He is chair of the Assembly Education Committee.

contact the JCCCNC at https://bit.The panel discussion about why Japanese American basketball has meaning beyond playing the sport will be led Chris Komai of the NBHA and will include Steven D.

She still plays for the San Francisco Drakes and coaches an Ardenette youth team with Patricia Lee.Our Nisei parents organized it and funded it so we would have the opportunity to play with other Japanese American kids.NBHA has recruited Japanese American basketball coaches to develop a coaching curriculum to help parents and volunteers better understand how to guide children and teenagers with age-appropriate basketball instruction.

many participants today seem to view this activity solely as a means to become more skilled at the sport.(Courtesy Nikkei Bsketball Heritage Assn.

For almost a century basketball has been a part of Japanese American community culture.

they continued to play organized sports like basketball and baseball.Takasugi of the Central District of California.

Both programs offer a pathway for offenders to attain rehabilitation and become contributing members of the community and are models for criminal justice reform.Alex Padilla and Laphonza Butler (both D-Calif.

She received her Bachelor of Arts degree.She also briefed and argued cases before the U.