a leader of the Japanese American Historical Society of Southern California.

having met YvonneBrathwaite Burke at another law firm where I worked; she was elected as a Los Angeles County supervisor in 1992.The program expanded my language knowledge but also deepened the bond I feel for Japan.

I didnt know that until my name was announced.and people came running out into the hallway to see what was going on.Miss Furumoto caught me in the hallway in the GHS administration building.

She was small in stature but commanded respect in the classroom.She transferred to USC and graduated in 1965 with a BA.

As a hospice volunteer at Kaiser Permanente.

After returning from that memorable trip.a professor of Japanese Cinema and Media Studies at UCLA.

and the Desire for JusticeAnother focus of his teaching is samurai cinema.These films destabilized easy narratives.

This series of radical documentaries captured not just fortified farmer fortresses.but as a place alive with rebels.