because I'm helping them cure a disease Taking a break from training the contestants, Castronuova told the Pacific and doing really well. that's preventable. It's something that I just want to Citizen in a phone call that her whole life is now dedicated to "The Biggest My mom really stepped up to the plate. She grow with and keep pushing forward with .• Loser." 10 FEB. 4-17, 2011 NATIONAL/COMMUNITY PACIFIC ~ CITIZEN Eat Rich, Eat Right for National By Associated Press

Have your luck and eat it, too. Newsbytes That' s the philosophy behind traditional Chinese New Year's By Pacific Citizen Staff and Associated Press dishes, which are loaded with symbolic meamng augunng S. Carolina Considers Anti-Illegal Immigration Law prosperity for the coming year. COLUMBIA, s.c.-South Carolina legislators are considering an Want to live long? Eat long anti-illegal immigration law similar to Arizona's. The bill was up for noodles - just be sure not to cut debate in Senate Judiciary, but the meeting ended before senators could them. get to that issue. Need a bit more in the bank? It would allow police to check the immigration status if an officer Serve fish, the Chinese name for thinks a person is in the country illegally. Republicans in both chambers which sounds like the word for have called it a top priority for this year. surplus. And don't forget dumplings, Idaho Pays Tribute to Medal of Honor Recipients which also symbolize prosperity BOISE, Idaho-A bill in the Legislature aims to name a state highway and are traditionally eaten late on tarts, which can take different became more about family. These after Idaho recipients of the nation's highest military honor. the eve of the New Year. fonns but generally call for a days she often makes her mom's Veterans groups approached Sen. Jo1m Goedde, R-Coeur d'Alene, The Year of the Rabbit starts luscious pineapple jam stuffed into tomato beef chow mein, a blend of about naming northern Idaho's State Highway 3 after Medal of Honor with the big "reunion dinner" on flaky pastry. east and west cooking styles typical recipients. The senator introduced legislation on Jan. 25 to name the New Year's Eve - Feb. 2 this year "Every year that was the one in Chinese American kitchens. roadway "North Idaho Medal of Honor Highway." - a meal reserved for family and thing I wanted to eat," says "I remember so many times resonant with culinary customs. Tanumihardja, author of "The peeking over her shoulder as Wyoming House Set to Debate Gay Marriage Bill Carolyn lung, a San Francisco Asian Grandmothers Cookbook." she crisped up the noodles in the CHEYENNE, Wyo.-After repeated unsuccessful attempts III Bay food writer who blogs at This is the time when luxury pan," says Jung, who would sneak previous years, the Wyoming House passed legislation on Jan. 24 to stop www.foodgal.com. remembers ingredients such as shrimp or noodles right out of the pan until recognition of out-of-state gay mamages and civil unions. sitting at the table as the youngest abalone shine and fish is served she was shooed away. The bill, House Bill 74, now heads to the Senate, which was considering ofherfamily. and only girl. helping whole to symbolize plenty. Serving Jung's mother passed away some gay mamage legislation of its own. her mom fold dumplings by hand whole poultry also is a sign of years ago, and a lot of her recipes and ''waiting eagerly for her to pan family unity and Tanumihardja are gone, "but this was one that I Girl Sues Over Handicapped Space Denial fry them or boil them so that we sometimes makes a whole braised did get her to write down." PHILADELPHIA-The mother of a brain-damaged Philadelphia girl could dig in." duck for a holiday meal. The recipe isn't strictly orthodox has sued the city's parking authority over its rejection of an application Chinese New Year is celebrated In Singapore, a raw fish salad New Year's fare, but the noodles seeking a handicapped parking spot in front of their home. in many parts of the world that have is served in restaurants with the symbolize the traditional wish for Nil Sok filed the federal civil rights suit on Jan. 20 against the sizable populations of Chinese ingredients kept separate on a long life. Philadelphia Parking Authority on behalf of her 12-year-old daughter. immigrants, and other Asian large plate or tray. Before they eat, And making a dish in memory