Kelsey Akioka hikes out onto the Kalapana lava fields with a camera in hand and 80 pounds of gear on his back.

where panelist Ruth Shikada (then Ruth Mizobe) was governor.Some board members opposed the idea.

he introduced a measure in support of same-sex marriage at the meeting of the JACL National Board.?A version of this article originally appeared in Pacific Citizen.who attended the panel at this years convention.

said Jim Oshima of the Contra Costa Chapter.the Mountain Plains District voted against supporting same-sex marriage.

had been a leader in the fight for redress in Congress — and that Japanese Americans thus owed him respect.

We knew we were going to have to do some serious community organizing.The store will be operated by Hirose and his mom.

Anzen and Takatani were recognized in August by Nisei Week with the Frances Hashimoto Community Spirit Award.one block from its current location in Little Tokyo.

I wanted the at-large community.He started working at the general hardware store with Tsutomu Maehara when he was a student at Belmont High School.