RISING STARS 20 PARTICIPANTThe Rising Stars Youth Leadership Program is a five-month leadership program with the focus of enabling Asian American high school students to develop lifetime skills.

She met her husband George a few years before the war.The group sent the hosiery to the war widows.

When she decided to transport many of these children to South America.Her first involvement was with a group of women in Los Angeles.where they were guaranteed work on the coffee plantations.

They were shunned by society and discarded.Aratani was the first Japanese American woman to be recognized by the Japanese government.

Sawada found that Aratani had fulfilled her request beyond what she anticipated.

In her leisure time she enjoyed chigiri-e.We look forward to building on the ties weve built so far.

and community members attended.only to be picked up by ICE (Immigration.

and Carrie Morita at reception welcoming API RISE.an API RISE staff member and former incarceree.