My sister-in-law was a collector of Beanie Babies.

if the Smithsonian is doing this work.The Mendez children were denied entry to the local school.

While a symposium was held last December in Washington.who wrote about it in her book.We felt that this would not only help amplify the work that they do.

and Day 2 features music by award-winning composer Nathan Wangattends employee events and engages within the community to support being a valued citizen and furthering the credit union credo of people helping people.

she received the LEAP (Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics) award for her outstanding leadership.

including:Mary Yasui-Yamabe? Japanese American National Museum? Venice Japanese Community Center? CMN Hospitals? Asian Americans Advancing Justice? City of Gardena Senior Citizens Bureau? Go For Broke National Education Center? Grateful Crane Ensemble? Little Tokyo Service Center Community Development Corporation? Mychal’s Learning Place? Orange Coast Optimist Club of Garden Grove? Polish Association of Credit Unions? World Council of Credit Unions Global Women’s Leadership NetworkYasui-Yamabe is honored to receive this award and hopes to inspire others to stand up and help others.Rafu: Did you grow up hearing about your family history from your grandparents.

Following is The Rafu Shimpos interview with the author about her books and the recent controversy.Rafu: Are there any film or TV adaptations of your works planned?Tokuda-Hall: Who knows at this point.

That I didn’t believe they were doing well enough by my community — and by this I mean all historically marginalized people in the United States — to have the right to my family’s story.Candlewick Press) by Maggie Tokuda-Hall.