including AutumnFest and its anniversary dinners.

Watanabe experienced first-hand the effects of discrimination.Kinaga served as a prosecutor specializing in domestic violence and child abuse cases.

Shirota held the position of corresponding secretary and was responsible for addressing and mailing the ESGVJCC’s monthly newsletter using an addressograph machine.who was one of the Japanese American litigants who took their case to the U.for whom she produced documentary shorts on luminaries including Sen.

and serves as a board member of Tuna Canyon Detention Station Coalition and the director of its Legacy Project along with chief researcher Dr.Berk later served as an at-large senior representative for the Historical and Cultural Neighborhood Council.

Shimada played a key role in creating Little Tokyo Eats in April 2020.

The seven Pioneer Spirit Award recipients.Under the direction of Imoto Hoshunjyu Sensei.

Make checks payable to Downtown L.She moved to Los Angeles to study business at El Camino College and founded TELEPORT USA in May 1985.

and efforts to serve the community.Shirotas children participated in the East San Gabriel Valley Japanese Community Center (ESGVJCC) and Buddhist temple activities in West Covina.