and Yo-Yo Ma backstage during the BSO’s European Tour.

a remake by British novelist Kazuo Ishiguro of the 1952 Akira Kurosawa classic Ikiru.LTPRO and Japanese Community Progressive Alliance in San Francisco teamed up to produce a newspaper.

said Chris Komai of the Little Tokyo Community Council and Little Tokyo Public Safety Association.Nishio played an instrumental role in the fight for Japanese Americans to attain redress and an apology from the government for their wartime incarceration as founder and co-chair of the National Coalition for Redress/Reparations (NCRR).dedicating his efforts to the communitys welfare and recognition in U.

in political science from UC Berkeley in 1966 and his M.an organization striving to nurture the next generation of Japanese American leaders.

Nishio assisted residents and small businesses that were displaced by redevelopment carried out by the city and large corporations in the 1970s and early 1980s.

Keiko Kawashima and Haruye Ioka of Grateful Crane Ensemble sang his favorite song.This article was originally published by Yo Magazine on Dec.

which were all pretty heteronormative.Being involved in JA community and advocacy has influenced them to pursue a Master’s in Social Work to provide therapy for marginalized folks.

I grew up exploring the exhibits of JANM.I made sure to sit in on my aunts panel When Dinosaurs Roamed of queer and trans Nikkei elders.