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Wake the Giant Just in time for the November elections, since1 929 PACIFIC CITIZEN a study calls APAs the 'Sleeping Giant' in California politics. The National Publication of th e Japanese American Citizens League PAGE 3 #30651 Vol. 143, No.6 ISSN: 0030-8579 SEPT. 15-0CT. 5, 2006 Calling 911 Doesn't Always 9/11 REMEMBRANCE Mean Help· is On the Way Personal Belongings of Fallen Sept. 11th Hero . are Donated to World Trade Center Tribute Exhibit Many VoIP phone (i.e. Internet phone) users do By Pacific Citizen Staff not realize their 911 service does not work like tradi• Alongside the picture of a tional 911 on landlines. bespectacled young man cradling APAs need to be especially the head of a wounded Sept. 11, 2001, victim sits the medical bag aware since this group is and belt he used to save lives. the largest among VoIP The medical supplies belonged to phone users. Zack Zeng, a Bank of New York By CAROLINE AOYAGI-STOM financial analyst and trained emer• Executive Editor gency medical technician credited for heroism during the terrorist Peter John will never forget Feb. attacks. Amid the smoke, debris and 2, 2005. Two armed robbers had confusion, Zeng's mission was AP PHOTOIPAT SULLIVAN burst into his Houston home, shoot• clear - he was killed while per• PHOTO COURTESY OFFICE OF COUNCILMEMBER lIU Peter John with his VOIP phone. ing both him and his wife Sosomma forming emergency ftrst aid. His HONORING A HERO: Jiao Xin Cen (second from right), mother of fallen in the thigh before fleeing. Now Joyce could only get a recorded personal belongings were recently Sept. 11 th hero lack Zeng, shares a moment with the media along• they lay bleeding in the front hall• message after trying to call 911 on donated to New York's World Trade side New York City Council Member John C. Liu and WTC Tribute way while their teenage daughter their VolP (Voice over Internet Center Tribute Center. Center Exhibit Developer Meriam Lobel (left). Joyce tried frantically to reach 911 Protocol) phone. In desperation, Zeng, 29, was also the only Asian York building just blocks away was first aid kits he could carry and emergency services from an Joyce raced over to a neighbor's Pacific American known to have evacuated, but instead of safely responded without being asked. upstairs phone. home where she was finally able to come to the assistance of others . waiting, he rushed to Ground Zero Shortly before the towers fell, he But after several attempts and try• during the Sept. 11 th attack. to help the injured victims waiting was videotaped by WNYW-TV Fox ing different phones in the house, On that day, Zeng's Bank of New See CALLING 911IPage 4 for medical care. He gathered all the See FALLEN HEROIPage 2 ASianBoston Magazine Creates Peculiar Buzz Katrina APA Community One Year Later: Still in Limbo JACL,APAgroups are Critics of the Asian• heading back down to the themed magazine Gulf Coast for the second have honed in on legal education clinic. How the difference in much has changed? approach between AsianBoston's debut By LYNDA LIN issue (left) and the Assistant Editor NORMALCY: A graveyard second issue. of beached boats still "Nothing is the same," said mars the Gulf Coast, but Jennifer Ryan, a 48-year-old full• The Asian-focused maga• big deal? its APA community is time homemaker upon her return to zine is not going to garner For months now AsianBoston moving on. Above a child any literary or innovative has received backhanded slaps of Metairie, Louisiana, an unincorpo• PHOTOS COURTESY BPSOS gets tutored in school. awards but controversy disapproval from local Asian rated suburb of New Orleans that surrounds the publication American groups and negative sto• nearly drowned in Katrina's high lot of people." front of Jennifer's parents' house. It largely because the publish• ries have run in both ethnic and waters last year. Sunken houses and Last month, Jennifer, who is of has nowhere near the square footage debris still dot the tree-lined streets eris White. mainstream press. Chinese descent, and her family of their last place, but the trailer Perhaps the controversy has to do like mummifted artifacts, but moved back to Metairie after an 11- houses Jennifer, her husband Terry By CAROLINE AOYAGI-STOM with the fact that the creator and Jennifer still came home. Nothing is month stay with relatives in and their two teenage daughters Executive Editor publisher of AsianBoston is not the same, but very little has Virginia. Right now, home is a Natasha and Amanda. changed. Federal Emergency Management As the first glossy magazine dedi• See MAGAZINE/Page 5 "It's part of life. It happened to a Agency (FEMA) trailer parked in See KATRINA/Page 12 cated to all things Asian in the Boston area, AsianBoston magazine is not going to win any literary Racially Segregated Teams on 'Survivor' Spark Controversy, awards anytime soon. So what's the But Have You Seen So Many APAs on TV Before? ~~. The number of APAs season's "Survivor," vehement criticism, the loudest of ~~ quadrupled this season, which premieres Sept. which has been echoing from the en .. but critics say this 'social 14, the contestants office of New York Councilman ~ ... ~ en experiment'may go bad. competing for the $1 John Liu, who called the show, "stu•

iil(":)Co> _ million prize while pidity at play." And even though the ~~ By LYNDA LIN stranded on the Cook world's largest automaker said its -r-N- Assistant Editor Islands in the South decision to pull its sponsorship was gtrj Pacific will be divided not influenced by the show's contro• ~Z They'v€? stabbed each other in the C> into four teams - versial new twist, critics think their ~ backs, formed unlikely alliances and m Asian Paciftc loud protest did elicit some action. Y' banished teammates to exile. What's »C") American, African In a statement, Liu urged CBS to <0 next, fans wondered, and the answer C> American, Hispanic cancel the show. ~ seems to be racial segregation. The American and Cauca• But whatever the challenge, "" show often credited with populariz• sian. "Survivor" is coming your way with ing reality television is pushing its Since its new race a five-member APA cast - an limits again in its 13th season and based gimmick was unprecedented number on the televi• despite its fixture in prime time, the revealed late last sion landscape that usually only show and its makers have not won month, "Survivor" has affords one or two ethnic tokens. immunity from the backlash. been slapped with For the first part of this upcoming See 'SURVIVOR'IPage 4 2 LEITERS/NATIONAL PACIFIC CITIZEN, SEPT. I5-0CT. 5, 2006 FALLEN HERO borders a park where Zack used to meet his r.. PAtlFlt CnlZEN ~ 2005 WINNERI (Continued from page 1) friends. It was a mission to let her son's legacy live that prompted Cen to go door-to-door in fl)MEDIIA 5 News in a now immortalized moment of hero• Chinatown gathering signatures for a street name ~ Awards In Writing ~ ism. change petition. "When the Bank of New York sent everyone Zeng, who was originally from China's home, Zack, who's also a paramedic, rushed over Guangdong Province, came to the United States PACIFIC CITIZEN to the World Trade Center with his medical bag," in the late 1980s. After graduating from the 250 E. First Street, Ste. 301, reads a quote from University of Rochester with an MBA in 1998, he Los Angeles, CA. 90012 Zeng's mom, Jiao Xin began working in the Bank of New York, which Tel: 213/620-1767, Cen, near the exhibit. "I is two blocks from the World Trade Center. 