he previously served on the Cerritos Planning Commission from 2011 to 2013.

Adapted from the graphic novel We Hereby Refuse: Japanese American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration.The annual Films of Remembrance program is so important because it brings our community to learn and share together.

: Songs of RemembranceOmoiyari (74 minutes.25; and virtually from Saturday.A short documentary about PJ and Roy Hirabayashi.

an assistant professor in Asian American Studies at CSU Sacramento.government throughout the Territory of Hawai‘i.

: Films of ResistanceOne Fighting Irishman (30 minutes.

We Hereby Refuse: The Akutsu Family Resists (15 minutes.The event was capped off by personal stories from Sansei who served in the military during the Vietnam War.

These Sansei Vietnam vets were never given a welcome home or a thank you for their service from a country that so ill-treated their families Nisei generation during World War II.the highest honor given for bravery after the Medal of Honor and the Distinguished Service Cross.

This had a deep emotional impact on the attendees.Dennis Umade; (back row) John Masaki.