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$1 JO podpcM First-ever nat’L convention Low response rate from in Phiiadelphia a success JLA former internees by HBtB HORIKAWA TWo years of preparations were ffsmited in lees than five dsQU This is reminiscent of the Ilie naticmal oonventioii, my^opcal Sissypbus, vfbo la- worries redress advocates wfakfa started oo June 30 and bniously pushed the huge boul OQ Jufy 5, drew over der up a long hill only to see it .ugust 10, 1 der the settlement former m- violation of ri^ts at the hands of 550 people, moetly from the ndl down in an instant All na temees will lose their n^t to the the U.S government” said Robin West ‘'Riis may have been the tional cemvention planners prob formerN-Internees who redress if they (ail to apply to the Tbma, lead counsel for JLA for largest gathering of Japan^ ably feel similarly. have not applied lose U.S. government by August 10, mer internees. “It would be a Americans ever in Philadelphia. ^ TW Philaddphia ch^ter is 1998. tragedy if these former intaroees Fran all accounts the event by JACL standards, thus the right to U.S. apol Of the 2J264 men, women and never learn of the opportunity for was very successful in providing uired a hi^er rate of ogy and compensa children forced fium their homes, redress from the U5. govern the necessary envircnunent for a r partidpatioD to. put on in 13 Latin American countries ment until its too-late to apply.” productive convention and in The cooperation and tion and imprisoned in the UJ. dur JLAs were taken prisoner hosting all of the peof^ in the ^wdpatioD of our members Earlier this year Japanese ing WWL roughly 1^00 are be- the United States to be used as hostagesin ezdiangefor U.S. dt- many activities. M^y of the con- speak weH for the morale and Latin Americans kidnapped and Ueved'to be alive and eligible for ventioneere went out of their commitment of our members. imprisoned by the Unit^ States the redress. Sofer.justSOOa;^- xxea& held by Japan. Of those tnkpn hostage 865 JLAs were way to us of the w lOlM ANNIVERSARY OF THE CIVIL UBERTCS ACT Future bright for Rhodes Scholar A moment in time — Reagan signs BY CRAIG ISHIHARA Spedal to theCttum the Civil Liberties Act, Aug. 10,1988 Cullen M. Thniguchi is a 22- On August 10, 1988, Presi camps. Tlus action was taken year-old Yonsei from Hawaii who dent Reagan signed into without trial, without injury. It is anything but your tyincal guy. law the histdrie Ckni Liberties was based solely oo race — for Not only was he «ie of three stu Act; legislation ’ that redressed these 120,000 were Americans. dents at Occidental College in more *han 81,000 Japanese of Japanese descent California to score strai^t ”A”s Americans unjusdy placed into “\’es. the nation was then at thmtighout his four years of tm- concentration camps during war. struggling for its survival deigrad. he’s also going to go to World War 77. The following are — and It’s not for us today to medical school for free — at Har his remarks from that momen pass judgement upon those who vard. If that doesn't impress you, tous day. courtesy of the White may have made mistidces while thm maybe this will: He was one House, Office of the Press Secre engaged in that great struggle. of 32 college graduates in the na tary. “Yet we must recognize that tion to be selected as a Rhodes the internment of Japanese scholar this year. Dr. Don “ .. My fellow Americans, we Americans was just that — a Rhodes scholar Cullen TanigucN arxl his chemistry professor, mistake. For throughout the TTie Rhodes Sdiolarahip is a Deardofl.DeardoR. show off their HHawaiian shirts in their lab at Occidental College. gather here today to right a two-year sdiolarship whidi sup grave WTOTig war, Japanese Americans in the ports tuition, expenses, and room stud^t was something special. he went to coU^ in California, “More than 40 years ago. tens of thousands remamed ut and board at Oxford Umversity. In the lab where they'd worked because Hawaii is Thniguchi’s shortly after the bombing of terly loyal to the United States. “Indeed, scores of Japanese It also provides for a $22,000 toget^for two years, Thniguchi home state he had the c ^od of Pearl harbor, 120,000 persons of Americans volunteered for our budget ioT travel and other ex h^ been indispoisable. competing there instead..He opt Japanese ancestry living in the penses. “Cullen makes things h^^pen ed to run for the slot intlawaii United States were forcibly re Armed Forces — many step- *T really didn't want to go for it in the laboratory. You can give in since the selection process had moved form their homes and placed in makeshift internment SeeREAGAT«page4 at first,” TlEmiguchi said. *TTien I structions to one studoit and the See RHODES SCHOLAR/page 9 learned more about Oxford and studoit wont get any results. the process and I said to myself, You can give Cullen the same in ma)i>e I could do this. It was a structions, identical, and hell long-shot, but I just said, why make it happen. Hell make the Book Controversy: not ni give it a shot” reaction go,” Deardoff said. It was Thnigudii's chemistry With his professor’s recom professor, Dr Don DeardoS; who mendation, Thhiguchi was one of Lois-Ann Yamanaka remains fearless first suggested first he ^>iJy for two nominees O^dental select the Rhodes Sdiolarship. Deardoff ed to send off to be eligible for the BY MIKA TANNER American knew fitnn the b^d^ming thathis state-level oomp^tiai. Tliou^ Special to tbe PiKffIc CUtefi community. Others fed Author Lois-Ann Yamanaka, that Yamana- known for her raw and searing ka's strength 1- dictions of life in working-class lies in her no- Is Hawaii, finds bditelf m the mid holds-barred ensre dle of a natianaPoontroversy that writing style, Zl(X “iias critics denouncingb»as a and fiiat it is d5. *- o “ raost and supportas defianding “ridiculous” to -I §m-m an aitisfis ri^t to creative fr«e- assume tLe s* Aran wwprpiprim. author in- At issue is tbe suthor’s third tended fiie . iricr r bosk, BtaV Hanging, s butsUy character of honest portosysl of three JapaD- Uncle Paulo me AmeeioaD children on ths is- to represent AiAnrU dfooueaaaffiaracart lOi Aism , Isnd oOWkkii lAo sn b;ii«to aU Rhinos. sy duikiga isoeniiMtoLosll eon with Ihiir mslhsrti dssdh &einn(for . Ihs hook featarso s Fihiiuo moite'ow heated s-maS de- ifaa ■MBtinrinnV corent and » diamdor nsmod Undo Psolo betas and bitts editariak, the caaoBif faaard dveebon, !i whs a|ijs and mdofla duUnB, uuutiwMiy finally cuM to a nf the ' mi tsdadkakisomraWms. bead wbm atfoa of 4»otilaMara. Qitks srBhA Bs^giiw sv merican *Ttiidioe fare, than it -psipAutas nacaidn' and tba rescinded, ths 1087 fic t into queation tha ' sIsisslapssofraitindssswBOJsl tion awwd fotbaaiaaka for Stfk role of the aaanriatinn, the is «^^ Md that ^snMssksk Hanging at fiisr reeept annual gmafisation of "certain ethnic ’■ V' . uMifamw.imJune. 'nlifepral^ft- ths AatsD ed fike iwiignalinn of naarty afl' SssYAHANAKA/iiagsg PACIFIC cmzPii. Au^ iwa MO. I ley/Tri-Valley picnic, 12-5 p.m.. Dirvser commemoratif^lhe end of the Pleasant Hill Park. Details: "Lamie redress program, 6 pjn., Ibrrance Kunihifo. 925^30-926. Hilton Hotel, 21333 HawthomeBlvd., < ^ Calendar WBT VALLEY Torrance. To be honored: Harry L ^ pacific Citizen Sat. 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AUO. 7-80,1996 Cracking open Foctune4’s shell — Music label celebrates Asi^ Americans in the independent arts BY TRACY UBA can, says. younger generdaqns who mey Chicago Beader and New City. forth their own luuuey to 8p«M to the CMmm Yet, it was the largely unac- share in the mdqsendeot qjirit Although it is maitfiy college FortuDe4, modest as it is, knowled^ AA presence in mu *Fartune4~f»pn^ i its the part cf and postticdki^ aged Idds who afio^ At a time whoa frantic elec- sic vdiich first prompted the^ (youth culture] mat wants to ac- are fomfliar wim FartuDe4, IQm But this three-man coDective troDJca breakbeatB, altemative- three to odme wiUi oonoqiC knowledge that there% a yellow believes that there is somefriing clearly invests a lot more than rock peeudo crotmers and the fiir a reopnl labd. Using unity and strength without get- for a broada- APA community as ji^ finances into the projects slide stylingB of n^>, hip>lu^ and well, including older goierataons they are involved in and prov es R&B infiltrate our homes via who may feel alienated from the that it isn’t strictly about music such mainstream media moguls interests of their younger coun Kim and cohorts devote whatev as MW, Ben Kim, oo-foundCT o£ terparts. “I don’t think there's an er energy and spare time they the Chicago-based record label, uncrossable gap I don't think it's ha^ away fiom work and the la Fortune4, takes an underground impossible for them to under bel to the Asian American Show if not subvereive approadi to pro stand the music that our geuera- case, a multi-arts festival, now moting independent music and tion IS making. We would Idve for three years old, co-sponsored by the Asian American arts. theni to be interested in what Fortune4 and the Film Center at One look at the label’s moniker we’re doing, but we cant force' the School of the Art Institute of for instance, the paradox be that to happen." Chicago, which features films, lit tween fortune and the number Of course, as he further recc^- erary readings and multimedia four symbolizing death, demon nizes, “Not everyone is saying the art exhibits by local and national, strates the ironic humor with same thing. Not everyone is ad mainstream and underground. which the play on traditional su dressing their Asian Amencan- AA artists perstitions in Asian cultures is ness specifically versus explicitly, Already representatives of pop dispatched. althou^ 1 cant help but believe culture more well known on the Developing out of the “Ear of 5 that it comes throu^ [in the mu coasts have gotten exposure to the Dragon" CD compilation, sic) just because of how you grow the midwest through partidpa- which featured 19 AA and Asian up in this S9dety. It’s going to be tioD in the exhibition. The fiirst Canadian indie rock bands from reflected somehow." festiyol saw indie-cult filmmaker around t^e couh^ and was dis- Fo(tune4'6 Ben Kim (0 takes time out to relax wlh one of his partners, leconj Wth only two bands on its cur Jon Moritsu^’s feature, Tkrmi- tributeB^temationally to parts labei cchfounder and frorSman of the band Seam, Sooyoung Park (?). rent roster. Aden, a young four- nal USA, which sold out. 