Salina. The lawsuit claims her application was denied because they cultures have similar celebrations. diners stand and toss the salad as of her mother fits Jung's grown-up couldn't get consent from a neighbor. With so many people involved, the high as they can saying auspicious perspective on the holiday. According to the suit, the parking authority requires a neighbor's customs aren't unifonn, though the words like "Every year we'll have "As I get older and the family pennission if the applicant's home is less than 20 feet wide. Sok's home hope for a prosperous new year is prosperity. " gets larger with significant others is 18 feet wide. The suit seeks a reserved spot and the elimination of the a constant. As a kid, Jung saw Chinese and kids and people moving away, consent requirement. The festival lasts 15 days, with New Year as mostly about the it's one of the holidays where we some days set aside for visiting food - and the red envelopes really make an effort to gather and R.1. Upped Interpreter Services Following Complaint and other rituals. It wraps up with a filled with crisp dollar bills that are to see each other and catch up." PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The state of Rhode Island has agreed to improve Lantern Festival on the final night. handed out to children. She spent And those red envelopes come language services following a 2007 complaint from the American Civil For Patricia Tanumihardja, who the money and kept the brightly in handy, too. These days she fills Liberties Union. grew up in Singapore and is of decorated envelopes, keeping them them with crisp bills of her own The state aIlllounced Jan. 18 that the Rhode Island Department of Chinese and Indonesian descent, neatly stowed away in a drawer. and gives them away to her nieces. Human Services has signed an agreement with the federal government the holiday means eating pineapple As she grew up, the holiday to improve the assistance given to people who speak little or no English . • The state in 2007 laid off all its Southeast Asian language interpreters, prompting a complaint from the ACLU that the state was violating a 1997 Civil Rights Coalition Asks Court to agreement with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to provide timely interpreter services. Block More of Arizona's Immigration Law Koreans Mark More Than 100 Years of U.S. Migration The provisions violate day Judge Susan Bolton blocked restricted their ability to earn a NEWARK, N.J. - Korean immigrants nationwide celebrated a laborers free speech rights, key components of it ruling that living," said Julie Su, litigation milestone this month that marked more than 100 years since their according to the coalition. immigration matters are the federal director for the Asian Pacific predecessors amved in America to wolk in Hawaii's sugarcane fields. government's responsibility. American Legal Center. In events from New York to Los Angeles, Koreans observed Jan. 13 A coalition of civil rights But several other measures in the The civil rights coalition - designated in 2003 as Korean American Day by the U. S. Congress - organizations has asked a federal law including provisions banning includes the JACL, the Asian with celebrations and reflections on their changing diaspora. court to prohibit Arizona from drivers from hiring day laborers off Pacific American Legal Center and enforcing two key sections of the street went into effect. for Advancing Churches, Buildings Marred by Spray-Painted Hate SB 1070 targeting day laborers, According to the coalition, these Justice, among others. Messages pending a final court ruling on the provisions cause irreparable hann At its national convention last ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. - Orange County police continue to search provisions' constitutionality. to day laborers and those who seek July, the JACL national council for suspects after spray-painted racial slurs were discovered at two local, Last April, Arizona Gov. Jan to employ them by curtailing their passed a resolution to join future Catholic churches and other buildings. Brewer signed SB 1070, a tough First Amendment rights. legal efforts to repeal the law The spray-painted graffiti targets Catholics, Asians, Mexicans and "All workers have a First state law that required police to before its effective date. African Americans. question the immigration status of Amendment right to seek work, The move came after the JACL Brea police Sgt. Bill Smyser said the incidents are being investigated suspects when there is reasonable particularly in public areas. The national board, last May, voted as vandalism because the graffiti was not on a business associated with suspicion. Before SB 1070 went unconstitutional proVIsIOns of 8-6 to join a class action lawsuit any ethnicities or a place of worship. Police officials in Anaheim, Santa into effect, u.S. District Court SB 1070 have severely violated opposing SB 1070 .