S.F. Nihonmachi Street Fair is under attack. - J'G. 3 . The Nalional Publicalion of lhe Japanese American CItizens League National JACL scholarship wimers - SPEcw, PUlLOUT SECTlON =31091 Vol. 1.17. NO.6 ISSN: 0030·8579 Vlww.pacificcitizen.org SEPT. 19·0cT. 2, 2008 Two Teens Embark On Paper Drawing Parallels Between Immigrant Experiences Crane Peace Memorial Project Sonoma County JACLers pass a resolution to support a sanctuary ordinance that ensures safety for all its residents.

By LYNDA LIN Assistant Editor Carly Gutzmann ' Racially profiling, unjust police interrogations and (left) and Michelle harassment based on skin color - the state of affairs in Reed, both 14, of her own neighborhood all seems too dangerously famil• Minnesota spend iar for Mei Nakano. For the last few years, news head• much of their lines have blared reports about local law enforcement

spare time folding officials singling out members of the Latino community PHOTO: ANGELO SACERDOTE Japanese paper in arrests and raids. ACTIVISM: (L-r) Sonoma County JACLers Sachiko cranes, all in an Remembering a time not long ago when members of Chernin, Mei Nakano and Lina Hoshino protest the effort to create a the Japanese American community were treated in a sim• Sheriff Department's racial profiling tactics. more tolerant ilar way, Nakano along with other members of Sonoma world. County JACL decided it was time to speak up in favor of making their county a refuge from discrimination. Nakano. ''I know what it feels like to be targeted as an "I grew up under a cloud of race hate, as did most, if 'undesirable' in a society that touts freedom and oppor- Michelle Reed and Carly Gutzmann, both 14, plan to fold not all, second generation Japanese in this country," said See PARALLELSlPage 12 and collect 120,313 paper cranes - one for each internee imprisoned during WWll. At Long Last, George Takei and Brad By CAROLINE AOYAGI-STOM Executive Editor and rings made of Native Michelle and Carly have been the best of friends since sixth grade. They Guests received wedding American turquoise - a like to walk their dogs, catch the latest new flick and grab a bite to eat ~ you favors with the message: nod to Brad's hometown know, the nonnal everyday things most 14-year-olds like to do. 'May sweet equality live long of Phoenix, Ariz. The But Michelle Reed and Carly Gutzmann aren't typical teenagers. They've and prosper.' Proposition 8 rings symbolized their decided to take on a national PeaCe Memorial Project, folding and collecting looms as a threat to their enduring love and one 120,313 paper cranes to spread the lessons of the World War IT intemment. legal union. perfect moment in time "We wanted to raise more awareness," said Michelle from her home in during their long love Minnesota. "A lot of people know about the Holocaust but not a lot of pe0- By LYNDA LIN affair when the couple ple know about the intemment." Assistant Editor finally stood equal to other Michelle and Carly were researching the history of Japanese Americans married couples under the behind barbed wire for a National History Day project a couple of years ago. On Sunday, September 14, Geor.ge law. They ended up making a documentary on the art school at the Topaz Takei and Brad Altman beca.me hus• With fonner "Star Intemment Camp. band and husband. PHOTO: p.c. STAFF Trek" stars, a senior sena- It was during their research that both girls started to learn to fold paper As tradition at many weddings, George Takei (left) and Brad Altman have . tor from Hawaii and 200 tears sprung from jubilant eyes while See PAPER CRANESlPage 13 the couple exchanged personal vows been together for 21 years. See PROP. 8IPage 2 ... U1co PSW District Honors Its Own 'Redress Heroes'· ~ ~ '"T1 :Ii Like many JACLers, she had been attending the en Fourteen JACLers are recognized for -I their contributions to the historic national JACL convention in Seattle when word p - came that President Ronald Reagan would be ~ ­ redress efforts. ...!" making the historic signing. ~ By CAROLINE AOYAGI-STOM "I felt an overwhelming feeling of joy and satis• b - Executive Editor faction that our community worked together on en this issue," said Kawahara, a fonner Rohwer C>~ - ...m LONG BEACH, Calif.-Marleen Kawahara, internee, recalling the emotions that day amongst a ~ Z 65, is one of the lucky few that had a front row seat standing room only crowd in the nation's capital. :J> to the signing of the historic redress legislation in "I am proud Marleen Kawahara (left) and Harry Kuwahara <0 co 1988. of the commu- See PSW DINNERlPage 11 were two of PSW's 'Redress Heroes.' ...~ Sports Star

