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Wed, Feb 8 2012

Korematsu Photos Unveiled at Smithsonian Gallery

Korematsu Photos Unveiled at Smithsonian Gallery

Also tagged: Doris Matsui, FLOYD MORI, fred korematsu, Judy Chu, KAREN KOREMATSU, Ken Korematsu, Korematsu Day, Korematsu Institute, Ling Woo Liu, Martin Sullivan, Mike Honda, national portrait gallery, norman mineta, Oakland, Ralph Neas, Smithsonian Institution

From left: National Portrait Gallery Director Martin Sullivan, Korematsu Institute Director Ling Woo Liu, Karen Korematsu, Rep. Doris Matsui, former Transportation Secretary Norm Mineta, JACL National...

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Wed, Feb 1 2012

CAPAC Members, Congressional Leaders Observe Fred Korematsu Day

CAPAC Members, Congressional Leaders Observe Fred Korematsu Day

Also tagged: ACLU, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, Fred Korematsu Day, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Judy Chu, Laura Richardson, LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD, mazie hirono, Mike Honda, Nancy Pelosi

WASHINGTON — Members of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) and congressional leaders released the following statements Monday in honor of California’s second annual Fred Korematsu...

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Thu, Jan 19 2012

State Schools Chief Urges Public to Observe Korematsu Day

State Schools Chief Urges Public to Observe Korematsu Day

Also tagged: bill clinton, California Department of education, Fred Korematsu Day, KAREN KOREMATSU, Korematsu Institute, Ling Woo Liu, MARTY BLOCK, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Supreme Court, Tom Torlakson, warren furutani

Tom Torlakson SACRAMENTO — State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson on Tuesday encouraged all Californians to observe the annual Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution...

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Thu, Jan 19 2012

CSU Unveils Nisei Diploma Project Video at JANM, SDSU

CSU Unveils Nisei Diploma Project Video at JANM, SDSU

Also tagged: AB 37, Barbara Mukai, Bob Suzuki, California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, california state university, Carl Yoshimine, Colleen Bentley, CSU Board of Trustees, CSU Chancellor's Office, CSU Nisei Honorary Committee, george takei, janm, June Kushino, Kim Shibata, national center for the preservation of democracy, Nisei honorary degree recipients, Parma Payne Goodall Alumni Center, SDSU, Viola Midori Takeda, warren furutani

Nearly 70 years after Executive Order 9066 forced 250 California State University students to leave their campuses without completing their degrees, several former students’ stories will be brought...

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Sun, Jan 15 2012

VOX POPULI: A Letter to President Obama

VOX POPULI: A Letter to President Obama

Also tagged: 5th Amendment, Andrew Clark Arand, Andrew Sullivan, GORDON HIRABAYASHI, Hiroshi Kashiwagi, National Defense Authorization Act, Pasadena Human Relations Commission, president Obama, SOJI KASHIWAGI, Supreme Court, tule lake, U.S. Constitution

By SOJI KASHIWAGI January 10, 2012 The Honorable Barack Obama President of the United States The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, D.C. 20500 — Dear President Obama, Before I begin,...

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Thu, Jan 12 2012

OCHAZUKE: Fighting for San Pedro and Beyond

OCHAZUKE: Fighting for San Pedro and Beyond

Also tagged: bellagio, election, gateway fountain, Joe Buscaino, Joe Cortez, Los Angeles City Council, Mike Woo, Ports O'Call, random lengths, SAN PEDRO, san pedro high school, Terminal Island, warner grand, warren furutani

By GWEN MURANAKA (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on Jan. 12, 2012.) === It’s good to see Warren Furutani fighting for San Pedro. In the last days of the campaign, he’s picked up some Pedro endorsements,...

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Wed, Dec 21 2011

Scholars Take Issue with NYT Review of Heart Mountain Museum

Scholars Take Issue with NYT Review of Heart Mountain Museum

Also tagged: C.N. Le, Cathy J. Schlund-Vials, Edward Rothstein, FDR, Greg Robinson, heart mountain interpretive learning center, Hunter College, Jennifer Hayashida, Jennifer Ho, Kenneth Ringle, michelle malkin, New York Times, Office of Naval Information, Universite de Quebec a Montreal, University of Connecticut, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, yellow peril

NEW YORK — Concerns are being raised about a New York Times museum review of the new Heart Mountain Interpretive Learning Center in Wyoming. Written by cultural critic Edward Rothstein, “The How of...

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Tue, Nov 8 2011

‘Cast in Bronze’ Symposium Takes on Camp Terminology Debate

‘Cast in Bronze’ Symposium Takes on Camp Terminology Debate

Also tagged: Aratani Endowed Chair, BARBARA TAKEI, CONCENTRATION CAMPS, daniel inouye, Dave Kruse, David Kawamoto, Department of Justice, Don Hata, Ellis Island, Greg Marutani, Internment camps, JACL National Convention, JACL National Council, janm, JCCCNC, Judy Shintani, KAREN ISHIZUKA, Karen Kai, lane hirabayashi, MAKO NAKAGAWA, manzanar, Minidoka, NADINE HATA, national park service, Nazi camps, Neil Gotanda, Power of Words resolution, Relocation Centers, Roger Daniels, Satsuki Ina, SOJI KASHIWAGI, Testuden Kashima, Tule Lake Committee, Tule Lake National Monument, WRA

Panel speakers gather in San Francisco's Japantown for terminology symposium. From left: Satsuki Ina, Neil Gotanda, Tetsuden Kashima, Mako Nakagawa, Roger Daniels, Karen Ishizuka, Don Hata, Barbara...

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Thu, Oct 27 2011

Fresno State to Screen Nisei Diploma Project Video

Fresno State to Screen Nisei Diploma Project Video

Also tagged: Bob Suzuki, California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, California State Library, california state university, Colleen Bentley, CSU Chancellor's Office, CSU Fresno, Donna Rase, george takei, Harold Arase, Helen Yemoto, joan otomo-corgel, john hiroshi otomo, John Otomo "Bucky" Corgel, Louise Isako Miyake, Madden Library, Nisei honorary degrees, Susan Kiyoi, Velma Yemoto, warren furutani

FRESNO — Nearly 70 years after Executive Order 9066 forced 250 California State University students to leave their campuses without completing their degrees, those students’ stories will be told...

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Tue, Oct 18 2011

‘Nisei Student Experience’ at Dominguez Rancho Adobe Museum

‘Nisei Student Experience’ at Dominguez Rancho Adobe Museum

Also tagged: AB 37, california nisei college diploma project, COMPTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT, Dominguez Rancho Adobe Museum, El Camino College, El Camino College Compton Center, Esther Castillo, MICHAEL ODANAKA, Rancho San Pedro, Tartar Shield, Toni Wasserberger, warren furutani

RANCHO DOMINGUEZ — The Compton Community College District’s “Nisei Student Experience” traveling exhibit will be on display at the Dominguez Rancho Adobe Museum beginning Saturday,...

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