• Ana, Irvine and Brea are collaborating to detennine who is leaving the workers' free speech rights and graffiti .• PACIFIC~ CITIZEN NATIONAL/COMMUNITY FEB. 4-17, 2011 11 Tiger Mom's Memoir Meets Ferocious Roar APAs By Leanne !talie 28 and spiral ed into in the Associated Press a depressi on that led to her suicide after News NEW YORK-A new memOlr the startup where she worked fizzled. Utah Councilwoman Jani Iwamoto of tough parenting, in the so• Appointed called Chinese style, from a "She graduated COllllcilwoman Jani Iwamoto was self-proclaimed tiger mother has from Harvard with an appointed in Utah as minority leader of the wlieashed a ferocious roar. MBA. That was the Salt Lake Council for 2011. She will represent Fallout was swift for Yale first time she had ever the Democratic caucus. professor Amy Chua after she experienced failure," 1"~ - .. ! Iwamoto was the first Asian American in published an essay in the Wall said the 34-year• the state of Utah to be elected to public office Street Journal describing the old Lu. She stopped when she began a four-year term in 2008. She heavy-handed methods she used short of blaming her is also the only woman on the county cOllllcil. with her two daughters. mom, adding: "It's the culture. Amy is a Her "Battle Hymn of the JANM Receives National Medal Tiger Mother" shot to No. 6 product of the culture, too. " Rep. "Lucille Roybal-Allard presented the Japanese American National in the Amazon sales rankings Musewn with the highest national honor for a musewn. recently. Adult offspring of It's a book of JANM officials received the National Medal for Library and Museum Asian and Asian American extreme parenting, for Service on Jan. 28. The Institute of Museum and Library Services immigrants are weighing in on sure, a memoir and distributed 10 of the medals. Chua's provocative description further from meek robots. They're not a how-to manual, Chua cautions. Her parenting of Eastern-style parenting: No confident, furmy, kind, generous, JAVA Installs New Officers sleepovers or playdates. Grueling with very big personalities, and choices reflect her upbringing: No The Japanese American Veterans Association approved and installed rote academics. Hours of piano and they're always calling my bluff." TV, no pets, no grades under A, no newly elected officers at its general meeting. The incoming officers are violin practice. Slurs like "lazy" Chua, 48, insists her tone in parts in school plays, no choice Gerald Yamada (president), Col. Bruce Hollywood (vice president), LTC and "garbage," and threats to burn the book IS self-deprecating. of extracurricular activities, no Alan Ueoka (secretary) and LTC Mark Nakagawa (treasurer). stuffed animals when things don't It's a point she considers lost in musical instruments except piano Incoming President Gerald Yamada identified three goals for go mom's way. the blogosphere, including heat or violin. the organization, one of which includes educating the public about Some see truth and a borderline from moms employing Western When Lulu had trouble with contributions made by Nisei soldiers during WWII, among other goals. abuser. Others see a dangerous philosophies she doesn't consider a tricky piece of music, Chua denied her bathroom breaks and stereo1ype with the potential to better or worse, but more lax and Governor's Council Approves Duffly for Mass. SJC undisciplined. threatened to ship off her dollhouse feed China haters and xenophobes. Appeals Court Associate Justice Fernande "Nan" Duffly endured a Still others publicly thanked their "My first reaction was, 'Is this a to the Salvation Army until she close vote Jan. 24 to take her place as the first Asian American member of moms for similar, though less joke?' I kept waiting for the punch