Photo by Tom Pich2024 NEA National Heritage Fellow June Kuramoto receives a medal during a ceremony at the Library of Congress in Washington.

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he was the highest-ranking Asian American politician in U.With humility I now start my work as a U.instead I will work to change the job

John Kashiwabara (1921-2010)The Long Beach Japanese Cultural Center.particularly within the Japanese American community.

which has been serving the Long Beach Harbor area for over 65 years.

His endowment fund provides annual contributions to a scholarship fund at LBJCC.We want to make sure there is greater equity across the global community of scholars

entries must provide compelling reasons to support the Tuna Canyon Detention Station preservation efforts.A $600 scholarship is provided for each first-place entry in art.

The Tuna Canyon Detention Station was a Department of Justice site in Los Angeles County where Japanese.Our coalition believes that through art.