'Zine- of Asia, Fortune4 began in 1995 man pop outfit now based in extraordinaire and co-editor of as a collaboration among IGm, music industry contacts and re ting reaUy corny about it," Kim Washington. .D.C., and The Kg. Giant Robot, Enc Nakamura, de 34, who is by day the associate sources, Fortune4 came partly as says with a slight edge of humor. featuring Tae Won Yu, a graphic buted a short film with his cousin editor of the Illinois Entertainer, a way to combat the &ct that al- *0118 from a man who had artist and formerly the gujtanst Michael at the second. And most and musicians Sooyoung Park thou^ ”there are so many bands grown up in a predominantly for Olympaa-based Kicking Gi recently Garrett Wiuig show and William Shin of the seminal out there now with Asi,an Ameri white neighborhood and within ant, Fortune4 helped open the cased his film hundred percent band Seam. cans in them,” IQm clarifies, whose “Americanized" family door for talented yet o^erwise this year. •The harriers, which have al "there wasn’t a recognized pres there was hardly the threat of unknown musicians to find their “There was a huge pient-up de ways mainly been either cultural ence." disapproval over his ambitiously audience and their niche among mand fix>m Asian Amencan and or psydiological, are down. I More celebratory than overtly creative cbirices. It wasn't that other like-minded artists. underground film pet^le," Kim thiidr^nore younger Asian Amer pohtical, however, Fartune4’s im long ago, at age 29, that he trad “If 8 always been sort of a labor says. Indeed, it is the fibns that icans are feeling like music is a plicit goal has always been am- ed in his corporate job for music of IcTve," Kim says, humbly refer typically serve as the centerpiece viable, natural option,” iOm, a pty to reach out to and inspire a jouiualiam, aiTirp oontiibuting to ring to the fact that since its in third-generation Korean Ameri wider audience of AAs, especially such alternative weeklys as ception, he, Park, and Shm have See MUSIC/page 14 No color lines? Creating Asian America: The Accidental Asian: A controversial ^ new book on Asian American Identity An interview with Jeff Yang, publisher and founding editor of A. Magazine BY MIKA TANNER something cost-free, neutral, flu BY CAROUNEAOYAGI includes a special supplement on reasons, induding political effec- Sp«d*l to the Pacific CUiaBn id.” AA women, with informative ar- tiv«jes8. In tracing his path of assiinila- tides and interviews covering a But the problem in throwing Tb many pet^le, Eric Liu woiild tion, Liu shares that at one point PHILADELPHIA—A. Mo^- wide range of issues indudLig together various groups to form be consideied a banana—yellow in his life, he attempted to “tran zine: Inside Asian America, with welfare rdbrm and domestic vio Asian America is that the groups on the outside, v^te on the in scend” race, to downplay the “Chi- its slick layouts, pop culture com lence, feminism, and multiradal themselves are largely dissimi- side In his r^tively short life neseness* that separated him mentary, and glossy covers fea children. The issue also indudes lar. Not only does it indude time the 29 year-old author has from the rest of his peers. Stories turing well-known Asian Ameri interviews with Ming-na Wen. Americans of Japanese, Chinese. accumulated of bow he used to lament bis can celebrities, is in a domain the lead voice in Disney's recent Korean, and Filipino ancestry a list of ac- strai^t, unfashionable Chinese very few AA publications have hit Mulan, and singer/songwriter but it encompasses Vietnamese pe m p 1 i 8 h • hair, and how he did everything ever entered; they're actually Sean Lennon. A Magazine car Americans, Samoan Americans, /meats that in his power to be the “at^cal" makiiig money. ries the lighter, People magazine- and Indian Americans too. even a gener Asian, show us a humorous And, at a time when Asian ation ago glimpse'into1 Liu’s past, a past America is often left on the w^- would have that for 1many Asian Americans, side in mainstream medi^ A been oonsid- will abimrf somewhat fomihar. hfagazim, with its orculation of §red achieve- Liu stresses that in trying to as- more than 1^,000, is filling that .ments re similate, his goal. was not to nidie, bringing Asian America served exclu achieve “whiteness” or to be into the homes of Asian Ameri sively for the “white inside,” but to j^ace him cans and Asian nAnadiann oa- white upper-middle class: he self Within that «4ngn and culture tioDwide graduated fitim Yale CoB^. has of people— roost of whtxn are “With mainstream media been a speech writer for Presidait white---^riio wield authority, pow (AAs) are the ezeeptiem to the Clinton, a commentator for er, and influence in American so rule. A Magceine is the space MSNBC, a magazine finmder, ciety. Howevo; in climbing that where AAs are the rule," said and is cufraitly a student at Har soda! ladder. Liu admits that Yang, the magazine's publisher vard Law School. Tb top it off, he much of his essential “Chinese- and ftainding ^tor. The 30-year- even married a white woman. ness” .was lost, that his progres- old Harvard graduate recently Liu, in his controversial and led a woricriiop on AA pop culture wtHideriiiUy honest new SMBOOK^fMoa14 at the natwial JACL convention book. The Accidental in Philadelphia “We're not going Asian, raises timely and to r^ilace the mainstream [me Magazihe putiUhar Jeff Yang speaks wMh atlendees during the provocative questions dia],” said Yang, a second genera nationaUACL btenr^ convention In PhSadelphia. about awamilatiop, race tion Chinese Aiherican from politics and Asian Ameri Staten Island, N. Y. “Well be the type sections too, indtuting the *Ihere'k .still no definition of can idoitity tiiat will nutritional sup^dement, the vita ^eb-watching “Soeen* section,, AA that works for all of us collec without a dcMibt infiiriate min A that the need for an the “Eats” food and recipe sec tively; ” said ^feng. After only 30 scane and inspire others. emerging culturel entity.” tion. both an asbrological baro years of cooudmi history in The book, ahkh is a qal- • The perspectives, issues, and scope and a Chinese animal sys America, are still searching IwtiOD of views prenontpd in A Magazine tem horoBoepe, and a number of for that collective definition ffiatk easy-txHaad esfrys, is a ' atu written by and for AAs. More brief tidbits on the latest in AA roeaningfiil to everyone. “Iherek both a recoUeetkn and than 66 percent of tiie New York- pop culture. never going to be a hst of check- defense of liu’s own suc based xnagaane’s iriadrmliir is marks in ‘Asian Americanifees’.” cessful assinulatibn into /AA, with & mqjo^ofitssub- ^^INCE ITS INCEPnON in But the difficulty, in tiffining mainstream America. It laribere residing 'in CaKftgnia. ^^^1969 A Mafftzine has be- Asian' America isn’t reason is also a poignant dflEoing “Itb ooftomued. ft fits us because K^coaie a praninent voice for enougk to stop trying, said Ymg. to his parents, whose it it UB,” said Yang, whose maga Asian Americ^ but defining Whate inqxvtant % we have to past assured his own zine, pubhdied six times a year, Asian America itself is a difficult eng:^ all grocqs in the Ahati daim to a rich cultural ifcbeing BoU m such maiiistraam tj»A Yang readily, admits. Pacific American community.” and etimic heritage, and ' outlets as Barnes & Noble. Bor- The term AA or Asian Padfio We have to actively oeateAAc^- . to a future whm race is dm, and Tbwer Books. American was created as a coo- ture, to find that oommoi pound neither defining nor re A recent issue featuring ac vebient way to lump together a strictive, but rather ”... tress NGng'Na Wen on its cover myriad of groups for a number at See MAGAZME/page 10 PAcinc ctp «w a .« 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CIV1L4JBERTIES ACT August 10,1998 - R^gan signs 1988 Seattle convention delegiErtes receive word: historic Civil Liberties Act Reagan to sign Civil Liberties Act (Continued from page 1) “Arriving by plane tmn Wash ington,’ the arbdes be^ns, 'gen ping forward in the internment eral Joe^ W. Stilwc^ pinned ffWTTip; themselves. TTie 442nd the Distinguished Service Cross THE WHITE HOUSE Regimental Combat lham, made on Mary Miasuda in a simple cer- up aitirely of Japanese Amen- WASHINGTON emcmy on the porch of her small cans, served with immenA dis- frame shade near Thibert, Or tioction — to defend this nation, ange County. was one of the August 5, 1988 their nation. first Americans of Japanese an Tet back at home, the soldiers’ cestry to return fitan relocation families were being dsued the centers to California's farm very freedom for which so many lands' of the soldiers themselves were “Vinegar Joe’ Stilweil was laying down their lives. there that day to honor Kazuo “Congressman Norman Mine Masuda, Mary’s brother. Vhu see. Dear Mr. Ujifusa: ta. with us today, was 10 years while Mary and her parents were old when his family was in in an internment camp. Karuo terned. In the congressman’s served as staff sergeant to the I want to extend my greetings and best words, "My ou-n family was sent 442nd Regimental Combat wishes to the Japanese American Citizens first to Santa Anita Racetrack. Tfeam. In one action, Kazuo or League's 30th Biennial Convention. It We showen*d in the horse pad- dered his men back and ad has been my ho^or as President to work docks. Smie families lived in con vanced through heavy fire, haul verted stables, others in hastily ing a mortar. For 12 hours, he tn- with you to bind up and heal a wound in thrown together barracks. We gaged in a smgle-handed barrage the history of "onr beloved country.were then moved to Heart Moun of Nazi positions. Several weeks tain, Wyommg, where our enbre later at Cassmo, Kazuo staged The enactment of fi.R. 442 will close a family lived in one small room of another lone advance. TTus time, a crude tarpaper barrack ■ it cost him his Life.' sad chapter in American history in a way “Like so mainy tens of thou thatreaffirmsAmerica'scommitmentto The newspaper dip^mg notes sands of others, the members of that her two surviving brothers the preservation of liberty and justice the Mineta family lived m those were with Mary and her parents for all. conditions not for a matter of on the little porch that morning weeks or months, but for three These two brothers — like the long years, heroic Kazuo, had served in the I wish you a productive and enjoyable *^e legislation that I am gathering. United States Army. After Gener about to sign provides for a resb- al Stilweil made the award, the tution payment to each of the motion picture actress Louise Sincerely, 60,000 survivors, Japanese — AJIbritton — a Tbxas girl — told surviving Japanese Americans — how a Tbxas battalion had been of the 1^,000 who were relocat saved by the 442nd. Other show ed or detained. Yet no payment business personalities paid trib can make up for those lost years. ute — Robert Young, Will Rr^rs, 'So what is most important in Jr, and one young actor said: this bill has less to do with prop ‘Blood that has soaked into the er^ than with hcmor. For here we sands of a beach is all of cme col admit a wrong. Here we reaffirm or. America stands unique in the our oonunitment as a nation to Mr.GrantUjifusa equal justice under the law. world, the only country not founded on race, but on a way — Nendels University Plaza Td like to note that the bill Fm an ideal. Not in spite of but be about to signa Ibo pravidee funds 400Northeast45th cause ofour polyglotbackground, for members of the Aleut commu Seattle, Washington 98105 we have had all the strength in nity who were evaaiated form the world. That is the American the Aleutian and Fribilof Islands way.’ after a Japanese attack in 1942. *^e name of that young actor This action was taken for the — I hope I pronounce this right Aleut’s own' protection, but prop — was Ronald Reagan — and. ArTK>ng the mementoes in JACL ftes ot the signing Norm Mineta and Bob Matsui, took him into the offices erty was lost or damaged that yes, the ideal of liber^ and jus of H.R. 442 ten years ago this month is a letter from of conservative Republicans in Cor>gress and the has never been replaced. tice for all — that is still the President RonakJ Reagan to Grant Uffusa. statjyihty Repitolican Wtvte House itseH. “And now in dosing, I wonder American way. Commentjr>g on the biU to redress the wrong of the Ujifusa was in Seattle for the 30lh bierv^ial conven whether you’d permit me one “Thank you and God bless you. World War II imprisonment of Japarrese Americans. tion of JACL when White House aides traded him personal reminiscence — one And now, let me si^ RR. 442 — Reagan wrote: “ft has been my hor>or as President to down to his hotel in Seattle to say there would be a prompted by on old newspaper so fittingly named in the honor of work with you to bir>d up arxJ heal a wouto in the his signtog ceremony for H.R. 442. The President’s letter report sent to me by Rose Odii, a the 442nd. (The bill is signed.)' tory of our beloved cxx^try." was delivered on August 8.The next day many dele former internee. The dipping comes from the Pacific Citizen Thank you all again, and God Rewesenting JACL's Legislative Education commit gates were on the red eye to Washington to atterxl the bless you I think this is a fine tee. Ujifusa's lobbyir>g for Redress, with Senators Dan signing ceremony on Aixjust 10. and is dated December 1945. day.”fl Inouye ar»d Spark Matsunaga arto Congressmen Reagan's letter is reproduced above. ■ Staying on the road to peace requires moving beyond the past The following was reprinted by lated recc^nition that American mtermittent terrorism that have me. They use it to teach their chil land, the Middle East and Bosnia. permission of the Fort Worth Star- citizens of Japanese ancestry claimed thousands of lives while dren tolerance and a profound re