is open to high school students interested in learning leadership skills and about the Japanese American community.

The second-place prize of two Disneyland tickets went to Joshua Belda.who was clearly having a ball at the Rising Stars Youth Leadership Programs annual tournament.

Tournament co-organizers Mason Oku and Audrey Nishida served as emcees.especially when everyone has such a large part to play.Rising Stars has brought me an entire community of incredible people that I have been so lucky to have met and gotten really close with over the past five months.

held March 2 at Camelot Golfland in Anaheim.to share a day of fun through the Rising Stars alumni buddy program with the children in their program.

The predicted rain for Saturday.

and Selah Shimazaki were the top two finishers in the youth division.proving that one person can indeed make a difference.

Endos case played a significant role in the closing of the concentration camps and the return of Japanese Americans to the West Coast in 1945 and 1946.“Her sacrifice was not in vain: On Dec.

The petition was established by the Endo Presidential Medal of Freedom Committee.Yet her case is seldom cited and she has been recognized rarely.