Community...... 6-7 Rachael Yamagata talks Wat Misaka, who broke Voices ...... 8 heartbreak and her new barriers in sports, is the Calendar ...... 14 album. star of a new documentary. Obits ...... 15 2 SEPT. 19-OCT. 2, 2008 COMMENTARY /NATIONAL PACIFIC is CmzEN NATIONAL DIRECTOR'S REPORT and the RNC where we met with APA leaders S"PACIFIC of both political parties. ali CITIZEN Checks have been issued for this year's Busy End of Summer national JACL scholarship recipients (see the 250 E. First Street, Ste. 301, By FLOYD MORI Professional Golf Association (LPGA) recent• winners in this special P.e. scholarships edi• Los Angeles, CA. 90012 tion). Our congratulations to all the scholar- Tel: 213/620-1767, ly announced a new ruling that would affect 800/966-6157 The 68th .Annual Nisei Week Japanese players who do not speak English. They were . ship winners for their excellent accomplish• Fax: 213/620-1768 Festival in Los Angeles honored the JACL and proposing that players must pass an English ments. The JACL wishes them well as they E-mail: [email protected] the Nikkei for Civil proficiency exam by 2009 or risk suspension. endeavor to further their education. www.paciflccitizen.org Tht{ JACL owes a great deal of thanks to Rights and Redress The LPGA rationale was that this rule is need• vi~ (NCRR) organizations ed to increase marketability and ensure public David Kawamoto, newly elected national Executive Editor: president of planning and development who Caroline Y. Aoyagi-Stom with comniunity service interest at LPGA tournaments. Assistant Editor: awards at the Awards The JACL and NCAPA (National Coalition took over the position his wife Carol held for Lynda Lin Dinner held on Aug. 18. of Asian Pacific Americans), of which I am the the previous four years. David has served as Office Manager: The awards were given current chair, along with other Asian American the volunteer scholarship chairman for the past Brian Tanaka several years. He and his committee have done Circulation: Eva Lau-Ting for work done during the organizations opposed the ruling based on the Redress campaign. fact that it was clearly discriminatory against a monurnental service for the JACL. JACL's PSW Gala Dinner on Sept. 13 at the Publisher: Japanese American Citizens I was privileged to attend to accept the the Asian LPGA players. The LPGA has Grand Events Center in Long Beach featured League (founded 1929) 1765 Sutter Street, award for the JACL, along with Larry Oda, rescinded the ruling, and a meeting has been San Francisco, CA 94115, tel: 4151921- JACL national president. Also attending were set up between LPGA leaders and AA leaders a live band, silent auction, and awards to out• 5225 fax: 4151931-4671 , www.jacl.org Craig Ishii, PSW regional director, Carol to discuss this matter. standing JACL members from PSW who JACL PresIdent: Larry Oda Saito, PSW administrative assistant, and other The APIA (Asian Pacific Islander played important roles during Redress. Nan Director: FIatd Mori The National JACL Gala in Washington, Pacific Citizen Board of Directors: Margie JACL members and interns. Helen Ota is pres• American) Vote organization invited APA D.C. is coming up on Sept. 25. Anyone wish• • Yamamoto, chairperson; Vacant, EOC; Usa ident of the Nisei Week Foundation, Inc. Fred organizations to participate in APIA events at Hanasone, MOC; Kathy Ishimoto, CCOC; Hoshiyama, a dedicated JACL member for the Democratic National Committee and the ing to support the event or attend should call Judith Acne, NCWNPDC; Justine Kondo, many years, was the grand marshal and the Republican National Committee Conventions the D.C. JACL office at 2021223-1240. For PNWOC;Jeff itami, IOC;Ted Namba, star of the show and parade. . more information on JACL activities, check PSWDC; Naomi Oren, Youth. held a week apart at the end of August. I As many of you know, the Ladies attended and was on a panel at both the DNC out the JACL Web site at www.jacl.org .• r------, , NEWS/AD DEADLINE: FRIDAY : BEFORE DATE OF ISSUE. : PROPOSITION 8 ning club. They started off as friends, but then Editorials, news and the opinions I love blossomed. expressed by columnists other than the : (Continued from page 1) ''It's just like any love story," said Brad. national JACL president or national I director do not necessarily reflect JACL : guests looking on, they celebrated their legal At the time George, who was on the board of policy. Events and products advertised : union with a kiss, some confetti poppers and a the Los Angeles Theater Center, needed help in the Pacific Citizen do not carry the I bagpiper. organizing a theater party so he asked Brad to implicit endorsement of the JACL or : be his assistant. this publication. We reserve the right to : It's an enonnous moment for any couple, edit articles. I but for George, 71 , and Brad, 54, it's the cul• "He's a good record keeper and he's very L ______J mination of a 2 I-year journey filled with good organized. Well, I've discovered. At first I PACIFIC CITIZEN (ISSN: 0030-8579) is times and bad, made all the more sweet sim• asked him to be my assistant for other rea• published semi-monthly except once in ply because now they can. Thanks to the May sons," said George, laughing. struggle for equal maniage rights. December and January by the Japanese 15 Calif. Supreme Court decision to uphold They also both loved the theater. Brad was "Just like when we were interned it was eas• American Citizens League, 250 E. First same-sex maniage, GeOrge and Brad can call struck with George's intellect and broad vocab• ier to intern us and characterize us as potential Street, Ste. 301, Los Angeles, CA. 90012 each other ''husband'' or "spouse." ulary. Once, early in their courtship, they were traitors and saboteurs because we've been OFFICE HOURS - Mon.-Fri., 9 am.-5 stereotyped in movies and political cartoons. p.m. Pacific Time. ©2008. But they need to get through the wedding walking around the Silver Lake Reservoir and first. Days before the momentous occasion, taking in the scenery when George turned to They didn't know us as human beings. Annual subscription rates: NON• . "And the same thing with gays llitd lesbians, MEMBERS: 1 year-$40, payable in the couple met with the Pacific Citizen at their Brad and in his baritone voice described the advance. Additional foreign postage per wedding venue, the Democracy Forum across hills in the background as undulating. we've been cartooned as the drag queens as year (1 st class) - Canada and Mexico the way from the Japanese American National "Undulating ... I mean how often does extreme cartoonish figures. But you know, $55, Japan and overseas $60 (Subject Muse\lm in Los Angeles' Little Tokyo. someone use that?" said Brad. we're school teachers, we're bankers, we're to change without notice.) Postage paid George's first impression of Brad was much football stars and Olympic swimmers." at Los Angeles, Calif. And as custom may hold, at least one of the more superficial. ''For me it was his legs and Permission: No part of this publication two is a bundle of nerves. The Threat of Proposition 8 his svelte running physique." may be reproduced without express per• Brad confesses to having pre-wedding anx• In 20 years, society has made incredible For a long time, George said·he was leading mission of the publisher. Copying for ieties. He has nightmares that no one is going shifts in favor of same-sex maniages. In May a secretive personal life because of his very other than personal or internal reference to show up. The pressure to write heartfelt . when the state Supreme Court upheld maniage use without the express permission of public career. But in 2005, his public and pri• vows nearly makes him break out into a cold equality, Brad proposed to George while P.e. is prohibited. vate life intersected when both houses of the sweat. And he fears that he'll forget to bring watching the news coverage on television. POSTMASTER: Send address changes Calif. legislature passed a same-sex maniage the rings. They've waited so long for this moment, but to: Pacific Citizen, c/o JACL National bill, which Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Headquarters, 1765 Sutter St., San George is not shaken. the couple is also mindful of the larger reso• vetoed. Francisco, CA 94115. "I work in the theater. I know how to deal nance of their union . . Two years later, the state legislature again with it. We'll borrow people's wedding rings "It's the most momentous day in my life per• passed a same-sex maniage bill, which swiftly . .. or we can even fake it if there were that sonally' but if you take a big picture look, it's JACL MEMBERS received another veto stamp from the gover• aesthetic distance. We'll just, you know, stand the continuation of the struggle for civilliber• nor. That's when George and Brad knew they Change of Address like this," said George while turning his back ties in the United States. It's something that had to speak out. to rows of empty seats in the Democracy isn't over yet," said Brad. If you have moved, please "k was so near. All it needed was one human Forum. But like many other manied same-sex cou• being's signature," said George about maniage se.nd information to: "And then at the reception, we'll just kind ples in Calif., George's and Brad' fu ture equality. "One human being counts. I thought National JACL of stand like this," he clasps his right hand together is legally tenuous. maybe I could be that one human being togeth• tightly over his left one and laughs. Over 1.1 million Californians signed peti• 1765 Sutter St. er with others to make that difference. We were Brad does the same. "It's much too person• tions to place Proposition 8 on the November San Francisco, CA one step away from equality in marriage and al to show right now." ballot. If passed, Proposition 8 would change by taking the shroud off of my career I thought 94115 . the Calif. Constitution to restrict marriage Just Like Any Other Love Story I could contribute something." Allow 6 weeks for address changes. rights. Their relations,!tip has always been under• In 2006, George went on a nationwide "For the first time, it would provide an To avoid interruptions in receiving scored with humor. speaking tour with Human Rights Campaign exception to the equal protection clause," said your P.C, please notify your pa;lmas• George, the actor best known for playing as an openly gay man. The political activist Jennifer Pizer, senior counsel at Lambda ter to include periodicals in your Hikaru Sulu on the "Star Trek" television and spent most of his childhood at the Rohwer and Legal, a national organization committed to change of address (USPS Fonn 3575) film series, first met Brad over two decades Thle Lake internment camps - a personal his• ago when they were both members of a run- tory that he says overlaps with the present day See PROPOSITION 8/Page 11 PACIFIC i: CmZEN NATIONAL SEPT. i9-0cr. 2, 2008 3 LPGA Backs Down on Controversial English Requirement Poli·cy APA groups, including JACL, still violated state or federal anti-discrimina• want to pursue the issue to ensure tion.laws. If it was deemed legal, Yee South Korean profes• fmes are eliminated. said he would have pushed for legisla• sional golfers Shi tion banning such policies in California. Hyun Ahn (left) and By P.e. Staff and Associated Press The LPGA ToUr plays three events in Birdie Kim are some California, including its first major The LPGA Tour's "mea culpa" didn't need of the golfers who championship. much translation. may be affected by "I'm very pleased that the LPGA saw Facing anger from lawmakers, community the wisdom of the concerns that we the new English groups and bewilderment from sponsors, the raised," Yee said. "It's a no-brainer for requirement policy. LPGA Tour backed off plans to suspend play• those of us who have been the recipient ers who cannot speak English well enough to of these kinds of discriminatory acts." The LPGA backed off be understood at pro-ams, in interviews or in State Assemblyman Ted Lieu, a of suspending players making acceptance speeches at tournaments in Democrat from the Los Angeles ~ the United States. but fines are stIli said he would target corporate sponsors The policy has generated a storm of bad being considered if the LPGA Tour persisted with its publicity since it was announced last month. under the new policy. English requirement. LPGA Tour commissioner Carolyn Bivens "I'm pleased they have come to their said she would have a revised plan by the end senses," he said. said it was perplexed by the original policy. trary, we are asking that they demonstrate a of the year that would not include suspensions, ''By rescinding the proposed English profi• State Farm spokesman Phil Supple said the basic level of communication in English at although fining non-English speakers remains ciency requirements, the leadership of the company had asked the tour to review its deci• tournaments in the United States in situations an option. LPGA has demonstrated an understanding of sion. that are essential to their job as a member of "We have decided to rescind those penalty the value of diversity within the sport of golf," Contacted via e-mail when the policy was the LPGA Tour." provisions," Bivens said in a statement. "After said Floyd Mori, JACL natiQnal director, who rescinded, Supple said: ''We're encouraged the Yee said he understood the tour's goal of hearing the concerns, we believe there are has been in contact with Bivens office since LPGA is looking at other alternatives on this boosting financial support, but disagreed with other ways to achieve our shared objective of the controversy first broke. issue." the method. supporting and enhancing the business oppor• Mori plans to continue discussions with the Bivens said the tour will continue to help "In 2008, I didn't think an international tunities for every tour player." LPGA "in hopes of establishing an under• international players through a cultural pro• group like the LPGA would come up with a Bivens disclosed the tour's original plan in a standing for the need of cultural sensitivity and gram that has been in place for three years and policy like that," Yee said. "But at the end of meeting with South Korean players at the to respect the sport of golf and its players with• offers tutors and translators. the rainbow, the LPGA did understand the recent Safeway Classic in Portland, Ore., out requiring proficiency in the English lan• Earlier this month, Bivens sent a 1,200- harm that they did." Golfweek magazine reported. The policy, guage." word memo to the LPGA membership to out• The lawmaker said he will continue with his which had not been written, was widely criti• Bivens' announcement came two hours line the goal behind the new policy. She said request to the Legislative Counsel's Office, as cized as discriminatory, particularly against before the Asian Pacific American Legal players would never be required to be fluent or a way to prevent similar policies in the future. Asian players. Center planned a news conference in Los even proficient in English, but rather would be Grace E. Yoo, executive director of the The LPGA membership includes 121 inter• Allgeies to demand t.~e LPGA overturn its pol• asked to get by witJ.'1 the basics of the language. Korean American Coalition in Los Angeles, -national players from 1.6 "COuntries, including icy. She argued that intemational players who said corporate sponsors are not only American 45 from South Korea. Asians won three of the "Until they completely retract it, issue an could ,communicate effectively in English but from around the world, yet players don't four majors this year. apology to the players and the fans, I think would improve the pro-am experience, spon• learn the languages of the countries where they The reversal was quickly hailed by two ,,:,e'll remain very concerned and interested in sor relations and could help land endorsements are headquartered. The LPGA plays in such California lawmakers who challenged the what happens," said Gerald D. Kim, a senior for the players. ' . places as Singapore, China, Thailand, South original policy. staff attorney for the center. 'The LPGA has ''We do no.t, nor will we ever, demand Korea, France and Japan. State Sen. Leland Yee, a Democrat from San gone about this totally the wrong way." English fluency, or even proficiency, from our ''We have a long fight ahead of us," Yoo Francisco, had asked the Legislature's legal One of the tour's title sponsors, State Farm, international players," she wrote. 'To the con- said. 'This is not over." • office to determine whether the English policy Chinese American Co'mmunity Protests Proposed Casino in Philly's Chinatown By P. e. Staff and Associated Press Wei, principal of Folk Arts Cultural Treasures new site are ongoing and he hopes to know in an interview with Metro. more in a month or two. City officials may support Foxwoods The Foxwoods group, led by the Foxwoods' decision to consider the down-' Casino's plan to relocate its facilities to the Mashantucket Pequot Indians of Connecticut, toWn site brought quick opposition from casi• heart of Philadelphia's downtown, but nearby is looking into building a $670 million slots no opponents who have been fighting the proj• Chinatown residents are unhappy with what parlor at a downtown mall called The Gallery ects for years. "You're not going to get more they see as another attempt to force an unwant• at Market East. Michael Thomas, the tribe's tourists for a city that's known for two things, ed project on the community. chairman, said the site is better than the origi• which is history and gun violence, by bringmg The casino location is just a few blocks from nal waterfront location in South Philadelphia a casino to downtown," said Daniel Hunter, a Chinatown, where residents successfully because it is near existing shops, restaurants spokesman for the group Casino-Free fought plans to build sports stadiums nearly a and mass transit lines. Philadelphia. -decade ago. Chinatown residents and other Thomas said his group is talking to the com• ''What they promoted time and again was casino opponents packed a recent news confer• pany that owns The Gallery, and looking at a there would be no garish signs or lighting that the economic benefits to restaurants and busi• ence to voice their frustration. 300,000 square-foot area a few blocks down would mar the historic area. . nesses," said John Chin, head of the Helen Gym, a board member of the commu• the street from where Jefferson wrote the "There's a fair amount of separation," Philadelphia Chinese Development Corp. to nity group Asian Americans United, said that it Declaration, and where Independence Hall and Nutter said. ''Unless you know it's there, you Metro. "But if they build a casino [inside the feels like history is repeating itself for the Liberty Bell draw hundreds of thousands of Gallery], that doesn't help the busmesses in Chinatown. won't know it's there." visitors each year. Chinatown." "We would have thought that officials In July 2004, the Legislature passed a gam• 'This is a serious proposal that will get seri• But the National Park Service, which runs would have learned the lessons of that," Gym ing law that legalized as many as 61,000 slot ous consideration," Mayor Michael Nutter the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall, said it said. machines across the state, including two free• said at the news conference with Gov. Ed was withholding judgment on the latest pro• Many of the Chinatown supporters wore standing casinos in Philadelphia. If the casinos Rendell and others. their former ''No Stadiurn Chinatown" T-shirts open, Philadelphia would become the nation's posal. Nutter said he was not concerned about the "If it helps bring in tourists to the area, it as they protested the casino plans. largest city with casino gambling. prospect of having a casino, hotel and other could actually help us," said Jane Cowley, a ''We just can't believe that they would do Along with the necessary city approvals, the development in a retail district so close to one this again to us, and every five or 10 years proposed change in the Foxwoods casino loca• spokeswoman for Independence National of the country's most historic areas. If the site we've got to get out there and try to fight for tion would need approval from the state gam• Historical Park. ''With any new neighbor, is chosen, he said, the city would ensl!Ie that the survival of the community," said Debbie ing board. Rendell said discussions over the we're going to protect park interests.". PACIFIC CD1ZEN -National Newsbytes APA community By P.e. Staff and Associated Press members respond to Study: More Biracial APAs threats on a Diagnosed with Mental Disorders San Francisco SACRAMENTO-Biracial Americans of Japantown Asian and white descent are twice as likely to be eve,:"t, which diagnosed with a psychological disorder com• includes pared to monoracial APAs, according to a new Polynesian study from the Asian American Center on dancing (right). Disparities Research at UC Davis. This is the first nationwide study to look at PHOTO: DAVID YU mental health in the biracial community, UC Davis psychology graduate student Lauren Berger told the California Aggie. Nihonmachi Street Fair is Here to Stay Researchers analyzed data from the 2002-03 National Latino and Asian American Study and By TODD KUSIDGEMACbI not clean the streets. Zisser declined further comment found that 34 percent of biracials are diagnosed Special to the Pacific Citizen "If we have to clean .up after• to the Pacific Citizen, pointipg to the with a mental disorder compared to 17 percent wards, we will not only oppose the issue being covered "ad nauseum" in of monoracials. When a Japanese American cul• event next year. We will look to local vernacular publications. Conflict and confusion over ethnic identity tural event is said to have "schlocky small claims court to reimburse us may result in negative psychological outcomes, souvenirs" and "mediocre food for the clean up costs," McInerney Community Response according to the study. stands," the community is not.going said in his e-mail to Horikiri. "If Wada is one of many who collect• to sit quietly. your event doesn't make money, you ed signatures for the petitions at the $54 Million ·Pants· Lawsuit Heads Back to Court Members of the Asian Pacific should rethink its usefulness." street fair. Twenty-four clipboards WASHlNGIDN-Former D.C. judge Roy Pearson wants an appellate American community in San Horikiri said she was furious with copies of the petition were court to· reinstate his $54 million lawsuit against the dry cleaners he accuses Francisco spoke out against threats about the comments made about the available at the lobby of the Japanese oflosing his pants. to the Nihonmachi Street Fair, a . community event, particularly Cultural and Community Center of community event that brings togeth• McInerney's questioning of the Northern California for volunteers to Pearson's lawsuit in D.C. Superior Court claimed Custom Cleaners did not er APA organizations, vendors and "usefulness" of the fair. pick up. Wada said she gathered 100 live up to Pearson's expectations of "Satisfaction Guaranteed," as advertised artisans. Individuals volunteered and "When I was writing my com- signatures in one day. in store windows. gathered 2,800 signatures for a peti• ments back to him, my hands were Paul Osaki, executive director of The Chungs, who owned Custom Cleaners, won the case when it was tion showing support for Japanese literally shaking I was so angry," JCCCNC, said the petition was heard by a lower court. community festivals. Horikiri said "It showed our com- meant to organize a response and Now Pearson, who also sued when he lost his job as an administrative law The controversy was sparked by mittee that his thinking is concentrat- educate people who came to the fes- judge, wants the higher court to overturn that ruling and order a new trial. e-;Plllils W}iUen by: D· . ser, 00 00::IllGIle~ thao;heJping-:the=-tival about::the situatien. He saidlhe . 1be Chungs were forced to close Custom Cleaners last September because president of the 1600 Webster Street community. If we were in this to response from the community was of the emotional stress from the lawsuit. Homeowners' Association, and John make money, we would have quit a great. McInerney, president of Anasazi long time ago." "I'm glad that we did it because a Lawsuit Hits Anti-Affirmative Action Petitions Properties. The e-mails voiced con• McInerney said in an interview lot of people including volunteers LINCOLN, Neb.-A new cern of the fair's inability to pay for with the Pacific Citizen that his com- didn't know what was going on,"· lawsuit challenges thousands steam cleaning on the property's ments were taken out of context Osaki said. "It's important that peo• of signatures gathered to sidewalk. Zisser also made negative from a private e-mail' and that pIe stay educated and informed place an anti-affirmative comments about the fair itself. Horikiri initiated the discussion. He about issues affecting Japantown." action initiative on the 'This Association ... must toler• said he did not have a problem with Osaki also said it was nice to hear Nebraska ballot. ate what seems to be an endless use the fair until he received a letter from from people visiting from out of The campaign director for of Post and Webster Streets for a Horikiri, which said the fair could state, including visitors from the Nebraskans United, which is series of look-alike street fairs with not provide steam .cleaning for the Midwest. fighting the measure, says the same purveyors of schlocky sou• sidewalk at Post and Webster. 'They don't have those festivals the lawsuit was filed Sept. 11 venirs, mediocre food stands and "We've had about 25 days of where they come from," he said. :::;;;;;,;,;,.,....__ ---.J • in Lancaster County District exhibitors who have absolutely no street fairs. It's never been an issue, 'They were sad tq hear there were Court. The lawsuit would keep the secretary of state from placing the relationship to the community," and out of the blue comes a letter efforts from individuals to stop it." Nebraska Civil Rights Initiative on the Nov. 4 statewide ballot. Zisser said in an e-mail sent to Grace from this lady," McInerney said. The JACL NCWNP young pro• Affirmative action proponents say the lawsuit challenges illegal actions by Horikiri, president of the "All this is about is clean up after fessional group Nakayoshi also con• paid petition circulators and notaries public in connection with the petitions. Nihonmachi Street Fair. yourself. It's a total non-issue." tributed to the cause. Megumi The initiative would prohibit state and local governments from giving pref• These comments have been seen The Nihonmachi Street Fair Kaminaga said the gr~up sent out erential treatment to people on the basis of race, sex, ethnicity or national ori- as a part of a general threat to the eth• ended up being able to pay for the messages via Facebook, a popular gin. nic character of JA enclaves. Across steam sweeping after scraping social networking Web site, to notify the street from the Japantown money together to have the city members about the e-mails from the Saipan Judge Orders Miura Extradited to California • Center, the property in concern was clean up the sidewalk.. McInerney property owners. Kaminaga said she SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands-A originally the site of Japantown said they did a "fine" job of keeping personally lent her support by volun• Superior Court judge has ordered the extradi• Bowl until it was purchased in 2000 the streets clean. teering to help at the Nihonmachi tion of a Japanese man accused of arranging and replaced by condominiums that Patty Wada, JACL NCWNP Street Fair. for his wife to be killed in California more now house about 100 residents. regional director, said the issue was 'The signi:fican~ of the events than a quarter century ago. not the street cleaning but the fact doesn't rely on the income of the fes• Associate Judge Ramona Manglona denied Not Just About Clean that Zisser went on to criticize the tivals. It's something that keeps our Kazuyoshi Miura's petition for a writ of Streets festival itself. tradition alive," Kaminaga said. "It habeas corpus and ordered the government to At the Aug. 9-10 Nihonmachi "We can certainly understand Mr. enables young people and people of extradite him to California. Street Fair, memberS of the APA Zisser's concern over clean streets. all generations to participate." . Bruce Berline, Miura's lead Saipan attor• community gathered signatures for a But, that's where he should have With the help of all the individuals ney, immediately filed a motion for a stay but Manglona denied his request petition titled, "Save Our Japantown stayed," Wada said. "Instead, he in the community, Horikiri said she Miura is accused of conspiring to have his wife shot when they were vis• Community Festivals." The petition crossed the line and disrespected our did not have to stand alone. iting Los Angeles in 1981. Someone shot them as they stood by a downtown was partly in response to threats of community and culture by demean- "If anything good has come out of parking lot, hitting Miura in the leg and his wife, Kazumi Miura, 28, in the filing protests with the city in future ing all the artisans and food vendors this, we as a community have really head. She died a year later.• years and legal action if the fair did at the fair." See NIHONMACHlIPage 7 PACIFIC III CITIZEN • NATIONAL SEPT. 19-OCT. 2, 2008 5 Older Vietnamese Report More Mental Health Problems 1"" A" .~ ...... s"N'~' in the Political refugee issues are cited as a factor; ' ... little is still known about the health status of these N need for improved community mental older Vietnamese Americans. ' ews health services is emphasized. Dr. Quyen Ngo-Metzger (be/ow)

