After 30 years of wandering the desert.

I was honored to be able to attend the Nisei Congressional Gold Medal ceremony in 2011.father and I had never known about! As I’ve dug into my family’s own Japanese American history.

Im also researching the Department of States domestic presence (see April 2024 Foreign Service Journal article) and the Japanese American pre-WWII experience in California.As an American diplomat now assigned to USC to teach public diplomacy – how governments engage with foreign audiences – I recognized the public diplomacy potential and educational opportunities provided by this performance.org/event/defining-courageWe look forward to welcoming you to USCs performance of Defining Courage on April 30 at USCs Bing Theatre.

Asian Pacific Alumni Association.theatrical experience telling the story of the Nisei soldiers of World War II.

and I’m assigned to teach in the Master of Public Diplomacy program at the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.

This will be the first university performance of Defining Courage and the finale of USCs celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.000-page book has been housed at JANM since October 2022 and will be available to the public through December of this year.

A capacity crowd of approximately 600 attended.Sunyoung Lee (left) and Duncan Ryuken Williams were honored for their work on Irei: National Monument for the WWII Japanese American Incarceration

Standing at left is Torrance City Councilmember Jonathan Kaji.the City of Torrance held its 11th annual Cherry Blossom Cultural Festival on April 7 at Columbia Park.