one thing has not changed that inspires me every day — the resilience and determination the Little Tokyo community has to ensure organizations like the Nisei Week Foundation and the festival continue to thrive.

From a humble gardeners truck to a customized hot rod or a stout family sedan to a professional race car.No college has had a greater impact on automobile design than ArtCenter.

courtesy of the Nagai family; the Shogans.The exhibition not only reveals a previously unexplored aspect of the Japanese American story.The exhibition includes documentation of the brief window in 1942 when Japanese Americans were allowed to drive themselves and their belongings to sites like Santa Anita temporary detention center and Manzanar concentration camp in family cars that were then impounded without restitution.

Exploring the communitys influence on car culture in the U.the designer behind the 1963 Corvette Stingray and other iconic cars; and members of teenage social clubs and car clubs like The Atomettes.

Hirashima is wearing the mechanics shirt for his character.

JANM will also host a series of Cars and Coffee events through the run of the exhibition.Ann Burroughs demonstrates each day her commitment to rights and equality.

because Ann herself is a beacon for civil rights and justice.Burroughs served as the executive director of the Taproot Foundation and executive director of L.

She is richly deserving of such an award.Im extremely pleased that Ann Burroughs will receive an award named after such a legal pioneer.