By Pacific Citizen Staff Vietnamese Americans over 55, most who came to the United States as political refugees, report more mental Inouye Receives Medal of Honor Flag health problems than non-Hispanic whites, according to Sen. Daniel K. Inouye a UC Irvine Center for Health Care Policy analysis of was honored with the statedala. Medal of Honor flag dur• Vietnamese Americans participating in the California ing a recent presentation of Health Interview Survey were twice as likely as whites the 25th Infantry Division to report needing mental health care but were less likely at Honolulu's Schofield to discuss such issues with their doctor. In addition, they Barracks. . were more prone to have trouble functioning in their Inouye was presented daily lives because of these problems. While the study highlights the need for improved com• the flag by Capt. Terry H. PHOTO: DANIEL ANDERSON munity mental health services, it also reveals long-stand• ZOch,conunanderofECho Orange County, Calif., is home to the nation's largest Company, 2nd Squadron, ing mental health issues among older Vietnamese related to the Vietnam War and to adjusting to life in the U.S. as Vietnamese American community, and it is projected PHOTO: JESUS J. ARANDA 6th Cavalry Regiment. The . that by 2030 they will form the largest Asian American light blue color flag with older immigrants, said study leader Dr. Quyen Ngo• Metzger. subgroup in California. white stars is adapted from the Medal of Honor ribbon. The flag conunemo• Vietnamese refugees have come to the U.S. in multi• rates the sacrifice and bloodshed of Medal of Honor recipients like Inouye. "Many Vietnamese refugees who immigrated to the U.S. in the 1970s,'80s and '90s suffered from depression ple waves since the end of the Vietnam War. The first During World War II, Inouye served as a lieutenant and platoon leader in and post-traumatic stress disorder, and they continue to arrived in 1975 when many Vietnamese with ties to the the 442nd RCT and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross in a battle have mental health issues today," said Ngo-Metzger, U.S. government left their country for fear of reprisals in Italy where he lost an arm. His award was upgraded to the Medal of Honor . medicine assistant professor. "Despite this, little is still under the new conununist regime. The second wave in June 2000. known about the health status of these older Vietnamese came between 1978 and 1984 with the "boat people" Americans." escaping religious and political persecution on small Mori to Receive Leadership Award One important step, she noted, is to make more fishing vessels. The AT&T AsiaJ}. Pacific Islanders for Professional and Conununity resources available for conununity mental health servic• A third group, from 1985 to 1990, consisted of Advancement will be honoring JACL National Director Floyd Mori with its es, which can help remove the significant resistance Amerasian children of U.S. servicemen and Vietnamese "Community Leadership Award" during a Sept. 27 banquet in Fords, New among older Vietnamese Americans to discussing men• mothers. And a fourth and current wave of immigration began in 1990, when the U.S. government humanitarian Jersey. tal health. Another step, she added, is to train primary• The evening's event will begin with a tour of the AT&T Global Network care physicians to properly screen older Vietnamese operation allowed political prisoners recently released Operations Center. Americans and to direct them toward treatment. from labor camps to immigrate to the U.S . • State Highway 85 Renamed in Honor of Mineta Calif. State Highway 85 in Congressman Honda Blasts Utah Candidate'S 'ient City' Santa Clara County was By Associated Press and p.c. Staff "Jason Chaffetz's comments are camps ringed by barbed wire was renamed the "Norman ¥. more than just offensive and embar• borrowed from the Maricopa Mineta Highway," in honor of SALT LAKE CITY-California rassing to all Americans; they County, Ariz. sheriff's office, which Congressman Mike Honda who was the former U.S. secretary of demonstrate a blatant disregard of houses prisoners awaiting deporta• ~~rtation. imprisoned at the Amache intern• the need to be vigilant in remember• tion in tent Cities. ment camp during World War II is Mineta was San Jose City ing the lessons learned from a dis• ''Where these guys are overstep• criticizing a Utah Republican candi• Councilman and mayor - the graceful chapter in U.S. history," ping the line is saying that it has any• date for his plan to detain undocu• first APA to serve as mayor of a Honda said. thing to 'do with ethnicity. They mented immigrants in tent cities. . large· U.S city. He-was also a A native of California, Honda absolutely should apologize for that. In a statement issued recently, U.S representative for 20 years and secretary of transportation from 200 1 to spent part of his childhood in a That has never been my position, Rep. Honda said the plan from Jason 2006. He was the longest-serving secretary of transportation in U.S. history. Japanese American internment camp and it is terribly unfair and inaccu• Chaffetz, who is running for Utah's The highway runs from Mountain View through Sunnyvale, Cupertino, in Granada, Colo. rate," Chaffetz said. 3rd Congressional District seat, is an Chaffetz says he never singled out During the war, Utah's Topaz Saratoga, Los Gatos and southwest San Jose which also named their interna• "odious reminder" of a shameful tional airport after Mineta. any speCific ethnic group in his camp housed more than 8,000 time in U.S. hilltory. He says immigration proposal and wants an detainees. Last year the camp, locat• Chaffetz's comments on the plan Doctor is ·Making Chicago a Better Place· apology from Honda. ed in the 3rd Congressional District, will ''fuel resentment toward target• Chaffetz says the idea to house was designated a national historic A Korean American doctor has been included in the Chicago Sun-TImes ed ethnic groups." list of "50 People Who Make Chicago a Better Place." No Kap-joon is rec• convicted immigrants in prison landmark . • ognized for his dedication to the city's Korean community. The Sun-Tunes called No "the heart of the community." Yellowface Puppet on YouTube Sparks Outrage For years, he has helped organize the annual Korean American Health Fair, By Pacific Citizen Staff "Farnfucious a public way for Koreans who rnight not have insurance - or who have pro• Say" segments be hibitively high deductibles - to find the care they need. Yellowface mockery is still alive on the pages of taken down The doctor even has been known to give needy patients the money for co• YouThbe. immediately. payments. More than a dozen videos from the ''Farnfucious Say" AA bloggers segments show a yellowface puppet portraying were equally Filipino American Teen Activist is Confucius in a mocking Asian accent in stereotypical upset about the Running for Calif•. District Assembly Asian garb. The segments are from the CBS Mobile's "Farnfucious Lucilla &guerra, 19, is running for California State Assembly's District Farnsworth and the Fox and are available on the popular Say" YouThbe 48, under the banner of the Peace and Freedom Party. YouTube video sharing site. videos. The Filipino American anti-war activist and lesbian, gay, bisexual and "We have no objection to the use of comedy and satire ''Does it still count as yellowface when you dress up a transgender rights advocate has led an anti-war p~otest in L.A. of 10,000 peo• as a means to inform and enlighten. However, when it is white puppet character like an old Asian man? That's got ple. She also has organized resistance to the anti-immigrant Minuteman reduced to racial mockery as in 'Farnfucious Say' it goes to be a first. It's ridiculous," wrote Phil Yu on his popu• Project and mobilized support for the May 1 mass protests demanding full beyond the bounds of acceptability," said Bill Yoshino, lar Angry Asian Man blog. rights for all immigrants over the past three years. JACL Midwest director, in a letter to Jeff Sellinger, exec• So far representatives from CBS Mobile have not In between campaigning and organizing, Esguerra attends classes at Los utive vice president and general manager of CBS responded to the community's concerns and the Angeles City College, trying to earn transferable units to a university and be Mobile. "Famfucious Say" videos were still available on a teacher. • The JACL is demanding that the offensive YouTube at press time .• 6 SEPT. 19-0CT. 2, 2008 COMMUNIlY PACIFIC II CITIZEN UC Berkeley Ethnic Studies Library Organizes Major APA Photograph Collection A second collection by Henry Lee's work is one of the two significant . Woon, which documented APA life photograph collections the library oWns. The in the Bay Area since the 1950s, second major photograph archive contains needs funding for preservation. over 240,000 images produced by Henry Woon, who documented APAs in San Pictures are worth a thousand words, espe• Francisco and the East Bay from tlie 1950s to cially if they piece together Asian Pacific about 2000. American history. WOOl! was an amateur and freelance pho• The Ethnic Studies Library at the tographer and photojournalist. In 1956, he University of California, Berkeley recently graduated from UC Berkeley, with a degree in finished archiving one of the largest APA pho• political science. In contrast to the Lee tographic collections to be held in a public archive, the Woon's photographs include cov• institution. erage of war protests and visits by politicians. Over 200,000 photos, taken by profession• The library still needs about $200,000 to al photographer Kem Lee of San Francisco's process and preserve Woon's photos. Chinatown from the 19408 to the 1980s, were Wei Chi Poon, a UC Berkeley Asian American Studies librarian, said she hopes a cataloged using a $180,000 grant from the CAPTURED HISTORY: The govemment agency or nonprofit will ·come National Historical Publications and Records photo collections at UC forward with grant money to help the library Commission. Berkeley's Ethnic Studies Lee was a freelance photojournalist who archive the Woon photos, which now sit in golf-shoe boxes in a back room of the UC Library record life. worked for the local Chinese community (Above) APAs celebrate newspapers. He owned a photography studio Berkeley library and in a storage facility in Richmond . • Chinese New Year with a in Chinatown, which gave him the opportuni• dragon dance and pose ty to capture all aspects of Chinese American during the 'Chinese Hour' life in San Francisco, including beauty con• For more information or to help, show (left) on Radio tests, family association events, festivals and contact Wei Chi Poon at 510/642-2220 KSAN. family portraits. [email protected]. edu. AA Civil Rights Groups Oppose Final Plans Being Made for JACLGala Prop. 11 Redistricting Initiative National JACL encourages Committee and was instrumental all to participate by support• in lobbying Congress for passage. The groups believe the initiative will ing or attending the annual Also to be honored is the negatively impact AA communities. event. American Jewish Committee (AJC), an organization that was r Five Asian American civil rights organizations The JACL is making final plans very supportive of the issue. The recently announced their joint opposition to for its annual National JACL Gala corporate partner to be honored Proposition 11, a redistricting-related initiative which Event in Washington, D.C. Sept. will be AT&T who has given great will appear on the Nov. 4 ballot in California. 25 and is encouraging all members financial support to the JACL in These organizations include the Asian Pacific . and friends to take part in the recent years. American Legal Center (APALC), the Asian Law important fundraiser. The Hon. Daniel K. Caucus (ALC), Chinese for Affirmative Action With this year being Inouye, who received an (CAA), the Asian Law Alliance (ALA), and the Asian the 20th anniversary of award at the flrst Gala as American Justice Center (AAJC). the passage of the Civil a true champion for the Prop. 11 would change authority for drawing state Liberties Act of 1988, causes of the J ACL, is office district lines from elected state representatives to the focus of the gala din• serving as honorary a 14-member commission, and also establish new rules ner will be on the chairman. The Hon. Mike for drawing state office and cQngressional district Redress Movement Honda, Congressman lines. including Special from California, is the "APALC supports the notion of reforming the redis• Awards for some master of ceremonies. tricting process because of the harm we have seen tricts, such as nesting and compactness, which do Champions of Redress. MINETA "Last year's event was nothing to keep minority communities together, and Asian and Pacific Islander communities endure during The work of the JACL an outstanding and past redistrictings," said Eugene Lee, APALC's voting simply reduce the flexibility of map-drawers to draw and others during the inspiring event. We rights project director. "We have supportetl previous districts that keep minority communities together. A 1970s, 1980s, and into expect more of the same better set of criteria would consist of the criteria that reform proposals. However, we oppose Prop. 11 the 1990s paved the way this year and would wel• because its commission will lack racial diversity and affirmatively keep communities together while leaving for an apology from the come everyone to partic• its criteria will make it harder to draw districts that out other criteria such as nesting and compactness. U.S. president and repa• ipate in some way," said keep minority communities together." • Prop. 11 establishes a difficult threshold for the rations for some of the Floyd Mori, JACL "We acknowledge the struggle over the past four commission to approve a redistricting plan. The votes 120,000 Japanese national director. years to find a workable reform proposal," said of 3 of 5 Democrats, 3 of 5 Republicans and 3 of 4 Americans who were The JACL invites all to Jacquelyn Maruhashi, managing attorney at ALA. commissioners affiliated with neither party are needed wrongfully imprisoned participate in this year's to pass a plan. This makes it easy for any small group "However, we believe that Prop. 11 could and should in concentration camps TATEISHI gala event by sponsor• have done more to protect minority communities. of commissioners to stalentate the process. during World War II. ing, attending, and/or Contrary to its intent, Prop. 11 will have a negative "Reform proponents in other states should take heed Among those who will be hon• placing an ad, in the program of the debate in California," said Terry M. Ao, AAJC's impact on minority communities during future redis• ored are: The Hon. Norman Y. booklet. The deadline for placing trictings, including Asian and Pacific Islander popula- director of census & voting programs. "As communi• Mineta, last year's honorary chair• ads has been extended .• tions." , ties of color continue to grow across the country, man who worked tirelessly on the Lee noted the following points about the initiative: reform proposals must take into account their potential issue as a U.S. Congressman; John National JACL Gala Dinner • Prop. 11 establishes a 60-person nominee pool impact on these communities. Any redistricting reform Tateishi, former JACL national from which the 14 commissioners are appointed. Prop. proposal set forth should make protecting minority director who became the JACL 11 fails to ensure that this nominee pool will be diverse voting rights a top priority." • When: Sept. 25 Redress chair after the national Where: Grand Hyatt Hotel, because it does not require diversity to be a factor in convention in 1976; and Grayce whether applicants make it into the nominee pool. APALC's position paper on Prop. 11 can be accessed Washington, D.C. Uyehara, who worked with the For information: www.jacl.org • Prop. 11 establishes new criteria for drawing dis- at http://apalc.orglpdffiles/propl1statement.pdf. JACL's Legislative Education PACIFIC II CrnZEN COMMUNITY SEPT. 19-OCT. 2, 20087 Sae'to JACL to Celebrate 20th Anniversary of Redress AAPI Serving Institutions The Sacramento JACL will honor ident of the Sacramento JACL and Phan, general assignment reporter local community movers and shak• commander of the VFW Nisei for KCRW Channel 3, and Ryan Program Becomes Law ers at an Oct. 16 event that will also Post 8589. Yamamoto, sports director of commemorate the 20th anniversary In addition to other positions of KXTV Channel 10 .• The Asian of redress. leadership, Shiroma has been a American and The honorees are: A.G. member of the Agricultural Labor Sacramento JACL Redress Pacific Islander Kawamura, secretary of the Calif. ~elations Board since 1999. Prior Event Serving Institutions Department of Food and to that, Shiroma held a variety of Oct. 16, Hilton, Sacramento (AAPISI) Agriculture; Kinya Noguchi, a life• positions at the Air Resources Arden West; program will aillow long community activist; and Board from 1978 to 1999. No-host cocktails begin at 6 higher education Genevieve Shiroma, a board mem• Several new chapter board p.m.; dinner begins at 7 p.m.; institutions to better ber of the Agricultural Labor members will also be installed, Tickets are $75 per person; serve APA college Relations and the Sacramento including: Tom Fujimoto, Shig Sponsorship opportunities are students. Municipal Utility District. Shimazu, Stacy Matsunami, available. Kawamura is a produce grower MaryAnn Miyao, SueAnn The Asian American and Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AAPISI) and shipper frpm Orange County, Kashiwagi, Dean Olcimoto, For more information: Calif. where his family grows straw• Priscilla Ouchida and Chris Reefe. Sacramento JACL office, program - as a provision of the Higher Education Opportunity Act (HR berries, green beans and other spe• The event hosts will be Suzanne 9161447-0231 4137) - recently became law. Aligned to the goals of other minority serving institution (MSI) programs, the AAPISI program will expand the capacities cialty crops. He is also the immedi• of higher education institutions to better serve college students, particularly ate past chairperson of the those with low-income and/or AAPI ethnic backgrounds. Agricultural Technical Advisory ·San Francisco JACL Seeks Volunteers to Committee. Under HR 4137, the AAPISI program will be extended through fiscal year Help Clean Nat'l AIDS Memorial Grove and allow schools to expand services such as tutoring, counseling, col• Noguchi is a Sacramento native 2013 who was the first minority in law The JACL Sail Francisco lecting data on AAPI populations, outreaching to AAPI communities to enforcement as a sheriff's deputy in Chapter is sponsoring its encourage youth to pursue post-secondary education, and partnering with 1955. He finished his career as first · annual workday at the community-based organizations serving AAPI populations. 'Too often ~ our AAPI students overshadowed by the model minority commander of the women's deten• National AIDS Memorial stereotype - as if they have no needs whatsoever," said National Council of tion facility. He was also a past pres- Grove Sept. 20. Volunteers Asian Pacific Americans (NCAPA) Chair and JACL National Director Floyd are needed to help remove Mori. 'This historic program is a giant step forward to addressing those neg• weeds, plant a variety of lected needs." plants and other mainte- NCAPA applauded Congressman David Wu, D-Oregon, and the · nance work in the 7.5 acres Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) led by designated as the first Congressman Mike Honda, D-Calif., for marshalling the AAPISI program National AIDS memorial. into law. The workday begins at 9 Federal agencies will now be able to use the AAPISI designation to target a.m. and concludes at noon. Volunteers of all ages are welcome and grants and programs to AAPI students and communities. For example, the , ~an work fOt:' any length of time~ Ret're$hmentl1 as well as a catered Department of Housing and Utban Development has provided millions of lunch will be provided to the volunteers by generous supporters of the dollars in grants to MSIs under the Historically Black Colleges and Grove. Universities (HECU) and Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSI) designations Volunteers are urged to dress in layers as the weather conditions in so that they can expand their capacities to serve low-income and under-rep• the Grove can change during the course of the morning. While gloves resented African- and Latino American students. are provided, Volunteers may choose to bring their own pair. Tools to With a similar designation, AAPISls will be able to reap comparable ben• Whit rake, plant, or prune will be provided by the gardeners at Golden Gate ' efits, which can further support low-income and underserved AAPI students Pax:k and communities.• dies wlr sllVeit For more information or tQ sign up for the workday, contact Greg • Marutani at 415/641-1697.• To rrwnitor the implementation ofH.R. 4137~ provisions "A Passage Through SEVEN including the AAPISI program, visit LIVES is a stunning and perceptive www.ed.govlpolicylhigheredlleglhea08!index.html#dcl. memoir/history of Japanese culture and imperialism before and after the World War II. NIHONMACHI Osaki said he thinks it is ironic that the developers voiced such "Kyo Takahashi weaves a majestic (Continued from page 4) tapestry. using the history of Japan strong opposition to the Nihonmachi , and bloody battlefields as the warp, come together," she said. "One per• Street Fair. and lives of people who were involved • Are you a journalism or English major looking for a part-time job? son cries for help, I look behind me, 'They knew the situation they Then the Pacific Citizen needs you! The is a national Asian in the war, as the weft. Every fact was p.e. and I see a whole city standing." were coming into when they put in American newspaper and is in need of a part-time blended in carefully with artistic i 1- Web reporter for its downtown Los Angeles office. The Nikkei community has been an offer to purchase the bowling lustrations, creating a shocking and continually concerned about the loss alley site," he said. "It's appalling enlightening panorama. The focus of the job is writing news stories and features for the p.e of ethnic character in Calif'ornia's they would object to festivals and "This book is a valuable addition Web site. Other duties will include general editing and production remaining JA enclaves. The recent cultural activities going on in their for those not familiar with Quaker duties, rewriting, research and taking photos. ASSignments may sale of the Little Tokyo Shopping neighborhood." Friends' supportive actions for Japa• include some evenings and weekends. Center in Los Angeles, to Korean In spite of this growing concern, nese Americans who were sent to the owners and the purchase of San Wada is confident that the com• internment camps." -from Reviews The Ideal candidate has two years news reporting experience or 2 years of college Journalism experience. Individuals with Francisco's Japantown Bowl in munity will not allow the A Passage Through knowledge of Quark X-Press and Dreamweaver a plus. Knowledge December 2000 are examples of Nihonmachi Street Fair and other and experience with the Japanese American and Asian Japantown properties being lost to celebrations of history and diversi• American community is also preferred. SEVEN LIVES non-Nikkei owners. ty to be taken away. -The Pacific War Legacy• If you want to gain experience towards your career, then please send Mcinerney is the president of the "Mr. Zisser reduces these festi• by KYO TAKAHASHI a cover letter, resume and two writing samples to: Caroline Aoyagi-Stom, real estate development company vals to 'disruptions' he must toler• 6"x g" paperback, 504 pages includes Executive Editor, 250 E. First Street, Suite 301 , Los Angeles, CA that purchased the property former• ate," Wada said. "These celebra• over 250 illustrations, 25 maps, and charts. 90012 or email: [email protected]. ly known as the Japantown Bowl tions made San Francisco the city $23.99 shortly after the closure of the alley. that it is, and they're here to stay." 10% goes to the AFSC Peace Fund For decades, Japantown Bowl was available at Amazon.com a place where JAs of different gen• • and Alibris.com erations could gather, bringing On the Web almost a quarter million people to www.nihonmachistreetfair.org Visit- http://KyoVision7'*' .com Japantown each year, according to www.l600webster.com Osaki. www.nakayoshi-jacl.blogspot.com I I

