Torrance Mayor George Chen greets Consul General Kenko Sone.

increasing research and scholarship opportunities.Suzuki also tapped into his work in academia to advocate.

Memorial services are pending and will be shared once finalized.She thought he might be a textbook salesman and asked whether he needed help.Bob Suzukis childhood experiences with discrimination and his desire to see a more just and equitable world shaped his lifes work in both education and activism.

The infrastructures that are in place for minoritized communities began with President Suzuki.Pasadena City College President Jose Gomez (93.

) president the same year that Suzuki was appointed university president.

He also was the first recipient of the National Education Associations Human Rights Award for Leadership in Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs in 1976.president of the Japanese Womens Society of Southern California.

She traveled to Japan on three different occasions as one of the Yonsei board representatives.Her friend Cass Cara said Nodohara always asked the right questions and led the Lions Club with honesty.

San Gabriel Valley JACL for high school students.on May 5 at the Quiet Cannon in Montebello.