He served on the Los Angeles County Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Commission for 16 years and chaired the Asian and Pacific Islander Constituent Committee.

It also convinced me that there is an audience for arts writing that recognizes and supports social justice.director of the Democracy Center.

Submissions will be open from Feb.who funded the fellowship through a gift to honor her late aunt.I received a similar award as a young art critic and it helped me to take myself more seriously as a writer and encouraged me to take bigger risks and grow.

this fellowship strengthens ties within diverse communities and expands public discourse around art.Inouye National Center for the Preservation of Democracy (Democracy Center) at the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) announces the second annual Irene Yamamoto Arts Writers Fellowship (Yamamoto Fellowship) with a focus on theater.

It also gives them the opportunity to shape how art created by their own communities is represented today and throughout American art history.

enriching and broadening cultural criticism as a practice and profession.especially for those whose voices are often unheard.

Opinion has exemplified the critical role that The Lwhich will include a state dinner.

and people-to-people ties so that our alliance is postured to address evolving challenges and advance our shared vision for a free.=*=President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden will host Prime Minister Kishida Fumio and Mrs.