When I was a youth, it was pop Tklegram Newspaper, copyright should not have been dispos repeatedly shattering the peace of spect for others’ rights. ular to speak of America as a 1998. Speaker Wright recently at sessed and incarcerated during Northern Ireland. Most Americans can only imag ■Tnelting pot." It wasn't exac^ tended the JACL biennial conven- World War H. The most difficult challenge m ine ^rtiat it’s like to be deprived of that We’re not a enrnmnn dis ' tion tn Philadelphia. Mitchell’s patient accomplish bringing closure to both sides’ de liber^ or to be presumed guilty of tillery of ores from which emerges ment in readiing a settlement be- mands for vengeful retribution, crimes against our coun^ be a single stream of sameness. We’re BYJMWRK^ tweoi Roman said Mitchell, was in getting both cause of things over which we not identical, not imperscmal cre to “move past” all the outrageous have no more control than who ations of a computer printout or a It came to me in Philadelphia history of atrocities and griev our ancestors were. But to those CDcOtie cutter. Thank God! How last we^eod that the greatest ances that can never be corrected. whoVe lived through such eiqieri- dull we'd be. achievement of any culture may Historian John Dombrow:ski of ences, the healing begins, I am On the oontTBry, we actually oel- be in to terms peaoefuUy Catholic Univeiaity said thht “the tedd, by reoognizmg that we can't dxate our diversity. We make a with its own past Tb make histo past is something that has to be diange the pabt and fay forgiving virtue of our differencea. Our ry our friend, we must learn to overcome, because it cannot be oountiy is stronger because of the avoid repeating its mistakes and pen made right” ITie hardest thing for Without this, there's never do- diffisrent oree in our amalgam, our to forgive them, since it’s too late HaU. T be peace negotiators like MitchelTiB sure. national tapest^ more beautifiil to amend them. lieve with all that each side insists on one more But equally inqxatant is the fin* threads of different oolors. Ihatfs sound doctrine for oa- my heart and soul that thae is no ounce rf revenge to redeem some mastering of hist^s lessons so y-An ability to admowledge our tions as well as iiufividuals. Parks such thing as d conflict that can't past witmg and to justify its own as to avoid repeating its errors. own inqwrfoctions and dare the surrdtmdiBg the natal shrines of be ended,” insisted the former continuing mistrust. In America, weVe been able to book on sordid chapters without our Dedaration of Ind^iendenoe Senate leader. *Tbo often," Dombrowski said, accommodate diversity within a asBuming God-li^ properties of and our Canstitutian were awash Eight political partes, leaders “the past and fear are brothers.” peaceful a«vial order mmfnfttpd vmgeance has us afloat with oddirating crowds on July of both religious factionst'and the Otie group that seems to have at lapst in prindpte, to equality. Fm glad we cqn admit we were 4th. governmentsits of Ireland and OeatCkeat mastereA thu leason is the J^»n- Oiir ancestors came from differ wrong to unprison loyal Ameri Mayor EdwardEdward RendeHRendeH pre-pre- Britain joined in the peace accord ese Americans. 'Hiat evening, I ent places, but they sou^ -the cans of Asian origin. Fm proud, seated the Philadelphia annual on Good Friday, agreeing to settie talked with many who’d eaq)eri- same things. They wanted free too, when somebody Eke Geoige Liberty Medal to former Sen. all future difierencesdifiermces by the politipoliti- enced the humiliating Uow of be dom, opportunity and equality. Mitchell, steeped in our tradition George Mitchell fen* his tireless ef cal process rather than violraee. A ing imprisoned in camps fo- three Becayse there princes have of equality in diversity, can help forts to bring peace to NorthOTi few die-hard extspmists on' both years during Wen^d War II and ei^rined in the Constitu others find the way to peace. ■ Ireland. That evening, the 70- sides are still noi^y protesting. treated as treason suspects solely tion, it is ttiffiwiU fir ny>st Ameri year-old J^ianese American Citi If that compact holds, it will because of their ances^. They've cans to identify with the de^ Jim Wright of Fort Worth, a Demo zen League held its 35th biennial mean the end of 30 years of spo come to terms with this bitter pe seated suspicions that underlie crat, is a former speaker of the US. convention nearby. It was the radic street clashes, retaliate riod of their lives without a" - andent ethnic and religious hoe- House of Representatives. You can , lOth anniversary ^Congress' be- explosions, random slayings and it to embitter them, they i tilities in places like Northern lie- write him at P.O. Bos. 1413,. Fort Worth, TX 76101.. BtfPIC Cn™*, HIF & JACL, working^ogether towards the 21st century ' At ^National Youth/Student son of ookr. Y tKan nrw raCC, and that “mixad” Hqiee and an increasing realiza I want to puUkfy adcnoirte^ Council Youth iMneheonj hdd tbd«y, osniages that were does not mean “mixed tqi.” Fewer tion tiiat we are in &ct fufi- and titank fama JAO. Natkmid dunng the triennial national eon- BT» mrmtvwi . people wonder or “What are loftiiec EKrector Ramfy fimzaki for fini venrion, June 30-July 1, the place. How numy of US are actual* yoi^ More peofde kziow a Hapa ty. In £sct, because J^mnese openti^ tile JACCb doer to $km Award was presimted to ly shocked when we see an inter when tfa^ are one. Much of the ^^me^icaos continue to ona^ry ou^ generwly and our oegauizatua in ^Ibipa laeuee FonuTL ^)eahng on racial ootqile on tdeviskm, or mystsy is~ik^npeanug. This is side of tiieir athfw conuminity at particular. Ranify underataod the behalf of HIF was board member waSdng dmni the street? Hope-' an important putt ef our miwkin recced numbers, at some point in m^Hvtanoe of enibnciDg Hapas Greg Maye^ The fbllauring ia a fulty none of us. ntafawnant rf* VTinIUttgmg Aw^ri- the 21st caitujy the typical oTvt thev multicoltuial faHiniwa rec^d of his remarks. Thirty years smoe the Loving eak rigid notion of race.” American will, in UHvas Ranty's camnutmcDt that case, tipe products of titeoe ^nar* Anotifeer step in achieving this be That p^>an and goal was oon^eted last summer. be a of Japanese Araeri- shq) that HIF now eojoye witii Issues Fcms^ I would like to speaking fer tfacaaselvos . Whoi the JACL. thankyHitomi, Nioole, and the we at I8F fin^ organised and Nahcnal Youth^tudoit CouncD started speaking for oureelvee, Loteofwurittodo for recognizing our orga there woe peoi:^ in tile JeqsBnese However, its going to take a lot with the 1998 Visicm Award. more than a few pictures in the Ihete are a lot people in the PC. to diow that Hapas are full San Francisco Bay Area and and active memboB in the JACL. Southern California that have use it Its true that to some, the TTie {RoUem is not tiiat Hapas worked endless hours to Tnake word “Hapa" had negative conno are somehow “under-repreaent- HIF what it is. tations. But that was due largi^ ed” in the JACL, the problem is to the way these peof^ used it that young peofrfe generally are HlFhiatoiy The pec^ who tiwu^t [tiiati under-represented. Hapa Issues Forum was found “Hapa” was a derogatory term JACL membership data for ed in 1992 by a small group of stu had an underlyingspnhkzn with 1997 showed that the JACL had dents to provide a voice for people the concept of a bi-Wial or mul 112 chapters with approximately of partial Japanese anc^tiy. We tiracial Japanese A^tericpiL 26,000 membos. Do you know met in a Japanese American his “Hapa* was a word that I grew how many studentfyouth mem tory class at UC Berkeley at a up with. It wasn’t dero^tory, it bers there were? 730. Tliafs 2.8 time when Urere was little discus was simply descriptiveiMy par perc^ cf the entire organization. sion ab^Hapds. Most of the dis- ents told me it just meant Forty-three chapters had less cussioiTmat did occur was mostly “mixed." Many other Hapas I than 10 student members. TWen- n^ative and made by non-Ha- know grew up with the same un Greg Mayeda accepts the Vision Award at the YouttvStudent Counci Ur>- ty-two chapters had NO student pas. derstanding a( the word. cheon du^ the recent JACL national convenboa Also pictured are Oeirdre members. TTiafs 65 total chap lb many, Hapas represented For the most part, the d^te klK^^ Shela Chung (second from left) ot HIF and national ters with less than 10 student the “end of the community." The over the word “Hapa” has ended board membefs Nicote Inouye (second from right) and Hiromi Ueha. members. TTie San Frandsco and only “out marriages" were Sansei (although I still think the PoeiftC Honolulu diapters led all others women marrying white men, and Citizen should oonsist^tly capi HIF, and a number of multiradaJ cans with red hair, freckles, dark with the highest amount of stu- that “mixed” ki(h must inherent' talize it, just as they do Is^ Ni organizations, built a coalition complexions, and names like dentfyouth members. They each ly be “mixed up." From our collec sei, Sanaa, and Yonsei). With tins with the NAACP and the JACL to Smith, Jones, and Fiores — not to had 44 student members in 1997. tive experiences, we knew these mini controversy behind us, we support a “check all that ap{Jy" maition the foct that their grand- Where is everybody? What are were sweeping generalizations spent our time focusing on more fonnat foT'tbe race question oa kids will be a whole lot taller than tb^ doing? Of the 730 student and simply was not the case. UI^)ortant issues. the census. (National Director their grandparents. members, 576 were in California. The bigg^ source of these Heit Yamanifihi and DC Repre With any luck, these Hapas You don't have to be a math types of misconceptioDS was tire sentative Bob Sakaniwa played and their inqDcracial cousins will to figure out that the JACL is go absence of a voke representing a Thanks largely to the work of in^xrtant roles in this.) For the be active participaDts in JACL ing to be in big trouble m the 21st “Hapa perspective. ” Sheila Chung and the other peo time in history, Hapas and and other community events. century if it does not take nuyor Many of us are part of a ti- ple in our UC Berkley chapter, otfaff multiracial people will be Every time you opoj the Pae^ radal* baby boom that took place there is a heightened sense of able to answCT the race question CUizen there is a greater visibility ly recruit and retain & at the end of the 1960s. Until awareness and understandiiig of tiuthhilfy nrwt accurately. In ofHapas. Whether it is Mika Ten I bqpe the Youth Council will 1967, when the Siyeme Court hgmg “mired.” This is a major year 2000 we will g^ a dear pic ner’s column or someone receiv urge oatiqDal board and staff struck down anti-miscegenatiflo breakthrough. Simply by oiir ture (ri the tiue diversity of our ing a scholarship, there are more jto take a serious look at where laws in the historic case Loving v. presence and programs, more and countiy. and more Hape &ces popping up. the JACL is headed. They should Virgima, it was illegal in 16 states more people understand that it is Ibday, in the JACL, there is a for a white persan to many a per possible to identify with more mu Philadelphia convention draws JACLers from across the country Redress advocates encourage JLAs (Continued from page 1) regarding its shifting demo speoal reception. (JACL) group was the most to file applications graphics and the resulting The Awards Luncheon was pleasant that they had ever change in the cultural idoitifica- highlighted 1^ a tribute to CHoin saved, people were congenial and polite. The undemanding The convention dte was the tion its younger members. This Roberts, who as a member of (Continued from page 1) Sheraton Society Hill, located in parallels the concerns of JAs in Congressman Mineta's staff nature of the assembly was ap the heart ofhisti^ Fbiladdphia. whidi more than 60 percent of play^ a oritical role in the pas- preciated. All of thin may have a The hotel was in waDdng dis stnxig link with the ways in Advocates for JLAs fear that tance of Ind^ioideiice HaU, lib which we were reared to hold- news of the settlemoit foiled