8 SEPT. 19-QCT. 2, 2008 VOICES PACIFIC II CITlZEN

r rETE.R SHlGEKI FRANDSEN J [ HARRY HONDA J THE SHIGEKI SHAKE DOWN VERY TRULY YOURS Mind Matters My Favorite Color 'Live' on Emerald Isle

Have you ever met one of those people with an incredible memory? I OUR FIRST TRIP to Ireland - indeed the Irish his young lads were at a nearby summer camp - no am talking about those people who can remember a moment in time green is luxurious, thanks to Mother Nature (rain). TV, no computers - to learn Gaelic. 'Tis true, the with immaculate detail, recalling multiple emotions and simultaneous Four days before we landed at Dublin International Irish love of conversation prevails. occurrences effortlessly without the slightest ounce of mental exertion. Airport (Aug. 1), the River Arra overflowed, causing It being the first Monday of August (a national I have always been envious of those people. extensive damage in the heartland. And traveling with bank holiday), the ferries to Inishmore, biggest of And if I were one of them, I would be able to quickly conjure up a the Arras (Dan, his mother, our daughter Patricia and the three Aran Islands, were crammed with visitors. time when I marveled as someone told one of these intricately elaborate four children), were they surprised seeing a river with Incredible but we agreed there are "10,000 miles" of tales. Yet, I am not one of these people. their surname. Our one day of sunshine (Aug. 15) stone fences criss-crossing the austere landscape. I guess I should keep a diary, or at least update my blog more often. belittled.the gray skies, rain and "misty days with A daily paper headlined (Aug. 7) "Obama ances• Memory is such an elusive beast. We are each subject to our own sunny spells," fittingly from Guinness Storehouse, tor was a Dublin bigwig in 1700s," meaning (not memories. Our memories are the masters; we are the captors. where with a pint of the black stout in hand we were what we Americans think) a "bigwig" made those I have often wondered what my personal history would look like if a blessed with a 360-degree panorama of Dublin. . white wigs worn by prominent men in public life. documentary film crew had followed me around for the last 27 years. I To get some statistics out of the way, the island of Obama's ancestor left Ireland for the U.S. in 1850 wonder if objectivity would validate or eradicate some of the biased Ireland with 4 million people is about the size of after the Great Potato Famine - not to California positions that I have taken on. Would objectivity be more or less forgiv• Massachusetts, Vermont and New Hampshire with for gold. ing of my failings? Would it be more or less congratulatory of my victo• Dub~ at 53° N, which means daylight in the summer ries? till 10 p.m. Ireland elected its first woman, Mary The Cathedral and a Marian Shrine Whether you subscribe to a strict idea of evolutionism, creationism or Robinson, president in 1990. Knowledge of Gaelic is Not to be missed, the Galway Cathedral, opened a complementary blending of the two, man's advanced memory remains .required now to enter the university or for a career in by Cardinal Cushing of Boston in 1965, has a one of the most distinctive traits that separate us from the animal king• public life. And tea is preferred over coffee ($3 U.S. stained glass window in a side chapel depicting dom. Yes, dogs can remember their owners and chimpanzees can per cup). Christ's resurrection with a profile of JFK, "nearly a remember the hand motions of sign language, but the ability to reach saint in Irish eyes at the time the cathedral was back to emotionally-laced memories remains strictly within our human Thing and Places I Wanted to See being built," as the tour books tell. privilege. In Dublin are the Book of Kells at Trinity College The site I especially wanted to visit was the I have also marveled at the potency of emotions that accompany these (founded in 1592 as a Protestant college that only Marian shrine in Knock, north of Galway, to pray in memories. began to take Catholic students in 1970) and the thanksgiving for our golden wedding anniversary To this day, I have one memory that still floods my senses with all the National Museum of Archeology and History. this year. same emotions just as the day of the event. During my teenage years, The Book of Kells dates from ninth century, a copy Here in rural County Mayo in 1879, two local soccer was my life. Any given week was packed with two or three prac• of the four Gospels in Latin illuminated by Irish women saw an apparition of Our Lady, St. Joseph tices intertwined with a few games. That's a full week. monks on vellum. It's touted as the "most importan~ and St. John the Evangelist by the gable of Church As my buddies and I entered high school, we were quickly indoctri• piece" from the Dark Ages. Better than squinting at of St. John Baptist. Witnessed by 13 other onlook• nated with the importance of winning high school boys state soccer captions in the exhibit leading to the room with the ers, it was validated by the Catholic Church. championships. This became the ultimate pinnacle of success. Without Book of Kells, I bought a 94-page booklet with over My. other "must see" - the Cliffs of Moher south belaboring the details with obnoxious boasting, I will simply say that 100 color plates. of Galway - were breathtaking, in spite of heavy when we won the state championship our junior year, it was a big deal The National Museum displays simple artifacts rain that day, to capture on camera part of the five• for us. from Ireland's Stone Age (2000 to 600 'BC) and an mile stretch of rugged limestone rising 650 feet Then without fail over the course of the next two years, every time I extensive array of Bronze Age gold. Viewing human from the sea, buffeted by the Atlantic gale. thought back to those final moments of the game when we watched the remains and a 120-foot long canoe created from a sin• seconds tick down to victory, I got serious chills. Even now almost 10 gle tree discovered in the Irish bogs in modem times What a Surprise years later, when I think back to the field, the celebration and the excite• was unexpected. There's a hooker named "An Tonai" in Galway ment, I get the all-familiar sensations. and last month I had to tell Nisei Week Pioneer hon• So whether by nature's law or the God of nature's law, we each pos• Four Nights in Galway oree Minoru Tonai about her. He was relieved to sess this capacity to remember. So then the question becomes: what do In the west of Ireland, Galway (140 miles from learn a "hooker" is a thick-masted sailboat, once we do with these memories? While some emotionally-laced memories Dublin) is one of the Irish-speaking regions. A gentle• common, to ferry peat, cattle and beer.

Peter Shigeki Frandsen is currentiy a student at Columbia University, College of Dental Medicine. He is also a Mt. Olympus JACL member. PACIFIC iii CrnzEN ENTERTAINMENT SEPT. 19-OCT. 2,.2008 9 Rachael Yamagata':. Weathered, But Not Cynical Stronger, wiser and still s()u?ful. The Ycmsei songstress returns lvith 'Elephants ... Teeth Sinking Into Heart, 'a single album in two parts.

