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Rafu Shimpo

Rafu Shimpo

Los Angeles Japanese Daily News

Author Archives: Phil Shigekuni

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SENIOR MOMENTS: Day of Remembrance, Feb. 19, 2022

by Phil Shigekuni 02/26/202204/19/2022

By PHIL SHIGEKUNI When EO 9066 was signed 80 years ago, I was 2 months short of turning 8. We lived, in what I found out years later, the Seinan area. My older sister, Evelyn (or as she prefers to be called, “Evie”), and my divorced mother, Lillian, were put on a bus and, with […]

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SENIOR MOMENTS: A Visit from Laurie

by Phil Shigekuni 06/10/202104/19/2022
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SENIOR MOMENTS: Masked Meetings at the Park

by Phil Shigekuni 12/10/202004/19/2022
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SENIOR MOMENTS: Notable Japanese American Women

by Phil Shigekuni 10/27/202004/19/2022
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SENIOR MOMENTS: Proud Boys

by Phil Shigekuni 10/03/202004/19/2022
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SENIOR MOMENTS: Densho — An Important Resource for Our Community

by Phil Shigekuni 09/05/202004/19/2022
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SENIOR MOMENTS: Black Lives Matter — We Get It

by Phil Shigekuni 06/22/202004/19/2022
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SENIOR MOMENTS: Our Trip to the 50-Year Manzanar Pilgrimage Anniversary

by Phil Shigekuni 05/13/201904/19/2022
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SENIOR MOMENTS: Michael Cohen, John Dean and Redress

by Phil Shigekuni 03/23/201904/19/2022
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SENIOR MOMENTS: Celebration of the Life of Aiko Herzig Yoshinaga

by Phil Shigekuni 09/23/201804/19/2022
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SENIOR MOMENTS: Transgender Awareness Month

by Phil Shigekuni 11/18/201704/19/2022
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SENIOR MOMENTS: Living and Loving — Telling Our LGBT Stories

by Phil Shigekuni 09/19/201604/19/2022

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