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The German American Internee Coalition is trying to locate the original hard copy of a photo that was taken at the Crystal City, Texas Department of Justice camp during World War II. Anyone who has the original photo is asked to contact the Coalition via its online contact form, available at www.gaic.info/ContactUs.php. For more information, [...]
Former inmates, their families and friends will make a pilgrimage from Seattle, Portland and across the nation to the former Minidoka concentration camp in Idaho. The four-day trip will include a guided tour of the Minidoka National Monument by National Park Service staff, a visit to an original Minidoka barrack, a barbecue dinner hosted by [...]
The Hokka Nichi Bei Kai (Japanese American Association of Northern California) will hold a casual roundtable discussion meeting with Consul General of Japan in San Francisco Hiroshi Inomata at 2 p.m. in the Union Bank Hospitality Room, 1675 Post St. in SF’s. Japantown. Inomata will speak in Japanese. The general public is invited. Info: (415) [...]
The Asian Law Caucus presents a workshop on immigrant workers’ rights training at Golden Gate University, 538 Mission St., SF from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. It will cover a variety of topics including: I-9 process and audits, SSA no-match and E-varify. Info: Mike Munoz, (213) 639-3900 x117 or munoz@nilc.org.
The Iwasawa Oriental Art gallery and Japan Society of Northern California will host a relief benefit for the people of Japan, with sculptor Ken Matsumoto beginning Saturday, June 4 at 2:30 p.m. at Iwasawa Oriental Art, 75 University Ave, Los Gatos, Calif. Advanced registration is required. Matsumoto will give an exclusive meet-and-greet event and a [...]
WASHINGTON — Rep. Michael Honda (D-San Jose) introduced a bipartisan resolution honoring U.S. veterans who were held as prisoners of war during World War II, according to a statement his office issued June 22. The resolution commemorates the men and women who were taken as U.S. prisoners of war in the Pacific. It also commends [...]
WASHINGTON — The National Park Service will award 24 grants that total $2.9 million to preserve and interpret sites where Japanese Americans were incarcerated by the U.S. government during World War II. This year — the grant program’s third — the awards will provide $2.9 million to projects in 11 states, Secretary of the Interior [...]
LOS ANGELES — The Little Tokyo Service Center (LTSC) inched closer to its goal of building a recreation center in the Japanese American community when the City of Los Angeles gave its final approval on May 17 to develop the Budokan of Los Angeles. The City Council voted to grant LTSC a long-term ground lease [...]
Shirley Fong-Torres, renowned San Franciscan travel writer and chef, passed away at the age of 64 after a bout with leukemia. She was hospitalized in April for treatment and was briefly released to recover at home. However, she went into relapse and passed away on June 18, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. San Francisco’s Asian [...]
“From Our Land,” an exhibit at San Jose State University’s Dr. Martin Luther King Library, features the story of Nikkei farmers from the 20th century until present times. The exhibit also examines the response and changing role of Nikkei farmers after the passage of Executive Order 9066. The museum is located on the SJSU campus, [...]
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