But the question is how and why does basketball provide identity and connections to/within the Japanese American community?Komai.

he is a consummate story teller who is passionately committed to telling the stories and preserving the history of Japanese Americans.whose lived experiences and personal testimonies have been the foundation of the pilgrimage movement and other efforts to memorialize the wartime incarceration.

they were forced to rebuild their lives in the outer suburbs of Ogden.He has also pursued a secondary career in academia that he started in 2012 as a part-time lecturer in Japan studies at Arcadia University.The Third Space virtual photo exhibition (2021) juxtaposing War Relocation Authority propaganda with the lived experiences of Japanese Americans.

he joined the faculty of University of PennsylvaniasAsian American Studies Program.As we navigate this next difficult chapter.

losing everything they worked to establish over several decades.

Buschers family was forcibly removed from their farm and home in present-day Gardena/Torrance in the aftermath of the attack on Pearl Harbor.Laphonza will carry the baton left by Sen.

Her mother was the households sole provider.Butler was the former director of the Board of Governors of the Los Angeles branch of the Federal Reserve System.

and safety from gun violence — have never been under greater assault.Butler ran political campaigns and led strategy efforts for numerous companies.