com/donate/Mary Uyematsu Kao is the author/photographer of Rockin the Boat: Flashbacks of the 1970s Asian Movement and formerly the publications coordinator of the UCLA Asian American Studies Center (1987-2018).

Ryan Tomoaki Matsumoto (bass) and Katilyn Natsumi Suzuki (drums).Oliver Takeuchi led the gathering in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Featured among the afternoons entertainment was the Daijyokkei Band.which has kept the gakuen going to this day: Sumio Yasutake.Gary Matsumoto provided background music during the social hour.

Former board member Toshi Teramoto introduced VIP guests and board member Masa Lau led the toast.Edna Kurihara and Helen Hikiji.

Jeffrey Gee Chin screened his video on the history of SEJSCC.

SEJSCC thanked the following for their support: Naomi Suzuki.Rafu: Tell me about yourself and your relationship to the Nisei Week Queen and Court program.

Aiko Dzikowski: I am half Japanese and half Polish.so I didn’t grow up with the Japanese American community at all.

but also the way it has continued to rise again and again.Aiko: Another huge motivating factor for me was to dismantle a lot of these stereotypes that I think surround the program.