By LYNDA LIN Assistant Editor '. - It's hero: four Rachael Yamagata-less descent. . years. In June 2004, she surfaced in a flash of In Woodstock, she c(JUld go a week with• genius with the aptly titled, "Happenstance," out seeing another human being. The' isola• her first full-length album that drew compar• tion gave way to some '.'really odd songs." ison to Janis Joplin. "I spent nights writing song structures-1h3t And just like that, she disappeared. totally captured what I wanted to say and Her fims - haunted by the songstress with there was no one there for me to scream, the long, raven hair and low, throaty voice - 'Hey, look at this!'" searched for her and left messages on her In nine months, 160 songs were born. . MySpace page, which continued to advertise "Elephants'" opens the first part of the a new album "coming soon." album. with a haunting piano and Yamagata But "soon" turned into Oct. 7, 2008. warning abol,lt the potential heartache of a "It's a long story," sighed Yamagata over new relationship. It was one of those magical the phone. The short version is that she was songs created at Woodstock. She ran down swallowed up by red tape. . the mountain and by the time she made it After two years of touring with back up, the song was written. "Happenstance," Yamagata went back into "If I tried to write it now I couldn't ... the studio and finished recording her sopho• there ~ so many layers to the song," she more album in 2006, just in time for a said. "It was one of those that was delivered switch-up in her management team. Then unto me songs." there was a whole series of regin:te changes The journey to her new album has also at her label RCA Records. been physically difficult. She blew out her Last year, the reality check came~ left knee jogging. She got into boxing and Yamagata and RCA broke up. broke her wrist. Once she fell off a ladder "It wasn't a nasty split," she said. But with and left a dent in the ground where' her chin her head spinning from all the changc;s, she lrit.. ". - ~ . .. '. f "It was one. of those times where' I told myself to wake up because otherwise no one would find Jll'e." You re vulnerable. In the Dominican Republic, she faced her You get hurt. strongest fears: sharks and open water. She made it a goal to pick up some sand from the Relationships can fla.tten ocean floor. At the bottom, she heard the pop you in a wa.y... , of her eardrum blowing out. "I think it's healed or maybe I've just adjusted.~' PHOTO: HILARY WALSHlwARNER BROS. RECORDS took off for the Dominican Republic to clear Heartbreak, Evolved roots. On trips to Japan, she noticed some of her In her 30s, "I'm weathered but not cynical, her mind. The singer/songwriter, famous for Yes, ' it's been a long journey. But characteristics mirrored in others. which is a good place to be," said Yamagata.• her soulful songs about heartbreak, came Yamagata di~'t start · out wanting to be a . Some of her family members were victims back strong. singer. and children of internment camps. . See Rachael Yamagata Live* She . threw herself into bloggingy ''1 was gomg to be an actress." "I identify with people's struggle and with MySpacmg and releasing an EP. She toured In college, 'she was a French major and what my relatives have gone through," she said. with her "bud" Mandy Moore and inter• then an Italian major. UltirDately, she gradu• But relationships and heartbreak is a constant viewe<:t new managers. She negotiated with ated with a theater degn:e. But on weekends theme in Yamagata's work. Warner Brothers Records, her new label. when her friends were out ,partying, "it's the story of my life. I weave that all' over Really, it's been the business side of her Yamagata would playa piano in' an empty the place," she said. "It's all about relationships musical career that accounted for the holdup. auditorium. . and heartbreak. I liked the idea of evolution. In the meantime, Yamagata entered her Then fate stepped in - she saw a funk Because that's what relationships are. You're 30s, a theme in her new album, "Elephants fusion band called Bumpus and that was it . vulnerable. You get hurt. Relationships can flat• . .. Teeth Sinking Into Heart," a single album She became a vocalist for ''the band, wrote ten you in a way, but then you can gain your Sept. 20 Wonder Bar • NJ in two parts. songs, performed and recorded. Eventually independenCe." ASbury Park; Sept. 24 Johnny Brenda's· Philadelphia "AU the travel and extreme experiences her songs reached the ears of a rec9rd label In "Elephants," heartbreak evolves from a Sept. 25-26 Pul? • New York have been like a tornado that picks you up executive and within weeks she wils hosting personal; lush meditation to the 'Teeth" - the Joe's Oct. 1 Lakeshore Theater - Chicago and when it touches down, brings you back her first open mike. defiant rock side of the album. Oct 4 . " Chop Suey 0 Seattle, WA to life." Success came out of nowhere. Her parents "It's a different beast," said Yamagata, about Oct. 10 Cafe Du Nord ·.SanFrancisco always encouraged her artistic endeavors, 'Teeth," which she describes as the part of the Oct. 7 Coronet Theatre '0 Los Angeles An Album Delivered Unto Her but they had their typical parental concerns. album you crank up while driving with the win• "Elephants" was created in seclusion. It Then they attended her first real s~ow - at dows down . . Oct 18 Music Box at Fonda - Los Angeles was really Thoreau-esque: Yamagata retreat• Madison Square Garden opening for David Her mom compared this album tp the richness 'Elephants ... Teeth Sinking Into Heart' ed to Woodstock, New York in her family• Gray --.:.. and they felt safe in her career of being in her 30s. will be released Oct. 7. owned refuge literally on top of a mountain choice. "I love that idea though. Not that the first to get in touch with her muse. Yamagata is always asked how much her record was naIve but it was much more con~ Preorder now at: www.rachaelyamagata:com. "It's as secluded as you want it to be," said multiethnic background .has influenced her cerned with the outside influence of relation• • This is not a complete lisffng the Yonsei, who is also ofItalian and German music. She feels a strange kinship to her ships. This one is about the inner workings." . I " • • .... ______... _..ao_~ ... _.:. .. ~ .. _...... ~40_.~ ... _& .. 10 SEPT. 19-ocT. 2, 2008 SPORTS PACIFIC iii1iiI CrnZEN BASKETBALL . Stories by Associated Press Wat Misaka Broke -Basketball Ethnic Barrier SALT LAKE CITY-Waf Misaka stood out for much more than Knicks. being the shortest guy on the court when he played basketball for the But he was smprised when he was contacted two years ago by University of Utah and briefly with the New York Knicks. ' Christine Toy Johnson and her husband, Bruce, who said they want• The son of Japanese immigrants, Misaka played in an era when ed to do the documentary. almost everybody else playing the game was white and America "It's just not in his nature to really talk about it, but to a lot of pe0- was at the height of the anti-Japanese sentiment of World War II. ple it's a barrier he broke and we really recognized the importance Misaka's career is the subject of a new documentary titled of that," Christine Toy Johnson said. "He's just a humble guy, so he ''Transcending: The Wat Misaka Story," which puts his playing does shy away from attention a lot, and yet I think he is also happy career in context with the times and the tensions that anyone with that people are recognizing his accomplishment." Japanese ancestry faced in the 19408. Former college teammates in the film recounted how Misaka Although he's always happy to talk about basketball and remem• never got rattled by racial taunts and marveled at how he ignored the ber his playing days, the idea of being a racial pioneer in profession• endless variations of "Jap" that he heard whenever the team hit the al sports is a little much; road. ''This was kind of a smprise - that they'd be interested in doing Japanese Americans living on the West Coast were forced into something on an old has-been,'~ Misaka said with a modest laugh. internment camps, including one in Utah's western desert. Misaka The film premiered to a packed auditorium in Salt Lake City Sept. said he felt fortunate to be from Utah and not sent to a camp, but also 10. sympathized with the families who were kept there. Misaka, 84, hardly has the look of a former basketball star. The Misaka served two years in the Army, getting his draft notice black hair that was sharply slicked back in photos from his playing , when he returned from the 1944 NCAA championship, and was days turned white long ago. He moves slowly and deliberately with sent to Japan after the war ended. He looked Japanese, but was an no hint of the quickness that made the 5 foot -7 guard a notorious American. He sensed that fellow US. soldiers were wary of him iefensive pest with a knack for getting the ball up the court. because of his ethnicity and the Japanese wouldn't trust anyone in No matter how much he smiles and shrugs off the notion, Misaka an American uniform. made history 61 years ago, when he broke an ethnic barrier in the He returned to college, helping Utah upset Kentucky in the 1947 Basketball Association of America. A precursor to the NBA, the NIT championship when it was a bigger deal than the NCAA tour• league was all-white when the Knicks took Misaka in the first round nament. The game was played in Madison Square Garden, which of the 1947 draft and was still three years away from the debut of would be Misaka's home during his short-lived career with the the first black players. Knicks. As far as Misaka was concerned, he just looked a little different. Misaka's fame quickly faded after he returned to Utah and start• Having grown up in Utah, he was quite used to that and said he ed a career in engineering, but an old picture from his college days never thought of it as a racial milestone. caught the Johnsons' attention. When the couple started researching ''It was not a big thing. They didn't make much of it," he said. his basketball career, they were surprised at how little had been It was the same year Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn noted about what Misaka did and the significance of when he did it. Dodgers, which Misaka himself says was a larger event in history Two years later, their documentary is complete and will be shown than the two weeks he spent with the Knicks. this week in San Francisco, Sacramento ana Los Angeles. Bruce Misaka played in three games for New York, scoring a total of AP PHOTOIDOUGLAS C, PIZAC seven points, before getting cut early in the 1947-48 season. Johnson said they hope to get it on the film festival circuit and pos• Former University of Utah and New York Knicks Misaka is asked occasionally to recount his playing career, which sibly get a cable network to pick it up. basketball player Wat Misaka poses with a he said was highlighted much more by Utah's NCAA championship 'That would be our ultimate dream - to get to a larger audience banner made in his honor at his home in in 1944 and NIT title three years later than his short time with the that could learn about this story," he said .• ' Bountiful, Utah. GOLF SUMO Wie Enters Q-school for US LPGA Tour Banned Sumo Wrestler ST. LOUIS-Unable to earn her card through sponsor exemptions, Michelle Wie has entered the U.S. LPGA Tour Suing to Get Job Back qualifying school and played the first stage last week on the TOKYO-A Russian sumo wrestler banned for life by the Japan Califomia course where she first rose to fame at age 13. Sumo Association for marijuana possession is suing for back pay and Her father, B.I. Wie, had said at the US. Women's Open a return to the ring. that Wie had "no other options" but Q-school if she didn't The lawsuit was flied in the Tokyo District make enough money to finish the equivalent of 80th of the Court on behalf of the wrestler formerly known U.S. LPGA Tour money list. as Wakanoho. It seeks payment of the ''Nothing has changed since then," he said from Palm wrestler's monthly salary, qf $12,000 and to Desert, Califomia "She will go to Q-school." _have him reinstated as a sumo wrestler in the y~ Wie turned pro in 2005 and a later had at least a share association. of the lead on the back nine of three majors. Her career went The sumo association played its first-ever into a tailspin shortly after that, when she tried to play lifetime ban on an active wrestler last month through wrist injuries, withdrew from the Ginn Tribute when when the Russian, whose real name is Soslan Aleksandrovich she was on the verge of shooting 88 and facing suspension, Gagloev, was arrested on suspicion of possessing marijuana. and continued to play the occasional event on men's tours. "If you look at past punishments against other sumo wrestlers, the She has not won any tourmiment since the US. Women's ban was too harsh," said his lawyer, Makoto Miyata. Amateur Public Links in 2003 at 13. Miyata said examples include three Japanese wrestlers who were But she showed signs of getting her game back in order arrested on suspicion of beating a junior wrestler to death last year this year. Wie was one shot off the lead going into the final but were only suspended, and a wrestler in the top division who hit round of the State Farm Classic in July when she was dis• Michelle Wie, 18, didn't make enough money on the and killed a pedestrian while driving in Osaka in 2000 but was only qualified for leaving the scoring trailer before signing her LPGA tour this year so she's heading to Q-school. forced to sit out one tournament. card. That might have kept her from earning enough money Gagloev said he first appealed to the sumo association to be rein• to get a US. LPGA card, and she tied for 12th in the criticism that she has taken too many free passes. The USGA stated, but was told that was impossible. Canadian Women's Open at her final event. gave her an exemption into the US. Women's Open when "I understand that a lawsuit is not a good thing, but I'm suing so Her father. said Wie, who turns 19 on Oct. 11, will return she was 14 while teammates on her Curtis Cup team had to that I can return to sumo," he told reporters. to Stanford University after the California qualifier. Wie qualify. The 357-pound former wrestler also faces the cancelation of his 'ent through the first quarter at Stanford last autumn as she She made it through qualifying for the US. Women's work visa and expUlsion from Japan. u'ies to blend college life with professional golf, . Open this year, but took a 9 on her ninth hole of the opening The sumo association refused to comment because they had not Going through U.S. LPGA qualifying could soothe some round and shot 81, and she failed to make the cut. • examined the suit. • PACIFIC II CmZEN NATIONAL SEPT. 19-OCT. 2, 200811 PSW DINNER (Continued from page 1) irity for stancting up for an issue like redress and working together." Although she is still surprised at the success of the redress campaign, even after 20 years, she believes "Congress at that time knew it was the right thing to do." Kawahara of the San Diego JACL (fonner redress chair for her chapter and the PSW district) was honored along with 13 individuals at the Pacific Southwest District's "Heroes of Redress" annual dinner Sept. 13. The honorees were presented with awards for their hard fought efforts in helping to secure the historic leg• psw's 'REDRESS HEROES'-(top, Phil Shigekuni, San Fernando Valley Chapter; Miyo Senzaki, Pasadena Chapter; Ullian Morizono, Las Vegas islation. 1-,,: Chapter; Bruce Mori son of Meriko Mori, GLAS Chapter; Michiko Yoshimura for Dr. Junji Kumamoto, Riverside Chapter; Marleen Kawahara, A Historic Milestone San Diego Chapter; Harry Kawahara, Greater Pasadena Chapter; (bottom, 1-,,: Hitoshi Kajihara, Ventura Chapter (former nat'l JACL preSident); For honoree Harry Kawahara, 76 Kenneth Inouye, SELANOCO Chapter (former nat'l JACL president); John Saito, former PSW regional director; Carol Saito, PSWD adminis• - also a fonner chair of the PSW trative assistant; Masaji Inoshita, Arizona Chapter; Fred Hoshiyama, Venice-Culver Chapter; and Joseph Allman, Arizona Chapter. district's redress committee - the emotions and courage of those who 'This was a piece of unprecedent• internment. OOR is still observed longtime PSW board member. inducting trying to convince mem• testified at the Commission hearings ed legislation in which our nation today. "I was really surprised. I am still bers of Congress to vote for the his• in Los Angeles will always remain apologized not only to the JA com• 'That was satisfying," he said. wondering how [they] kept it a toric bill. with him. munity but truly apologized to itself 'That one event was significant secret from me," said Carol. "I "Before the redress campaign I With the passage of a bill to create for abandoning its most cherished because it kept the idea of redress in would like to thank the district for never even talked to a politician," the Commission on Wartime values during a time of crisis," said the public on an annual basis." always being so good to John' and said Marleen. "It was a wonderful Relocation and Internment of Dr. Mitch Maki, dean of the College Still, when fonner national presi• myself." , experience." -- Civilians in 1980, several hearings of Health and Human Services at dent Harry Kajihara (also one of the John was the PSW district's For many in the audience, the were held across the country where Cal State Dominquez Hills and the night's honorees) called him to let regj.onal director from 1979 to 1990, efforts of the honorees during the fonner internees drudged up painful night's emcee. him know that the redress bill was a pivotal period in which much of historic redress campaign continues memories to ensure the true stories "As such it stands as a reminder to likely to pass, he was in complete his time was spent working on the to be a living example of the power of the internment camps were heard all Americans that we need to be vig• shock. organization's redress efforts. . of grassroots activism. by the American people. ilant about protecting civil rights in "It was a complete surprise," said In addition to lobbying important 'The capstone to the success of The fonner internees "were scared times of crisis." Shigekuni, a fonner Amache Congress votes - inducting Rep. the Redress movement was the to appear before the Commission," internee. "I was in it because it was Dan Longren who was the vice relentless and untiring efforts at the said Harry (no relation to Marleen). A Day of Remembrance something I had to do. Justice had to chairman of the CWRIC at the time grassroots. While friends in "It was a very nerve racking situa• Honoree Phil Shigekuni, 74, be done. It was something I believed - at the national convention in Congress and JACL officers and tion for them. But they bravely stood recalled the difficulty he experienced in wholeheartedly yet I didn't have Gardena, Calif. in 1982 the PSW staff framed and structured the up and testified." trying to get JACL members inter• any feeling it was going to be suc• district agreed to help finance the effort, the individuals honored by the Even today, Harry - a fonner ested in the redress efforts during the cessful." JACL's redress efforts in PSW district made the effort a clas• Topaz internee and member of the early parts of the campaign. He added jokingly: "I thought, Washington, D.C. Greater Pasadena JACL chapter• sic lesson in participatory democra• "The interest was from outside 'My God, if I had known it would 'The redress efforts here were is still surprised by the campaign's cy," said Floyd Mori, JACL national JACL by and large, from younger have been successful I would have monumental," said John. success. director. people, the NCRR (Nikkei for Civil "I was pessimistic for a long worked harder. '" For many of the honorees, redress "Generations of Americans are Rights and Redress) - that was while," he said. But "I was elated by was a chance to experience grass• indebted to them for their hard work frustrating," said the San Fernando the outcome, pleased because so Grassroots Activism roots activism for the first time, and personal sacrifices .• Valley Chapter member. many odds were against us." Although most of the honorees But his frustration helped propel On Aug. 10, 1988, the historic were aware that they would be redress legislation was passed, pro• him to organize the first Day of receiving awards, the news had been viding an official apology and Remembrance on Feb. 19, 1979, a kept secret from honorees Carol $20,000 to every surviving victim of commemoration of the signing of Saito, PSW administrative assistant the internment camps. Executive Order 9066 that led to and her husband John Saito, Sr., a The' Pacific Citizen. a national publication of the JACL, is PROPOSITION 8 brunt of these same opinions when feeling, people need to start feeling currently seeking a part-time circulationlreceptionist for we were interned during World War and understancting that it's okay to (Continued from page 2) its downto~n Los Angeles office. II." like and love whomever you achieving full recognition of the civil At one time, Asian Pacific choose," said Craig Ishii, PSW The focus of the position is to maintain and update the P.C. database of rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexu• Americans were also denied equal regional director. non-member subscribers, coordinate the member mailing list als and trans gender people. marriage rights because of anti-mis• "We want Prop 8 to be defeated in with JACL headquarters, handle subscription invoicing and all Inquiries Proposition 8 contains similar and duties related to the circulation of the newspaper. cegenation laws. Until the 1967 November," said Brad. Position also requires the answering of telephones and correspondence. wording that was previously Loving v. Virginia decision when the If images of their wedcting help approved in 2000 by over.61 percent nation's highest court struck down people see the reality of two people A minimum of two years college education or bUsiness training of voters, that only a marriage the laws, people of different races who just simply love each other cel• required. Experience in circulation management and marketing between a man and a woman is valid could not legally marry. ebrating their lifelong commitment a plus. Knowledge of MAC and Microsoft Office are preferred. in California. In 1994, the JACL was only the maybe it will help change people's "That poses a question that every• Please send a cover letter and resume to: Caroline Aoyagi-Stom, second non-LGBT national organi• minds. Executive Editor, 250 E. First street, Suite 301 , Los Angeles, CA one should think hard about: What zation to support same-sex marriage. So they will continue to push their 90012 or email: [email protected]. purpose does an equal protection Today, the JACL continues to reaf• love into the spotlight if it means clause have if it only protects the firm its position from the"district and equality for all. majority? If it only protects those chapter levels. The difference is now they will be who don't need it?" said Pizer. The Pacific Southwest District is able to call each other spouses for The basis of the arguments against currently working with API-Equality life.• same-sex marriage is prejudice, fear to help maintain the equal right to and ignorance, said National JACL marry. On the Web: President Larry ada. "We bore the "Marriage is an institution not a www.georgetakei.com 12 SEPT. 19-OCT. 2,2008 NATIONAL PACIFIC IS CmZEN PARALLELS interrogate them about their immi• Sonoma County Activism 'I grew up gration status and jail them without (Continued from page 1) Supporting immigrants' rights is legal basis, according to the ACLU• nothing new for the Sonoma County under a doud of tunity, the ability to 'be all that you NC lawsuit filed on behalf of the JAC-L. Over the years, their mem• race hate, as did can be,' to have your dreams Committee for Immigrant Rights of bers have actively marched and ral• most, if not all, deferred." Sonoma County and three victims. lied in support of this very same During their Aug. 1 meeting, the Sonoma County residents issue. They worked with 'other coali• second genera• Sonoma County JACL passed a Francisco Sanchez-Lopez, Christyan tion groups to support the "Know tion japanese in , "County of Refuge" resolution to Sonato-Vega and Samuel Medel Your Rights" campaign, which pro• this country... ' ensure that all its immigrants, both Moyado were all stopped and ques• duced wallet-size cards with instruc• documented and undocumented, can tioned by sheriff's deputies about tions on what to do if stopped by law live free from discrimination. their immigration status and their enforcement officials. - Mel Nakano (filr "Lawmakers, we know, common• gang affiliations. In August, Coshnear and Mass left) of the Sonoma ly hold the power to shape the hearts "None of our plaintiffs were gang were invited to attend the JACL County jACL and minds of their constituents, in members," said Julia Harumi Mass, NCWNP meeting to talk: about the this case, generating fear and suspi• ACLU-NC staff attorney. "They county Sheriff Department's racial cion against 'aliens,''' said Nakano. were young Latino men. That does• profiling issues. Hawaii at 13 in search of a better Refuge" resolution supported unau• "Unfortunately, that process seems n't make you a gang member." "People showed a great deal of life. He eventually set his roots down thorized immigration. to be gaining momentum today, and Sonato-Vega was trying to buy a interest," said Coshnear about the in Sonoma County where he became "It has a lot to do with the dUIer• fear and suspicion appear to be cake at a Santa Rosa bakery when he meeting. "JACL members are sensi• a successful chicken farmer. It didn't ent generations and dUIerent life intensifying against another group of was stopped, searched and interro• , tive to the denial of due process and take long after Pearl Harbor for the experiences," said Cynthia, who new immigrants." gated by two deputy sheriffs last arbitrary detention." FBI to show up at the Miyano home added that although not all chapter The resolution, which calls on the July. A month later, he was arrested Many JACLers can just look to to arrest Ishitaro, said Cynthia members agree on all issues, they are Board of Supervisors to designate on his suspected immigration status the experiences of the Issei and Hayashi about her grandfather. open to the discussion. "It's impor• Sonoma County as a "County of and held at the county jail without memories of World War II for exam• Ishitaro was incarcerated in New tant to have these discussions that Refuge," was followed by a federal receiving notice of the charges ples of parallel experiences with Mexico. It would be months before determine the direction of the JACL. lawsuit filed by the American Civil against him. recent immigrants. his family found out where he was. Is it a civil rights organization? A Liberties Union of Northern Calif. "Our chief concern is to protect Michael Bryant, a Sonoma The Sonoma County JA commu• cultural organization? What is the (ACLU-NC) against the county the Constitution," said Richard County JACL member who worked nity is close-knit because of the tur• main focus?" Sheriff's Department for unlawful Coshnear, an immigration lawyer on the chapter's "Girl" oral history bulent history it shared. 'This issue hits close to home detentions and racial profiling of . and member of the Committee for project, noticed the similarities in the Growing up there, Carol Kawase for us, given our own immigrant Latin9s suspected of being undocu• Immigrant Rights. "It's about racial stories told by Nisei members of always knew the importance of a history in America," said Patty mented immigrants. profiling and using gangs and crimi• their community. strong immigrant community. Wada, NCWNP regional director. nal activities as excuses for civil "One of the things that jumped out During WWII, her father Harry "We recognize the parallels in Civil Rights Breaches rights breaches." was the correlation between what Kawase was interned at Amache and what is taking place today with Several other Northern California When local law enforcement offi• happened then and now ... the fear• her mother Betty was taken to Thle how the Issei were treated - the cities including San Francisco, cers engage in immigration enforce• mongering and racial profiling that Lake. scapegoating and misinformation Oakland and Richmond have ment, it creates a sense of fear with• overlap into immigration history," Harry rememb~rs the positive are creating that same climate of affirmed a "County of Refuge" des• in the community they are required said Bryant. "It was a clear picture things of people standing up and fear and bigotry that our grandpar• ignation, which bars local law to protect, said Mass. Many fear call• that the same things were happening supporting JAs during their time of ents lived under. We have to enforcement from using county ing for help. again." need, said Carol. "Now it's JACL's ensure that fear doesn't lead to funds to help Immigration and "It's a real safety concern for the For decades, racist laws prevented opportunity to be supportive of the same anti-immigrant legisla• Customs Enforcement (lCE) agents immigrant community and the com• the Issei from becoming U.S. citi• immigrant rights." tion and policies that targeted enforce civil immigration laws. munity at large," she added. zens and owning land. And almost But like in any other ,community Asians." • California doesn't allow local Sheriff Bill Cogbill de'nied the immediately after Japan's attack on. there is a diversity of opinion. sheriffs and police to enforce immi• allegations before seeing a copy of Pearl Harbor, FBI agents worked "Some people did not understand On the Web: gration law. But for the last three the lawsuit, according to the Santa with local law enforcement to round the point of our resolution," said www.jacl-ncwnp.org years, the Sonoma County Sheriff's Rosa Press Democrat. He was up mostly Issei men they considered Carol. Some Sonoma County chap• www.aclunc.org Department'has been working with served with the lawsuit on Sept. 4, to be threats to national security. ter members thought the -':(:ounty of. .~.$Onqrrlasheriff.org federal immigration officials to stop but did not respond to the Pacific In the early 189Os, Ishitaro Citizen s request for comment. and search people who look Latino, Miyano traveled from Hiroshima to VAMATOTRAVELBUREAU® (CST No. 1019309-10) National business and sPACIFIC TOURS FOR 2008 Professional Dire~to.., Nov. 2-8 ' ' Yamato Southern Charm with Collette Vacations· 7 days visiMg Charleston ard Beaufort, "CITIZEN Sou1Il Carolila. Savamah. Jekyll Island and 51. Simons Island. GeoIyia ard 51. Augusti1e ard Jacl