800/966-6157 was searching for him for Those who knew Zeng have said they weren't Fax: 213/620-1768 E-mail: [email protected] weeks. Finally one of his surprised that he sacrificed his own life to save www.pacificcitizen.org friends called to say he others. had seen Zack on a Fox "He was a completely selfless person - he Executive Editor: Caroline Y. Aoyagi-Stom newscast in front of the was just someone who would automatically vol• Assistant Editor: Towers helping people." unteer his assistance. To me, it was a truly heroic Lynda Lin Five years after the display," said Peggy Farrell, Zeng's supervisor on Office Manager: tragedy, Zeng's personal possessions joined many the National Emergency Medical Services Brian Tanaka others at the tribute center, the first visitors' center Memorial Web site . • Circulation: Eva Lau-Ting to open near the World Trade Center site. Publisher:Japanese American Zeng was also honored by the New York City Citizens League (founded 1929) Council on Sept. 11,2004, when members passed 1765 Sutter Street, San a bill to posthumously honor Zeng by renaming Francisco, CA 94115, tel: Bayard Street between Mulberry and Baxter 4151921 -5225 fax: 4151931- 4671, www.jacl.org Streets in the Chinatown area of Manhattan after JACL President: Larry Oda the fallen hero. A street in New York's Chinatown was Nat'l Director: John Tateishi The street, now named ''Zhe 'Zack' Zeng Way" renamed in 2004 in Zack Zeng's memory. Pacific Citizen Board of Directors: Gil Asakawa, chair• person; Roger Ozaki, EDC; Casey China, MDC; Kathy Ishimoto, CCDC; Nelson Nagai, ~etteu ~ NCWNPDC; Sheldon Arakaki, U Editor PNWDC; Larry Grant, IDC; Sharon Kumagai, PSWDC; Maya Yamazaki, Youth. Readers Commend about so many other APA achieve• and keep up the great work. this cas~ through some other means r-NEVVSVAD-DE~DLiiE:-' Pacific Citizen Coverage ments in both public and private than through a court martial. FRIDAY BEFORE DATE sectors so keep up the great work ~~ and I look forward to continued OF ISSUE. I am a Nisei of half Japanese and Kem County Public Defender SaM~ EdHorials, news and the opin• membership and reading. Chicago, illinois Ions expressed by columnists Chinese ancestry who recently o other than the national JACL joined the JACL and just wanted to Co. "E", 442nd ReI' president or national director ~~S«; do not necessarily reflect drop a note to say I enjoy your arti~ . Reader Relates to o JACL policy. Events and prod• cles. Being among the more senior viae-mail ucts advertised in the Pacific . Sept. 1·14 P.C.lssue Citizen do not carry the ImpilcH APA officers in the U.S. Coast o A general court martial is the endorsement of the JACL or Guard, I don't often see lots of pub• I am grateful for the Sept. 1-14 highest of the three tribunals in the this publication. We reserve Table of Organization of the mili• L ______the right to edH articles. ~ lished information specific to APA I was given a copy of your maga• issue of the Pacific Citizen so much issues or achiev ments other than in zine by Cathie Ong-Herrera, sister that I write to explain. It was kind of tary. 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(Continued from page 1) said the show's creator Mark 'Ifeel a little uncomfortable [about the plot twist], but I think it'll make/or Campbell's Soup and Home Depot ·Burnett. very interesting television. ' . are just some of the major sponsors And perhaps even louder than the But in a game that requires - Bruce Kanegai, a contestant in 'Survivor' Panama who decided to drop their advertise• protest over the racial segregation is human beings to be brought ments from the reality series. But the longstanding complaint that to their basest elements, will don't think "Survivor" officials there just aren't enough APAs on the race play backfire? aren't basking in the heat of their television. "I feel a little uncornfort- own self-made hype. A new report by the University of able [about the plot twist], In astaterrient CBS said they California, Los Angeles and the but I think it'll make for very "fully recognize the controversial Asian American Justice Center interesting television," said nature of this format, but has full (AAJC) released before the Bruce Kanegai, the contest- . ~onfidence in the producers and "Survivor" race twist was ant from last season's their ability to produce the program announced, indicated that regular "Survivor" in Panama best in a responsible manner. 'Survivor' APA characters only account for 2.6 known for being the second is a program that is no stranger to percent of all prime time television contestant to leave the show controversy and has always and even singled-out CBS as having for medical reasons - main- answered its critics on the screen.'" no APA representation at all. 'ly a blocked urinary tract. CBS can bet the APAcomnnmity So now the show's creators are Kanegai, a Sansei who will be watching this week arguing that they are giving us what recently retired from teach- "I think everything. will depend we want - a "Survivor" that is the ing art at Simi Valley High on execution. If it results 'in people most racially diverse in the show's School after 34 years, was (contestants or viewers) exposing history. An entire team named last season's only APA pres- For this season's 'Survivor' Cook Islands, contestants will be divided by race. racist views, if contestants use racial "Puka Puka" is comprised of a ence. On the show, the fifth slurs that don't go challenged, if it diverse group of APA lawyers, degree black belt in karate tencJs to highlight stereotypes ... it entrepreneurs, a fashion director and ' famously built a rock garden to give is played, [where] you get week to Kanegai. could be damaging. a real estate agent. There's no mar- their surroundings a touch of week results, on the one hand you'll APA groups have also bre,n vigi• "On the other hand, especially tial artist in sight unless you count Japanese artistry. think this is racist and on the other lant about this seasGn's show, which when the different tribes are brought 31-year-old Queens, New York Being the only APA, he said hand you'll say okay this is the many say dangerously straddles the together and forced to' work with native Yul Kwon, who according to racism was never a problem on the. Asian American community's line between shining the ' spotlight each other, it could ultimately show the show's Web site, wants to try show. chance to shine," added Kanegai. on and stereotyping APAs. that we are not all that different ultimate fighting. "It's how you carry yourself. My Current cast members are prohib• ''My initial reaction is that the when it comes to matters of basic Host Jeff Probst calls the new sea- idea was to walk in there as a wise ited from talking to the media until new 'Survivor' format sounds humanity," said Mayeda. son a "social experimeI?-t" in a series Mr. Miyagi-type guy; be a team they are voted off or win the compe• interesting. It clearly will result in a Once the new season begins, of video previews, which also show player but do more work than any- tition, but some have already lot more people of color on one TV Kanegai will also be monitoring the leery contestants expressing con- one else," said the former boy scout. expressed concern about the race show than usual or even ever. But show with a critical eye and blog• cern over the race issue, exalting For this season's cast, he sees issue. there is also a potential for aJ.l sorts ging about his opinions for CBS' their culture and one female contest-both sides to the controversy and Kwon, who is Korean American, of bad outcomes, including the poSe Web site. And even before he sees ant saying there's a way to connect agrees that the show som.ewhat has already voiced concern over the sibility that it will further polarize .the show's prerniere, he reveals a to everyone, as if the 20 castaways mimics what happens in real life. In danger of race segregation in the races and encourage racist views slight bias. were aliens. his classroom he never assigns "Survivor" previews and various to emerge not only on the show but ''I'm excited. Of course my being . The key, just like in any other sea- ' seats, but over the years he noticed published reports. He told the 'also in the popular culture," said Asian, I have favoritism for the son's "Survivor" is to integrate and students usually group together Pacific Citizen he has "strong opin- Daniel Mayeda of the National Asian team!" said Kanegai .• work across ethnic ~es. Yes, initial- according to race or culture. ions on the matter." Asian American Media Coalition 1 viewe rna root for the contest- - ] become littl tri "It' bad because people may andAAJC. On the Web: www.cbs.comlprime• ant based on race, but in the end it's like a natural selection," he said. cheer people on their racial side Since CBS unveiled· the plot time/survivor13/ and www. they will gravitate towards their "I think because of how the game instead of who they really like," said twist, General Motors Corp., brucekanegai.coml favorite regardless of skin color, 911 'Services Not AI.waysGuaran-teed on VOIP Phones