to erty Bell, Bet^ Roes’ House, and I bade, i.eV, enryo or gaman and to reach former internees who may the site of Beqjan^ Franklin’s I be fdeasant under the most try have returned to their countries home, to name a few. The ing drcumstances. cf origin in Bolivia, Costa Rica, keynote speaker. Acting Assis Columbia, DcHninican Republic, tant Attora^ Genera] of CSvfl The ccaventioo committee in- Ecuador, El Salvador, Ri^ts Bill Lann Lee, spdre at duded many members, some Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras,- the national ooundl session m fitxn the £E>C and other chap Mexi(», Nicaragua, Panama, which was made t^ien to the gepr ters, but most were from the Peru. Former internees may also eral public. His preoentation in- Philadelphia chapter. These in- have relocated to the following dud^ the history of Japanese duded: Tbshi Abe, Nani^ Hall, countries and not received word: Americans, what th^ accom Mmoru Endo, Nancy Fukuya Argentina, Brazil, the Philip plished (p^culariy r^arding ma, Jdin and Sets Fuyuume, pines. Paraguay, Spain, Uruguay. the CivU Liberties Act of 1988) Reiko and Gus Caspar, Buiyi Venezuela. and the i^i^t of Asian Ameri and Eiko and Craig Ikeda, cans and other minorities in George Ikeda, Don and Tbrri Ka- “When Japanese Americans America. jioka. James Kawano, Shigeko were granted redress by the U.S. The convention featured a Kawano, Sumiko Kobayashi, Govenunent tbQ' were givoi 10 Homecoming Luncheon, an it jChiyo Kotwai, Thm and Janet years to s^y and the Depa^ evoit to wbidi all were invited .' Kometani, Dean Kujubu, Tbresa ment of Justice made substantial but had particular significanoe to Maebori, Maebara, efforts to loc^ fimner in those one time made their TVlnMAi and Yuri Mcriudii, Tto ternees.” Said Grace Shimizu, a homes in Philadeljfoia. The Nakayama, Hiro and Sumi repreeentative of Campaign for ninfroourse Chinese meal' was Natkinal convention attendeM enioy the music Of the Mummers. Nishikawa, Lilly CHoira, Leslie Justice — Redress Now fin* eryoyed by aO who attended. The Siimabukuro, Ibm, BAarum, Japanese Latin Amerkans! “Our welocnne mixer featured Dwi^t, and Pat Thmaki, ^Tun peo|4e ai€' scattered weridwide Fhilad^phia‘)hnk food,” namely tiie marriages are with nen-JAs. sage of HR 442. The ma^ of *n>nigiirhi, Paul Uyshara, Lillian and have had two months to “boogies,* (dieese ste^ and The ocDventicn coindded #ith Ihiladftlphia made a brief visit to finrara, Amy Matsumoto, Tbu- leara of the eettioaent and to ap Thstyl^Ibkes. ” The evening fea- two exhiUticns at the Bakfa In welcome the conventioo to neo and June Fipita. George and ply.” tuzed____ tiiet appearance of “Ben stitute, a museum which speasd-^ Philadelphia. He took time to RuthOgudii. Helen Honda, Mi- JLA former internees who foil Franklin* and a program by jxM in the Amoican immigrant mention the seoet to the city's iko, H^, Joyce, and Knxm to offiy to the US. Government pnmo of the Ruladdphia Mum- 'experience; The Mieth/Hagel *^onk” food, particularly .the Horikawa, Richaitl and Emi •by August 10 will lose their zners. EvayooeTOoehadtheop had tiie opportu photographic ezfaibit and paint dieese steak sandwidL His Hcrikawa, Bettie Hunt, Peter to tiie apedogy compensatiao nity to learn the Mummer'astrut ings by Roger Shimotnura which re^K is availaUe upon request Igarashi, fOyo Morhicfai, Irene under the srttleroent and will The convention placed anpha- were inqiared by the diaiy en . The convention inchided the May, Stanley and Yoehi Naga- possibly be barred from suii^ in- sis on the Youth Program. Most tries of the artisfs grandmother- traditional Oratmical Contest, hwfoi. Roy and 'Hirako Nakata, dep^ehtly. More information is gratifying was the record turnout The convention was able'to re- woricdiops, tours, and the Say- Rodger and Jane Nogaki, Chiz available ufx>n request from onora Banquet/Ball. The boM Sakata, Itsumi Sepidi, Michi rj»mpai£mfor Justiceat 3KV473- Cm* the Youth Luncheon, at whkh Bove a time when the conven Rabbi Rettig spoke of the con tioneers would be able to see the staff ooounented on a number of Thsl\pan, andMaiy\vYee.B 6134.il cerns the Jewish community has exhibit and meet the artist at a occasions that they felt tiiat this PACIFIC crrasw, ADO- wag JACL’s biennial budgets for 1998,1999-2000, and Programs Japanese American Citizens League JACL 1999-2000 Biennial Budget Japanese American Citizens League Proposed 1998 Budget 1999 2000 IQIAL Bemm Membership Dues $ 1.050.400 ^ $ 1.008.150 $ 2.058.550 Membership Revenue $906,201General Support 88,937 84.778 173.715 Donations 35,336Investment Income 474,700 474,700 949/400 investment Income 20A.9S5 Pacific Citizen 100.000 180,000 360.000 PC Revenues 145,911 109,454 218,196 407.650 Book Sales 10,573Grants 208,540 ‘ 430,542 639,090 Grants 76,926Fund Raising 136.800 Fund Raieing Revenues 56,343Fees & Registration 16,000 153,600 Fees & Registration 40,000Other 59,524 83.977 143.501 Other Revenue 90,634 Total Revenue Total Revenues $ 2.260.363 $ 2,617.143 $ 4.885,506 Personnel Costs $873,447 Prpqfam Costs; ContrackServIces 76.340 Avvards 1,600 Public Affairs/General Operations S 707,545 $ 978.835 $ 1.686.380 Dues, Subscription, Periodicals 1.437 100,437 191.752 372.189 Equip. Purch/Rental/Maim 14,934Membership Postage & Delivery 55,826Pacific Citizen 452,012 452.012 904.024 Printing & Copying 61.066Leadership 166.567 145.503 312.069 Office Supplies 21.787Fundraising 170.020 235.412 405.431 ^ Telephone 28,000Education 494,902 516.748 1.011.651 Books & Publications 6,723 EndoiATiients 96.882 96,662 193,764 Meetings & Conferences 50,599 Registration & Fees 430 Total Program Costs $ 2.268,364 $ 2,617,144 $ 4,685.508 Travel Expenses 40,480 National Board Activities 33.523 PC-Advertising 1,023 Refunds 1,611 PC-Editorials 1,334 Total Revenue Sources Total Program Cortg PC-Composition/Press work 45,124 PC-Circulation & Mailing 75,365 Maintenance 13,496 Occupancy 71.000 Utinties 12,534 Contributions 6,000 Insurance 29.487 Direct Progreim Cost 30.000 Personnel Recruitment Cost 1.481 Miscellaneous 14.341 Total Expendhures Japanese American Citizens League JACL 1999-2000 Biennial Budget Summary Listing of Programs Program Expenses General Operations $ 412444 $ 439.364 Resolutiortt 3,760 6.875 Public Affairs/General tract membere. The half grams. JACL has also Emergency Resolutions 31.200 Operations time data processing staff been admitted to the Com Community Relations 172.047 162.726 The pn^^am reflects the for the program would bined Federal Campaim. Legacy Grants 27.345 27.345 core operations of the switch to full-time as the a program of charitable 10.749 265.622 JACL including Chapter Voter Registration internal accounting and contributions through pay- 6.630 and District Council assis membership system are Affirmative Action 50,000 50.053 roU deductiem for federal tance and stafi^ com mergedinto one. This will employees. $ 707,545 $ 978.835 munity outreach, response allow inoeasing ncm ex to community ne^, infor empt time to manageoth S 180,07 S 191.752 Education mation and referral, grant er mtemal clerical duties The prt^am consoli making to Chapters, the currently not being han dates a nundjer of existing Biennial Coivention, K- dled. activities into the largest District and TW-District t *52.012 $ 452.012 free-standing program cat- meetings, and general ad ^[ory for JACL. Over ministration. It also in Nstkxiaf YoutWSfuOent Conference 44.354 The program reflects the $173,000 of the funding for t 9.304 cludes response to public commitznait of JACL to Natkxnaf Youth/Student Cound 62.495 75.481 this program is expected to affairs issues including leadership development. DC Leadership Conference 36278 36.276 come from grants. The hate crimes, afSnnative JACLoperates four differ- Masaoka Fetowship Fund 23.440 24.440 newest educational prqi^ action, voter registration, mt pregeuts that empha is Redress History. The $ 145.503 immigratioDissues, glass Pundraisino size le^ership develop- Tteacher TVabii^ projects ceiling amceros, etc. ex ment: 1.) youtti develop under the NISS baimer Planned Giving S 101.320 S 94.820 penses rise in 2000 be ment; 2.) Washington, will be funded largely Annual Giving 44.737 46237 cause ofthe Biennial Con Corporate Partnership D.C., Leadership Confer through grants. A staff 63,140 vention, and the voter reg 7,136 ence; the JACL Biennial per^ will be added to co istration pH^rams are Convention; and the Combnad Federal Campaign 24,079 ordinate the education m BA in Eng L^al Outreach volunteer. He is membership frxr , service during lish. Both are ..also a board member of the their senior year. The Mortar frnm the Los ^cramento VallQr Rjce Festival Board Fellowship Progfkm, ips Angeles area. and the Aquarium CcHnmittee which be^ in 1941 and has ex- The in and a Boy Sanit counselor. pwded since the establishment terns will be Uno replaces Ma6 Tbkabashi of the foundation in 1954, has reporting, as chair. The PC. staff wi&es to over tiiose years ovrarded ^ow- writing, do pTprpftw their sincere thanka for sh4» to 309 graduate students. ing research, her foithful dedication to the pa An additional 15 fdlowships of and variouB per and enotniragement of the $lp500- each are being given this yy« Los Angelas & Auxlla/y Scholarehip RedpiaMs: AndrwurMasahlro production staff during her years of service year following the review of over Kira AIdko Sakamoto, Jason Darek Shimizu, ECssa Anna duties.! Tracy UlM on the boarcL ■ 125 appIicaticHis. ■ Nankawa, and Kenji Michaal Yamasaki. • PACIFIC CmZEN. AUG. 7-20.1998 Rhodes scholar Cullerr Tahigucht looks forward to life at Oxford (Continued from page 1) tion board that ngV"" to mnVa it an order to devdop drugs that were make it really aocessiUe to every Ibnigiichi HaH hp«w fhnaan to gO even ei|^tt<4nanber board. Tbe flee of side e^cts-Os ability to one who didn't really understand traditioDaIfy been nmdimare dif- on to tike regional competition. board member from Hawaii, articulate tb«> building the nribnument A cullnaiy legacy yTS been a ^idiile ainoe weVe eid tpr Jspamese Ameri- hopchopcbopchopchopo can't or do not have the patience thus we eat take-out, stock our I read wtnA ahnttt. Natiooai. B debate thu travail, the boo- hopdaq>diop .... I watch to make myself^ I cheat and go to kitchens with fiuzen dinners and^ 1 Jnpnnrnr AmeikaD Menxvial iam. of Nisei soidiere and the as my mother cuts a cu Japaneae restauranWin my TVader-Joe's, and take our to be erected in Washington, D.C. impact they had on public cumber into paper-thin slices, dothes to the dry deanos to be The last &e public beard, fund the findings die CoamaBBioo on the kwife moving so quickly that, This fewneai or ineptnees cm alter^. It’s no surprtae that raising ($8.6 millioo) was to be Wartime and Intetn- even after all these years, I am my part h«a begun to bothv me, many'^O^w cannot rqibcate the completed fay Deoembo* of 1996. mmt of Civiliana, the aigniag of struck with awe. It is sudi a dis- though. I am fully aware that by debdous^diAea that we loved as llie money is coming in — about the Redress ball and FteSat play artistry that I let ber fin- not carrying on my mothei^e culi children; fir better or for weree, $3 million to date—butnotasfiut Reagan's admi—ym o( wartime ^ task^ although mayte I nary lega^ I HTTi forsaking an our ri^ in aodety has changed as it should. wrongdoing,- and the should be offering to b^p. I let impotant part cf npr Japanese drastically in a relativdy sl^ Meazmfaile, a lot (rf* other things that nc^hing like the evacuation's the maestro perform, hs(^ to herita^. My kids will not grow period erf*time. are going rm Rnilding a monu viidatiOO of civfl rightw shall hap. sit back and e^jqy the show^ up with special memories of Even 80, it would be a shame ment in Washington, D.C., isn't p« again. Like many Japanese and ozoni and osechi ryori oa New to let the rich tradition our moth just a matter oT collecting enou^ You could tdl this story in 14 Japanese American womor of Year’s (unless I buy everything of ers and grandmothers shared cash to pile up and carve, some words: "Japanese Americans had a her age and generation, my course). Th^ will not Imow the with us fell by the wayside