according to the Secretary of State’s Office.

Little did I know at the age of 30 that Karl had given me the opportunity to have the most rewarding and consequential job that I was to ever have in my life.Karl promised me that if I accepted the position.

and it was at this meeting that the first steps toward redress began with the consensus to push for congressional legislation for the creation of a commission to study the wartime relocation and internment of Americans of Japanese ancestry.includes Karl Nobuyuki when he was serving as JACLs national executive director.who was not yet a member of Congress in July 1978.

Department of Transporation; Hideki Hamamoto.and we paid courtesy calls to Congressman Norman Mineta and Sens.

and the Nisei were not ready to pass the torch to the Sansei.

there would be consensus in moving forward with some form of redress petition to the U.Whether we use it to fight against racism and anti-Asian hate.

or ensure our community is not overlooked or ignored any further.Asian hate is cyclical and it simmers on the surface until something happens in this country that makes it erupt.

We see it in the way over half the states in the US have introduced Alien land laws to prohibit certain Asians from purchasing land.history shows us time and time again that when America feels threatened.