got it right - which she did with the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. extreme, methods. line," said Frances Kai-Hwa Wang, pride. When she pushed back at Newly elected Councilor Jennie Caissie, a Republican from Oxford, 44, a second-generation Chinese age 13, rejecting the violin, mom Few had read the book broke the suspense by declaring she would support the 61-year-old themselves, missing out on more American and mother of four in allowed for tennis instead, keeping a keen eye on her game. nominee. The nine-member panel ended up voting 4 to 3. facetious nuances and details Ann Arbor, Mich. She had parents During a six-hour confirmation hearing last week, Duffly faced stern on Chua's journey to a softer with high expectations but none of As a young adult, Chua said questioning from Councilors Thomas Merrigan and Christopher Iannella, Chua's histrionics. "Her methods she rebelled in her own way. She approach with Sophia, 18, and who accused her of being an activist judge and wmecessarily removing are so crude. The hwniliations and married an American Orthodox Louisa, nicknamed Lulu and about children from their fathers in divorce cases. to cel ebrate her 15th birthday with the shaming. The kids will hear Jew after hearing from her dad: "'You'll marry a non-Chinese - gasp - a sleepover party. that voice in their heads for the rest San Francisco's First Asian American Mayor Sworn-In "It's been tough on my kids," of their lives." over my dead body.' Now my dad San Francisco welcomed its first Asian American leader Jan. 10 when Chua said. "They want to speak Christine Lu's memories of her and my husband are the best of City Administrator Edwin Lee was sworn in as interim mayor before a tiger mom growing up in L.A. friends." out over the thing that has hurt crowd of hundreds. are full of sorrow. Mom's ramrod Regrets?"I wish I hadn't lost my me the most, when peopl e say, The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to appoint Lee to fill the tactics failed on her ("life at home temper," she said. "1 wish I hadn't 'Oh, doesn't that kind of strict remainder of Mayor Gavin Newsom's term. Newsom was sworn in Jan. used to be horri bl e") but they been harsh. I wish I would have let parenting produce meek robots?' 10 as California's lieutenant governor. them have m ore freedom." • My daughters could not be worked on her older sister. She hit The 58-year-old will serve as interim mayor until next January, when the winner of November's mayoral election will take over. Lee, a city Federal Agencies Publish Plans to employee for more than 20 years, has said he does not plan to run. Increase Participation of Asian Americans Assemblyman Warren Furutani to Chair API Caucus Assemblyman Warren Furutani announced Jan. 24 that he was The White House Initiative public comment period will be a national partnership program unanimously re-elected as chairman of the California Asian Pacific on Asian Americans and Pacific open for 30 days from the posting that incorporates nati onal A PA Islander Legislati ve Caucus. Islanders Interagency Working date of each plan. organizations. Established in 2001, the Asian Pacific Islander Legislati ve Caucus aims Group (I W G) has reI eased the first On Oct. 14 President Barack Twenty-three participating to advocate for California's APA commnnity, among other things. set of agency plans to increase Obama signed an executive agencies developed agency plans Asian Pacific American access to order that restored the White over a four-month period with GFB National Education Center Elects New Chairman the federal government. House Initiative and President's input from nwnerous offices within The Go For Broke N ati onal Educati on The agency's plans are part of Advisory Commission on Asian each agency. Each plan details the Center's board elected former California the administration's "commitment Americans and Pacific Islanders to agency's strategic activities and Assemblyman George Nakano as its new to assure that all Americans address issues concerning the APA performance outcomes for the next chairman. Nakano's term began Jan. 1. He have a seat at the table," said commrnrity. one to two years. replaced Michael Ozawa. U.S. Secretary of Education The executive order mandates "In order for the federal Nakano is a former math teacher at Jordan Arne Dllllcan, who serves as the that agencies develop plans to government to take meaningful High School. He was elected in 1998 to serve initiative's co-chair with u.s. increase access to and participation steps, it is crucial that people go in the California State Assembly. Secretary of Commerce Gary in federal programs in whichAPAs online, view the plans, and provide During two legislative sessions, Nakano Locke. remain llllderserved. feedback," said Kiran Ahuja, the helped secure $1.5 million to fund Go For Plans will bereleasedon arolling Strategic activities include initiative's executive director.