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where she served as its first female president.“We need younger generations to also volunteer and get to know these organizations because sometimes they can’t keep going if they don’t have newer members.

JUN NAGATA / Rafu ShimpoNisei Week Pioneer Spirit Award recipients (seated.Articles for you@media ( min-width: 300px ){.Among the women at the table were Nisei Week Foundation President Joanne Shin Cordeiro and emcee Lindsey Sugimoto.

The recipients have truly dedicated a lot of time.By TOMOKO NAGAIRafu Staff WriterThe Nisei Week Foundation hosted the 2024 Pioneer Spirit Luncheon on Aug.

with nominees recommended by local organizations.

”The seven awardees have all made significant contributions to the community through their respective fields and careers:? June Aochi Berk.while Kazuo was mistakenly described as a Japanese bodyguard.

The Secret Service opened a whole new world to me.it has to do with you and the kind of person you are.

I got to travel around the world and see places that were inaccessible to everyone else.TERI LIMI dreamed about being a police officer when I was a six-year-old child playing cops and robbers.