Rafu: What was the student population like at UCLA at the time? Did you have culture shock?Ken: It wasnt as much a culture shock going to UCLA.

the American Anthropological Association.as well as the assaults on Social Security and Medicare.

I view it as a career capstone.only to be told this month that it was terminated.Our current historical conditions will create many more who are traumatized.

This grant was hard-won: the culmination of decades of research and lived experience.including its fiscal priorities.

a professor of anthropology and of American studies and ethnicity at USC.

This project creates a unique archive.it really emphasized that there was a need for this organization that could be representative of that population because it was sizable.

And I think thats where the balance of the original purposes really comes into play.We wanted to make sure that the kids at the school felt a strong identity with what they were.

and Craig Ichinose at NSUs 30th anniversary celebration in 2011.the activist side — is to really help the students find their identity.