• Broke's education program. The program basis on the initiative's website providing training and access to raises awareness about the World War II heroics of the 100th Battalion, through the end of February. The 2010 Census data and developing On the web: www.aapi.gov Military Intelligence Service and 442nd Regimental Combat Team .• 12 FEB. 4-17,2011 COMMUNITY NEWS PACIFIC CClllZEN NPS to Offer $3 Million in JA Confinement Sites Grant Program

'fh" National Park Service (NPS) is now .!I;roups and communities that want to accepting applications for 2r.mts to preserve preserve these sites. Collectively, their and interpret the U.S. confinemed camps efforts can deliver soberi"2 lessons and other sites where more than 120,000 about how vulnerable our free doms Americans of Japanese ancestry were can be - even tho.., protected by the detained duri"2 World War II. Constitution. " This )"'ar's deadline for applications is The program, established by MarchI. Congress in 2006, aims to preserve and Conj;:ress assi.!l;ned a total of $4 million in interpret the places where Japanese .!I;r.mt money to the JACS pro.!l;= during its American men, women and children fimt two years. The presided's budget plan - most of them U.S. citizens - """re fO<" FY 2011 calls for $3 million more in relocated and held after Japan attacke d .!I;r.mts. However, Congress has )"'t to pass Pearl Harbor in 1941. Congress has the federal operating budget for FY20n and authorized that up to $38 million in thus the funds have not been conunitted to gr.mts can be awarded over the life this year's gr.mt program. The NPS expects of the pro.!l;=. Funds can be used to to be able to award 2r.mts for FY 2011 after identify, research, evaluate, interpret, Conj;:ress passes the appropriations bill. protect, restore, repair and acquire Duri"2 its first two years, the JACS historic intenunent sites. The .!I;oal is Pro2ram awarded $3,895,000 to eligible for presed and future generations to 2roups and entities non-profit leant about and .!I;ain inspiration from otganizations, educatiooal institutions, and the sites and those who were held in state, local and tribal govenunents - that fuom. are wO<"ki"ll to pre..,rve the confinement In 2010 the NPS awarded 23 2rants More than 50 historical locations are FOR MORE INFORMATION: si""s and their histones. totaling $2,925,000. Grantamounts can vary eligible for.!l;ratI-funred work. They include So far, the program has gr.mted funds to widely. In Idaho, The Friends of :Minidoka the 10 (WRA) Applicatim materials md a lis: ct infa matima meetings are avail ffile m the 42 projocts that involve 16 states (and the received $17,295 to OOcWll<'nt and rebuild camps that were set up in 1942 in seven JACS wel:Ute rttpl"""ww npsgovt1istay/ District of Columbia): Arizona, Arkansas, the historic Honor Roll that once stood near sta""s: Amache, Colorado: Gila River and hps.t1pg/JA CS~ndex htm I California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idah>, lllinois, that camp's etI:rance, listi"ll all those from Poston, Arizona: Heart Mountain, Wyomi"ll: :Massachusetts, :Mitul<'sota, MOntana, North :Minidoka who ..,rve d in the U.S. Anny. Jerome and Roh"""r, Arkansas: :Manzanar PACIFIC WEST: Tem Lect hffman, Dakota, CXe20n, Texas, Utah, Washington In Patk County, WY, the Heart Mou.tIain and Tule Lake, Calif.: :Minidoka, Idaho and 9251943-1531 ext 122. trnUeatherman@ and WyomitlJi:. Although many of the Wyoming Foundation received $832,879 to Topaz, Utah. Also eligible are more than 40 npsgov projects are tie d to single, specific locations, finish building an 11,000-square-foot Heart other locationsin16 states, including; civilian some also rnnge across nultiple si""s and Mountain Interpretive l.ean:titlJi: Cen""r at and military-run assembly, relocation and INTERMOUNTAIN: Kara Miyagimima, are conducte d from other places and states. the camp site. isoiationcenters. Of the lOWRA sites, three 3CG,959-2835, kara_miyagimima@rps "These projects are helpi"2 us unrerstand The program encourages applicants to are now units of the National Park Service g" better a shameful chapter in America's not• raise projoct funds from other sources to (:Manzanar Natiooal Historic Site, :Minidoka MIDWEST: Ra:::ne Frari

