Harris-Dawson of the 8th District will be recognized for leading community advocacy in South L.

JANMs JACS grant will go towards redesign of their core exhibition.Its great to be able to collaborate as sister organizations and we do hope we can travel at least some aspects of this show.

Its also looking at the contemporary food experience.chef and cooking experiences and a traveling exhibition that will tell the story to other communities beyond Little Tokyo.its incumbent on us to tell the story so that it spreads far beyond Little Tokyo and Southern California.

The JACCC-JANM partnership comes at a fortuitous time for the historic neighborhood as it celebrates its 140th year and was named among Americas 11 Most Endangered Historic Places by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.the National Park Service awarded Japanese American Confinement Site grants to the Japanese American National Museum and the Japanese American Cultural Community Center.

By GWEN MURANAKARAFU SENIOR EDITORA collaboration that will explore the tastes.

Foodways will interpret the food that was grown and consumed in the WRA camps in order to deepen the nations collective understanding of the Japanese American experience.including the legendary ESGVJCC chicken teriyaki.

Nobuko Miyoshi led the Buddhist chant and reminded attendee of the meaning and value of Obon.focused on the dancing before cooling off with some refreshing shave ice.

at the East San Gabriel Valley Japanese Community Center in West Covina.The weather was most definitely of the summer variety.