(Continued from page 1) phone packages able to see the caller's information out there but we have that offer cheap .location and call back done outreach according to the FCC reach 911 and help her parents. 'It was a devastating experience. long distance rates My life was in danger. God pro• numbers. Although order," said Seitz. Although precious moments had to Asia are often most VoIP users have Although E911 is being offered been lost, the Johns survived their scooped up. tected my life. There is a danger the basic 911 service, by VoIP companies, it is still up to ordeal. Others have not been so In a study con• out there. Precious moments we not all customers have the customer to register their loca• lucky. Cheryl Waller of Deltona, ducted by the U.S. missed just because of technical access to E911 as of tions and contact numbers in case of Florida could not reach 911 on her Internet -Industry problems. ' yet. an emergency. Since VoIP phones VoIP phone last March after her Association - Peter John, Houston Last May the FCC . are mobile, each time a location is three-month-old daughter Julia (USIIA), more heard testimony of changed the user must reregister stopped breathing. She too sought than 90 percent of failed 911 calls by their location so local emergency Johns and Wallers. "We want to fix her neighbor's help but by the time English-speaking AAs use broad• VoIP Users and in June issued an personnel can receive the correct the problem before it happens. Get she was able to reach emergency band and ]p communications such order to VoIP service providers. to information. the word oilt there." personnel her daughter had died. as VoIP, the highest percentage of provide full 911 emergency services "We understand that it's an ongo• S~ce 911 emergency services Tragic stories ' like these have any other group. The study also to their customers by Nov. 28, 2005. ing process and we look f.orward to came into effect in 1965, people been echoed across the country and found that 80 percent of English• Although the FCC backed off of the getting it working," said Ishida. But have become accustomed to dialing the common link has been the use of speaking Hispanics use IP and original deadline, VoIP companies he also noted that the registration 9-1-1 and reaching and receiving VoIP phones that allow users to broadband services and 74 percent must still provide their customers process for E911 is "too confusing" help. Since VolP phones look and make phone calls by using an of White Americans use these serv• with E911 and until they do they for many of the Asian customers. work like traditional phones, many Internet connection. But unbe• ices. cannot market services or add new 'They don't understand the forms." users today are unaware that their knownst to many users, 91 I servic• Currently there are an estimated customers. Currently VoIP companies do not 911 service works differently than es on VoIP phones does not work 2.9 million VoIP customers across Currently, a Senate bill looks to provide translated materials of their traditional 911. like traditional 911 on landlines and the country. force VoIP service providers to terms of service or E911 registration The main difficulty with VolP often does not guarantee a connec- 'The APA communitY culturally charge Universal Service Fees to instructions. To compensate, the phones is that the 10-digit numbers . lion to emergency personnel. has the BlackBerries, the latest cell . their customers, something p.hone FCC is working on translated mate• are connected to an IP address not a "It was a devastating experience. phones ... My 73-year-old mom is and cell phone companies already rials in several Asian languages physical' address. Thus, 911 emer• My life was in dangrr," said Peter, texting me. So it's understandable do. These fees 'help pay for 911 including Chinese,' Korean" gency personnel are not able to who relayed his experience to the that APAs are affected by this," said emergency services. Vietnamese, and Japanese. locate a caller's physical address or Federal Communjcations Lyle Ishida, AAPI program manag~ Stephen Seitz, vice president of . In the meantime Ishid~ hopes call back number as they would Commission (FCC) last May. "God er for the FCC Consumer & . 91 .1 regulatory affairs for Vonage, community organizations, getting with landline users. With VoIP basic protected my life. There is a dangcr Governmental Affairs Bureau. the leading provider of VoIP servic• the information out in the ethnic 911 service, calls are routed to non• out there. Precious moments we But many APAs are still unaware es with 1.8 million subscribers, says press, and word-of-mouth will help emergency lines at centers with reg• missed just because of technical that if ever they need-911 services close to 90 percent of their cus• inform the APA community about problems." ular office hours so if they are using their VoW phones, help may . tomers now have E911 with Los VoIP services and 911 calls. closed, callers are out of luck. Asian Pacific Americans make up not always' be a call away. That's Angeles being the latest city to get "I really think i(s incumbent VoIP service providers are cur• the largest group of users of VoIP why Lyle is working with various the service. upon us to get the word out. Nothing rently rolling out "Enhanced 911" or phones, a service provided by com• community groups to try and get the But he also noted the company will beat information," said Ishida. E911 where calls are sent to a 911 panies such as Vonage, Net2Phone, word out to the APA community. has not done any specific outreach network which then connects to a Lingo, and AT&T CallVantage. "We do not want anymore repeats to the AA community regarding the • local 911 dispatching center. With {'or more inJomzation on. VoIP and Many APAs use the service for of stories like this," he said referring issues surrounding 911 service. E911, emergency dispatchers are 9]] services, visit www. VOIP911. overseas business and attractive to the tragic stories like those of the ''There is no language specific gov. 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same Lincoln Elementary School PHOTO COURTESY OF ROBE ~ WADA and junior high school - except ALUMNUS: Henry Wada (right) is officially a member of the Redlands Sleeping on Potatoes Robert Wada, who attended his High School class of 1945 with his newly awarded diploma. His 91- three years of junior high in Poston, A Lumpy Adventure from Manzanar year-olf sister Mary (left) graduated from the same high school in Arizona. Mary Marumoto, now liv• 1932. to the Corporate Tower ing in San Diego, Calif., was the by Carl Nomura fIrst Wada to graduate from attending them without a diploma. diplomas to Japanese Americans. Redlands High School in 1932. But Now I can consider myself a bona Along with the Wadas, a diploma With a dry wit and logical m ind, wartime hysteria and Executive fide member of the class of '45 at for the class of 1942 was awarded to Cl:\rl N omura amuses us with Order 9066 interrupted their educa• the reunions," said Henry. Los Angeles resident Sakato, who tales of the Great D epression, tion. The diplomas were awarded along with his family left Redlands tells stories of surviving intern• "I have been invited in the past to under the jurisdiction of California during the mass evacuation while he ment as a Japanese-American all the class of '45 reunions by my Assembly Bill 781, which allows was just three months shy of gradu• during WW!!, describes the sat• former classmates and have been school districts to issue retroactive ation . • isfaction and wonder that comes from raising children and unrav• MAGAZINE not list on any resume. and models featured in AsianBoston els the secret of how to get (Continued from page 1) But for some it's not about being are for hire. along in marriage. It starts with White or Asian. The most important Critics were relentless and contin• Carl's humble beginning of Asian and admittedly has never vis• factor in creating a successful ue to be, accusing Ballou of exploit• birth in a boxcar, continues with ited any parts of Asia or studied Asian-themed magazine is whether ing Asian women. his family's dark times, and Asian culture. Leo Anthony the publisher has taken the