Mark Takano (D-Riverside) as the keynote speaker.

Humanitarian Award went to Dr.The JACL National Board confers these awards with consultation from other leaders in the Japanese American community and past JACL leaders.

He went on to study scenic design at the Yale School of Drama.The JACL Presidents Lifetime Achievement Award is presented to an individual in recognition of outstanding national leadership in promoting civil and human rights and/or representing the Japanese American community over their lifetime.which concluded JACLs annual convention on the evening of July 19.

and population and public health sciences.A rock garden on USCs campus was also dedicated in honor of those Nisei who were forcibly removed and denied their education.

Folt is a distinguished scientist whose pioneering research on the effects of dietary mercury and arsenic on human and ecosystem health led to numerous national and global policy changes and consumption advisories.

Named after a white agricultural inspector who courageously stood by Japanese American families during their forced incarceration.Little Tokyos vacancy was filled by Southern African Americans who to came work in the war factories.

There was a Caucasian man who discovered Buddhism and studied it.So I really hope that the new permanent exhibition will be more future-oriented to pass on the history of Japanese Americans to the future generations and continue to greatly strengthen U.

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