Conference plenaries will be interspersed with workshops and small group discussions focused on specific mental health topics.

both classical Japanese dance from Azuma Kotobuki Kai and African American jazz dance from Pat Taylors Jazz/Antiqua expand the evenings diverse entertainment.Dave came through once more with another film (A Flicker in Eternity).

the incomparable jazz/blues singer Ernie Andrews) helped our little film.As keyboard player for The Earth.By Sharon YamatoIve had the pleasure of working with musician/composer Dave Iwataki starting way back in 2009.

win an Honorable Mention at the prestigious Tribeca Film Festival.Theres no one better equipped to tell this story than this super-talented musician/composer with deep roots in and around Little Tokyo and who carries with him a family history of wartime incarceration.

hes already agreed to score in his spare time our next film on the eventful life of L.

a union that is still being carried out today with such groups as the National Nikkei Reparations Coalition lobbying for Black reparations.in 1946 she enrolled in Black Mountain College in North Carolina.

who introduced him to various ukulele techniques and inspired him to explore different musical genres.a celebrated ukulele musician born on Oct.

The ceremony was followed by a reception with remarks by President Biden.which was renamed the Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts in 2010.