AAs Saw No Gains in Homeownership Nikkei Community Internship Rates After Foreclosure Crisis Program is Accepting Applications Asian Pacific American home• the sub"'qued foreclosure crisis, cent of APAs speak a langl.la.!l;t' Celebrati"2 its 10th year, the 19 - Ang. 13.lnten:t:l will be place d owners saw their .!I;reatest loss of but preliminary assessmeds and other than English at home, com• Califomia Japanese American in conununity organizations and equity following the national fore• anecdotal evidence indicate that pared with 20 percent of the total Conununity Leadership Council sp"nd four days a w""k wO<"king closure crisis despite their higher they lost considerable wound," population. Additionally, 2009 data recendy announce d that its popular on Nikkei community projects and median income, accorditlJi: to a said Melany De la Cruz-Vieoca, as• showed that 32 perced of APAs Nikkei Conununity Intentship one day in cultural traini"2 and new study by the Asian Real Estate sistant directo<" of the UCLA Asian "speak English less thanverywell" (NCI) program is now accepting leadership development activities. Association of America (AREAA) American Studies Center. "Esp"• compared with nine percent of the applications. Prospective intents Interns will receive an educational and the UCLA Asian American cially troubling is the loss in equity total population. must submit their applications by scholarship of up to $2,000. Studies Center. many Asian American home<>wn• The study sheds li.!l;ht on home• March 4. Applicants must be age 18 by the Wbile AAs made some improve • ers face." ownership patten .. in APA com• Duri"2 the past 10 years, over start of the pro.!l;ram. ment in their rate of home<>wner• The median property value of munitie s, and provires a mixed 100 intents and over 20 Japanese The Nikkei CotlUlI.lllity ship betw""n 2005 and 2007, in• APA homoownem recrea..,d from picture of how the foreclosure American cotnnnnity 2roups in Internship ,s funded throngh creasitlJi: from 59 percent to 60.3 2007 into 2009. and economic crises are affectitlJi: Los AtlJi:eles and the Bay Area support from Union Bank and perced, the study revealed that the "This finding again reinforces APAs. While the study showed that have participated in the program. Southwest Airlines, as "",,11 as national foreclosure crisis wiped AREAA's lo"2standitlJi: concents APAs had far la.:ier median house• The goal of NCI is to provide other .!I;enerous donations from out any modest improvements by that Asian Americans are dispro• hold incomes than the total popu• cultural exposure and develop various conununity sponsom. The 2008, retunll"2 the rate of home• portionately affecte d by the hous• lation ($73,745 for APAs v ersus the net .!I;eneration of conununity pro.!l;= is coordinate d by the ownership to 59 percent by 2009. ing bubble because of population ~1,021 for the total population), it leaders by netwO<"king with JACL Pacific South"""st District The study is entide d, "fullowing concentrations in markets such as found thatAPAs stilll"ll behind the various Nikkei o'l:anizations and in Los Angeles and the Japanese the Path to Asian American Home• Los At1.!I;eie s, Cbic"llo and New total population in tenns of home• connecti"2 inten:t:l with mentors in Cotnnnnity Youth Council in San ownership Report: An Analysis of York, where housing costs are ownership. the JA community. The intentship Francisco. the United States, California, New high," said Kenneth Li, AREAA According to the 2008 Census, also aims to provire a fun leanting For more infonnation, visit York, Texas, and Select U.S. Met• chainnan. AAs make up five percent of the experience that creates energy and www.nikkei)~>uth.0'l: 0<" contact ropolitanAreas. " Another factor affecting home• total U.S. population.• a desire to participate in the JA Stacy Toyota at the JACL Pacific 'There is limite d research on ownership is Iang;uage barriers. conununity. Southwest District at stoyota@ how AsianAmericans fared duri"2 AccO<"di"2 to the study, 71 per- On the ~b: www;areaa.org The prq:ram will run from June jaclpsw.o'i;.• PACIFIC E CITIZEN COMMUNITY NEWS FEB. 4-17, 2011 13 JA Leadership Delegates Arkansas Center Gets Memorabilia to Head to Japan in March from Rohwer Internment Camp

