May 2017 – Page 2 – Pacific Citizen

Asakawa Columnists

By Gil Asakawa Many Japanese Americans I know don’t pay much attention to Japan, which I think is a pity.…

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AARP Columnists

By Ron Mori I’ll bet most of you know that May is Asian American Heritage Month. But how many of…

National News

Funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities will be used to digitize 800 Nisei veterans’ oral histories from the…

Community News

More than 200 attendees gathered at the Japanese American National Museum to recognize and recall their time at the Santa…

More than 2,000 participants — a record number — attended the 48th annual Manzanar Pilgrimage on April 29. By Charles…

Community JACL News Politics

Berkeley JACL paid tribute to its scholarship recipients and Pioneer Award honorees at a luncheon on April 30. Pictured are…

Brian Maeda (at the lectern) introduces his older brother, Arnold Maeda (waving) to the crowd assembled at the Venice Japanese…

Columnists Youth

By Matthew Ormseth I was nearly bowled over with giddy relief when an alum, visiting the office of the campus…

Aizumi Columnists

By Marsha Aizumi Someone once told me that a positive quality could become negative if carried to the extreme. I…