Mia Rees (Masayuki and Tamako Kishimoto Scholarship)

elders executed without hesitation.left me with a different silence — one shaped by empathy for my brothers whose families were uprooted.

and Asian influences — was not rebellion alone.By DAVID MIYOSHIVIETNAM VETERANThis years Nisei Week Festival pays special tribute to Japanese American Vietnam veterans.stood barely above Black Americans.

Honoring the UnspokenIn recognition of the 50th anniver-sary of the end of the Vietnam War.our own identities were shaped.

On the 50th anniversary of the end of Americas military involvement in Vietnam.

Upon returning home from an unpopular war.she served as executive director of the Taproot Foundation and LA Works and worked for the Omidyar Network and the Rockefeller Foundation.

She is currently chair of the board of Amnesty International USA and was previously chair of Amnesty Internationals Global Assembly.and result in actions that bring everyone together.

where she worked on immigrant rights.The Democracy Center is a place where visitors can examine the Asian American experience.