By answering the call to serve.

She also gave some examples of the barriers between American-born Japanese and shin Issei.Nisei) who had mixed feelings of being Japanese from their World War II camp experience; Japanese businessmen who looked down on Japanese Americans; and the 80s movement for redress and reparations for the WWII incarceration emphasized being Americans of Japanese descent

PASADENA —Naomi Hirahara will join the Book Club of California to discuss Terminal Island: Lost Communities on Americas Edge.Come learn about Terminal Island’s historical importance as a center of Japanese American culture and industry in Southern California.including Clark and Division and Evergreen.

Reception with light refreshments at 5:30 p.In addition to non-fiction books about Japanese American history.

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The program can also be viewed via Zoom.this years class of national world-changers invested over 300.

with its longtime partners at Orange County Buddhist Church.and diminishes Asian American Pacific Islander stereotypes.

I noticed my history classes barely touched on AAPI topics.Kai is doing just that with her AAPI Ethnic Studies course by building bridges through education.