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Searching for the Perfect Match for Asian American Leukemia Patients

Though they have never met, Vincent Trinh has a simple answer to why he decided to dedicate his last quarter of college to organizing bone marrow drives for Janet Liang: her smile. “No one with a beautiful smile should deserve to be in such pain. So, I made an oath to myself to use whatever available resources on campus to really get the wor...Read More

What Day of Remembrance Means to Today’s JA Youth

Yonsei Katie Hirai Niemann attended her first Day of Remembrance ceremony with her family when she was in her early teens. The annual event commemorating the signing of Executive Order 9066 has become a family tradition. “I knew what the day was for. My father had been very open in teaching me about what our family went through for us to hav...Read More

Celebrating the Year of the Dragon: Asian Americans Ring in the New Year

For 16-year-old Rena Ogino, Japanese New Year is a time to get together with her family to munch on mochi and watch Kouhaku, the Japanese New Year’s Eve singing special. “We always have to call family in Japan and wish them a happy New Year as well, because the New Year is the most important holiday in Japan,” she said. Rena Ogino...Read More

Town of McGehee, Arkansas Determined to Build Jerome/Rohwer Internment Museum

Mayor Jack May of McGehee, Arkansas has been working for years to construct a museum commemorating the Japanese American internees at the former Rohwer and Jerome World War II internment camps. May is not JA, nor does he have relatives that were incarcerated. His connection goes back to his father who was a deputy sheriff and his uncle, a deputy se...Read More

43rd Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage Set for April 28

Planning is already underway for the 43rd Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage which will take place this year on April 28. Sponsored by the Los Angeles-based Manzanar Committee, the pilgrimage will start at noon at the Manzanar National Historic Site, located on U.S. Highway 395 in California's Owens Valley, between the towns of Lone Pine and Independen...Read More