and marUe. Ihe general desim con roi^ time. Ihey stuck it out motho- poeBosses a certain ge happiness of eating feeahly made disappear. I think about all the cept has-to be passed on five are better now.” But our nius in the kitchen. It is her do oha^ (bean paste treats with potlu^ I have been to where federal review agenoes with these hist^, which is what the memor main, and in it she moves with sti(^ rice in center) or home the Nisei women load the tables fbrmidaUe names: U.S. Commis ial is all about, is complex and the authority and grace known made tsukemono. They will only with all scats of painstakingly sion of Fine Arts, Naticsial Park needs y* pl«iwing to "taha it mean* only to the extremely competent have sukiyaJu or c/iazixxn/nus/u' created debcades. How sad if Service, National (Capital Memori ingfuLl It isn't easy to do that in a In the kitchoi she seems to tow (savory egg custard) in a restau none of us younga folks (this in- al Ommission, District of Colum few parkgnqihs. er over me. de^te the feet that I rant And when I think of this, I dudes men!) ever learned to bia Historic Preservation Review Wthin Um Board itself there am at least 4 inches taller than make these dishes ourselves! Board, and National Coital Plan- has been jsjmng disagreement she is. - ones I have of these dishes being Even with all the work being un- ' ning (^mmission. The august about uhai is. appre^mate for the Since moving to Los Angeles part of my daily life, beingiov- dertakoi to preserve history and mdmbers of all five have approved inacriptiem, aad vdiat should or 11 years ago, I do not g^ to wit in^y prepared by mother, are culture by collecting artifacts or the general design submitted on should not be included fer political, ness her skill on a daily basis, some of the sweet^ mcHnents of by holding academic and com behalf of the Japanese American ideological or other reasons. Ihe but ingtAAH look forward to when my childhood. I want to add that munity conferences and discus Memorial Board by the architec inscription is now in its tenth I^ home for holidays and occa the importance of these memo sions, I believe that preserving tural firm of Davis Buddey. draft sional weekends. Al^t a week ries cannot be underestimated, your past starts within your own Now the board must wrestle There was also the matWofthe in advance^ she asks me what I as they are often the ANY diaptere face &e enamored with one individual meeting!). Are you in the cball^ige of atttacting^ who speke his mind fiequently As she had an early flight back younger members to and elocpiently. the next day, she excu^ her for a new bank? jam. I would to recount a sto Here was scuneone who was self satiafied that she had made ry that may pique ttie interest of passionate about issues and an initial tyipte***'. but unSUre Of sudi mendiers, particularly if comfortable addressing large au what to do next they are an^eO). diences. A rare person indeed. Bdbre go^ to sleep, she de It was her first time attending She aet about determined to cided to write him a quick note a national convoitioD. Sie knew meet him. and endoae a business card, as only a few JACJLers, so she real As luck would have it, she ran suring herself that, at a mini ly mdnt know what to eiqiect into one cf her childhood fiiends mum, be would know how- to Would strangers be wdcome? from her hometown. She re reach her if he was so indined. Would she be sufficiently in- membered her friaxl cnly as a She left the note f(X- him upon fixmed to be able to follow ffie is kid. And now, this kid had dw^fjring out of the convention Union sues? Is the book she packed grown into a hi|^y regarded hotid. Bank of entertaining enou^ in case she member of the natio^ boai^ A couple of w§eks latei; she re does not make any fiiends? (This illustratee that wherev ceived in the mail a r^y to ho' C A U F O R N I A She traveled halfway across er you go in the Japanese com note. What began that night in the country, preoccupiedhy such munity, you will inevitably run Salt Lake City was a two-year ejueations. into BfmRane who you have met courtship that resulted in mar Much to her surprise, what previously, knows your parents, riage. ■ We are Cairfomia’s thir^i largest bank, with over 240 she found over the course of the or is a rdative!) If you haven't already The childhood tfeiend hap- guessed,the stoiy is about how branches conveniently located throughout the state. focff-day evoit was demcxracy in action. Following Robert’s Rules p^ed to etddy a dose friendship I, like many othoa, met my . • Were a member of The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsybishi Group of Order, the national council with the person in question. Af spouse throui^ the JACL. Par- atkwing us to serve your banking needs in the Pacific Rim worked throu^ an ambitious ter confirming his marital status 'tidpation in the organization agendain an efficient and order (sin^e), she employed her generallyrefiects ahai^ relues, 9 and Far East. ly way. friend's in arranging to namdy a desire to strmgthen ■ Also, youll find the Union Bank of California has friendly, Moreover, according to the meet him. This did not occur un and improve opr community and knowledgeable staff who will appreciate your business. | dominant stereotype, Japanese til the very last evoiing of the to vigCRuualy prefect dvil ri^ts. Americans were supposed to be convention — at an informal Thus, the JACL is a good place to find hke-minded pd^e and Come by snyJJnjon Bank Of Cjltforro# branch teday. Instead, she encountered ex- j (dayed a large in even love, if you’re lucky!lui ■. tremelv well-spol^ and wdl-in- shepberding impevtant issues forroed convoition delentes thrnnghmrt the cmvention, he EmiyMuraseisinieraetadinhear- who did not hedtate to diaUenge was cooQpletefy ochausted. He . ing agter stories about ooigilas mAo each other on a variety of tou^ politdy listened while she intro met throu^ the JACL She can be issues, from draft reeisters to duced herself (later it would be reached at emurasePstantofdedu. * ll's Oitrercai Hen;. revealed that he; remembered 01998 Emily Muraae emuo(Toky»«MubtfiiGroup gay marriage. She found hersdf particularly next to nothing about this feteful PACIFIC cmaw. auo . T-ao. w VwylMyVbus The Nkkei View By Hany K. Honda By Gil Asakowa ‘See you in MQnteiey The bridge to the 21 St century in1heYear200D‘ crosses a generation gap T AM a Sansei, or third-gmer- Warn. forts. Older members passion TTje organization and deter ately argued that many of the PHILADELPHIA—Here was a CONVENTION CRACKLE— ''■■''’“4 Japanese American. JTMy father was bom in mined JA l^islators like then- petmle behind redress were el^. nataonal JACL convention geared, l«)TA>lmac Buqji Tkadn^ a taarvngPT congressman Norm Mmeta and dei^ and their stories would be fcH- both the official business types growing up in Seabrodt many Hawaii and that made him Ni sei, or second groeratioo. My current (vmgrRwtmftn ^5b Mat- lost unless nwmey was spent to and old-tzmers who gather under decades ago, breeiily spelled out sui, were responsible for the pas the pull Nikkei nostalgia. Ibcl- those days to a busload on a pae- mother is an-lssei or first gener- record them soon. (Hers and stroUeis were alM n^o> conveeftion tour of South Jersey ation, bom in Japan. sage of the (3ivil liberties Art of In the end, the redress history tiating the hotel corhdors. For a ootintzy. As we passed by Parvin You cant tell Fm a Sansei from 1988, authorizing the payment was preserved but the young change, 1 was just a pure booster State Park, "we learned how to looking at me — Fli always ap of redress funds. sters had made their point — from the Downtown LA. chapter. swim there because we couldn't get pear Akian. But redress itself becorrtes his and clearly, they would speak There was one exc^tm. a brief af into the swimming pods,” be re Still, I recently realized there tory itself this year The law sun louder and stake even more of a ternoon presentation where Very called, glanang at the park's lake is a growing gap between my sets in August claim at the next oonventiem in TVuly Youre tendered a half-vw parents’ generation and mine. For the Sazisei members of the 2000 at Monterey. Calif. summary of interest-absorbing Surro by walls studded Last wedt in Riiladelphia at JA(X, the end of redress is a But the elders had the final weak wi^ the Archives of the Pa with historic pictiires and cokriul the 35th biennial convention of turning point — time after time say this year, at the four-hour- cific Citizen. memofsldia at the Seabirxik Edu the JACL, the organization at the convention, young ac long speechfest titled the Say- But we’re pitching now fiir more cational Cultural Ceobecy stol- formed in 1929 to advocate for tivists came to the microphone onara Ball on the 4th of July. JACL boosters to make wartB Ellen Nakamu the civil ri^ts of people of and made passiemate pitches for The night was a virtual memo it to the nexk national ra and John Puyuume ancestry,ry, the Sansei resolutions asking for support to rial to the fading memories of in J^ACL conventian. It’s vividly recalled some generation b^an to take the fight for anti-discrimination leg ternment and the recent glory of being held the same Nikkei history that reins of the JACl- and steer it islation in states iniduding Cali the redress campaign. week as Philadelphia's, was aptly depicted into the 21st century. fornia and Washington, with the The best — and for me, the starting around the Bob Haeuike's diora- The defining moment of the ominous warning that these most moving — speech of the last Sunday in June in convention came duringthe first . laws are coining to others states, convention came frnrh former the year 2000. The next iV - ^uJ 'While a hundr^ day of speeches, before the hun . including Colorado, in the next Speaker of the House Jim . convention hosts have /people feasted at a two years. A del^ation ^.from Wright, a Paafic War veteran already contracted Chinatown luncheon dreds of assembled delegates be gan the sometimes tedious Hawaii asked for a national who backed the Art. He admitted with the DoubleTVee for the Homecoming show of support for efforts to Hotel in Monterey, Reunion of Philadel process of voting for resolutions, that even when he was flying budgets and constitutional strengthen ethnic studies pro missions against the Japanese, Calif., at the same rate phians, Rdko N. Gas- grams at the university level, as the Sheraton Socie^ par regaled a vanfril of amendments. he knew the internment of Hill's, so we were told. us with commentary -As an informal way to judge and to state unequivocally that Americans of Japanese ancestry’ As starters, two well- on the Pennsylvania the demographics of the dele young gay and lesbian students was wrong, and he was glad that known venues have Dutch tAmish - Men- gates, a speaker asked the Issei should be free of the fear of vio the redress legislation had been been mentioD^ for the , nonite) countryside.... to stand. A handful of elders rose. lence in schools. drafted. Even this country must 36th biennial:-the Mon Aoylic paintingR by Next, the speaker asked the Ni TTiese resolutions passed with be on guard, he said, from hyste terey Aquarium for the Roger Shimomura, sei, and a larger group stood up. out much argument Longtime ria and fear. mixer, and the golf ^ ^ based on his grand When the Sansei were call^, members from Daiver who sat Then, he looked out over the tournament at Pebble 'BunjI Ikeda mother's diaries while a full 75 percent of attendees — in the back as alternate dele crowd and urged Americans to Beadi. A nearby at- interned at FHiyallup mostly of the baby-boomer gen gates approvin^y observed after celebrate diversity, and celebrate tractioD is tiie new John Steinbeck and Minidoka, were a stunning eration (like me) or younger — one session that the older JA- the JAs who did not let this bit Center in Salinas, allowing two plus at Bakh Institute for Ethnic looked around and reo^nized j^Lers seemed to be stepping ter experience embitter them. years to re-read some of his classics Studies. One scene in particular ourselves. ITiere was a small aside and letting the young^rs For a few hours at least, as the to look for a '?