Print Issue: 2014

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Eileen Tamura Set to Keynote 45th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage

By P.C. Staff

October 20, 2014

LOS ANGELES — Eileen Tamura, author of the 2013 book “In Defense of Justice: Joseph Kurihara and the Japanese American…
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Commentary & Opinions

The Miami Dolphins, Roughing the Trainer

By Bill Yoshino

October 20, 2014

By Bill Yoshino , JACL Midwest Director The case of Jonathan Martin, a former member of the Miami Dolphins football…
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Asakawa

Is Fake Belly Dancing a Form of Cultural Appropriation?

By Gil Asakawa

October 20, 2014

By Gil Asakawa I read with interest a recent Salon(ITAL) commentary by novelist Randa Jarrar provocatively titled “Why I Can’t…
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JACL

JAVA Establishes Public Service Scholarship Honoring Sen. Daniel Inouye

By P.C. Staff

October 20, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A $5,000 memorial scholarship honoring the late Sen. Daniel K. Inouye’s iconic career of public service, both…
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National

Japanese Army General Visits National Japanese American Memorial to Patriotism

By P.C. Staff

October 20, 2014

Gen. Iwata (fourth from the right) at the Japanese American Memorial along with (from left) Maj. Yokoyama, Col. Kasamatsu, MG…
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Community

The Threat to Manzanar’s Historical Viewshed

By Charles James

October 20, 2014

By Charles James, Contributor ‘No fewer than two in three Americans want the U.S. to put more emphasis on producing…
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Arts & Entertainment

Telling the Heart-Wrenching Tale of the Heart Mountain Internment Camp

By Connie K. Ho

October 20, 2014

An extended version of ‘Witness: The Legacy of Heart Mountain’ is shown at the Tateuchi Democracy Forum in the National…
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Community

Day of Remembrance

By Bob Nakamura

October 20, 2014

Day of Remembrance is a national observance that has been commemorated on or near Feb. 19 when, in 1942, President…
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JACL

JACL National Board Urges Cutting Program Costs to Balance the Proposed 2015-2016 Budget

By Nalea J. Ko

October 20, 2014

The JACL Budget Committee plans to meet March 22 to discuss program cuts needed to balance the biennial budget. By…
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JACL

JACL National Board Joins Campaign to Stop Proposed Solar Ranch Near the Manzanar WWII Site

By Nalea J. Ko

October 20, 2014

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s proposed 200-megawatt solar plant, if approved, would be constructed about four miles…
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Commentary & Opinions

The JACL and the Model Minority Myth

By John Tateishi

October 20, 2014

By John Tateishi There’s a bit of a buzz going around the Asian American community about the controversial model minority…
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Asakawa

Hina Matsuri Is Just One Way We Celebrate Our Roots

By Gil Asakawa

October 20, 2014

By Gil Asakawa I grew up around dolls, but not the kind you play with. My mother used to make…
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National

GWU Students Clean National Japanese American Memorial to Patriotism

October 20, 2014

GWU students Alex Gross (left) and Adrienne Coulter pick up frozen blankets at the National JA Memorial. Behind them is…
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Asakawa

Food is the Foundation of JA Culture

By Gil Asakawa

October 20, 2014

By Gil Asakawa My friends — and my “friends” on social media — know that I’m a foodie. I love…
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Commentary & Opinions

The Ongoing Fight Against Defamation

By Priscilla Ouchida

October 20, 2014

By Priscilla Ouchida, JACL National Director When JACL was founded in 1929, the community was eye-deep in anti-Asian racism. “Yellow…
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Community

Forty-Fifth Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage Set for April 26

By P.C. Staff

October 20, 2014

The traditional Roll Call of the Camps during the 44th annual Manzanar Pilgrimage on April 27, 2013, at the Manzanar…
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