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark.- Memorabilia from a Japanese American intermnent camp set up in Arkansas during World War II has been donated to the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies in Little Rock. Rosalie Gould of McGhee has donated her collection of several hundred works of art and other materials produced by people held at the Rohwer Camp, the Butler The Japanese American Leadership Delegation Program, which works Center announced Jan. 19. the camp. Gould and Vogel became residents. It also contains a to strengthen U.S.-Japan relations, is now celebrating its 11th anniversary. The Rohwer camp operated close friends and Vogel left her memorial dedicated to the 31 JA Sponsors include the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan and the Japan in Desha County in southeast collection to Gould when she died, soldiers from Rohwer who died Foundation Center for Global Partnership and co-organized by the U.S.• Arkansas from September 1942 to according to the Butler Center. fighting on behalf of the United Japan Council. November 1945 and held nearly Appraiser Jennifer Cannan said States in World War II. This year 13 Japanese American leaders from throughout the United 8,500 people at its peak. Gould's the materials in Gould's collection David Stricklin, head of the States will participate in a delegation visit to Japan from March 4-12. The collection includes hundreds are "unique among intermnent Butler Center, welcomed Gould's delegation will visit Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka for a variety of exchanges of documents and photographs collections." They include copies donation. with high-level leaders. A symposium will be held on March 7 in Osaka dealing with the camp's schools of a newspaper, published by camp "This collection really contains and will feature three delegates as panelists. and govermnent, along with 185 residents, that documents day-to• two stories. The first is the Selection to the 2011 delegation emphasized leaders from the business, handwritten autobiographies of day life. extraordinary testament it makes communications, education, and govermnent sectors. This year's internees. The Rohwer site, most of it to the perseverance of American delegation includes: Phyllis Campbell (Seattle) chairman, JPMorgan Much of the collection stems demolished decades ago, has been citizens in the face of a truly Chase & Co., Pacific Northwest; Erwin Furukawa (Los Angeles), vice from the work of an art teacher who designated a National Historic unfortunate wartime situation," president, Customer Programs and Services, Southern California Edison; taught at the camp, Mabel "Jamie" Landmark. It includes a cemetery Stricklin said. Kathryn C. Ibata-Arens (Chicago), associate professor, Department of Jamison Vogel. Her students with the graves of 24 internees The Rohwer camp was one of Political Science, DePaul University; Bill Imada (Los Angeles), chairman gave her many of the works they who died at the camp as well as two in Arkansas, with the other at and CEO,IW Group, Inc.; Val T. Iwashita (Honolulu), headmaster, 'Iolani created, and she kept other items memorials erected by the camp's Jerome, in Drew County. • School; and Susan Morita (D.C.); partner, Arnold & Porter LLP. accumulated during her work at Other delegates include: Gary S. Moriwaki (New York); partner, Tax & Estates Department, Fox Rothschild LLP; Susan Muranishi Japanese american With so many places to shop for long-term care ACL CITizens LeaGUe ,~"latil "":;lr,. coverage, how do you decide what's best for you? (San Francisco); county administrator, Alameda County; Gary Oda ltf (Honolulu), president, Allied Builders System; Kenneth A. Oye (Boston), director, Program on Emerging Technologies (PoET) associate professor Start shopping from the of Political Science and Engineering Systems MIT; Genevieve Shiroma Shopping for source you can trust. 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