to think that unleashing terror is acceptable.

You can imagine my joy when I heard Dave was now working on a musical production that put him and his music front and center.Songs he wrote like Democracy Can Be an Illusion were the perfect fit for our film about a promising young man who dreamt of being an artist and writer before his tragic death at age 19 while fighting in Italy.

I spent late nights listening to KBCA.s own 92-year-old former camp detainee June Aochi Berk.The moment I discovered the existence of after-hour jazz clubs in Little Tokyo.

before it became Little Tokyos premier home of the nations largest and longest running Asian American theater company.Its clear that Dave has applied what he has learned from jazz to his current musical repertoire.

this one on young Stanley Hayami.

His father Kuwashi Iwataki served in the 100th Infantry and sister Miya Iwataki was a leader of the pioneering National Coalition for Redress and Reparations who is also heavily involved in todays Black reparations advocacy.Arts Educator of the YearMalea Emma Tjandrawidjaja.

Musical guests were Hiro Yamamoto (Soundgarden).recovering from neck and back surgery.

media trailblazerPreston Singletary.OlympiansMarta and Raj Bhathal.