>fikkei angle.” showed a fenis wheel and the top group of fourth and even fifth- takeover. sunset of redress approached, Watsonville JACLer Mas Hashi- of a roller coaster nmw» as back generation kids there too, but I But when funding of a redress the central experience of a gener- moto, a next-convention board ground to the grim Camp Harmo realized the driving force for the histo^ project came under atiem of JAs caught the light and member, was encouraged to keep ny barracks in the foreground. JACL had become a younger scrutiny, the generation gap warmed the oitirecrowd — even the seniors in mind, with an at Women locking at the wamt» seme group than had been the case for craved opaied as if an earth the Sansei. ■ tractive agenda of things to see and confirmed its accuracy for us .... quake h»n rumbled through tlto do. One mi^t be a pie-convention The coDventioo canvas tote bag As an organizatiem, the JACL ertiwd and a volcano was spittmg ovemigfater to the Big Sur and is the largest yet in our collection. hot emotional lava. Hearst Castle at San Simeon, The package Kosher cupcakes has focused itself since the late This column mbs written for the 1970s on the issue of redress, Younger delegates pointed out Rocky Mountain News edkoriaJ about 100 unhurried aitd spectacu from IhstyKake was a JACL first how litde money was budgeted lar miles one-way from Monterey . We were happy to meet past nana- gaining an unprecedented apolo pages. GH Asakawa is the vk»- via State Hwy. 1, just reopened af tional presidrat Henry Ihnaka's gy and repayment fiom the U.S. to fi^t 'anti-affirmative action president of the M80-H Chapter ter a road section was washed niece, Sono Motoysima, senior edi government for the illegal and rampaigPH in tbefr States while a He can be e^naited at away by El Nino. tor (d* the alternative press Phila- uqjust internment of people of muim larger chunk was set aside gaers0earthiink.net Another might be a dip for a delf^ Vfeekly, at the 1000 Club Japanese ancestry during World for a history of JACL's redress ef close look at the prewar home whingding which featured the ground of the five chapters which famed Mummers. are working tog^i^ as convention Many wonders about Philadel East Wind hosts — Watsonville. Gilroy, San phia were shared by fellow boost Benito County, Salinas Valley, ers while resting our feet at the Monterey Peninsula — and the evening affairs. As convention tub By Bill Manjt,ani Salinas Assembly Center, a Califor rtoiko?)-thumpers Grayce and Hiro nia State Historical Landmark, as Uyehara were toutii^ this past * the'feial stop of a day-long ap year, there’s much to see in the en praisal of an inaka (country) the ^ virons of the convention hotel. It Revisiting the post sd cultivated in the Coast did storm a bit on Saturday ni^t region. dining the Sayonare banquet, but - "See you in Monterey" was a otherwise who could complain good way of saying good-bye to a lot about the week — as warm as it PAST SPRING for- self Suzuki (Seattle) who had a WW ^ conventioneers. I mer inmates of the Tule- From the camp site, I brought n photo album on exhibit; Amy ^ lake concentration camp back a handful of soiL When the (Hanada) Nikaitani (school chum held their sixth reunion at the land for the Nikkei Memorial in from grade scbcwl days in Kent); Double l^ee Hotel in Sacramen Washington, D.C., is conseoBted, Roy Higashi (Hood River) a “Rebirth” of Kingdom of Hawaii to, Calif As a TVilelake inmate that Thleiake soil shall be scat friend fi^Mn junior high school myself, three years earlier 1 tered onto the memorial site, who had so kindly paid a HONOLULU—Kistoiy is being the Hawaiian Kingdom, and rally attended my first camp reuni President ^ Wada Of JAKWA tfd M.C. Yam^TKito vi«h th^ ^ettena. tAe Editor appredatnn plaques durw^ the recent openhg cerernony in S^crarnento. [ ] &T>m Nisei Pbet 8985 VFW. which The exhibit ita^ #a8_deecnbed was fidkrwed by a recatation of the by many as “simple ele^ce." The heahng.Ju^Lance Ito was A response to Kanzaki impressive rqibca of jt^rmwjpx Re: List of Unknowns Pledge of Alkgianoe, led by Com the prindp£^^zeaker. Interest mander Shigeo YdEOte. Invocatvm wall, the dedinntifm statement and If Stanley Kanzaki. New York was given by Rev. George the those killed in actkai I would like to thank the Pa- ing was that one-fourth of the Coord^tor for the JA Korean NiahiTray yifthe United Method^ were sim;^ but Actively dis cific Citizen for printing.the list registrants had non-Japanese War Memorial, advocates ream- Church. played. The designer was Hirokazu of individuals who are poten names, indicating a large num g'liatinn with WWII draft resis After opening remarks by Ryan Kosaka of the Japanese Cultural tially eligible for redress, but ber of attendees had not per- tors (PC., May 15). why decry my Yamamoto, a( KCRA Channd 3, Center of Lee Ang^ have not beat located by the Of- scnally experienced the history eflhrt to dissdve bitter resent gueets were introduced by Ibm Close to a huzkired attendees fide pf Redress AdmimstraticKi and were there to leam. The re ments against our evacuation? QaVnTiwi*ff of the Nataonal Japan- drove a short distance to the (ORA). union was organized with con Because of fisith in our land of Parkview fYedryterian Church to eee Amencan Histohcal Society. We truly appreciate your siderable emphasis on discus- “lib»ty and justice for aD," tiiou- Meaningful moooagoa were, ddiv- take part in a receptor An im newsp^rer’s interest in redress aaa a( the hikeay. particularly sands of JAs enlisted in the aed by Hon. hCke Hoada, asaem- pressive array of gornmet £xxl was personal experiences, etc. bhman fiom San Joee; Spnatnr oemtributed womm of the Sacra issues. Due to your generosity, 442nd RC.T, many firms reloca P^zic^ Jdinston of the Sacramen mento JACL and Nisei Post 8965 infonnaticni about the redress whe^ I encountered the use tion centers. Our proof in blood to area and Hon. Hur Ri-hoon, con Auxihaiy added to the eqkyyment program reached a critical of the Japanese word chi that ‘Americanism is a matter of sul geoeral of The Refwblic of Ko- of the total erqierience. ■ group of readers, including several occasions, particularly heart and mind, and not of race many daimania may not rdative to the draft resistois. In or ancestry” led to drastic im- have been aware oftheir poten Japanese, h/^ irw^arta ghame, provonent fix’ us and our Issei parents. tial eligSality. oftoi Tised rdative to not bring Before 1945, even JA coDe^ You have ;nuvided a tremen ing shame «tpni or fam. ay. graduates could find only menial dous service to ORA and the jobs. Now every fiekl is opra to us community. Thank you for con Personally, I have never wor ried about haji, which implies and our diildren, and we are tributing to the success of the treated with feqiect «tmI good ORA mission. something negative. What was will Why are JA intellectuals so emphasized to me was the pos fixated on tbe evils of half a cen VeVe itive — going to sebod, study Administrator fir Redress tury ago that they refuse to ac ing and working hazd, and us knowledge the many wemderfoj ' AUTO LOANS ^ ing what is learned. In school, I things that have happened since? learned about the (Constitution. Let us not forget gimu (invalu Thus, I condude ^diat the draft able debt to our country and to resistors had done was positive, those who do us great good) Re: Draft Resistors: necessary and significant, espe tau^t by our Issei parents! Apology — Recx)nciiiation cially after ermsidering the Such unforgiving attitudes are many confusing ordos and ac- self-defeating. Moreover, the re ti(Mi8 at the time. The resistors sentments rf the Nisa will be I write hoping the above sub were afiected as much as those passed on to our children and jects eloquently and continu that served in the military. Per grandduldren, unless we seek ously argued for by Sadii Seko, sonally, I knew two individuals reconciliation in all aspiects of our Michi Weglyn, Stanley Kanzaki who had passed away as a re lives, not just with Ae “No-No and others in the Pacific Citi sult of serving their time in beys." NOW or Used Cars zen, such an important aspect prison and three as a result of Let us demonstrate to Sansei ofthe JapaneseAmerican expe military service. Fm sure they and Yonsei the pride we fed in ourJAheritage^ givingat least rience durin^Worid War II, do all did wMt they thoughtwas minimal donations to the New cars; Up to 60 mos. not continue unresolved. I best under the circumstances KX)th/442nd/MIS Mtxiument in think we of that period should, and should be acknowledged Used cars*: Up to 48 mos. Los Angeles, a permanent memo could and must resolve the is for their sacrifices of whidi we rial which will extextd our pre- sues. I dread leaving the con all are beneficiaries. sait blessings to JAs in centuries Borrow up to $50,000**auto loan cerns to historians. Why? A re Induded among Books That to come. foist persecution cent example is found in Changed America by Robert B. nomplAY-pa on ^bAtr> Any longer by ■1M WICafT or MOH BUS tOOK Democracy on THol by Page Downs, published in 1970, is frig luring GQ paiods of humilia ’*OaC. does not MCUjeC: TMSS. UCME. EXTEN08J Smith (1995)wboeinthe histo WAfWAWrSS. BAB8> ON 10M Of BUS BOOK. Henry E>avid Ihoreauk Resis tion and misery? rian concludes evacuatiaa was tance to Civil Government a military necessity and not a wherein dvil disobedience is TVtefSUW OTHER CREDIT UNION LOANSracial issue. made a mcHul obligaticn. Ex Renton, WA Signoture Loons 119% opr In contrast, I conduded dif amples mentioned are the ferently b^ in 1944 (and ziot bla^ revolt and anti-Vietnam Share Secured 6 1995) when internees were re protest; nothing about the JA cruited to work on the railroad draft resistors during WWH 7CireiChh.iiMrtei(.CAfn»4in Other Secured 12.5X«> in Montana to r^udr deterio widdi preceded the exanqiles. I rating railroads to ke^ the rtlinlc thp crwifiniiaH rtfmigra- * EmptforthaNatMalDme- tOf'BRcport.MwsandtfaB'Yisra' Try ow new TebphoM Mar trains ndling. Tb m3fdKxi; the ticxi of the hfisd draft resi^kra rrjinmti by eohmists d» Dot trains were transporting anna- is a shame or haji and I ^rtade- oeeaBoarily rafloct JACL oott^. 24 hr. 800.498.5225 Lncal 363.5225 ments for the Pacific. Back heartedly support recondlia- Tbe mlaiimB ara tiio pononal home in California, it would tion. Followingthewise steps of ofiinMDoftfaBwritaes. . « ‘Voioao'Rtetthaactffe.ptib. toil the Uotioool J»Cl Ciedil Ueion. Coll, fox ot oioil the luve been harvesting our cre^ Nelsoi MandeJa, his strode Ik dianiBOT within JACL of a vihidi could have precluded the iofoinotioo helo». We erill seed oiemhenhlp infoioianoo. fcH* human rights for his people wideran^ofidBaaandiBSMa. early wartime fb^ rationing. and spending 27 years in requiring clear pmaanfaHaw Thus, I think the hist^ needs prison, surely JACL too can do thoogh tear MQT net tdiBct the vinTpotetof tea oditaeW bawd to be studied, examined and same today in ofteaPariiirrMwn /tonduded from a broader per- in this the 20th century and not >“Shc«tiifiiMniiiiironBiAttc M*eBAm/Siiie/lie - ^zective today. pen>etuate ^lat continues in IMM, oMtete ant or ten para- Fve visited with draft lesis- so many other oountries of the tors, veterans, rdatives, etc. in msdd whereby ending in wars. r^ards to the subject, indud- National JACL ing'the Heart Mountain Re iL AttetefkteMfbwnaren wn are nnibiB to CREDIT UNION union at Cody, Wyoning, in Ames, Iowa print aD tea lotton wa_____ , we appreciate the intanat'rad o June, 1998. T^ theme the viewaofthoaeiteetakateattee r01721 /SIC.elUI4ll0/NI 35MM0/aO0 54«l<#2l/foi80I 521-2101 reunion was remembering and to aend ua teak eoauaenta. PACtnc cmy™. *i>c 7-20, ism mended reading for anybody Book explores AA identity who has wondered what it Jeromecamp means to be boffi Asian and (Continued from page 3) ancestry. Describing'a*‘Hapa American in today’s radalized 55-year reunion fiiend of his who, having lived in worid. Inviting us to regard this China as a boy. is more attuned question as much more than an set for October sion into the American main to Chinese culture