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CONGRATULATIONS to the CLASS of 2020 Continue to Pursue Your Dreams from the Greater Seattle Awards Committee VOLUME 28 FALL 2020 CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF 2020 Continue to Pursue Your Dreams From the Greater Seattle Awards Committee We were so excited NSRCF decided that we personally to return to the Greater Seattle area contributed for its 40th anniversary. The local and raised awards committee is a passionate approximately and thoughtful group, comprised of $15,000 from the community and education leaders local community. who genuinely care about helping We also students gain access to higher dedicated education. Many of us were also $5,000 of the first-generation college students and locally raised we chose to serve on this committee funds to provide because of the huge opportunity for scholarships to Black Lives Matter us to give back and pay it forward. four Pacific Islander students. The Seattle Awards Committee would like to take a moment to Southeast Asian students are faced Thank you to the families, teachers, reflect on the racial injustices that are with barriers and challenges around and advisors who worked tirelessly happening in our nation amidst this language, gaps in mental health to support them. Thank you, pandemic. We as Asian Americans treatment, race-based bullying, students, for sharing your stories, and Pacific Islanders stand in and harassment that prevent hardships, and goals with us. It was solidarity with the Black Community many of them from obtaining inspiring tolearn how much you have and condemn the violence they face. higher education. To that end, we overcome, how you rise above the While the struggle for racial equality worked hard to ensure an inclusive, noise to reach your goals, and the and justice is ongoing, the turbulence accessible process, including ways you give back to your families of the past months must not providing workshops and tools to and communities. We hope that you overshadow the accomplishments of help students fill out the application. will continue to do so and someday this year’s recipients. Your journey pay it forward to the next generation brought you to intersect with us, It was with great pride that we of students. A lot of people care and we encourage each of you to awarded $71,500 to 66 Southeast about you and are rooting for you. continue to share your voices and Asian students – the largest No matter how hard the journey stories. We believe that each of you group in NSRCF’s history! The gets, lean into resilience, and exemplifies the best of the purpose students’ stories were so compelling continue to pursue your dreams. and work of the NSRCF. NISEI STUDENT RELOCATION COMMEMORATIVE FUND WWW.NSRCFUND.ORG Islanda Khau Naughton, board member I’ve had the pleasure of attending to care for my family. The committee a few of the award ceremonies continued its work and went above over the years and am continuously and beyond. These remarkable humbled to meet so many resilient individuals will always have a special and ambitious individuals. It is one of place in my heart. the highlights of being on the board. The culmination of all the hard I moved back to Washington a few work led us to award $76,500 to years ago and was excited when 70 students – the largest amount I first joined the NSRCF local the board announced it chose the ever given to the largest number committee in Seattle in 2010 to Greater Seattle area to be the of students. These highly qualified organize for the 2011 awards and scholarship destination for our students exemplify resilience, was so moved by the mission that I 40th anniversary. What was even intelligence, and community. wanted to continue my commitment more amazing was that folks from to this organization. When I moved the 2011 local committee agreed To the class of 2020 - in times of to Boston in 2011, fellow board to serve again this year! I am so darkness, societies have searched member and friend, Phitsamay honored to have worked with such a for and found beacons of light. Sychitkokhong Uy, invited me to compassionate and dedicated group You are those beacons. serve on the board and I have been of people. In January, I gave birth to involved ever since. my second son, so I had to step away Congratulations and good luck! Nisei, Seattle I’d like to add my congratulations to the high school class of 2020 for your achievements and graduation. I would be remiss in also not acknowledging the significance of this year’s world-wide pandemic on your lives and future. My father always told us that learning never ends and we were enriched by our love of reading, but also by but my younger brothers and I were opportunities. You have already the diversity of family friendships the recipients of their sacrifice. This demonstrated your own strengths and other people from other racial, taught me to give to others who to overcome obstacles and this will