time to "It does seem like he is intrigued pushes through to success found Ballou's desire to create a magazine identify, research and outreach to with Asian women," said Nguyen in his career. It is humorous, bit• dedicated to Asians is because he the community he or she is target• who noted that several of her close ing. friends are boycotting the magazine tersweet, insightful, philosophi- likes Asian people and the various "I think people are making way specifically for this reason. cal and outrageous cultures within this ethnic group. Ballou did not return Pacific too much out of his race and his city ''The fact that Leo Ballou simul• Some recognitions: Rebecca Brown Award: Best Memoir of2004, Citizen s calls by press time but in of origin. These aren't the things taneously launched a 'modeling Amazon readerships' rating: 5-stars. The Virtual Reader's vote: 5-books. agency' affiliated with the magazine Check out www.sleepingonpotatoes.com and www.yuricareport.com. the latest issue of AsianBoston, the Boston-born Irish American has led to suggestions that the ven• Book available through all bookstores, e.g. Amazon and Barnes & Noble. explains his interest in the Asian cul• 'It's like me putting ture is fueled by Ballou's desire to ture. out a Mexican publi• meet Asian girls - rather a com• "AsianBoston was fashioned plex and expensive way to get dates, because of my affinity for the Asian cation. It just doesn't if that's the case," said Yang. community. My interest in the Asian make sense. He The recent August issue, Ballou's PACIFIC CITIZEN culture goes back many years and second attempt, is definitely a toned National business and Professional Directory runs much deeper than one rnight wants to capitalize down version. The cover features a smiling Asian couple in wedding Your business card in each issue for 22 issues is $15 per line, three·line minimum. Larger type (12 pt.) counts suppose. Growing up as a young on us and make as two lines. Logo same as line rate as required. P.C. has made no determination that the businesses listed American in Boston, I was always attire and the fashion section only in this directory are licensed by proper government authority. fascinated by the culture ... the money off of us. ' runs three-pages. But the overall publication, to put it kindly, is not Sacramento, Calif. Oakland, Calif. majesty, mystique, and splendor, and this sentiment remains instilled AnhNguyen good. NAMBA LAW OFFICES IiITAZAWA SEED CO. in me to this day." 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But even if JA's do not good of the intemment camps and stand up for our rights from the undergraduate, graduate, law and arts lead another charge for reparations, our redress experience has because if we don't, who will? division with excerpts from their personal state• set an example of forgiveness that all Americans can employ to achieve greater success, prosperity and happiness by healing ments. This year JACL awarded 27 scholarships Alice Yuriko Endo Memorial our personal, community, and national wounds. totaling $57,000. Choketsu Uga Reverend H. John Yamashita Memorial Philadelphia JACL , GRADUATE Princeton University Derek Furukawa Computer Science Henry & Chiyo Kuwahara Memorial Las Vegas JACL University of Nevada, Las Vegas When I came to the United States, I met Emily Teruya Educational Leadership "Japanese Americans." Joining JACL Berkeley JACL piqued my interest in JAs, whom I had Mills College Life can present moments of adversity smugly thought I fully understood, and Business Administration that test the human spirit. These moments led me to question my premature understanding of them. are rarely repeated, but the events of Sept. Flipping through what at first looked like a typical political My Kibei-Nisei maternal grandmother 11th have eerily paralleled events during newsletter, I found in the pages of the Pacific Citizen insi"ghtful experienced wwn in Japan. She spent World War II. Both events imposed adversity on specific stories that revealed to me a striking quality of this demograph• her late teens and early 20s dodging groups of American citizens. The JA experience during wwn ic. Articles highlighting the political successes of JA congress• bombs, living in caves and fighting included a forced evacuation and internment of over 120,000 men, the protest against Miss Jones's discriminatory comme)lts, hunger. As I grew older, learning my family history was man• Americans of Japanese descent. Today, over five years after the movement to rename "Jap Road" - all portray JAs as actu• dated by teachers, so I listened to my grandma's stories know• Sept. 11, Arab Americans face the same problems of discrimi• ally a distinctive, crisp vegetable in the American salad bowl. ing they were true but unwilling to comprehend. In college, I nation and racism that the JAs experienced following wwn. When I meet Nikkeijin nowadays, I see not typical Americans, desperately sought books that would tell me similar stories. The We all hope that the events ofwwn and Sept. 11 will not repeat but instead a beautiful legacy of the Japanese ancestors. They harsh black-and-white text opened a wound I never knew I had. again. However, there is a regrettable solace in knowing that are here to not only add to America's rich diversity, but to also It tore away my veil of selfishness in denying the language bar• education has a way of emerging following times of distress. deliver the timeless virtues passed down by their forebears. rier that stood between my grandma and me. With my mix of With education, all people can learn to be equal in both mind That is why this country has much to learn and gain from their experiences, I never thought any particular thing defined me as and soul and with equality comes human understanding. history and presence. And that is why I am proud that today I Japanese American. I hope American society will understand too am aJA. that the JA experience is as much an individual story as a col• lective one. Everyone has a different story to tell. Each empha• UNDERGRADUATE sizes the diversity of a seemingly homogenous JA experience. Saburo Kido Memorial Henry & Chiyo Kuwahara Memorial Abigail Smith Nisaburo Aibara Memorial Mt. Olympus JACL Marc Stillman Brigham Young University Kenta Nakamura Art History/ltalian Diablo Valley JACL Salt Lake City JACL University of California, San Francisco University of Utah Even though there remains much to Medicine Political Science learn from the historical JAs, I believe that The JA experience encompasses a rich The JA experience is a unique collec• American society can also learn a great spectrum of struggle and triumph span• tion of histories, stories, sacrifices, strug• deal from JA experiences of today. As one ning over 100 years. Well beyond influ• gles and hardships that provide JAs with of Japanese descent, living in America, I (and I know of many others who do the same) strive to maintain an involvement in encing successive generations of immi• an identity filled with strong values, and a grants, the Nikkei community challenged and reformed rich culture. All of the aspects of the JA experience have added the Japanese culture while also experiencing my own American American society. From crystallizing the very ideals of the to the diverse and rich identity of American society and our own heritage. I have found that embracing more than one culture founding Constitution to defining the parameters for healthier communities. I have personally learned that the instilling of exposes me to contrasting perceptions of life. If American soci• living, Nikkei successes are both diverse and compelling. strong values, the recognition of past injustices, and cultural ety were to follow this example of learning about and embrac• American society will certainly continue to learn from the JA preservation are very important aspects that make the JA expe• ing many cultures and traditions, I think that we would gain a internment and redress, particularly in the present, post-9/ll rience unique and remarkable. better understanding of our neighbors and become more accept• era. Such precedence endures as a guide through episodes of ing of one another. instability and uncertainty, pacifying ominous erosions to civil Kenji Kajiwara Memorial liberties. Sam