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Sun., Sept. 28-0regon Nikkei Sun., Oct. 5-Ohara School Floral will showcase her site• Endowment Annual Banquet; 5 p.m. Performance; 2 p.m.; Aratani/Japan specific artwork on the alendar reception, 5:30 p.m. dinner; America Theater, 244 S. San Pedro JA internment. Info: Multnomah Athletic Club, 1849 SW St.; $30/general admission. Tickets: www.monahiguchi.com. Salmon St.; honoring Sho Dozono www.jaccc.org or 213/680-3700. Sat., Oct. 18- National and June Arima Schumann; Through Oct. 12-Perl'onnance, WASHINGTON, D.C. Screening, "Passing $100/person. Info: info@ore• Be Like Water; David Henry Hwang Thurs., Sept. 25-National JACL Poston, An American gonnikkei.org. Theater, 120 Judge John Aiso St.; Gala Dinner, "Celebrating Story"; 4 p.m. reception, Thurs.-Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m.; play Champions of Redress"; 6 p.m. 5 p.m. screening; Univ. Northern Calforria . takes place a few years after Bruce reception, 7 p.m. dinner; Grand HAYWARD of Arizona College of Lee's death; $35/orchestra, $30/bal• Hyatt Hotel, 1000 H St. NW; honor• Sian., Sept. 21-NJAHS's Fall cony. Tickets and info: 213/625- Medicine, 550 E. Van ing Norman Mineta, John Tateishi Event, "Cultural Connections: 7000 or www.eastwestplayers.org. Buren St.; a Q&A session and Grayce Uyehara; $200/person, Global Engagement/Activism"; 11- with Ruth Okimoto and $150/non-profits, $l00/JACL mem• 4 p.m.; Mt. Eden Business Park, SAN DIEGO Sat., Nov. 15-Screening, "Daniel Mary Higashi will follow bers. Info: 2021223-1240. 25941 Industrial Blvd.; featuring the screening; tickets at dialogue, performances, food and K. Inouye: An American Story"; 1-2 the door with be $20. East exhibits; $35/person, $65/couple, p.m.; Serra Mesa-Kearny Mesa Advance tickets: Ted SALEM, Mass. children 12 and under are free. Info: Public Library, 9005 Aero Dr.; this Sat.-Sun., Sept. 27-28-Stage 415/921-5007. biographical film tells the story of the Namba, 6021571-0247 or Idols: Japanese Kabuki Theater; Sat. SACRAMENTO senator from Hawaii who is now the Cindi Harbottle, begins at 10:30 a.m., Sun. begins at Wed., Oct. 1-Northem California 3rd most senior senator in the U.S.; 48on10-8296. 2 p.m.; Peabody Essex Museum, Premium Sake Fest; 5:30-8:30 p.m.; presented by the San Diego JACL. 161 Essex St.; events feature worl<:• Sheraton Grand Sacramento, 1230 J VENTURA COUNTY HaWaii HONOLULU shops, demonstrations, art activities, St.; reservations call Judy, 9161373- Sun., Oct. 12-18th CultUre Day; 1- The 2nd Annual Idaho Kite Festival takes performances and a film discussion; 1111, ext 120 or [email protected]; 4 p.m.; Camarillo Community Through Sept. 27- place Oct. 2-5 - weather permitting. Micki some events require reservations, Center, Carmen Dr. at Burnley St.; Exhibition, "Pride & advance tickets are $55 or $60 at the Kawakami (above) flies a multi-kite train. call to inquire. Info: 978n45-9500, door (advance tickets must be pur• $7/adults, $5/students with lD., sen• Practicality: Japanese ext. 3011. c~ by Sept. 26); must be 21 years iors and children 5-17 yes. Info: Jeff Immigrant Clothing in or older. Kunisaki, 805/493-1824 or Mariko Hawaii"; gallery hours 10-4 p.m.; Nevada Ptldwest Chilcott, 805/231-1392. ALBUQUERQUE SAN FRANCISCO Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii; LAS VEGAS Sun., Sept. 28-New Mexico JACL Sat., Sept. 2O-Cleanup of the Nat'l . Arizona exhibition shows how the fIrst Oct. 14-16-2008 Manzanar High Annual Aki Matsuri Festival, AIDS Memorial Grove; 9-noon; PHOENIX Japanese immigrants weaved their School Reunion; California Hotel; "Bamboo: The Way of Living Golden Gate PalX; gloves and tools Thes. Oct. 7-ASU Asian Pacific cultural pride and identity into the events include a mixer, .slot tourna• Green"; 10-6 -p.m.; National . will be provided; lunch and refresh• American Studies 10th Anniversary fabric of Hawaii; free for JCCH ment, photos and memory books; Hispanic Cultural Center, 1701 4th ments will be provided. Info: Greg Event, "Justice Reclaimed: Japanese members, $3/non-members and res• Manzanar rangers will participate St.; featuring entertainment, food, Marutani,415/641-1697. American Redress and Civil idents, $5/non-residents. Info: with displays and presentations. arts and crafts for sale, etc. Info: Leo Oct. 8-11-An Intimate Evening Rights"; 7 p.m.; Xavier College 808/945-7633 or www.jcch.com. Info: Cherry Uyeda, 818/981-2629, Gomez, 505/291-1062 or hanaya- with Hiroshima; The Rrazz Room at Oct. 24-25-Rhythm Summit 2008; Grace Deguchi, 310/968-1666, [email protected]. . Preparatory, Virginia Piper Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason; tickets Performing Arts Center, 7th Street 8 p.rn.; Cupola Theatre, Honolulu Michi Osaki, 323/463-5143, Venice GRINNELL, Iowa start at $40. Info and tickets: Design Center, 1250 Kapi'olani area: Kats Marumoto, 310/836- Through Oct. 26-Exhibition, and Highland; John Tateishi will www.therrazzroom.com. Blvd.; featuring Kenny Endo and 3565, Gardena: Jun Okimoto, "Return of the Yellow Peril" A speak. Info: apas.clas.asu.edu. 310/372-7133, Maryknoll: Seigo Survey of the Work of Roger SAN JOSE Thes., Oct. 7-Exhibition, ''Line of Noel Okimoto with special guest, Sat., Oct. 4--Spirit of Japantown Shimomura, 1969-2004; Grinnell Exclusion" by Mona Higuchi; 5 Dean Taba; $22 in advance or $25 at oshinaga, 6261576-11%, and San " . .; Fifth and o ege, uc aurn enter or the p.m.; Xavier Co ege paratory, eman 0 ey: Victor uraoka, Jackson Streets; featuring entertain• Arts, Sixth Aven. and Park St.; 818/368-4113 .• ment, artisans, vendors and food; 7th Street and Highland; Higuchi gallery hours, Sun.-Wed. noon-5 featured entertainment includes p.m., Thu.-Sat. 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Info: Daniel · Ho and Grateful Crane' 641/269-4660. Ensemble cast members Keiko and POCATELLO, Idaho Scott. Info: Aggie Idemoto, S~ld Of~a ' Thu.-Sun., Oct. 2-5-2nd Annual W," Blue 408/268-4440. An~t;I!l ~ r=r , ,¢t~ln Idaho Kite Festival; Oct. 2 flying ' . $ ~ . will take place at the church park STOCKTON adjacent to the PortneufLibrary; kite Sat., Sept. 27-Stockton . JACL making at 2 p.m. at the library; Oct. Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser; Stockton Buddhist Church, 2820 3-5, flying field will be Tyhee School; Oct. 3, kite making with Shimizu Dr.; $7/adults, $4/children Veterans, 7 p.m., Memorial 10 and under; proceeds benefit the chapter education fund. Info: Building, 300 S. Johnson; festival 209/476-8528. will also feature a 100-kite train, fighter kite battle and a veterans' and Southern Calforria cancer memorial flies (all kite flying CERRITOS will be weather permitting). Info: Sat., Sept. 20-Hiroshima in www.idahokitefestival.com. Concert; 8 p.m.; Cerritos Center for PaciTlC Northwest the Performing Arts, 12700 Center PORTLAND Court Dr.; tickets $58, $47 or $36. Fri.-Sun., Sept. 19-21-Portland Tickets: 800/300-4345, 562/916- 8500 or www.cerritoscenter.com. Taiko Performance, Fall Concert ''In GARDENA the Footsteps of Our Ancestors" and Children's Matinee ''Little Feet, Big Sat., Oct. 11-WRA Photo Demonstration with Lane Drums!; Footsteps, Fri.-Sat. 8 p.m., Hirabayashi; 2-4 p.m.; Gardena JCI Sun. 2 p.m.; Little Feet, Sat. 2 p.m.; Veterans Hall, 1964 W. 162nd St. NewmatX Theatre, Portland Center LOS ANGELES for the Performing Arts, 1111 SW Broadway; Fall concert Sept. 25-28-ID Film Fest; all $28.75/adults, $21.75/seniors 62+ screenings 7:30 p.m.; Democracy and students; Children's matinee Forum in the National Center for the $17.75/adults, $11.75/seniors and Preservation of Democracy, 111 N. students. Tickets: 503n90-2787 or Central Ave.; focus on films that Health Plans for CqJifornia www.portlandtaiko.org. explore and celebrate identity crisis Through Jan. 11, 2009-Exhibit, in the diverse API communities; free "Oregon Nisei Baseball: The Early for JANM members, $5/each film. Years"; Oregon Nikkei Legacy Info: 213/625-0414 or JACL Members wwwJanm.org Center, 121 NW 2nd Ave.; hours: Administrator~ Tues.-Sat. 11-3 p.m. and Sun. noon- Sat.-Sun., Oct. 4-5-0hara School Call the JACL Health Benefits at 3 p.m.; $3/adrnission; exhibit honor of ' Ikebana L.A. Chapter 40th 1.800.400.6633 the 10th anniversary of the ONLC. Anniversary Exhibition; George J. Doizaki Gallery, JACCC, 244 S. San or visit www.jaclhealth.org Info: 503/224-1458 or www.ore• J~~.$I!,lo", ....~ . gonnikkei.org. Pedro St.; free. Info: 213/628-2725. ( ' :!',off"~ :'f.~:;\ •• PACIFIC iI CrnZEN OBITUARIES SEPT. 19-OCT. 2, 200815 Kubo, James K., 82, Louisville, Eric (Adrienne); 2 gc.; sister, Shoji, Adeline Mae, Aug. 21; sur• Ken., Aug. 25; WWll; Korean Dorothy Sato; and brother, Al. vived by husband, Butch; daughters, In Memoriam - 2008 Conflict and Vietnam veteran; sur• Nagai, Akira Allen, 86, Pacoima, Leslie (Steve) Johnson and Noelle; All the towns are In California except as noted. vived by step-daughters, Margaret Aug. 27; survived by wife, Hamako; son, Jeremy; 2 gc.; and sisters, Hata, Joshua "Juggo," 84, Aug. (Wayne) Poole; 5 step-gc.; 4 step• daughter, Eunice Kamimura; son, Harriette Yamaka, June Ushijima This compilation appears on a space• ggc.; sisters, Jane Aki, Annie ll11:d Georgia Tagawa. 22; WWII veteran; survived by sons, available basis at no cost. Printed obit• Ronald (Carol); and 1 gc. 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Roy and Herbert. daughter, Charlene (Curtis) in-law, Toby Higashi; 2 gc.; brothers, 25; survived by husband, Jimmy; an; survived by wife, Janice; son, Matsumoto, Emiko ''Emi,'' 82, Nakayama; and 2 gc. Frank (Yaye) and Tom; and sister, son, Daniel; and sister-in-law, Kikue Gary; daughter, Elaine Wmgren; 5 Gardena, Aug. 28; survived by hus• Lillian (Akira) Horita. Isobe. gc.; brother, Paul; and sisters, Karen Uyemori, Sumiko Darlene, 76, band, George; sons, Glenn Roliman and Nancy Roach. Camarillo, Aug. 20; survived by hus• Hiranaka, Charles Toshio, 95, Jofuku, Kaz, 81, Watsonville, (Joseghine) and Gary; daughters, band, Ray; daughters, Naomi Seattle, Wash., July 23; WWII veter• Aug. 22; survived by wife, Jane; Oye, Tetsuo, Seattle, Wash., Aug. 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G - 52 SEPT. 19-0CT. 2, 2008 JACL SCHOLARSHIP ISSUE PACIFIC ~CmzEN And T~e National Scholarship Winners'.Are ... This year $59,000 in scholarships were awarded to students from across the country.