than perhaps issue of yellow and white, immi stream had taken an irrepara he will ever be, Liu asserts that grant and native, liu gives a FRESNO, Calif—-nie long awaited 55-yw reunionofthose EARN MONEY Reading ble toU on his ethnic mheri- race is no Icmger wiiat defines nuanced lrx>k at the future of $30.000/yr. income potential. interned duringWorld War II in tance. TTiis leaves him to won- cultural and ethnic idoitity. As this country, creating a vision Details, 1 (000) 513-4343. Ext. that is-^once hope^ and in the JeromeRelocation Center in - der, then, what was actually America oontinues to break fi-ee Y-1317. gained in that process; what from racial barriers and ^ a • spiring. Aritansas will take place in Fres identity did he create for himself mixed-race community no on October 16-18 at the down HOME TYPISTS that is authentically both Chi emerges, Liu wonders what will town Doubletree Hotel. PC users needed. $45,(XX) nese and American, beyond geo be tte final outcome of an as MUSIC Organizers have planned a irxxime potential. Call: graphic. generational and racial similated America. For Liu, “... combined Jerome Camp and 1-000-513-4343, Ext. B-1317. boundaries. the choice is not between real (Continued from page 3) Denson High School reunion to Lju then confronts the concept and fake. It is not between the enable as many people as possi HELP WANTED of an “Asian American” identity, pure and the despoiled. It is to the grass-roots festival. How ble to att«id. Highli^ts include Earn up to $500 perwk that politically and socially con about what degree of in-be ever, plans are to expand and di a mixer on Friday, a banquet on structed label that attempts to tween, which of the innumer versify even further next year Saturday and a breakfast on assembling products at create a haven of pan-AsUm sol able possible combinations, with theater or performance art Sunday. Hans are imderway for home. No experience. idarity Liu hesitates to throw what sort of synthesis we will productions. activities during the day on Sat himself whole-heartedly into bring into being.” lb embrace With several showcases now urday. Organizers are expecting Info 1-504-646-1700. this mix, fearing this identity is that in-between, that synthesis, under their belts and more and more than 350 for this firat-time DEPT. CA-1680 not only contrived, but perhaps will be the challenge. more young adults. AA and non- reunion in the Greater San The Accidental Asian is a AA, cheering them on, Kim hopes Joaquin Valley. Ranefw Sviltego C«mnwnto Cotaga unnecessan,'. Although he un OsKXS r Santa Ana. CA has upant^gs for derstands the basis far its con thought-provoking book that to turn more attention back to The Jerome Camp was one of the development ofthe nxiird la CJ4d D«w Center Head Teacner, S20.903- ception as protection against provides many balanced and in- ten intemment camps scattered 21 S47V ChkJ Dev Cemer Teacher bigotry and political invisibility, si^tful views on the state and bel in the future. throughout the states $ ’7,9&4-i8.S97'yr. SAOm SecrBtanes. must he arguesthat Asian Amerioftn future of Asiari America. 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Translator eiperience. Sand resune and cover tetter to: JACX, 1765 Sutter St. San Francssco. 1335 Hughes Way CA 94115 or c omptete an appicat ion at Vie same address Oeadme tor applcaiians BSegundo.CA9(S45 eAugustai, 1996. I lg|KD-:r^J /KAMOH CORNER DEUVEHY OF PROPOSAL ■ job OPENING “Did You Know...?" Oftentimes a single family/ Begionol Director Two (2) copies of the proposat I clan may pos^ more than one Kamon, with each nxst be received no later than commemcffatiogsome significantincident in that 2pm on TUeeday, Aug. 25, The Japanese Amertgan Clfcnns League (JACL) is seeking a Regiond Dvackx to #» Pacffic SoutiweP OWrtd fe anergette. orgartMd. and hi^ rnotivated •T» family/clan's history. Below is a “pictoriaT’account Attention Mr. Joe Diaz, at the toTnetoadfcrence.*/ ’L It the Hosokawa CMJH) surname, and as seen through the above address. 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RaylsM Japan Talmma MatRiri 1(V4- Traoy-baucN Oct YtMSak) Japan AiAervi RMtivals, i WEST elevation - CENTER PLAZA {PROJECTED FLAT) WITH INSCRXFTIONS MS THE iHE/HORtJ^l EOUmTT^TMOm ? Washington. DC—The National Japanese American Memorial Foundation (NJAMF) is an 8-year.-old volunteer organization dedicated to building a memorial in the nation's capital. Commemorating the Japanese American experience during World War II, the memorial will be called The National Japanese American Memorial to Patriotism A and will remind Americans how under the pressures of war, some of our nation’s basic principles were abandoned. It will show how Japanese Americans stood steadfast in their loyalty, faith and sacrifice for this democracy and ultimately assured the triumph of a great nation which was then able to acknowledge its mistakes and vow never to repeat them again. The memorial will recognize the contribution of the Japanese American experience, from the indomitable Isseis who had the vision to plant the seeds for the future generations, and their courageous children and grandchildren who helped write one of the most important chapters in our nation’s history. Erected by people of many origins, this memorial will be a place for quiet contemplation about our nation, its strength and weaknesses, its hopes and ideals, and what it can become as it strives to achieve liberty, equality and justice for all. In this sense the memorial will serve as an educational beacon, reminding the millions of citizens who visit our nation s capital that the price of liberty and justice is eternal vigilance. Once tl\e memorial is built on a choice site not far from the Capitol, the Foundation itself will be dissolved. Its educational mission will be carried on by the message of the memorial itself, the cooperation of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D. C., the Japanese American I'lational Museum in Los Angeles and the Japanese Cultural Center in Hawaii. After the memorial is built, the United States Park Service will maintain it as a national memorial in perpetuity. NJAMF is now in the midst of a campaign to raise $8.6 million, the estimated cost of the project. The original concept for the memorial, drawn up by Washington., D C. based Davis Buckley Architects and Planners, has been refined with the help of a volunteer committee of outstanding Japanese American architects and designers, and has won preliminary approval of the various federal agencies that oversee construction of memorial? in the capital. An architectural sketch of the memorial, and some of its features are displayed in this .special section. This section also carries reports of the various little-noticed but important activities that are part of the project. 'This special section of The Pacific Citizen has two purposes: It informs the public of NJAMF's progress over the past few years carrying out a project of importance to all Japanese Americans as welt as the nation at large. It is also an appeal for financial support. Over one-third of the goal Of $8.6 million has been raised thanks to the generosity of donors from all parts of the nation. The balance must be raised by August, 1999. Funds are being solicited in various Regions of the nation by members of NJAMF Board and scores of volunteers. Instructions on how you can make your contribution are detailed in this special issue. We cordially invite you to participate in a program of singular historic importance to all Americans. filfFw BiPfT—PACIFIC cmZEN. Auo) 7-SO. 19M INSIGHTS ON THE INSCRIPTION One of the most difficult tasks in creating the National Japanese American Memorial is the wording of the inscriptions that will appear on the memorial. While the inscription should tell the story of the Japanese American experience, their wartime mistreatment, and the faith of the Japanese Americans themselves, it should be^OQcise and comprehensible so that even the most unfamiliar with the Japanese American experience will be able to understand the significance of the memorial. The tone should reflect neither anger nor pity, but celebrate a nation who was willing to admit its mistakes and vow that similar injustices never be repeated. As current chairman of the NJAMF Board Mel Chiogioji has said, “The words we approve will be cut into stone for future generations to read and ponder. The inscription will have to be as powerful we can make it, and yet concise enough and simple enough that most people will stop to read and understand." The first draft of the inscription covered 13 typewritten pages. It told a comprehensive story of Japanese immigration to the United States, the development of the Nisei generation, the hysteria and anger following the attack on Pearl Harbor, the evacuation and its aftermath, the story of the heroism of Nisei troops, the fight for Redress, and the ultimate triumph of justice. Early on it was determined that rather than a running narrative, the inscription would be more effective and kept mote concise if it incorporated memorable quotations followed by explanatory material. One of the quotations that appeared in an early draft was the following statement made by Lt. Gen. John DeWitt, chief of the Western Defense Command, in a report to Congress. A Jap is a Jap. There is no way lo determine their loyalty. . It makes no difference whether he is an American citizen; theoretically he is still a Japanese and you can t change him by giving him a piece of paper The rationale behind the suggestion to use this offensive quotation was that by its inclusion, the bias, the ignorance, and the unfairness that led to the decision to imprison an entire people would be recorded for posterity. But after considerable discussion, the Board decided to omit this particular quotation and any other quotation from tt. Gen. DeWitt. There was also much discussion as to whether Japanese Americans should be quoted on the memorial, and if so, which ones. The early drafts included quotations from, among others, Kikumatsu Togasaki, a pioneer Japanese immigrant; Saburo Kido, wartime president of the JACL; Dr. Shunzo Sakamaki, chairman of the Oahu Citizens Committee for Home Defense in Hawaii; Mike Masaoka, JACL leader, and members of Congress including Senator Daniel Inouye, Spark Matsunaga, Norman Mineta and Robert Matsui. As each succeeding draft shortened the text, quotations from these Japanese Americans, as well as quotations from generals and Presidents involved in the Japanese American experience, had to be eliminated after often lively debate and not a little acrimony. Despite the daunting task ahead of him, William Hosokawa, former editor of the Denver Post and chief constructor of the Inscription, vowed to stay the course to completion. Just as numerous changes were made in Thomas Jefferson’s original Declaration of Independence to include and refine the thoughts of the early revolutionaries, the revision process of the inscription continues. As his computer starts to running out of paper. Bill Hosokawa should be pleased that with his ten drafts and long months of healed debates, be is in the finest of American traditions. Norman Y. Mineta, Jun Mori, Esq., Art T. Morimitsu, Major BRIEF BACKGROUND OF THE NATIONAL General James H. Mukoyama, Jr., Florence Miyahara, M. D., Don JAPANESE AMERICAN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION Nakanishi, Ph. D., Margaret Y. Oda, Ed. D., Peter K. Okada, Sharon Ann Saito, Esq., Robert Y. Sakata, Rodney R. Shinkawa, Francis Y. Made up of prominent Japanese Americans from all over the country Sogi, Esq., Dennis Otsuji, Mae Takahashi, Pharm. D., Rita and from all walks of life, NJAMF continues toward its goal. Judge Takahashi, Ph. D., Karen Tani, Paul 1. Terasaki, Ph. D., Don S. William Marutani of Philadelphia was the first chairman and was Tokunaga, Yoshihiro Uchida, Grant M. Ujiftisa, Elizabeth Yamada, succeeded by William H. (Mo) Marumoto of Washington, D. C. and Elaine Y. Yamagata. Rear Admiral Melvin Chiogioji (USNR, ret.) is the current chairman. Other ofScers of the Board include Raymond S. ^taff includes Cherry