Karen Bass praised Watanabe as she accepted AADAPs inaugural Mike Watanabe Leadership Award.

military to remove persons of Japanese ancestry from the West Coast and set into motion their incarceration into concentration camps during World War II.about those who resisted their circumstances and sought to exercise their rights as Americans.

and the forthcoming documentary Snapshots of Confinement have featured her work.he kept a diary that was later translated and turned into a book.The Los Angeles DOR Committee is a coalition of organizations.

His plays on the Japanese American experience have been featured at JACL conventions in Phoenix.Inspired by Fair Play Committee leader Kiyoshi Okamoto.

DOR Committee Chair Matthew Weisbly expressed the wishes of the committee: “This year’s theme reflects a lesser-known story of the incarceration.

added: The Japanese American community has often negated or even erased actions of dissent and resistance that many of the incarcerees took in the concentration camps.we will further support Japanese heritage language (Keisho Nihongo) learners in the Japanese American community.

music and other entertainment field content in the U.This region is home to the largest population of Japanese nationals outside of Japan.

and thus contribute to further elevating our close Japan-U.I would like to build and cultivate people-to-people connections at a grassroots level in various regions.