marking a significant partnership that included a ceremonial Daruma doll eye-coloring by Fuji Bank President Kenichiro Tanaka and VSEDC founder Marva Smith Battle-Bey.

and the project was funded by SCGF member and community donations.and SCGF President Brian Yamasaki.

The event began with a powerful drum performance by Kishin Taiko.Vice President Masao Morisaku (shigin name Kokuyu Morisaku) delivered a shigin recital of his original composition.the SCGF launched the Japanese Garden Preservation Society.

proper maintenance is at risk.Following a toast led by Hisamori Iwashita.

held a commemorative ceremony March 30 at the Japanese American Cultural Community Center (JACCC) in Little Tokyo.

and watch anyone not to get hurt.The program started with a land acknowledgement by Seth Johnson of the Gabrieleno Tongva San Gabriel Band of Mission Indians.

Japanese American exclusion and incarceration during World War II is one of the many stories told by our national parks.they’ll eliminate up to three quarters of our parks and devastate the ranks of our national park rangers — a plan that is already in process.

This administration’s recent order to supposedly bring ‘sanity back to American history is nothing less than an attempt to impose its own narrow.The lesson that we have taught them for some 400 years now: we are people that bleed red.