ethnic, and religious backgrounds. struggle for an education, not unlike keep you in good stead as you face My older sisters were not able to the Nisei founders of the NSRCF. the future. Best wishes to you for the continue their educations after the A mentor once said that there were courage to lead a life of hope and war because of family circumstances, no problems, only challenges and optimism. NISEI STUDENT RELOCATION COMMEMORATIVE FUND 2 Dear NSRCF supporters and friends, and this year was no exception. will be given in the great state of Overcoming numerous obstacles, Rhode Island. Thanks to member Congratulations to the Class of functioning during a pandemic, Phitsamay Uy, initial contact has 2020! What an amazing milestone, not meeting in person, working in been made with ARISE, the Alliance accomplished during a pandemic isolation from home, calming anxious of Rhode Island Southeast Asians and the broadening movement to high school seniors whose schools for Education and its powerhouse end systemic racism. On the 40th were abruptly shut down (“How can Executive Director, Chanda anniversary of the NSRCF, a record I get my transcript? How can I get a Womack. We are hopeful for a 70 scholarships totaling another recommendation?”), and the general coronavirus-free endeavor, including record $76,500 were awarded to uncertainty of life, the committee did an in-person awards ceremony next outstanding high school seniors from an outstanding job. year. Greater Seattle. Early on in the process the local Heartfelt condolences are extended The board is grateful to member, scholarship committee knew that to the families of Akio Mochizuki Islanda Khau Naughton, who lives the awards ceremony had to be and Colonel Joseph Y. Kurata, both in the Seattle area, for her leadership canceled due to covid-19. In lieu of of San Francisco. Mr. Mochizuki and guidance of the local scholarship an in-person program to celebrate passed away on July 18, 2020 at age awards committee. Islanda and this year’s recipients, the committee 99. He was a longtime supporter several members of the committee designed a terrific “Awards Gallery” of the NSRCF, and established also worked on the 2011 awards on the website that we encourage the Hisaye Hamaoka Mochizuki committee, the last time the Fund you to watch: www.nsrcfund.org/ Scholarship in honor of his late was in Seattle. Thank you so much scholarships/2020-awards. wife. Colonel Kurata passed away to this year’s committee members: We are so appreciative!! on August 23, 2020 at age 98. He Linda Ando, Bopha Cheng, Rahul established the Colonel Joseph Y. Gupta, Maekara Keopanapay, May The NSRCF board of directors Kurata Scholarship in 2015, “After Lukens, Bely Luu, Charlene Mano remains an all-volunteer group reading the scholarship recipients’ Shen, Gabe Nishimura, Rattana committed to keeping operating educational and career goals, I was Noeun, May Saetern, Ekkarath costs to a minimum so that donations inspired to support your worthy Sisavatdy, Khamph Southisombath, to the Fund go primarily towards program.” Bill Tashima, Jeff Thungc, and scholarships. (The NSRCF’s financial Star Wang. The committee locally statement is made available upon Lastly, thank you to the Fund’s raised enough funds to award four written request.) Even in these supporters on this 40th anniversary. scholarships to seniors in the Pacific uncertain times, the Fund is holding Your affirmation of our work Islander community. That endeavor steady at just over $2 million (as of inspires us during these chaotic and was spearheaded by Naomi July 31, 2020). unparalleled times. We have two Mulitauaopele Tagaleo’o, CEO of objectives – award scholarships and Education with Purpose Foundation This year’s appeal letter is tell our story. The NSRCF was born for Pacific Islanders, along with contributed by President Paul in the US concentration camps and Andrea Iosua-Tinae, Lindsay Watanabe, as excerpts from draws a straight, unwavering line Tuiasosopo, Matthew Vaeena, and his virtual speech given in from 1942 to today. It is fitting that Ivo Vongsaveng. congratulations to the Greater 1980 was also the year that Congress Seattle scholarship recipients. established the Commission on We cannot do the Fund’s work Wartime Relocation and Internment without a committed, energized The board is pleased to announce and well organized local committee that the 2021 scholarship awards continued on next page NISEI STUDENT RELOCATION COMMEMORATIVE FUND WWW.NSRCFUND.ORG GREETINGS FROM THE BOARD cont’d. THE NISEI STUDENT of Civilians. The Commission In grateful appreciation, RELOCATION concluded that the decision of the COMMEMORATIVE United States Government to forcibly NSRCF Board of Directors FUND CALLS UPON remove and incarcerate 120,000 Paul Watanabe, President ALL AMERICANS TO Americans of Japanese ancestry was Stephen Y. Hibino, Treasurer STAND TOGETHER based on “racial prejudice, wartime Jean Y.
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