S. Kuwahara Memorial Jessica Kawamura Berkeley JACL Karin Hayashida Minoru Yasui Memorial Brown University Boise Valley JACL Ethnic StudieslPublic Policy Albertson College of Idaho Ann Ishimaru Biology/Chemistry Portland JACL For over a century and a half, JAs have Harvard University The JA experience encompasses many Education made both large and small contributions to American society. From the backbreak• unique and notable events that are just as There are always gasps from the young• ing labor of farmers in California at the much a part of Japan's history as well as sters in the audience when I tell them, "my tum of the century to the work of Rep. Patsy Mink in Congress, America's. The people who made the father was born in a kind of prison". Not a JAs have contributed significantly to American society. Yet journey across seas to encounter a new world in America had to prison like you might think, I add quickly. beyond these individual contributions, the JA experience as a endure many hardships along the way. Those people were my It was in the desert of Arizona, surrounded by hundreds of miles whole has many lessons to teach to our society. Our communi• great-grandparents and it was their children who had to tolerate of barbed wire. It was a kind of prison called an internment ty's experience teaches American society of the need to combat racial discrimination and relocation in a country they called -camp. xenophobia, the value of building interracial coalitions, and the home. Perseverance, understanding, and forgiveness can be I believe the internment of JAs during World War II remains importance of preserving ethnic cultural heritage. realized through the JA experience. These values have become a critical piece of American history whose story we must con• imbedded in the lives of following generations of JAs, includ• tinue to tell. Nobuko R. Kodama Fong Memorial ing me. I feel that the rest of American society could benefit I believe that American society can learn from the history and from the JA experience by appreciating the values that have Traci Kuratomi continuity of the JA community's civil rights activism. helped us prosper throughout the years of hardship up to today. San Fernando Valley JACL I believe that American society can learn from the richness Smith College Dr. Thomas T. Yatabe Memorial and growing diversity of JA history and culture. Undeclared I believe that education is the key to the ability of American Leslie Tamura society to leam from the JA experience. Fresno JACL It only took one day for our history to Wellesley College Railroad & Mine Workers Memorial be forgotten. The casualties of the attacks English & Biology on Sept. 11, 200 1, included more than just Kenji Treanor the buildings and innumerable lives lost, but also the judgment It was through my own community, MarinJACL and reason of the American people. In the all too familiar panic with Nisei and Sansei role models that University of San Francisco and fear that ensued, Americans forgot the lesson that they I have been able to maintain some Public Administration should have learned from the internment camps 60 years ago, sense of JA pride and social responsi• that our inalienable rights need to be protected. In the days that bility. These community leaders were family members, American society can learn from followed, individuals lost their freedom as they were thrown in church leaders, and classmates who understood that being redress that forgiveness is powerful and jail without due process, but what is even more shocking was American, that being a part of a country of immigrants, necessary for all people and nations. what happened to the American people as a whole. They meant remembering that JAs are a distinct community that contributes to the American identity through political, Unfortunately, the United States has many allowed their Constitutional rights to be violated. Forty-five more apologies to make, as internment is only one instance in a media-social, and community presence. The JA experience days after the attacks, the U.S. Congress passed the USA teaches America to be more aware and appreciative of the long history of American injustice. But our society must call for PATRIOT Act, which allows the government to trample our those apologies and must help the government take the steps thousands of unique ethnic populations that, through subtle rights without probable cause. The Constitutional rights we are historical and social occurrences, continue to mold and necessary to move forward without denying our moral respon- provided are only words and theories unless the American citi- shape the national American experience. PACIFIC CITIZEN, SEPl'. 15-OCT. 5 2006 JACL SCHOLARSHIPS 7 country was founded. American society must learn to denounce ing a collective history, into the present and through the efforts THE ARTS expedient but unjust measures against minorities or risk losing of their children, created a legacy that will forever bear a testa• the very democracy we seek to protect. ment to the suffering and immense strength of JAs. The redress Henry & Chiyo Kuwahara Memorial movement demonstrated the ability of a traditionally discrinll• nated minority to unite and to demand reparations and seek jus• Yukiko Ishiwata tice from their government. • New York JACL Queens College, City University of Professor Sho Sato Memorial On behalf of the national JACL, Scholarship Committee Chair New York David Kawaml!.to would like to thank the San Diego and the Music Lynn Harada Berkeley chapters for their significant assistance with the 2006 Chicago JACL national scholarship program. Berkeley chapter volunteers After returning from an internment University of San Francisco were Dr. Mark Fujikawa, Gordon Kono, J.D., Neal Ouye, camp, a JA man came under pressure Law from his entire neighborhood to "be Lauren Sasaki, Al Satake, Dr. Kelly Shintani, Sharron Sue, Roger Tanaka (chair), CPA and Derrek Tomine, J.D.; San American, or get out of here." Conflicted and a little confused, The JA experience demonstrates how he stopped using his Japanese name and started calling himself important it is not only to remember the Diego chapter volunteers were Koji Fukumura, J.D., Kenji "Jim." Though not a Christian, he started going to church on past, but to also leam from it. By having Funahashi, J.D., Erika Hiramatsu, J.D., Aya Ibarra, Dr. Kenji Sunday. He raised his daughter without teaching her Japanese. Day of Remembrance events, museum Ima, Dr. Yuri Kaneda, David Kawamoto (chair), Valerie aka By the time his grandson was born, the world had changed. exhibits, and encouraging schools to teach more about the Pang, Dr. Leland Saito, and Dr. Linton Yee. JACL thanks them Jim's grandson grew up learning Japanese. What JAs were able internment in their history classes (as it is often overlooked), the for their time and effort in screening the hundreds of applica• tions. Because of the excellent quality of all the applications to accomplish is exactly what multiculturalism is. As Jim real• effort is made to make sure that people are educated about the ized after being isolated and treated as an enemy, multicultural• internment and remember it so that it will not happen again. submittedfrom throughout national JACL, narrowing the selec• ism does not merely come about. In order to have meaningful This is even more important in light of present day discrimina• tion to the 27 recipients was a very difficult task. Also, with only peace for every person in society, we must give and take; tion that is faced by other ethnic groups and with laws such as limited staffassistance, all ofthe processing ofthe applications, embracing different cultures does not preclude identifying with the USA PATRIOT Act which impose on an individual's rights. follow-up communications with applicants and the verification process with recipients was handled by volunteers. Please join one's own culture. Along with this interaction between cultures Civil rights organizations such as the JACL are thus so impor• JACL in thanking these volunteers. comes an understanding and celebration of other cultures. tant in that they work to make sure that people learn about and remember the internment, and also work to make Aiko Susanna Hiratsuka Memorial sure that other civil rights issues and encroach• ments in the present day do not go unnoticed. John Ryan Because of this, the JA experience will not only be New England JACL remembered, but will be valued for the important I want to help support JACJ.:s mission to protect civil rights, New York University lessons it provides for American society. education and promote cultural values and preserve the heritage Music and legacy of the JaflC!nese A"!erican community. -- Mary Reiko Osaka Memorial Enclosed is my/our giftofi d ~1 : 90 [:1 An important lesson to learn from the $1'5'0;:;0 $200 JA experience is that this country must Laura Biddle NAME: never sacrifice justice in the name of Salt Lake City JACL ADDRESS: -----_+'7-' national security. The internment of JAs California Western during wwn is one of the most reprehensible events in the his• University CITY: ______~_+''''"-'"'''' tory of this country. Even conservatives acknowledged this fact Law MEMBER I.D. : when President Ronald Reagan approved reparation payments in 1988. Unfortunately, as we enter a post-9/11 era, basic The internment of JAs human and civil rights of minorities are again at risk. From reminds us that discrimina• CARD TYPE: -----:-:::~,.