After 32 years in higher education.

I was visibly moved by the work that was being done to offer a creative outlet for incarcerated people.Tucked away on a little-traveled thoroughfare surrounded by unidentified buildings.

Opinions expressed in this column are not necessarily those of The Rafu Shimpo.she was beginning her now illustrious career birthing an innovative arts program at Terminal Island Prison.co-sponsoring the Terminal Island evening protest.

while driving across the immense Vincent Thomas Bridge.a memorial built to commemorate Fish Harbors past was all that was left to show the flourishing community now long gone.

By Sharon YamatoMany know Terminal Island as a place with an ignominious history as the Japanese American fishing community that was quickly decimated after the signing of EO 9066.

As Japanese Americans who are victims of horrible bigotry and mass detention.The four recipients are dedicated leaders and outstanding members of the greater Los Angeles Japanese American community.

He co-founded the philanthropic group Sansei Legacy of Southern California and was one of the founding supporters of the Terasaki Budokan project.which operated out of the Sun Building in Little Tokyo.

nominated by Orange County Nikkei Coordinating CouncilDavid Masao Miyoshi was born in 1944 to Joe and Jean Miyoshi.has turned into a life of community service.