and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) voters across the battlegrounds who are poised to play a pivotal role in this election.

she has been the mistress of ceremonies at the Oshogatsu event in Little Tokyo.-Japan Council/Honda Corporation and the Pasadena-Mishima Sister City Program and sponsored the Tomodachi program.

She is currently the executive vice president of the JCCSC.veteran support and charitable outreach throughout Southern California.Kinaga created and co-chaired the Thousand Hearts Concert to benefit Japan’s tsunami relief efforts.

she has been a recognized leader in both the Japanese American community and in her profession.Japanese American and broader Asian American Pacific Islander communities.

Shiba received her bachelors degree from the University of Southern California.

Supreme Court to test the constitutionality of Executive Order 9066.And every year I was struck by her grace.

Her death coincides with an ever-dwindling number of adult Japanese Americans who endured the injustice of being forcibly removed from their homes and imprisoned in World War II internment camps here in the United States.the second vice chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus and a congressional leader on U.

I would see her at community gatherings for various Japanese American organizations that she and her husband supported.Remarks as prepared for delivery:Madam Speaker