(Photo by Susie Ling)Miya Iwataki: I first worked with Alan Nishio in 1967 at the USC Center for Social Action; and developed friendship with Alan and Yvonne over many home-cooked dinners.

I’m not too hip on the foodie thing.They all were encouraging and taught me the real meaning of ‘People Need People.

Karen Bass praised Watanabe as she accepted AADAPs inaugural Mike Watanabe Leadership Award.His humilityduring the transition of AADAP’s leadership cemented his legacy! — Louis Lewis.It wasnt just the years of service.

and support have made AADAP what it is today.greets everyone as family and practices it.

thank you for all the support youve provided in the 18 years of work I had under your leadership.

and the importance of AADAP’s long-standing.Because of his principled stance.

where many felt compelled to bury those stories that they considered negative.he believed that his constitutional rights as an American citizen were being violated while incarcerated at Heart Mountain.

The DOR Committee wishes to bring out these acts of resistance so that the community can learn about them and thus broaden their views on the overall effects of the incarceration experience on the community.and educates others about his fathers experiences and others who protested the so-called loyalty questionnaire and its impact on the Japanese American community.