I wanted to be sure she has fun and has the opportunity to improve her game.

and Elsies sister Helen as members of the Royal Thespian club.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).

By Mary Uyematsu KaoTwo new centenarians have hit the scene.Shigeko Shag Morishita with grandson Craig Tomooka and daughter Kathy Block at her 100th birthday party.They celebrated their 100th birthdays from their wheelchairs with extended family and friends

They celebrated their 100th birthdays from their wheelchairs with extended family and friends.Elsie had a small party at Hollenbeck Palms

Japan Tanabata Festival are provided courtesy of sponsor Shiramatsuga Monaka.

Photo courtesy of the LA Tanabata FestivalThe 17th Los Angeles Tanabata Festival moves to the JACCC.Our history is in danger of being erased at places like the national monuments at Tule Lake and Manzanar.

and the racist scapegoating of people of color … We will resist efforts to plunder our public lands and whitewash our past.just like their blood flows through yours.

This is one of those Ground Zero civil rights points in the history of this country because this is where the majority of Los Angeles Japanese American families were forced to line up to board the buses that would take them to incarceration.including those chapters where we failed to live up to our own democratic ideals.