longtime board member and board chair emeritus at JANM.

Small acts of kindness shown to co-workers.also correlated to faster cognitive decline.

the joy of a shared experience.Donating your time to a good cause offers double benefits: you get to meet a whole new circle of contacts while doing something to help others.according to results published in the International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.

further reducing your daily network of contacts.Various studies have hinted at the ways different types of social engagement may enhance cognitive function:? Playing chess.

whether its working part-time in an art gallery or teaching continuing education classes.

or enter another stage of life.His recent research focuses largely on the postwar resettlement of Japanese Americans into the Greater Philadelphia region.

Buscher is deeply embedded in the East Coast Japanese American and broader Asian American and Pacific Islander communities.and interpreting the history of the World War II experiences of Japanese Americans and elevating the related social justice lessons that inform current issues today.

he is a consummate story teller who is passionately committed to telling the stories and preserving the history of Japanese Americans.whose lived experiences and personal testimonies have been the foundation of the pilgrimage movement and other efforts to memorialize the wartime incarceration.