The National JACL recently announced the recipients of its 2008 scholarship program. This year the JACL awarded 28 scholar• . ships. On behalf of National JACL, Scholarship Committee Chair David Kawamoto expressed his appreciation to the Chicago Chapter and the Central Califomia District Council for their significant assistance with the 2008 national scholarship program. Chicago Chapter volunteers were: Ron Yoshino (chair), Pat Harada, Joyce Morimoto, Lisa Sakai, Pat Yuzawa-Rubin, Ellie Olin, and George Wong. CCDC volunteers were Bobbi Hanada (chair), Ralph Kumano, and Bob Taniguchi. The JACL thanks them for their time and effort in screening the hundreds of applications. . Because of the excellent quality of all the applications submitted from throughout National JACL, narrowing the selection to the 28 recipients was very difficult. We are particularly grateful to Ellie Olin and George Wong for their expertise in judging the Creative & Performing Arts submissions. . , Also, with only limited staff assistance, all of the processing of the applications, follow-up communications with applicants and the verification process with recipients were handled by volunteers. Below is a listing of recipients along with excerpts from their winning essays. Please join the JACL in thanking these volunteers.

FRESHMAN AWARDS Henry and Chiyo Kuwahara Memorial Scholarship tory in college as well as in the Japanese language itself. I want to be able to teach my future children and grandchildren all DYLAN SHINZAKI about their unique and gifted heritage, in hopes that they will San Diego Chapter pass it on for the generations to come. I want to share my her• Princeton University itage with the world." Mechanical Engineering Kenji Kasai Memorial Scholarship "The JACL is increasingly composed of multi-racial Americans, not just Japanese CHRISTINE MCFADDEN Americans. Japanese Americans are Portland Chapter leaving traditional centers, spreading out Stanford University and integrating. And yet, on September 11th, 2001, I saw a Political Science world straight out of grandma;s stories. I saw an attack on America. I saw fear. I saw a people who happened to look like "Each new hand sends a heavy punching the enemy. While conditions change, my Japanese Americao sensation to my stomach and causes the heritage finds root here. I can honor the sacrifice and work of knot in my throat to pull tighter. As the last those who came before me by assuring that the wrongs done to hand raised and the final vote counted, I them are never repeated . I look to the Japanese American realize that my worst fear has finally been Citizens League for this." confirmed. My sophomore AP U.S. history class had just taken a mock vote in a reconstruction of the 1944 Supreme Court Mr. and Mrs. Takashi Moriuchi Scholarship case Korematsu VS. United States. My classmates, acting as student justices, had elected to support the government, repeat• ALYSSA HINCHMAN ing the previous 1944 ruling that justified and legalized Arizona Chapter Japanese American internment. Decades after the original deci• University of Arizona sion, I was shocked and betrayed to see my fellow peers sus• Veterinary Science tain such a racist ruling. As a Japanese American, I felt person• ally targeted by my class vote. That day proved to be as impor• "The best way to honor any aspect of my tant in my life as the day Fred Korematsu first spoke out against life is to first embrace it, and then work to internment. I felt family history and ancestry surge and surface share it with those around me. My up to my brain. This classroom reenactment relit the weeks of Japanese heritage is no exception. In family research I had previously done and ignited a passion fact, my heritage is what started this way of thinking - to share inside of me to raise my voice and represent my heritage, is to honor.... I know that my own knowledge of the Japanese beginning rny path towards realizing that standing for what is culture is sketchy at best. I'm a member of the JACL, and I help right was truly the best method for honoring my Asian heritage." at the Arizona Buddhist Temple, but I have a long way to go before I can consider myself a true Japanese American. I intend Patricia and Gaillshimoto Memorial Scholarship to take courses on Asian American and Japanese American his-

Congratulations Justine Dear Dylan, Kondo on winning the Congratulations on all your Nobuko R. Kodama accomplishments! You make us proud! Memo(ial Scholarship. Love from, Dad, Mom, Michael &Amy From the Spokane Our thanks to the San Diego Chapter and the Chapter )ACL National JACL Scholarship Committee PRINCETO UNIVERSITY PACIFIC iii CmZEN JACL SCHOLARSHIP ISSUE SEPT. 19-OCT. 2, 2008 53 Chicago Chapter Cornell University French 'While conditions change, "It wasn't until I started high school when I my Japanese 'American . realized what it truly meant to be of Asian heritage finds root here. ' - heritage. In the span of four years, I've grown to know the stereotypes of the "model minority", to understand the expectations that accompany my ethnicity, and as a result, I have struggles - Dylan ShInzakt (left, kick• with my personal identity. I have struggled with finding a way in ing), winner Of the Henry and which to present myself not only to friends, family and classmates, but to other Asian kids my own age as well. I have never been Chiyo Kuwahara Memorial skilled at math or science, and I'm more interested in early 90's noise music, French New Wave cinema, and underground comics Scholarship. that I find my Asian classmates to be. In addition, I never felt the same extreme parental pressure as they do: to excel in school, to value a solid education, and not to stray from the traditions of my heritage. Nevertheless, I worked hard in school and took the JEFFERY MORIMUNE humility. In the slightest movements of the wrist and head, I rec• classes that the "smart Asians" took. I did this in order to prove Eden Township Chapter ognize the power of subtlety. With each step in dance, I am one myself that I could achieve just as much - perhaps have more University of San Diego step closer to my otherwise distant Asian heritage. My under• fun doing it. Looking back, I feel that in doing so I have honored Biomedical Engineering standing of the Japanese culture expands with every movement my Asian heritage by combining traditional Asian work ethic and in every dance." highly valued education with the American high school experience "Within the diversity of the United States, that I was living - I took what I thought was best from both of my Asian heritage can take multiple forms, but Mas and Majiu Uyesugi Scholarship "worlds". can be easily lost within this society's melting pot. Thus, I have been granted the JORDAN MALDONADO Hanayagi Rokumie Memorial Cultural Scholarship wondrous opportunity to maintain and protect the rich cultural Fresno Chapter backgrounds that create the fountain of the Japanese life style. University of California, Los Angeles PHILLIP NAKAMURA In the past I regretfully failed to embrace my Japanese heritage; Undeclared Salt Lake City Chapter I continued to live an ignorant life, learning of only a few University of Utah Japanese customs such as the' tea ceremony, obon, mochitsuki "My freshman year, I learned about Architecture and Japanese Language and taiko. However, as I entered high school, I felt that it was Assembly Bill 781 authorizing all California time I finally embraced my culture and honored my Asian her• high schools to retroactively issue diplo• "Years ago, my ancestors came to America, itage; therefore I became a member of the Eden Township mas .to Japanese Americans whose edu• the land of opportunities. In order to best JACL." cation was interrupted due to forced removal from the state dur• honor these ancestors and what they did for ing WWII. I decided to COrr.l~ct a wrong by helping my 82-year• me, I try to take every opportunity to pursue Sam S. Kuwahara Memorial Scholarship old great-aunt obtain her denied high school diploma. I reviewed my dreams. When I served as a Hiroshima Youth Goodwill the 1939-1942 Fowler High yearbooks and gathered addresses Ambassador, I met with many other delegates from around the LEANNA MORINISHI for 58 of the 87 Nisei - discovering they comprised one-fourth world. Though we were connected through our heritage, we were St. Louis Chapter of the student body. Sadly 23 of the Nisei had already passed uniquely nationals of our respective countries. The discussion of Massachusetts Institute of Technology away. I sent letters and diploma applications to the 58, and 27 peace ad conflict ultimately impressed upon me the need for more Biomedical Engineering applied for the Fowler School diploma. I was very excited that international cooperation. With all the tools around me, I work to • 14 Nisei (including my great-aunt), all 78 to 82 years old, partici• one day impact the international community positively. Serving as "With the cool, flowing silk kimono just pated in the 2005 FHS graduation ceremony with 100 family a goodwill ambassador instilled within me a dream shared by barely grazing the floor through the air, I members cheering. I will never forget these grey-haired senior many people of Hiroshima and around the world. By inCOrporating am one with the culture to which lother• citizens in caps and gowns, .and the joy and excitement on their both my heritage and the American dream, I am able to pay trib• wise pay little heed. Through the dance, I faces." ute to my culture and positively influence the world around me." learn the lesser fables of ancient Japan, the customs and ideals of my ancestors. I learn the patience and discipline of the culture Mitsuyuki Yonemura Memorial Scholarship UNDERGRADUATE AWARDS in each movement, controlled and precise. The bows before and after each lesson or performance teach me the significance of LAURA YAMASAKI Henry & Chiyo Kuwahara Memorial Scholarship

~rizona Chayter congratu(ates A Sincere Thank You to: a(( of this year's scho(arshp recpients, inc(uding ~rizona's ~fyssa Mrs. Shizu Sakauye 'l-finchman. The Momoye Kawakami Family Harry K. and Tomoko Ishimoto

San lose lACL Congratu,(ations afso to Wire . Eden Township lACL ~uther for winning this year's NationallACL tJv1.in Yasui Oratorica( Comyetition in Sa(t Lake City. Sincerely, Jeffrey Morimune JIW# -~.~I ..~""'¥t'~ CONGRATS! 54 SEPT. 19-OCT. 2, 2008 JACL SQiOLARSHIP ISSUE MClFIC § allZEN welfare as a minority is equal in importance to the welfare of community. My internships at the JACL National Conventions in KATHERINE E. HIRAI other racial minorities, and we must defend each other. Haven't 2004 and 2006 have helped me relate better to my Asian her• Boise Valley Chapter Arab Americans experienced the same problems after 9/11 that itage by introducing me to current problems within the lives of University of Idaho Japanese Americans did after Pearl Harbor? Wouldn't it be a Japanese Americans today and proposing solutions for change. Psychology crime not'to stand by them? If we don't, we will surely enter a The conventions, along with the youth conventions in 2005 and new American crisis, or perhaps we already have." 2007", have also helped me meet other youth members that I can "Two years ago, our local youth chapter relate to as a YQnsei. The older and more seasoned members donated a thousand paper.cranes to the Kenji Kajiwara Memorial Scholarship are helpful mentors that offer insight as to how to take Japanese cancer ward of the local hospital. In American issues to greater American systems like the United Japanese culture, the gift of a thousand MARl MICHENER OYE States government. JACL works towards achieving goals set out paper cranes is a sign of good luck. This bright artwork brought New England Chapter by our ancestors such as acceptance, education, and involve• light and hope into the cancer ward and its patients. We help a Yale University ment. My trip to Japan over Spring Break has opened my eyes ceremony to give the gift to the hospital. During the ceremony Engli~h or Political Science to history's impact on current society and by experiencing it first• we explained the history of the thousand paper cranes and why hand, I have been inspired to be that change that can affect it was important to our heritage. The director of the hospital was "How can I, a citizen of the United States, future generations of Japanese Americans, Asian Americans, very gracious and appreciative of our gift. There was an article in best honor my Asian beritage? I might also and Americans of other cultures." the local newspaper the next day explaining the significance of ask this question in reverse: how can.!, a this gift and what it meant to the cancer ward. By conducting this woman of Asian heritage, best be a citizen Sam S. Kuwahara Memorial Scholarship project, we not only shared a part of our culture and brought joy of the United States? The two questions are inseparable for me. to those in the hospital, we were able to gain even broader expo• The week I spent in Washington as a Presidential Scholar, meet• KRISTIN T. YOSHIMURA sure through the local media." ing 141 students from around the country and persuading many Wasatch Front North Chapter of them to sign a letter against torture and civil liberties viola• University of Utah Nobuko R. Kodama Fong Memorial Scholarship tions, gave me more pride in my country and my citizenship than Mechanical Engineering I had ever felt before. Standing on the White House lawn and JUSTINE P. KONDO looking across to the Jefferson memorial, I loved what is good, "During the summer of 2007 I had an Spokane Chapter fair, and strong about the American system of government - the amazing opportunity to work with the Eastern Washington University system of.checks and balances, the emphasis on minority rights Japanese American National Museum and International Affairs as well as majority representation, and the freedoms to live and Davis School District. I was chosen to con• speak as we see fit.· duct two one-on-one interviews with elders from the Japanese "So what is our duty as Asian Americans? community. It was a very emotional and moving experience. The While we are young, we must harness any Saburo Kido Memorial Scholarship interviews were filmed and will be used to develop a Japanese youthful idealism we have to first combat American history lesson to be incorporated into the district's edu• our own ignorance and apathy before we CHRISTINA M. SHIGEMATSU cational curriculum, and as a visual exposition for the museum. take our cause to anyone else. If we are tired of being severed West Los Angeles This project gave me the chance to meet and work with some from our roots, we must educate ourselves of our history. If that University of California, Berkeley amazing individuals, and to also give something back to the means digging into the traumatizing stories of our grandparents' Communications Japanese community. I was inspired by these individuals' strong past, then that is what we must do. When the elderly have died, sense of commitment to the Japanese community and their drive we will only be left with the books at the library. I am not asking "My involvement with JACL has directly to maintain that dedication." for immediate political activism on the part of young people, but I affected my understanding of my Asian cul• am asking for us to realize that we must learn to care about our ture, while also fostering an awareness for Dr. Thomas ,T. Yatabe Memorial Scholarship cultural heritage. In addition, we must recognize the fact that our issues regarding the Japanese American , .