--'-_+'~-'.;",.-"-,;;ir-'S':7_.::...... ,,___,~------detainment camps in Guantanamo Bay to anti-Muslim hate tion and prejudice is possible CREDIT CARD NO. crime at home, America again faces enormous moral challenges and often institutionalized, despite our democratic SIGNATURE: -----~ .' 7:" '. ::"-"-4;,.;*'+"'--;;+------in the midst of war. Nevertheless, we must be ever vigilant not society. The redress movement, more enduring ~ei6 ' :;;;~nese to repeat the xenophobic mistakes of the past. The wartime than its eventual outcome and more fundamental Please return this form with your Chec/

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• H ARR Y K . HONDA · San Jose JACL to Recognize VERY TRULY YOURS Distinguished Volunteers The San Jose JACL will be recog• Masunaga, Marian Suhama, Dave nizing its community volunteers at Tatsuno and Alice Tatsuno (both its 5th Annual posthumous- Final Convention Glimpses Community ly), Henry Recognition Uyeda and Dinner Sept. Community 30. Youth Services he 26th Biennial in 1980 at the SFO Plaza The event, (CYS). Airport Inn was a last-minute venue because of T themed Th.e hon- the hotel strike in the city. Among the 700 dele• "Today's orees were gates were JACLers from Japan and Hawaii chapters. Community selected for President Carter signed SI647 (July 30) to establish the Volunteers HASHIMOTO UYEDA their dedica- Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Inspiring Tomorrow's" at the San tion to upholding the mission of the Civilians. To balance a "bare bones" $819,000 budget, Jose Hyatt, will honor S. Ruth· San Jose JACL: education, civil and dues were raised from $16.75 to $22 (1981) and to Hashimoto, Ted "Bo" Kimura human rights, community partner• $25.50 (1982). National Director Karl Nobuyuki (posthumously), George Masunaga ships and social/cultural activities. (1977-80) resigned. (posthumously) and Michi The 27th Biennial in 1982 at LAX Hyatt Airport • Hotel, hosted by Gardena Valley, saw the membership drop from a high of 32,545 (1978) to 26,615 (1981). Dues, nonetheless, were increased $1.25 (1983) and to JACL leaders took a 'red eye' flight in the middle $1.75 (1984). Floyd Shimomura, 34 (Sacramento) was of the 1988 convention in Seattle to witness the first Sansei elected national president. Redress cam• President Reagan signing HR 442 paign began nationwide with John Tateishi as director. Washington, D.C. The 28th Biennial in 1984 at Pacific Beach Hotel, Honolulu was JACL's first off-the-Mainland parley. (East L.A.), who had been declared prematurely a win• Keynoters were Senators Dan Inouye at the Sayonara ner,55-54. and Spark Matsunaga at the USS Arizona Memorial. The 33rd Biennial in 1994 at Marriott Hotel, Salt Council adopted its first million-dollar budget Lake City featured Frank Emi, Mits Koshiyama (both ($1,281,450), supported by a dues increase to $28.50 of the Heart Mountain Fair Play Committee), Past sanjosejacl@sbcgiobai:net;~:sanjbs~jac;l.org (1986), but rejected a rate for senior citizens (age 65). National JACL Presidents Cressey Nakagawa (1988- The 29th Biennial in 1986 at Hyatt Regency, 92) and Judge Raymond Uno (1970-72) revisiting the There will bi: live en(ert(Jinment and 4 silent auction. All proceeds from this event will allow the San JoseJACL'to continue to serve the commu* . Chicago gave its first posthumous Japanese American "Deborah Lim Report," which was commissioned in • ~:I' of Biennium award to astronaut Lt. Col. Ellison 1988 to research the question of draft resisters at Heart nity. Onizuka. The council rejected a Gardena Valley pro• Mountain. Cressey concluded: "If Mike Masaoka posal to give chapters one vote for every 300 members [1915-91] were here today, he would agree with every at council sessions, an idea previously raised in 1940. one of us that he among any other JACL leaders never Grayce Uyehara succeeded Tateishi as redress cam• expected the kind of camps that confronted everybody Blue ' Shi~la paign director as Grant Ujifusa outlined the strategy to removed from.the West Coast. [They] had barbed wire of California pass the redress bill HR 442. In a two-way race for and that Minidoka actually electrified barbed wire An Independent Mem\>er of the J31ue Shield Association national president, Harry Kajiliara (67) won over Rose fences." National Director Dennis Hayashi (1992-93) Oehi (59). was succeeded by Randy Senzaki (1993-95). The 30th Biennial in 1988 at the Univ. of The 34th Biennial in 1996 at Fairmount Hotel, San Washington campus, Seattle assured affordable conven• o too a " n b of " as Pr id t Clinton at the tion housing. JACL leaders flew "red eye" to same hotel chose to meet and shake hands with JACL Washington, D.C. (Aug. 10), to witness President board members before continuing on his campaign Reagan sign HR 442 - $20,000 to persons affected by trail. JACL knew nine months in advance of Clinton's E.O. 9066 plus an apology signed by the president. schedule, inviting him to make an appearance. AidinK National Director Ron Wakabayashi (1981-88) council action were PowerPoint presentations to resigned. resolve resolutions. The budget, $1,389,943 passed The 31st Biennial in 1990 at Princess Resort, San with no dues increase. Herbert Yamanjshi was national Diego had two keynote speakers: UC San Diego pro• director (1996-99). Midwest regional director Bill fessor Peter Irons (opening night) and Sen. Daniel Yoshino often stepped in as interim national director. Inouye (Sayonara) by telephone. Council adopted The 35th Biennial in 1998 at Sheraton's Society Seattle JACL's resolution to heal "community wounds" Hill, Philadelphia saw the council adopt a $2,617,144 and "express regret and recognize patriotism of budget, recognized Japanese Consul Sugihara's dis• interned draft resisters" but defeated a Chicago JACL pensing transit visas in 1940 to Jewish refugees fleeing proposal to open JACL membership to "permanent res• Poland, and defended ethnic studies destined to be ident Issei aliens." Citizenship mattered as Issei natural• abolished within the University of California system. ization began in 1953. It's been enriching attending these conventions plus The 32nd Biennial in 1992 at Sheraton Tech Center, four recent ones - the 36th in 2000 at Doubletree Denver focused on a wide range of AsianlJACL issues Hotel, Monterey, with John Tateishi as national director for the '90s: bi-racial children, gays, educational issues, (1999-2006), the 37th in 2002 at Las Vegas, the 38th in JA curriculum, anti-Asian violence, coalition building, 2004 at Waikiki Beach Marriot, Honolulu, and the 39th U.S.-Japan relations and celebrations of the JA spirit. in 2006 in Arizona. And Dr. Richard Matsuishi Lillian Kinlura (New York) became the first woman reminded us of the 50th Biennial (2028) for the l00th national JACL president, 59-50, over John J. Saito anniversary.•

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AND SCENE: (clockwise) Ham Tran (fa, left) helps Diem Lien cry on cue for an emotional scene recreating the 1975 fall of Saigon, While the crew of 'Journey from the Fall' films a graphic camp scene.

