He was invited by President Joe Biden as a guest for the State of the Union address last February.

From her days as a child performer of traditional Japanese dance in the late 1930s to her involvement today in numerous Japanese American organizations.KameiIn a conversation with Susan H.

June Aochi BerkMALIBU —The Malibu Chapter of National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution and Malibu United Methodist Church will present The Life and Times of June Aochi Berk on Saturday.and the causes that are important to her today.A home-made comfort food lunch will be served after the presentation.

Berk will highlight the challenges of her wartime incarceration.author of When Can We Go Back to America? Voices of Japanese American Incarceration During World War II and USC adjunct professor of history.

lunch and parking are free and open to all

With these accomplishments just covering 2023.along with Dodger All-Stars Mookie Betts.

an unknown pitcher from a team oddly named the Buffaloes showed up in Los Angeles.who had been widely considered unlikely to successfully compete in the American major leagues.

He contributed to Japan winning the Tokyo Olympic baseball gold medal on home soil in the summer of 2021.Those numbers helped him earn the Silver Slugger Award as the ALs best offensive player at designated hitter.