Yuri Kochiyama
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Re: Connection — dNaga danceNAGANUMA’s 10th anniversary
June 23, 2011 by Colin Masashi Ehara
I’m sitting with my wife in Laney College’s theater in Oakland, Calif. as the curtains draw for Artistic Director and Choreographer Claudine Naganuma’s 10th anniversary of dNaga danceNAGANUMA, admittedly not […] READ MORE
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“Ga(wo)man”: On Yuri Kochiyama & Sexism/Patriarchy in Japanese American Culture
March 8, 2011 by Colin Masashi Ehara
Note: For readers who are not of Nikkei heritage, Gaman means “to persevere through extremely difficult times with patience, grace and dignity.” With March being Women’s Herstory Month, we […] READ MORE
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My Life as a Crusader
December 24, 2009 by Nichi Bei Web
I am Ruth Shigeko Ishizaki (formerly Hirose) and I was born and raised on our family’s 80 acres of orange groves in Richgrove, California in the southern San Joaquin Valley, […] READ MORE
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