The merit of the film lies in its realism, the 32-year-old filmmaker has said.

His name is Ham, a UClA grad who made the first Tran, is strictly derived from the major stars in Vietnam, but we may Fall' is to the Vietnamese communi• plight of thousands of "boat people" recognize a fanriliar face - Kieu ty as 'Schindler's List' is to the ever film about the Vietnam War from the perspective who had to escape their homeland Chinh of ''The Joy Luck Club" and Jewish community," said Tran. It's a of the Vietnamese. Remember that name, he'll be under the most harrowing circum• "Hamburger Hill" (another Vietnam tribute, but also a clarion call to the stances. Think hard labor camps, War drama from the American per• many who don't know about this going places. weeklong confinement in the bow• spective that cast the Wented actress part of history. els of a boat and pirates a little more as "Mama San"). The story is universal for any ByLYNDALIN Oliver Stone. menacing than the Johnny Depp It's a movie that took 30 years to community that has experienced Assistant Editor Absent also are the disillusioned kind. get right and it's not pr:etty. Each dislocation and persecution. The American GIs. In fact, any The premise is simple: make a scene is bathed in earth tones and Nguyen family's new life in Orange Three elements are missing from American presence is gone by the film about the experience of escap• darkness to ~vOke the sense of help• County, Calif. is filled with hardship "Journey from the Fall," a time the film picks up on the tragic ing from Vietnam to America from lessness of losing your countrY. -,- there's immigrant tension in Vietnamese American film about end to the Vietnam War and the . the Vietnamese perspective. "Joumey" follows the Nguyen fam- school between the Asian Pacific the April 30, 1975, fall of Saigon, country's reunification under "How long will we allow oily's fight for survival after they are Americans and the Hispanics and South Vietnam's capital: village Communist rule. The film, made by Hollywood to tell their versions tom apart - patriarch Long (Long awkward transition .between sur• prostitutes, village traitors and UCLA film school graduate Ham .about the Vietnam war where Nguyen of Oliver Stone's "Heaven vival and consumerism . Vietnamese people are faceless, and Earth") is thrown into camp "In America, anything missing nameless background objects because he worked with the South can be bought at the mall," said one instead of three-dirnensionalliving, Vietnamese government and the character, in between scenes where breathing people whose lives are Americans, while his wife Mai prisoners eat insects' to live and Blue Cross of California· directly tom by warT' said Tran, 32. (Diem Lien, a pop star) his mother Chinh collects Soda cans from one Nine out · of 10 Vietnamese (Chinh) and young son (Nguyen of Southern California's many street Americans are either a boat person Thai Huynh) struggle to find a safe trashcans. or knew someone who was one, he passage to America. ''No American film has ever been added. When Tran arrives .at the "Journey" is a mesmerizing film made about these struggles and sac• Pacific Citizen building, he is all that wowed at this year's Sundance rifices, so the question is 'Why smiles and sunshine dressed casual• Film Festival, but to date has no dis• not?''' said Tran. ly in white to match his later model tribution deal. However the ftlm• Tran's parents and aunt, who is a o Acura. His levity is in stade contrast maker said they are close to boat person, have also seen the to the pet project he wrote and announcing a domestic distribution movie and raved about the authen• directed with funding help from deal with a possible theatrical ticity of the movie. Vietnamese American community release next March. ' ''The best reward that I can want - members and entrepreneurs. Many other companies have from the film's release is to open up It's one of the most expensive expressed interest, but have also a dialogue between my parents' independent fIlms about the war, asked Tian to remake the film in generation and youth ' who wete according to the BBC, and it shows. English, with either Lucy Liu or never told by their parents about The budget allowed for an on loca• Zhang Ziyi and to add an American their incredible ordeal," added Tran, tion shoot in Thailand where a camp character in order to sell the film. complete with a guard tower and Tran's response: No, no and no. • shanties were recreated so autl).enti• Instead the filn1maker has opted cally "re-education camp" survivors to showcase the film in festivals, who had roles in the film were most notably the upcoming San brought to tears. When a land mind Diego Asian Film Festival where detonates onscreen, it explodes Chinh will be honored with a life~ . Hollywood-style with fire and fly• time achievement award. ing debris. Many of the actors are "Tn our vision, 'Journey from the

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Pre-deceased by hus• Wasylczuk and Maeona Mrs. Mary Yano, 80, a retired gc.; and sister, Masako Takamiya. 16; Staff Sgt. band, Tommy. Mendelson; 6 gc.; and 2 gg:. administrative assistant, fashion designer, and artist, and also a Fujita, Aiko, 83, Southold, N.Y., killed in Iraq; Sakada, Kimiye, Dayton, Ohio, Tanaka, Jack Masahiko, 92, Los beloved wife, mother, grandmoth• July 14; survived by husband, Neil; survived by July 1; survived by sons, Dennis Angeles, July 14; survived by sons, er, and friend, died Aug 26, 2006. sons, Kenji, David and Martin; 6 wife, Mary; (Jan) and Daryll (Annette); daugh• Kelly (Barbara), Barry and John Please contact the family for gc.; and brothers, Ray and Roger father, Duke; (Cynthia); 5 gc.; and 7 gg. details on the planned memorial ter, Dawn (Bob Sedlock); 4 gc.; 8 service. She is survived by hus• Tamaki. brothers, ggc.; brother, Mas (Lily) Tomioka, Mitsutaro, 88, band, Yukio; daughters, Deborah Fujita, Tokunori, 83, Anaheim, " Jason and Yamasaki; and sisters, Mei Gardena, July 21; survived by sons, and Colleen; son, Roger; and three grandchildren. July 30; survived by wife, Ginko; Monty; sister, Tanya Bishop; and (George Teranishi) and Lily Sato. Mitsumasa and Shigemitsu; and sis• son, Tom; daughter, Susie (Mike) step-brother, Lloyd Mageo. Sakamoto, Grace Kazuko, 81, ter, Umeko Okubo. DEATH NOTICE Taniguchi; 3 gc.; and sisters-inclaw, Masai, Dan, 70, Pasadena, July Monterey, Aug. 24; survived by Yoritsune Shigeko ''Grace,'' 95, Takaye Fujita and Holly (Fred) AYAM.ENDO 23; survived by wife, Setsuko; son, husband, Gengo; daughter, San Jose, July 4; survived by daugh• Aya M. Endo passed away on Aug. Kobayashi. Kou; father-in-law, Eiji Suzuki and Michelle; sons, Dana, Byron and ters, Mieko Peterson, Janice, 31, 2006 after a long illness. She Hamachi, Kiyoko, 85, mother-in-law, Teiko Suzuki. Charlene and Karen Yoritsune; 3 lived for 91 good years. She led\'es Wayne; 3 gc.; and 3 ggc. her husband of 64 years, Minoru Montebello, Aug. 2; survived by gc.; 3 ggc.; sisters, Setsuko (Hamo) Nakata, Kenneth S., 79, Shoji, Samuel, 80, Seattle, Endo of Medford Leas, Medford, daughter, Suzie (Hamo) Wada; and New Jersey, her children Keith Bainbridge Island, Wash., Aug. 9; Wash., June 16; Korean War veter• 2gc. WWIl and Korean War veteran; (Debbie) and Larry (Caron), 5 an; survived by wife, Haruko; grandchildren and 1 great-grand• Hamasaki, Miwa, 82, Aug. 12; survived by wife, Yoshiko; sons, sons, Jay (Rebecca) and Brian child. She was the eldest daughter survived by sister, Nagisa Glen (Gail) and Gene; daughters, (Judy); and 5 gc. of Kunisaku and Kane Mineta. Hamasaki. Jan, Leslie (Don) Stimson, Karen, She was proud of her siblings Etsu Sano, Sadao, 87, San Gabriel, Masaoka who was active in obtain• Hikida, Mariyo, 89, Los Cheryl (Aaron) Paston, and Irene July 17; survived by wife, Yoshie; ing Japanese American rights, Angeles, July 24; survived by son, (Curt) Endow; 4 gc.; brother, son, Michael (Jennifer); daughter, F.D.L.