The honorees were the co-directors of the Legacy Project: June Aochi Berk.

In protest of the retaliatory firings.starting up one-on-one conversations across the country about why they felt same-sex marriage was a civil right.

When organizing to support the resolution for same-sex marriage.and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) to garner more support for the issue.She has been working in local government for the last 30 years.

Kaji recalled that following the tremendous achievement of the redress movement.She also serves as a trustee of El Camino Community College District.

and a member of the Honolulu Chapter.

people within the JACL began coming out to her and others.professor of American studies and anthropology.

Seamless has a specific origin story that I tell in my book Worldmaking: Race.Part of the New Works Festival was a two week developmental program called Playwrights Gatherings organized by the Morgan Wixson Theaters New Works Festival literary manager and dramaturg Melanie Anthony.

) I was ready to talk — or so I thought.provokes a meditation on gendered histories in generations who had little choice but to marry and have children.