9 at El Camino College) and hope that attention to our 50th state will continue with all the voices being heard as how to best help Maui thrive.

The panel discussion about why Japanese American basketball has meaning beyond playing the sport will be led Chris Komai of the NBHA and will include Steven D.She still plays for the San Francisco Drakes and coaches an Ardenette youth team with Patricia Lee.

Our Nisei parents organized it and funded it so we would have the opportunity to play with other Japanese American kids.NBHA has recruited Japanese American basketball coaches to develop a coaching curriculum to help parents and volunteers better understand how to guide children and teenagers with age-appropriate basketball instruction.many participants today seem to view this activity solely as a means to become more skilled at the sport.

(Courtesy Nikkei Bsketball Heritage Assn.For almost a century basketball has been a part of Japanese American community culture.

they continued to play organized sports like basketball and baseball.

basketball had surpassed baseball in terms of participation levels and youth basketball for boys and girls as young as five years old began to grow.Tamura Award in recognition of dedication to constitutional rights and significant contributions to the advancement of Asian Americans in the legal profession and the community at large.

She also handled civil rights and employment litigation in state and federal courts.Kato served in the Federal Public Defenders Office for the Central District of California.

civil rights matters where the plaintiff is not represented by counsel.the district has 28 authorized Article III judgeships.