#929 Helen Mineta who was a history Benjie; daughters, Leah (Masatake) teacher at San Jose High School, Gerald; and sister, Yoshie Iwasa. Irene (Steven) Tanihara; and brother, 911 VENICE BLVD. Kawamoto, Marilyn and Cindy LOS ANGELES, CA 90015 Albert Mineta who was a surgeon Nakaya, Tim, 49, Aug. 4; sur• Minoru (Marian) Sano. and pathologist, and Norman Hikida; 5 gc.; 7 ggc.; 4 gggc.; and (213) 749-1449 vived by son, Tyler; parents, Ben Mineta, US Congressman, siblings, Nelllie Mitani, Connie Southworth, Beverly Marian, FAX (213) 749-0265 and Chiyo; sister, Anne (Joe) R. Hayamizu, President Secretary of Transportation. Aya Sugino, Marchie Takesuye, Morie H. Suzuki, 1!.P'/Gen. Mgr. was educated at the University of Pansoy; and brothers, Douglas Okazaki, Lita (Helen) Okazaki and California. She was devoted to her (Sandra), Victor (Lucy) and family, her garden and flower Tomie (Shig) Katsuda. James. ~::~@ arrangement. During her long ter• Kagiyama, Atsushi "Angel," minal illness she was cared for Nishimoto, Sunny Isao, 84, SO, Sacramento, Aug. 6; survived meticulously by her husband. Her Fresno, Aug. 2; WWIl veteran, MILITARY ITEMS ebullient personality, warmth and by wife, Terry; daughter, Wendy MIS; survived by wife, Dorothy; SANSEI PAYING CA$H friendliness will be sorely missed. (Ivan) Kagiyama-Yee; son, Cary; In lieu of flowers or other, dona• son, Wally (Kathy); daughters, WANTED TO BUY & PRESERVE: and sisters, Mary (Harry) Inouye tions may be made to the Japanese "Mary (Dave) Fedorko and Ruth Japanese Swords, Knives, Caps, American United Church, 255 7th and Kiyo Tanaka. 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A second .Community Were Coming Back Jennifer with a laugh. "At least we Education and Legal Clinic for "We try to make it," said Jennifer. have a place to live." APAs is scheduled Sept. 16-17 in "Everything is going up price wise." The Ryan family is part of the New Orleans. The first one held last They rented before the hurricanes nearly 300,000 displaced by Katrina April focused primarily on assis• and only paid $650 a month. One who are still unable to go to bed at tance issues. And while that is still a year later,. they are looking at apart• night in their own homes. Of that, need, this time organizers anticipate ments and houses that are upwards the hobbled Asian Pacific American more problems with bankruptcy, of $1,300. community is still struggling to get continued insurance issues and "Everything is at an outrageous back on its feet with nowhere near problems of fraud, said Floyd Mori, price." the media attention and awareness JACL director of public policy. A year ago, they packed up some focused on other ethnic communi• ''To me it is very sad and greatly of their belongings into their car and ties in the Gulf Coast. Many have disappointing that more has not each took one suitcase to drive away followed family members to differ• been accomplished to help these from home the day before Katrina ent parts of the country and resettled victims," said Mori, who traveled to hit. while others wander nomadically New Orleans for the last legal clinic "We have two teenage girls ... between their temporary and former and documented the destruction. "I We told them we were corning REBUILDING: The APA homes. am informed that the issues are now back," she said. Katrina community is "One year later, they are still in turning to depression and other They were thinking about driving restoring their infra• limbo," said Tram Nguyen of the health problems among the Asian directly to Virginia where Jennifer's structure. Above, the Boat People SOS, an aid organiza• American population. A lot of the brother was waiting. They stopped skeletal beginning of a tion that has been on the ground hope for better things to come has in Birmingham after 13 hours and Buddhist Temple is dissipated and more of an attitude of watched the news huddled in a hotel helping APA victims for the last erected and fishermen gloom has entered their lives." room. They heard the storm was year. Images of thousand of APAs rebuild their boats During this trip, Mori will assess heading for their home and later pouring into the local Hong Kong (right). mall .inlmediately after Hurricane health needs to help develop a they heard the levee broke. healthcare strategy. "I told my husband, 'We have no Katrina are seared in many commu• The emergency state is BPSOS currently has five full• choice but to go to Virginia now.'" nity members' minds, and with help not over, groups say. from within, the displaced are still time case managers working in the Three weeks later, they came trying to find their way. Gulf Coast to help victims access back to Louisiana and were greeted a church paid their rent in family decided it was time to their benefits. In their Virginia head• with three-feet of mold. Virginia. come home. We Thought It'd quarters, case manager Thanh Pham ''The place smelled so bad. We They felt lucky, said Jennifer. Jennifer works part time and Be Over by Now is currently working on 27 cases. had no choice but to go back to But a cloud was casting a shadow Terry is working several jobs to "We're still dealing with a fair For him, success is a relative word Virginia. My husband lost his job. over their oldest daughter make ends meet. In a few weeks, number of people with emergency that is hard to gauge. We didn't have a home." N atasha, then 17. She was partic• they will be moving into a three• needs one year later - we thought "[My clients] come back and Then one day someone from ularly devastated and drifted in bedroom house rented from a forth to VIrginia from Mississippi, it'd be over by now," said Nguyen. BPSOS called them. The organi• her own world in Virginia. family friend who will only They need food. They still need New Orleans and Biloxi to search zation had heard about the Ryan "After she saw what happened charge them $1,100 a month. for jobs and apply for trailers," s'aid emergency aid. Legal assistance is family and wanted to help. [to their home] she threw a fit," "I'm not mad it happened. No also needed to argue against benefits Pham, 70. When he asks his clients Jennifer is Chinese but lived in said Jennifer. It was Natasha's last one can control the weather. denial cases and immigration needs to transfer their case files back home Cambodia until 1975 before set• year in high school and she had to We're moving slowly. It takes because a lot of the victims' docu• there's still reluctance. Right now, tling in Louisiana. With the help leave everything behind. When time," she said.• ments have been destroyed. they prefer the nomadic life. of APA organizations, they Natasha got accepted to the "It's hard to tell if [the recovery "Many of the victims feel they received checks from FEMA and University of New Orleans, the On the Web: www.bpsos.org

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