Tsutsumida, Executive Director; Mary Toda Murakami, D. D. S., Secretary; Hitoshi (Mike) Shimizu, treasurer; and Emma Boers. and George T. Arata-ni, Senior Advisor. Honorary board members are Honorable Neil Abercrombie, The Vice Chairs representing the various geographic regions are Honorable Daniel K. Akaka, Honorable George R, Ariyoshi, Mrs. Helen S. Kawagoe, Hideto Kono, Tomio Moriguchi, Ctessey H. Chiyoko Doris Also Hoshide, Honorable Daniel K. Inouye, Nakagawa, Esq., Shiro Shiraga, and James T. (Turk) Suzuki. Honorable Gary Locke, Honorable Mike Lowry, Mrs. Etsu Mineta Masaoka, Honorable Robert T. Matsui, Honorable Patsy T. Mink, H. The remaining directors include Dr. Harry Abe, Paul T. Barmai, Hershey Miyamura, Matsuo (Matsy) Takabuki, Esq., Honorable Henry 1. Daty, Harry Fukuhara, Warren H. Haruki, William Adlai E. Stevenson, Ms. Kristi Yamaguchi, and Honorable Sidney Hosokawa, Col. S. Phil Ishio, Aus. (Ret), Bruce T. Kaji, Kiyo Jean R. Yates. Ito Kariya, Elert A. Kobayashi, Yeiichi (Kelly) Kuwayama, NOVEMBER MEETING OF THE NJAMF BOARD held at the New York oRice of Fraheis Sogi, E)si|. V As in the case of this photograph, it was Hi not possible to get everyone and everything squeezed satisfactorily in this issue. More news and better pictures J will follow in fnture editions. V-. SUTFLaowT-^ACIFIC cmzgw. Auc. 7«a0.1998 HOWTO TXAMSIATE A LECACTTWlOUCHaiAM^^ NINA AKAMU: SCULPTRESS OF A SYMB VmaSi^ei, three'/ourths Japanese and one-foitrth Chinese. My father Ah-Kui Akamu, now retired after 2S years in the Air Force, is half Jt^xmese and half Chinese. My mother. Tomiko Kokubo. is a Nisei. Chosen to create the centerpiece of the National Japanese American Memorial, this striking Sansei sculptor draws not only from history to create her works of art, but also from emotions, memories, and her own family’s legacy Although she is presently'(r«iding in Beacon, NY, where she is in the process of completing a commission for a 24 foot tall bronze model of a horse first sculpted by Leonafdp DaVinci, Akamu has always had deep roots in,Hawaii. Forty years after he imihigrated to Kauai from Japan, Akamu ’s grandfather, Hisahikp'Kokubo, was among the first Japaifete to be jailed after the outbreak of war. Separated from his wife and seven children, Kokubo was interned on 10-acre Sand Island near Honolulu harbor. Tragically, 3 months laterlie died of a heart attack becoming the first Japanese American to die in internment. The death of my grandfather, stripped of his civil liberties, is a powerful metaphor for the fragility of human freedoms. He endured but rarely talked about the challenges he faced because of his race, and the way he faced his problems personifies courage, tenacity and nobility. Akamu ’s mother, Tomiko, married her father in 1951 and soon after her birth at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma where her father was stationed the family moved back to Hinkam Air Force Base near Pearl Harbor. As a little girl she and her father would go fishing in the harbor where the rusting remains of the ships destroyed in the Japanese attack loomed silently over their small boat. Nina Akamu went on to study at the Maryland College of Art in Baltimore and in Florence and Pietrasanta, Italy. Her work has been exhibited in, and has won awards at several dozen exhibits in New York, Baltimore, Washington, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Santa Fe, and San Antonio. In 1979 she became the youngest artist to be accepted into the National Sculpture Society since its inception in 1893. Chosen out of a pool of approximately 20 proposals submitted by leading sculptors in the U.S. today, Akamu ’s design will be the centerpiece of the memorial. The 14 foot bronze sculpture will depict two cranes (the Japanese symbol for happiness, good fortune, and longevity) nestled side by side, each with its right wing held down by barbed wire. They grasp the barbed wire with their beaks attempting to free themselves, lifting their left wings high into the sky. Symbolizing the struggle for freedom and the injustice of oppression, the sculpture will be a powerful reminder of the sacrifices of all Americans in the fight for justice and freedom. Just how will Nina Akamu ’s sculpture be created? Akamu explains: First, I create a sculpture in clay. Then a rubber mold is made fivm the originaL Plaster is poured buo the nbber moU. giving t of the original which I then finish with sculpture'tools and statdptgter. After the sculptures tre finally finished in piaster they in ghm to the foundry. The molding of the finished plaster sculpture and bronze casting will take approximately J r theftnmtky to.cpmpUte. The finished sculpture will be modnted on a stone pedestal and will stand in the center of the long, curving granite walb of the Memorial. S,T.pij>j»^^PAClFlC CITIZEN. Arc 7-20. 1998 . M*AM WiOi i/7 Ok memoritls tad specU pryects berngbeUt m vtiiois puis of Ok ccmby, Ok NtOomlJspiiiese Amerian Memorul Fomditiou offkt gets iht of gmOoastboatotriHvJect TlKfoOnmgmfypkOfpKstkmsmr^Masvas. Q—How much does it cost to build a memorial? Q—Like how much ? * A-Let's start with George Aratani of L A. He's givinga half million A-Alot. dollars. ShitoShiraga of Chicago paysjor the postage and mailers in his Midwest Region. He not only pledged$100,000; he gets his Q-Oh, come on.. That doesn't tell us anything. family and business friends to give. Other dnectors are examples another kind of commitment. Let me tell you about Sharon Ann Saito A-Well, the goal is $8.6 million. who's a director from Spokane, WA. She works for a salary as a Q—That is a lot! Two questions: Are you going to be able to raise public defender. Yet every month, every month, without fail, she sendsina check for $150.You know where her prioriues are. it, and will itj>e enough? A~lt isn't a matter of whether we’re go^ng to be able to get that much. Q- Don't projects like this depend on corporate support? We have to do it. If we don't raise thefnoney, we will be giving up a privilege seldom given to any group by the United States Congress. If A—Most foundations have elaborate competitive processes and We don’t raise the funds, we will be sayiifg that even when Congress generally favor tervice rather than memorial projects. But we're _^ives us the land, we can’t get our act together to tell the most working on a number of them. Mas Funai’s law firm and Masuda important story of our lives in our nation’s capital. We can kiss this Foundation, have pledged $200,000 as a challenge grant to the opportunity of a lifetime goodbye. That would be a shame, a real Midwest area. The good citizens of Midwest have already mote than shame. matched the grant. Other contributing corporations include SAFECO, AT &T , Kapolei Holding Corp, First Data Cotp, Readers Digest Q—Yes, but you haven't answered my question. Are you going to be Foundation. Hiraki Enterprise, Pacific Heritage Bank, and many able to get the money? others. The best help for getting a gift is to know someone in the corporation. A-If everybody pitches in, there's no question. We've collected over $3 million. That's about a third of our goal, and most of that money Q-Well, if you're doing so well, why are you pushing for more was raised in the past year. The campaign is just begirming in contributions? California and Hawaii where there's a large Nikkei population. They're already doing a terrific job in the Pacific Northwest where A-Remember the goal is $8.6 million. We still need big donors to they ate very well organired and ate planning to increase their goal securely put us over the top. But we also want as many people as under the baton of Robert “Skies the Limit” Sato. The Rocky possible to give because we want all America to know this memorial Mountain Region has topped its goal of $200,000 by getting represents a national consensus of imnscience. There's one more commum'ty leaders to host various events. The Greater Capital point I want to make. Once the memorial is built, the National Park Region is increasing its goal and the Greater Midwest is not stopping Service will take care of it in perpetuity. Just like the Washin^on although they’ve met their goal. It’s an oxymoron, but in the middle Monument or Lincoln. Memorial! This is a once in a lifetime of this record breaking hot summer, our campaign is beginning to Opportunity to give a one time gift. snowball. We're optimistic. Q—Are you getting any help from Japan? Q-Well, that's impressive. But let's say you reach your goal of ft.6 million. Is that going to be enough? A—The Honorable Kunihiko Saito, the Japanese Ambassador to the United States, will be hosting a reception for the Board of Directors A-That estirrrate was made a few years ago and it may not be entirely of the National Japanese American Memorial Foundation during their accurate today. There's a lot to affect the cost of moving dirt, pouring November meeting in Washington D C. Counsel General Tatsuo concrete, laying pipe, cutting stone, placing paving blocks, moving Tanaka in Ka(isas City has been a personal advocate of the memorial. trees and a lot of other stuff you don’t think about when talking about He believes the message of the memorial is of singular significance to a monument. It's true, $8.6 million may not be enough but we're all people throughout the world. watching expenses closely and pushing our Capital Campaign In addition, there are several companies in Japan that have expressed volunteers very hard. interest in donating to the Foundation. Also United States companies with Japanese“parent” companiessuch as Hondahave donated. Q-What about the cost offund raising? A—It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know we can’t afford one of Q— The wife and / just came back from a cruise and my daughter those $1,000 an hour fund raising experts. We’ve explored paying for has to have her medico! school tuition paid by September. I also less costly professional fimd-taisers to work for us, and at times the have to pay for a birthday dinner at the Hunan Garden for my expertise has been a good investment. But we also have a lot of mothv who is going to be 100 years old this November. Can I put volunteers who work for the love of it, and a few who work for my donation on a credit card ? expenses. The bottom line is that campaign costs are less than 1% of ) the total budget A—Yes. If you have a Visa or Mastercard, the Foundation office can honor your gift. Just call Emma Boers at 202-861-8845 and she will Q-That's impressive, but what about the directors on your Board work with you on how you would like to handle your gift. We also There are some high-powered guys. What kind offee do they draw? welcome stock donations. -• A-Thc directors don't get a penny. Incidentally we also have some Q-Tkanksfor clearing things up for me. Are you In any hurry for high powered gals. Dr. Margaret Oda of Honolulu, Jean Kariya of the money? Bethesda, MD. Elizabedi Yamada of San Diego and Dr. Mae Takahasfai of Fresno, just to name a few. They pay their own Answer—You bet!! Federal regulatioiis require us to have most of our expenses to board meetings, four times a year. They p^ for their own money by August 1999. The economy is good right now and we phone calls odier expenses. They contiibuteallofth^ valuable time. want to beat that threat of inflation that a delay can cost With your Most of them have made a substantial monetary contribution. gift, you can indeed help write history. Fill out a pledge card today.. -1 SuppLOttWT-PACIFlC CITIZEN. Alw. 7-20. 19W COmWBMBUWOBS wa OUR CMUM Founders fSSQO.OOO «nd overt Tbe spirit Of Hk Fooditioi it best expressed by Hk bndred AMricat ad Anonymous fnads tbrathorii the Unted States who base givei to sake a visia tor a Mr & Mrs. George T Aratani more perfect na" a reaBty. Webopeweareliviisiptottelistoricaleharte Siva ton byte Ova Liberties PdbiicEdKatia Fad to love a aaBSC for Commemorators (S250.000 - S499.999' an fitire tcaratiou tet te errors aade dvh« those terriik Var yon Masuda/Funai Challenge Grant Shan Mt ever be repeated asaoL We thaik tese Rsted belov forbelpn«tD keep tts piedfe. 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