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Congratulations Jeffrey! Congratulations, Alyssa! We've always hadfaith,yet it's hard to believe Everything you have come to achieve. We· are so proud of 'your Your. college career has just begun - accomplishments and . A time for learning and having fUn. your choice to attend So enjoy discovering who you are; UGSD! We're sure you're destined to go far. With 10vefrom.Gram, Poppo, Mom, Rachel, t..""(l~ the Matsuuras, and the Buckwalters Mom, Dad and Kelly JAo. SOiOLARSHIP ISSUE SEPT. 19-OCT. 2. 2008 55 AMY YONEMITSU cate their heritage to other, non-Asian A'mericans. Through this Asian heritage. Unfortunately, Asians and Asian Americans con• Salinas Chapter process Asian heritage will be preserved both within the Asian tinue to be victimized by hate speech, discrimination, and preju• University of California, Davis American community and within American society at large. dice. My active involvement in the Japanese American Citizens Biology Heritage is a cultural phenomenon that must be both practiced League has played an instrumental role in the development of and expanded to create a more general awareness." skills and experience that empower me to speak in favor of "America is a country full of opportunity Asian American rights and against social injustice. Furthermore, and has become the light to numerous and Alice Yuriko Endo Memorial Scholarship my educational background in communication has given me a exotic fireflies. My grandparents were just unique und~rstanoing of the theoretical underpinnings of social a few of the millions of immigrants that SEN SUGANO movements, advocacy, and persuasion. I hope to remain an have come to this prosperous land to build a new life. Along with Venice Culver Chapter active advocate for Asian American issues as my career their belongings they brought with them their heritage and deeply University of Southern California unfolds." engraved customs. With such diversity flowing into America over Policy Management and Planning the centuries, it has formed a culture all its own and many have Abe and Esther Hagiwara been consumed by the majority's ways and end up losing their "In a community that is slowly declining, I Student Aid Award Scholarship own self identity. I am an American and I will never forget my find it especially important that I advocate Asian heritage that makes me unique and the proud person that and voice my opinions for the Japanese EMILY M. MITARAI I've grown to become." American'community. With only a few New York Chapter remaining Japantowns across the nation, it is important that we Bank Street College of Education Kyutaru & Yasuo Abiko Memorial Scholarship strive to preserve our heritage through these communities. General and Special Education Communities such as Little Tokyo have a rich history of . ELISABETH M.. LEAKE Japanese ancestry that we must save. With the recent buyouts "Leaming from the past helps my students Chicago Chapter by 3D Investments throughout Little Tokyo in Los Angeles and understand the struggles and the triumphs Yale University Japantown in San Francisco, there is a fear that there may not of great examples before us. In my reading History be a community for future generations. For this reason, I, an workshop, we study biographies of great American citizen, find it necessary to advocate and have my people such as Susan B. Anthony, Cesar Chavez, and Martin "With this concept of citizenship in mind, voice heard not only to save the community for myself, but for all Luther King. All of these individuals knew something was not fair, my first suggestion for honoring and pre• Japanese Americans. Involvement within these communities are and were relentless in their pursuit of equality. In February, I also serving Asian and Asian American heritage not limited to the local level, but on a state and national level as taught a social studies unit on Japanese American internment. In would be the most obvious, which is to well." one of the books by Eve Bunting, she talks about the pilgrimage continue to practice the customs and practices that accompany of a Japanese American family back to Manzanar. My family Asian and Asian American culture. By going through these prac• GRADUATE AWARDS went to Heart Mountain, but I felt it was important for my kids to tices, one never forgets his or her heritage, having constant know about the injustices the Japanese Americans faced during reminders and opportunities to appreciate culture. However, one Henry and Chiyo Kuwahara Memorial Scholarship World War II. I started to cry as I read about the girl who left her must go beyond an appreciation of his or her culture; while an grandfather a Boy Scout handkerchief to show she knew him as Asian American will continue to preserve his or her heritage, a LISA K. HANASONO a "true American ." We learn from the past so we can improve our sole focus on preservation within the Asian American community Hoosier Chapter own lives and not let the same injustices happen again. We will cause heritage to remain insular, important to those who Purdue leam from the past." have grown up with that heritage but incomprehensible to other ...... ~ . ' ..., Communication "Americans who have come from different backgrounds. Thus, •.. Minoru Yasui Memorial Scholarship .~. Asian Americans must strive to not only celebrate and practice . "Finally, I believe that my passion for civil -:'i~ rights and activism allows me to honpr my their own heritage, but to make a concerted effort to communi- ~ GREGORY J. TOYA rc~~ CONGRATULATIONS A V! The Hoosier JACL congratulates ~~ Usa Hanasono We are so proud ofyou. 'Best wisnes for continued: . Best ofluck at Davis. success at Georgetown l1niversity! u.c. winner of a National JACL Scholarship! From the DaytonJACL

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San Diego Chapter beliefs and ways of doing things. As I proceed through medical University of California, San Diego "I look forward to collaborating with doc• school, I am sometimes overwhelmed with the many hats doc• Educational Leadership tors, hospital personnel, and policy makers tors must wear; they must be empathetic, culturally competent, to address the inequities'in health care up-to-date with current practices in an ever-changing field, and "The kodomo no tame ni philosophy, cou• services that face our diverse community. entrepreneurs aside from the responsibilities as caregivers. pled with institutionalized racism impacted As a na'ive child, I witnessed my diabetic Thus, one cannot possibly familiarize oneself with the many my parental career paths and grounded grandmother endure preventable health types of cultures and beliefs within his/her patient population. the importance of education within the complications due to transcultural health• One can, however, learn how to determine the patient's perspec• family. Despite eaming an Associate Arts care obstacles. My grandmother, a first tive and explore the various miscommunications that may arise. I degree, institutionalized racism relegated my father to blue-collar generation Chinese immigrant, was one of the many immigrants believe this type of thinking has become second-nature to me occupations. Displaying resilience in developing business acu• who was lost in translation while seeking healthcare. Suffering because I have been culturally attuned from an early age." men, my father provided a middle class lifestyle for the family. from diabetes, her treatment required daily use of various med• This economic privilege 'allowed my parents to impart the impor• ications. Unfortunately, my grandmother consumed excessive LAW SCHOLARSHIPS tance of being the first in the family to obtain a bachelor's amounts of her prescriptions because she could not understand degree. To reinforce my familial mission, my father took me to the instructions and side effects written in English. Many individ• Grace Andow Memorial Scholarship work to reinforce my career options. After pushing the lawn mow• uals with an immigrant background seek little or no medical er, raking leaves, and other landscaping duties in the hot treatment due to fears and misconceptions of Western medicine. SHELLEY M. 001 Southem Califomia summer sun, my father reminded me that I Their fears are compounded by the language barriers and cultur• Salt Lake City Chapter could take over the family business or get an education and a al insensitivity of many health care providers. My goal is to break Chapman University nice desk job. Dedicated to my educational aspirations, my par• down the cultural barriers that prevent many from obtaining Law ents precluded other career opportunities for themselves to effective health care and a better quality of life. As an Asian insure success for my siblings and I. Parental sacrifices served American and a health administrator, I would be sensitive to the "My Asian American heritage, specifically as the impetus for my service to the AAPI community as an edu• needs of all populations, regardless of immigrant background, the work ethic, trials, and hardships faced cator." age, or socioeconomic status. I believe I possess the ability to by my grandparents also inspires me and listen, respond, and meet the needs of my patients. A Masters in has provided me with a strong desire to serve people. Railroad & Mine Workers Memorial Scholarship Health Administration will provide me with the skills and knowl• Regardless of whether I am providing legal advice to Burmese edge to giveback to my community, directly improve healthcare refugees seeking to bring their family members to the United MARGARET A. REED for all patients and to honor my Asian heritage. My goal has States, or arguing for disability benefits for my client, I am honor• Washington, D.C. Chapter been and will be dedicated to raising the quality of life for those ing my Asian heritage by giving back to those who, like the George Washington University in need. I live by the words, 'It is not what I have gained, but intemees during WWII, lack a strong voice. As a social worker History what I give that measure the worth of the life J live.'" and a future attomey: I will do my best to use my passion and story to advocate for those individuals who may not always have "I feel that the best way to honor my Asian Chiyoko and Thomas Shimazaki a strong voice to carry their own story." heritage as an American citizen is to keep Memorial Scholarship history alive in terms of past prejudices Thomas T. Hayashi Memorial Scholarship committed against Japanese Americans AYA Y. MICHAELS and all other minority groups. I am proud to be an American citi• New York Chapter ALLISON S. MILES zen, but I realize that our nation has a long and sad history of Harvard Mount Olympus Chapter - discrimination against all those who were not white, protestant, Medicine Brigham Young University and male. From Jim Crow laws to Japanese intemment there are Law parts of American history that cannot be forgotten in order to "My Asian heritage has also made me learn and grow into a better nation for all of the citizens who live more sensitive to the difficulties of social "There will always be people who feel safer within the borders. In this tumultuous time of anti-Muslim feel• integration within a society that thinks dif• with things that look alike, but I want them ings, this goal is even more important now than ever." ferently than you while preserving cultural to understand the beauty of diversity - not identity. Being culturally competent ha~ been a big theme in the the division. Law school is a forum where Reverend H. John Yamashita Harvard Medical School curriculum. We are taught that 'to people of different backgrounds can find a common interest: Memorial Scholarship understand patients who are culturally different from ourselves, it education to provide vital service to others. In law school I will is first necessary to recognize our own cultural beliefs, values, use my understanding and love of diversity to explore new KELLY E. IWANABE and behaviors as well as how our life experiences influence the options and help others in new ways. As an Asian American with Orange County Chapter way we think about health care, and how it shapes the way we a legal education, I will have the unique opportunity to give legal University of Southern California make clinical decisions.' Growing up in a multicultural environ• aid to those who would otherwise not have access to legal repre• Health Administration ment has allowed me to compare both the Asian and Western sentation. I not only represent myself, but I effectively represent Asian Americans in the industry in the way that I use my degree.

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By building a name for myself that members of my community Portland Chapter have my mother and uncle provide valuable resources regard ing will associate with high ethical, moral, and professional stan• Indiana University what my great-uncle and great-grandfather endured living in dards, I similarly build a similar name for Asian Americans as Law America during World War II. Life was not easy during that peri• lawyers and Asian Americans as people. Like those of all Asian od of history, of course, and I feel extremely privileged to be able Americans, my ancestors fought to come to America. They "I understand the importance of seeking to to live my life in America as a Japanese American citizen with fought through the War; they worked and sacrificed in order to uriderstand one's heritage because Japan the rights that I have, because of the struggles my family and provide a better life for their families. I have been a beneficiary of and Japanese culture has at times felt for• others endured ." _ their efforts, and I plan to use my legal education to build upon eign to me. As a fourth generation their legacy of honor." . Japanese American growing up in an area CREATIVE ARTS with few other Asians, I have felt at times slightly alienated from SCHOLARSHIP Mary Reiko Osaka Memorial Scholarship Asian American culture. Even people I knew and went to school with for years had just assumed I was Hispanic because of the KATHLEEN C. WILCOX demographic make up of my area. This sense of personal alien• Henry & Chiyo Kuwahara Memorial Dayton Chapter ation and frustration over others misconceptions instilled in me a Creative Arts Scholarship Georgetown University strong desire to learn about the history and culture of Japan and Law Japanese Americans." HIROKO SHONO New York Chapter "Honoring my Japanese heritage means St. John's University participating fully in American civic life - PERFORMING ARTS Fine Arts - Creative Photography voting, contributing to the community, con• SCHOLARSHIP stantly continuing my education - and "However, the photo essay Indian Circus, allowing those actions to reflect my family's origins. By studying Aiko Susanna Hiratsuka Memorial by American photo journalist Mary Ellen Japanese in college, I am hoping to be able to better communi• Performing Arts Award Scholarship Mark, made me change the way I thought cate with my family in Japan and to better understand Japanese of my potential in life, completely. When I culture. This sort of cross-cultura1 understanding will help me to LAUREL K. SHANNON saw her photographs for the very first time in a Japanese maga• interact with others in the increasingly globalized world. On a Philadelphia Chapter zine without knowing the photographer, I simply thought these more personal level, I have begun to more fully understand the University of California, Santa Cruz photographs must have been taken by a man. They were unbe• ways in which Japanese culture can be integrated into my life as Music lievably beautiful, but more important, unflinching and coura• an American. Respecting and honoring my Japanese heritage is geous. I had never believed that a woman could ever photo• more than simply being successful and saying, 'I'm part "As a citizen of the United States, the way graph such difficult subjects consistently for a long period of Japanese', and expecting that to represent the abilities of the I can best honor my Asian heritage is to time. Her achievement inspired me to be a worldwide documen• Asian community. Instead, it is a matter of integrating my her• learn about my heritage and family history, tary photographer, and influenced my journey to come to New itage into my daily life in such a way that it helps me grow as an and try to help my community as much as I York in March 2001. After nine months of internship at Mary EII~n American citizen while still maintaining elements of my Japanese can with this knowledge. As a prospective American Studies Mark's studio, I gained innumerable experiences from her. I identity. Through continued involvement in Japanese educational major at the University of California, Santa Cruz, one way I have truly hope my photographs can influence someone's life in a and cultural events, I can follow my grandmother's example of already engaged in this was through a final essay I wrote for my positive and encouraging way, as I was influenced by Mary Ellen what it means to be a truly Japanese American citizen." 'California and Californians' class. My essay consisted of a com• Mark's photographs." bined family history and research report on the internment of the National JACL provides scholarships to deserving youth members Sho 8flto Memorial Scholarship Japanese during World War II. I was fascinated throughout my each year. Be sure to check the JACL Web site (www.jac/.org) regu• studies to learn what members of my family, their friends, and larly for more information on the upcoming 2009 scholarships. JUSTIN K. OTANI other Japanese internees had to face. I was very fortunate to r---~------Congratulations Congratu{ations Mari Michener Oye and her parents, to all the 2008 Laure[ Sliannon Kenneth Oye and Willa Micheners would like to thank JACl and the family and Scholarship . 2008 Winner of the Aiko Hiratsuka friends of Mr. Kenji Kajiwara for the Memorial Scholarship for Performing Arts schorarship donated in his honor. Winners! We wisli you mucli success in *" LarryOaa your future emiea'Vors - jACL National Presiaent :Mom amiVaa, jllana, Vncfe Tommy, }f.unt :Nancy, Jennifer anaSteJanie . --

00.00 Congratulations. • • ~ ~ Congratulations to the 2008 National ~ . • • to all the scholarship recipients AND ~ applicants. Your accomplishments are ~ JACL Scholarship Winners! ~ considerable and admirable. Your ~ ~ successful efforts reflect well on you, your ~ ~ Margie Yamamoto, chair families and your community. Best wishes Justine Kondo, PNWDC ~ in. all your future endeavors. ~ Ted Namba, PSWDC Lisa Hanasono, MDC ~ ~ Kathy Ishimoto, CCDC Naomi Oren, Youth ~ DAVIC KAWAMOTO, National JACL Vice ~ Judith Aono, NCWNPDC Jeff Itami, IDC . ~ President for Planning & Development ~ ~ ~ PACIHC cmzEN EDITORIAL BOARD CAROL KAWAMOTO, National JACL ~ ~ $cholarship Committee Chair 00.00 58 SEPT. 19-OCT. 2, 2008 JAG. SCHOlARSHIP ISSUE PACIFIC II CI11ZEN

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